Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I became a Demon King, I will aim for World Domination Chapter 20

T/N: I have changed the status “Evolution” to “Alchemy” after long consideration. Either isn’t what the author wrote but I think Alchemy fits better than Evolution. This change has been also added backwardly.

Chapter 19

A certain thread on the anonymous ssage board gained montum due to a new piece of information.

７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：fｄewｓａｈ

It seems a stairway has been discovered in the Kanezawa Farm.

８ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓeｒｇｂｘｂ

＞７ Srsly? Did soone capture it or sothing?

９ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：fｄewｓａｈ

It apparently appeared out of nowhere. In the vicinity of the entrance to boot, lmao.

１０ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓeoffｕｒ

Ha? In the vicinity of the entrance? LOL

Liar hahaha.

１１ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：fｄewｓａｈ

I an, it is real, lol.

１２ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｃｓｘfｒeｖ

Did soone ascend the stairway?

１３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：fｄewｓａｈ

It seems to go down, and not up.

１４ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｄｇｒeｓｘ

I heard sothing about that as well.

Btw, it appears there are equipnt even stronger than the Black Iron sword down below.

１５ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｋｄeｉwｓｊ

＞１４ Your source?

１６ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｄｇｒeｓｘ

An adventurer acquaintance.

１７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｌewａoｇｊ

An adventurer acquaintance, pfft.

Give us a picture as evidence.

The thread went haywire with a pleasant vibe. By the way, 14 to 16 are all my posts.

I’m afraid to say, but no human has reached the treasure chests in the basent, but as a matter of fact, equipnt more superior than the Black Iron Series—one Silver spear has been put inside one of the treasure chests.

I plan to give this item to a riajuu who really likes SNS.

And, the main point of this ti’s expansion was — the location of the stairs.

Placing the stairs in the innermost part is the typical theory for average dungeons, but I deliberately set it up right next to the entrance.

The reason is to entice the high-leveled humans to go downstairs without pointlessly killing all of my poor weaker subordinates on the first floor.

It’s just an assumption, but high-leveled humans have a lot experience points.

It’s a compartntalization in order to allow the dark elves waiting behind to earn experience. The objective is to offer a farm that’s still as safe as usual for the low-leveled humans while also providing a farm that can be imdiately accessed by the high-leveled humans.

After that, my clever information manipulation (posting by sock-puppeting) succeeded, and although it was just a few, even so humans exceeding level 3 started to invade my Domain.

On the second floor, I have deployed goblins and wolves from the start of the passage.

If the humans had already reached level 3, then they are used to fighting. Half-assed combat forces will only end up becoming easy prey for experience points.

This floor’s concept is to shave down the stamina with goblins and wolves, who specialize in group battles as a starter, and then finish them off with the elite unit.

I repeatedly did many tests to keep an appropriate survival rate. I tried to adjust the equipnt, types and numbers of the deployed subordinates.

It’s quite complicated…

The adjustnt was a lot more difficult than I had imagined. The main cause for that is the strength of the invading humans.

It’s unknown how much stronger the human’s status becos when their levels go up from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3, but should I bla it on their skill or ntal growth? The humans beca powerful, going beyond their status’.

To be precise, they have lost any and all hesitation to kill my subordinates. It reached the point that they got used to battle—to bloodshed.

In the end, I got stuck with dispatching fully-equipped kobolds, my new combat force, the dark elves, and even the cheat goblins, which could be called a treasure, each ti.

Eventually, after a life and death struggle, humanity’s survival rate reached the dangerous level of less than 50%.

Shit…at this rate I will lose my status as a『Farm』dungeon.

According to the information gathered in the net, troubleso human groups, which are called by nicknas such as 『Braves』, 『Heroes』 or 『Hardcore Party』 – supported by the governnt or large companies – existed.

They are elite parties, who offer their all to capture dungeons—liberating the inviolable areas in various places under the noble mission of 『Humanity’s Survival』. If a dungeon is regarded as a『Farm』, it won’t be considered as their target with the help of the public opinion, but…

I will be troubled if a 『Hardcore Party』 cos…

I was tornted by such anxieties, but those worries were swept away by an unexpected incident.

That incident being a long-awaited riajuu-like youth being “rewarded” the Silver spear.

I, who knew the 12 young invaders were getting carried away with their victories shouting “Yay, lol”, ordered my subordinates to cut corners. The chosen youths splendidly arrived at the treasure chest and obtained the Silver spear.

And then, at the entrance to my Domain, they thrust the silver-shining spear into the sky and posted it on SNS to brag right away.

The youth danced wildly. It seems to be the first ti a C-rank equipnt has appeared in a treasure chest. Society showed the pictures taken by the youth on the news every day.

The power of the Silver spear obtained by the youth is truly dreadful. The youth, who was level 2, grew to level 4 within the blink of an eye. Once again it demonstrated the importance of equipnt to the world.

Or rather, that “Yay! lol”-kun was level 2?

—!?

He was level 2?

I ca up with a certain plan.

Currently, the highest level a human has reached is 11. However, that person is a foreigner. In Japan, the ace of the 『Hardcore Party』, which is supported by the governnt, is level 8. If it’s the level of the local heroes, the highest level is 6.

Currently, thanks to the blessing of “Yay! lol”-kun, my Domain is always fully occupied, and even high-level humans invade from ti to ti, aiming for a Silver spear.

Generally speaking, high-level humans were troubleso. To be even more precise, they caused a large deficit in CP.

The ones sohow able to deal with them are the fully-equipped kobolds. The wolves and goblins are being mowed down like grass though… If I deploy the sa number of kobolds fully-equipped with Silver spears, the battles will advance advantageously, but if they are defeated, the lost CP becos extrely large.

If possible, I’d prefer it if the humans invading my Domain were level 3 and below.

Accordingly, I diligently start preparing for information manipulation once again.

Concretely, I changed the contents of the treasure chests depending on the humans invading. I give Silver spears to level 2 humans. If they are level 3, I give them equipnt of the Black Iron Series. To level 4 humans, I give Iron Series equipnt and to level 5 and beyond wooden swords.

Of course I didn’t provide them to all invaders. To the utmost, I adjusted the equipnt to be randomized.

In addition, I manipulate information behind the scenes by freely using the anonymous ssage board.

『The treasure chests of the Kanezawa 『Farm』 seem to drop superior items for low levels and trash for high levels.』

At first the credibility was low and it was simply treated as a joke, but a level 5 human, who obtained a wooden sword, posted a rage comnt on SNS. On the contrary, a lucky boy, who obtained a Silver spear, posted a delightful comnt on SNS. Due to that, my hoax had a trace of truth to it.

As a result, adding the huge contribution of the 『Farm Protection Association』, my Domain was mainly invaded by level 3 humans and below ever since.

Chapter 20

Roughly one month has passed since the Day of Fate.

There were two huge changes.

First is a level-up. As a result of repelling invaders at a steady pace on the second floor, my level went up to 3.

I operate my smartphone in order to assign BP. Once I boot up the 『World Salvation Project』 app,

—!?

An unfamiliar text is displayed on the screen.

『You have reached level 3. Please select an evolved race.』

…Evolution?

What’s that? Once I look properly, the word 『Evolved』 is blue.

By any chance? I tap the blue evolved.

『Evolution: A demon king that exceeded a certain level can evolve into another race. The bloodkin will differ for each evolved race. For the sake of evolving into many races, it’s necessary to et the requirents.』

No friggin’ way, an explanation!

I operate my smartphone and proceed ahead.

『Please choose the race you want to evolve to from the following races:

Demon King (Human)

Demon King (Oni)

Demon King (Elf)

Demon King (Dwarf)

Demon King (Demon)

Demon King (Sli)

Demon King (Beast)

Demon King (Fairy)

Demon King (Vampire)

Demon King (Dragon)

Demon King (Fallen Angel)』

All of them are Demon Kings? Also, I can’t select Oni, Demon, Elf, Dragon and Fallen Angel as they are greyed out.

Unfortunately, contrary to evolution, there’s no explanation displayed this ti.

User’s manual, please…

Fortunately, I am able to return with the back button this ti, in contrast to the initial 『Special Service☆』.

Having said that, the evolution entry will always be there whenever I boot up the 『World Salvation Project』 app. In other words, unless I choose a race to evolve into, I won’t be able to assign BP, create, or alchemize.

How troubleso. If I can’t create, I won’t be able to replenish my subordinates.

Even as I’m worrying, humans are invading my Domain, and my subordinates keep getting defeated. Considering the stock of rats and slis, I have 12 hours I can use to worry and think.

Moreover, if it’s the sa as the previous level-up, my CP will recover completely. If it’s the sa rule as last ti, my CP will change to 30 per hour. In other words, I will recover 1 CP every 2 minutes. Considering it like that, every minute and second is valuable.

Yet, I can’t choose an evolution path easily.

Now then, let’s try to arrange things from the information I know of?

First, the sentence that piqued my interest in the explanation of evolution — “The bloodkin will differ for each evolved race.”

Bloodkin — The main reason for increasing one’s Domain.

And, — A demon king and his subordinates can’t go outside the Domain.

However, there are repeatedly posts about monsters rampaging outside a Domain in the net news.

In other words, the monsters recorded by the net news are bloodkin?

I thoroughly checked the videos and news about monsters rampaging outside of Domains.

A pack of wolves attacking people. A horde of goblins assailing people. A crowd of slis attacking people.

The monsters, which have been publicized in many pictures and videos, are of the sa kind.

Also, as an exception, I was able to confirm several instances where mixed packs of wolves and goblins were caught on pictures.

Although it’s a guess, bloodkin = sa type. In short, if it’s a Demon King (Beast), it will be possible for wolves or kobolds to beco bloodkin, and if it’s a Demon King (Sli), it should be slis.

What about goblins? …!? I recall the explanation I checked when creating a goblin.

Goblin — evil fairy. I’m not able to completely believe it all of a sudden, but it’s possible that goblins are the bloodkin of Demon King (Fairy).

While revising the conditions afterwards, I look up various pictures and news stories that seem to be bloodkin.

—!?

I hit upon two pictures that bothered the most.

The first is a picture of various types of monsters forming a group and attacking people.

The second is a picture of a human attacking people while leading monsters of different races.

What’s this about?

Is there a thod to turn various types of monsters into bloodkin?

Hmm. No clue.

I confirm my current subordinates at hand.

Rat, sli, wolf, bat, goblin, kobold, orc, and dark elf.

The evolved subordinates are Goblin Archer, Goblin Fighter, Black Wolf, Kobold Knight and Kobold Fighter.

If I consider it from the subordinates I currently have at hand, Demon King (Beast) is the best. Next would be Demon King (Fairy), I guess?

Is there any information that allows to consider the others?

The evolution paths I can choose are: Human, dwarf, sli, beast, fairy and vampire.

The evolution paths I can’t choose are: Oni, demon, elf, dragon and fallen angel.

— 『For the sake of evolving into many races, it’s necessary to et the requirents.』

In other words, the races I can select for evolution are only those whose requirents I have t.

I guess the frequent use of subordinates of the sli, beast and fairy (= goblin) race are the condition for being able to select them as evolution path?

What about the dwarf and vampire kind then?

The vampire type is because bats are serving as my subordinates?

Apart from that, an even bigger riddle is the dwarf type. I have never seen nor created a dwarf.

How did I satisfy the conditions?

Dwarves, it’s about those guys, right? It’s a selfish image, but it’s about short ossan with a massive beard, hate elves, love booze, and are especially good at smithing right…!?

Am I good at smithing?

Smithing, or in other words alchemy.

Is the alchemy stat a condition for evolving into a dwarf?

Considering it from that point of view…the evolution conditions for the races that I can’t evolve into should be — body for oni, mana for demon and…knowledge, albeit that being a bit far fetched, for elves?

What about creation? Since it’s only a privilege of Demon Kings, it probably doesn’t exist.

If I assu this theory to be correct, is there a rule or reasoning behind the order of the evolution paths’ line-up?

The first four races — oni, demon, elf and dwarf are races who have their evolution condition appointed by the stats.

The next displayed races are the races most often used as subordinates.

If I assu the aning as far as going by the lined-up order, there’s one point that bothers .

I have a feeling of discomfort about the order of the races that are used most frequently, which are —

Sli, beast, fairy, vampire, dragon and fallen angel.

The order displayed on the smartphone upon creating a subordinate is —

Sli, rat, bat, goblin, kobold, orc and dark elf.

If the frequent use of bats serves as condition for vampire, the shown order should be —

Sli, vampire, beast and fairy.

The condition for evolving into a vampire isn’t the bat? Or maybe the Mastermind, who made the 『World Salvation Project』 app, made a mistake in the order. Maybe she cared about a correct order at first, but then gave up in the middle, aning there’s no significance in the order.

If it’s the latter, all is in vain. It would result in having wasted ti on a completely groundless theory.

But, what if it’s the forr?

For example, the evolution condition for the first four races are the stats (oni, demon, elf and dwarf), and the frequently used subordinates for the next three races (sli, beast and fairy). Then the final three races (vampire, dragon and fallen angel) would have a special evolution condition.

This way of thinking seems to be fitting now, doesn’t it?

Finally feeling clear-headed in so way, I decided to genuinely think about what race to select.

Candidate 1: Sli. Long ago, a sli appeared in the world of a certain fantasy novel of the demon kings genre. Eventually stories about slis becoming the strongest have overflown in great quantities in novels and gas.

Having said that, I look at the sli in front of that simply looks like a cloudy pool of water.

Can this thing really beco the strongest? If its appearance was at least a bit cuter then…

In the first place, I’m currently looking for a quick increase in combat power due to certain circumstances.

Therefore, the sli type is no good.

Candidate 2: Beast. At the mont it has the biggest variation among the subordinates I can create. I couldn’t confirm it with the pictures, but it’s very likely that the half pig, half man orc is a beast as well. Wolves, who excel in group battle and have an outstanding cost performance. Kobolds that can equip the items I alchemize, which is also one of my strong points.

However, I’m slightly bothered that the following dark elves are stronger. If I consider new subordinates that might be possible to create one after the other in the future, won’t this choice turn into premature developnt?

Currently I’m looking for a way to quickly enforce my combat powers due to certain circumstances, but…in the end I have to survive.

Therefore, the beast type is also no good.

Even after that, I repeatedly answered my own questions, and declined the possible evolution paths.

And just like that, the only remaining race is—.