Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I became a Demon King, I will aim for World Domination Chapter 274: Ishikawa Alliance

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The place for the trade ceremony would be an office located on the highest floor of a conspicuously large building which allows for an unobstructed view of Aster Empire’s residential district. It’s the room where Mrs. Tamura is usually working.

For this very day I have made a special exception by connecting this place to a 【Transfer Array】 near the entrance of my Domain. The official venue has been completely prepared, so now we’ve only got to wait for Kaoru to arrive.

Around ten minutes before the appointed ti, my smartphone informs of invaders ― Kaoru’s visit. Once I checked my phone, I spotted a slender man wearing a tricorne at the entrance area of my Domain. In addition, Kaoru alongside ten arch demons.

Using the 【Transfer Array】, I move to Kaoru’s location.

“Welco, Demon King Kaoru.”

“Thank you very much for your kind invitation.” Kaoru answers , who bows exaggeratedly, with a childish smile.

“Just in case, I’ve prepared an official venue to hold the trade ceremony, but what would you like to do?”

Last ti I turned down Kaoru’s offer, and negotiated with him at the entrance area of his Domain. If Kaoru insists on the sa, I won’t have a choice but to heed his request.

“Okay…then I think I’ll take you up on that offer.”

――!?

I’m startled by Kaoru agreeing so readily.

“You okay with that?”

“Hmm? You’re not going to pull a sneak attack on or anything, are you?”

“Of course not, but…”

“Then it’s alright. Shion, you said it yourself, didn’t you? That we’ll build up our trust slowly. I’d say this is the first step towards that.”

“Let answer your trust with trust of my own then as well.”

“By the way, would it be better for us to give our weapons into your custody?”

“No, keep them. Well then, I’ll guide you.”

I took Kaoru and his retinue with , transferring us through the 【Transfer Array】.

“Eh? Wha-…? I-Incredible…!!”

Looking at the residential district through the window in the office ― the transfer destination ― Kaoru is lost for words.

“Hmm? Kaoru, you don’t have any residents in your Domain?”

“No, I do have residents, but…not to such a large extent…I an, look, making residents surrender tends to be quite annoying and the profits are low.”

Kaoru gives one the impression of being cunning, but right now he’s appearing to be unusually frank.

“For better or worse, we’re calling ourselves a nation, so that’s why.”

“I see. This is certainly a country.”

“As for the scale, it’s still no more than the size of a town.”

“Maybe I should build a town myself as well once I get back… By the way, is there any rit in doing all this?”

“rit, huh…? If it becos widely known that my residents can spend a happy life here, future Reigns are going to be easier, I guess. Also, the quality of the food has improved.”

“Eh? Shion, you eat?”

“I do it when I have so free ti. Well, the ones most delighted about the food improvents are my subordinates.”

“Shion, you have the image of being cruel, but are you unexpectedly affectionate towards your subordinates?”

“I wonder.”

I’m bragging to be kinder in the treatnt of my residents and subordinates than most normal Demon Kings, but affectionate…if I were to be asked for my honest opinion, I’d be hard pressed to answer since I do have ulterior motives with this.

“By the way, who are your companions?” I shift my look to the man and the ten arc demons Kaoru brought with him.

I suspect the man to be Barbatos. But I don’t get the aning behind bringing along ten arc demons. They’d be a bit too weak to qualify as guards.

“I’ll introduce you. He is Barbatos. He’s my prized subordinate who I’m going to transfer to you this ti.”

“Nice to et you, Shion-sama. My na is Barbatos.”

The slender man with the tricorne ― Barbatos, bows respectfully.

“I’m Shion. Nice to et you. And the remaining lesser demons are guards?”

“No. They’re a present from . Kind of like a proof of deep affection?”

“I understand. Thank you for your consideration.”

Ten lesser demons, huh…? I check my inventory. I take out an outfit ― the Robe of Magic Crystals and hand it to Kaoru.

“It’s proof of deep affection from .”

“Thanks! Is this proof of deep affection? Or is it because you don’t want to owe ?”

“Feel free to interpret it as you like.”

The Robe of Magic Crystals is an outfit I’ve beco able to create when my Alchemy beca A-Rank. It’s ability doesn’t lose out to that of the unique robe that can be made at B-Rank.

“Oh right! It’s a bold copying from you, but I also gave my country a na!”

“Hooh…”

“Now that we’ve ford an alliance at last, it’d be better for my country to have a na as well, right?”

“So, what is it?”

“Kaga.”

“So you used the place’s na just as it is, huh?”

“I wondered whether I should go with Komatsu, but Kaga is cooler, isn’t it?” Kaoru explains cheerfully.

“Then we’re going to form an alliance, right? We’ll stream us officially forming the alliance live to the whole world.”

“That sounds really aweso. I wonder whether I’ll beco a celebrity overnight?”

“Who knows.”

Kaoru and I exchange smiles.

“Shion-sama, Kaoru-sama, is everything ready ~ssu?” Tusk, whom I had entrusted with setting up the technical side of the live stream, calls out to us.

Kaoru and I exchange a look, and nod.

“Then let’s go ~ssu! 3, 2, 1…action.”

The red lamp of the video cara in Tusk’s hand turns on.

“Nice to et you, all humans in the world and dear Demon Kings. My na is Demon King Shion. I’m a Demon King ruling over a part of Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture.”

“Hello, everyone. Whoa…it sure is nerve-wracking. My na is Kaoru. I’m also a Demon King ruling over a part of Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture.”

“There’s sothing we’d like to report to all of you on this fine day. Today, my Domain ― the Aster Empire and――”

“My Domain ― Kaga, are going to form an alliance.”

“The alliance’s na is going to be 『Ishikawa Alliance』! Whether this alliance works out smoothly…

“…or whether it utterly fails…”

“We’d like all of you to make your own judgnt after witnessing the future of the Ishikawa Alliance, and therefore stread the current live show to you.”

“I’m really excited about what will happen!”

“Please allow us to excuse ourselves at this point.”

Once I lower my hand, the video cara’s recording lamp turns off.

Like this, the probably worldwide first alliance between Demon Kings ca into existence.

Chapter 275 – The Impact of the Alliance

On the night of the day when the Ishikawa Alliance was established, we had a huge feast inside Aster Empire. Kaoru was also happy with the warm welco he received at the Aster Empire, and returned to his own Domain on the next day.

And then we started all kinds of experints, starting with the next day.

Experint ①

Can we level by sacrificing subordinates to each other?

This was a proposal by Kaoru who had received a sacred treasure ― the Growth Greatsword. 1

Starting with the conclusion: This experint ended in failure. According to Kanon, the main cause for the failure was 『It looks like you can’t get any experience points if you kill enemies without any hostility』.

When I complained to Kanon to tell about this restriction earlier, she told that she apparently received that knowledge imdiately after we did this experint.

Assuming Kanon’s words to be correct, was this possibly an update? Or a specification change? I guess the sole gain out of this was the understanding that Mastermind is always watching what’s happening in this world, and that Mastermind is going to impose restrictions on actions going against their intention.

Experint ②

Can we beco invincible by plugging up the room for other Demon Kings to attack us if we send in 24 subordinates into each other’s sectors?

Starting with the conclusion: This experint also ended in failure. It looks like enemies with no hostile intentions are not counted towards the limit.

I only feel pissed off at the Mastermind for arbitrarily changing the rules of the world.

One week after the establishnt of the Ishikawa Alliance.

All our experints have co to naught, but the alliance itself had a big impact on the dostic humans and Demon Kings.

Just as usual, the humans imdiately censored the information by deleting our video, but apparently they were unable to completely cover up this sensational event as many humans and Demon Kings showed interest in it.

１ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＰＯＨＸＬＥ６

Whoa! Demon Kings have ford an alliance!

２ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：３ＨＬ６ＺＩＫ

>>1

Details?

３ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＰＯＨＸＬＥ６

Ishikawa Prefecture’s HeartChaDe☆ has ford an alliance

４ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＸＶＨ６Ｌ７Ｆ

HeartChaDe☆? Who’s that?

５ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ︰Ｎ５ＺＨ３ＲＫ

Heart-throbbing☆Chaos☆Demon Kings, like obviously

６ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＫＺ７ＶＨＣＮ

Just say Thirteen Evil Stars, dammit!

７ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：８ＨＹＮ２３１

>1

Source?

８ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＰＯＨＸＬＥ６

Go to 【Video Link URL】

９ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＫＯＺＱＩ５Ｍ

The Thirteen Evil Stars mber of Ishikawa had such a face?

１０ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＯＫ１ＳＸＶ５

Kaoru-tan prprpr 2

１１ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＨＮＶＯ２ＳＥ

Weren’t Demon Kings hostile to each other?

１２ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＮＩＵＬ３ＫＩ

Demon King Shion is a shota. That’s why he ford that alliance.

１３ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＨＦ６ＶＫ７Ｈ

>12

Orly?

１４ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＮＩＵＬ３ＫＩ

Rly

１５ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＨＦ６ＶＫ７Ｈ

>14

Sauce?

１６ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＮＩＵＬ３ＫＩ

Worcester

１７ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＨＦ６ＶＫ７Ｈ

FU

１８ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＯＥ５ＮＹＱＩ

So we’re going to get Humans vs. Demon King Alliances from now on?

１９ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＨＬＯ９ＫＦ８

That’s impossible, no? Our local Demon King also announced that he’d ford an alliance or such, but they imdiately had a falling out through betrayals.

２０ Naless Adventurer ＩＤ：ＮＩＵＬ３ＫＩ

What you’d expect of Chaos rofl

The Ishikawa Alliance also beca a huge topic on the Laplace forums.

１ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙４６２

Recruiting Demon Kings to ally with Mr. Y☆

２ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙２８

How are naless Demon Kings supposed to form alliances roflmao

３ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙２６４

>1

First, na yourself. Everything else follows after that.

４ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙４６２

You’ll believe if I introduce myself as Honma?

５ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙２６４

I’d say it depends on the place

６ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙４６２

【This account has been blocked due to a violation of the rules】

７ Naless Demon King ＩＤ：２６４

Secret Technique – Eternal Freeze

８ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙３０１

ID462, what an utter moron lol

９ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙１９７

Alliance is no special ability, is it?

１０ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙５９６

Nope

１１ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙１９７

You’re saying Kanezawa’s Thirteen Evil Stars mber has ford an alliance based on trust alone?

１２ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙５９６

Gotta be like that. He ntioned sothing about wanting us to judge the future.

１３ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙１９７

Unbelievable. I’d never be able to pull that off

１４ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙１９

From now on all Demon Kings are probably going to closely watch the Ishikawa Alliance

１５ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙６３７

Shion, was it? He beca a celebrity overnight, I’d say

１６ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙７６２

He was a HeartChaDe☆ to begin with, so he was in the center of attention anyway

１７ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙５０７

Co to think of it, that Shion dude is participating in Laplace as well, isn’t he?

１８ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙２７

I’m Shion. Did you call? roflmao

１９ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙５０７

The real deal is heeeere

２０ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙３９４

Eh? For real?

２１ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙３９７

Lil’ HeartChaDe☆ Shions are poppin’ out all over the place lmao 3

２２ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙１９５

Ah, those are part of a HeartChaDe☆ series no one needs, yep

２３ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙８３

Considering it logically, he’s a fake

２４ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙３７

If it was the real deal, he’d suffered an Eternal Freeze after all

２５ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙６８４

I’d really laugh my ass off if the real HeartChaDe☆ Shion got banned lololol

２６ Naless Demon King ＩＤ︙９９

An alliance, huh?

The way how Demon Kings handle things might change

Stuck with having huge attention drawn on all over the world, I calmly set up my plans for the upcoming future.

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