Side: Yuki
Everyones eyes are gathered on .
(Yuki)Yosh, Ill explain my strategy. If you notice anything off, just let know.
After I drew everyones attention to the map, I brought my whiteboard to the front and started up the usual monitor.
The conference rooms device appears out of nowhere.
But only we are able to use it. Both physically and visually.
(Yuki)This is the not just a simple map like on the desk. Using this you can zoom in.
To demonstrate my explanation, I zoom in on Weed to the point where the arrangent of houses at the villages rim are visible.
Liliana is startled, her face is turning pale.1)
Simply put, this could be interpreted as an extre thod of monitoring, since its able to shed light on the circumstances of far away places.
Well, in modern-day Earth, the sa thing is always done with the satellites. They constantly keeping watch over one another.
Being one-sidedly watched without consent isnt sothing funny.
(Yuki)Then, my strategy is as follows.
On the Monitor, with a stick, I point to the now displayed Weed, Rochelle and the castle of Last where the Demon King resides.
I traced and explained the shortest route.
(Yuki)This is the armys marching path, as I said earlier. You all know that when you try to open another route, itll just cause problems and make things an organisasional nightmare, right?
They all nod at my question.
(Yuki)But for us its not a problem. Using the authority of a Dungeon Master and exercising our power, it is possible to make a road in a straight line from Weed. Theres no problem regarding the necessary amount of DP either.
Everyones eyes are wide open after hearing my not-so-obvious solution. If we can map an area by making it a part of the dungeon, then we can of course change the terrain of it as well, just like any other dungeon.
(Yuki)But we cant use this strategy. Although the damage our army would sustain would be minimized, even if we take over the castle, itd just be too bad for our reputation, not to ntion the need to talk our way out of what we did. Hiding it wouldnt work either, even if we put out a gag order, news would certainly leak, restoring the terrain would be nigh impossible, the enemy would know what we did too. After thats exposed, maybe only as a rumor, either way, Weed which was able to use such a strategie so easily would beco untrustworthy and in an extre case too-dangerous-to-overlook for our neighbors.
(Riel)Eto, what do you an?
Riels asking one of her usual questions. Shes scratching her head too.
As always, she is a good child that listens honestly.
(Yuki)In other words, itd work until we knock down the Demon King, but the thod we used would be whispered to the ears of other countries after that. They would say Weed has used its absolute power to intervene in another country, they have beaten their enemies without rcy. Tell how we are supposed to trust their preaching words of peace when they are such rciless people who both possess and utilize such destructive power.
(Riel)Why is it a problem of were strong?
(Yuki)This would lead to problems further down the line. At the mont there is a lot of interests gathering in Weed, so currently this problem wouldnt concern . However in the future whether its an ordinary person or a veteran soldier, if theyve been shown the power of the Dungeon, theyd fear it. This kind of fear is very unpredictable, so people would want to knock us down and grab Weed before others do, so would move far away just to be far from us and so would simply be more unwilling to make trading agreents with us.
When I said that, everyone remained uniformly silent.
(Seraria)I see. It is certainly important to show off our strength, but not at the expense of touching the countries around us. That would surely co back to bite us.
Seraria easily understood what I had said.
Certainly, cheats like the dungeon are useful.
But its only a threat for soone who doesnt have a cheat too.
Balance is important in everything.
(Tori)Well, it is impossible to send the army directly to the Demon Kings castle without the power of the Dungeon.
Tori speaks, her dogs ears drooping off to the side.
(Yuki)Yeah, its the sa for an underground route. No, I guess an underground route would be even more ridiculous.
Yuki-san, it is as you say. I also participated in the construction conference of Galtzs Dungeon Gate. We had a lot of trouble deciding how deep and how sturdy we should build it.
Yes, even the gates we set up slowly and carefully during negotiations are troubleso to get approved and place.
If it is proven that we can make and use them offensively without permission, the countries wouldnt see them in a positive light, let alone the bringers of trade and peace.
The rulers of the three countries are aware of it, but they take stance with us, asking others to accept our Dungeons.2)
(Yuki)There is another reason. It is necessary for the allied forces to struggle a bit when we fight, as a ans to assure that the Demons mix with other races and to make them accept their defeat when it cos. Were also the only ones who can easily and quickly set up the next Demon King after joining hands. Additionally if the joint armies arent needed, dissatisfaction would appear among those who have invested in the war to gain honor and such. And finally, there wouldnt be another opportunity such as this to get to know the other races during war ti. The road to peace bears many hardships and knowing why wars happen, but more importantly how to stop them before they happen, will be helpful.
(Riel)Oh right, I got it. If you fight, you can get along with each other. Even if your on bad terms for now, at the end of the battle, we will be able to drink and share stories.
Riel is close enough I guess.
If you do struggle in battle, it would be hard not to recognize the opposition and thus create the groundwork required for a relationship to form. But that can only be the result of making a life and death fight at the frontlines, or after being a commanding officer. However there will inevitably also be grunts on the frontlines who will lose too much in battle and will end up resenting the enemy for it. Realistically though, those sentints can hardly be worse than their opinion of the Demons now.
If the elites of each country were to recognize the Demons as a people, then the impact would be imnse.
(Lulu)Oh I understand now, is this why youve put in so much effort to engage the elites?3)
Lulu guessed what my intentions might be and is eagerly awaiting confirmation.
(Yuki)It is as you said Lulu. If the elites recognize the demons and declare only their King as unskilful; then persuading the citizens would proceed much more safely and naturally.
I said that and looked at Liliana.
(Liliana)If I may interject, I could act as a spy and open a Gate inside the Demon Kings castle, allowing the allied forces to rush inside.
(Yuki)If theyre unleashed inside the city in that manner, there would be far too many problems. Not to ntion, that would be no simple feat, even if you contact a forr subordinate. Theres simply no way you can guarantee that you wouldnt be betrayed on your way to your most trusted subordinates. Moreover losing you is simply not an option, given how you need to lead after the current Demon Kings removal and all.
Yes, this is the problem. Theres no way for Liliana to know what her forr subordinates would do.
Even if she manages to reach Last secretly, she would still have to negotiate with the other two mbers of the big four, who are no doubt under strict surveillance.
In other words, Liliana has already preached her desire for peace and in the eyes of the other demons it didnt work and now the trust the other demons placed in her has already disappeared.
Simply put, it would be the sa as asking for another loan of money to restart a business again because you failed to start the business once.
It would be seen as a shaless act.
(Liliana). So be it. Then, what is your strategy?We have only discussed problems until now.
(Yuki)Yes, thats true. Then, while clearing the problems ntioned we must capture the Demon Kings castle.
(Lutz)Fumufumu, back to the story from a while ago
Lutz walks to the white board and writes everything down.
Limiting damage to the allied forces as much as possible whilst marching to the Demon Kings castle.
Allied forces may encounter obstacles such as Demons and wild monsters on the roads.
How do we plan to fight against the Demons whilst encouraging recognition?
How do we capture the Demon Kings castle?
With ti restrictions, as we must settle things before Rul arrives and destroys the Demons.
(Millie)Lutz wrote this, but..
(Ellis)It looks like an unreasonably difficult math problem, right?
Ellis and Millie are amazed at the problems written on the whiteboard.
(Yuki)Lets discuss my solutions one by one.
After I said that, everyones gaze converged on .
(Yuki)First of all, since we own the land, we can gather information about the opposition easily. After grasping the situation, we should be able to know exactly what and how many Demons and Monsters are out there.
Information is power.
As for the matter of Rul, now is not yet the ti so Ill ignore that issue for now.
When the information quantity increases unnecessarily it would only be confusing.
Also, Weed hasnt completely settled yet, so in a sense, not having to deal with an extra country is excellent.
If it really is Tanaka holding Ruls reins from behind the scene, he wont give a damn about rits for fighting at Ruls front, since he already controls the back. However if he is stuck there, he may very well do sothing irresponsible.
I will pretend that I dont know him until things settle down over there.
Since we dont understand each others circumstances, I cant show my face yet.
(Yuki)Next, about the wild monsters that are on the way. We will utilize the information on their whereabouts to use a Search and Destroy strategy. We will use two platoons of Goblins and Slis to reduce their numbers. However if those platoons get annihilated, there is a possibility that a trap or a fluke we dont understand will pull through, since we lost our forward vanguard. I will leave Surakichi-san in command of those units, so that they wont be killed by monsters.
(Delille)Excellent. This one hath never been able to match Surakichi-san ever since joining this Dungeon..
What, you still havent managed to beat the sli?
(Yuki)As for Liliana-san, she will make way for a rebellion to happen. We will send the moderate Demons a ssage, explaining the Allied forces goal. Please do not send reinforcents, please stay your blades. Otherwise we will retaliate with a gate. Im asking you, as a fellow Demon. What do you think?4)
(Lutz)Thats dirty. Preaching peace and offering aid and at the sa ti threatening them with a Gate, it may backfire on us. I cant see any way of making a Gate work without future problems. 5)
Theres that too.
The speech doesnt have to be like that, we should focus on content that inspires the Demons.
(Liliana)Please wait a minute. I will make arrangents in Last. Though there certainly will be people who would want to cooperate with , I do not think I would be able to win, or if I would be of any help or..
Liliana-san seems mortified saying that she has so little value on her own and how she regrets it.
Well, it is actually not a mistake to try to know your own hand.
(Yuki)Ah, Itll be fine. Liliana-san, we will bring the neck of the current Demon King with us, that way theyll absolutely listen.
(Liliana)Eh?
(Yuki)In other words, the Gate is our backup strategy. The main one is our army.
(LilianaWhat do you an?
Okay, she still doesnt understand huh?
(Yuki)Imagine this, we are struggling too much against the Demons. Well without a Gate capturing the Demon Kings castle would be harder right?
Everyone nodded.
(Yuki)Thats, why the front buys ti for us, while we take an underhanded route using the gate, capture the Demon Kings castle first and take the head of the Demon King. We then give it to Liliana-san, who can in turn show off and ask the Demons to stand down. 6)
When I said that, everyone had rounded eyes.
(Ellis)I s-see. Yuki-san is talking about the Gate strategy, the capture of the Demon Kings castle is but an act.
Ellis finally aware of my strategy pulled her mouth.
(Yuki)Well, we just have to be diligent with our acting, people from both sides will still die though albeit less than otherwise.
(Herge)Must it be done?
Herge who was silent until now opens her mouth.
This way is better that her previous way of denying anything violent or bad without a second thought.
Before I could muster my answer, Liliana-san went forward and explained to Herge.
(Liliana)If we take the neck of the Demon King we can force a bloodless surrender. But you know, we are talking about the guy who betrayed , the guy who took for a fool all this ti and wants nothing but to kill everything that stands in the Demons way. Does that act of betrayal clarify the why to kill to you?
(Herge)So its like that.
(Liliana)With that, theres a chance for Demons and People to coexist. If I have to kill a traitor for the sake of this opportunity, then I will do so without hesitation. 7)
This is how Liliana-san tried to convince Herge, she doesnt seem to be convinced yet, but she withdraws.
(Lutz)The next problem we have to talk about is how we will honor the allied forces afterwards. If we follow that strategy and actually take the castle before they can do much.
Lutz brought the remaining problem to the table.
This, however, is the easy part.
(Yuki)First we go to the Demon Kings castle and take it over with the Dungeon. Then summon monsters and let them run wild. If it all goes smoothly, the Demon King himself will be eliminated by the monsters.
(Lutz)Ugee, onii-san really has his way of doing things..
(Yuki)The forces cooperating with Liliana-san will already be in the Dungeon. The servile ones will escape and the only thing we will need to do is to defeat the resistance thoroughly. Its not necessary for us to et danger directly, but we will make a move if we have to.
Seems about right.
With my explanation everyone understands and nod.
Demon King-san, Im sorry, but Im not willing to make a spectacular fight like heroes from fairy tales.
Kuhkuhku..
Are?
Im feeling like the bad guy again?8)
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