The Executed Sage Reincarnates as a Lich and Begins a War of Aggression Chapter 54: The Sage Thinks about the Actions of Each Nation

Two hundred days had passed since the deadly battle against the Saint.

I was still sitting on the Demon Lords throne.

There were neither invasions from other nations, nor did we invade other nations.

I also didnt hear any rumors regarding a big war.

This should be the calm before the storm.

In a sense, this was the ideal situation I had aid for.

While it might only be a temporary thing, Id like to rejoice for the birth of this peace.

Information was provided on a regular basis by spies sent to various nations.

Apparently, every nation was proceeding with a plan for counterasures against the Demon Lord.

Most of the details were kept secret and couldnt be found.

Therefore, the information I got was very short and superficial.

There were circumstances regarding this.

It was caused by Luciana, during her reign as the four heavenly kings of the previous Demon Lord, where she caused too much damage regarding information.

Her hidden intelligence activities caused great turmoil to nations at the ti.

Learning from their past experiences, information was being thoroughly managed.

Each nation took multiple asures to prevent inside information from being leaked outside.

It was to the point where one of Luciana's favorite tricks, the ciphers, were being interpreted.

Even so, the fact that information was still being leaked to so extent, was proof of Luciana and her spy squad's abilities.

Because of that, we had managed to grasp the general situation of each nation.

Without such information, there was no way we could have had the leisure to settle down like this.

By the way, I have given them strict orders to prioritize their personal safety.

Information was certainly important.

However, it was not good to be greedy for it and lose their life in the process.

With that, the spies should put their survival as their highest priority.

It was okay for them to take ti to provide steady information.

Other than the Demon Lords counterasure plan, each nation had begun to move.

First was the Empire.

They had lost twenty percent of their territory including their capital, but their reconstruction was proceeding smoothly.

It had been said that the nobles whose territories hadn't suffered from the Demon Lords army were inclined to help in the Empire's recovery.

There was information that they had made a secret alliance with several other nations.

While it had shown signs of revival, it wasnt to the extent that it used to be.

In the first place, the empire was a powerful nation blessed with natural and human resources.

As expected, they didnt stay weak and perish.

Perhaps they would eventually prepare to counterattack against the Demon Lords Army.

While I declared them to never resist again, it didnt an that they werent allowed to retaliate.

It was even better for them to cooperate with other nations.

The current emperor seed to be a relative of his predecessor.

He didnt seem to be militaristic, and was rather concentrated on solidifying his nations foundation.

I hoped that he would keep up and build a better nation.

Next was the Holy Scepter Kingdom, which wasnt as serious as the empire.

It wasnt like their territory was invaded by the Demon Lord's Army to begin with, so they had only suffered minor damage.

The Nation itself possessed quite a lot of military power, and there was still power left with it.

They wouldnt collapse just from the loss of a re Saint.

However, there was trouble on the other side.

With the loss of tens of thousands of troops including the Saint, it undermined the absolute authority it had.

So of their citizens began to harbour doubt, and their dostic security began to decline.

For the Holy Scepter Kingdom which was built on top of dignity and peoples faith, this was considerable damage to them.

Perhaps to overco that situation, the Holy Scepter Kingdom regularly announced the progress of Demon Lords counterasure plan.

They also widely promoted Sacred Magic and the birth of a new Saint.

Most of those things were rely rumors and lies, but the Holy Scepter Kingdom enthusiastically repeated the announcents.

Perhaps it ant deterrence against other nations.

Their vanity was so great it made impressed instead.

While they took such a strong stance, there was no sign the Holy Scepter Kingdom had actually invaded.

They lost tens of thousands of soldiers, including the Saint who was backed by the worlds will.

While they did possess reserve military strength, it wasnt sothing they could easily dispatch.

If they were defeated once again, the fa of the Holy Scepter Army would be crushed.

It was sothing that the nation's executives wanted to avoid at all costs.

So their movent turned cautious now.

Regardless of the reality of the Holy Scepter Army, it was good that they were now concentrating solely against the Demon Lord's Army.

For the ti being, they would, at most, show off their vanity without actually doing sothing big.

It should be enough to continue monitoring them.

What was certain was that the Holy Scepter Kingdom hadn't given up on defeating the Demon Lord.

They would eventually fight back.

They would co out stronger when they invaded next ti.

I must be careful about that.

Currently, I had no plans of destroying the Holy Scepter Kingdom.

Whatever their idea was, they did move closer to my ideal.

I wouldnt have any complaints if they attempted to cooperate with other nations, but it seed unlikely for now.

The executives of the Holy Scepter Kingdom all had a strong self-esteem.

They seed to be looking down at other nations.

They seed reluctant to cooperate with people who didn't belong to the sa nation as them.

This wasnt sothing that could be solved in a short ti.

They might change their minds if we invaded them to the point of no return, but there was only little to be gained from such action.

While it was an action fitting for a Demon Lord, I had no wish to destroy the world.

My aim behind the destruction of nations was to encourage human unity.

I needed to consider the degree of destruction it caused.

A deep despair, huh.

I rembered what Saint Makia had pointed to back then.

I did have so degree of hatred against humans.

That was, without a doubt, the truth.

But that didnt an that I would get dragged around by my personal feelings.

If revenge was all I aid for, I would destroy the world as quickly as possible.

By then, nobody could stop from doing so.

I would beco the Demon Lord by true aning.

I should dominate my own mind.

I should keep conscious of what path I wish to take.

I inherited that persons ideal.

I should never forget about that.

Demon Lord-sama, may I have a bit of your ti?

Grom called out to as I thought about myself.

There were organized docunts beside him.

Did he have so problem?

What is it?

We had made an appointnt to inspect the laboratory today. Its about ti. What should we do?

I rembered it now that Grom told .

I was inspired by the magic workshop I saw at the imperial capital, so I built a similar facility at the corner of the capital.

It was responsible for developing weapons, forming ideas and manufacturing various magic tools, with the goal of strengthening the overall power of the Demon Lord's Army.

Today was the day of the inspection.

While I gave various ideas and policies at the beginning, I haven't gotten much involved recently.

I left all the responsibility of personnel and construction to my subordinates.

I did hear that there were no major problems, but I wonder what form the end result took?

I was interested about that, even without my position as the Demon Lord.

I stood up and beckoned Grom to follow .

Lets go.

HAH! Certainly!

Grom put the docunt down and walked behind at amazing speed.

He seed so happy to the point that the fla in one of his eyes blazed greater.

While Grom was always busy, he was still energetic.

Perhaps it was because the undead felt no fatigue.

He seed to like to work, as any typical working person.

I heard he sotis served his cooking to the cafeteria of the castle town.

Unlike his terrifying appearance, he seed to be loved by his subordinates.

Perhaps he was more supported than I was.

I also need to think of sothing as well.

The Demon Lord was a symbol of fear and destruction.

However, I didn't think it was right to even have a subordinate feel like that.

While I wouldnt beco a good king, I wished to be trusted as a person at least.

I was very ignorant about this thing.

I needed to ask the opinion of the other executives about it.

Maybe I would casually ask about that at the next regular eting.

While having that little worry, I left the room with Grom.