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Chapter 321: Complete Victory
Chapter 321: Complete Victory
Chapter 321: Complete Victory
Chapter 321: Complete Victory<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Hiding in the shadow of a rock I set up there, I was watching the state of the invaders who were being attacked by my subordinates to gauge the best moment to launch a surprise attack.
Should I send in a few more subordinates?
Thinking that numbers of small fry would be simply slaughtered and converted into experience points for the enemy, I had deployed 200 subordinates equipped with Mithril gear, relying on quality over quantity, but 50 of them had already been killed.
If they decrease any further, it’ll make a surprise attack just harder…
“Izayoi.”
“Yes!”
“Are you ready?”
“At any time.”
“Saburou, once Izayoi and I defeat the heroes of Shizuoka, you’ll launch a general offensive, just as planned.”
“We shall show them a nightmare suitable to our name as Calamity of Demise.”
Everyone nodded, tightly clenching the weapons in their hands.
“Let’s go! …Izayoi!”
“Yes, Milord!”
Izayoi rushed out in line with my words and used the spear in his hand to pierce the torso of a Shizuoka hero from behind.
“??!? …Kah!? …W-Why…are…yo…”
“Hoh. You’re outstanding for being still alive. How about it? Won’t you work for our Lord, the sole god in this world?
“Ugh…D-Don’t fuc??”
“???Crescent Moon Slash?! What a fool I am.”
While remonstrating himself, Izayoi bisected the hero with a sharp slash without waiting for the answer.
“??! F-Furutaaaaaa!”
The other hero of Shizuoka, my target Satoru, yelled sorrowfully.
“…ill…kill…kill…KILL! You demon kings are??”
???Crescent Moon Slash?!
The instant all his attention was directed at Izayoi, I canceled ?Darkness Veil? and delivered a mighty slash against Satoru from behind.
“??!? Wh-!? Y-You’re…??!?”
“You’re too arrogant.”
Just as he looked back and became shocked seeing my face, Satoru’s thigh was stabbed by Izayoi’s spear.
“You might have many things you want to say, but…this is a battlefield. Sleep for eternity ???Dark Shot?!”
I pulled out my Growth Gun and blasted Satoru’s head away with a darkness bullet while he was kneeling on the ground.
“Shion-sama, this was marvelous.”
Izayoi bowed his head respectfully in spite of us being in the middle of a battlefield.
“??! S-Satoru…Furuta…”
“W-Why…is that guy in this place…”
“Why…this is still the 14th floor, right…?”
While the invaders were shocked by their friends’ deaths and Izayoi’s and my presence??
“Haaah ha ha ha! Whirl in darkness, dance in disaster! The lead actor of tonight’s Dance of Death is Genesis Shion-sama. And I, Disaster of Demise Darkness Dracul the Third, shall play the requiem!”
Saburou rushed to the very front while discharging some meaningless nonsense. At once he charged at one of Aichi’s heroes.
“Turn your blades of calamity at the fools who are opposing our lord and king of the abyss??sally forth, Team J!”
Alongside the funny slime’s order, who was sitting on Mao’s shoulder, the members of Team J all jumped out of the shadows of the rocks.
?
Fifteen minutes later.
The heroes of Shizuoka, Aichi and Fukui lay on the ground, dead. The heroes of Gifu, the sole survivors, were surrounded by my subordinates while panting hard.
“Shion-sama,” Saburou addressed me.
For him to talk to me at this time…
“Do you want them?”
“If possible…I shall definitely turn them into personnel…useful to the Aster Empire.”
I also like gathering excellent personnel, but Saburou tops me in that regard…or rather, his standards are lower than mine when it comes to excellency.
Three people, huh?
When turning battle personnel into subordinates, it’s necessary to turn them into kin or residents first so that they won’t ever betray me. If we had a ?Reign? scheduled, it’d be possible to turn them into residents, but…there are no ?Reigns? scheduled.
In such a case, it becomes necessary to offer all my CP??ten hours worth??to turn one person into a bloodkin.
It’d also be fine to turn them into experience points, but…I suppose people so skilled will be useful in various ways.
“Time is precious. You have only one chance.”
“Thank you very much for your generous mindset.”
After bowing respectfully, Saburou headed over to the Gifu heroes who were surrounded by the members of Team J.
“Dear heroes, nice to meet you. I’m Darkness Dracul the Third, the shadow leader of the Aster Empire which is ruled by Genesis Shion-sama.”
Oh? He’s shaming the name of the Aster Empire, isn’t he? I guess he wants to be burned.
“Darkness Dracul the Third? …A kin of Genesis?”
“Hah! A kin…if you mean relative or someone very close to Shion-sama…then the answer is yes.”
“No, the answer is no. I’ve lost my memories, but it’s pretty clear that I didn’t have any relatives like you. If I burn him, the negotiation will be finished, right? It’s not that I want personnel to such an extent, but…they’re quite skilled…hmm, I guess I’ll bear with it for now…
Suppressing the urge to reduce the filth in front of me to ashes, I decided to keep watching the filth’s negotiation.
“Time is valuable at the moment, so I will get straight to the point. The offer extended to you previously by Shion-sama is still effective. How about it? Won’t you become residents of Aster…no, members of the strongest unit that serves Aster from the shadows?”
“Ugh…I??”
“Wait. Tell me your decision after listening to all of my words. You people robbed the lives of many of Shion-sama’s cherished subordinates. Normally, that crime…would be only forgiven by you offering your lives in return.”
“…In short, ultimately you’re going to kill us anyway, right!?”
“Don’t become so impatient. Even though I possess authority, it’s impossible for me to welcome you as subordinates without any conditions. Therefore, I will suggest one requirement!”
“…Requirement, you say.”
“There’s just one requirement! All three of you have to surrender. If even one of you refuses, all of you will become nourishment for us. Did you know just how precious and enticing the experience points for high-level heroes like you are for us?”
Is it because he’s used to it? Saburou’s persuasion was a lot cleverer than I had expected. The corner Gifu heroes looked at each other.
“Now then, I guess we should hear your pending decision from earlier. As for your consideration time…Shion-sama, what is it going to be?”
Huh? He passes it to me at this point…? Stick to doing it yourself to the very end.
Hmm, what should I do?
“We don’t have much time. 30 seconds… Izayoi, count.”
“Yes! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…”
Izayoi mercilessly counted the time.
“…17, 18, 19, 20.”
When his count reached 20, I lifted my left hand and the subordinates around us started to ready their weapons.
“…23, 24, 25, 26, 27.”
“Got it! I’ll surrender!”
“M-Me too!”
“Ugh…me too.”
The heroes of Gifu all surrendered.