Chapter 15

-One week later-

For the group opposition test, I headed to the Demon Wood Forest behind Deruzogedo Demon King Academy .

It’s a deep forest covering valleys and mountains with an eerie feeling flowing out of it . It’s a perfect spot to train magic .

“Now then . Divide into 2 teams and we will begin the test immediately . Sasha’s team will go first . ”

At Emilia’s words, Sasha steps forward .

“Please be a role model for everyone . ”

“I understand . ”

Sasha suddenly smiles .

“My opponent will be…… . . ”

I see Sasha’s still glaring at me .

I’m not going to escape so there’s no need to look at me that way .

“I’ll do it . ”

I step forward with Misha .

“Then the first two groups will be Sasha and Arnos . Your results will affect your grades so don’t hold back . Do your best . ”

Emilia then leaves the forest along with the other students .

Are they observing us using familiars or the monitoring mirrors?

Both sides are using Demon King Army so in effect, we are simulating a war .

Even though its just a simulation I can’t seem to get away from war .

“Are you ready?”

Sasha glares at me with her

I take it head-on in a dignified manner .

“To whom do you think you’re talking to?”

“An insolent guy as ever . Do you remember your promise properly?”

“Aah . ”

“I can’t trust any verbal promise from you . ”

“I was thinking the same thing . ”

I try to set up Contract but Sasha cancels it without agreeing .

“I thought you said I was the untrustworthy one?”

“I don’t know what kind of contract you drew with your so I didn’t sign it . ”

Fumu . She isn’t making light of me as an inept person . Seems like she’s gazed at my core properly .

“Let that girl do it . ”

Sasha turns her gaze to Misha who’s behind me .

Even though she was being looked at by the Misha wasn’t bothered and stared back at her older sister .

“……Okay with me……?”

“Aah, it doesn’t matter who does it . ”

Misha holds up her palm and invokes the magic formation for .

The conditions were written in magic and Sasha signed it .

Unless both parties agree the magic contract can never be completed .

“Which position do you prefer?”

“You choose . It’s all the same to me . ”

“I see . Well then, I’ll take the east side . ”

By default that makes mine the west then .

“Nee, you’d better remember . That arrogant att.i.tude of yours . You’ll regret it later . ”

Saying her piece Sasha abruptly turns around and leads her members off to the east side of the demon tree forest .

“Shall we go too?”

“…… . . Nn………”

Walking properly we arrive at the west side and wait for a while .

“Shouldn’t be long now . ”

An owl flying in the sky uses Thought Transmission

“The test between Sasha group and Arnos group will now begin . Don’t bring shame to the founder’s name . Beat your enemy with your full power!!”

Don’t bring shame to the founder’s name?

I never willingly attacked any of my enemies you know .

The age of myths was not peaceful like now so I only did what I did because it gave the best results .

I was originally a pacifist . The people of this age have misunderstood me a lot for some reason .

If I was such a warlike belligerent person from the beginning I would not have remained silent when branded as an inept person .

Whatever, I guess I’d better start .

“………Strategy……… . . ?” Misha asked indifferently .

“We are only 2 people . ”

Sasha’s team has 30 people which is about half the cla.s.s .

“What’s your opinion Misha?”

She becomes lost in thought while wearing her usual deadpan expression .

“… . . My cla.s.s is Castle Lord (Guardian) . I’m good at Construction Creation ………”

I’d already cast Demon King Army

I can freely a.s.sign cla.s.ses to my subordinates . I made Misha Castle Lord (Guardian) because her magic control is very good so Construction Creation will suit her well .

Castle Lord (Guardian) focuses on building castles and dungeons, imbuing walls with magic and making barriers . It’s a cla.s.s that requires precise magic formulas .

If the user of Demon King Army is skilled they can raise the power even further .

You build a Demon King castle using Construction Creation . Being in the castle will also raise the ability of the Demon King and protect them . It goes without saying but its extremely advantageous in sieges .

The proper tactic will show the maximum power of me and Misha .

“I think that’s what Sasha will expect us to do . ”

“… . . Then……what should we do… . . ?”

If I’m honest, thinking about tactics in this place is pointless because I can’t lose, however, I want to see Sasha’s panicking face .

I’m going to do something that the other side would never expect .

Misha looks at me with no expression like usual .

“…… . What… . . ?”

“The Demon King (King) cla.s.s shares its power with its subordinates while becoming weak itself . The standard strategy is to build a demon king castle and stay inside for protection . ”

As long as they stay in the Demon King Castle the (King) can have its power raised . How well the (King) can perform and is protected is down to how skilful the (Guardian) is though .

“Let’s do this then . We’ll make a Demon King castle as a decoy and I’ll march on over to their castle by myself . ”

“………………… . ”

Misha’s face doesn’t change but her silence had a surprised element to it .

“What do you think?”

“…… . . Reckless…… . ”

*Hahahaha* I let out a refreshing laugh .

“That’s what the other side will think as well . We can completely outthink them like this . ”

“…… . . Be okay…… . . ?”

“Well, usually this tactic would lead to our defeat . I’d be shot with that much magic fire I’d look like a honeycomb but if there is enough power difference it will work . ”

Are you worried? Misha’s face hardens .

“You worried?”

When I ask her Misha shakes her head .

“I’m anxious but……Arnos is strong…… . ”

I’m starting to understand Misha very well . She’s staring at my core with her demon eyes and understands me as well .

“I’ll leave the decoy to you . ”

Misha nods .

“…… . . Be careful……… . ”

“Yeah, I know . I’m not very good at going easy on someone after all . ”

Misha blinks at me a number of times .

“……Talking about Arnos…… . . ”

“This me? Being careful?” I ask unintentionally

Misha tilts her head at me .

“…… . Strange… . . ?”

“No . ”

*Fufufu* laughter comes deep from my stomach .

I didn’t think that she’d be worried about me fighting . Is this what having a friend is like? It’s a fresh feeling and unexpectedly doesn’t feel too bad at all .

“You be careful too Misha . ”

“……Nn…… . ”

Waving at Misha I head off into the east side of the forest where Sasha’s group is .

After a few minutes, a huge magical power flow comes from behind me .

Turning around I see 3 huge castles have been built in separate places throughout the west side of the forest .

They will probably be hollow sh.e.l.ls as they are only decoys but even so . For Misha to construct 3 huge castles in such a short period of time is outstanding . Her magic power far exceeds others in her cla.s.s .

Excluding me of course .

“Now then . Hows the other side reacting……?”

I use my demon eyes and intercept their Thought Communication .

Voices came through almost immediately .

“Sasha-sama . Three castles have been built on the enemies side . ”

“Two are probably traps . The Demon King (King) will be hidden in the remaining one . ”

“Do we destroy the castles one by one?”

“No . In such a short time Misha cannot create three complete Demon King castles . She will be buying time to complete and strengthen the real one . I’ll swat them first . ”

“Roger that . Please give us instructions . ”

“Form units consisting of Demon Swordsman (Cavalier), Therapist (Healer), Sorcerer (Mage) and Summoner (Summoner) and head to each castle . ”

“Understood!”

I see . a.s.suming its one cla.s.s per unit that 12 people heading off to the 3 castles .

She’s still got more than half her units at her position . She’s being more cautious than I thought .

Now then——

“Fumu . Have you finally built your castle?”

That took longer than expected . A huge Demon King castle has appeared on the enemies side . Until I had a destination I couldn’t move out .

Now then, let’s begin . I use Transfer

My field of vision turns pure white and the next moment Sasha’s Demon King castle appears in front of me .

I intercept their Thought Communication again and my head is filled with noise .

“Sa, Sasha-sama!?”

“What’s wrong?”

“The enemies Demon King (King) Arnos VoldiG.o.d has suddenly appeared in front of the castle!”

“What!? How’d he do that…?”

“I don’t know . The (Shaman) was watching very carefully for approaching magic power but he just suddenly appeared!! It’s some type of magic we don’t know!”

I heard Sasha take in a sharp breath .

“…… . . Possibly…… . the lost magic Transfer … . . ? It must be…… . what else could it be… . ?”

Fumu . She’s very flexible in her thinking and understood it without seeing it .

“If the Demon King (King) wants to come alone that’s fine . He might as well beg me to kill him . He probably intended to surprise us but we’ll teach him the folly of his reckless tactics!”

“I wonder about that?”

I force my way into their causing Sasha’s team to start panicking .

“What the…… . . Why can I hear that guys voice!?”

“I don’t know . The magic formation has no problems . We shouldn’t be able to hear him!”

“Well, we can!! Find the cause, quickly!! There’s a chance that he might be able to hear us as well!!”

Yare yare . They sure are noisy .

“The cause is the method in how you constructed the spell . The recall rate of the formation is 89% . That’s pretty low so it enabled me to monitor you . ”

“That’s stupid! If the recall rate is 89% then it can be used to conceal secret communications on a national level but you’re saying it can be intercepted!”

“Don’t be fooled by his words! There must be some other reason!

Good grief . I took the time to carefully teach them but they don’t believe me .

“It’s not a problem . ”

At the sound of Sasha’s voice, her subordinates regained their calm .

I’ll admit her charisma is pretty good .

“Even if he’s monitoring our he’s still the enemy (King) and he’s here alone . This castle was constructed by 7 (Guardians) . He won’t be able to breach even the first layer . ”

7 (Guardians) made this? I guess it will be pretty st.u.r.dy . There are a number of traps, dungeons, reinforcements for the (King) and plenty of protection .

However………

“It’s a very light castle . ”

I walk straight up to the castle and place my hand on the wall .

“It’s useless . Multiple anti-magic formations are woven through it . ”

“If you are only cautious of magic then you don’t know what a real battle is . ”

I strongly grasp the wall and sink my fingers into it .

“Remember this . In the future make your castle heavier . ”

With a groaning sound, the Demon King castle is ripped from the ground .

“Shaman! Wha, what’s going on!?”

“I can’t believe it . That guy… . . Arnos VoldiG.o.d, he’s lifting the castle out of the ground!!”

“No… . way . Hows he doing that………!!”

I completely lift the castle out of the ground using only one hand .

“… . No way…… Where’s he getting the power from? He’s the (King) and he’s not receiving any protection… . How… . . ?”

“Certainly, when using Demon King Army the power depends on the cla.s.s, however, there’s a big difference between our base strengths . ”

I slowly turn my body and start swinging the castle around . Centrifugal force slowly builds up as I start swinging faster and faster .

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

“Mon, monster! Not only lifting the castle but swinging it around as well!?”

“Stop! What are you going to do? Stoooooop!!”

Fumu . Don’t look for mercy here .

The anti-magic was perfect but they ignored physics (1)

In the first place, these people have gotten too used to peace and no longer train their bodies . Before starting to use strong magic you need to work on your physical strength .

“Hey, take care when falling otherwise you’ll die . ”

I throw the castle away using the centrifugal force I’d built up . The huge Demon King castle flies through the sky cutting through the air and then smashes into the ground .

(1) Says the guy swinging around an entire castle one-handedly .