Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

Thus Arsenum, the free city, fell into the hands of the demon king's army.

There are dozens of immortal brigade war dead.

The death toll on Arsenum's side is about three digits, so from the size of the city, it would have fallen with minimal sacrifice.

However, Oak's staff was a little dissatisfied.

"I've never crossed even though the number of dead on my side is low, but isn't the enemy general's neck too low?

I just want to say that I minimized that, but I don't talk about it.

Answer this instead.

"Regardless of the previous Demon King, the Demon King is now more concerned with the outcome than with the number of enemies' necks. Our kung fu will be appreciated properly."

- It should be, but I'm not sure.

Indeed, Orc's staff is right, and the point of the Demon King's Army's assessment is summed up in how he killed humans.

How many heads of famous enemy generals have you taken home, as in the days of the Japanese warring nations, and their demons will be appreciated and born.

However, since becoming the current demon king and Dilocuten's substitute, the evaluation method has been greatly revamped.

Even if we don't kill humans, they'll appreciate the results, - they should.

Otherwise, people like me wouldn't be promoted to brigade leaders, so the theory should be correct, but the traditional values of the Demon King's Army still seem pervasive.

"Either way, this Arsenum is a trading city. No, it would be a mining city, but it would be an agricultural city, but the same. Even if you rule a city because of it, if you kill the inhabitants of that city, it doesn't make sense. When the residents are gone, who's gonna make the deal? If you kill Dwarf, who makes silver? If you kill a farmer, who will plow the fields? How do we feed livestock when the fields are gone?

"Oh, well, it does..."

Some demons argued that without pigs and cows, we should eat humans, but that's just the minority.

Because few demons prefer to eat humans.

The Demons still want something tasty, too.

It seems that human meat is also very unsavory for the same reason that meat from carnivorous beasts is not edible.

Besides, the Demons can't make handicrafts of ornamental craftsmanship as stunning as humans and Dwarves.

On the contrary, we don't even have the technology to make minimal things like carriages and weapons.

All are taken from humans or forced to make them.

"So killing the inhabitants of that city is a bad idea."

To put it that way, I decided to go meet the representatives of the city when I said, on top of the other hand, "Don't kill the defenceless citizens".

Representative of the city.

The lord who governs this town is currently an unconscious weight, so when he becomes a delegate, he becomes the head of the Merchant Guild and the parish head of the Church.

Both went to the core when they sold me the charm first.

"Dear Ike, how much tax should I pay the Demon King's Army in the future?

The head of the Merchant Alliance asks.

"Dear Ike, will faith in God be allowed in the future?

Here's the answer to each one.

"Same as before"

When I hear that word, both relieve me.

Until I say so.

"However, the laws of the Demon King's Army shall prevail over the laws of this city. Anyone who resists the occupation of the Demon King's Army, or cooperates with it, will be punished no matter how many (or how many) people. Keep that in mind."

When they gave the order so, both bowed their heads deeply and withdrew.

Was the unexpected slight retreat due to looser conditions than assumed?

Regardless, all the treasures stored in the city will be confiscated, and freedom will be considerably more restricted than ever before, but it appears to be a far easier occupation policy than was envisaged.

Well, until a long time ago, all soldiers were killed and those responsible were publicly executed, so it's a distant occupation policy compared to that.

It is the generous treatment of the Demon King today, but some legions are still dragging on old customs.

For example, the head of the second legion, most brutally known, was executed by pouring boiled and melted iron into the mouth of the head of the occupied city.

Compared to that, the occupation policy of the 7th Corps may be raw and gentle.

- When I think of it that way, I think of the face of the leader of that seventh legion.

The attack is over, the occupation is over, I had to go report it.

The moment I thought so, my body quickly lost its contour and disappeared from the spot.