Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

During an inspection of the villages, the Demon King abruptly said.

"Ike, what do you think are the hardest castle conditions to attack?

Answer without difficulty.

"Right. Would a mountain castle like Dobolberg be ideal?"

Soldiers honor high.

In the previous life, Ieya Yamajo, which took years for Nobunaga Oda to drop, was Yamajo.

You can see enemies from high ground, and secure bow and artillery rays. There is no easier terrain to protect, and no more cumbersome terrain to attack.

"Right. Mountain castle is hard to attack. But this time I'll build a castle on the flat. Therefore, Mountain Castle is rejected."

"Why not in Mountain Castle?

Satti bumps into simple questions.

I answer.

"This time, the castle to be built will be the defensive base of the Demon King's Army, and at the same time it will be the center of the economy."

The Demon King continues.

"You're right, the size of the castle is limited in Mountain Castle. I want this castle to be the heart of the economy."

"Then I thought it would be a good idea to build a castle just behind the river."

"Uhm."

And the girl called Demon King nods.

"The mountains are easy to climb, but it's hard to swim the river. The rest was more tormented by Osaka's main temple than by Inaba Mountain in his previous life. Being backed by rivers and seas makes it harder to attack them from there, and is easily replenished by ships"

"In other words, should we look for the topography where the Great River is marked Y and build a castle at its base?"

"Uhm."

What is the Demon King?

"Indeed."

And I snort, too.

You won't know the girl in front of you, but a figure named Hideyoshi Hanzai, who became her successor, chose Lord Nobunaga as his home base for the most struggling temple force called Honshoji Temple.

The castle built there was vast and mighty, it literally flourished as the center of the Sun Book and showed its strongest defense.

Historical fact, the castle, known as Osaka Castle, once dashed 300,000 troops leading the famous General Tokugawa Jiayang under the heavens.

This time, the castle to be built was about that size, and I wanted stubbornness.

"Shall we look at the villages around here?"

When I pointed to the map, the Demon King nodded, "Uhm."

Visit the village.

It was a lonely cold village there.

"You're not very busy"

Satti makes a candid point.

"Sounds like something good. The rest only look like abandoned villages."

When the Demon King says so, he shrugs the dirt under his feet in his hands.

"I think it's a very fat soil."

She licked the dirt when she said so.

That's the Demon Clan. I would definitely break your stomach if I did the human thing.

"Plain is rarely fattening around here. I think it's a good land for agriculture."

"It's not strange to be more prosperous indeed. Wheat ear fruit is good though."

"Well, good. If the village has a small population, it would be easier to migrate for that matter. Let's not worry about details at this time."

When the Demon King said so, he asked his village daughter, who wanted to go through.

"This, little girl there"

...... I don't care, the piercing has already seeped out from the tone. I thought this didn't have to be deliberately disguised, or so I thought.

I can't help it, so I won't do it any more.

"Yes? What is it?

The village daughter answered me casually.

"I want to meet the village chief of this village. What's the name of this village, by the way?

"My name is Azchi"

When I hear that word, me and the Demon King will leak a bitter laugh at the same time.

Because the name sounded familiar.

The Demon King rarely leaks high laughter.

"This is Tenyu. Exactly. I don't believe in the rest of God Buddha, but now I feel good about believing only in this moment."

That's what the Demon King said.

I agree with that, too.

I didn't know you were going to hear that name in this other world.

Antu Castle.

Even people who are oblivious to history will know the name.

It was a castle built when Nobunaga Oda held the heavens almost in his hand.

This topography, this location, its name, will be the name no more for the Dilokten Demon King to build its castle.

That's what I thought. We went to the village chief's house to show the village daughter around.

The village chief's home was also a simple one.

It is made of wood and is not particularly well designed.

It was extremely commonplace, and no, it was rather crude on the contrary.

By the way, a sudden breeze leaks in.

For once, I guess it's economic enough to have a guest.

I was served tea, but it was fairly diluted.

The Demon King and Satti, whether or not I speak to it without complaining.

When the demon king drank it up, he uttered it with courtesy.

"It was good tea"

It looks as great as ever.

The village chief seems to be having trouble with that attitude, too.

Speaking of which, I have this thing in my Chinese story.

Once upon a time, there was a king in China named Wu Ling Wang.

He dressed himself as a messenger in order to go on an inspection of an enemy country, but his attitude at that time was so magnificent and unpersonal that the enemy found out who he was.

I guess a born king, a champion, is something that can't hide that air.

That's what I thought. I decided to turn into a demon king and negotiate with the village chief.

I told him to block the conversation between the demon king and the village chief.

"- Mayor, I actually need to talk to you."

"Is this a consultation?

The skinny village chief on his cheek moves that moustache.

"Yes, actually, we are messengers of the Demon King's Army."

"Oh, my God, were you Demon King's Army people"

"Yeah, well."

"Recently I heard that more people are working with the Demon King's Army, but are you talking about it too?"

"Don't you mind?"

"Terrible. Since the Demon King's Army came to rule the land, it has become better suited to life. Instead, we'd like to work with you."

"Is that for real?

"I swear to God, you can say that."

With that said, the village chief prays to the God he believes in. Apparently he is a follower of the Mother Earth God.

"Then I'd like to ask you to understand that you can't, but can't you just leave this village?

"What the hell!?

The village chief speaks out in dismay.

It would be a natural reaction.

Farmers and farmland are both wheels of cars. Cut is inseparable.

Suddenly getting out of it was a suggestion that was disrespectful.

………………

Wait for the village chief to be released from consternation. Because I thought making suggestions early on would confuse me.

"Of course, you don't want me to leave for free. This land seems to have plenty of soil, so make sure you can move to the same or more land. And we'll have some gold coins."

At least I'll take it back so I can live more than I do now. That's what I went on.

"... but to move from ancestral lands. Hmm, but..."

"It still is, isn't it?"

"... but is this an order of the Demon King's Army? We have to obey."

"The Demon King's Army is not heartless. If the villagers are really..."

If I say so, the village chief will be silent again.

A few minutes or so, the silence lasted for a long time, but the village chief gave a determined look.

"Okay. If the Demon King is to be desired, we shall emigrate."

"Is that true?

And it was Satti who raised his voice of joy.

"Yeah, I hear the contemporary Demon King is merciful and won't break the promise he made once. At least you'll be better off living than you are now."

"I promise you I'll do the rest of the honors."

That's what the Demon King says. But as always, he doesn't seem to understand his intention to disguise himself.

I don't know if you're relieved to hear that, but the village chief also loosens his expression a few times.

"No, I'm not sparing myself leaving this village. Actually."

"What do you mean?

The Demon King asks.

"Village stuff is a shame to let go of ancestral fields."

Certainly the earth is fattened. The wheat fields were spreading on one side in evidence of that.

"But the village is as you can see. Even if the wheat yields well, it doesn't directly connect to the richness of life."

"What do you mean?

"Yes, as a matter of fact, this village has become an underground dragon passage."

"... is it a ground dragon"

"Yeah, once in a 20-year cycle, a giant ground dragon passes through this village. At that time, they destroyed the village."

"I see, so the building was crude."

"They'll break it every 20 years anyway."

By the way, the month of that 20-year cycle will come soon, adds the village chief.

Haha......, the village chief laughs powerlessly.

"Well, that's troubling you"

And I turn to the Demon King.

Is it okay to build a castle every 20 years on the route around which the grounddragon circles?

I can't even rebuild every 20 years.

I stared at him with that gaze, but he sends a gaze that the Demon King doesn't mind.

"You'll be able to defeat him later if you don't have as many dragons as you have."

That's what I assured you.

…………

Well, surely there's no way that the Demon King and I would defeat as many dragons as the Ground Dragon.

In fact, even before this, me, Lilith and Anemone alone exorcised the legendary Cesar Pent.

This time I'm in perfect condition, and this time I have a more powerful helper than that.

You don't seem to have to worry about losing.

That's what I asked the village chief.

"By the way, how big are the dragons and the others?

The village chief said in a light tone.

"It's like a little castle."

... I see, about 30 meters.

By the way, its size is equal to that of the best dinosaur on earth, the Argentino Saurus.

I can deduce it's about a Sirona gas whale.

Well, this isn't going to be easy to take down.

That's what I thought. I decided to take the dragon crusade.