The Skill Collector

A city surrounded by robust walls.

Cities and villages protected by walls are common sense in this world, but this is a different place.

"That's expensive"

I look up and my neck is high enough to hurt. This would also be equivalent to the thickness of the wall.

The scrutiny of entering a city that is consolidating its protection seems to be rather harsh, and people's rows are progressing slowly.

"Isn't the dictatorship exuded? A guy who's been doing backwards for a long time can't trust people."

"Rumor has it they're looking to conquer the world."

"Oh, you mean you'll conquer the world before my senior, the Great Demon King?"

He stands on the front of a carriage of flashy colors when the Commander of the Demon King does it and stares around with his arms around him.

I'm walking out of the carriage to observe the exterior of the city and the people in line, but I feel like I'm walking too slow.

This carriage is owned by the troupe Reality, and the name of the troupe and the paintings of the actors are painted under the guise of publicity.

Evil stands out from earlier, but neither the captain nor the members care. I guess I'm used to it already.

"Excuse me. Let me accompany you to the bottom of the gig"

"I've been asking for it for a long time. It's a thing of a kind. The collector doesn't care.... Oops, now you were on the road, not a collector"

Boulevard. In other words, the person in charge of stage equipment in general, such as the operation and production of boulevards, in the play.

I accompany the troupe in such a name. With all the right skills for the road, I am confident that I will do all the work I am required to do.

"It's a country with some disturbing movement. I suggest you evacuate immediately if you detect any suspicious movements."

"I know. Following the Lord's advice, this time I have brought only my side."

The troupers, who were told the story, smile niggardly with cheerful nori from the carrier and the passenger seat.

Only ten members in total have been brought in this time, but all are demons under the command of the Demon King. That's pretty powerful, too.

In addition to his pure high level of combat, he also gained cunning by continuing his lurking life in the human world, and as a troupe member, he also has a high level of "acting" and "disguise" benders.

You look like an actor. You only look like a person full of beautiful men and women. They also have quite a few fans, but I wonder how they would react if they saw what they were supposed to be.

I wonder if I can handle this against a single division.

Plus, with me and the Commander of the Demon King, the power is out of the box.

Chaili wasted a lot of time wanting to go with him, but when he heard he was going to play opera, he pulled in without a sound.

Songs seem to be getting better these days, but still, I've finally said the crowd level, and it seems premature to stand in public.

"The faces of visitors to this country also stink. Doesn't it seem like a challenge to the dead?"

That allegation is not a mistake.

Merchants are the only ones waiting to be judged, and then carriages loaded with loads and their escorts. The expression is uniformly hard and the tension is transmitted here as well.

From time to time I turn my gaze over here and see cheerful troupers who don't look frightened and only soothe a little.

"You must be here considering the money and the dangers."

"Do you put money and life on the balance? Hmm, the greed that makes you human. Well, that's where it's funny."

He puts his hand on his chin and laughs. It looks like there's something behind it, but that's his usual way of laughing when he grew up as a demon king.

The demon king, whose purpose should have been to destroy people. Now he has become the leader of the cloudy and swallowing regiment and is liked by the group members and the audience.

Even demon kings say they can change...... No, let's not think about my sister. Now.

Waiting for the order as I colluded with the troupe members, my voice finally rang around past lunchtime.

"What brings you to this city?"

A gate soldier with a strained chest and a transverse attitude.

He stares at me with a half-eye.

"It's lamentable that you don't know our troupe falsehood. Until such a country border, the name of troupe falsehood has not penetrated!

How many more are above the Demon King Commander, both powerful and intimidating?

Barometric pressure is causing the gate soldiers to turn their torso against each other.

"Ki, you! If you take such an attitude towards us, yes! What is troupe falsehood? Celebrities whose names are roaring all the way to the land refer to the likes of champion Leondold!

"I don't know any suspicious troupes that call it falsehood or anything. If you're Leondold, there's no stranger in this country."

Another gatekeeper comes along and makes the same fool of himself.

Unexpectedly, the champion was to be known for his visibility. Is there a strong interest in martial arts only in a country that weighs heavily on military power?

The newly-arrived soldier seems to be peeking into the front and examining what's inside.

"What, this big fucking box? I'm not trying to bring in dangerous demons."

A soldier in a vanity while poking a costume box with a sheathed sword.

I just seem to be deluding myself into being upset with the Commander of the Demon King for a moment. Can't we pull here as gatekeepers?

"Don't feel comfortable touching the costume box, which is the life of the troupe."

The soldier seems to have reached the limit of patience first against the demon king's captain, who is flat even though he is making his weapon shine. I put up a spear and moved into a combat posture.

Several additional soldiers are coming from behind the gate.

I didn't expect you to make a scene before entering the city.

Looking right next door, the Demon King's Commander is laughing with his nose when he says this is the situation.

I also thought I'd activate my 'talking' skills and go into arbitration, but I decided to watch the side I could afford and watch the progress.

"Don't make a scene. So there's an invitation from the king."

Without breaking his unscrupulous attitude, the Commander of the Demon King approaches the spearing soldier with the seal he took out of his nostalgia. I paid the tip with my hand and stuck the seal out in front of the soldier.

He said he had been asked, but was it not directly from the king? I guess he kept his mouth shut to enjoy my reaction.

I have a grin on my mouth when I meet with the Commander of the Demon King. Just a little devilish.

"Hey, what are you doing stupid... This is royal engraving, and please wait! You guys, put down your weapons!

The oldest looking soldier rushes away and disappears from sight.

The soldiers left behind stood on the spot bewildered.

This leaves by the gate, determined to be going to take time, and a bunch of people rushing all the way to the edge of their sight as they are taking a late lunch.

There are several soldiers and two men who look like officials.

"Apparently, we've had a conversation."

The leader of the Demon King's Regiment was right, and he was peacefully apologized to the officials who had let him breathe out and allowed to enter the country.

"I'm so sorry! I'll talk to the king through it, because if you stop by even before noon tomorrow, I'll let you through! Keep it a secret how we interact here!

I'm so frightened that it seems daunting, because it would be important for the king to know about the injustice. Dictatorship is not Dade.

After more than half a day in line, I finally get into the city.

Dive the gates and observe the city…. People have no hegemony.

The top side has a thin smile, but I couldn't seem to be happier with that look.

"What a cold smile. Doesn't all the stinking faces flow? You have to teach him to smile and act like he's happy."

That's what the Commander of the Demon King smiles all over.

Points are off to point out, but you seem to have the same sentiment as me.

Compared to the country of piles, it is obvious, but the hands and feet and body of the people who go to the city are thin. The soldier was fleshy and healthy for it.

Does that mean that the food is distributed more to the soldiers and not to the people?

The city's buildings are also precipitated in colour and contribute to creating heavy air.

A country with high military power spreads prestige when soldiers nag, and the people often live by killing their breath, but... there is no appearance of being frightened by soldiers.

I have witnessed many occasions when the people and soldiers are in normal conversation while walking down the boulevard.

"Isn't it strange to say that the city has a dark atmosphere and the people and soldiers have no quarrel?

"If you do say so. Maybe the military is disciplined."

The city at a glance of poverty. People's outfits are rude compared to pile countries by their qualities.

Even so, there doesn't seem to be a sense of sadness. Some people have a look of dissatisfaction that is pushing them to death, but that's only a few.

- What is this discomfort? The city is dark, and the atmosphere doesn't look good.

But the inhabitants of this city embrace it with a faint grin.

But you don't look happy.

The gears are not engaged. It seems like a common sight during wartime, but something is different.

... What do you mean?

"I'm a collector. See it in" Appraisal ". I see something interesting."

Looks like the Commander of the Demon King has already been activated, have you discovered something?

I also follow and use the appraisal to gaze over the inhabitants' heads.

"This is. … is that what you mean"

'Dominant' lettering on people's heads. That's not one or two either. Not to say all of the people, but nearly 70% were dominated by skills.

Whoever is considered 'Dominant' by virtue of his' Dominant 'skill will be referred to by the activator. Rare skills, but I own them too, and I've had experience fighting other' dominances' before.

Rare skills have only one owner in the same generation.

Except if you bought it off my "buy and sell." If the owner dies, he shows up to the others.

And you mean it's possible to do the same with 'robbery', my sister's skill......

"I'm a collector. Can you tell me more about your 'domination' skills? Is it also possible to follow so many?

"That's not impossible. The way to put it under 'dominance' is for 'dominance' owners to turn their hands on the opponent and wrap it in light so that 'dominance' is forcefully inserted into the skill slot"

"Does that mean it's possible for any opponent?

"No. It's not that versatile. It's hard to work with someone with high mental resistance. Is it classic to attack sleep to rule someone above you… where your resistance is reduced by weakening them?"

It was unclear whether the man who previously owned the 'dominion' had attached it to a weak spot or whether his mental strength was out of line, so measures were taken just in case.

"However, when it comes to dominating many, its enforcement is considerably weaker"

It is also possible to place it forcibly 'under control' if it is about a few people, but the story is different when it comes to controlling tens of thousands of units of the people.

The skill level and mental strength of those who are activating domination must be high. In addition to that, it is imperative that the mental resistance of the ruling side is unusually weakened.

However, it is not impossible if this condition is met.

- Conditions apply when I think that my sister, who was raising her skill level, was activated for a people who were physically and mentally weak due to repression.

Should we think that the majority of the people could turn to the enemy if they had to?

"It hurts one stomach to rely on skills to the extent of mastering people's hearts"

"What do you mean?

"There are as many ways as there are to turn people into submissive me."

I tell him to throw up and throw it away, I glance at the side of the Demon King.

He seemed to despise him with all his heart, and sighed with great disdain.

The words now are too noisy to miss. I just reviewed it, shouldn't I forget that the leader of the regiment is the Demon King?

"How?

By this answer we need to keep our minds together again, without releasing our vigilance.

If we are implementing some kind of outward means, we must also consider the possibility of hostility.

As far as the troupe members are concerned, they just look admired, but are they doing something behind them?

I don't want to get into a troublesome situation on enemy land...

"The first is to give the person a job according to his abilities. It is also inefficient to make a job that is not in your height, which will also put mental pressure on the person in question. If the work that the person wanted is not strong enough, appoint him as an assistant to his ancestors"

"... Yes?

A dumb voice leaks into an unexpected response.

"Next there are limits to a person's concentration. Moderate breaks are normal, but account must be taken of the workload to be done in a day. And pay full consideration according to the work, although it is natural. Compensation commensurate with talent. That's common sense."

Speaking of which, I have heard that troupe fiction is highly paid and that extraordinary compensation is also paid according to activity. They say that when the entertainment is successful, all members of the group will be given a single gold.

"The next step is to have a manual for each job. They have craftsmen to look at and remember, but that's inefficient. It would be easier to read back when you forget if you had prepared the manual in advance for the basics to learn. Some people seem awkward to ask so many questions."

This seems to me to have to change my perception of the Commander of the Demon King in a good way.

Isn't it an ideal idea to be the boss of the organization?

"Nevertheless, there are limits to what you can learn in the manual. The archery really gets longer before the performance, but in that case it provides a meal that is as nutritious as possible and satisfactory in quantity and taste. Hydration is also essential. That's about all I can do is teething, but after the gig, I give him a long vacation and restore strength both physically and mentally. Dawn, who nourished her English spirit, must again work as my seniors thought. Come on, ha-ha-ha!

Only the last laugh sounds like a demon king, but what you're doing is conscientious.

I have to be ashamed of myself for being a little suspicious.

"That's right. You don't need skills to grasp people's minds."

"Hmm. I'm not willing to deny my skills altogether, but relying on skills for everything is also an indication that I'm not sure"

You'll get stuck with your words now. It was exactly what I said about myself.

You can sound comfortable manipulating your skills, but whatever you do, you're counting on them.

of the incompetent who was a friend. He lived without any skills. When I'm in the same position, I don't have the confidence to live like him...

"Nevertheless, it's a waste of time not to take advantage of something."

"Right."

Captain Demon King who looks at me and winks cleverly. I guess the reason why he looks like that is because he's been playing plays every day.

Apparently, you noticed me. Should I give this one back with any care?

"You might not stop saying that the captain will rule the world now. If that's the way to go, there's going to be more countries."

There are many countries where poverty and discrimination and violence prevail.

If the Demon King took over such a country, he would be much happier than he is now.

"That's not bad either, but troupes and plays are more important now. At any rate, we must first blow the name of our troupe all over the continent! Even if we conquer the world, we'll talk about it later."

Perhaps the most peaceful world conquest in the world would be possible if you were to be the head of a troupe with no strangers in the world.

"In doing so -"

Let me back you up. And I was going to go on, but I'm stuck with what the captain said to block it.

"At dawn when it became the best troupe in the world, why don't we perform collector's plays around the world! Don't worry, I'll play you funny. We need to talk a little bit. Sex Sharpening is mandatory in plays. Do you mind if I set you up to be surrounded by a lot of women and float around?

If this is a joke, I almost laughed and listened, but my eyes are serious.

"I don't mind."

"Hmm, I'm not convinced by that setting"

I'm roaring with arms. Looks like this one made sense.

"So how about a set of hands for young and old?"

"Why did you think that would convince you? You're angry, aren't you?

I understand you're trying to get rid of the air on the field by becoming the Commander of the Demon King. Both me and him are laughing bitterly at the evidence.

A merchant can't keep his customers on the lookout.

"If you conquer the world, why don't the collectors try? It would be easy for the Lord to use his luxurious skills and talents."

I do think it's possible if you use your skills. Diplomacy will also be relatively easy, as there are connections with the upper echelons of other countries.

It also holds the weakness of kings and queens.

"I didn't even think about it, but after you've accomplished it... maybe there is"

"Great collector. The conquest of the world has been beautifully accomplished. What do people want as kings?

The leader of the Demon King adds a great deal of handiwork, and he even starts the play and rides badly.

Then I'll activate "acting" and hang out.

"Right. The fact that merchants are at the top of the world means that all citizens are like clerks. So let's require everyone to wear a collector's mark uniform."

"I see, the world...... you mean uniform. Five points for a comedy scenario."

"Are you out of ten?

"That's a hundred points."

Apparently, even with the King's talent, he has no talent as a playwright.