Chapter 69: Two Schemes (10)

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It took 10 minutes before I was released from her grasp. A mere kiss lasted no less than 10 minutes. I was so utterly exhausted that I fell to my knees. The inside of my mouth felt numb.

“I’ve been sullied……completely sullied.”

Barbatos was a technician. There was no way of knowing how many techniques she had used. I was out of breath. I managed to recognize the drill, vibration, and vacuum techniques. My memories after that were gone. I could only faintly remember that I was taken advantage of. I used to be proud in my own way that I was a master at a single technique, but she was genuinely on another level.

Barbatos wiped her mouth with a napkin.

“A young man shouldn’t be weak like a sardine. Back when I was your age, I held numerous sex parties that would last for three days straight. Kaka, I was quite young back then, too. I even tested out how many times I could climax because I was curious. I gave up after counting up to 300, though.”

“…….”

This girl who looked like a loli on the outside was proudly talking about her younger days and her sexual escapades. What a terrifying woman. As expected of a Demon Lord, she didn’t care about any sort of sex ethics. Although I can’t say much about this as the person who slept with Laura, a young girl, this person needs to learn some restraint.

In any case, the negotiation was a success. It turned out a lot better than expected.

‘Status.’

I checked the result of my success.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Name: Barbatos Race: Demon Lord　　 Faction: Barbatos’s Demon Lord Army, Plains Faction Attribute: Evil(-40)

Level: 357　　　　Infamy: 6985200 Job: Arch Black Mage(SS), Demon Lord(S), Dungeon Manager(A+)

Leadership: 330　　Might: 460 　　Intelligence: 153 Politics: 159　　Charm: 209　　Technique: 301

Affection: 50

Current thought: ‘Hmm, it’s the first time I’ve locked lips with a man. It isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Should I just eat him whole?’ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

‘Okay. I’ve reached 50 affection points.’

……There was something ominous in her current thought, but I did my best to ignore it.

50 affection.

This was the highest amount of points I could get using normal means. I have to accomplish certain conditions in order to raise it any higher than this.

The conditions range from a wide variety of things and are different from people to people, so it’d be impossible for me to figure out Barbatos’ hidden condition at this moment. In Laura’s case, the condition was achieved as an addition to recruiting her as a vassal, but it’d be hard to get that lucky twice. Well, the act of recruiting Barbatos as a subordinate was practically like a fantasy.

‘I’m satisfied with just this.’

I didn’t fret. Barbatos was obviously the most powerful person I’ve met so far. I managed to make this strong individual into an ally. Being happy about this achievement alone should be good enough.

Nonetheless, there was something that bothered me.

‘……Her stats are naturally high.’

Barbatos was overpowered.

To be more exact, she was excessively overpowered.

Her stats were so high that it went beyond feeling awe and made me feel despair instead. If you combine all of my stats, then I would just barely be able to reach 150, but the total of her stats exceeded 1000 with great ease. This was clearly an abnormal number.

She wasn’t this strong in the game either. Level 357!? This was something that could only be achieved by someone at, at the very least, rank 4. Barbatos’ level usually hovered around 250. No matter how high it got, it was always below 260. It wasn’t something utterly baffling like 350. I was certain.

‘I thought about this before, but the difficulty is weird.’

Compared to the Rank 8 Demon Lord’s level in the game, hers was a hundred levels higher. If she’s like this, then how insane is the Rank 1 Demon Lord’s stats?

In the original game, Rank 1 Demon Lord Baal was the last boss and level 389; however, recent discoveries have been making me feel uneasy. There’s no doubt that Baal’s level must have increased drastically as well. He’s probably at least level 500.

Level 500. I had a slight headache. Even if the character I had raised in the game were here, I still wouldn’t be able to beat this. If the members of the Dungeon Attack fansite saw this, then they would probably pass out.

‘VenusPanties, that son of a bitch…… damn it. I was wondering why F-rank and E-rank adventurers were so strong, but it was because the difficulty as a whole was high.’

The individual whom I assume put me into this world, VenusPanties. I have yet to forget the words they had said to me. How could I? After asking me if I truly wanted to play their new game, they told me the following:

– If the goal of Dungeon Attack is to stop the Demon Lords and protect the world.

– Then the biggest goal of the sequel is to conquer the world.

– Don’t forget.

‘Hah, god damn it.’

I thought this piece of information was useless at the time, but I thought differently now. It became clear to me what they meant by those words. They were telling me what my ultimate goal should be here in this world.

Conquer the world.

Who would’ve known that the words one would say jokingly as a child would have so much weight now? Conquering the world in a game was not only easy but trivial; however, if someone asked you to conquer the world in real life, then they would naturally be treated as a lunatic. I was put in a situation where I had to genuinely carry out this insane task.

Was this not utterly insane?

This wasn’t a simple matter. VenusPanties said ‘the world’ and not ‘the human world’. In the world of <Dungeon Attack>, not only was there naturally a human and demon world, but, according to the game’s setting, a God world exists as well. Were they referring to every world when they said ‘the world’? I couldn’t help but feel anxious about this. If it includes the human world and all the other worlds as well, then……it’s hopeless.

“Barbatos, there’s actually another reason why I came here today.”

“Hm? What? Do you want to have sex with me or something? If you offer me another Baler Wine, then there’s nothing I won’t do.”

“……That’s not what I meant.”

Therefore, I have to take large-scale actions from now on.

The Demon Lords are fearsome enemies. This, I admit. Nonetheless, in the game’s story, the Demon Lords get subjugated by the humans. In truth, the truly formidable enemies aren’t the Demon Lords, but the entire human race. The hero’s party had dozens of people who were as strong as Barbatos. It would be impossible to topple the hero’s party through normal means in my current state.

Through normal means.

“Hah. There are thousands of guys who masturbate every night at the thought of having sex with me. A bottle of Baler Wine is cheap compared to that, you brat.”

“I get that there are at least thousands of pedophiles in the demon world. Whatever, I’m being serious here. Stop raising the ends of your skirt and listen to me.”

“Hm? All right.”

“Don’t start fondling my butt while saying that!”

I took a step back. Barbatos pouted and started lifting the ends of her skirt again. Her white stockings appeared from under her skirt. How does a woman like her exist? I’ve never seen anyone like her in my previous world or this world.

“Tsk, even if you grab your dick and come pleading to me later, you won’t get anything.”

“Even I have someone who’d put out for me whenever I want, you know?”

“Huh? Are you saying that bitch is more charming than me?”

Barbatos growled. This person was really a headache.

“You don’t know how amazing my technique is, do you, Dantalian? Even the most prestigious saintess in the entire world would start squirting like a fountain in less than 20 seconds if they’re in my grasp. I don’t even have to use my mouth. I don’t need two fingers either. This.”

She jokingly wriggled her index finger.

“This one finger is more than enough. Saintesses will turn into sluts, and sluts will turn into whores. I’m saying that they’ll become a part of my exclusive whore brigade. Have you ever heard the first moan of a girl from a powerful family who had come to you to receive counseling about having never experienced pleasure in 300 years? It’s fucking great. Ah, ah, hnn! This is the first time I’ve felt this before! Your Highness! Haah! S-Spare me! Hng! Hearing this was so satisfying. No symphony is as grand as this.”

“Aaaah…….”

I covered my ears. I couldn’t endure it any longer after listening to this person talk with the face of a young girl about provocative things like some degenerate old man. She’s also talented at impersonations! Her moans sounded so real that it almost felt as if she were in the middle of the act right now.

The issue was the strange sensation of immorality. The more sultry her voice became, the more my lower body reacted. I assume that since I could still hear her voice clearly despite having blocked my ears, she must have mixed some aphrodisiac spell in her voice. Similar to the cork removal spell earlier, this person knows way too many useless spells.

“Brat, try closing your eyes and leaving yourself to me for just a minute. I’ll let you see Heaven for free. No, I don’t even need a minute. You’re acting like a eunuch right now, so 30 seconds is more than enough. They say that men can only climax once, am I right? They’re quite the sad and inferior species. Nonetheless, if you leave it to me, then I can guarantee you at least 10…….”

I screamed mentally.

To sum it up, my steel-like rationality managed to endure the seduction attempt. The fact that I slept with Laura, a 16-years-old, poked at me a little. Sleep with Barbatos whose appearance looks like that of a 12 or 13 year old? If I were in a beast-like state after not being able to experience the touch of another for a hundred days, then perhaps, but I wanted to firmly refuse right now.

“Weird, my <Enticement Spell> rarely ever fails.”

Barbatos complained. As I expected, she seriously did use a seduction spell! Furthermore, she really does have a terrible naming sense! I felt absolutely gobsmacked. If she named it that unironically, then Barbatos needs to get her head checked out.

“Haah.”

I barely managed to compose myself properly.

“There are two reasons why I didn’t come to you and lazed around for a month. The first reason was to confirm whether the Plains Faction would move or not in relation to Riff’s corpse, and the other was to spread a rumor throughout the human world.”

“A rumor?”

Barbatos tilted her head. Her young face looked purely innocent now.

“That’s right. A disturbing rumor is currently circulating throughout the human world. It’s the groundless rumor that the Demon Lords had spread the Black Death. I circulated this rumor on a large scale through the Keuncuska Firm.”

“Eh? Why would you do something like that?”

Wrinkles appeared on the temple of her head.

“……Don’t tell me, just as that Paimon bitch claimed, you really did create the Black Death? No. There’s no way that a mere Rank 71 could have created the deadliest plague to have ever existed. Even the Demon Lord who specializes in creating diseases can’t create something like the Black Death.”

“You’re right. It’s practically impossible for a mere Rank 71 like me to create the Black Death.”

I shrugged.

“The humans think that as well. There’s no way that an unprecedented epidemic could appear naturally and there’s no way some weak individual could create it.”

“Oho. Do they suspect that we Demon Lords are the culprit?”

Barbatos snorted.

“Humans are always like that. If they’re unhappy, then they try to attach the reason for their unhappiness on something else. They pray to their Gods and swear at Demon Lords. They fail to eternally realize that it’s karma and that they have no other choice but to take responsibility for their sins.”

“An interesting view, but.”

I shook my head.

“You’ve failed to understand the severity of the situation.”

“Huh?”

“The Black Death is currently reducing almost every city in the human world into ashes. Other than the Kingdom of Sardinia that succeeded in suppressing the plague during its early stages, every nation is currently suffering due to the epidemic.”

A portion of the cities managed to successfully prevent the spread of the disease. It was thanks to the Black Herbs I had circulated. A few wise and brave regional lords used even their personal funds in order to purchase the Black Herbs and effectively protected their lands with the herbs.

However, the lords that had done that were a severe minority.

A majority of them only purchased the expensive herbs to save themselves and their families. There were even lords and merchants that purchased the black herbs from me before selling them for an even more exorbitant price to others. In the end, similar to what happened in the game, the Black Death was causing an abundant amount of harm.

Once it was revealed that the Black Herb worked as a cure, several areas began to grow their own batches in large proportions, but there were still several months left before they could carry out their first harvest. They didn’t have enough time to see any benefits. They could wake up one morning to find out their mother or their sons had passed away……the humans were in a type of Hell.

“Barbatos, the human world is slowly crumbling. Frustration towards lords, temples, and nations that failed to take precautions properly have skyrocketed more than ever before. There have already been 9 cases of town-scale revolts. There was even a major city-scale revolt as well.”

Barbatos seemed to still not understand what I was trying to say. It couldn’t be helped. Only I could grasp how the world would flow since I remembered the entire history of <Dungeon Attack>.

“A rumor that a Demon Lord had caused this epidemic has started to circulate in a situation like this. How do you think the rulers of the human world will use this?”

“……!”

Barbatos finally gave a proper reaction.

“Whether it be arbitrarily or against their will, they’ll have no other choice but to utilize this rumor. The bad ones aren’t the lords, it’s not the temples either. The bad ones are the Demon Lords. They’ll try to avoid taking responsibility. The humans will begin to trust the rumor more and more. Even now, their streets and palaces are filled with talks about subjugating the Demon Lords.”

“You bastard, did you……?”

“Yup.”

I nodded.

“It is time to form the Crescent Alliance once more. Barbatos, it’s time for war. War is approaching.”

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TL note: Thanks for reading the chapter. I probably should have gotten this out sooner, but same ol same ol, I’ve been busy doing things. I always reach my daily quota, but it isn’t much. This whole covid-19 situation is making me ponder whether I should take a semester off from uni and come back once this pandemic has died down. I don’t really want my last semester to be another period of online classes. It sucks, really.

At any rate, self-pondering aside, I’ll see you guys in the next release.