Chapter 104 (1/2)

The Night Before

Along with the freed elves, rarethe quality of their uess their captors never intended to enter open hostilities against us I ht began all of this – ithout a single injury I would i not to kill a single “person” The elves, based on theirtheth–a rather dangerous bunch No , to capture ten elves without a single injury, is a real testi there were a few of theine they are at least A ranked I should think about this soround organization abundant with such individuals My heart tightened watching the monster slaves’ parade

One of the Cerberus’ Bosses–Damrada As the one responsible for thetheain entry into the “jewel” called Tempest But, thanks to an inspection upon entrance, and ban on illegal iration, entry into the country was not easy to acquire A guild card would have allowed entry However, anyone else would have to enter by an invitation The country has not yet completely developed, so we could hardly let just anyone in The refugees pouring into our country are staying in inns we had just finished And we’re quickly putting the staff That aside,

Dareet lance at the city, with a nod full of admiration,

[It has been a long time, Demon Lord Rimuru-sama This unworthy one is na the capturedentry into your country]

He bowed in respect As always, he is extreaudy

[Yeah Seems like you have treated my subjects well You have my thanks Since you have fulfilled your part of the proet about this incident But you do understand that I will not allow this to happen again, right?]

[Hahaha, of course You are hardly an opponent I would want to risk ainst]

Damrada intended to co that short exchange We, too, would rather avoid a war of attrition with this organization I ht head on, but there are s they could do fro that I had just proclai the Teuys just intend to gain onize theet in my way, I will destroy them

[By the way, a little bird whispered this toa tournaht to observe it?]

Daer to analyze our strength Well, I don’t oal But, I can’t let him have it for free, can I?

[You have my permission You have pers as well]

[Oh, how great is your benevolence! In that case…]

[But, have your strongest man participate I’d love to see what he’s like I ht?]

I replied with a sain ht He hesitated a bit, but

[As expected of a de has a price Understood In that case, this individual…]

He called forth a young individual I looked at the youth, and then again at Damrada

[Da these, aren’t you?]

We stared at each other for a second, and,

[You got h it all In that case, I have no choice but to participate I will be in your care both as a participant and as an observer]

[Yeah, our future relations will depend on your perforest you try real hard]

Daht, he really is the strongest ath is obvious to those who can truly see And thus, our participant list increased again It wouldn’t be fun to have a battle only as up a bit And if things get really coth Martial Arts Tournament I can hardly wait!

Raeon Nor was the sight of Milieon a rare sight Things were the sahter disturbing people, but we decided to ignore those reports As for the invitation letters, Myormiles has selected the individuals to invite and sent the letters out Communication is important So I introduced Souei to Myormiles and had him help with the communication Souei’s subordinates–Souka, Saika, Nansou, and Hokusou became the center of Myorood at handling people, they have quickly opened up to hi down on him

So I can probably leave all that to thee of mercenaries and adventurers they ereat benefit for clearing the labyrinth, we can harvest loads of money off of them And we can probably have a few nobles become our sponsors Which would also advance our plans to reuse the arena another step Though when I say “reuse” I do mean it in a limited sense–up to four ti or so that far ahead I had thought only about the money that could be made off of adventurers, and worried about those ould lose themselves in it And that’s where sponsors would coeon with hidden riches that, like a lottery, would reward a few individuals To amble, of course Maybe have rare iteested that we make a request to the Freedom association

[Can we make this request of them?]

[Of course A reward of 1,000 gold coins for he ould clear a hundred floors And that’s iers will decrease due to your notori… faons Is there an adventurer who could defeat a dragon? Even the knights would find it difficult” they say So those eating the nobles’ scraps say Which is why I think it’s a good idea to offer a lavish reward But, in order to make them think we really intend to pay the on floor reached A single gold coin for reaching the 10th floor 3 gold coins for reaching the 30th floor So like that Maybe even rewards for record time to a save point?]

[Hahaha An advertise a demon lord! Well done, Myormiles, well done So, ard only a few people? Or all of them?]

[I was thinking the first five every month If they are in a party, they’ll just have to split the profit And if ard thee them to compete even more]

I see If ard the first individuals to reach the target, it won’t hurt our budget and encourage participation What a wonderful plan No one will clear it, and even if they do, it’s no probleold coins we can earn very quickly What a wonderful idea this has become

[Myormiles-kun, proceed just as you have spoken!]

[Ay, I live to serve!]