After winning the Seizure Battle with Gremory.

After holding a night of wild Ras party, I woke the exhausted sleeping Gremory as soon as morning came.

"What... so annoying from the morning."

"Gotta work."

"From this hour? Damn diligent. Yaaawn."

Though I skipped this morning's routine, my daily life wouldn't change much going forward. Gremory would manage her dungeon as Gremory, and I'd repeat the daily routine of strengthening evolved subordinates again.

What would change was subordinate composition.

Slimes that could evolve to 3-star became Slime Dragons and could now solo the Slime sub-dungeon. And the remaining slimes under my command that could evolve to Big Slimes could now evolve through 'synthesis' with each other.

"There are broadly two types of monster synthesis."

Gremory followed beside me like a secretary explaining various dungeon systems. As a result of the Seizure Battle being recognized as my victory, I could use Gremory's dungeon facilities as my own.

"Put your hand on. It recognizes right away?"

"Amazing. Then can you also use my facilities?"

"No. Your expression, that is, multi-dungeons are subordinate to the upper dungeon. I told you, right? Mine is yours. But yours isn't mine."

"Got it roughly."

When I placed my hand on Gremory's summoning facility's magic crystal, the magic crystal immediately responded to my hand. Purple magic power sparkled and the summoning facility's information appeared. Gremory's summoning facility was unexpectedly only Lv.1.

"One is like you said, the case of reincarnating Andras. When you put in a Seizure Battle against an opponent's dungeon, a mission occurs, right? Massacre a certain number of the opponent dungeon's major monsters. If above a certain number, an egg that lays that monster appears."

"Like the Andras egg?"

"Right. But that's a somewhat special case. Where in the world would someone alone lay 666 of the same species? Unless like Andras, you repeatedly lay from the start for the purpose of self-reincarnation."

"That's true."

Gremory confirmed abnormalities occurred in Andras dungeon from the moment she tried to attack my dungeon. Because the sub-quest for attacking my dungeon was strange.

Massacre 666 slimes.

That was my dungeon's quest assignment.

"First time seeing an orc using slimes as main force."

"I think conquering the world with slimes is pretty common though."

"Come on, would the Demon King or Lord Baal be slimes then? Say something that makes sense."

If the former, maybe not, but if the latter, wouldn't it be quite plausible?

"I heard the dungeon I'm in now was an old dungeon Baal used? Abandoned."

"What idiot wants to die saying such things? Don't you know Lord Baal is almost like a god to dungeon owners? Because it's me it passes, but if you said that in front of other guys, your head would fly right off. Who said that?"

"...The system told me when I set up house here."

"The Demon King's system... Ugh, learned something scary. Lord Baal actually abandoned a dungeon. That means he got beaten once. Ah, I'm fucked. The moment this gets out, I'll die too..."

Gremory despaired. Baal's majesty seemed quite considerable beyond thought. But the party who revealed it didn't care about that part at all.

'Let's not talk about Estu.'

If I say an administrator intervened directly, they might nitpick about violating fairness. I subtly distorted the truth.

"I just found traces while digging the dungeon. Then after fully developing the 1st floor, a door to basement 1 opened, see? That's when it appeared. Dungeon left behind by old Baal. Something like that."

"There's no way to confirm so I can't say much. Got it. Let's say that's the case. Then from now I'll tell you a good method to strengthen your main slime forces."

Talking about monster synthesis flowed to here. Gremory asked me to summon two slimes.

Two ★ slimes fully filled to level 15.

The two placed before the Altar of Sacrifice trembled as if sensing fate.

"As you can see, if you have an Altar of Sacrifice, you can synthesize at the summoning circle, right? But the case with the 'egg' I mentioned earlier is different from now. If the former is confirmed, the latter is raising them to the end to forcibly increase only the ★. Try pressing once."

I pressed monster synthesis as Gremory directed. Though we couldn't see each other's screens, as long as we shared the same system, the panels were identical.

[Monster Synthesis: Synthesizes 2 or more monsters to make one individual.]

[Synthesis Target: Slime ★★]

[Synthesis Conditions]

1).Both slimes must be ★ or above.

2).Both slimes must be level 15 or above.

"Just annoying conditions attached, nothing else particularly?"

"That's the difference between former and latter. The latter is normal and the former is a really special case. Since you synthesized Andras first, it might not resonate well, but normally you just synthesize max levels like this as standard."

"Wait, let me see. So roughly like this?"

I drew a diagram on the floor.

"Combine two level 15 1-star slimes to get a level 15 2-star slime. Not Big Slime. Right?"

"Yeah, no evolution. Because of max level, right? Only possible through evolution."

"Then a level 15 slime that became ★★ through synthesis means the max level expands only by meeting Big Slime evolution conditions. Hmm... shame, level 100 strongest slime is impossible."

"You can use enhancement tickets. Growing would be damn hard though."

"Gremory's smart."

"Even if it's praise, it's obvious so no particular impression."

As expected, having a pinpoint tutor pointing out confusing parts made subordinate training plans smoother. And before personally practicing, I asked first with an uneasy heart.

"Does synthesizing them take like a week?"

"No. The higher grade, the more time it takes. Synthesizing 1-star to 2-star... 30 minutes?"

"Synthesis let's goooo!"

No hesitation. I immediately threw slimes onto the summoning circle. Lime judged who'd become the main personality.

"Lime. Between the yellow-inside slime and black slime, who works better?"

Gurrgle.

"Lime says both can't work anyway."

Lime said and Lune translated. I pressed the button without hesitation. Soon the two slimes merged into one, and the shell began hardening like a pupa before molting.

[Monster Synthesis]

[Synthesis Result: Slime, ★★]

[Expected Time: 30 minutes]

30 minutes of free time appeared. I asked Gremory another question.

"Seizure Battle."

"Ugh."

She clearly disliked deliberately bringing up the Seizure Battle she lost...?

"Hey, are you doing it with Arthur again with your alter ego now?"

"...The main body's right here!"

"Earlier you were snapping about waking up early."

"Shut up. Fine, so what are you curious about? Hurry and say."

"I said it. Talk about Seizure Battle."

I took off my pants. 30 minutes was time to fuck and still have plenty left. So it was time for warm-up work to fuck.

"Time should be used efficiently. Everyone, let's have breakfast."

"Heehee."

Lune first knelt before me. Gremory alternately pointed at Lune and Eila kneeling before my thing with a dumbfounded face.

"...Breakfast?"

"Yeah, breakfast. Come to think of it, you've never eaten?"

"Master's is delicious! Fills my belly too!"

"Tastes like rich custard cream."

"...My god. Well, fine."

Along with sounds of Lune and Eila working their tongues, Gremory's long explanation began.

***

First I'll talk about this. The Demon King, that is, Lord Solomon wields magic distinctly different from existing magic systems. And his authority is at a peak we ordinary demons absolutely cannot reach.

You must've felt it to some degree too, right? Time magic that accelerates growth by making things born in egg form.

Space magic that miniaturizes dungeons in Dimension Stone form to create sub-dungeons where souls endlessly drift.

Soul magic that lets demons and monsters grow infinitely through synthesis, enhancement, and reincarnation forms, transcending their limits.

And the 'system' that lets ignoramuses like us indirectly use such authority.

Just like Lord Solomon sends subordinates if we offer magic stones, the grace Lord Solomon gives us is truly abundant. Though Lord Solomon formed the Demon King Army to wage all-out war with the human alliance, demons are a species that lives through struggle anyway, right? It's good.

And Lord Solomon created 72 dungeons as you know. Granted a system to each owner. I don't know how you obtained the system. Only the Demon King or high-ranking mages within rank 10 would know.

Ah shit, it spurted. Slurp. ...Tastes good though. Let me eat some too after talking.

What? Can't eat unless I'll serve you as master? What kind of hazing is this? Whether received below or above it's the same, haah, forget it. I'll receive payment with that. However I receive is my business. Right?

Ahem, the reason for creating dungeons is naturally to win the war with the human alliance. To quickly pump out more troops, the Demon King divided his power, authority, and subordinates. And to remove parasites sitting and sucking the Demon King's abundant grace, he introduced Seizure Battles.

Yes, right.

Guys like Andras, right? Guys with no intention to fight the human alliance at all, only focused on their evolution and reincarnation. If you borrowed decades, hundreds of years of time thanks to the Demon King, you should contribute to the Demon King Army accordingly. Even if you can't, at least flip some village or something.

The Demon King's system is ultimately reward for how much you contribute to the war with humanity. And the more you're active on the front lines, the more rewards. Just look at me. How did I, who was an ordinary elementalist, reach ★★★★ by the Demon King's standards, uh... that is, in old Circle units, 7th Circle? About that level?

What? Suddenly asking me to explain the correlation between stars and Circles? Wait. Uh, the Demon King definitely said before that it goes up 1 Circle per 10 levels... Why are we suddenly going this way when explaining Seizure Battle?

So to summarize, ultimately the higher grade you rise to, the more rewards. More responsibility too. It's the Demon King's will to not settle comfortably in that position but work hard every day.

This is a bit awkward to say, but you know what kind of demons the Demon King loves most?

Those who work hard alone without being told. What? What happens if you work hard like that and then rebel against the Demon King Army?

...As long as you don't side with the human alliance, he'd rather be pleased? A being stronger than me was born, the prosperity of the demon realm! Raise toasts! Bow to the birth of a new Demon King! He'd do that. The current Demon King also rose to the Demon King position by fighting 1:1 against the previous Demon King.

Yeah. Right. Even before there was Seizure Battle, demons as a species characteristic showed their strength by fighting and winning against each other. As one mage, I also hope to someday defeat Lord Solomon with magic, but I need to be a bit stronger for that.

That's also why Seizure Battle ranking is an indicator of who's closer to Lord Solomon's power. Just look at Lord Baal—why is he called the Demon King's right hand? Because he has strength equivalent to the Demon King's right hand, so he's in rank 1 position.

That's why everyone stakes their lives on Seizure Battle. It's an objective indicator of how strong they are. Of course, some bastards are dissatisfied that the form is dungeon versus dungeon battles. You're an orc so you know, right? Don't mobilize subordinates in sacred 1:1 fights, or as demons you should fight purely with your own strength.

Now.

Story over.

What? You already roughly knew this content?

Then why'd you tell me to talk?

Cross-checking?

Ridiculous. Making someone talk till their tongue tastes bitter while you keep feeding women sweet things in their mouths?

Hey, I'm thirsty. Won't talk more if you don't put it in. Ah I'm thirsty! I'm thirsty!! I want to eat something tasty too!!

Close my eyes? Hehe, fine. Ah—aang

***

"Ah, this is called a golden shower."

Shhhhhh—

Got scolded.

I just gave her water because she said she was thirsty.

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