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Chapter 34
In order to protect the future with Arde, I seriously decided to defeat the Demon King.
If I can just defeat the Demon King, surely even the King won’t complain.
I’ll explain things with Claire after defeating the Demon King.
However, despite saying I’ll defeat the Demon King, I have no combat experience.
My level may be 9999, but still I’m anxious.
Before the Demon King’s revival, I want to train in various ways.
I don’t need to raise my level, if I can just gain combat experience it should be fine.
So, I decided to be an adventurer for a bit.
For a noble, moreover a slave merchant, to become an adventurer is unheard of…
But this is the most certain and simple method. I can gain real combat experience.
One can immediately become an adventurer.
As I don’t know my way around, I asked Domingo to accompany me.
「Oh my, I’m very surprised. To think my master wants to become an adventurer…」
「Well, this is necessary for defeating the Demon King. Also, Domingo, I want you to accompany me to defeat the Demon King too.」
「Eh…? Me?」
「Of course. You are the most skilled adventurer I know. Please form a party with me and join the Demon King subjugation squad.」
「Master Eld…」
Domingo was perplexed but his eyes were shining.
He must have been very happy, as he grasped my hand and said,
「Master Eld…! I’m so happy! To think you’d say this much to me. Thank you for relying on me! I’ll do anything for Master Eld. To be of use to you as a slave, I couldn’t be happier!」
「Haha, I’m relying on you. Now then, first make me into a full-fledged adventurer.」
「Yes! Leave it to me!」
I went to the Adventurer’s Guild with Domingo.
Going to the Adventurer’s Guild, first we register as adventurers.
Come to think of it, they also measure your level when registering as an adventurer.
I think Domingo was around level 1700.
Otto was 1500, and Akane was 2600.
Murdoch was just over 5000.
「Now, please place your hand on this crystal」
The guild receptionist said.
「Um… Do I really have to do this?」
「Of course. It’s the rules.」
「Haah…」
Of course, my level is 9999.
Of course the receptionist will be shocked again and look at me with disdain.
Maybe the guild staff and other adventurers will suspect me again.
Thinking about it makes me feel gloomy.
「Well then…」
I reluctantly placed my hand on the crystal.
「A, amazing! Level 9999…!?」
「Haah… Yes, that’s right…」
「Th, this is an instant S-rank adventurer card…!」
Even though she was surprised, the receptionist didn’t complain to me. I’m glad this didn’t become troublesome.
「As expected of my master! Instantly S-rank!」
「Well… I wonder if it will work in actual combat…」
「It will be fine!」
And so, Domingo and I immediately took a quest.
Of course, recklessly taking an S-rank quest would be foolish, so we’ll start with A-rank.
We took a subjugation quest for a [Heavy Dog Frog], an A-rank monster.
The Heavy Dog Frog is a frog-shaped monster with the face of a giant dog.
For this battle, I’ve made various preparations.
That is, learning attack magic.
Until now, I had devoted all my talent and magical power to healing magic only.
Well, that’s how I reached this level after all.
However, going on this adventure, I learned attack magic.
It didn’t take much time to learn attack magic.
After all, my level is 9999, so potentially it’s very possible.
The Schmerzen family excels at dark magic through the generations.
I took out the books of dark magic from my father’s study and practiced.
For the difficult parts, I asked Akane.
Since Akane is a genius at magic, she taught me well.
「Now, time for the monster to appear.」
Domingo and I immediately arrived at our target monster.
Since Domingo has fought this monster several times before, he guided me.
As expected, my slave is extremely skilled.
「Master Eld! I’ll attract its attention, so in the meantime, finish it off!」
「Got it! Dark Magic Scripture Library Referens Chapter 13 – Dead Sea Scripture!」
I unleash the dark magic―
Then―
―Zugogogogogo.
「Gyaaoooon!」
The Heavy Dog Frog was sucked into the darkness and vanished.
「A, amazing… Such power…」
「As expected of Master Eld. Defeating that Heavy Dog Frog in one hit…」
It seems my talent in attack magic is also tremendous.
The magical power forged through healing magic has carried over to attack magic as well.
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After taking quests at the Adventurer’s Guild for a while and pounding in the basics of combat, I gained a new appreciation for what Domingo and the others had been doing.
Now that I gained confidence in battle, next is selecting the subjugation squad.
It’s not like I’ll be fighting the Demon King Army alone.
The King also said I could replenish the troops as needed.
「Eld, I’d like you to form and command the subjugation squad.」
「Of course, Your Majesty.」
The King seems willing to cooperate fully, saying I can freely use the soldiers and such.
「I hear your slaves are also tremendously high level.」
As the King said that, he glanced back at Domingo behind me.
「Yes, Domingo is around 1700.」
「Splendid. If we have multiple elites at that level, we can certainly defeat the Demon King. I was right to rely on you.」
「Thank you. The adventurer slaves are also decently strong.」
「But how did you raise them to that level? Is there some secret?」
「Ah, well that’s…」
The special thing I did for them was that.
Making Domingo and the others fight, healing them with healing magic… and repeating that.
Thanks to that, Domingo and the others rapidly gained experience.
I briefly explained this to the King.
「I see, so that method… Good! Form the subjugation squad and train them up!」
「Eh…? Me?」
「Create the strongest army using that method!」
「Y, yes!」
And so, I put out a major recruitment.
From the soldiers, from the slaves, from the academy students.
I gathered anyone motivated for the Demon King subjugation.
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「W-Why is he here…」
I shuddered.
Unbelievably, that name was on the list of Demon King subjugation squad applicants.
――Alto Franciphone.
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