Alright.
Once the decision's made, strike while the iron's hot.
Time to go wipe out every last human and demon out there.
"Wait. What exactly are you planning to do?"
Don't stop me, Gyuuri-gyuuri!
Paradise awaits just beyond this point!
*'Ah, they're trying to conveniently exterminate both the human race and the Demon race in one go, aren't they.'* "You think I'd allow that?"
Oh, uh, yes.
Sorry about that.
So could you please stop radiating that dead-serious god aura?
It's way too much for a god newbie like me.
"Good grief.
"Ahaha~ Not really confident I can."
The Demon King laughed, then immediately put on a straight face.
"To be blunt, this one is honest with themselves to a fault—whether that's good or bad. Whatever they want to do, they do. Whatever they don't want to do, they won't. As long as their life isn't on the line, they'll push through whatever they want no matter what."
"And if that pushes them toward extreme ends, then. What a pain."
Hey.
Could you stop talking about me like I'm some kind of disaster?
We can still communicate with words, you know?
*'Words are technically understandable, but meaningful communication with this creature is impossible.'* That's harsh!!
No way.
Why are both the Demon King and Gyuuri-gyuuri nodding so vigorously at that?
"Fine. I'll stay nearby as well."
"You will?"
"I have no choice. On this planet, I'm the only one who can stop that thing. If it went on a rampage somewhere I wasn't watching, it'd be a catastrophe. There's no telling when it might explode, so I've got no option but to keep a constant eye on it."
So yeah, ah, whatever.
Too much hassle.
"Heck yeah! Two gods recruited as subordinates!"
"Not subordinates. Supervisors."
"Sure, sure. But just for convenience's sake, is it alright if I count both Gyuurie and Spider-girl as my subordinates?"
"As you wish."
They nod.
"Alright! Then here's a rough rundown of the plan. First, we head to the Demon race and get them organized."
"Do you have a plan in place?"
"Of course. I've been in contact with them off and on ever since I inherited the Demon King title from my predecessor. I've already worked out a rough agreement with a veteran named
Who was it that caused all that trouble, I wonder?
Seriously, who could it have been?
"Ugh, your eyes are darting everywhere. Creepy."
I really should keep my eyes closed normally.
Yeah, let's do that.
"Anyway, to get back on track—I already told them to have the Demon race's military ready when we show up, so once preparations are complete, it's war against the human race."
"Is that really necessary? Thanks to what this one pulled off so spectacularly the other day, we should have more than enough deaths secured already, right?"
Oh, ah.
Gyuuri-gyuuri, you don't know?
Come to think of it, the Demon King said something similar.
"Gyuurie, the current MA Domain energy charge is only at three percent."
The Demon King's unusually serious expression made Gyuuri-gyuuri's eyes go wide.
"Impossible!?"
"We'd been painstakingly recovering it and had gotten up to seventy-one percent, but it's been slashed massively. The cause is most likely the previous Hero and Demon King."
"If you look at the timing, I suppose that checks out. But is that really possible? If that much energy had been consumed, I should have noticed—even without my right of interference."
*'That assumes the energy was used on this planet, of course.'* "Wait. Is that it?"
*'Yes. It connects to what I told you about the reincarnators. The previous Hero and Demon King modified dimensional magic, pinpointed me—the system's final overseer—and launched their attack. They destroyed the MA Domain and used that energy to—'* Hmm?
Isn't that different from what they said before?
Didn't they say they'd punched a hole through the MA Domain when opening a dimension?
The way they're putting it now sounds like it was set up that way from the start.
*'Nine times out of ten, they deliberately consumed energy with me as the target. They must have known the system would continue to exist even after my death. They may have even been eyeing the possibility of seizing my authority. Then again, the biggest miscalculation was that the system administrator was yours truly. Did they seriously think that level of attack could kill me, or did they simply not know what I was? Probably the latter.'* Ah, yeah.
They're calling that attack—which poured more than half of this planet's total energy reserve—"that level."
No joke.
"There's only one person capable of pulling something like this."
"Agreed."
The Demon King and Gyuuri-gyuuri both knew the culprit.
"POTIMUS!!!!"
An overwhelming aura erupted from Gyuuri-gyuuri's body.
"How far will you rot before you're satisfied!?"
"And what's more, that one is a Dominator. A fully established one at that. If we take them out in the current state, the gap they leave behind will accelerate the world's collapse. If they made that move knowing all of that, then we have to admit their cunning is at least sharp."
"Damn it!"
Both of them at maximum rage.
Oh my, scary, scary.
"So anyway, a rapid restructuring is necessary. Fortunately, some reinforcements should have been secured from that matter you mentioned earlier, so there's a small window of reprieve. I'll use that time to forge the Demon race into shape. And then we'll stage a grand decisive battle against the human race. After all, the more sacrifices, the better."
At the Demon King's bone-chilling smile, Gyuuri-gyuuri put on a troubled expression and fell silent.