Once the meeting ended, the haggard legion commanders filed out one by one.
The only one who looked cheerful was the Demon King.
Even Oni-kun had fatigue written all over his face, so that was saying something.
Speaking of which, was
At the meeting, they adopted a plan to consolidate the various legions into hastily assembled but properly staffed units.
The Black Legion and Boob Alien's people, who hadn't participated in this meeting, hadn't suffered any damage in the first place and had no need for reorganization, so they weren't called in.
Actually, Boob Alien had set up camp near the fortress under the pretense of monitoring the monkeys he'd personally let loose, and was refusing to budge.
Short of a forced summons, he probably wouldn't move an inch.
The reorganization went like this: the remnants of the Sixth Legion, formerly led by Shota, would be absorbed into the Fifth Legion.
The Seventh Legion, led by the Thug, would be absorbed into the Third Legion.
Mela's Fourth Legion and Oni-kun's Eighth Legion would remain as they were.
Something along those lines.
Mela's and Oni-kun's legions would be brought along for the assault on the
They'd end up working together anyway, but the prevailing judgment was that it was better to keep them operating under their current commands rather than reshuffling things now.
The Fifth Legion, led by the Samurai Wannabe, would be left behind to defend Demon race territory, so they'd be getting personnel reinforcements.
Similarly, the Third Legion, led by the Idiot Giant, was also in the defensive group, so it was decided to beef up their numbers as well. Easy call.
There would be fine-tuning, of course, but that was the general shape of things.
In other words, the legions attacking the Elf Village wouldn't be reorganized.
The defensive legions would be reorganized and reinforced.
Seems backwards, I know, but honestly, most legions were just there to fill out numbers. As long as you had someone with a brain in charge, you could make things work.
The only ones who actually counted as real fighting forces were Mela and Oni-kun.
Everyone else was an expendable pawn you wouldn't even care about losing.
The gap between Status levels is cruel, isn't it?
Anyway, the other legions would be busy from here on out putting together personnel transfer lists, but my Tenth Legion wasn't changing at all, so we'd have nothing to do.
Fermine-chan was back in action, so I could leave operations to her.
Which meant I was going on a little outing.
I hauled the vampire girl out of bed, where she'd been wallowing in idle sleep, and dragged her along by force.
"Ugh. Again? You're going to kidnap me without any explanation again, aren't you?"
She'd developed some kind of weird enlightenment, but I ignored her. Ignored, ignored.
With the vampire girl in tow, I teleported.
When we arrived, a monkey's face filled our view from point-blank range.
"Huh?"
The vampire girl was face-to-face with the monkey too.
"Wipe them all out. Every last one."
"Huh?"
I left the vampire girl there and teleported away.
I could've sworn I heard a faint "Hey, wait—!?" but that was probably my imagination.
I'd been meaning to deal with the monkeys occupying the fortress sooner or later, and now they were starting to get in the way, so I decided to do a little spring cleaning.
What? Monkeys. There could be tens of thousands, even over a hundred thousand of them, and the vampire girl could handle it. Easy win.
Once she killed one, the rest would come swarming on their own, so there was no way they could escape.
Not that they'd have any reason to try.
I'd always planned to deal with the monkeys eventually, but the reason I picked this timing was that suspicious activity had been spotted from the Second Legion's Boob Alien.
More specifically, he'd made full-on contact with the Elves.
I honestly never expected that, right after every last one of his outposts around the world had been destroyed, he'd try to make contact with a Demon race commander.
And Boob Alien had readily agreed to the proposal, no questions asked.
Just as I thought—all the nutrition went straight to his chest, leaving his head empty.
The Idiot Giant, who'd received the same proposal but kept it pending, at least had more going on upstairs.
Sorry for calling you an idiot.
But the fact that he didn't refuse outright still made him an idiot.
The Elves had approached the Second Legion's Boob Alien and the Third Legion's Idiot Giant.
If things stayed as they were, they'd both end up being used up by the Demon King.
"Work with the Elves and trick the Demon King in a surprise attack?"
—that was the proposal. Boob Alien nodded without a moment's hesitation.
Idiot.
The Idiot Giant agonized over it before ultimately choosing to keep it pending.
But judging by his demeanor, he was clearly torn.
If Boob Alien lured him into it, he'd almost certainly go along.
Idiot.
"What's the situation?"
"Yes, sir. The Anogratch inside the fortress suddenly started causing a commotion. As of now, they show no signs of coming outside the fortress. We don't know what's happening."
Boob Alien was receiving a report from a soldier who'd been keeping watch on the fortress.
I appeared beside him without a sound.
"No need to worry."
"Wha—!?"
Both Boob Alien and the soldier cried out in surprise, probably because I'd spoken to them so suddenly.
Please don't react like you've seen a ghost.
"My Tenth Legion is conducting an operation to reclaim the fortress."
"What did you say?"
Boob Alien asked again in disbelief.
But I wasn't about to repeat myself twice.
"I'll be waiting here until the operation is complete."
With that, I pulled a chair out of pocket space, sat down uninvited, and made myself at home.
Then I set out a table and arranged snacks and drinks on top of it.
From the fortress in the distance, the sounds of fierce combat echoed.
Hang in there, vampire girl.
I'll enjoy an elegant tea time watching you work hard from here.
Oh, right.
"Once the extermination is complete, the Second Legion will take over occupation of the fortress. You'll be busy."
I murmured that to the still-stunned Boob Alien.
Once they seized the fortress, they'd have to commit troops to hold it.
The Human race might try to take it back, so they'd need a garrison.
That meant they couldn't exactly cooperate with the Elves and march on Demon King territory.
I wouldn't give them the chance.
Now then.
The Demon King's confidant was sitting there looking defenseless. Would Boob Alien try anything?
I wanted to believe he wasn't that stupid, but if he did make a move...
The head of the Second Legion would be changing real quick.
Though I'd be plucking those breasts before the head.
**Bust Ranking** **First Place: Mother** Her bust is both a threat and a marvel. No human can beat her! Run, run for your life!
**Second Place: Clevea (Shun's Maid)** More chest than bust—just pectoral muscles.
**Third Place:
**Reverse Ranking** **Third Place:
**Second Place: Demon King** Can't be helped—she's a loli hag.
**First Place: Teacher** Her growth is just slow! Please look forward to the future!
As a side note, Elves are basically flat-chested.