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Chapter 174: The Decision to Massacre

While flying towards Alraine in the pouring rain, I received a telepathy message from Irs.

《Is now a good time? There is something that you should know.》

《Did something happen?》

《I wonder if it would be correct to say that something hasn’t happened yet…… A large number of soldiers have just been detected on the Green Plains northwest of Plainevelt City. Moreover, all of them seem to be hostile towards you and Star Supremacy.》

The renovation work of the Plainevelt dungeon, which Irs and Barbaru had been working on, had also done things other than increasing the number of dungeon floors at the suggestion of Barbaru. One of them was expanding the area corresponding to the city part of the first floor in order to collect dungeon points more efficiently.

The scope of the dungeon was not limited to the current land of Plainevelt city, but also the land that is planned to be developed in the future.

As a result, Irs, the core of the Plainevelt dungeon, was able to detect hostile reactions in a part of the green plains surrounding the city.

《……How many?》

《About 3,500 people.》

3500 hostile reactions appeared out of nowhere. Given the timing, this is likely part of Fernando’s coup. But we don’t have time to go back to Plainevelt and deal with it right now.

In that case, the options available are limited…

《Irs, is it possible to use the dungeon function to send them all to the Phantom Castle?》

《Hmm… The Phantom Castle is also linked to Plainevelt, so it’s theoretically possible if we use a special teleportation trap. However, we will have to set up a fairly large teleportation magic circle. And we simply don’t have enough dungeon point in Plainevelt in the first place.》

《I see. Give me a moment.》

Saying that, I cut off the telepathy and turned towards Shinku.

「Shinku, do you still have the dungeon points I gave you before?」

「Yes. We are still in the planning stage, so we still have about a third of what we received.」

「Can you lend me that for now? I’ll make up for it later.」

「Of course. I received it from Aun-sama in the first place, so you don’t need my “okay”.」

「Thank you. It should be enough with this.」

「Aun… Did something happen?」

「Yeah. I’ll connect telepathy to all of Star Supremacy now and share the information there.」

「Nn. Okay.」

The hostile reaction that Irs mentioned was probably less than 1km away from the city. If so, I don’t have enough time to thoroughly consider my decision.

What I have to do right now… is to give the order to kill 3,500 humans.

…I’ve killed quite a few humans since I became a monster.

I can give various reasons such as “It can’t be helped because it was a war” or “It was an accident in the dungeon”. However, all of these deaths were not without regrets.

After becoming a dungeon master, I tried to reduce the number of deaths among adventurers as much as possible, but I was aware that the “human part” within me would eventually become dull.

This time, however, it’s different.

A clear hostile reaction to [Star Supremacy]. This means that the opponent is attacking with the intention of killing us. In other words… they’re here to steal those who are precious to me.

There’s no way I can forgive something like that.

《Ars, connect telepathy to everyone.》

《Understood.》

Within a few seconds, I had the sensation that everyone was connected by telepathy. My thoughts were already organized and I resolved myself.

All that’s left is to convey it.

「Everyone, you can hear me, don’t you? First and foremost, everything I’m going to tell you from now on…is an “order” from me.」

A strong tone that I have never directed to any member of the Star Supremacy before.

But this is fine. I shall be the only one to carry this guilt.

《Right now, Irs has sensed 3500 hostile reactions northwest of Plainevelt City. To put it simply, there are people who have come to pick a fight with us. We have been severely underestimated, haven’t we? They think they can do something about us with only 3,500 people?》

There were various reactions to this. There were those who could not hide their surprise, those who felt resentment, and those who felt a little uneasy.

But among them, Kinu kindly held my left hand. It seems that she has seen through me.

Nevertheless, this is something that I should not waver in as a dungeon master, or clan master, or personally.

《I understand what you want to say, but how are we going to deal with those 3,500 enemies?》 》Ars.

《I will transfer all of those enemies to the inside of the walls of the Phantom Castle from now on. And that’s where… Yaou.》

《What is it, master?》

《You alone are enough, right? To exterminate them all?》

《Of course. I will make you regret picking a fight with you, master.》

《Don’t hold back, okay? Kill them with all your might and feed them to the zombies.》

《!? Is it really okay if I use my full power?》

《Obviously. I will not forgive you if you go easy on them.》

《Understood!》

《Alright. Ars, Irs, are the preparations ready?》

《It’s complete!》

《We can start any time!》

《Okay, then I’ll leave that to you. We will hurry to the capital.》

《Roger.》《Understood!!》

I cut off the telepathy and took a deep breath.

There is a reason why I connected telepathy to all of Star Supremacy.

This incident will surely become a topic of conversation within Star Supremacy. I was worried that there would be a discrepancy between the way of thinking of the summoned monsters and the way of thinking of demi-humans such as the beastfolks and the elves. In particular, when it comes to views on life and death, values differ greatly depending not only on the environment in which they were born and raised, but also in which race they were born. I didn’t want that to cause a rift between the members of Star Supremacy.

If so, what should I do?

The method I took was to tell everyone that it was “my order”.

「Aun, you are really clumsy.」

「Haha, maybe so.」

「Nn… but it’s okay. Everyone understands you.」

「That’s right! The elven maids and the beastfolk children all love you and Star Supremacy, bro!」Drake.

「That’s right. Moreover, all the demi-humans have lived with this clan since they were rescued in Miralda until now…And they are determined to live and die together with this clan from now on. There is no need for you to carry it all by yourself, Aun.」Nelfie.

「I see… Thank you.」

All the members of Star Supremacy seem to trust me even more than I thought. In addition, it seems that strong bonds have formed in ways which I was not aware of.

…It seems that my weaknesses have come out this time.

Just that, there’s no change in what I’m about to do.

I will never let anyone destroy my precious companions, my happiness!

We have to sternly make sure that the guy who picked a fight with us knows this.