The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well

Chapter 150: Invasion Meeting (2)

The amicable atmosphere from just a moment ago had turned frosty after the mention of rewards.

‘Everyone has their eyes on the rewards.’

Elvis sat in the meeting room, lost in thought as he scanned the faces of those present.
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‘Well, they did receive a significant reward, so it’s natural for them to be greedy for the next one.’

Undoubtedly, the next reward would be comparable to or even greater than this one.

‘They’re all going to bet their lives on this invasion…’

The more they missed out on rewards, the more they’d fall behind. It was a future that didn’t need to be seen to be known, so they would have to take this seriously.

‘…It won’t be easy to finish this invasion first.’

The reason it wasn’t easy to be the first to invade was partly due to the serious attitude of the Demon Servants, but.

‘There’s a bigger problem.’

Compared to other issues, this one could be considered trivial.

‘The biggest problem is that the number of planets to invade has increased from 3 to 20…’

One might wonder what’s so difficult about invading 20 planets when they’ve invaded 3 with a month’s interval, but.

‘We’re short on manpower…’

The population was far from sufficient to invade 20 planets simultaneously.

If everyone was suffering from a population shortage, it wouldn’t be a problem, but.

‘Gob and the World Tree are increasing their forces day by day.’

Unfortunately, except for himself, other races were not experiencing a population crisis.

‘Due to their racial characteristics, it takes about 10 months for a human child to be born.’

Moreover, it took a considerable amount of time for a newborn to fully mature physically.

On the other hand, other races didn’t require much time to join the battlefield due to their short gestation periods and rapid growth.

‘And the races themselves are strong…’

Humans needed to be taught how to fight, but other races could be deployed directly into battle without such training.

‘…That’s why the gap will only widen over time.’

Just a few years ago, the number of humans was overwhelmingly superior, but now, seeing how they had similar numbers, it was clear that the day they would be overtaken was not far off.

‘Once this invasion is over, the Demon Lord-nim will increase the number of planets.’

It was a fact easily predictable even now.
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In other words, it meant that if they couldn’t find a solution by the next planetary invasion, they would be left behind.

‘I’ll have to keep thinking about this while we invade…’

Elvis decided to find a solution through discussions with his subordinates and was about to put an end to his worries when.

“Is it time to choose the planets now?”

William, who was sitting next to him, spoke up, pointing to a bundle of documents.

“Let’s take some time to choose after we’ve looked through them all.”

Elvis politely answered William’s question and then.

‘…William.’

He scrutinized William with a sidelong glance.

‘He’s someone new brought in by the Demon Lord-nim, so his skills must be exceptional.’

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A noteworthy individual who had newly joined this invasion.

‘The World Tree and Gob have figured out the invasion method, but this guy hasn’t.’

He had predicted that this invasion would end in the first or, at worst, the second round if they were lucky, but.

‘With him joining, even that has become uncertain.’

It had become difficult to predict as he didn’t know what William’s moves would be in this invasion.

‘We might even be pushed back to third place if we’re not careful.’

Elvis felt a sense of alarm and resolved to give his all to the invasion.

‘Well then, shall I take a look at the planets?’

Cutting off his thoughts, he began to examine the planet list when.

‘Hmm?’

One planet caught his eye.

『Hyumen』

― A planet inhabited solely by humans.

― Alchemy is highly developed.

― The entire nation is at war, but they fight using ‘Homunculi’ instead of engaging directly.

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In the past, it would have been a planet he would have overlooked without a second thought, but.

‘…Homunculi?’

Currently, it seemed incredibly appealing to Elvis, who was struggling with a population shortage.

‘If we can mass-produce artificial humans, we can easily solve the population crisis…!’

Even if the Homunculi were weaker than soldiers, the fact that they could be produced infinitely made their value more than sufficient; it was overflowing.

‘…I must take this planet.’

If he could learn the technology to create artificial humans, he wouldn’t be left behind, eliminated from the competition.

‘Even if I have to give up all the other planets, I’ll take this one.’

If he yielded the good planets, the other Demon Servants would accept it.

‘William is a bit of a concern…’

He was worried about William, who was also human, but.

‘If I explain it well, I’m sure I can persuade him.’

He judged that William wouldn’t yet be aware of the importance of population, so persuasion would be possible.

‘Everyone seems to have looked through it, so I should suggest it’s time to make our choices.’

Elvis put on a friendly smile and, looking at the Demon Servants, said.

“It seems like you’ve all had a look. How about we start choosing our planets now?”

The other Demon Servants nodded, agreeing with Elvis’s suggestion.

“Who would like to choose first?”

At Elvis’s question, the World Tree raised her hand and said.

“May I go first?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll choose the planet ‘Elmoon’.”

“Does anyone object?”

He asked if anyone objected to the selection of the ‘Elmoon’ planet.

“”No.””

Gob and William answered in the negative.

“Thank you, everyone.”

The World Tree smiled contentedly, having chosen the planet she wanted.

“Next, would Gob-nim like to go?”

“I’d be grateful if I could.”

When it was Gob’s turn.

“I choose the planet called ‘Monmoon’.”

He spoke, pointing to a planet.

“Does anyone object?”

Elvis then asked if anyone had any objections, but.

“No.”

“No.”

Again, no one objected.

“Next… Would William-nim like to go?”

When Elvis offered William the third turn.

“No. I’ll take the fourth turn.”

William declined, volunteering to go last.

“Alright. Then I’ll go first.”

There was no reason to refuse, so Elvis accepted William’s offer and picked up the document.

“I choose the planet ‘Hyumen’.”

He then told the Demon Servants that he was choosing the ‘Hyumen’ planet he had seen earlier.

“Does anyone object?”
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He asked nervously if anyone objected.

“No.”

“No.”

The World Tree and Gob shook their heads.

‘Now all I need is William’s opinion.’

The thought of the ‘Hyumen’ planet soon being in his hands made Elvis smile faintly.

However, that smile soon froze at the sound of what he heard next.

“I object.”

As he had feared, William had expressed his opposition.

‘…It seems it won’t be easy.’
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Elvis let out a soft sigh inwardly, forced his stiffened lips back into a smile, and asked William for his reason.

“Could you tell me why you object?”

“I’ve become interested in alchemy.”

An expected answer.

“Do you have any intention of yielding?”

Elvis tried to persuade him, but.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t.”

William’s firm stance made it clear that words alone wouldn’t persuade him.

‘…This is troublesome.’

He was feeling troubled by the situation not going his way when.

“It doesn’t seem like either of you will yield. How about we decide who gets the planet this way?”

William proposed a solution.

“…What is it?”

Since he had no other options, he asked what the solution was.

“A duel.”

“…Excuse me?”

He offered a solution that made him doubt his own ears.

“The winner of the duel gets the planet ‘Hyumen’.”

However, as if confirming that he had heard correctly, William repeated the same words.

‘…He wants to duel me?’

Wondering if he was serious, Elvis looked into William’s eyes.

‘…He’s serious.’

He could see a firm resolve to duel him in William’s eyes.

‘…Did I seem easy?’

The fact that William had proposed the solution without hesitation made it clear that he had been considering a duel.

Elvis, with a somber gaze, asked William.

“Are you sure you can handle it?”

“I’ll have to try my best to handle it.”

“Even though getting injured in a duel could hinder the invasion?”

“I’ll have to accept that risk. That’s how important this planet is to me.”
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At William’s continued response, Elvis nodded and said.

“You’ll regret that choice.”

He rose from his seat, radiating a chilling aura.

“Haha, please go easy on me.”

At that sight, William gave an awkward laugh and also rose from his seat.

“…Alright. Follow me.”

“Understood.”

Elvis and William then left the meeting room to duel.

The reason William objected to Elvis choosing the planet ‘Hyumen’ was simple.

‘It’s the planet I was aiming for, but it ended up like this.’

It was because he, too, coveted the planet ‘Hyumen’.

‘Originally, I didn’t think much about manpower, but…’

After hearing the number of planets they had to invade from the Demon Lord-nim, he changed his mind.

‘And the size of the planets is unbelievably huge.’
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Moreover, looking at the size of the planets, it seemed impossible to invade them with their current manpower.

‘At best, 5 is the limit.’

In other words, no matter how hard they tried in this invasion, they wouldn’t be able to avoid last place.

‘On the other hand, if we invade Hyumen, we can aim for a higher ranking next time.’

Therefore, William couldn’t give up on the planet ‘Hyumen’ either.

‘So, even if I have to push myself a little, I’ll win the duel and get the planet Hyumen.’

When comparing Demonic Energy, Elvis had a larger total amount, but…

‘You never know until you actually fight.’

…William believed in his innate combat sense.

‘If the fight drags on, I’ll be at a disadvantage, so it’s best to finish it quickly.’

Just as he was running combat simulations in his head…
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“Let’s have the duel here.”

…Elvis stopped walking and suggested this location for the duel.

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Breaking off his thoughts, William looked around…

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‘…Where is this?’

…and saw that they had arrived at the beach.

“You want to duel on the sand?”

He asked with a questioning look.

“No. The place where we will duel is over there.”

Elvis shook his head and pointed in one direction.

Following the direction he pointed, William’s gaze landed on…

“…The sea?”

…the middle of the sea.

“Yes, if we duel here, there will be damage, so let’s fight on the sea.”

“Alright.”

It wasn’t difficult to fight on the sea, so there was no reason to refuse.

“Do you need to prepare anything?”

“No. I’m ready to duel right now.”

“Then let’s start right away.”

“Okay.”

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Elvis threw off his coat and headed towards the beach.

‘Whew, shall we go?’

William also took off his coat and followed.