“On what exactly?”
I asked carefully as I continued observing Zekram.
“If Original Four perishes in the war, I will support your idea for the new form of government. If they don’t, I will remain neutral in your endeavors and will not help either side.”
Stated Zekram slowly. For him, it was won to win in both situations. He wanted to see, and then he would support the winner.
“That sounds acceptable for me, Lord Zekram. If I may ask, how strong are descendants of the Originals?”
I said.
“Lucifer only has one, Rizevim, including you there are two members of the Lucifer Clan. Rizevim is already of the higher ends of the Satan-Class, soon enough, he would even be stronger than his father. Though the man himself doesn’t interest in ruling or anything else even if a bit connected with governing. The other three Houses of Leviathan, Asmodeus, and Beelzebub are weak. Only their inheritors are worth of something, while branch members are absolutely worthless.”
Stated Zekram. I wasn’t surprised about Rizevim. He was around 230 or so years old and was already nearing Super-Devil Class and soon would reach it. It was terrifying talent. About others, it wasn’t that surprising; I remembered that in canon, the last direct descendants were weaklings, barely classified as Ultimate-Class, and couldn’t even properly use their Clan Traits.
“I see.”
“Only shame that Rizevim didn’t inherit Dark Light. Rayla on the other hand did but unfortunately, she is dead. Dark Light is powerful, and I also, one of the reasons why Lucifer could easily restrain other Satans and force them to obey his commands.”
Siad Zekram. It was logical, as Dark Light was a mix of Demonic Element and Holy Element. It was lethal to Devils, such as it was to Angels and Fallen. Lucifer, with this, as an elemental advantage, could suppress other devils with ease.
“I will. Also, Lord Zekram I have something to sell, that would be very useful in the upcoming war.”
I said as I summoned one of the Arcane Mechanical Automatons of the Arachne-type. It only took several minutes for it to arrive. I wanted to sell them to Zekram for several reasons. They are good cannon fodder for taking hits and wonderful construction workers who worked more efficiently on the battlefield than the traditional workforce.
Like many other races during the war, Devils had a workforce that worked on the frontline to create basic military outposts, fortresses, watchtowers, magic towers, and various other things. It mainly consisted of death sentence criminals, prisoners, or slaves that were captured. Slaves were mainly rogues from other factions. Still, that was unreliable and tended to rebel or slack off.
“This thing here is called Arcane Mechanical Automaton. I belong to the Arachne-type Drone, as they are great to balance between office, defense, support, and construction. While their combat abilities aren’t something great, just around Low-Class, their true value lies in construction abilities and cannon fodder tank abilities. You see, to destroy one of these Arcane Mechanical Automatons, you need firepower comparable to Mid-Class, as they are rather sturdy and their runic instructions allow them to defend against energy-based attack very well. Also, as basic golems, they don’t need to rest and can continue working as long as the runic matrix is undamaged and can convert ambient magic.”
I introduced my creation. I also planned to create a Warrior as there would be a need for a primarily oriented Drone. For now on, it was without my capabilities, as I lacked materials for such a feat for now. I relocated most of my resources available to producing weapons and armors.
Thanks to that, gold was constantly flowing into my pocket, and now I was one of the richest devils in the Underworld. Fortunately, nobody did anything about that, as the only thing I needed to do was bribery.
I directly bribed Noble Houses with discounts on large orders, and everyone closed their eyes over my little monopoly. Also, my childhood friend Raykleid Phenex, newly appointed Lord Phenex, helped me a bit with how to manage a monopoly. His House held it over Pheonix Tears and other medical potions.
“I must admit, that I am interested. They would be a good boost for every army, as we don’t need to bother with Dammed Ones. How are they commanded and how many can you produce? I want to order them for House of Bael.”
Dammed Ones were a collective name for expendables working force.
“They can be easily controlled by issuing commands. One of the Drones is called Commander Drone, you will open a runic matrix and basically bind with Commander Drone. Then you can easily just tell Commander Drone what you want. Commander Drone, in turn, will instruct ordinary Drones, as they have a basic level of intelligence.”
I explained to Zekram how they worked.
“Splendid. I want one million of them. Is that possible?”
Asked him as I was shocked by the sheer number of them.
“Yes, but I need time and materials. A lot of materials. If I have enough, your Drones would be ready within 4 to 5 months.”
Production of drones was easy; currently, I have 50,000. If all of them work, they could create around 10,000 per day if they work at maximum. The problem are materials; I have nowhere enough to create such large number, I was glad, I managed to boost up the production speed, as all of them now had experiences and perfect method on how to make other drones.
“Hmm… that is indeed problematic. Most of the places are already being used in Underworld, only leaving places like Dragon Mountains or Forbidden Regions, but that is not possible. Maybe you can look for juvenile dimensional space in the Dimensional Gap.”
Dimensional Gap was connected to countless worlds. From time to time, if you are lucky, you can find a newly developing world that is empty of life and full of resources such as metal ores, gems, and magic materials.
