“Really terrifying. This level of efficiency is very high, though their production cost is a bit high with the current production abilities of the Underworld. Unless we start investing more into planar exploration and conquest.”
Commented Venelana.
While Underworld didn’t have enough resources to produce the necessary amount of mechanical legions, that didn’t mean that other planes also didn’t have them. Devils could always go for planar conquest like I here. I got enough resources from just two subcontinents to build a lot, which wasn’t even the end.
From Architect’s scans, resources on two subcontinents would be enough to last for five years or so. And when I reach Satan-Class or higher ends of it, I can slowly start cleaning sea monsters at that level and access resources underneath the water.
Everyone can see that Planar Conquest was profitable. And this was true to be said nothing. The stronger the civilization was, the stronger its target of conquest could be. If I had strength, I could conquer some advanced civilizations and absorb their knowledge and power into my own.
Something was done in Draconic Deus by Asgard to magical civilizations they found or Celestial Court if they found some cultivation-based civilizations. In Astral Boundary, such things were a common occurrence.
Stronger civilizations devoured weaker to become even stronger.
“Soon, soon enough. Okey… where to go now… where is the largest tribe?”
I ask Architect.
“Seventy kilometers to the north, there is an entire area that is ruled by various ogre tribes, from which all tribes have one, General Level Ogre. Apparently, they are at war with each other even right now as we are speaking. There are 8 tribes there, so await 8 General Level Ogres to kill; afterward, the entire southwestern region should be done; although there should be at least three or four rogue General Level monsters, they are just some minor threats.”
Answered Architect.
Ogres appeared as giant humanoids with very muscular bodies and large heads. They stood around 300 cm high and could weigh 280 kg to 320 kg. In truth, instead of muscular bodies, they were rather fat, as they were gluttonous creatures willing to eat almost anything. They were beyond stupid, while a bit smarter than trolls.
“Then set the course to the ogre area; we will go hunting.”
I declared as my fleet, together with Mechanical Legion, went to the next target, which was the nearest Ogre Tribe. Their number was lower than other species, but their strength on average was around Commander Level, while a few young ogres were of Warrior Level.
I sensed one, General Level Ogre, the biggest one in the tribe, standing at 330 cm. Interestingly, he had primitive armor, some plates of crudely hammered iron on his chest.
“Hmm… they started evolving? Or is their civilization progressing? Interesting… sadly, they won’t have time.”
I said to myself. When I saw that ogre clad in primitive armor, and some crudely made iron weapons, it was apparent that they were in Iron Age by classification of civilization advancement scale. They already found a way to mine and smelt ores. It was sad, at least for them, that they would need to die here.
Truth to be told, I would love to observe their evolution and conduct some experiments… maybe in the future, I will create some kind of safe environment and drop there some primitive species to observe their evolution.
“How many are there?”
I ask.
“4,597 Ogres. From which more than four thousand are of Commander Level, and the rest are Warrior Level and Minion Level. One General Level combatant detected.”
Said A.I. of the voidship.
“Vena, you are on, try to kill that ogre as soon as possible; I don’t want to see him destroying my precious mechs. Also, try to contain your attacks.”
I said to her as she pouted a little and flew out of the voidship.
I understood that containing her attacks was troublesome for her Clan Trait, as Power of Destruction was hard for Clan Trait to control due to its destructive nature. So when someone with that Clan Trait fought, collateral damage was very high if one was not careful, and you can easily kill your allies.
Mechanical Legion underneath my voidships rushed at the ogre village, and ogres in the village, without any second thought, actually did exactly the same thing, and a fight erupted between the two sides.
In the middle of all of that was Venelana fighting with Ogre Chieftain, wielding a huge piece of iron that looked like an iron pipe, probably some kind of failed forging experiment. They probably wanted to create a weapon but didn’t know how to.
I watched from the comfortable chair in my voidship how all ogres were overwhelmed and killed to the last specimen until none was remaining. While the mechanical legion was finishing the battle between Vena and Ogre, Chieftain was also nearing an end, as the ogre was tattered and bleeding from all parts of the body and was missing his left hand.
Ultimately, the fight ended when Venelana blasted the head of the Ogre Chieftain with a ball of condensed Power of Destruction, killing the Ogre Chieftain on the spot. As I watched the body fall to the ground with satisfaction, I noticed the entire area was cleanly stripped of all life that could be a threat.
“Architect land voidships and order all troops to land out. Organize into three formations, from which one would take five voidships, Mechanical Legion, and you will command it. The other two groups will take one voidship and be commanded by Venelana and me.”
While one group would be significantly bigger, it was due to the lack of an Ultimate-Class powerhouse overseeing that. It was compensated by having five Lunar-Class Cruisers and an entire Mechanical Legion. That should be enough to hunt for General Level monsters without any high casualties.
“It will be done.”
