My Artificial Intelligence Has Become the Devil

Episode 8-God Demon King (3)

Episode 8 – God Demon King (3)

“Are you sure nothing happened? Hmmm…”

“Yeah, that’s right. Are you the remnant of the Demon King? I have never seen them like that.”

A village inhabited by goblins. The goblin shaman found the village’s most intelligent command entity, the chieftain.

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Naturally, the chief shook his head in shock when the shaman asked if he had any relationship with the defeated demon king.

Although not all the goblins of all the tribes agreed to betray the demon lord, anyway, in the end, they decided to follow the victorious and new ruler, the goblin king, so it was impossible to go against the king.

“Once you know.”

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Not finding anything special, the shaman sneered and turned around. There were several more goblin tribes like this in the area, so it was the task given to check those places as well.

“Even if the demon king or the remnants of the demon king appear later, they might do something. But think carefully. Who is the true order now?”

“······of course.”

The sorcerer gave a warning before leaving, then climbed the wolf and left. Looking at that figure, the chief frowned slightly.

This is because the goblin society, which had been equal before the end of the war, united as one under the rule of the goblin king, and as individuals with overall increased intelligence emerged, classes and social status gradually began to divide.

“What the hell is going on around here? It’s a barren place from before, so it’s the outskirts of the peripheries where weak people like us lived.”

The chief looked around and grumbled.

***

“You said you had plans for the next one?”

[That’s right. As you said, I decided to scout the surroundings and make a map first.]

While nearby goblins are being warned of a possible ‘appearance of the demon king’, those who have been accumulating power in the forgotten labyrinth that no one cares about have finally made a plan to move.

[We have produced a few scouts that can be fully disguised as existing creatures, with no modifications to the exterior.]

The Demon King explained his plan in detail to his user, with the goal of reconnaissance of the outside world.

The beginning was elaborately made special scouts, and these scouts, which were created using data such as monster ants, never touched the exterior, so it was impossible to distinguish them from existing creatures on the outside.

[As you might expect, you can map a 100km radius in less than 24 hours.]

“I understand the plan of making maps while reconnaissance. What next?”

[Then, at the same time as the map making process, we will try to ‘hunt’ to broaden the range of our genetic data]

It wasn’t just an attempt to scout. During the reconnaissance process, you will definitely find various monsters and creatures. I was thinking of hunting them down to increase the amount of data I had.

Knowing the difference between valid data that is effective for remodeling and data that is not, the demon king’s plan is to secure as much data as possible.

[And for the most important nutrient procurement, only in areas where safety has been confirmed, monster ants and alphas will be put in to recover nutrients.]

“Securing nutrients, is that really the best thing?”

But when he heard the devil’s last plan, he laughed.

“If you occupy the area and mobilize worker ants, you can really eat everything. But how far can you go that way?”

The Demon King decided to literally eat everything he could eat to secure the most important nutrients.

Whether it’s plants or animals, it’s not difficult to have the ability to digest them, so he really meant to wipe out every blade of grass and use it to increase nests and produce more troops.

However, it was clearly a strategy with loopholes. As the size of the demon army grew, the amount of nutrients needed increased exponentially.

“Is what I said still impossible?”

[That’s right. Cloning plant cells often fails. So photosynthesis is impossible. I also tried to envision a way to replace the bioelectricity generated through stimulation with nutrients, but it is also impossible.]

“…Is it because it’s too fraudulent to clone and remodel plants?”

He licked his lips with regret. If nutrients can be replenished through photosynthesis, the demon army will be able to proliferate indefinitely without the slightest hindrance. However, even with the authority of the demon king, he could not bring the ability of ordinary plants.

“I can’t help it. Then your plan seems to be the most efficient, so I have no choice but to do it.”

[I will try.]

In the end, the demon king moved his troops as he finally decided.

[Reconnaissance troops depart.]

At the entrance of the labyrinth, which the demon army deliberately kept away from, the first ones to put their heads into the outside world were creatures that looked like ordinary monster ants and creatures that looked like ordinary cave bats.

The ants spread their antennae to the surrounding land like real monster ants, and the bats flapped their wings across the sky. It was strange that bats were out in broad daylight when the sun was up, but there was no one in this land to notice it in the first place.

[Apart from the scouting party, we will first hunt the monster ants nearby.]

At the same time, the demon king started preparing for an attack. The goal is none other than another nest of witch ants who tried to relocate some ants to this labyrinth. Those who fought and defended desperately to survive from the ants, now decided to attack in reverse.

[Peromone detection completed.]

Besides, the information about the monster ants was already in the hands of the demon king, cell by cell. It was after securing everything, including their habits, information systems, and fighting methods.

Thanks to this, it was possible to find nests of witch ants in the not-too-distant vicinity. There are soldier ants, which are monsters with a shoulder height of more than 1.5m, so their burrows are often located in abandoned labyrinths or naturally formed caves.

[They are confused. It seems that our soldiers have the same appearance and pheromone as theirs.]

“Are you attacking right now?”

[We will attack in the dark so that our troops will not be seen.]

The Demon King decided to move as secretly as possible.

It was because right after being summoned for the first time, he briefly heard the situation from the defeated soldiers who summoned him. At least until he developed perfect power, the Demon King had no intention of revealing himself.

[Reconnaissance 56% reached, activity begins.]

It took about half a day for the scouts sent out in broad daylight to spread out in all directions, move non-stop, provide information, and calmly sort out the large amount of information that was growing in real time.

The Demon King moved his troops based on the acquired information. Passing by the worker ants that were already busy moving all of the nearest nutrients into the labyrinth, Orcs and Alphas, soldiers clad in black armor, crossed the darkness and moved towards their goal without the slightest hesitation.

[The 100th is the raid on the nest of the monster ants, the 20th is the hunting of the first monster you found, the 10th is the hunting of the second monster, and the 5th is the hunting of the third monster…]

At the same time, the troops began to scatter in all directions with the slightest error. It was to attack the prey that had been seen in advance during the reconnaissance process as well as the war with the ants at the same time.

“Are you sure they’re useful prey?”

[Determined by monsters, they are definitely valuable prey]

The Demon King had unquestioning confidence in the data he had once calculated. That bold and unwavering appearance was also the strong point of the new and demon army.

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No matter how intimidating the opponent may look, the demon army will carry out its mission without hesitation. Even if the opponent shows a stronger appearance than expected and gets out of the crisis, it analyzes it, destroys it, adapts, and attacks again.

A new type of corps that did not exist before crossed the forest of the Pandemonium with red eyes shining.

[If all nutrients are absorbed within a radius of 100 km where reconnaissance is completed, the expected size of the force is 10,000 times, or more.]

And the goal was eventually the extinction of all living things except for himself. A true disaster that will stop at nothing to punish traitors and turn defeat into victory.

The demon king who was summoned by the defeated soldiers risking everything was such a being.

[The battle with the monster ants begins, and at the same time the first monster is also discovered.]

Under the dark night sky with the red moon unique to the Demon World. This periphery forest, which was no different from usual, was now moving quite urgently. Large-scale troops moved and waged war with other groups, and hunting in the dark also took place.

The Demon King personally coordinated all the situations in real time and controlled the troops.

“It looks like a wolf.”

In the meantime, he, who was relaying this situation, laughed at the picture the demon king showed him. The one in the picture is the Demon Beast that the current Demon King has put in 20 troops to hunt.

They were quadrupedal beasts the size of a small car, in groups of a dozen or so.

Those who saw the sudden appearance of the demon king showed their teeth and growled. The overall appearance resembles that of a wolf, but the third eye that glows between the eyebrows has weak magical power, and has the ability to make the target fearful and freeze their movements.

[Prepare for battle.]

However, such a predator’s gaze is eventually eaten by those who live in the same ecosystem. The threat of the wolves did not hit the slightest blow to these deformed enemies who did not even have the basic instincts to have if they were living things.

The Demon Kings aimed their weapons at each other. It wasn’t even that there was no data. Through the battle experience with the monster ants, the Demon King’s army has already learned how to fight with beasts.

In the end, the sharing of experience, which is one of the advantages of the community, where each entity is connected and is also the demon king itself, also worked as a very strong advantage.

[Throw]

In the end, the wolves who felt fear and pressure first rushed at the demon army. However, the Demon King’s army only threw the weapon in his hand vigorously.

[Enemy 68% kill. Close combat begins.]

The soldiers drew their swords and swung their swords at the few wolves who had not been killed by the javelins. And immediately after the first collision, the demon king, who judged that there was no variable, automatically calculated the win rate.

[Expected win rate 99%.]

The wolves fell like autumn leaves. In less than 5 minutes, one group of moonlight three-eyed wolves, which exercised territorial rights in the area, was wiped out.

Clearly, it is not uncommon to annihilate rivals. However, there is no roar of victory like other beasts, no distribution of food, no groans of the wounded.

Immediately after the battle, the Demon King’s army stiffened without the slightest noise or movement and waited for the Demon King’s command.