On their journey towards the next kingdom, Haruki had everyone rest inside the minotaur dungeon replica to safeguard themselves from any unsuspecting nightly attacks.
"How's everything going here? Everyone settled yet?" Running into the goblin queen while on his way to the log cabin, Haruki decided to check on the state of things.
Turning to her side, she looked over to the mix of monsters putting in the final touches to some of the buildings.
"It's better than we expected, that's for sure, but…" Looking at Haruki from the edge of her eye, she continued. "With no monsters spawning in this place, we're going to be able to farm levels for you to drain out."
Having already come up with a plan for her worries, Haruki placed his hand over his shoulder as assurance.
"I'll create some chambers where you can breed feral monsters and farm them for levels," with that said, he moved past her to join the others who'd already headed to the log cabin.
'I hope you know what you're doing.' Although confident in Haruki's ability to master, the queen of goblins felt an instinctual threat lingering over them. Despite that, placing her trust in her master, she began making her way back to the lab to join Medusa who was already supposed to be there.
On his way to the cabin. Haruki checked up on all the final touches being given to the replicated building and the fields that would soon be sowed with a new line of crops. While doing so, he also managed to come up with a sound plan to get at least some information about Dominion and what he was capable of.
"Nabe, has he been there in the past few days?" Haruki asked, talking to Nabe through a demonic spy.
"Dominion…Well, he's been here, but I have no clue what he and the emperor talked about," she replied in a curious tone.
"If you see him at the emperor's domain, I want you to report every step he takes to me," finally getting to the cabin, he severed his mental connection with the demonic spy in Nabe's possession.
Getting inside the place, his closest aide turned to look at him directly. Moving closer to the bed, he settled down before taking a deep breath and then letting out a sigh. Looking around them all once more, he began laying out his plan for their future.
"Lamenia, we're going to war against them," as those words left his mouth, everyone's eyes frowned with confusion. "We have an army that has been sitting around for too long, and we need to make use of it by taking away the emperor\s support while also expanding our own numbers."
'I might be playing into Asmodia's hand by expanding the army even more, but for now, we need a base of operation that has some sovereign power to halt the emperor's assault.' Planning to establish an outed kingdom of demons and monsters, Haruki wanted to gain the support of more demons and even the demi-humans living inside feral lands.
"But why Lamenia, isn't it on high alert for demon hunts?" Moving forward, Margarette voiced her concern.
Peering up at her, dressed in nothing but a transparent nightgown, Haruki pulled her into his lap before continuing his explanation.
"Lamenia has the sea connected on its eastern border which will also connect us with feral lands," wrapping his hands around her body, he felt comforted by her warmth. "If we can offer the Feral lands an alliance from inside the empire-"
"They would never deny something like it," jumping into the conversation, Athena finished Haruki's thoughts.
"It also apparently has more hidden monster villages like the elves and not to mention, the library of heroes is still supposed to be there," chiming in Riley brought yet another great point.
"But what if the monsters don't want to form an alliance with us?" Asked Fay, standing beside Asuka as she was entertaining Stella and her pet demonic spy.
Having considered all kinds of possibilities, Haruki put up a warm smile before replying to her.
"Those who agree to form an alliance will keep their individuality, and those who don't will be turned into lust demons to force compliance," even as he said that, Fay was just about to voice another concern, but knowing what it would be Haruki simply answered that as well. "We'll turn them into demons in secrecy and then have them change appearance so the people who've willingly joined the alliance won't get suspicious."
Listening to how he'd planned everything in such a brief period of time, everyone was quite surprised by his meticulousness.
"When are we going to do it though?" Alice asked.
"As soon as our army gets here, I've called onto them, but how long it will take for them to be is something that we just have to wait and find out," with that, Haruki threw himself back on the bed with Margarette held tight in his arms. "For now, let's recover our strength and try to find a way to stay steps ahead of the emperor."
Since everyone was in agreement and there was a lack of a better less convoluted plan, none of them voiced any more concerns and simply accepted Haruki's plan on how they'll move forward.
'Multi-thought procession!' While laying on the bed with Margarette on top of him, Haruki used a newfound ability of his that allowed him to think twice as efficiently. Even as he pulled her face closer to his for a kiss, his mind was still thinking about ways to outsmart both Dominion and the emperor. 'Everyone's trying to plan the desperate game, but I can just get everything lined up properly for a prolonged battle then all of them will surely run out of resources, or else why would they be so hasteful in trying to put an end to everything?'
Coiling his tongue around with hers, he could feel the gazes of many, and to soothe their hearts with a moment of comfort he pulled them towards him as well. That is except Asuka, who had to put Stella to sleep before joining in on the fun.
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