Chapter 61: Preparation for war
Pov Dia,
It was the day after my birthday party, and I was with Zekram Bael, Oni-sama, Falbium Glasya-Labolas, Ajuka Astaroth, Sera, and Rimuru, who served us tea, holding a meeting about the coming war.
Sirzechs: "We already know that we can postpone the war, but at most, it will begin in a century."
Sera: "Why are Satan's heirs so eager to make war when we are understaffed?"
Dia: "They surely want to prove that they are on the same level as their parents with this war."
Sera: "It's still a stupid reason."
Dia: "I never said otherwise."
Zekram: "We are not here to discuss whether we can avoid the war because it will happen anyway. We are here to talk about our enemies."
Zekram gave me and Sera an evil eye. He was in a bad mood because we were attending this meeting despite not being very present in the underworld and not showing our power to others. So, for him, we didn't have the legitimacy of our place.
Ajuka: "Our main enemies are Bidleid Beelzebub, Tsufaame Leviathan, and Damaidosu Asmodeus."
Dia: "Is there no Lucifer heir?"
Sirzechs: "Apparently, Rizevim shows no ambition to take the place of Satan Lucifer, so we can assume he will not participate in the war."
Falbium: "It seems strange to me that he has no ambition, but maybe he is hiding it and waiting to strike at the right time."
Ajuka: "So glad to have to pay attention to those behind my back during this war."
I think in my 15 years of life, I've never heard someone say something so ironically.
Falbium: "We can also add the Six Houses of Lucifer, including the Lucifuge House, Nebiros, Satanachia, Agaliarept, Fleurety, and Sargatanas."
I could see Oni-sama react when the Lucifuge house was mentioned.
Zekram: "At least the good news is we outnumber them."
Dia: "Numbers don't determine strength. If they have someone very strong on their side, our victory could turn into a defeat or a victory with more deaths to regret than expected."
Zekram:" We're going to win, but we're just going to have to make a better strategic investment choice for the devils."
His confidence in our victory makes me want to introduce him to Scathach-sensei. But I'm not that sadistic, so I wouldn't.
Ajuka: "We should also pay attention to the Eligos clan as they are strongly related to Fleurety."
Sera: "Is there any other house of the 72 Pillars we should pay attention to?"
Sirzechs: "Not to my knowledge, but there is a group that we absolutely have to pay attention to."
Dia: "And what is this group?"
Zekram: "These are 7 devils who are not part of the nobility but have absolute unity and strength. Their strength ranges from middle rank to ultimate rank."
Dia: "This information has a problem; it doesn't really convey the group's strength. We could have one of middle rank and the rest of ultimate rank, or the opposite. If you don't know the distribution of their strength, you might as well say that they are all of ultimate rank."
Zekram: "You overestimate the opponent a little too much."
Dia: "Better to overestimate and be prepared than to underestimate and get beaten without understanding what just happened."
Sirzechs:" Now let's talk about the strategical places it would take to win the war."
Our meeting lasted more than an hour before it ended. Zekram saw no use in continuing to stay.
Dia:" Now that this asshole is gone. Let's talk a little less seriously."
A more pleasant conversation began.
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The_Absolu Reader:" So it was more of a presentation chapter of the next antagonist?"
Author:" Indeed and even more."
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