Chapter 0
“Demon King... are you in your right mind?”
“What now?”
“Why is the Demon King's Tower laid out like this?”
“What's wrong with it?”
“Why did you arrange the soldiers from weakest to strongest, starting from the first floor?”
“What's wrong with that?”
“Of course it's wrong!…If you do that, the hero will grow stronger by defeating the monsters in our army from easiest to hardest, won't he…?”
“Oh, is that so?”
“……?”
“Right... yeah, that makes sense.”
“Exactly! It's not like we've set up some human XP farm. What army in the world would arrange its forces to help the enemy grow stronger?”
“Correct answer: the Demon King's Army.”
“Huh?”
“No, it's not.”
“…And what's with putting only one soldier on each floor? Is this a hotel? A demon zoo?”
“You're being awfully harsh today…”
“It's not that I'm being harsh. Isn't the strategic ineptitude of this formation what's truly appalling?”
“Eek…”
“What's with the ‘eek’! If you don't want to see our soldiers get picked off one by one, issue an order to fix this immediately!”
“Hmm…”
“…Why are you hesitating? Is there a reason?”
“Well, you see... in the games made by humans from the dimension I like, this kind of layout is apparently standard practice…”
“Pardon?”
“It's a thing.”
“…You mean the humans from the dimension that made the game you're playing, Demon King?”
“Oh, yeah! This one's an RPG mixed with AOS, and it's fucking fun, too.”
“RPG? AOS? What are those..?”
“Want me to explain? Wanna play with me?”
“No... I'm good…”
The subordinate stared at the Demon King for a moment, then fell silent as if there was no point in saying anything more.
”Keep playing your game…”
Then he trudged away, turning his back.
‘Oh! He finally gave up?’
Rather than feeling insulted by his subordinate's attitude, the Demon King was delighted.
Click-clack.
The game on the screen was simply too much fun.
“Ah! I got solo-killed! I wanna get good toooo... I wonder who gets rank one. Maybe I can find out if I search the forums…”