Chapter 376

After a reminder from Yougeihui, Broly and the others suddenly realized they had gotten one thing wrong: to protect this world's future peace, they needed to form a new Demon King Army, but they didn't actually need to build an army capable of fighting the Three Great Kingdoms' Coalition — they only needed to build an army that looked like it could fight.

"Eh, that's right, after all we want to prevent war from breaking out, not be the ones who start a war!"

Darkness had a sudden realization, and the others reacted as well.

"To achieve this, you only need to create a force that's all show and no substance; there's no need to hire people long-term to build a real army. You just need to hire some extras and stage a large-scale scripted murder mystery drama. Compared to building an army, this is far cheaper, perfect for you broke people."

Yougeihui spoke again.

"Ah, Yougeihui, you're a genius!"

Yunyun praised her.

"Not at all, I just write a lot of stories so it's easier to grasp the key objective. If Yunyun hadn't explained the specific situation to me in detail, I might have thought you wanted to produce Demon King Army Version 0."

Yougeihui was very humble.

"Ah, I don't want to do this kind of fraudulent thing."

However, just when everyone was happy to have found a super cost-saving method, Megumin suddenly shouted, clearly expressing her disagreement.

Because she absolutely didn't want her future Red Demon Legion to be just a flower vase, filled entirely with hired temp actors for a scripted drama.

"Hah, don't want to fake it? Then you cough up the money. No money but want the real deal — where are you going to find a good deal like that?"

Aqua retorted very rudely.

"But a flower vase like that would shatter with one poke, right? We need to pose a sustained threat to the Three Great Kingdoms. If someone sends people to probe and finds out my future Demon King Army is a super lemon, who would still fear me? Why would the Three Great Kingdoms unite because of that?"

Megumin hurriedly rebutted.

"Hmm, Megumin has a point too."

Darkness stroked her chin and spoke a fair word.

"This problem is actually easy to solve."

Everyone subconsciously looked toward the eyepatch girl beside them. Yougeihui puffed out her well-developed chest, and in her red eyes, without the cross eyepatch, wisdom's light flickered as she directly gave the answer.

"We just need to create a grand scene that makes others not dare to easily send people to probe the New Demon King Army, and that'll do it!"

"For example?"

"For example, Megumin can display powerful strength before the Three Great Kingdoms when she makes her appearance, using magic to artificially create a terrifying natural moat.

Don't some adventure novels have this kind of description? When a super villain appears, all sorts of miraculous phenomena appear in heaven and earth, letting people feel from the mere appearance text that this is a powerful guy."

Have to say, this trope is cliché but classic and effective. Even monsters in the wild skilled in illusions rely on similar bluffing tricks to scare others.

"Hahaha, I knew my Explosion Magic would one day shine brilliantly, and that day has finally arrived!"

Megumin suddenly laughed loudly, feeling that when it came to pulling off what Yougeihui described, no one but her could do it!

"Megumin, what level has your Explosion Magic reached now?"

Yougeihui asked curiously.

"The level where I can blow up a small mountain!"

Megumin answered with absolute confidence.

"Eh, it's gotten this amazing?"

Yougeihui was a bit surprised.

"Of course, just look at who I am!"

Kunlao Hui puffed out her fried-egg chest, completely forgetting that most of her levels were carried by her companions.

"However, if it's just that level, I'm afraid it won't scare anyone."

Yougeihui spoke again.

"Hah, Yougeihui, you're not joking with me, are you?"

Megumin looked over with a displeased face.

"Yeah, it really won't scare anyone. If I release my Sword Qi at max power without anything blocking it, I can easily slice off a mountain peak too.

And to destroy a small mountain, aside from expending a bit more stamina to swing a high-power Sword Qi, there's no difficulty at all."

The Demon King's Daughter crossed her arms; with her strength, if she hadn't met Broly back then, she wouldn't have lost so easily like cannon fodder.

"Indeed no difficulty."

Princess Alice nodded in agreement at this moment. Her strength was about the same as the Demon King's Daughter, perhaps even stronger.

And she excelled at large-scale battlefield combat techniques and anti-large-monster attack techniques; destroying a small mountain might be even easier for her than for the Demon King's Daughter.

"Hey, you two, you're not bluffing, are you!"

Megumin glared at them.

"Not bluffing at all; you're the one underestimating the strength of this world's top-tier Professionals. Not to mention anything else, just your mountain-blowing Explosion Magic — back in our Demon King Army, any Executive could tank your damage."

Megumin looked at the Lich lady. Wiz just smiled and didn't rebut, clearly tacitly acknowledging that what the Demon King's Daughter said was all true.

"You need a bigger scene."

Yougeihui said.

"But even my Explosion Magic can't pull that off, so how exactly can we..."

Megumin stopped halfway; she had already realized her own stupidity.

At this moment, besides Yougeihui, everyone's gazes turned to Broly.

"I've already thought of an idea for you. As long as we unite the power of all our Red Demon Clan's Archmages and carefully arrange the stage, we can definitely create a super large-scale appearance scene.

And the location can be set on the Demon King Army's former territory, the 'Huangye Pingyuan'. Eh, why are you all looking at Broly?"

Yougeihui was stating her idea when she suddenly noticed no one was agreeing, and upon discovering everyone was looking at Broly, she couldn't help but ask.

"No need for anyone else. If it's just creating a grand appearance scene, Broly alone can do it."

Yunyun said.

"Huh?!"

Youzaihui looked at the Saiyan boy in surprise.

"Yes, I should be able to do it."

Broly nodded at her.

"To what extent can you do it?"

Youzaihui asked curiously.

Broly thought for a moment, squatted down, and slapped the ground.

"What do you mean?"

Youzaihui didn't understand.

"I can blow up the very earth beneath my feet, this planet."

"?!"

Not only was Youzaihui stunned, everyone else was stunned too.

Everyone knew the boy was powerful, but they weren't clear on the specific upper limit of that power.

However, now they understood one thing: it was the level of literally being able to destroy the world.

"Ah, there's no need to go that far."

Even Youzaihui wiped cold sweat from her brow at this moment.

"Then to what extent?"

The boy pursued the question.

"The specific extent is still uncertain; we have to first see how many people and what kind of people will appear in this grand play of 【World Crisis Reenactment, New Demon King Army Appearance】."

"Bang~"

Inside the Belzerg Kingdom's Royal Palace, First Prince Jedeis violently smashed the wine cup in his hand onto the ground.

"Intolerable bullying, intolerable bullying......"

The demands proposed by the Bradlu Kingdom's diplomatic officials who came to this side today made this prince, who was skilled in both civil and military affairs, flare up in rage.

"Jedeis, calm down."

The King of Belzerg soothed his son's emotions.

"How can I calm down, Father King, those guys from Bradlu Kingdom are truly shameless, to actually use national diplomacy to threaten us.

If we don't marry Alice off to their Prince, they will support Elroad Kingdom internationally and directly cut off their military funding assistance to us.

But Alice, she is my Younger Sister, your most beloved daughter. If they were asking for her hand normally, I could still accept it, but they actually used threats. Just what do those guys take my cute Younger Sister for?"

"A reproductive tool to improve their Royal Family's bloodline."

The old King answered this question.

"Father King, you knew?!"

Jedeis looked over.

"What is there not to know? Those guys from Bradlu Kingdom are always imitating our Belzerg, from absorbing the Hero Bloodline to forming a Magic Beast Cavalry Legion."

"They learn from us, yet they don't dare step onto the frontlines like we do. Their Royal Family only knows how to shout cheerleading from behind our butts like cowards, merely dispatching some Dragon Knights for support."

Jedeis was somewhat mocking, feeling that Bradlu Kingdom's Soldiers were more noble than their aristocratic Royal Family.

"In fact, us going to the battlefield ourselves is also something that cannot be helped. Who let us be the country that bordered the Demon King Army's Territory the most back then?"

"Yeah, but now the Demon King Army is gone. Those guys who hid so far back then have now turned around and betrayed us. Even if we are willing to take a step back and share the Demon King Army's former Territory with them, those greedy guys are still not satisfied, believing our Belzerg Kingdom will become a new threat."

Jedeis clenched his fist. This kind of diplomacy with needles hidden in cotton left him with strength but nowhere to use it. Even if he could fight evenly with Demon King Army Executives on the battlefield, facing the harassment of former allies, this martial power could not exert its corresponding function.

Today he hated that he couldn't smash the Bradlu Kingdom diplomatic official's head in, but he knew if he did that, it would only put his Father King in a difficult spot.

"This is common human nature, an unavoidable thing."

The old King sighed.

"But we never had the thought of threatening them."

Jedeis argued back.

"But we do possess the power to threaten them."

Having the capability to do it, even without the intention to do it, will make people feel wary.

Provoked by someone with ulterior motives, even the once best ally nation will begin to distance themselves.

Elroad Kingdom is exactly like this, and the one with ulterior motives is Bradlu Kingdom.

They didn't show up when the Demon King Army existed, but now that it's gone they jump out, shouting they want to obtain benefits.

And they even want to challenge the position of the number one strongest nation.

"Father King, what exactly do you think?"

Jedeis asked.

"Might as well go along with their wishes."

The old King said.

"What, you want to marry Alice off to them?"

As Jedeis's words fell, the old King who had stood up punched him on the head with a fist.

"I'm saying, since they think we are a threat, then we might as well become a real threat!"

"Uh......"

The First Prince rubbed his aching forehead, somewhat speechless.

"It's because Father King you didn't say it clearly, causing me to misunderstand~"

Jedeis complained verbally, but the moment the old King's gaze swept over, he immediately shut up.

"Prepare the army in secret; come the autumn harvest half a year from now, that will be the day we dispatch our troops."

"We should have done this long ago!"

"But before that, we must first play along with them; you will reply to the Bradlu Kingdom tomorrow, saying we will consider Alice's marriage."

"Then leak Bradlu Kingdom's intentions to the Elroad Kingdom, letting them know that Bradlu is willing to befriend us and join forces."

"No problem."

"Right, as for Alice, don't let that child misunderstand, thinking we truly intend to sell her off for the country's sake."

"The serving maids say Alice went to Axel to find a friend and unwind; should we call the Younger Sister back?"

Prince Jedeis asked.

"No need; with the Demon King Army gone, she no longer has to bear the heavy duty of protecting the country, so letting her live more freely is for the best."

The Old King waved his hand.

The next day, Princess Alice returned.

She brought the two of them a startling piece of news.

"Father King, Older Brother, having been a princess for so long, I have realized that what I can accomplish as a princess has its limits......"

"Ah, Alice, what do you want to say?"

"I want to help you; I know the direction this world's future will take, but I do not want to see a world that already possesses peace plunge once more into an era of war and suffering."

"Alice, you are a clever child, but you need not worry about anything; leave these matters to me and your Older Brother to handle."

"No, Father King, Older Brother, you cannot handle them well; I must be the one to help."

"Then how do you want to help?"

"I am not going to be a princess anymore; I am going to join the New Demon King Army and become a supervillain Executive!"

"Ah?!"

Upon hearing these words, the Old King and First Prince Prince Jedeis were somewhat stunned.

Seeing this, the originally stern-faced Princess Alice revealed an expression of a successful prank.

"Just kidding; it is a project my friends and I prepared together to disguise ourselves as a great threat to humanity and rebuild a New Demon King Army that looks imposing......"

The Little Princess explained the experience of going to the Red Demon Village yesterday, faithfully recounting Miss Soket's prophecy and the thoughts of friends like Megumin around her.

"This way, the other two great kingdoms will also, because of the New Demon King Army's appearance, once again rely on Father and Older Brother, rely on our Belzerg Kingdom."

After hearing the super-large-scale Script Killing project, the Old King and his son only felt that this project actually had quite good prospects.

If acted well, it might truly avert chaos and make the other two great kingdoms change their tune.

"Although we have no money, having no money has its own methods; on Miss Megumin's advice, we decided to hire people to set up a large number of Magic Circles on the Huangye Pingyuan.

When the New Demon King — that is, my friend Megumin — makes her debut, we will stage a grand debut show, so outsiders cannot see through the New Demon King Army's reality and dare not easily probe the New Demon King Army's situation......"

After the Little Princess finished speaking, she looked carefully at the Old King and First Prince.

"How about it, Father King, Older Brother, do you think doing it this way works?"

"It can work, but it's still not quite right."

"Eh?!"

"What fake Demon King Army; if we're going to do it, do a real one."

"Exactly; if money is insufficient, Father King and I will allocate it to you; if manpower is needed, we can just trim some people from our country's army and have them join you."

After speaking, the Old King and his son exchanged a glance, each seeing in the other's eyes the intention of raising a bandit to enhance their own importance.

【Should have thought of this move long ago; still the Younger Sister (daughter) is smart, the old father's mind is too rigid (the son's mind is too simple), good thing there's cute Alice~】

【Sigh, don't know which brat in the future will get such an outstanding Younger Sister (daughter); must strictly vet the brother-in-law (son-in-law)!】

"Alice, have you and your Father King and Older Brother all agreed?"

Just then, Broly walked over and asked.

"All agreed; my Father King and Older Brother both support our plan quite a bit, willing to provide us with money and manpower support."

The Little Princess Alice smiled sweetly at the boy.

"Then let's go back to the Red Demon Village side; Megumin is still preparing to rehearse her entrance moves and lines."

As Broly spoke, he approached and picked up the Little Princess Alice.

"Thank you for your support; if we need money and manpower we'll come ask again; then I'll take Alice back first."

Holding the Little Princess in his arms, Broly bowed to the two wide-eyed people, took two or three steps toward the window and jumped directly, flying out through the window.

The Old King and First Prince, watching the figure rapidly fly away in the sky, fell into silence.

"Father King, has Younger Sister been kidnapped by someone?"

Prince Jedeis was somewhat uncertain; Broly looked rather young after all.

"Kidnapped what; this is called having one's heart set on someone; didn't you see she didn't resist in the slightest, naturally putting her arms around that boy's neck?"

The Old King knocked his own son on the forehead again.

And he had already recognized the Saiyan boy's identity; although today counted as their first meeting, regarding the little hero who resolved the Demon King Army over two years ago, he still knew of him.

Even though the beloved little daughter at home was kidnapped, this also counts as respecting the Belzerg Royal Family's tradition throughout history — the princess marries the hero.

"Broly Older Brother, can you fly a bit slower?"

On the other side, the Little Princess Alice being carried through the sky asked.

"What's wrong, did wind blow through my barrier and get in?"

Broly was a bit puzzled, turning his head to look at Alice in his arms.

"It's not wind blowing in; it's that I've never flown in the sky like this before, I want to fly a bit longer, is that not okay?"

The Little Princess Alice asked carefully.

"That works."

Broly thought for a moment, then lowered his speed and drew his Qi shield back in.

"But we have to get back before noon; I don't want to miss the lunch Yunyun makes."

He said again.

"Okay~"

Princess Alice nodded obediently, facing the wind as she looked down at the earth slowly flowing below, wondering whether to catch a dragon as a mount, or, like the prophecy, become a Dragon Knight.