The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 71: "Invasion Plans"

"Mmm, since we finished preparing, I was planning to send an expedition south to that volcano..." Rare muttered aloud while reading the information about the next server-wide event.

"What, is there some kinda problem?" Kerry looked at Rare curiously.

After checking out the effects of the demon lord characteristics and all the new skills she had unlocked, Rare had learned them all and mostly finished reincarnating her subordinates. She had gathered all of her main followers that day to plan the expedition to the southern volcanic belt.

"Nah, it's just something came up. Apparently there's going to be a huge invasion from monster territories all across the continent into human territories. I received an appeal for collaboration... or, well, a kind of request of that nature. It's unfortunate, but the volcano expedition will have to wait until after this is over."

<That does not sound very peaceful at all, for invasions to be taking place across the continent. Back when we still lived, nothing like this had ever happened.>

<Which side do you intend to aid, Your Majesty? The invaders? Or perhaps the defenders?>

Ever since Rare had reincarnated into a demon lord, Deas and Sieg stopped calling her "Princess" or "Highness" in favor of "Majesty." All the other members still called her "Boss," but they didn't get any grief from the undead knights for it. Deas had a tendency to be overly serious, so she thought he might get grouchy about her form of address, but maybe his standards only applied to himself.

"That should be obvious; the invaders, of course. If we cooperate. We could just watch instead of working with the invaders. As for the human side, we've long since burned that bridge."

<What monster races will be participating in this large invasion? That answer could determine whether we assist them or simply prey on them ourselves.>

"Uhh, let's see, it just says 'undead' here, so probably mainly undead. I wonder if there's undead in every monster territory—"

There was no way that could be true. The admins said they were going to make undead overflow from all the monster territories. But they couldn't do that with the territories under Rare's control. She wondered what would have happened if she hadn't been here. They would probably have used Deas and Sieg to lead the invasions.

In other words, the admins had prepared all this. Deas and Sieg were put in place for this purpose. Perhaps they even wanted to launch this event even earlier. Thinking back on it, the game announcement did say that the first server-wide event had some trouble with the intended implementation, which is why it got turned into a battle royale. It was possible that, since Rare had tamed Deas, their plans had been completely thrown off. And now, since Rare had become a demon lord, they decided that she was qualified as a raid boss even though she was a player, and that was why they sent an appeal for collaboration.

"I see, that seems logical."

If her assumptions were correct, then it was her fault that things had gone awry. In which case, she really should work with them. Just as Rare was enjoying the game as much as she could, other players also had the right to enjoy the game. If she didn't help out, then these neighboring towns wouldn't be able to take part in the event, and that would be no good.

"Either way, if I'm going to participate, then I'm aiming to win. And I'm just another player, so even if some cities get demolished in the process, that's just something that happened because of the event."

<It is good that Boss seems to be enjoying herself. So, the friendly armies... I am not sure if it is acceptable to consider them as such, but are we sure that all their monsters will be undead?>