Chapter 6
Machiavellianism of the Weak
The strategy that I had thought of depended on three conditions.
The first was that I had the weakest of all of the armies.
This was necessary, and there was no concern here. Because my forces had only just been born. No matter what way you looked at it, it was impossible for me to win against the other 71 Demon Kings.
There was nothing to worry about. I would be proud about being the weakest.
The next requirement was that the Demon King who I was about to defeat, be weak as well.
When there were 72 Demon Kings, there would be one who is the weakest after me. I wanted to clash with whoever that would be, and if not possible, he should still be one of the weaker Demon Kings.
In that sense, Sabnac was the perfect opponent. He was one of the weakest out of the 72 Demon Kings. If we were to rank the Demon Kings from ‘F’ to ‘A,’ then he would get an ‘F.’ That made him the perfect footstool for me to use to gain materials and gold.
The last condition was that there be a human country nearby. If possible, it should be weak and small. And the country that was chosen for this purpose was Count Ismalia's lands. I liked that it wasn't actually a country, but a count's territory. My plan was guaranteed to play out perfectly, but it would also be like kicking the hornet's nest. It would not be good to alarm the countries of men and risk a large scale invasion.