After a while I finished getting rid of the archmages.
Ufff, my magic is almost exhausted.
Well, I'll rest when I'm done.
The good thing is that my mana recovers at a scale of 10% every 5 minutes, as you would expect from a demon king.
With no mana to teleport, I used the room door to get out.
On the way every time a guard would look at me and try to question me he would touch him and make him ignore my existence.
Luckily brainwashing magic consumes little mana.
I slowly headed towards the patio of the mansion, which was more like a large valley than a patio, and there was the military base.
-High! Identify yourself-
Five soldiers stopped me at the entrance, by the movements of their hands they were ready to take out their weapons at any moment.
Surprisingly, even being in another world, these soldiers do not lose their pride, something admirable if you think about it.
-Am…-
Now that I think about it, I forgot to tell General Smith my name.
-I have a deal with General Smith, call him-
-Wait a moment-
One of the 5 soldiers who were holding me entered the base.
While waiting, I looked inside the base through the metal fence.
There were dozens of small and large buildings, a series of roads connecting the various buildings, and watchtowers every 50 meters.
The size of the base was several football fields.
With such a size they should have more weapons, vehicles and personnel than they informed me.
While I was thinking about that, I saw General Smith arrive along with some soldiers.
-Hello, I'm getting my troops ready for transport-
Just seeing me I raise my hand and with a smile I speak.
-You don't need to get ready, I'll take you-
-Hm?-
Doubtfully General Smith bowed his head.
You are not a pretty girl!
It doesn't look good for a 40-year-old man to behave like this.
Holding my comments to myself, I told him to give me a tour of the base.
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After about 3 hours I had seen everything the base had to offer.
There was everything from fully equipped gyms to a runway where planes can take off.
It was basically a miniature city.
On the way, I noticed the curious looks of the soldiers when I passed near them, some even whispered.
-Who is that child, why is he with the general?-
-I couldn't tell you, but he has to be someone important in this world-
But he's just a boy
-Do not underestimate it, remember that this is not the earth-
It felt good to be the center of attention.
That aside, something that surprised me in a good way was that the entire base gets its power from solar panels.
If I could steal... ahem... if I could get them to loan me one for the dwarves to investigate, that would be great.
At the end of the tour we were in General Smith's office.
-Everything is new to me, I didn't imagine seeing all that-
Following my ignorant role, I spoke with surprise.
-The feeling is mutual, it is rare to find yourself in a place like this-
He said he as he sat down in an armchair.
Doing the same I sat across from him.
-A question I've had since I saw the base... this place is so big and has so many facilities, why do they have so few soldiers and vehicles?-
Without containing my curiosity I asked.
By my calculations this base could hold up to 20,000 soldiers, not to mention the shortage of vehicles, most of the hangars were empty.
-So he noticed…-
With a dry laugh the general looked up, as if he was remembering.
-The truth is that we were 13,000 soldiers…-
He said he as he got up and went to his desk, he pulled out a file.
-... As for the vehicles, there were 50 F-16 fighters, 300 M1 Abrams tanks, and 100 helicopters of various models...--
He's ignoring the fact that I'm not supposed to know anything, but let's get on with his story.
-…everyone is at war-
My heart skipped a beat at this information.
-Is the nation you come from at war?-
-Not only my nation, the 195 countries of the earth are in what is commonly known as world war-
what the fuck
The faces of my parents immediately came to mind.
-We deployed most of the troops and vehicles for the war, even us, we were preparing to go, but before we could we were summoned here-
The general said crestfallen.
-Why start a world war in your world?-
Urgently ask.
-I don't have the exact information, but there were rumors of a new element that could revolutionize the planet…-
-I understand…-
If it's for an element, it shouldn't be so serious... but still...
-Well, going back to the important thing, gather all the troops, I'll take them to the place where I come from-
Trying not to think too much about the earth I spoke.
-If you don't mind my asking, how will you take us?-
-Teleportation-
I said no more.