Melror

Melror Strauss is a Volnar demon and dungeon master at Godlock, one of the largest dungeons in Volnar. In addition, he produces the video show "Live Dungeon of Demon King Melror", which has 200,000 followers on Earth.

In both his previous life (as an earthling) and his current one in Volnar, Melror is a reclusive being who generally shuns all contact and social life - his limited interactions with the world being through a shabby computer bought at Akihabara that he connected to Earth via a dedicated line (internet does not exist in Volnar).

Born in Volnar 25 years ago, he reincarnated in Volnar as the successor to the Great Demon King Megiddo Strauss, the "son of the Demon King." However, he did not possess the combat oriented magical abilities required to become Demon King. As much as he tried training to compensate for this, it was to no avail. Physically, Melror is extremely weak. Actually, said to be the only demon king who could die in a battle against Chihuahua Kobolds.

His personality has been defined as "subservient but arrogant, cool and weak, with a nerdy temperament". Most consider him too kind for a demon king, with too strong a spirit of service and too much care for his subordinates.

He is currently level 48 thanks to steadily accumulated experience, but his hit points are still 4 - A common farmer would usually have 7, and a normal dragon, 100, so Melror's HP are about the same as a kobold). It is therefore unclear where the gains of those levels went. Some suggested Charisma, but although he is beautiful, he isn't charismatic at all; it largely remains a mystery.

His armor, although having the appearance of metal, is really cosplay polyurethane (metal is too heavy for him) bought at Akihabara. One time, as he went outside Godlock to breathe some fresh air, he was denied entrance back in by the kobold gatekeeper, accusing him of being "a suspicious guy" as "one whose fake shoulder armor is made of polyurethane".

Whenever he shows himself to others, especially his subordinates, only an enhanced, "corrected" version of himself is displayed, so subordinates do not really know what Melror looks like.

## The Godlock Dungeon

Godlock counts with a clever system that teleports adventurers to the first (upper) and revives them, so no permanent deaths occur - this allows Melror to boradcats his live show without getting caught in broadcasting ethics. In the show, viewers are able to select what kind of monsters adventurers will face through a bidding system. When the adventuring parties are female, it is very typical to see bids for monsters such as the "Clothing-melt Slime" or the "Underwear-stealing Dimensional Ninja".

At the age of 15, his father - the Demon King, who was assumed to be invincible - was slain by Assari and the "Legendary Hero", so Melror took over the Godlock management. However, his lack of ability was obvious to his subordinate monsters, so the Four Emperors took effective charge of it. Chimerala, the Blood Dragon Princess, is one of such managers, controlling the middle floors.

Mr. Yamada and his group - the Yomajin Expeditionary Force - went into Godlock to ask for help from Melror in order to reach Wescalot, as they had been teleported to Vastorus Rex's territory through the influence of the fell dragon. They were able to return to Japan using the gate in Melror's throne room while he was distracted.

## Additional info

* Melror has an ability called "Idea Desire" that allows small mutations on monsters (but cannot be used to strengthen himself). It requires extreme concentration and time to produce, and thus cannot be realistically used in battle.
* Melror and Shiori Lauria (a well known wizard in Volnar) know each other from a manga convention celebrated on Earth.
* Melror would come to be involved in the "Five Great Dungeon Wars".
* His dream is to create an Akihabara replica in Volnar

## Card Appearances

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