56 – Episode 56. How to manage a barbaric city (3)
Episode 56. How to run a barbarian city (3)
Suddenly Kanto’s second job change. I’m dumbfounded.
Did you gain any enlightenment while fighting to subdue the village?
First, I confirmed the blessing.
[Berserker’s Soul: As the battle continues, strength, speed, and stamina slowly increase. As you kill enemies, your stats increase slightly. The latter will remain permanently.]
Oh, this is pretty good?
Seeing that it says ‘slightly’ rather than ‘slowly’, it seems like the increase is lower than the former, but the important thing is ‘permanent maintenance’.
Now, rather than just increasing your abilities during battle, you can see the effects continuously.
Since there is no limit to the ability level, it can be considered unlimited.
He is a character who starts off weak, but slowly becomes stronger.
… Somehow I feel a sense of kinship.
Ah, it’s not the same though. The high points are different.
No matter how strong Kanto becomes, he will still be a mid-level demon.
We are completely different.
I wasn’t even fully grown yet, but I was able to defeat a level 7 mid-level demon with a single blessing.
Let’s finish this first and go check.
I walked around the field with Lake and used the ‘Wind and Rain God’s Power’ blessing.
“In an instant, the field… “
“Farming, the god of farming!”
“I can’t believe something that would have taken months can be completed so quickly!”
The god of farming is a bit like that. You look weak.
As the population of the tribal federation doubled in an instant, there was no choice but to ‘rapidly grow’ the first round of farming.
The mental power consumption is enormous. You can’t always use this shortcut.
Mental strength is my HP and MP. If you consume too much, you will be forced into sleep, so be careful.
– Let’s go back.
I returned to headquarters with Lakhe.
***
Kanto enters the altar confidently.
“hahahahaha! As always, great win! “They made a lot of preparations, but they used the magic of a civilized old man…”
“My name is Harry Francis Winston, you little one!”
“Harry…What? It’s needlessly long! “I’ll just call you old!”
“This… this… !”
Harry’s thin and weak arms are trembling. At this point, I feel pity.
– Your blessings have blossomed. Did you feel it?
“Blooming… What is it?”
– …
This is why basic education is necessary.
“Chief Kanto… “
Paya, who touched her forehead as if her head was pounding, explained instead.
“Ah! I definitely felt it! “It feels like the mysterious power I received through blessings is not accumulating and disappearing, but rather lingering within my body!”
– You will grow more slowly than before, but your power will not disappear.
“hahahahaha! “Can’t I now become as strong as Chief Lakhe?”
While saying that, Kanto glances at Lakhe standing next to Totem No. 1.
Even after being beaten up like that, you can still keep your winning spirit burning.
Kanto, a man whose grit is at least worthy of being the protagonist.
However, Lakke’s reaction was cold.
“Foot.”
I just snorted and leaned my back on Totem No. 1.
“…Now is the only time I can smile like that.”
“Ah, yes.”
Lakhe doesn’t even look at me anymore.
Kanto’s face turns red and blue like a gaming LED light.
Casual retribution. Everything comes back.
Since Harry was teased, he was teased by Lakhe.
I hope he now understands Harry’s feelings.
Anyway, I learned that blessings that can only be given to one person, or ‘personal blessings’ for short, can also grow.
Won’t Paya’s ‘Path of the Elementalist’ and Lake’s ‘Totem Guardian’ also grow?
I imagined Doun-gi growing as big as an airplane and Lakhe becoming too strong and turning into a green monster.
It is also a blessing from Loa Malak (not Jinmalak).
It can’t even be compared to the trivial skills of the Holy Knights.
I roughly praised Kanto and waited for the leadership to gather.
After a while, Rachel, who had been doing administrative work, returned.
“Sorry for being late.”
– It’s okay.
Lakhe, Paya, Canto, Muri, Harry, Rachel.
All of the leadership sat at a round table.
– Let’s begin.
Now it is time to conquer the next area.
– Tell me everything you know about blue tan.
Blue Tan. It is an area right next to Symphonia and Rivera.
“Yes.”
Rachel nodded her head.
The group that joined the Tribal Alliance is a collection of civilized people living in hiding in the three regions of Symphonia, Blutan, and Rivera.
Rachel, who was in charge of them, would probably know quite a bit of information.
“There is a triumvirate of devils in the Blue Tans.”
Devil Triumvirate.
It sounds cool, but it just means three mid-level demons dividing an area and ruling it over.
There are three intermediate demons. It would be very tricky to kill them all at once.
The following information was just as important.
“The mid-level demon dies after sending the coordinates. They say it is a magic that is cast using one’s life as a sacrifice.
This is not information I found out, but information given to me by a paladin.”
It is said that two years ago, there was a paladin who gave great help to a group of civilized people.
“It is all thanks to him that I and the refugees are alive. He defeated demons and saved people. He was a man of honor and valor.”
There were people who worked hard like the George attack team.
– What happened to that paladin?
“He said that he could end this war only by going to the capital, and then suddenly disappeared. In the end, he was unable to repay the favor until the end.
The fact that I, a powerless person, was able to lead people is all thanks to him.”
– Do you know the name of the paladin?
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“I can’t forget…. “I still adore it.”
Rachel slowly closed her eyes as if reminiscing about that time.
“You said Gozaburo. “I remember it clearly.”
– …
“It’s an unusual name, right? “A name given by an assassin who once pursued justice…”
– I see. I get it. Let’s move on.
I feel dizzy so I want to stop listening.
What kind of Emiya Gozaburo are you?
You crazy bastard. Have you been doing things that adhere to the concept not only in the community but also in real life?
How serious is Gozaburo?
It’s a little bit bitter.
Two years ago, I was a person who worked hard with my own mission, but after going to the capital, I became an idiot who only wrote about fishing.
What did I see in the capital? Are you frustrated after facing an enemy you can’t seem to defeat?
Just tired? Because I developed post-traumatic stress disorder?
He killed Atomic Rex, who was growing several times faster than the Paladin, so he seems to have quite a bit of skill.
Of course, there is no guarantee that Paladin level 7 and Chimera level 7 are the same.
The capital is far away, and there are many things to do here. Let’s think about it later.
– Is there any information about Bluetan’s intermediate demons?
“I have never seen it in person. I’ve never heard of it… There doesn’t seem to be one. Should we bring back the people who lived in Blutan?”
– That’s right.
Seventeen civilized people entered the altar.
Everyone tried their best to explain what they saw at Bluetan, but there was no special information.
Let’s summarize the information obtained today.
1. Bluetan is ruled by the evil triumvirate.
2. Intermediate demons die when you transmit their coordinates.
3. The paladin who helped Rachel’s group is very likely to be a close-range spy.
4. There are three middle-level demons and twelve low-level demons in Bluetan.
First, information number 1. It’s a bit shocking information, but it’s not something to despair about.
My ‘Totem of Confusion’ works on mid-level demons. Just using all three in one place is game over.
The problem is that it won’t be solved that easily, but since all three of us live in the city, it won’t be completely impossible.
In the first place, my blessing is not the only thing that can prevent a mid-level demon from transmitting its coordinates.
Didn’t Harry’s ‘magic disruption device’ also prove its effectiveness in the last battle?
Intermediate demons are now ‘enemies that can be overcome’.
Information number 2 is useful.
The reason why the intermediate devil saved the coordinate transmission until the very end was explained.
Because it was a magic that cost one’s life, it was not used unless before death.
Even intermediate level people feel the fear of death.
Even in a slightly difficult situation, I wouldn’t use it if I could see a chance of winning. This can be used strategically.
Let’s skip information number 3.
Information No. 4. I don’t have any special feelings about this either.
Because it is a smaller area than Symphonia, there are fewer villages and lower-level demons.
It’s easier than you think.
Is the overall evaluation ‘worth it’?
It’s not like we’re going to attack the city and fight right away.
This time, we can put pressure on them by eating away at metallurgy.
Summarizing all the information we have heard so far, the condition for transmitting coordinates is ‘the appearance of a force that could pose a threat to the demonic force.’
In more detail, should we see it as ‘the emergence of a force that can overwhelm a mid-level demon that controls an area’?
Just because you killed a few low-level demons, they won’t send you coordinates.
If that happens, I have no choice but to run away to Symphonia.
– That’s all for today.
The leadership was disbanded.
It is time to prepare for the next war.
***
The next day.
“A warp gate has been installed in the Symphonia sewer!”
Harry, who hurriedly ran to the altar, caught his breath and said.
Without any real sign, it was discovered while having civilized people clean the sewer.
– Let’s go.
I went down to the basement with the leaders while being held in Lakhe’s hand.