
However, Benimaru is the right person to be my representative here. He's number
two under Me, and I doubt he'll underestimate any enemy he encounters. I
not expecting a hidden mountain settlement on the Thalion border, but
considering the future, it is better to solve everything with
they are sooner or later — and Benimaru is better than me in that regard..
There's one thing I haven't heard.
“Can you tell me something about the changing ecosystem of our monsters,
Soei?”
I asked him to investigate the trends among the monsters in the city and along
our highway. Many residents were practically filled with Magic; the air was enough
stick to it now, and that's exactly how you get
their — savage beasts spontaneously manifested from that collection of items, and the more created, the more likely it was
at least one would be dangerous for us. Animals like this require patrols
constantly around the forest. They are a threat to humans even
rank D or below, so we have to be wary of such things. If
one B rank appeared, it required immediate attention.
Rigur, as the head of our security department, is the main person on duty
handle them. His team is experienced now, and even more
new can provide capable service after a few weeks of training.
They patrolled the highway, making sure the trading carts could launch
trade them peacefully, and they do a good job
—for now, no problems reported. But they can't cover up
the whole forest, so no one knows where a new, and powerful, creature might be
hide out.
Soei had told me that there was not much to worry about, which
perplex. What does he mean? Like, we can live safely together
them? If they do not harm us or the travelers, then of course,
I can take it. Any monster smart enough to negotiate
free to live their lives, but you never know when
a new threat, like the A-minus-ranked knight spider that Gobt fought might raise his ugly head and begin to defend
its territory.
That's why I'm worried about the forest outside the highway and other areas that we
habitant. Those places, according to me, are more likely to hold potential
this threat. Soei asked for her Rep looking around for this for me, so I had enough
sure he at least had a hunch by now.
“I did not find anything problematic,” Soei replied coldly. “If
I should mention one, it'll be a saber grizzly that I happen to
find it in the northwest reaches of the forest, but I safely beat it.”
Hm. There's no problem?
The saber grizzly is equivalent to an A-minus rank, similar to a spider
knight.
What's?!
“Whoa, that, um, that's nothing a normal adventurer can do!”
I can't hide my surprise. He made it sound
so ordinary that I didn't understand it at first. There are no traders
who can travel in areas with freaks like the ones in
nearby. They would be a danger even to Gobta and the patrol team.
“Uh,” Gobta snorted, answered my concerns, “is that right, Soei? Because
I don't want to spread anyone new and untested to any place where
they reside. That would be dangerous.”
“I won't worry. After all you're spoiling them too much, aren't you?”
“Heyyy! Waita minute! Maybe you won't worry, but for us, if
we lower our vigilance, we will die!”“Then go to Hakuro,” replied Soei cheerfully as Gobta continued to whine.
“Let him train you harder. You'll be fine.”
Hakuro nodded like this clearly. I feel a bit bad for Gobta, though,
although his reaction piqued my interest. He himself did not seem too afraid
with saber grizzly. The magicules that came out from him seemed to be higher than
before; he was probably at the higher end of B rank now.
But there's a pretty big jump between B and A, I think...
Hey, Raphael, I didn't misread Gobta's powers, did I?
Understood When Unified with a starwolf, the growth of the fighting rate is
cannot be measured in quantities.
Uh. Alright. Yeah, I think Unification is A-minus. But with the head of Gobta
goblin riders, maybe saber grizzly wouldn't be a big deal to him.
But didn't he mention successfully defending against attacks
by one of Clayman's squad leaders? Between Hakuro training and
his own experience, he must have improved, in his own way. She didn't
looks different, but maybe Gobta's strength is to be reckoned with?
I smiled a little as I pondered this. “Now, now, I think
Gobta has good points. Just because you can handle it doesn't mean the whole
the world can, Soei.”
It was meant to defend Gobta a bit, but I also want to remind
Soei to not try to solve all her problems alone. If that
the stronger among us to use themselves as benchmarks, it will be
bringing the world of grief to anyone who can't live up to it. That
it also makes things more inefficient for the strong themselves, burdensome
they go further and eventually lead to their destruction. I
spend a few moments explaining this to the team, combining
some real world examples.
“...I understand. I didn't think carefully enough.”
Everyone is different. Soka and the rest of Soei's team are talented enough to
it met its harsh demands, but it took a special group of people to do that. I appreciate his apology, but I wish him
remember that fact somewhere. The same can be said about Benimaru
and Hakuro; I want them to be a little more broad-minded in ways
they are raising a new generation. Geld and Gabil, on the other hand, are more
thinking of the people below them, so I'm not too worried about
them. I hope everyone can learn from them. It will make a relationship
better all around.
Meanwhile…
“Although I must say that training Gobta and the others is a thing
the great. You have to make sure they are ready for the unexpected!”
Hakuro sneered as Gobta lowered her head. Sure, not everyone
develop at the same rate or reach the same level, but
training itself is never a bad thing. It's like going to
school — it will definitely help you later.
Convinced that Gobta is on the right track, I return to the main topic.
born in the forest. Our patrol team has potions on them if the worst
it got worse, and the starwolves were very fast with their feet, so I
they can escape easily enough. But I can't
expect visitors to act in a way that
same.
“If we have all these magicules join together, it will create
more unusual monsters to deal with. It's too late for us if
they killed someone. We need a plan to react.”
We can try tighter patrols, but it won't address the roots
the thing is. We have to keep it forever, stressing us all out. Except
if we identify and remove anything that creates those clouds
this dense magic, I have to keep worrying about this for good.
So now what...?As I contemplated this, a voice helped to call from that place
unforeseen.
“Then, why don't we place an anti-magic barrier on the highway?”
That was Vester. Kaijin immediately stood up to answer.
“So you know, buddy, we just finished the perfect device for
that.” He grinned at me.
“A fully automatic barrier-producing magic generator!”
I know he's been working on some things in secret. But really?
Automatic magic generator?
Apparently, this is a device that automatically makes magic spells run, and,
as long as you keep him by mana. A big innovation, like, sort of
an advanced version of the tool driven by the inscription magic he had created
preceding. I thought Kaijin and Vester, who were disappointed to see how useless it was
they were during the barrier crisis we experienced, stepping in to try
develop this. These guys are amazing. Create a model that works within
a short time... What is it, geniuses?
Turns out, these aren't just some guys who work in garages. Gabil throws
during his free time, also Kurobe (who is not with us at the moment). Even
Shuna also helped. On one hand, we have some of the biggest magic holders
the world gathered for this project. That's kind of epic.
Kaijin has long devoted his days to research, leaving false assignments to Kurobe. I'm sure it's not just research, what with the task
as head of Tempest's production department, but still.
When he explained to me, the automatic magic generator made use of magicules
it naturally floats in the air. He thinks we have a lot of people in
around us at the moment, and that there should be a way to utilize it — because
that's idea. The Prison Field that covered the city worked by purifying the inner space of its magicules, absorbing them. In much the same way, monsters
taking magicules from the air and producing magic crystals from them. They
have researched this natural process, analyzing how it works.
Another thing, which I have mentioned, is that this country is naturally full of
Witchcraft. We all projected a fairly heavy aura even when we
trying to hold. Even in an ordinary cave, its density could be enormous in
area, enough to give birth to a group of B-plus creatures. It's all too weird
for this country. Kaijin and his team have been trying to figure out what to do
done for a while, it seems.
“So if we use this automatic magic generator, we can make
anti-magic barrier?”
“We sure can,” Vester said with confidence. “But it's not the only one!”
They both grinned at each other now. I can hardly believe that
both of them had sore throats. But anyway.
“What's the point again? I think the obstacle is the point. ”
“Heh-heh-heh... Get this, buddy! This generator includes a mechanism that
collecting and collecting magicules from the atmosphere. We could use
this is to lower the Magic density in the air!”
Whoa! Really true? I had to refrain from shouting happily. That is
the solution we are looking for!
“Definitely, Sir Rimuru,” says Vester. “But it is not without its drawbacks. This
it requires a certain magicule density to work; otherwise, it is too
inefficient.”
“Not that we have to worry about it around this city, yes, buddy?” I
nod in agreement. That's not a matter worth considering.
“So basically, this device will suck magicules from the air and instantly
automatically create a barrier for us?“They can, yes, but eventually they will run out of local fuel and fail.
That's why we set it up so you can recharge your energy reserves
magical them.”
As Kaijin said, the area around Tempest had more magicules than
who knows what to do, but the closer you get to the Nation
The West, the less often it exists. It would be a problem if it was a barrier
it disappeared without anyone noticing it, so the device was made to
generating magic based on preloaded backup as well.
What is the fuel source? Crystals made from magicules are collected from
air— in other words, magic crystal. Normally, these crystals would become
energy sources that are inefficient to use as fuel. Differ
with magic stones made with the Free Guild's secret technology, magic crystals are not
uniform or stable. Turning them into magic energy would cause 90
percent of their magicules disappeared into the atmosphere.
The magic stones are better, and thanks to the Great Sage, we have a conversion spell
fully optimized that driven by inscription magic. Unneeded
magic crystals at all, as long as the potential output exceeds the required energy
for recovery. The technology we developed was back before we could
buying all the magic stones we wanted still paid off a lot right now.
Now, they reported, they could produce magic at a loss
minimum, give the desired effect even with 10 percent magic crystals
usually available for use. What's more, 90 percent are 'wasted'
not lost forever — he just got back in the air, ready to use again.
As long as the required density was there, it was actually a perpetual motion machine.
So we can use these things in other ways. For example, how
by creating a large number of magic crystals, sending them to the Free Guild, and
turn it into magic stone? Then we can operate these things
more efficiently. The most important use, however, is to reduce
magic Density around us. Less density means some
monsters and magical beasts to worry about; fewer hordes
a creature that tramples. The number of unique monsters possible
causing problems for the Gobta team could potentially be reduced to near zero.