<513 - Power Reinforcement>
On the way to the capital.
Reap asked with a very serious face.
“Agassi, there’s one question I’ve wanted to ask.”
“Go ahead!”
“Are we currently on our way to invade the capital?”
“No, we’re not?”
“Then what’s with this monster army?”
“Monster army? How rude!”
“Please call it the collected preparatory carriage!”
“I swear on my candy-making skills that there aren’t this many carriages even at the carriage maintenance shop in Jeido!”
“Surprisingly, the zoo was a bit bigger, huh?”
“If we’re dragging around this big of a zoo, don’t you think the Imperial Army will come charging in thinking it’s a monster invasion?”
“It’s fine. If they come at us, we’ll just unleash the glowing dinosaurs, right?”
The glowing dinosaur, rescued from the zoo, suddenly popped its head up and snorted, as if to say, “Did you call me?”
The armored fortress turtle that everyone was riding got startled and withdrew its limbs into its shell.
“Hey! Because of you, the turtle is scared and won’t move! Go away!”
“Grrrrrr…”
The dinosaur whined and pulled its head away.
Masugaki couldn’t stop laughing at the sight.
“Puhuhuh! It’s just a useless dinosaur. Such a waste of size♡ Just take 230m away from Oknodie♡”
“Gah! I don’t need that much!”
While they were raiding the zoo and the arena, the Eungchilgeom, who had been saying things like, “Your Highness, this will make it easy for our pursuers to identify us,” and “Your Highness, it’s not too late to sell the animals to the arena and get a smuggler ship,” now had a face that looked like they had given up on life, swinging fishing rods.
Bouncy bouncy
The terrestrial creatures surrounding the armored fortress turtle jumped up at a teddy bear dangling from their fishing rods.
It’s a pitiful sight to see an Eungchilgeom finding comfort in something like that.
Fishing is a content meant for veterans who have passed over 500 rounds.
Tsk tsk.
What the younger generation will do if they get into veteran content this early in life, when they have nothing but boredom later on!
“Just as feared, the situation has occurred. Up ahead, I see the Southern Sacred City-State Federation’s border lined with the Imperial Army’s Southern Border Garrison. Their total number is 17,000. There should also be war mages from the Multicolor Magic Tower and masters of martial arts.”
“Oknodie~ Our army is about 28,000, right~?”
“That’s right!”
“Usually, monsters are stronger than people, but comparing forces based on Imperial standards means we wouldn’t get wiped out, right? Trusting a useless dinosaur that’s already shedding a tear after a scolding is definitely not enough firepower to charge♡”
“Then let’s gather more!”
“Where from~?”
“There’s a chimera laboratory that’s conducting research unsupported by the citizens of the Southern Sacred City-State Federation in the border area! We could get 5,000 from there!”
When the second year enters its second semester, the key culprit that triggers the exit and voluntary drop-out event of characters from the Southern Sacred City-State Federation will be the chimera laboratory!
The entry into this evil laboratory originally requires completing 15 linked quests, getting the cooperation of an escapee from the laboratory with [Chimera Biomanapulse], or capturing an evil researcher and brainwashing them.
Pachin!
Well, we stomped all of that beneath the giant foot of the glowing dinosaur and crushed 50 layers in one blow!
I let out a scream as I saw the fluorescent glowing dinosaur beyond the barrier, while the spider beastfolk, with six extra arms, disappeared in an instant.
“Monster, it’s a monster!!”
“Wait a second, isn’t that the animal that lays the biggest eggs at the zoo that Omu Rice City is pushing as their main business? Why is the ancient monster from the zoo here?!”
“Ahhhh, an armored rhinoceros decked out in rare metal armor is charging! Everyone, run awayyy━!!”
Thud crash!
The troops guarding the laboratory were swept away in an instant by the charging animals.
Neither chimera defenders nor alloy barriers nor magical traps did anything.
“Ugh!”
I instantly deduced the composition of the magic circuit for the traps and messed up the circuit pattern, causing them to burst!
“Deputy Director!! Why is the magic circle that was augmented with 100,000 coins bursting on its own? You aren’t cheating me, right?”
“Of course not!! I only took the 20% amplification spell that was implicitly allowed to be pocketed in the design!!”
“You idiot! We designed it without considering the budget, assuming you wouldn’t pocket it!”
“That’s impossible!!!”
Crap. This round was lucky; the final magic trap was not supposed to activate!
Of course, even if it had activated, the gained experience points would have been minimal since I could easily prevent it.
“Leaving the final trap, which should ensure everyone’s safety, to an untrustworthy source, is really bad! Bad adults need punishment! Go forth, Eungchilgeom!”
“…Do you think the guards of Her Highness would heed the commander of the monster legion?”
“Then I’ll order it♡ Just take it down♡”
“Ugh. I’m worried that Her Highness has made bad friends and is now tainted by bad waters; I’m very concerned for Alexander.”
Even while grumbling, Alexander infused his fishing rod to have fun with the cat beastfolk.
The fishing line, flying in like a serpent, swiftly sliced the deputy director and the chimera trying to protect him into dozens of pieces, causing them to fall like whoosh.
“Meow…?”
“Were we trying to catch that…?”
“Are we going to die…?”
The frightened cat beastfolk scattered among the monster army, and a light of regret flickered across Alexander’s face, but it was already spilled water.
The Deadcat Senior lived quietly, and now that the cat beastfolk had been scared, they wouldn’t come forward on their own.
“Director Heinrich!”
“W-What do you want…?”
“I’m Oknodie!”
“O-Oknodie, you… where did you come from, and what do you want from us…?”
“Well, let’s see…”
I’m affiliated with both the academy and the foundation.
Ah, wait.
Come to think of it, I had an organization of my own!
“I’m from the organization that plays with Oknodie!”
“…Huh?”
“The scholarship students say they don’t like the name and call it the [Secret Scholarship Society]. Tch. But in the end, we’re doing the same errand running.”
“Yes, yes…”
“So, speaking of which, I’m also looking for carriages to bring to our organization! If we have more carriages, we can speed up tasks and complete more errands, right?”
“Is that so… How about selling a few test subjects from our research lab to fund the purchase of carriages…?”
“No? Why go through such a roundabout process?”
“C-Cash? Should I just give you cash?”
“No, I mean.”
The math didn’t add up.
“In our industry, the winning organization claims everything from the losing one as a universal law. Director, you just lost.”
“Gah?!”
“Gah! Could it be that you still have a hidden card up your sleeve? With a monster army of 20,000, the Second Princess of the Empire, two Eungchilgeom, and me, Oknodie, do you still feel confident about winning? I’m curious!”
I smiled brightly as I sat back and waited.
“Show me!”
“W-What do you mean?”
“The secret weapon! If you break it, it will prove you lost to me, right? But I’d prefer if you didn’t pull it out. You’re a valuable asset capable of mass-producing carriages, but an NPC that bares its teeth to its master can’t be left alive due to the risks of betrayal!”
They say sincerity always gets through.
The director began to cry, bowing down.
“I’ll give you everything… Our chimera laboratory is now a subordinate organization of the organization that plays with Oknodie…”
“Yay! We did it! Look, Reap! We’ve got tons of carriages with six or more legs!”
Reap began fiddling with an amulet set.
“What are you doing, Reap?”
“I’ll take care of the academy students who have messed up Agassi with my own hands.”
“Ehh?! I’m not messed up at all. I’m completely fine!”
Anyway, our power has been reinforced.
Now we should be able to easily cross the border, right?
“Puhuh. It turned into a big commotion, huh? Useless Oknodie makes things fun for me too♡”
Masugaki took out a sheet of paper from her pocket and quickly wrote a letter with the [Speed Writing] she had trained in her first-year lecture.
“Alexander, go give this letter to the commander of the Southern Border Defense Force and say it’s from me♡”
“I’ll follow the order for now, but just because you do that doesn’t mean the commander will let us through.”
Alexander grumbled as he took the letter and headed first towards the border.
An hour later.
I was able to reunite with Alexander, who was in a state of confusion wondering where he was, who he was, and why they had opened the way.
“What did you write in the letter?”
“I said if they don’t step aside, I’ll scatter the monster legion and turn the southern empire into a wasteland♡”
“Wow. You must have gained a lot of experience from threatening!”
“Do you want to do it next time~?”
“I want to, I want to!”
Gaining experience and graciously sharing it, how sweet!
Perhaps the best friend seat may be passed from Jiang to Masugaki Princess!
