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You're ahead of me, sir.
'I'm warm! Shiroe.
There was a deserted garden in the air that jutted out a few dozen meters above the ground. The concrete was cracked and thin, wispy weeds were peeking out from the cracks. Floating in the crimson sky at the end of the day, it was also a ruin.
The strong wind seemed to be coming from all directions, beating against my cheek. In this world (Seldesia), where few high-rise buildings exist today, the view from the Tower of Calls is breathtaking. In the old world, you can see so far away that it seems as if you can take in almost all of Tokyo.
The square rooftop of the building was sheer, due to the lack of safety measures such as fences or steps. It was such an overwhelming expanse that a person with a fear of heights would be unable to move.
When Shiroe and the others stumbled out into it, as you can imagine, Soujirou and the other Second (Second) were continuing their delayed battle with the Summoning Calamity (Taliktan).
'Saved! The rest of the line is clear, report in.
Shiroe sends a signal to the rest of the team with one hand while shouting.
With that hand sign, the remaining eighteen members of the large scale combat (raid) team, spearheaded by Naotsugu, advance like a giant snake to Tarikutan to form a formation.
The second is a six-man team (raid) formed for the purpose of raid defense. Compared to the first raid, which aims to completely combine with the raiders to bind them for a long period of time and annihilate them, the first raid is more versatile than the first, but it is inferior in terms of defense, recovery, and fighting ability. Whether it is defense or attack, the samurai profession excels in the ability to act at a moment's notice. Soujiro used his player skills to keep me in the fight for the time being. That's great, but even so, it's a burden that should be avoided further.
Support flies from Marielle to the main defender (Naotsugu) who runs forward. It's a reaction-activated recovery (Reactive Heal). It's a low level, but if you combine it with Minori's "Barrier of Refining" it should last for the first attack.
The level isn't so high. The normal attack is within my expectations. I'm not going to be able to get it right. I'm not going to be able to get it right. There's an incomprehensible group attack.
What's the range shape?
It's a good thing that you're not just a part of the family. The wind is strong, so the conversation tends to be in a shouting voice.
I don't understand. I don't understand. I was the only one who survived. But I was almost in the same position as Souji!
(Nothing to do with distance? (Random attack?)
Shiroe continued to think while adjusting the battle line with Force Step.
'The damage is huge. Even Souji, who cut his trump card, almost sank.
That was the bad news.
The occupation of the Samurai is inferior to the Guardian in terms of the basic performance of a warrior. They can't equip shields and their attribute defense tends to be lower. But on the contrary, their ability to react in an instant is far superior. The Momentary Forgetting is a powerful skill that completely avoids all attacks for a short period of time, while the Tachi Sword of Murakumo can cancel out an attack and halve the damage. Knowing the battle at the Tea Party, Shiroe realized the severity of the enemy's attack just as Soujirou was about to sink while activating his parry.
The possibility of the front line collapsing under the same attack was not small.
(On the street, the rear guard personnel's HP should have been reduced by that much.)
Tetra, who had dared not compete with Marielle and had been waiting at the rear, began to recover, focusing on the seriously injured. Reaction Activation Recovery is a high-performance spell series that, as its name implies, automatically reacts to enemy attacks to recover lost HP (though not completely). If you're dealing with a rearguard whose HP has already dropped significantly in response to damage, you'll have no choice but to use normal recovery spells to take care of them. Tetra would combine the Heal and Healing Light spells to heal the injured members.
It was the right thing to do.
"Sleep, all of you!
'Why would you do that? What is this sleep!
It was a snarl.
Shiroe still responded to the words escaping from the monster's mouth with a hopeful response as planned. That was one of Shiroe's secret purposes. It was the reason why Shiroe had to come to this place.
Shiroe still didn't believe everything in the letter from Roe 2.
It's hard to say that he fully understood from the contents before that.
Although Roe 2 had warned him about the "liturgical disaster," Shiroe was still hesitant to dismiss it without discussion. It might be difficult to avoid a fight now that things had come to this point, but in that case, he wanted information at least.
'Go to sleep, all of you.
Is there no room for discussion?
The shockwave rages with each wave of Tariktan's twisted staff, and the flooring, which should be concrete, shatters like a joke.
I look into the eyes of the Summoner's Natural Disaster.
There were tiny pupils that glowed like stars against a jet-black background.
The figure looks like a mature summoner, but its expression is like something else. I could only sense a flat, inhuman reaction, more mechanical than biological, a flat, inhuman reaction.
'It's just like Kamaisaru, this guy. Only it's not a pervert - it's a trick.
You don't know what you're talking about, White, sir.
Shiroe stared straight at Norikazu, even though his cheeks were torn open by the shockwave like a flying bullet. Still, there must be a clue here. Shiroe fought and tried desperately to find it.
Tariktan is also in search of the Empathic Child.
The result is this sleep.
And as far as Shiroe is concerned, empathizers are resources, but not energy in the narrow sense of the word. The empathizers' inability to communicate is proof in itself. That move brought Shiroe a little closer to the meaning of that letter.
'Mr. Shiroe, report thunderbolt, pre-motion--'
It would be fair to say that Riese's cry was brilliant.
It was almost the first time he had seen a monster attack, and he had detected its preliminary movements.
However, there was indeed not enough room to encourage evasive action. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Naotsugu raise his large shield, but the lightning strike seemed to have bypassed him. In order to weave through the increased number of vanguards at once, Soujiro, Nyanta, Nazuna, Akatsuki and others are pierced.
Shiroe, it's about 180 seconds...
Nazuna concludes his report while being slammed into the earth by the power of the lightning strike.
It's not a battle no matter how much if the attacks of this power are fired in succession. If you have one hundred and eighty seconds, you can push hard while recovering, but it seems that you can't take that strategy either.
The only thing you can do is to be on your guard. He's also calling for reinforcements. He twisted the rainbow-colored light and called it the "Everlasting Moth" or "Moon Rabbit"!
Unlike the recovery position, Soujirou, who has some leeway, boldly dared to charge in while telling Shiroe. That special ability was predictable. From the moment I confirmed the name of the Summoning Calamity, and from the moment a swarm of "everlasting moths" appeared on the streets of Akiba. It was expected that the existence that called for some kind of reinforcements would be the mastermind. In fact, almost all of the monsters Shiroe and the others had fought through in this dungeon, the party-ranked monsters, were probably summoned by Tarikutan.
I've come up with a plan to deal with them.
I've come here to check the battlefield, and I'm sure of it.
The problem is that I don't have time to explain it slowly.
'Third (Third), lower your hate! Naotsugu, Souji. Scissors ready. Moving.
'What are you going to do about the move, Shiroe-san! There's nothing around here.
I feel guilty at the screaming little dragon's words.
There is certainly no place to run away to in this concrete garden that juts into the air. Common sense dictates that this is true.
''First (First), dense.''
However, there was no time to explain it in detail to Xiao Long and many others.
If the purple thunderbolt's 'Recast Restriction Time' (Recast Time) was one hundred and eighty seconds, then it should be considered to be the same for summoning reinforcements. At the very least, there's not enough time to explain it slowly.
''Ladies and gentlemen, we're moving to the battlefield. We have a chance of winning. Believe me! The power of the Adventurers.
I saw that Akatsuki and I looked at each other and nodded widely.
For no reason, I felt like I should.
Shiroe scoffed to herself that she was a cash thing after being so torn up earlier. As long as you know what you have to do, apparently you won't get lost. In any case, if that tower is a magical device, then the enemy needs to be ripped away from it (,,,,,,,,,,,,,,).
Hate Exchange! Anchor Howl.
It's not just a matter of time before you get to the point where you'll be able to get your hands on something. --Hate Exchange. This special skill has the effect of exchanging your hate with the target's companion. The second (second) main defender of Soujiro, who supported the war by attacking first, and now Naotsugu has inherited the hate that has accumulated.
The eyes of Tarikutan, which looked like a red star in a black, bottomless swamp, spun in an unorthodox manner as if to make a sound, and stared at Naotsugu.
''Marie-san, excuse me for a moment.''
Naotsugu, who had received the hatred of the Tariktan all over his body, turned around and gave a cheerful wink, and picked up Marielle in his arms. Marielle was taken aback by the side hug, and the next moment her cheeks were stained as if they were hot water, and she tried to protest to Naotsugu, but there was no time for that.
''Let's go, Shiro.
Hurry. My lord.
They left such a voice behind them, and they flew out into the dusk sky, pursued by Tariqtan.
Falling.
Shiroe and the others jumped down from a few dozen meters above the ground.
Through the solidified air that buzzed past their ears, Shiroe and the others headed to the ground like stones. Even as he loosened his control of the ranged Flight Spell (Fly), Shiroe glared at the looming shadow silhouetted against the moon.
Come after me.
The unspoken thoughts of the tariqtan. That, or a move more important than the confrontation with the 'litany of disasters'. A rainbow of bubbles clinging to the talikutan, chasing it. As you can imagine, even that "Summoning Calamity" needs a pathway to the steel tower, or in other words, the moon, in order to summon the "Moon Moth".
In order to disperse the tower and the talikutan, Shiroe and the others decided to go on a diving maneuver. The summoning has already begun. If the taliktan is not stopped here and now, there will be another major damage. And perhaps the means of contacting the moon and getting to the mystery would also be lost.
But Shiroe grimly smiled and muttered to Tariqtan.
'If it's a major battle (raid), then it's my battlefield. I'll show you the countless battlefields and drawers I've moved through in eight years.''
The words were torn out of the wind and disappeared without anyone hearing them.
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Oh, yeah, yeah. Come on, just keep on coming. You don't have to worry about accounting. We've used up all the arrows and pots, and all the warehouses up to Tier 6 have been opened.
When Karashin finished speaking to the dwarf girl in charge of inventory, he leaned out of the corridor and called out to the maidservants and cooks of the Daichijin, "I've come to bring you meat. The courtyard is filled with improvised fireplaces and tents, as if in the middle of a battlefield-like commotion. No, no, not "like", this is a battlefield.
Castle Cinderella, the center of the Duke of Maihama's domain, is now a frontline base. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to say that the walls and the city don't matter to the moon moths that attack from the heavens. The castle was in the middle of a battle against the monsters that attacked it in the dusk.
They seem to give preference to beings with high fighting ability or high magic power. In this world, they are synonymous with adventurers. In the streets of the capital of Maihama, martial law is in effect, and all doors to all houses are locked. The earthlings look up at the heavens with bated breath. The city and the castle are defended by a force led by the Black Sword Knights.
While the idea of stopping the Moon Moths in the forests and on the roads away from the city wasn't out of the question, their attacks on the Adventurers would be limited to the basics. They're not intelligent enough to miss the Earthlings they encounter. If that's the case, then Isaac, the leader of the Black Sword Knights, decided to defend himself as far as he could see.
Karashin also has other ideas, but his conclusion remains the same.
This is why the defense operation is going on.
Karashin-san.
Hey, thanks for the food.
There was a yellow cheer.
Karashin is the most popular person in the castle, even more so than Isaac. The supplies provided by the Eighth Shopping Arcade are useful to all types of Dairikuin, and are especially in demand by those working in the kitchen. Sauces, soy sauce, and high-purity sugar are all items that would be difficult for the Daichijins to produce on their own, and the demand for these items is especially high among those working in the kitchen.
Gilmouth is very popular!
With a glance at Taro, who looked at him with wide-eyed admiration, Karasin blurted out, "That's because he's a young master now. The cheers consisted of 20 percent hungry soldiers and 70 percent middle-aged samurai and cooks preparing meals. I'm sure even Taro knows that, as he does every time he looks at you with a surprised, amazed, and admiring expression. You can't keep up with them.
Carashin's work here ends when he deftly takes out the ingredients and water potion from Kural's Divine Realm Bag (Phantasmal) and arranges them under the tent. Taro, who was taking out bandages from his own shoulder bag beside him, also nodded widely as if he had finished his work.
'More west than southwest, I guess.
Taro said such things as they scuttled over the retaining wall of the 〈Haihime Castle〉.
There was a series of sharp but somewhat light sounds that sounded like the smashing of a paper bag filled with air. It was the sound of attack magic bursting through the air. It's the sound of attack magic bursting through the air.
"That's the main force behind the Black Sword. The Knights of the Earthmen are there too.
Are you okay with this?
Karashin nodded at Taro's interminable question, "Don't worry," he said.
It should be fine. No, in fact, it is expected to work very beneficially when it comes to the current commotion. The level of the Maihama Knights (Glass Grieves), trained by Isaac and his team, is in the upper 20s. They are the elite of the Earthmen, and their abilities are incomparable to those of the civilians. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about them in the future. And yet, since they could not reach the Black Sword Knights' level of 90, they were hardly a target for the Moon Moth. As long as the Black Sword Knights were catching the enemy in the front, they could flank them and guide them to evacuate. In fact, such reports have reached Karashin.
''But before dark, hey. I hope you will stick to your schedule.
It's no big deal. Trouble happens all the time.
Karashin shrugged his shoulders.
He hadn't even waited for the moon to rise to see what had happened before the 〈Moon Moth〉 attacked, but Karashin himself was rather positive about it.
'Shiroe-dono and the others must have done something.
What is it?
It's something.
I don't know what it is, but that's not what Karashin thinks it is.
Anyway, it's just that Shiroe took some action in the field, which caused the enemy to catch up with him and shift his plans. Karashin thought that since Shiroe had been sent out, he would probably do something about it anyway, so it was useless to think about the details of the local situation. It's not that I'm talking about trusting Shiroe or anything like that, Karashin thinks that the world is like a raging river rafting full of sudden situations anyway, so there's no point in blaming him for things that are beyond his control. Or rather, Karashin has his hands full with his field of responsibility, so he doesn't have the time to be a nuisance to anyone else.
(I don't care if it's Minori-chan or girls, though--)
It's ridiculous to worry about Shiroe.
It's called a wasted investment.
Nevertheless, the battle in front of us now will have to be cut out by the parties involved.
"Taro.
"Come on, Gilmour.
Kalashin made a few requests to his peers, who straightened up and saluted him. Pulling a note with a paw mark from his butt pocket, Taro scribbled, "Is it true?" "Really?" "Really? After confirming repeatedly that they were not going to be able to make it to the front lines, they ran to the front lines. The city itself is a few kilometers away, but if the Adventurers are strong enough, they can reach it in less than a few miles.
There's no problem with releasing inventory. The items for level 30 and below are of little use to the adventurers of Akiba. It could be said that this was bad inventory that had been accumulated since the days of gaming. Even if you let them go now, you won't lose that much in real terms, even though the face value may be higher. In fact, Karashin thought that if he could make a loan, he should make one.
Karashin entered and passed through the great hall and reached the main tower via the brightly colored corridors of the carpet. He walked slowly up the wide spiral staircase. The color leaking through the small windows in the skylight is madder than ever. The tower has the cool air of an early spring evening.
I haven't climbed the stairs many times, but if you are on the top floor of the main tower, you can see the whole city. According to the story I asked earlier, Lord Sergiad should be there too.
On the way to the spiral staircase, Karasin passed by the knights on guard. That includes not only the Earthlings, but also the Adventurers. Rezarik, who was supposed to be in charge of security, seemed to have deployed sufficient forces.
The city seen through a small window in the middle of the tower is full of tension, but I can't see any battle. The angle is probably bad. It's the direction of the hills and the defensive wall that are in a state of engagement.
Karasin sighed and walked further.
It's quite a troublesome situation.
However, Karasin thinks that there is a saturation limit to the hassle. Just as there is only three hundred grams or so of salt dissolved in a liter of water, there is a limit to the amount of troublesome things that can be dissolved in a human life. There is a limit to the amount of troublesome things that can be dissolved in a human life. It's like a big mess in a room. There is a limit to the amount that humans can clean.
With the appearance of the mysterious monster at the right time, the pursuit of the assassination of Icelus was shelved. It was convenient for Karasin, so he didn't make a fuss, but even the assassination case is not something that can be left to chance.
There is a limit to how much a human can clean up.
But, well, humans are supposed to be creatures that can cooperate, so Kalashin went up the tower with the intention of carrying out his current duties and interests.
'Thanks,'
Oh. I didn't expect Lord Karasin to be here.
Returning a pleasant reply to a pleasant greeting, Sergiad turned his gaze from the tower's balcony to the battlefield. His stern profile returned to meekness as he swung to Karasin. The reason why there are no tight emotions visible in the accompanying knights is probably because of the prevailing view of the battlefield from this balcony.
''What do you think, monster attack?''
It's an anomaly. In the history of Maihama, there hasn't been a city with more adventurers lining its walls.
He seems relatively calm for a guy like that.
I'm letting Sir Isaac take care of things. It would be an insult to your courage and bravery to panic.
Kalashin smiled as Lord Sergiad smiled lightly.
His mouth hollowed out in his mind. He was like his boss when he was in his former world. And not his direct boss, but a managing director or executive director level above the clouds. It's a whimsical sign of a specter who invites you out for lunch and makes you unable to taste the food.
(Come to think of it, Michitaka and Isaac are a good match for each other. Is it because of the athletic department's correction?
It's impossible for me, Karashin tsked inwardly.
Being half witty is only a weakness against this kind of opponent. It's the fallout of being predictable, both in action and in what you say, that will knock everything down. We need to get away from the idea of negotiating to win or lose.
Well, it's going to be okay, Karashin threw out the thought. If there were any problems left, someone somewhere would have to clean up after them. There is only so much one person can clean up after.
(Whoever said it was someone else, well, it's Mr. Shiroe...)
Only in the spirit of things do we join hands.
So how do you want to handle your Westlande diplomacy?
"Is the Round Table finally getting into Yamato politics?
No, of course not. It's just a way for the wood chip merchants to gather information to protect themselves.
Karasin shrugs his shoulders and strikes a self-effacing pose, but he doesn't really mean it. And he doesn't expect Lord Sergiad to accept that a merchant is having a chat with him. He is the leader of the political entity that divides this Yamato.
Realizing that being reserved would only lead to bad luck, Karasin deliberately made a churlish expression on his face and asked a series of questions. Even though he was in a cold sweat inside, he knew it was a bad idea to cling to mercy.
'Will it be a war?'
I'd like to avoid it.
Lord Sergiad looked into the distance, and those were the words that escaped his lips.
He said, "But I have no choice. You ask, Lord Karasin, but in the eyes of the Holy Empire of Westland, we are the rebellious enemies of Eastar. To wage war, or not to wage war. We are treasonous and must be defeated in their eyes long before that. The Holy Empire of West Runde has not attacked us for over 300 years because it did not have the strength to do so.
And then the Adventurer came along and destroyed it.
The Westernde is not a monolith. It will crack in the not-too-distant future.
Lord Sergiad's words were lost to the wind, but they reached Karasin's ears loud and clear.
That is certainly a possibility.
The situation in Minami is complicated. In a way, the relationship between Akiva and the Alliance of Free Cities Eastal is more complicated than that between Akiva and the Alliance of Free Cities.
Plant hwyaden is not, as most of Akiba's adventurers believe, an autonomous organization created by adventurers based in the Kansai region, the Round Table of Western Japan (...,,,,,,,,,).
The plant hwyaden is a ten-seat meeting, in which not only the Adventurers but also the Earthmen participate. There aren't many people in Akiba who think deeply about the meaning of this.
The reason for this is... Is it the Adventurer's fault?
It's the Senate that has the ambition, though. The oil will only intensify the fire.
Plant hwyaden is not an autonomous organization of adventurers.
It is the new governing body of Western Japan. It is ruled by the Daichijinshi, and the adventurers in Plant hwyaden are the new ruling class, in other words, the nobility. Of course, the Ten-Seat Conference doesn't say this, and I doubt that most of the adventurers living in Minami are aware of it either. But in reality, that is already the case. A system that can only be true is already in operation.
Worse yet, that does not mean that Plant hwyaden is the only system of governance in Western Yamato.
West Yamato already has a governing body called Holy Imperial Westland. Inside, there is the Senate, a bureaucracy, and the Saigu family, the royal family. The rivalry and cooperation between the Senate and the Saigu family is the history of the Holy Imperial Westlands itself. The Senate ruled over the people and the Saigu family was the hope of the people. And on top of that, the Plant hwyaden was painted over.
In a world of chaos, there are contradictions that would normally lead to the collapse of the plant. But the contradictions are masked by the safety and new technology of the Adventurers, and in turn, the benefits.
Karasin's fears were apparently confirmed by Lord Sergiad.
I don't know what conversations are taking place and who is allied with whom. But perhaps the Senate faction of the Holy Empire of Westland may have decided that they don't mind a war. That's about as likely as it gets.
I'm not so sure about that.
Karasin shrugs.
It would be hard to ask if that Zeldaus has that much spirit.
''The odds aren't going to come out that numerically, are they?
That's a strange thing for a merchant to say.
Karasin replied thoughtfully to Sergiad's words.
'It's because you're a merchant. A project, or a new business, can't be from the sea or the mountains. Once you start, you can't stop, and most of the results are iridescent. Ninety percent of the time, it's not a win or a loss. The money we had is melted, but we don't lose any of our people. Or, "We got more sales than we expected, but the new plant had a labor dispute.
Win or lose, no one is perfect, right?
Ultimately, the purpose of the Roundtable and the Eighth Shopping District is to survive. In this rickety world, the Adventurer never dies. However, just because adventurers don't die doesn't mean they don't die, it doesn't mean they are alive. I don't think it's equal, which is why Karashin runs a commercial guild.
There's no end in sight, so it's a matter of how you spend that lack of endurance.
In the end, we have no choice but to spend our time in this place, fighting and making up with each other. Being able to interact is the minimum that Karasin thinks is possible. The thought of an all-out war with someone you can't kill is horrifying just to think about it.
'Yes, that's right. The point is that we are alive, and even if we are fooling around, we have no choice but to look for the next best thing or the next best thing. Even if you win big, the people may become arrogant and start another war in the future because of that big win. But no matter how you look at it, it's never going to end that way in business.
You're a tough guy.
In the private sector, it's common sense that they don't smile at budgets for customer and safety management and other departments that don't produce profits. Unfortunately, we're not employees. So, Lord Celgiad. --Can you sell your inventory to your inventory, the Round Table?
He bounced his eyebrows up and down, "What do you need? Karashin replied to Sergiad, who blurted out, with his best sullen face.
''For now, Guu-tara Princess-sama or something.
Against the backdrop of the iridescent pillar of light that climbed to the moon, the two shadows remained frozen like statues and did not move for a long time.
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Liese shook her golden hair as she intercepted the Summoning Taliktan, which jumped in through a large hole in the wall. The Frost Spear, an icy spear that exudes cold air.
Of the three elements controlled by sorcerers, cold air is less popular than the other attributes. This is because the direct hitting power of freezing magic is low for an attacker whose primary function is to bring death to the enemy. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're ready to buy. But even so, Liese still put a premium on freezing magic. The balance between firepower and MP consumption, the length of the chanting time and the size of the single shot power are also good.
The long chanting time is generally regarded as a disadvantage, but as long as you are able to predict the enemy's actions, it replaces it as an advantage. This is still the case. A spell that spends a lot of time chanting while the enemy is moving has the destructive power to match the time it takes to chant. The white-haired sorcerer appears in these halls, and I've matched it to the tip of its nose. The sorcerer's magic is also superior to that of the sorcerer in that it is excellent at blocking enemy action.
The lone monkey and Yuzuko attacked the tatara-trodden Tarikutan with all their might.
''Nevertheless,''
Riese murmured.
That's pretty rough.
I questioned my sanity when I heard about the plan, and I still think it's preposterous. I don't know the exact number of floors, but that broadcast tower must be no more than thirty meters high. Shiroe's plan was to jump from the rooftop plaza, and to link his jumping down directly to "citing" the enemy.
The result was a success, but Liese thinks it was too ridiculous. No, however, that was just because of stereotypical thinking on Liese's part. In fact, the strategy was successful, and they have succeeded in drawing Tariqtan into this music hall's melee.
''It's not like Shiroe-sama........''
That's not true.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
I don't know what the public's perception of him is," she said. I don't know about the reputation of the Tea Party, but the Tea Party was rough and haphazard. |I don't know what the public's opinion is, but our tea party was rough and haphazard. That's the norm.
Nazuna, who glares at her enemy with her sword at the ready without a hint of caution, smiles a thin smile and whispers.
The words must be true.
Riese had misunderstood Shiroe. She was the driving force behind the Round Table. One of the contributors to the formation of the alliance with the Free Cities Alliance Eastal. A hard worker who takes on the task of coordinating and organizing information between guilds. I always saw Shiroe as a bureaucrat, a competent administrator, a practitioner with political skills, and a conspirator. But I suppose that's only one aspect of Shiroe.
The wand moves automatically and spells are spun in rapid succession.
The role of the sorcerer is to concentrate firepower. Each spell has a casting time, a rigidity time, and a re-casting time. You can't cast the same spell in succession. Use the Recast Time to interrupt the chanting time of another spell. The sorcerer's battle strategy is to combine five to ten different spells to create a cycle, and then repeat the cycle. It's easy to say, but it's not so easy to do. Even though the spells are the same, the sorcerer's performance is slightly different depending on the sorcerer.
Depending on the skill, style, and equipment you've acquired, the amount of time it takes to reuse a spell will vary, so the number of spells you can connect with in a cycle will change.
Some enemy monsters have resistance to flame damage. If you're dealing with such monsters, the flame attribute spells in the circulation will get in the way, but if you remove those spells, of course the entire circulation loop will be broken. In other words, how many types of circulation construction do you have for yourself? Can you maintain that on an unconscious level and choose to be resourceful again? This is the ability required of a sorcerer as a member of a large-scale battle (raid).
D.D.D.'s Liese can use eight different types of sufficiently proficient circulation. Four of them are of the type that have branches in their circulation, allowing them to communicate with other circulations in order to respond to sudden incidents. Not many sorcerers have this much training. The Elder Tail is the ultimate in sophistication in the sorcerer's profession.
But even from the point of view of Liese, Shiroe's spell cycle was unique.
Most spells had a chanting time of two to ten seconds. In other words, a single cycle would take about a hundred seconds or two minutes to go around. If you observe, you can get a rough idea of what spells are composed and how they are linked together. However, Shiroe's was unable to read the scale of the circulation. That said, it's not as if she's just chanting spells in the order she thinks of them. If he did that, the connection would be lax and time would be lost. This will result in a decrease in the final damage output. That kind of loss can't be seen in Shiroe's spell chanting. I can see some kind of grinding. However, I don't understand the composition of the circulation. Has she acquired a richer variety of circulation as a result of her training than she could see in a day or so of co-fighting, or is it otherwise some other technique?
--MP is not decreasing. It's decreasing, but the recovery is balanced. Circulate and control the ranks while maintaining combat capability. That's why the frequent orders to break through the front lines are so important.
Shiroe takes the form of an idea that may have been conceived but would be laughed off as a joke. Of course, mistakes are made. Mistakes are made, but foreshadowing has already been put in place to cover them.
The reason he just told Nazuna to back off wasn't just to conserve his MP. The reason he instructed Nazuna to step back now is not only to conserve his MP, but also to restore the re-cast time of his major technique, the Celebration of the Great Exorcism, but also to block Tarikutan's line of fire and line of sight to Isuzu and Rundel House. And to have Soujirou serve as an observer from behind Soujirou's back with skilled verbal advice.
The effect only descends while the true meaning of Shiroe's instructions remains ambiguous.
The meaning of that very kind no longer unravels and disappears. But light flashed across the myriad of paths to victory. Liese is also a raid commander with a subordinate position. Her role is to decipher the story of each encounter with the enemy. However, even that Riese is too free to grasp the story Shiroe is reading now.
Shiroe is probably not the main character in the story.
Whoever pursues Tariqtan by any means is in charge.
Or so he thinks.
Even the attackers and supporters are not clearly defined in Shiroe's command. Even the Hakutai-type Shinto priestess, Kushi Yatama, is waving her blade in a comfortable manner.
''Ten seconds and counting. Barrier, Naotsugu, Nyanta, Fox Monkey, Akatsuki, Soujirou.
Hooray.
Nazuna chants the "Misuse Barrier" in a teasing voice at Shiroe's command. A translucent wall that shines bright reddish-blue appears for a moment and is granted to your allies. It is an advance defense spell that anticipates the attack. Liese had a hunch in his command that a large Taliktan attack was coming.
''Hurry ... four, three, two ... yikes!
Beyond Liese's glaring gaze, Tariqtan raised his twisted staff high and released a purple lightning bolt. Liese turned her face away from the glow of lightning cracking at close range, but her oral tradition, the Kaylone Tablet, is tracking the battle log.
The barrier definitely blocked the attacking lightning attack, but even so, the targeted Naotsugu and the others were damaged to the point of losing more than half of their HP. This is undoubtedly Talikutan's most powerful attack. If the barriers weren't in place in time, and if they weren't protected with pinpoint accuracy, the front line would surely collapse.
Liese, pale in the face of this fact, was terrified, but desperately searching for answers. The Taliktan's thunderbolt avoided Liese (,) and headed towards Nyanta. Liese should have been in the path of the electrician. If she had gone straight ahead, she would have been burned black, as she had no barriers. How could Liese have avoided it? Why was Nyanta targeted? And the reason for that was, above all, predictable.
Why is that? White boy, did you know who was being targeted?
The answer to Marielle's question, which she muttered while turning pale, was.
''Hate list high level penetration attack.''
Shiroe's voice overlapped with Lise's.
It's a notion that if we also indexed the hate list, or the hostility felt by Tariqtan. An attack that named the top five people in the top ranks when quantifying the threat felt by Tariqtan.
The realization was not so great.
Except that it's still mostly new to me, which would be a natural inference for a large scale combat (raid) commander and not something to be proud of. That's not the point. It was that Shiloe showed the top ranks of the hate list by nominating them as a matter of course.
Hostility is not a quantified status. The one with the highest damage inflicted, the one with the strongest recovery magic, the one with the closest distance. It is something that changes dizzyingly inside the monster, taking various conditions into account. The main shield (tank) maximizes this hate to attract monsters to him, so it can be deduced that he is at the top of the hate list now that Tariktan is fighting against Naotsugu head on. However, as for the rest, one can only infer it from the history of the battle.
And in a world where it is no longer possible to view battle records in a window after the Catastrophe, how was Shiroe able to detect this, given that she had not yet mastered the Kaylone Tablet, the oral tradition of the Philosopher's Tablet? The answer sent a strange chill and emotion down Liese's spine.
With the Philosopher's Tablet, the Kaylone Tablet, the battle log can be made visible. The damage dealt, the damage received, its attributes, range, frequency, and even recovery and granting effects could be read in the written form of 'events that occurred in the battle'. That's the oral tradition Liese possesses, the Kaylone Tablet, the Philosopher's Tablet.
But Shiroe simply surpassed Liese's oral tradition with his observations and insights.
Liese had just tasted Shiroe's Full Control Encounter.
''What's wrong?''
My heart trembles at the sight of Kushi Yatama jumping into the front line with a sharp question.
The bravery of the Akatsuki, dancing as if there were translucent stairs in the air, is vividly visible.
You can understand Nazuna's concern for crushing the firing line to the rear guard with her exquisite positioning, even though she seems to be unleashing a caustic attack.
''Interesting, Kushi-senpai!''
You're right.
Riese started to run too.
The depression in her mind had cleared up completely.
What he was putting on himself with Krusty at the helm, which he thought was charisma, was shown to be more than just that. What Karasin had said was true. What he really meant when he said that Shiroe was the same type as Riese was that Riese herself was not yet the same type. It's hubris and an insult to Shiroe to say that because they are the same type, they can do similar things. We know this because we are the same type.
It's true that Shiroe is a rearguard type military officer just like Riese. So he doesn't have the charisma that Krusty has. But such is the case with Shiroe, who is far ahead of Riese.
Because he fights with calculation, insight, and preliminary research, the difference between the number of places and experience is brutally obvious.
''Ufufu. Hahahahaha.''
Riese knocked off the flying debris with the Pride of Queen and kicked the ground with her long legs.
Interesting. Shiroe's command was interesting.
There was a lot of things I hadn't seen yet.
There's a large area left out of my reach.
It brought neither humiliation nor inferiority, but a sense of longing and flight to Riese.
'I was arrogant. This is the legend. I was cajoled into thinking that I was the captain of the teaching force, the three ravens, and that I had to protect Milord's absence, but I'm immature, I'm immature. Even as a soldier in a large scale battle (raid), I'm inexperienced. --Kushi-senpai, I have a request for you.
I got it.
"Quickly?
He asks Kushi Yatama, who is next to him and makes countless slashes like a storm, and gets a resounding response. It was wonderful. All the worries, hesitations and days of depression disappeared like a shadow melting in the sun.
''--Because Rit-chan has become so honest.
Liese smiles at the prankster predecessors of D.D.D.
I can do what I wasn't good at for so long, now I can do it.
If you can't do it, you have to ask. With Krusty gone, D.D.D. needs as many people as they can trust. Kushi Hatama must have known what Liese hadn't expressed to me. That's why he came with me to such a large scale battle (raid).
'You tell me. I'm burning up. It's geeky! --Lamination Syntax! Goal (target) setting. --Perform! The Five Spears of Ice (Frost Spear)!
Ice spears split apart, distorting the space of the multiple magic circles that overlapped each other.
Liese unleashes the sorcerer's attack spell to the fullest extent of her magical power.
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Barriers to the Protection of Law!
The emergency defense spell of the Divine Guardian (Kanagi) was released from Minori. The fifty-odd levels of the Barrier spell were vulnerable to Shiroe and the others who were above the 90th level. However, the timing of the spell had caught the target that Shiroe was trying to direct.
Shiroe gave a small smile.
Minori's reaction was unexpected. For good, of course. That would give a slight, perhaps even a few seconds advantage (advantage) to the attacking team. The current members of the team were not the ones who would miss that opening.
They're already well-trained in the battle so far.
In the past, aside from the younger members of the Record Horizon, they were all experienced in large scale combat (raids). Even the younger members were able to watch and fully absorb the methods of the D.D.D.'s, which had a solid foundation.
Their high coordination skills were the result of their vigorous morale and concentration.
They also fit in perfectly with the character of the enemy, Tarikutan. The two-armed enemy leader (Tariqtan) was now a typical white army boss. They boast enormous HP and defense, have powerful melee attacks with their staffs and arms, a range-destroying hate-list piercing thunderbolt, and a thunderclap that causes widespread status anomalies, but that's about it. It's just a good opponent for large scale combat (raid) exercises (,,,,,,).
Tariktan ducked down and waved his hands wide, and a number of magicians appeared at his point, and goblins and giant tribesmen appeared. Shiroe dismissed the tension that ran through the field.
''That wasn't a summoning using a steel tower. The summoning of a unique ability, there is a limit to how few of them there are. Deal with it calmly.''
I didn't have any proof.
But affirmation is important here. In a mocking voice to ride on those words, "Anything is possible! Naotsugu shouted and rushed forward. Akatsuki followed, flickering in the shadows as he hid behind them, and his figure became invisible as if drowned out.
A tremendous number of attacks are landing on Tariqtan. Feiyan's "Fatal Shot" (Assassinationate) is wrapped around the "Weapon of Terror" (Dread Weapon). The coordination between the magicians and attackers has also improved in accuracy. A powerful blow pierces the crowd of green goblins that defend their master by taking a stand and attacking the talikutan.
Tetra's Reactive Heal repelled the lightning that attacked Kushi Yatama.
As they pried open the opponent's defenses, Nyanta and the fox monkeys rushed in. Soujirou's Wood Spirit Return prevented Tarikutan's counterattack.
Just as Isuzu's incantation reinforces Rundelhaus's fire spell, Henrietta mimics it exactly and chants Liese's freezing spell with Maestro Echo. It was Yuzuko's golem and Isami's sword with Kurinon's support that covered the two sets of powerful magic attack teams.
The little dragon started to run.
It flew across the red seats of the music hall and pounced on Tariqtan like a small storm made of twin swords, cutting him down hard. It shouted to Marielle, who screamed in concern, "Please don't come," and the attack, which she wielded desperately, did no small amount of damage to the talikutan, but it caused it to splash off and had to be rescued by Feiyan.
The battle was in transition.
Naotsugu, who was hit by a number of recovery spells on his back, intermittently advances and stirs up the enmity of the "Guardian Warrior". The Guardian's HateLid charge is only as valuable as the protection of its allies.
In the great hall where the echoes of steel and the glow of magic intersect, Shiroe observes his surroundings while maintaining the cycle of spell chanting. The display bar (bar) indicating Taliktan's HP was only about 30% remaining. Shiroe remembered his previous hesitation as he fought off the Taliktan's onslaught, skipping instructions to his companions or making them drop back to replenish.
Shiroe had fumbled for answers for a long time.
And even now, she was still confused.
But perhaps it's time to make a decision. Touya and Minori's words pushed him back. To Rundelhaus and Isuzu, and to Team Leader Nyanta and Serara. No, come to think of it, Shiroe was surrounded by people who had encouraged her to do so.
Shiroe was always hesitant, "Can I choose to do that? It was. The world is vast and deep, and the people who surround Shiroe, or even Shiroe doesn't know, are living in a variety of ways that Shiroe can't understand. What can Shiroe do to help such a world? Is it okay to touch them? That was the problem Shiroe had been having. Shiroe was afraid to do anything. If she did something, she might change. It might destroy something so beautiful and wonderful. So Shiroe was afraid to touch it with his clumsy hands.
It was still frightening.
If Shiroe did something, the outcome might indeed change. But even if he did nothing, it would still change. Everything in the world has a season (time out), and a choice pending is a choice pending.
When the Summoning Liturgical Disaster Talikutan appeared, Shiroe had to understand it, even if he didn't want to. There are things in this world that can be broken if you hesitate, and perhaps Shiroe can't escape failure or regret.
Walking in the direction she (Kanami) pointed in was fun and a wonderful memory, but he couldn't just stay there anymore. Shiroe has friends (guild members) to support her and walk with her, and Marielle and William have shown her the role of guild master.
Stay in peace.
I can't.
"Go to sleep and you will be safe.
I can't.
Returning to the United States will be made in exchange for 640 million units. Agree to accept the contractor's request to gain access and choose to remain in a sleeping state.
I can't.
Maybe it was right to accept Tariqtan's words. But that was the equivalent of "choosing to withhold" for Shiroe now. It's not enough to just get one thing.
People have a duty to live.
And perhaps we also have an obligation to be greedy.
Shiroe had thought of himself as someone who could live a life of bland satisfaction, but he was mistaken. It's easy to be unselfish without getting involved with others. But the more fun you have with your friends, the more poignant prayers are born in your heart. I can't help but wish for kindness, warmth, smiles, and peace to remain intact for a long time. Shiroe was afraid to wish for it herself, because what was important was fleeting and easily lost. She was afraid of being perceived as greedy.
But there are things that can only be obtained if you wish for them, and that's what Shiroe has to do now.
Perhaps that's what Shiroe's parents had hoped for in the past, and that's what the guild masters at the Round Table have been hoping for.
Ains, Isaac, and everyone else did not want it for themselves. Everyone was trying to be faithful to the people they wanted to protect, and as a result they couldn't agree on anything.
--like a sissy.
Shiroe remembered a passage from Roe 2's letter.
Sometimes the 〈Navigational Species〉 (Traveller) also prayed to the light for the future of others.
When Shiroe realized this, there was something that made his chest tighten hotly. The fist that grips the staff is so tight that it hurts. It wasn't uncomfortable; it swirled through her body.
Shiroe slapped it down to cut it off.
'Tariqtan. I can't do that.'
"Your return from this world of temporal return is complete.
That Tariqtan's words were the trigger.
I still can't accept such terms.
And Shiroe shared that thought with his companions.
'I'm so sorry.'
I don't trust him.
I know that now.
Every other word of apology was spat out with the attack. Whether it was true or not was not the question now," Touya said.
He said that he would not leave until he had done everything. We'll go home when we're done, he said.
We're greedy after all. Shiroe was able to look openly at the thoughts that he would normally be ashamed of. We want to walk and traverse the world with our feet. Whether it's right or wrong, I don't know. But we don't know, so we want to ask ourselves in the unexplored landscape.
I don't know if this world is my first or not, it's up to Shiroe and the others to decide. Even the gods will not get in our way. William exclaimed. I think it was a blush. But I agree with Shiroe.
There is truth to it. He met Naotsugu and Akatsuki, traveled, travelled, flew in the sky, got to know Team Leader Nyanta, and set up a guild. I took in the twins, and we had more friends. I spoke with the Daichijin. I made friends who were a year apart in age. I've stayed up late on foolish nights, and I've even pulled a blanket over my sleeping face. How could those things not be true? This world is not the first. All the people in this world have come to life. It may have begun as a temporary beginning, but that doesn't mean it has to remain that way.
So we can't answer the inorganic temptation of Tariqtan.
"Sleep and be all things. All things that go to sleep.
Tariqtan repeatedly growled as if he had forgotten how to even mend his body, as if it had broken down. Its body began to expand like a snarky water balloon. The former brown old man's figure became huge, wearing his white hair like melted vinyl and popping Naotsugu.
''Fifteen percent HP left, it's the final phase!
I heard Liese's cry from behind me. I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it. In most cases, this is accompanied by significant reinforcement. However, the attacking forces did not flinch. On the contrary, they attacked with even greater intensity.
An icy wind blew in from behind them. Someone used the effects of the 【Fantasmal Class】 (Phantasmal) item. The glittering Akaneirou magic light (effect) is Nazuna and Minori dancing the Kagura Dance, casting a series of "barrier" spells on the warriors at the front lines.
Everyone understood without a meeting. It's impossible to keep up with the Taliktan's increased offensive power for long. There was no choice but to push through.
Shiroe shouted as if she was letting out her frustration, weaving spells one after the other. He launched the Electric Fuzz as a decoy and used Brain Vice to kill the range. He piled on top of the Nightmare Sphere and slammed it with Mindbolt.
Shiroe had become a guild master. And now he's leading an attacking force. You can't choose nothing. You can only be rewarded by choosing.
Shiroe has a duty to hope for more. For the sake of the people he walks with, and for the sake of the friends he will meet in the future.
His gaze crossed with Akatsuki's as he ducked high in the air.
Shiroe nodded, and then understood why she nodded. His calm self whispered that it was an illusion that the high-density battle coordination made him feel. But now, indeed, Shiroe had touched Akatsuki's soul. It was a fierce determination, more transparent and fierce, similar to anger but without an object, and the thought overlapped with Shiroe's in a surprising way.
'I don't want it to be a temporary beginning! "The beach we walked on together
Shiroe's Thornbind Hostage landed on the white, ever-expanding Talikutan's massive body, and purple thorns manifested. In the skies above the blizzard and thunderclap and the front line of the large scale battle (raid) team pushing back, Akatsuki tossed again and again. Flickering, flickering, and layered, Akatsuki wielded a small sword held in her backhanded hand.
Akatsuki's oral tradition split her figure, and her slash bounced off the secret class
'We're a luxury... it's not that kind of place!
Akatsuki will not stop. They never expected to fail. It was the same for Shiroe, so he moved the cycle to the next stage without even seeing the results.
The Thornbind Hostage tied up the opponent with almost no time difference. From there, another five consecutive blows from Akatsuki. In total, ten thorns and ten alter slashes. The black-haired girl, who worked together as a matter of course, blurred her figure and ran up into the void.
''A flash of hope!
The roar of a loud lightning strike and the burning sound of the strike sucked the Tarikutan into a dark bubble of darkness and immediately afterwards it disappeared.
This was the end of the large-scale battle of the Sibuya Moon Moth Citadel, which had caused a stir in the Yamato.