Chapter 31
Satou here . There's this term Normalcy Bias . An unconscious and unfounded belief that you alone "will be fine", regardless of warnings given by others in times of disaster .
And, even in another world-- .
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"Simultaneous terror acts all over the world--"
Arisa muttered with a look of anxiety on her face .
Monster stampedes have begun from purple towers all over the world .
"We should have destroyed all those purple towers if we knew this would happen . "
"Arisa-chan, you can't say that . "
"Yes, besides, a new tower got immediately rebuilt right after Master destroyed one . "
Hikaru and Liza said that to Arisa .
"Well you may be right, but you know, it could have at least lessened demon god's divinity, right?"
"Arisa, regretting can come after saving the world . "
I bopped Arisa's head .
Besides, the gods would have dispatched their apostles to destroy the towers if doing so would really lessen Demon God's divinity, and even if they wouldn't do it to save their powers, they could have at least sent oracles to mobilize their believers .
"First of all, let's go around all towers in Shiga Kingdom . We'll work to stop the stampedes swiftly . "
After declaring that, I first took everyone to the purple tower in the capital's suburb with Unit Arrangement .
"<<DANCE>> Claiomh Solais!"
"Magic Edge Cannon~?" "Rapid fire nanodesu!"
"Diffusive Acceleration Cannon, shooting through one magic circle!"
The moment we teleported in, the girls quickly got to work and annihilated vanguard monsters that flowed out of the tower .
"No resistance at all . "
"Looks like only lower floor monsters are coming out of the towers . "
Arisa and princess Sistina gave their impressions while watching over the other girls .
"Satou-san, wouldn't it be wiser if we split up?"
"I'm of the same opinion . Even if by any chance we get captured by demon god, so long as Satou-san immediately take us back like you did with Aze-sama, I believe it's not necessary to band together . "
Zena-san and Sera weighed in as well .
"I got it . Let's split up . "
While saying that, I produced little clones of myself using True Ninjutsu which I had acquired during the past half year and slipped them inside the girls' shadows . These little clones aren't much, but they're pretty good at detecting things and alarms .
I can adapt to any situation now .
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"We shan't let you destroy our Lulu's Orchard!"
"Marquis Lloyd, don't forget about the tomato fields!"
"Indeed indeed, it is as Earl Houen said . "
"You two, please back away . Leave the defense to us Oyugock Knights . "
At the Duchy Capital where Sera teleported into, some noblemen and knights were arguing about something on top of the city's rampart .
I don't even have to look to know that the noblemen are the glutton nobles, Marquis Lloyd and Earl Houen .
I'm sure they're trying to protect the orchards and fields located between the tower and the city .
Even if they have access to City Core terminals, they're being reckless here .
"Everyone, please be at ease . Hero Nanashi's attendant, Silver Knight Holy will take care of monsters coming out of the tower . "
Sera in silver armor spoke to the populace from the sky above the rampart .
She then went on toward the tower without waiting for reply .
The vanguard monsters haven't reached the rampart thanks to several trenches situated between the tower and the city, obstructing their march .
"As expected of grandfather . "
Sera praised her grandfather who gave the instructions to dig out those trenches and stayed still waiting for the leading monsters to enter her range .
『An order from Duke Oyugock . All hands, fall back to the rampart at once . 』
I gave the order to retreat to the territorial army still in the battlefield while apologizing to Duke Oyugock in my mind .
Sera hid those soldiers with her [Hermit Hide] Unique Skill to prevent them getting attacked during the retreat .
"<<WHISPER>> Sacred Attendants!"
Silvery pieces separate out of Sera's armor and turn into geometrical objects before floating around her .
Unlike the previous silver armor, the number of [Sacred Attendants] has seen a huge increase due to further development of dimensional storage techs .
I could faintly hear commotion from people on top of the rampart who witnessed the glittering lights .
"<<PRAY>> Sacred Attendants!"
Waves of purification with tinges of blue light shot out of the countless objects, pushing the vanguard monsters back .
Several of those monsters turned into dust as they bathed in waves of purification, perhaps due to their higher dependence on miasma compared to ordinary monsters .
This is a nice find .
I'll mass produce this system and distribute it to every city later .
"<<RECITE>> Sacred Attendants!"
This one is a new function added this time .
By resonating with Sera's chant, those objects can deploy up to mid-level holy magic over a wide area .
"■■■ <<Sacred Javelin>>"
The magic Sera recited with Chant Shortening skill gets resonantly duplicated by [Sacred Attendants] that have filled the sky, raining spears of light down the earth .
The carpet bombing-like attack pierced the vanguard monsters' bodies, gouging the earth .
The resulting cloud of dust hid those monsters from view .
That should have taken care of most of those monsters, but since the little clone doesn't have Menu, Map and Radar functions, I wait for results from within Sera's shadow .
Sera didn't think it would have annihilated all of them herself, she had already chanted the next spell .
--VWANGGGGGGGEYR .
Several gigantic figures blew away the cloud of dust and roared loudly toward the sky .
Delaying the magic she just chanted, Sera looked down at the giants .
"I figured there would be survivors . "
After muttering that, Sera holds her holy wand on her chest like praying .
"Sacred Retribution!"
Sera's delayed magic homed in on the surviving monsters .
What originally supposed to be a ritual magic was made possible to invoke thanks to the support of geometrical objects floating around Sera .
No, that was with the previous armor .
With the resonating spell duplication function, its power has been amplified multiple times over the original now .
--VVVVVWANG .
The vanguard monsters crumbled into gray sands before vanishing into the dust .
"Annihilation done . I didn't even get a chance to use that secret ceremony I went the trouble to learn . And now I just need to seal the tower's entrance with that item Satou-san gave me and go to the next tower . "
Although I was worried about her most in term of fighting prowess, it seems like she'll be fine .
I transferred my consciousness to the next little clone .
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"Golem unit two and three, fortify your encirclement . Do not let even one monster escape! Unit one, charge in the moment those vanguard monsters stop their march . Cull down enemy ranks with ranged attacks while you wait for the hidden unit zero's ambush . "
--MVA .
--MVA .
--MVA .
--MVA .
The golems' affirmations resounded on the battlefield .
Princess Sistina is issuing orders to the golems through the Thousand Throne installed in an armored airship standing by in a satellite city closest to the capital .
It's a huge army consisting of level 40 six meter class soldier golems as the main force and level 50 nine meter class knight golems .
The soldier golems are for hunting mobs, while the golem knights have been equipped for one-on-one battles .
The monsters flowing out of the towers are getting pulverized by the golem army .
I kinda feel sorry for those monsters instead .
Since there doesn't seem to be any problem here, I transferred my consciousness to the next little clone .
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