Magi’s Grandson - Volume 3 - Chapter 105.2

Rushing Fortifications
C105 – Part 2
Translator: Kyn Katan Editor: IonMan

“A cage?”

“Yes! That horde of demons is moving extremely slowly. I think we can make a cage to isolate them at the moment!”

“I see! Ultimate Magicians! All of you gather around immediately!”

I remembered the zoo from my previous life.

At the zoo, they used cages and fences to prevent dangerous animals from getting out.

At this stage, while they were still visible from a distance, I thought about the possibility we could create huge walls with magic to isolate them.

“Listen up, everybody. We’re going to create a surrounding wall to confine those demons! Shin! How tall do you think we should make the walls?”

“Well, let me think. If possible, I’d like it to be about 30 meters high and about five meters thick.”

“A wall five meters thick and thirty meters high!?”

Mr. Garan interjected his voice in response to what I’d stated earlier as Aug’s consultation, which was roughly the necessary requirement.

A disaster class demon is only about ten meters tall, so thirty meters should suffice, and I thought five meters thick would be enough…

“Is it too thin and short? Then maybe we should make it fifty meters by ten meters…”

“Wro-Wrong! Wrong! I meant that it’s too thick and too big!”

“Ah, so that’s what you meant. Well, it’s better than having them breaching a thin and small wall, right?”

“Tha-That’s true, but…”

“Your Highness! How long do you want to make the wall?”

Mr. Garan was holding his head for some reason, but in the meantime, the discussion about making a wall continued.

Alice asked how long we should make the wall.

“If possible, I’d like it to surround everything, including the former imperial capital…”

“Isn’t that indeed impossible?”

“We can do it, right?”

“Huh?”

Aug wanted to surround the former imperial capital completely, but Thor thought it was impossible.

So I proclaimed to all of them believing that I might be able to do it.

“I will fly from the other side of the Former Imperial City and start building my wall towards you from there. That way, even the devils, let alone the demons, won’t be able to get out, right?”

“Such a thing, can you really… do it?”

Aug was about to say something dismissive for a moment, but he immediately reconsidered.

It’s nice to have such a trusting friend.

“…Though, it’s easy to imagine what you’re thinking. I’m just well aware of the nonstandard nature of your powers.”

“Just say that you trust me here, even if it’s merely a lie!”

“I’m sorry. I’m not good at telling lies.”

“That’s definitely a lie!”

Aug shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile while displaying a “good grief” pose, and then let out a sigh.

Damn, he didn’t say that out of trust?

“Well, I kind of trust you with all your anomalies. So I’m asking you now.”

“… I can’t help but feel some malice in each of your words, but oh well. Well, I’ll go and make a wall from the other side of the former imperial capital, so you guys should take care of making the wall directly in front of here.”

“Okay! Leave it to us!”

Alice, on behalf of everyone, replied with her thumbs up.

“Shin.”

Then, Sicily stepped out from Alice’s side after her cheerfully response, and approached me.

“Are you going by yourself?”

“Yeah. I want everyone to build the wall here, so I need as many people as possible.”

“I, see… That’s right. I understand. We will do our best to make the wall. But…”

Sicily, who was convinced that I was able to make the portion of the wall all by myself, gently snuggled up to me.

“The king of the devils is in the former imperial capital. Please… please be careful.”

“Don’t worry. It’s not like we’re flying right above the Former Imperial Capital. I am going around it, so…”

“Ah…”

While no one else was worried about me, only Sicily was seriously concerned about me.

I was so happy that I couldn’t help but embrace Sicily tightly, who was already cuddling me.

“Sicily and the rest of you, be sure to make a sturdy wall.”

“Shin… Yes! I’ll do my best!”

After saying that, Sicily and I were staring at each other…

“A-Amazing… I wouldn’t be able to do the same in front of so many people…”

When I suddenly became aware of Maria’s voice, I noticed that the soldiers, who had a despairing appearance a while ago were now looking at us with warm eyes.

“… Oh well, whatever. It’s a tad late for that.”

“Ah-uhm.”

How many times have I done this? I’m getting used to it.

In the first place, we already had a proper engagement party. I think it is fine to flirt with her in public!

“Think about the proper time and place! This idiot!”

“Oops. Well, I’d better be off then.”

“Ahh.”

Aug’s literal thunder was about to strike, so I kissed Sicily’s forehead with a quick peck and floated away with levitation magic.
(Editor Note: LOL. A bad pun in so many ways.)

I guess I’ll head to my side of the scene before I get petty about this.

When I glanced down, I saw Aug with his hands on his hips with a dumbfounded look on his face, while Sicily was glowing red up to her neck and looking like boiled lobster.

“Well, I’m off then.”

Shouting out to everyone on the ground, I took off to my starting point where I would make a wall while using my flight magic.

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“Doesn’t he have any sense… of tension at all?”

“Well, it is indeed Sir Shin after all, isn’t it…”

Disaster-class demons appeared in numbers that completely filled the horizon, and they were heading toward them, albeit slowly.

Aug sighed in dismay and Thor smiled bitterly, while they watched Shin flew away in his usual light-hearted manner, despite the end-of-the-world scene that was unfolding in front of them.

For the commanders from each of the countries, the sight of the demons advancing towards them was unbelievable, but they also couldn’t understand the actions of Shin and the others who were supposed to be their allies.

“So, Your Highness… why are you fooling around? Especially in such an emergency like this.”

“Th-That’s right! And what about what the King of Magicians (The Demon King) remarks earlier, how can such a wall be built so quickly?”

The complaints of the country’s commanders were understandable.

Before them was an abnormal outbreak of disaster-class demons and their invasion.

In the face of a threat of an obvious world’s destruction, the friends were joking around with each other.

That was what it appeared to be like to them.

“Um-hum. That’s true. Then let’s get started. How many meters do you guys think you can do?”

“I’d say about ten meters at a time, right?”

“I think I can do about five meters… I’m not very good at earth magic.”

“Me too.”

In response to Aug’s question, Maria said she could do ten meters, while Alice and Lynn said about five meters.

“I use a lot of clay-based earth magic in my blacksmithing, so I think I can do about fifteen meters.”

Mark, who usually works with clay in his blacksmithing and engraving jobs, gave the largest number.

The commanders of each country could not hide their confusion at these words.

“Five meters, ten meters… what the hell are you talking about?”

“Well, you’ll know it when you see it. Now, I want all of you to place them in the intervals you just declared.”

“”Yes!””

After muddying his response to the commander’s question, Augusto instructed everyone to get into positions and added one last thing.

“Do not worry about what happens on the other side of the wall! In fact, if we dig deeper, it will become an obstacle for the demons! Go all out!”

“”Roger that!!””

The Ultimate Magicians responded to Augusto’s command in unison.

Then, a huge amount of magical power that had never been felt by any of the magic divisions from each country before began to surge all around them.

“Th-This is!?”

“What an enormous amount of magical power…”

“So this are the Ultimate Magicians…”

The magicians were astonished and dumbfounded.

With them (the troops) in the background, the Ultimate Magicians visualized the measurements that Shin had mentioned earlier.

Thirty meters high, five meters thick, and as wide… as possible.

Having completed the mental image, they put their hands on the ground in unison and activated their magic.