Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku Vol 15 Chapter 43

Published at 2nd of October 2018 09:57:26 PM

Chapter 43: 43
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15-43. New World

Satou's here. When I saw the folk tale [Kikimimi Zukin] for the first time, I thought living a life while being monitored at every places seemed scary to me as a child. In modern time, there's surveillance cameras here and there, but I never thought that they were scary.

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"--Fumu, as I thought, it was an act huh."

『Un, that seems about right.』

I'm near Tactician Touya's hideout, I've asked Dryad to get information from the moss growing there about the thing they said after I left.

I was bothered by how they only talked about some unusually convenient stuff for me, so I asked Dryad for help.

My suspicion was proven true sure enough, but I'd never thought that they noticed my Mana Camouflage.

『It seems there's no more children who heard them.』

Dryad sorted the accumulated information from vegetation networks, like moss and weeds, and then conveyed them to me.

Scientifically speaking, there's no way moss and weeds have the ability to store information.

"Thank you Dryad. It really helped."

『Ehehe, I got a lot and lot of magic power after all~』

I parted with Dryad who was waving her hands buzzingly, and I went to Saga Empire that was close to the hideout.

I've put a marker on the woman with plain face who seems to be the one who teleported Pochi, so next I'm heading to the empire to seize the Chief guy.

Even though it ultimately saved Lady Ringrande and Princess Maryest, I can't overlook the fact that they put Pochi in danger because of some pointless scheme.

Erase at once--not, as that's not to my liking, I'm thinking of presenting him with enough fear to make him think twice before trying to meddle with us ever again.

I'm sure that he will obediently listen if I let him taste dives from 10,000 feet high in flesh several times, as long as he doesn't have the ability to fly or teleport that is.

"There huh--"

At the top floor of a building I'm looking up to, there's a gnome man titled Saga Empire's Intelligence Bureau Chief.

--No.

This guy is not the same as the one earlier.

According to the AR reading, his race is [Dummy Puppet], though it's been cleverly hidden by a concealment-type artifact.

It looks exactly like the real person, but this guy is a fake.

I tried to trace back the magic power flowing from this guy, but all of them are fakes and unconnected to the main body.

When I tried searching the map, I found one other [Dummy Puppet] in a rural area of Saga Empire.

I'll put a marker on it and prepare a trap that can trace the main body when he accesses the puppet.

"--Now then, what to do."

I'm sitting on top of one of the Saga Empire Imperial Palace's spires, muttering alone.

I can put Tactician Touya and the woman with plain face under [Geass] to prohibit them from getting hostile, but that'll be a bad move.

Even if I curb them, with the Chief still being on the loose, it will probably end up with them going into hiding and acting behind the scene.

Besides--.

I recall the conversation of Tactician Touya and his cohorts.

Adding that up with the information Dryad collected, it seems currently they're truly not going to pick a fight with us.

Maybe I should pretend that I've been successfully deceived?

For the time being, I'll give a warning to their public power, Saga Emperor and complete the preparation needed to seal the Seryuu City's Labyrinth Highway--that Hell Gate thing anytime I want.

Preparing Holy Monuments and the same laminated-type Purification Barrier that can be activated anytime in the whole earldom should be enough.

The Dragon Veins flowing near Seryuu City are very thick since they're connected to the Dragon's Valley, so it should be able to activate a slightly strong barrier without problem.

I gaze at the stone inside my hand while collecting my thoughts.

"Yup, even the Appraisal skill can identify this as a 『Lunar Stone』."

If the Chief doesn't ever access the Dummy Puppet, I'm thinking of using this thing as a bait to lure him out.

This is a stone I collected in the moon when I was taking a walk there while installing the space factory in the Lagrangian point halfway to the moon.

It seems they didn't want me to go to the moon, but it was just a dreary place with only grounds and rocks, nothing interesting.

I had tried searching the Map but there wasn't any temple or ruin where the Demon God could be sealed, nor demons and monsters.

According to the myth, the Demon God should be sealed on the moon, but it's most likely a deviated information.

Or perhaps, the Demon God has already broken off the seal and is secretly lurking in the world.

That possibility exists if the God that gives reincarnated people like Arisa their fragments is the Demon God.

Well, there's no use thinking more about it.

Arisa seems to be waiting in my room, so I decide to quickly give a warning to the emperor and finish the miscellaneous things.

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"--Master."

When I got back after finishing my business, Arisa was waiting in the pitch black office.

"Arisa, at least turn on the light while you're waiting."

"Welcome back. Were you at Aze's place?"

"Nah, I was just disciplining the troublesome guys who set Pochi up."

I told her that first while rebuking her.

At the Saga Emperor's room, I gave him a slight warning by imitating the Sword of Damocles myth.

I don't think he'll ever try to meddle with us again if he has a decent sense.

As for the matter about Chief, I'm going to talk about it with Arisa after she's recovered, Hikaru and Liza.

"As expected of Master. You're quick--"

She sounds meek unlike the usual Arisa.

"--I have something I need to talk to Master about."

I was a bit surprised at the fact Arisa spoke of falteringly--her memory was sealed and sighting the descended God was the trigger--but the content itself was within the range of assumption I thought up after seeing the Weasel Emperor's state.

"The God who let Arisa reincarnated said that 『If you meet other Gods besides me, kill them』?"

"Un, that God said that they will attack anyone who's been given that God's power for sure if they find one, even though meeting one seldom ever happens."

That's strange.

I'm sure Gods have seen reincarnated people including Arisa for many times through the oracle Miko.

More importantly--.

"So the God who let you reincarnate was the 『Demon God』 after all?"

"I don't know. Judging from the circumstances, there's a high chance that's the case, but that God never directly said it."

That makes sense, from what she said earlier, her memory might have been sealed.

Would the trigger happen regardless of which Gods she encountered, or would it have to be God Zaikuon first, the discussion will change depending on that.

However, there's a high possibility that the Demon God who produces demons is sending reincarnated people to this world as the [Eggs] to mass produce demon lords.

I don't know why he didn't just embed the fragments in the people who live in this world though.

Good grief, the objective of Gods bringing forth reincarnated people is still unclear even now, it's depressing.

If we go by my deduction that has never been right with detective novels, it's "Reincarnated people will spread their knowledge, violate the God's Taboo, and then the Divine Punishment will befall them and the God who will nonchalantly appear will torment the reincarnated people who turn into demon lords" I guess?

--Nay.

It's full of holes if I think about it a bit more, and it's highly inefficient.

However, there's no mistake that the God who gave power to reincarnated people manipulates their will to forcefully make them fight the other Gods.

The proof is the fact that Arisa had absolutely no doubt about fighting Gods.

I have no intention of fighting Gods right now, but I have a feeling that I'd need to regard the God who sent the reincarnated people here as an adversary in the future.

If Arisa agrees to it, I'd even like to remove her God's Fragments.

"--By the way, have you seen your status after I healed you?"

"Un, I have."

Arisa answers with a serious tone.

"Don't forget to always equip the 『Thief God Harness』 when you're going out okay."

"Yes, dear."

I lightly whack Arisa's head.

"Owie."

She should be fine now if she can crack jokes.

After fighting God Zaikuon, Arisa has gotten several titles.

First, [Demon Lord] that I saw.

In addition, [One who Rebels], [One who Challenges God], for some reason [Hero], and--.

I look at Arisa's status displayed on the AR twice.

Looks like it's not a mistake after all.

Over there--[Satou's Familiar] has been added.

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"Now then, what do you plan to do from now on?"

After putting Arisa to sleep, I meet face to face with the Great Weasel Demon Lord in the castle I made inside the desert sub-space.

The content of our talk is about the future of the Weasel Empire's people.

Since Miss Liedill is currently regenerating in the culture tank, I'm here only with the Great Weasel demon Lord and the Sword Demon Lord.

Two of the other demon lords have also survived, but since they've turned into complete war machines, I've binded them with [Geass] and imprisoned them in the [Abyss Dungeon] I made with space magic.

Eventually, I'm thinking of using Demon Lord Shizuka's [Familiarize] and [Transfer] to transfer the demon lords' [God's Fragments] to small animals and have Arisa and the other members defeat the resultant demon lords.

It seems Arisa will get [True Hero] title after all, and the other girls might even obtain hero title too.

"If Louis is still alive, she can delete the memories related to science from the people--"

"That's impossible. You understand right?"

This Louis that the Great Weasel Demon Lord mentioned is the catear-kin reincarnated person who was in charge of deleting memory at Lete City.

Of course she's alive, but even if she's able to manage around 100 people, doing it to the whole population of Weasel Empire is impossible.

"However, letting them lead a life in the sub-space is no difference to what Gods are doing."

"You're right. Moreover, even if they can live for 100 years in the sub-space, it's not something that can be done forever."

The sub-space I created hastily using the forbidden spell should not last that long, although it might be a different story if it was reinforced by Yuika's Unique Skill like with the solitary island palace.