Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku Vol 15 Chapter 44

Published at 2nd of October 2018 09:57:31 PM

Chapter 44: 44
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15-44. New World (2) Satou's here. I tend to handle things I got for free or got before I wanted it, roughly. I'm sure that things I obtained after much hardships must have this [Hardships Cost] added to it.

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"Well then, I'm off."

"Un, take care okay."

After saying that to the girls, I teleported to the desstination using Unit Arrangement.

"....It's cramped."

I open the hatch of the small pod I used to send the mice in and go outside.

I had used Astronout magic before I teleported, so I'll be okay regardless of the environment.

--A desolate world of death.

That was my first impression.

Ruins of crumbled high-rise buildings stretch out in the emptiness.

"Oh, I can still use Skills huh."

Even though the Skill Column is grayed out in my Menu, I still can produce Magic Edge on my finger.

However, using the Magic Edge felt slightly off than the usual.

Since the skill indication is grayed out, perhaps there's no added augment from Skills.

"....Magic power isn't recovering?"

The decreased magic power isn't recovering at all.

I'm not talking about my abnormal recovery rate, but the rate for common people.

Apparently, Magic Essence that's needed to recover Magic Power almost doesn't exist in this land.

This might also be the reason why the mini Gargoyle units I sent earlier as a scout ran out of magic power.

The Magic Column in the Menu is white like usual.

"Now then, how about All Map Exploration--"

My magic power got completely consumed, but it activated nonetheless.

It seems I can get information from this world through the Earth Vein even though there's no Dragon Vein.

In addition, even though it takes a long time to activate, [Appraisal] skill seems to be usable with times.

"The map's name is 『Ordinal M World Line, Planet Earth, Ruins of Japan Empire』 huh."

The word 'ruins' is like a proof that there is no one in this land.

--No. [There is nothing] is more correct.

After searching the whole map, let alone people, there's not even an animal larger than small ones.

I've secured several means to go back, but since my Menu functions normally, it's just excellent.

I tried going back to the [Solitary Island Palace] and went back here.

"Fumu, is it because the worlds are different--"

I put my hand on my chin and muttered.

It seems there was a slight load when I used Unit Arrangement to move between worlds.

I probably shouldn't use it too often between worlds.

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I went around the earth using Sight-based Unit Arrangement, and confirmed that there's no one on the ground.

It appears nuclear fusion reactor was the mainstream instead of nuclear fission in this world, but there was a lot of glass craters on the ground and the terrains were considerably different from the earth I know.

World War 3-like nuclear wars probably happened.

"Just how rampant was the insanity in this world...."

Even several large-scale underground shelters were crushed by special bombs that could penetrate earth crust, I couldn't find any survivor.

When I moved to the place that should be Tokyo, snow was piled up like it was in glacier period.

"Survivor in the space is also, none huh."

A lot of debris was floating in the satellite orbit, the lunar base had also been annihilated.

"Traces of attacks by unknown aliens or hell's spawns, also none."

Humanity killing each other is within my assumption.

I give a silent prayer to the destroyed people of this world.

I had grasped about the destruction of this world and the state of electromagnetic waves from the mini gargoyle scout units beforehand, but I still wanted to confirm whether there was really no former inhabitant before we start the emigration.

I call forth a large warship loaded with numerous large-scale Sacred Tree Stone Furnaces from my Storage.

I resupplied my of magic power from those furnaces and picked one magic from the Magic Column.

--Terra Forming.

Rainbow colored light similar to my Spirit Light stretches to the sky, covering the planet like auroras.

With this, these ice age-like atmospheric temperature, lethal toxic substances and radiation should subside somehow.

"Next, I need to prepare the planned site of the settlement--"

The place is Kansai in Japan.

It's partly because it's near an inland sea which is a rich fishing ground, but also because I have limited options since Kanto and Tokai regions have been destroyed into huge craters.

While getting magic power supply, I created cities with multi-storied buildings and 10 KM gaps in between, and covered them in a barrier that'd protect them from radiation and pollution.

The barrier will only hold up for around three months since there's no replenishment of magic power from outside, but during that time, the [Terra Forming] magic should finish purifying the outside world cleanly.

"In addition, I'll leave them water and preserved food."

I turned the land from around Kyoto to Lake Biwa into empty lot, and then I purified the frozen water in Lake Biwa, Lake Nara and Lake Osaka, making them drinkable.

In addition, I left enough preserved food to feed a population the size of a city for 10 years.

I think I put a bit too much, but since they're excess that was over-mass produced by the Chlorella factory, there's no problem.

"These should be about right eh? After this, I can just ask them if they need more once they've settled in--"

And since I'm planning to put a Sacred Tree Stone Furnace in the emigrant ship, it should be possible to use magic here for one year. I guess it could be 10 years if they economized?

After that, they should be able to make it themselves if I just leave a lot of solar panels.

--Ah perhaps.

Can't I just let them out here from the sub-space without using the Ark?

I tried to do that, but it was not possible.

Apparently, the subspace I created belongs to that world, it can't be connected directly here.

Looks like this world isn't in that easy mode.

『Master, can you hear me?』

Arisa contacted me.

『Yeah, I could--』

--Huh?

Strange.

It shouldn't possible for space magic to reach here.

『How'd you do it, Arisa?』

『Telepathy thing?』

Arisa's tone sounded slightly triumphant.

『There's no way--』

When I was going to deny that, I understood that it was certainly something close to telepathy.

『Ehehe~ you noticed? It's exactly it, the [Familiar~]'s power!』

I hold myself back from retorting Arisa's weird intonation of [Familiar], I contemplate.

Right now I and Arisa can communicate with our will, the effect seems to be similar to [Telephone].

Apparently, there's a reason why [Satou's Faamiliar] was added on Arisa's title.

『Still, it's amazing how it enables us to talk between world.』

『Sure is, it's the power of our love.』

Well, leaving aside love, being able to communicate between worlds that even space magic can't do sure is convenient.

Moreover, just like my Unit Arrangement, it doesn't seem to consume magic power either.

This looks like it'll be useful when I'm visiting the God's Realm.

『--Ah, right, I forgot.』

Arisa said that and told me her primary business.

Apparently, the weasel emperor called me.

『Got it, tell him that I'll be back asap.』

『Hooi. Cup ramen as the souvenir, please!』

『Okay okay, leave it to me.』

To meet Arisa's demand, I dropped in a bit on the way back to our world.

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"Were you able to convince them?"

"There is no problem."

When I visited the castle in the desert subspace I made, the former great weasel demon lord--the current weasel emperor was having a lively meeting with the director of [Brains], and several other people.

There's someone wearing a robe too, looks like the weasel empire imperial court magician also came.

The director and other people who saw me begin to ask questions in a rapid succession.

"I heard we're emigrating the people to another world."

"Is it true that it's Earth that's been destroyed by nuclear wars?"

"Did World War 3 really happen?"

"I'd rather go to Mars!"

--Calm down.

While being overwhelmed, I answered the questions of these [Brains] members.

The new world I suggested to them is the earth of a parallel world I visited earlier where no one is alive.

I found it by chance when I was randomly sending unmanned pods to see if I could find my original world.

"We're going to become Adam and Eve in the new world!"

Before I could even finish, a woman who was accompanying Brains's director said something similar to what Arisa would say.

I don't think it'll be that romantic since all the people of Weasel Empire are coming along too.

"However, can you teleport all the empire's people? Weasel Empire needed quite an amount of magic power to summon people from earth. We were barely able to maintain the gate for three minutes even when using catalysts."

I give a positive answer to the man wearing the weasel empire imperial court magician robe.

"It's fine. It will take some time, but the people will be going to that world using ships that cruise between dimensions."

As a matter of fact, transporting the Ark using my Unit Arrangement would have been the fastest, but if they were given a new land without any distress, they'd likely take it for granted, so I'm having them to take a slightly dangerous and troublesome way.

Of course, their safety is guaranteed enough.

"An emigrant ship that can go across worlds huh..... We'll make it in 100, no 30 years."

The director said some long-term idea.

"It'd be too pitiful for the people if they had to wait that long. I'll provide the shell, the main engine, and the life support system, so you guys just need prepare the interior."

The cruise will probably only take three months, three years at the longest, so the system doesn't need to be that tedious.

It'll probably take longer if the system is based on science instead of magic, but since it's going to have Sacred Tree Stone Engine anyway, there should be no problem in using magic tools.

"--Could it be, you had the people in mind from the very start."

"If you're letting all the empire's people migrate, just how long ago you had it planned."