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The 8th floor of the twin stone buildings of the general workshop.
Sereraji opened the door with a big smile.
“I’ve been saving them up for so long. I was wondering when I would open them and compile them, but now I can finally do it.”
Squeak.
The room was filled with enormous, mirror-like, shining water droplets.
It seemed as if it would pour down over our heads at any moment, but it never did.
I asked with my eyes wide open.
"what's this?"
Sereraji shrugged.
“It’s a safe made of liquid metal.”
"safe?"
“The Earth School kids can open any safe with magic. I was wondering how to deal with it when I came up with this idea. You can’t just cut it down or tear it off.”
It certainly seemed like this would be a good way to protect valuables.
Even if someone were to shoot a fireball into this building, this room would be protected, and they wouldn't be able to take the safe with it.
Exactly.
She struck her staff on the floor, sending blue sparks flying.
Phage crackle!
The current snaked up the long staff, drawing a pattern, and Sereraji plunged the staff deep into the liquid metal.
Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling.
It vibrated like boiling liquid metal, then slowly cleared away.
“Does it open by recognizing that pattern?”
“No, that’s not true. I need both the pattern and my blood. If I just look at the pattern and follow it… something bad will happen.”
“It’s fortunate that it’s thorough.”
“You’re a wizard.”
The room filled with liquid metal was clean yet ominous.
There were several large bookshelves lined up, each filled with thick, strangely covered grimoires.
The light streaming in through the window cast shadows between the bookshelves.
“Are all of these banned?”
I asked, shuddering at the ominous feeling I felt from the book.
I felt pressure as if something was climbing up my arm.
Sereraji nodded as if it was natural.
“There are so many wizards out there who would give up their legs if they could just see one book.”
“I think that came from the cathedral last time. Is that right?”
“They’re all mixed together. The Imperial Magic Workshop, the Ivory Tower, the Cathedral, the various sealed monasteries… It’s a compilation.”
For a moment, a look of delighted pride appeared on her fresh face.
Clap clap.
She changed the subject by clapping her hands twice.
“Okay. Now, we’re going to gather all this valuable data and figure out what the high-level encroachers are up to in this capital. We need to move downstairs.”
“Good. But why are you saying that while looking at me?”
“Who else but you could move a few of those forbidden books? Would I have the spirits of my disciples be polluted?”
I looked at the books piled up in the room and smiled bitterly.
“I’ll call the priests and paladins downstairs and have them move. Marcus too.”
“Is it okay to use a knight in a place like this?”
“I’m a loser.”
“What if they try to get me to watch it together?”
“Sister, take care of kicking me out.”
“So you’re saying I can chase them away with a lightning strike? Thank you!”
"no!"
like that.
Marcus and I, along with Sereraji, began to dig into the trove of ancient knowledge that the Church of Light, the Ivory Tower, and the Soletaras Imperial Family had amassed over a thousand years.
“Your Highness! Is it okay to treat a disabled person like this?”
“Shut your mouth and just use the magic circuit desperately.”
“Little brother. Please give me the ‘Small Key of the Wise King’.”
“Sister, you don’t have hands or feet?”
“Your Highness! Bloody tears are flowing from my eyes. I want to sleep!”
“I’ll make you some coffee.”
It started out as a one-man show.
“If you’re talking about the four of you, I’m guessing you’re referring to the highest ranking archbishops of the Erosion Church.”
“It seems like you could counter the four sacred beasts of the East and the elemental attributes. There is a way to maximize the power of summoning magic through mutual growth and mutual inhibition. The first thing that comes to mind is… You could summon a foreign object and cause great damage to the capital. Like when the capital fell.”
“Yes. No matter how great they are, they wouldn’t be able to confront His Majesty head-on with their own strength. If that were possible, they would have eaten the world long ago.”
Little by little, I started to get the hang of it.
“This is a standard summoning series circuit with four axes. Excluding the divine series, the elemental series, and only the demon series.”
“If we add a clause saying that we can handle souls here, the number of circuits that can be used will be narrowed down considerably.”
“……Sister. Do you remember when I first met Mateos a long time ago, when the eroders tried to use the culvert as a magic circle? Even that navel-less brat used the culvert during the oath of allegiance.”
Eventually it became huge.
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“Roads, buildings, parks, defenses, and culverts. I analyzed them from an engineering perspective and extracted all the points that could function as magic circles.”
“Well done! Now let’s plug in the four points. Considering the mutual growth and direction, it’s one of these twenty-three.”
“Now that we know the objective, we can set up a defense plan!”
I smiled brightly, and for a moment, Serena narrowed her eyes.
“……Yes, little brother. I can’t be sure of my purpose since I don’t know what kind of old thing will be brought up.”
It was a midsummer dawn when the sound of cicadas was deafening.
* * *
“Your Majesty. I have compiled a list of places they might head to when they enter the capital.”
I entered Jaylilis' office with the prepared documents.
He continued to explain concisely and accurately, unfolding each page.
“It seems that they will use the direction to create the effect of the elements and maximize the power of their magic. Assuming that they will be located in the east, west, south, and north with the palace as the center, we can predict that they will use the buildings around the canals to the east and west and the main roads to the north and south.”
"hmm."
“I’ve selected buildings there that they could use. There are sixteen in total, located near the capital’s central dock or near the city gates on all four sides.”
Jaylilith took a long stride along the capital city walls.
“The basic shape of a magic circle is a circle.”
“That’s right.”
“'Your axis should maintain a certain distance from the center, and this time they seem to be using the direction as well.' Do you think so?”
“The walls of the old city form a huge circle, so they will definitely use that circle.”
A circle that large in itself affects the flow of mana throughout the area.
Even if you don't want to use it, you have no choice but to use it.
Jaylilith nodded as if it was appropriate.
“There is a canal dock in the center of the old town, and there are also crossroads extending east, west, south, and north.”
“Yes. I don’t know how far away, but all four of you will be the same distance from the dock.”
You might say that in the end, the entire capital had to be searched, but that wasn't the case.
To the north of the old town of Soletaraon stands the enormous Imperial Palace.
In order to create a circle that maintained a certain distance from the center while maintaining the defenses, they had no choice but to gather in the center of the capital or stick as far outside the old city as possible.
“Did you not assume that they might enter the palace?”
“That is the logic of a conspiracy theorist, not that of an Archduke. If the palace were to be breached, wouldn’t there be anything you could do with such soldiers and knights?”
“It is indeed fitting.”
If you've figured this out, it's time to start struggling with your body, not your head.
I had the police inspectors search all the buildings near the four gates.
Excluding the guard buildings, and excluding buildings that had been managed for generations by nobles, honest merchants, or faithful believers, we investigated newly constructed buildings, buildings with foreign capital such as those from the Jahan Alliance, and buildings that had recently changed owners.
I counted how many of those buildings there are in the east, west, south, and north, and how many times they might use them.
There were sixteen in total.
* * *
Jaylilith asked lazily, looking at the colorful dots marked on the map.
“Have you figured out what their purpose is?”
“I don’t know the exact purpose, but I think it might be to summon a foreign object.”
“It’s a summons.”
She rapped the desk with her knuckled fingers.
I bowed my head politely and offered my advice.
“Recall the circumstances of the oath of allegiance. Of course, Your Majesty can overcome whatever comes, but if a similar situation were to occur on a larger scale, the imperial family would be finished.”
She muttered in a thoughtful voice.
“To bring down a high wall, you need stronger magic. An attack strong enough to destroy everything you’ve built with your burdens so far will come.”
Jaylilith knocked on the desk again.
Knock, knock.
I was lost in thought when I heard that sound.
If Jaylilith has a weakness, it's that she only has one.
So I thought that she should be a deterrent to the enemies, not a force that destroys them, and she agreed.
When the main force of the invaders was tied up like that, the great lords of each region created a system to cut off the hands and feet of the invaders in each region.
The system has worked pretty well so far and is almost ready to be called complete.
She looked at the list of people to be burned at the stake, which had been placed on her desk.
[Freuheit. 11,000 people.]
[Gremorius. 2,300.]
[Allegos. 1,900 people.]
It's still not a small number, but it's a marked decrease from a few months ago when there were hundreds of thousands of units.
They were being pushed forward without giving them time to recover their power, so they reached a limit in maintaining their power.
If this continues for another 10 years, no, even just 5 years, the eroding religious order will virtually be destroyed.
It may be difficult to eliminate natural eroders or even magical eroders, but at least the eroders as a large organization can be reduced to 0.
If there's one move to turn this around, they'll definitely come risking their lives.
There may be a way to check Jaylilith.
She is the strongest, but she is not invincible.
Before his return, Severic also won several strategic and local victories against her.
This is especially true this time, since she is not in the position of herself but as a defender who must protect this city.
Even if you only reach the priest level, you are strong, but if you reach the archbishop level, you will be able to mass produce eroders.
"grandee."
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Jaylilith ended her thoughts.
The yellow eyes sparkled brightly.
“I said last night that I was going to end it all this time.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I won’t think about their intentions. Wouldn’t it be great if we had an overwhelming force that was enough to crush whatever they tried?”
* * *
On a large map, four dots of each of sixteen different colors were marked.
The four dots, numbered 1 through 16, mark the predicted locations of the buildings where the eroders would gather.
“It will be one of these sixteen. Don’t think it is many. If you go beyond this place, these five will be eliminated, and if you go beyond this place, six more will be eliminated.”
From then on, the Holy Emperor Jaylilith began to move in earnest.
The Holy Emperor, who reigned loftily in his palace, went around the palace, urging the magicians, administrators, and knights.
“Report the evacuation route by tomorrow morning.”
“To maintain operational security, we will prohibit retreat.”
“All Warlocks, check your armor and reagents.”
The character Jaylilith has always been described as a great wizard or sword master.
This was because her personal presence was so strong that even the presence of the title of emperor was erased.
But she was clearly the greatest lord in the empire.
The battle magicians of the Imperial Magic Workshop prepared reagents and magical tools.
“Practice long-range bombing magic and observation magic.”
“Take your holy water. It’s going to be a long fight!”
Half of the Brass and Silver Knights had fled south, but there were still 125 Sword Experts left in the capital.
The Platinum Knights led a thousand guards to defend the palace, the Black Iron Knights prepared an ambush with several times the number of police commissioners and the newly established capital garrison, and the Silver Knights who remained in the capital began a five-minute standby.
They were joined by Saint Mateos, the remaining Purification Corps, Paladins and Battle Priests.
“I am happy to share in the honor of striking down true evil.”
Added to this were the mangled Valencianus and the mechanics and gunners of the general workshop.
This was the only number of troops that could be recruited within the capital.
“I will cut off the heads of those bugs when they think they are winning.”
The Holy Emperor began to gnash his fangs as if it were the day of his coronation.
“I will also prepare for my parents’ house.”
This time, even Valencian did not stop her.