Chapter 118 – Insomnia – 3
The meeting continues.
“I’m still watching for now, but it doesn’t seem to have the ability to regenerate. I don’t think I’ll be able to go far, seeing that my breath gets weaker as time goes by.”
“Can I treat you?”
“Yes. Perhaps because of the invalidation of magical power, she is unable to accept the magical power of healing. If you forcibly increase the output, the wound is healed to some extent and at the same time the body rejects it. The person at the research institute said, at least until tomorrow.”
Magical Nullification rejected even healing magic.
It’s a thorny issue, but if you put it the other way around, you’d say that their forces are disposable.
“What about the output of invalidation?”
“There is an error depending on the measured data value, but it is said that there is no big change as a rough result.”
“In other words, even if you go to the brink of death, there is no big change in the nullifying power itself.”
I’ll have to do a bit more research on this part with the stuff I’ve obtained so far. Or maybe the next time we meet again.
“The most important thing is how far it can be nullified.”
At least, I personally confirmed that it didn’t work against the rank-of-war nobles.
At my words, Zeke opened the report and started talking.
“It seems to nullify the magical power of elite soldiers and ordinary adventurers almost perfectly.”
“That’s…”
That’s a bit risky
Of course, it’s not hard to say that it doesn’t work against knights, but if the number of monsters increases, it’s difficult to cover.
The territory’s army, which has magical power holders, is strong, but there is a problem.
That the number is insufficient.
If the monster acts like a sex catastrophe in a large group, the way to stop it becomes ambiguous.
There are limits to what I can do myself.
“Instead, it turns out that the method of physically strengthening works to some extent.”
“You’re referring to the method of putting magic into the sword, right?”
“Yes.”
To put it simply, it’s like aura or swordsmanship.
Chloe and other types like knights also prefer mid-range attacks, so such types are rare. It’s not difficult in the first place, but if you can do it, you can do it, but when you use it, the important thing is melee combat ability.
Chloe and Isabelle would be fine with this part.
“For me, it would be better to increase the output.”
“I guess so.”
As Triana said, if she had her level of magic attribute, it would be more efficient for her to increase the output.
The difficult thing about hand-to-hand combat is that you don’t know how the opponent will attack, considering the omnipotence of magic.
Even more so, as Sasha said.
“Yes. Looking at Sasha’s recovered condition, it seems to be a temporary phenomenon only when a wound occurs. I haven’t actually tested it yet, but if the magic loss occurs because of the wound, it becomes even more complicated.”
“Is it difficult to close combat?”
It’s because I did Sasha’s treatment myself, so if I had people under her, it would take time to heal. That’s not a great level, but if there are dozens or hundreds of people, not just one or two, the story changes.
“First, pull out as much data as possible. Maybe next time someone similar will come along. And the selected material… First of all, send it to your father, Count Franz, and tell him to meet and talk after that.”
“All right.”
Sighed at Zeke, who nodded her head. It would be nice to meet you The problem is there is no time.
“Next?”
“Yeah. I checked my luggage.”
Isabelle immediately started reporting.
But no results
“I couldn’t find any traces of it.”
“It hurts.”
If you hide it, it’s a problem even if you hide it. From now on, you can’t even search everyone who passes through the gates until you find their traces. If it is encrypted, especially if it is in an unrecognizable form.
“Even in the basement, there was not much going on. I found traces of research, but what I can tell from it is…”
“I can’t help it.”
For now, there is nothing more to know, and the rest depends on the results of the torture.
“What do you think?”
“…”
Everyone was silent at my words.
What I can’t help is that most of Müller, as well as my people, are on the young side. Even if they are from the previous generation, they are almost at the end and have no direct connection to red blood.
In the midst of the silence, Triana hesitantly opened her mouth.
“Grandpa, I tried to contact the previous lord Müller, but in the previous war, he said that most of the hideout would be destroyed immediately if an officer-level factor was captured, not a minion with red blood.”
“… Such a place cannot be established as an organization. Is it possible because of the red blood?”
Is it possible because it is an organization made only of hatred, hatred and inferiority complex? Most of the guys below are disposable bullets.
“Even if that were the case, there could be no information at all. He wouldn’t have risked his life. Judging by the magic response in his body or the bracelet made of magic stones, he would have escaped as it was, and in fact, if I hadn’t gone right away, there was a high possibility that he would have missed it.”
In other words, there will be a lot of information you know, and even if you notice that you have been captured, it will be difficult to move your location right away.
“And use this right away. Isabelle. Triana.”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah.”
There is currently no sign of people leaving the castle. All important areas are patrolled by knights and soldiers.
“Send someone secretly. Covertly with trusted people. Talk to Nina and Sasha to save people. At least all of their hideouts in the Muller estate will either hide or run away because of this.”
“Okay. All right.”
I search all the movements of suspicious-looking guys. Of course, even if it’s difficult to handle perfectly, if you can catch most of them, that’s fine. Most of the people dispatched to each village during the last war had also changed hands, so the number of people who communicated with them in each village must have decreased significantly.
“And… You should start preparing now.”
Considering the forces that can move now…
“Thoroughly crack down on the mouths of the people in the castle. Sebastian.”
“Yeah. Lord.”
First of all, have Sebastian take care of the people who work in the castle.
“All knights and nobles, including myself, patrol the territory irregularly.”
“Youngji?”
“You mean the lord himself?”
He nodded his head at the buzzing reaction around him.
“Of course I’ll keep my moves a secret so only the people here know, and I’m going to have my direct maid pretend I’m staying in the room.”
“Do you have any reason to do that?”
Chloe, who would normally know right away, is saying this for the sake of others around her. He nodded his head at Chloe.
“There must be a reason they moved.”
Why now?
The result of human experimentation. If we had only taken the drug that created a monster with the ability to free mana, there was a high probability that we would have taken it without even noticing.
“If it were simply for data and silence, it would have quietly disappeared.”
“You really needed to make a fuss?”
“Yes.”
And, after a while, there was Irina’s coming-of-age ceremony. There is no solid evidence yet.
“I’ll need to interrogate him for more details, but I’ll need additional information.”
When you think about what will happen in the future, if there is a commotion right now, try to think of something happening to the people invited to this land.
Grabbed her head, throbbing with trouble.
“If I was going to play a trick on Müller, I would do it one more time. Furthermore, considering the upcoming coming-of-age ceremony, there will be a large number of famous families from each region, starting with the Boring family, and there is a good chance that they will play tricks in the meantime.”
“Okay.”
And at the same time.
“Spread rumors.”
“A rumor?”
I don’t have to deal with the red blood alone.
Of course, there are people who will sincerely accept it, but considering the awareness of the red blood that I had in the first place, there must be many people who will shed it in one ear.
“They’ve developed a weapon that nullifies magic.”
“… Isn’t that dangerous?”
At my words, everyone’s faces became serious.
It’s not dangerous.
“But it doesn’t matter to me. This rumor may cause the red blood organization to grow bigger, but anyway, it is enough that the seriousness of this situation grows and more nobles become more concerned.”
That I don’t have to deal with it alone.
Whatever the purpose is, it’s my business. If you’re going to dry it, dry it all up.
At my words, the faces of my subordinates became strange.
Why?
“Are you okay, is that?”
“It’s okay. Well, there will be nobles who will harbor bad feelings, and there will be nobles who will somehow manage to take care of the weapon and operate it independently among themselves.”
But isn’t the development of weapons originally like that? If one side develops a high-performance weapon, the other side also develops a weapon with comparable performance.
There is also a story that science develops the fastest during times of war.
“In the first place, maybe… It’s still an unlikely story.”
They didn’t seem to want to hide much about this drug. Whether it’s for the purpose of causing mayhem, you can tell by observing it while unleashing a mana-nullifying monster.
“There is a possibility that the red blood itself colluded with the nobles.”
Then it would be better to weave all the nobles of the whole country together and make a mess. As long as I have a hand in my territory, the war with them has begun. If so, I will ruin all their plans and schemes. Unfortunately, I’m not confident about psychological warfare. If so, I’d rather go to a power struggle.
Intertwines with all nobles.
Even if the end of that chaos is war.
