Chapter 249: Kaka-Pipi Are Too Amazing and We Arrived in the Royal Capital in Just One Hour Without Any Incident… I Had Thought Something Would Happen, But Nothing Did
Treating Margolant to the royal capital Lowblec as 300 kilometers, if the bus carriage flew at 300 km/h we would arrive in one hour.
However, the bus carriage was just a wooden box made of assembled boards, everyone was sleeping, and we had to fly quietly to avoid drawing attention, so the speed wasn’t that high.
Still, Kaka-Pipi were more than relaxed and flew at over 300 km/h without shaking. Before we could warm ourselves in the hot spring with Lucia, they reported "We’re here?" and "We’re here, deshu!"
Too fast... A distance that would take ten days by horse and more than twice that by foot in this era was reached in just one hour.
"I’ll go ahead, but Lucia, are you still soaking?"
"Unn."
I stepped out of the open-air bath, shook my body to shake off the water, put on the long robe and arm covers, and headed to the front of the bus carriage. There was a driver’s platform prepared as a disguise.
I sat on the dummy driver’s platform and looked around.
Below and in front of me was a huge city. Even at night I could tell it was incomparably larger than Monvan.
The lamps on the palace and churches lit up the outlines of the buildings. Everything was grand, like buildings that would one day be protected as World Heritage Sites after hundreds of years on this planet.
On the city walls surrounding the royal palace in the center were wooden watchtowers, and from the open gaps torch-like lights leaked out. The defensive walls were circular.
Around the walls, the streets had street lamps along the main roads, so several lines of light ran vertically and horizontally.
In one corner of the city, which looked like a lively district, the lights were dazzling. Small moving figures of people were coming and going. Probably taverns and brothels.
Further out, the scattered lights were bonfires set up by travelers who had come for the Christmas Tournament. There were many small triangular tents.
Around the city, wheat fields or primeval forests spread out. The boundary between the forest and the land was faintly visible.
The royal capital Lowblec looked fantastical, floating on the dark water surface like countless stars drawn on it.
It was beautiful.
Even though it was a city where people who accepted the beastmen slave system lived, the silhouette illuminated from the bottom of the darkness flickered like hope.
I couldn’t tear my eyes away. Where should I land?
"Let me go down a little and look for an empty space."
"Understood, deshu!"
"Are you waiting like this, Kaka?"
"Ah, please. I’ll go."
I wrapped the long robe around my neck and jumped from the bus carriage, flying with Wind-Pressure Masturbation.
Hmm. Because we had gone quite south, it wasn’t cold even naked.
I slowly lowered my altitude. The red dots around the city turned out to be the lamps of travelers.
It might be possible to recruit our comrades from among them.
Let me try measuring Battle Power.
Pii.
Battle Power: 1,050,000
"U-Oh... Scared. Is this the total of the surrounding values?"
The Battle Power measurement function was originally for military warfare, so when many people were present it showed the summed value.
Even so, 1.05 million was amazing.
If the population was 100,000 and the average was 3, even among civilians it would be 300,000.
The knights in Monvan had an average Battle Power of about 500, so I’ll assume the same here. The largest medieval European tournament had about 1,000 knights, so probably 500,000 here.
If there were 10,000 beastmen with an average of 30, that would be 300,000.
Total around 1.1 million. My rough calculation wasn’t that far off.
Should I lower the measurement range and fly at lower altitude?
Oh. Battle Power 900, 1,000, 950... They were gathering strong fighters.
Even 5,000 (equivalent to A-rank knight) would be impossible, but I want to recruit comrades who are over 2,000 (upper B-rank).
There probably aren’t that many.
"...! Eh? 4,800, 4,200, 4,000. What the hell. A ridiculously high value inside one tent. Is an A-rank knight camping outside the city? Who is it?"
I don’t know.
There was a spear stuck in front of the tent, and a cloth hanging from near the tip. On that decorative cloth there was a crest, so if I could see it I could tell who was inside, but I didn’t have the knowledge to read crests and it was dark.
"...!"
The light from the tent grew brighter. Someone had come out by lifting the cloth at the entrance. They were holding a weapon, and the light of the torch illuminated a sharp silver glow.
They noticed my presence. I hurriedly rose in altitude and distanced myself from the tent.
"I see. There are opponents worth watching besides A-rank knights. What’s the maximum value?"
I scanned the entire city individually.
"There were a few 5,000s...! 9,800...! Double the value of Iria or Ana... Oh no."
I can’t beat Iria or probably Ana without magic.
Can I defeat that 9,800 with my version that doesn’t allow magic...?
I shouldn’t get weak.
Right now the landing spot of the bus carriage matters more than the rivals’ abilities.
Is there a good place...?
Because the tents were spaced evenly there was no empty space. As expected of an event where people gather from all over the country.
Uuu. This side is wheat field. They’ll get angry if I land without permission.
This side is forest?
A royal forest, probably. Since the king owns it, they’ll get angry if I use it without permission. Looking closely, there’s a lit little house. Maybe the forest manager is dealing with poachers.
Uuu. I thought an empty space might be a place without any Battle Power value, but it’s a wheat field or vineyard or forest. There’s no good spot.
I should go back for now.
It was dark, so I couldn’t tell where the bus carriage was.
Should I measure Iria’s Battle Power?
Pii.
Battle Power: 5,500
Battle Power: 18,000
Battle Power: 150,000
Battle Power: 150,000
Battle Power: 3,000
Battle Power: 2,400
Hm, hm?
There was an unbelievably high value gathering in the night sky.
Because Lucia was transformed into Baka, it should be around 3.
If 5,500 is Iria, who are the others?
Ah.
18,000 is probably Fullru. When she absorbed natural energy in the forest she reached nearly 20,000.
These 150,000s are probably Kaka and Pipi. Amazing.
And it’s a little embarrassing that my 120,000 when wearing the golden armor is surpassed.
Then, who are these 3,000 and 2,400 that correspond to upper B-rank knights?
They’re normally amazing. I want to recruit these two.
...Ah. Those two are probably Ferris-san and Martha-san.
Even so, amazing.
If I joined and Dura-san became a mecha girl and Esty-san grew more tails, the total Battle Power would probably reach around 500,000.
The estimated total of 500,000 knights gathered around the capital matches roughly.
Oh no, us. Mainly Kaka and Pipi.
Even if I take out Kaka-Pipi it still goes to about 200,000. Dura-san once said that if she dropped me, Fullru, and Esty-san from the sky it would destroy the entire army of this country, but just seeing the numbers makes it sound real.
Of course I won’t do that.
Now, where should the bus carriage land.
I returned to the bus carriage and sat on the driver’s platform.
"Sorry, Kaka-Pipi. I couldn’t find a good spot."
"What do we do, Kaka?"
"Just float it, deshu!"
"People would notice. In this era floating something this size without vibration would be unnatural."
In fact, even in modern Earth there’s no technology that can keep such things floating in the air without vibration.
"I’ll let everyone take a stroll for about an hour and land at a slightly distant location."
"Understood, Kaka?"
"Understood, deshu!"
So we landed next to the forest a little west of the royal capital.
"Sorry, but I’m going to sleep. You don’t need to sleep either, but take turns resting. I’m on top, so if anything happens wake me."
"Good night, Kaka?"
"Good night, deshu!"
"Good night."
Since it was near the royal capital, monsters probably wouldn’t appear, and Dura-san, who doesn’t need sleep, would tell us if danger was approaching.
Still, because entrusting everything felt unpleasant, I decided to sleep on the roof.
I hugged Baka and lay down.
It had been several hours since sunset, but it was still around 22:00.
Everyone inside the bus carriage was sleeping soundly, but as a night-shift onanist I wasn’t very sleepy yet.
The Christmas Tournament was the day after tomorrow.
Tomorrow I and Iria would recruit three people to fight together.
The others can either sightsee in the capital or stay at the settlement—choose whichever they like. Because there are reliable people like Dura-san, Rafilia-san, and Letree-san, there’s no need to worry. The other reliable person, Esty-san, was traveling for business.
Piku.
Baka moved slightly.
"What’s wrong?"
"It’s coming."
"Eh?"
"Transfer from Earth."
"Eh? That’s bad. We have to go back immediately. The Glans is cold, the capybara will get sick. Hey, Lucia?"
Hm?
That’s weird.
Even for a capybara reincarnating, Lucia was calm.
When capybara-sama had transferred before, she had panicked.
But to think she was already full after two...
"It’s not the capybara."
"Eh?"
"It’s a human."
"That’s even worse. Being alone in a snow country is tough. Take me with you."
"Unn. Okay."
Pika!
I warped to the wasteland of the Glans with Baka.
A human?
The second human to transfer into this other world. What kind of person is he?