Legend
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"What... what are you going to do to me? As I said, I'm a researcher from the country. If you imitate me strangely, that's what turns the country against its enemies. You understand that?
I turn to the Rays looking at me with their eyes and Rezel tells me that I'm cold - that's what I deserve to describe as absolute zero degrees.
Until a little while ago, I don't have a confident look anymore.
... That would also be natural because that confident giant was lightly defeated by Vihella.
And now I'm standing in front of Rezel because its Vihera and... and the Rays who seem to have just the same power.
"Turn the country against the enemy, huh? Right. If that was the kingdom of Mireana or a country like the Bestian Empire, I would have been afraid to turn it against my enemies... but in the end, this Labourina country is only a small country in a small country."
To Ray's words to say so, Rezel is inherently strong… it also trembles incredibly from his muscular, very, but not researcher-invisible appearance.
Even when they told me they were going to turn the country around on the enemy, Ray didn't look like he moved at all, because that's what made him look like more of a monster than any giant he knew.
In fact, Ray has decided he has no problem at all with turning a country called the Labourina Nation against his enemies.
No, on the contrary, I don't even think it's a problem to turn the Kingdom of Mireana or the Bestian Empire against the enemy.
In the first place, at a time when there is a flying ceto, you will not be attacked that way even if you are hostile to the country.
Even if the Dragon Knight is the opponent, he won't be able to keep up with Seto's flying speed.
Until a little while ago, there would have been a lot of problems with the speed of travel because we were partying.
But not now that I've got a magic item called Seto Cage.
Seto cages are not just about parties moving, they also have the special ability to assimilate into the surrounding scenery and change colors.
It takes about a minute to change the color, so it's also an unmistakable fact that it's hard to use unless it's in a place like the sky... which, conversely, also means that if you fly through the sky, it's fine.
And, above all, Ray is a magical user suitable for widespread extermination, and that is what can be easily butchered, even in the army.
Vihera specializes in personal combat, but her strength is very high.
Some marinas specialize in highly applied spiritual magic and bow-based attacks.
To the extent that Büne is somewhat more combative, such as a bandit, he is really one or two steps inferior to the others... but still has the strength to the extent that he can defeat soldiers around there at his leisure.
Either way, if you're hostile to the Rays, you can't find them in the first place because of their high mobility, and because they use magic items that assimilate into the surrounding scenery, it's also difficult to find them from the ground.
Even if the Dragon Knight finds the Rays in good shape, that's what Rays and Seto have no winning eye for first in terms of Dragon Knight.
In other words, the very high offensive power of Ray wherever he wants while traveling through the sky as he pleases… No, in a vandalism, an army or, worst of all, a place such as a city, village or base is attacked, or highly capable as an individual, but therefore also as an assassin.
Only with such ability is Ray confident that he can do anything to turn the country against his enemies.
Of course, if you turn the country against the enemy, it will be the prize neck and you will not be able to shop in a big city... but you will still be able to shop in a rural village with slow information, and even if the Rays are the prize neck, some customers will judge you a guest.
That's the way Seto makes use of his mobility to shop in other countries, because many people don't have a clear border.
There is also a means of attacking bandits.
Also, if you are a nobleman with any idea of the country, you would even do that by hiding the Rays in secret.
As such, it is not so scary for Ray to turn a small country like the Labourinas to its enemies, even if it turns the existence of a country to its enemies.
... but Ray and the others are only here to retaliate against Jaya, who has been giving the guilm a little.
If it was too much there, there was also a possibility that my client Dusker would be noticed...
(Do whatever you want, they say)
Yes, I had no choice but to hesitate here than to get ink from Dusker.
"Well, there's a lot going on over here. Okay, so... well, you seem to know a lot about giants, so let me ask you something first. Do maternal whores absolutely have to die to have a giant?
Even now, talking like this, giants are born from the bellies of pregnant women tied to their beds.
If that was normal to give birth to, neither would Ray have turned his grim gaze so far against Rezel.
But in fact, the pregnant woman will naturally die more than just come out eating through the belly of the pregnant woman when the giant child is born.
The only salvation would be that pregnant women tied to beds would be unconscious.
Because I can die to sleep without ever feeling the pain of my child eating my guts out of my body.
That's why the answer is no if you ask me if I can tolerate it... but Rezel shakes her neck sideways to the question that came out of Ray's mouth.
"Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about that at the time we host the Giant Child. That would be impossible to help, even with expensive potions"
"... knowing that, you guys were letting whores do it, right?
The marina's sharp, then cold gaze is directed at the resell.
A gaze that I just wonder if it even has the physical weight to hold because it has lived for years.
He was a confident reseller in his guts, but still couldn't stand the gaze from the marina, and nodded heavily.
If my heart hadn't been broken in sight of the sight of the giant I was counting on being unilaterally ravaged, I might still have withstood Marina's gaze.
"That's right. That's why Jaya and the country decided to cooperate with each other. With that horde of giants, there's a chance we can get out of the position of belonging to the kingdom of Mireana and be independent"
"... I don't know"
It was a reselle whining as if to cling to her own words, but if Ray's eyes told me that with that giant, I could be independent of the kingdom of Mireana, I would have to lean my neck.
Sure, that giant has a lot of strength.
Vihera seemed unilaterally ravaged, but actually to the same extent as an oak-like woman who guarded the gates of this underground facility...... seems to have as much strength as a Rank C adventurer.
If you're dealing with a common soldier, there's nothing like losing one-on-one.
There are definitely some who have the ability to beat the giants, but still depends on the number of giants.
But...... Still, it is easy for Ray to predict that the Labourina State will eventually lose.
I guess giants are stronger than soldiers. But still, it's about rank C adventurer strength, and it's overwhelming...... that's not like faces like Ray, Elaine, Marina and Vihera.
There is no doubt that quality outweighs quantity in this world, but to do so naturally requires the right force for quality.
That's why you can't do it with the power of a Rank C Adventurer.
And given the power of war that the kingdom of Mireana has… it was Ray's expectation that eventually, the giant would end up being driven out.
(Plus, the giants are retarded)
An attack that has a giant that is just incomparable with a normal human being and harnesses the power created from that giant is extremely powerful.
But from Ray's point of view, the attack is not particularly ingenious and is a simple substitute.
That would not be such a difficult story to avoid for someone with more than a certain ability, as there is no such thing as a light feint.
… although many would be frightened there because the force that the giant brings is considerable.
If this was going to make the giants fight with more heads, that was the possibility that they could fight each other with higher-ranking adventurers.
(I wish I had been a smarter giant... but no, there's nothing these guys can do around here either? As far as I'm concerned, I'm under the impression that I'm just using black crystals or something)
In that sense, I guess it means that the man in front of you is also just a good used person, like the researchers he encountered on the first basement floor.
Because if you ask me if I can forgive you for creating such a sight, I say no.
"Nevertheless, I didn't know you were going to wage a war of independence on the Kingdom of Mireana... you surprised me"
Elaine is the one who calls it smudging.
As the only daughter of one of the three great factions, the Duke of Kelp, who leads the aristocracy, I naturally know how powerful the aristocracy is.
The Kings, who are also more powerful than the nobles, naturally have more power than the nobles, and the Neutralists are also the smallest of the three major factions, but still have the corresponding power.
Even if a small country like the State of Labourina tried to gain independence, that was the kingdom of Mireana, but only the power of such a faction… No, if we did poorly, it could have been dealt with not only by one faction, but only by the power of a few nobles belonging to that faction.
Of course if a giant enters there, it may be difficult to deal with it in a few nobles.
"Then, regardless of the prime minister that he has sent you, is the king also involved in this matter?
"That's right. Precisely, it seems that this one case is led by the King. The prime minister told me more than anyone in my position could meet with the king."
Everyone nods at Rezel's words, including Ray.
I knew this was one of the big things.
(After all, should I inform Master Dusker about this matter? I'm so glad you left your pair of orbs with Ara)
Anyway, if it's just us, we can't just decide that we're going to be involved in one country.
Most importantly, Ara naturally informed Dasker about one of today's cases, and I'm supposed to contact her later, so I'm glad to hear it.
"I mean, is that why you're a country guru?... Jaya is a criminal organization, but also a public authority."
"Don't be. Of course, it doesn't stand out."
"Is the king of the land of Labourina an idiot? Or don't we even know how vulnerable our country is? Not very much, but I don't think there are any buds that can make the country independent.... What do you think?
I was gazed at by Ray and the first person to open my mouth was Elaine.
"Right. I don't think I can do that first, even if I try to do something in a purely military sense. Even less, where a hundred or a thousand giants were taken earlier, there would be damage on the side of the Kingdom of Mireana, but eventually it would be suppressed. And I'm waiting..."
"Stronger rule than ever, I guess."
As Elaine takes over the words, Marina tells.
In fact, it was easy for Ray to imagine a fierce oppression to make it look like he would not think the same thing if he imitated the kind that would challenge the war of independence.
"Whether you're challenging the War of Independence, you're too strong for anything. It is impossible to beat the Kingdom of Mireana alone in this country without much leeway.... In the meantime, I'm pretty sure that giant isn't too much of a problem."
Even if Ray says so, Rezel doesn't look particularly responsive to it.
In the first place, it's not that important to Rezel that the country be independent.
That's why he doesn't look like he cared when he told me that independence was impossible.
... Most of all, it must have broken my heart before independence.
"Well, I'll let Master Dusker know about the war of independence later. It's too big a story for us to do something alone."
"Right. You should leave this kind of hassle to Dusker."
I don't hesitate to say the marina because I've known Dusker since I was a little girl.
With a small grin at how such a marina looks, Ray enters the next question.
"There must be other giants in this underground facility, right? Only the three you called for it... where else?
"... unfortunately, the only giant left here is the one that the woman there defeated. Yesterday was the shipping day."
Ray unexpectedly frowned at the word "ship date" coming out of Rezel's mouth.