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The sound of slashing echoes through the city, not only in the back alleys.
Saika swings her sword, and just as the blade touches the man’s armor, it hits something like a thin “membrane” and the slash stops.
The man seems to feel at least the recoil knockback from Saika’s slash, but it’s not damaging the inside of his armor.
“Fuhahahaha ! This Realistar is strong, isn’t it?
It can create a defensive membrane that prevents all attacks from the opponent.”
“It’s not just strong, it’s amazing. While you swing your sword once, Saika can swing hers three times and still not be hit by any of the attacks.”
“Shut up !”
Yes……this guy is weak.
“Tsk, it’s equipped with a number of predictive functions, but it doesn’t seem to respond at all.”
“That predictive function. Aren’t you just using the one used by machine-type monsters? It’s easy to get caught just by using the feint that is often used against monsters in dungeons.”
“What did you say !?”
Saika had dived into many dungeons under Tanaka’s influence until now.
Without the Celestial Crystal Sword Brunnhilde, Saika could hardly call it an easy victory against the bosses of the 50th tier.
Therefore, Asuka, aside from being a source of information, has been putting into her mind how to make it easier to fight against monsters.
The experience is undeniably real, and if you think, [This armor is almost like a monster] you can fight normally.
“It’s just that it performs really well. Even if you dive normally, I think you can beat at least the boss of the 50th tier solo……”
“T-that’s right ! With only this equipment, it is possible to dive to the 60th tier.
This is the technology of the Labyrinthine Aristocracy !”
“That performance, however, the balance distribution of performance resources is not right.”
“What !”
“We have been fighting in the city since a while ago, but no one has come close to us, in fact, they are avoiding us. There is almost no sign of people. There are security cameras nearby, but there is no sign of any soldiers directly under the Ministry of Magic coming.”
Yes, they are fighting in the city, not even in a back alley.
It’s not an event site or a plaza that no one is using, and no one would expect to see a fight and think it’s a street performance.
But no one comes.
It is equipped with cameras, and public authorities would certainly have recorded the presence of the armor and the struggle, but no one has come running to resolve the situation.
“In addition…..”
Yuzuki pulled her phone out of her blazer pocket.
“I also wonder why my phone is ‘out of range’.”
“So what !”
“I can see from my eyes that various magic has been activated since a while ago. Maybe it’s various kinds of magic, but you specialize in blocking awareness?”
“Huh?”
“It’s all the kind of magic that you, who blabber on and on without even listening, would have no problem getting on with. Fighting with swords is certainly powerful since it’s a basic performance, but maybe there’s also a wide variety of magic for escape, like ‘smoke screens and jet packs’?”
“…..”
“Well, now that I’ve said all this, let’s conclude.”
Yuzuki said while putting her smartphone in her pocket.
“The order given to you is to capture us. You can as you please, but on the other hand, if you are about to be caught, you must run away. That’s it.”
“Don’t be silly ! Don’t make fun of me, Matsugaki Ryugo, the eldest son and next head of the Matsugaki family, a top five-star among the Labyrinth Aristocrats !”
Apparently, she had hit the bull’s-eye.
And…..it seems true that when that order was actually given, he felt made fun of.
“Five stars, that’s second from the top?”
“The next head of the family, even though you’re not strong at all on the inside. Does it mean that only political power is valued just because one’s equipment is strong?”
“Hmm. Well, even in a magical society, there are still quite a few people who think that the outcome of a battle is determined by the likes and dislikes of the elderly.”
“I can see why, with the ability to infiltrate the Prime Minister from within his own family, he has been in the shadows from the dawn of time to the present, but has not been able to achieve his ultimate goal.”
The dawn of time may have different values for different people, but if we consider that half a century is ‘now’ since dungeons and magic appeared, roughly, those ‘three’ must have had nearly 40 years.
If Asuka were given 40 years of time, no one can imagine what would really happen.
On the other hand, however, some of the objectives have not been achieved.
However, this is a simple matter.
Power is a ‘relative force’ that exerts itself only within the human social system.
Therefore, it does not have the ‘absolute power’ necessary for a dungeon, a concept that is not designed for human convenience.
There is no way that a goal that cannot be solved without ‘absolute power’ can be solved by challenging it with ‘relative force’.
“What can I say……”
Yuzuki looks at Ryugo with a disdainful expression, instead of her usual cheerful expression.
“Looking at you, it seems that being a Labyrinthine Aristocrat isn’t much of a challenge.”
“D-don’t make fun of me !”
Grabbing a sword, he approaches Yuzuki at high speed.
That speed is real. He claims to be able to dive to 60th tier, but regardless of whether that’s ‘himself’ or ‘someone else’s record’ it is actually fast.
However.
“Here.”
With her left hand, she pulls a small knife out of her pocket and throws it.
To this, Ryugo…..no, Realistar did not react.
As it was, it pierced into the armor where the membrane was supposed to protect…..
“Goooooooooooooo !”
Electrocuting Ryugo.
“Some of these items don’t get caught by the sensing that monsters do.”
Ryugo fell to the ground, his body paralyzed.
“You’re very good at throwing knives even though it’s not your dominant hand.”
“I learned it from Asuka san.”
“I see.”
Maximize your body to throw something.
That is Asuka’s strength, and if she has learned from Asuka, it doesn’t matter what her dominant hand is.
“If he can really dive to the 60th tier, he’d have a hard time, as his maximum attainable level is 45, but as long as you use items whose armor doesn’t react, then it’s just a matter of what’s inside.”
“I know……well, but isn’t that a matter of values?”
“Values?”
“The Labyrinthine Aristocrats, like Asuka, don’t have the idea of generously investing the items they have acquired in the deeper levels of the hierarchy in the red group as a whole.”
“I see, because those in power only give such power to a limited number of people whom they like.”
There is always a problem with numbers.
If more such armor could be made, the power structure would not be as it is today.
However, the reality is not like that, as long as the best tools are available to those who are capable.
The performance of the equipment called realistor is such that even if it is done properly, the results are usually good.
That is why the people in authority who handle it are also appropriate and give priority to their own convenience.
“And, will you take this back home to do research?”
“Hmm, but I don’t think it will be used in the war effort.”
“Mu? What do you mean?”
“This.”
Saika taps the pommel of the Celestial Crystal Sword Brunnhilde in its sheath with her finger.
“I see.”
If you go deep underground in the dungeon, there is a good chance that you can get more heinous ‘equipment’.
And some items, like the Celestial Crystal Sword Brunnhilde, would be regularly obtainable if only you could discover the route.
The true upper tier of the Red Group may have such equipment deployed and trained on the assumption that it is available.
Performance alone does not mean that Realistas are necessary.
“Well, I’ll take that as a given, though.”
“That’s right.”
However, since the Red Group is an organization about ten years old, there is no harm in having information on ‘equipment developed’ by an organization with a longer history than that.
Therefore, the Realister that Matsugaki Ryugo is wearing will be given to the Red Group.
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