Chapter 200: Role
"So it wasn't a decoy?"
We met up with Julius at the camp in front of the Royal Capital.
And now we're gathering commanders and nobles to exchange information.
"Nanomachines... blue water and black sand... I thought it was a Prelati thing."
The possibility of the source was already dead
"Do you have any such information over there? A strange scholar who's been coming into the royal capital. Something like that."
"I'm afraid no such information has come to my attention."
"Right. Then how do we enter the royal capital next?"
"Shiro. I have something I want to explain about that, is it okay?"
Yukikaze raised her hand and asked
"Not me, but Julius. Because he's the leader."
"Yeah, please explain. Yukikaze-dono."
"I'll tell you what we've found out. That thing that grew out of the ground... ah... what should I say?"
I have to start from there, don't I?
"It's already troublesome, so why don't we just call it undead?"
There are too many names: murderer people, mad soldier, nanomachine contaminant.
"Well, I know they're undead, but as far as I could tell, I could feel the mana inside them."
"Mana? Isn't it a nanomachine?"
Ginkei seems to know more about that and interjected.
"Nanomachines could not be detected from the undead. However, they are very similar in terms of body modification."
In short, the result is the same, but the process is different.
"And a small amount of their mana is leaking out of their bodies. Every last one of them."
"What's so strange about that?"
I don't think it's strange if a person with mana leaks it a little.
"Are you saying that it's strange to have mana even though they are dead in the first place?"
It was pointed out by Wince
"It is as Wince pointed out, but let's put that aside. It's the direction in which the mana leaks."
"…Is it the royal capital?"
"Correct!"
You can pretty much guess where we're going so far.
The nobles seem to agree.
"Are you saying that they are manipulating the corpses from the royal capital!"
"That would be blasphemy! What do they think life is!"
"Has the queen gone that mad!"
In Geldaria, the common people are the property of the nobility.
Or, to put it another way, they are like livestock or pets.
However, if they act too lawlessly, they may cause a rebellion, so nobles have a duty to protect the peace of the commoners.
If they start a rebellion, it will be a loss for the country.
Such a nobleman may be deprived of his title, imprisoned, or even replaced by another nobleman for his incompetence.
The nobles who are angry here are angry because they are using the commoners in the wrong way.
"Are the undead commoners?"
"By the looks of their flesh and their appearance, I'd say they're commoners."
"Then where are the soldiers?"
"We can only think that they are inside the royal capital."
I guess
They'll use the undead to wear us down, and when we get close to the royal capital, they'll use the trained soldiers to destroy us. That's the plan.
"Yukikaze"
"What?"
"What do you think is the source of that mana leak?"
"Ah... I said it leaked, but I think it's slightly different."
"Where is it?"
"Should I explain that the flow of mana is going back and forth?"
"Hmm… should we try to find it and destroy it anyway?"
Julius and the others started to panic when I said that.
"No, no, a forced march will only lead to self-destruction!"
No, of course not. We're not going to force march.
"Why don't we just go by ourselves?"
"It's like going to death!"
"Julius. Do you think I'm going to die?"
"...I don't think so ...but as expected"
"I'm sure Julius has your own thoughts, but we have our own circumstances."
"What kind?"
"Even if he's already dead, this is an affair related to Prelati. It's our job to solve it."
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