Chapter 300
It was an incredibly cold morning, as the temperature had dropped even further . This time, we talked around a fire instead of a table . That being said, we had said nearly everything that there was to be said the previous night .
“Today, we will take all of the opinions that were shared last night, and conceive a strategy based on it . Well, I have already thought of one myself . Will you listen?”
Everyone nodded . We drank some soup brought from the Imperial City as we listened to Adlus speak .
“The most important part of this is preventing any goblins from escaping . And that is also the most difficult part . We talked about this a lot last night… And we decided that Rindo’s magic would be the most effective . ”
Manager was the only one who could use Dark Magic . It wasn’t the only magic she was capable of, but it would be the most important for us now .
“Because it is all underground . When it comes to places that the sun doesn’t shine, there is no one more fit than me . ”
“Aye . You will use this shadow magic that you talked about last night . And you will trap the goblins . ”
Her Dark Magic had been discussed at length during yesterday’s meeting . Obviously, many people had witnessed her in action during the Imperial Sword Tournament . However, it would not have been clear what it was to most of them . Regardless, she explained it to everyone in detail .
“If Asagi is going to fight in spite of being badly hurt, I can’t enter the fight while also hiding my abilities . ”
She had said .
“There are no books on Dark Magic . I have no way of using it other than just trying what I can think of . It was then that I learned how to work with the shadows . My own shadow . The shadows of others . The shadows of objects . Where there is light, there is darkness . In other words, the darkness in the world is my playground . ”
People with cheats definitely talked on a different scale . I was a little jealous, but I also felt like that kind of power wouldn’t suit me . I could barely control the power I had now . If I had the power of darkness… If I did… Damn, it would be cool…
“While darkness has no form, it still has mana . Of course, no one else knows this, as I’m the only one who can use it . And so like this, the shadows all around us can become my arms and legs . ”
Manager waved her hand and a hand stretched out of her shadow . The shadow hand was holding a shortsword that was also made of shadow . Now, this was a threat . She could dominate a place like the underground goblin nest . Hell, she should just go and do the whole thing by herself .
“However, I do have my limits . But I will have no problem sealing the exits . ”
“We expect there to be several . Can you still do it?”
“If they are all connected by shadows, I should be able to keep track of them . Yes… It will deplete a lot of energy, but for instance, I could use shadows to see what is happening in Namila Village right now . ”
She said this as if it were nothing, but it was an incredible power . It far exceeded the range of something like Presence Detection . Of course, she did say the energy depletion was great… Still, it was certainly something I’d never be able to do .
“Well, that’s about it . The night during a new moon should shudder and sleep in my presence…”
She ended with a joke and purposely dramatic expression . But I didn’t find it very funny .
In any case, that was how she explained it to us . Though, to be honest, I didn’t think she told us everything . She probably had some crazy trump card… I mean, it was the power of darkness…
“Now, the problem of keeping them contained is all but resolved . Then that just leaves…”
“Annihilation . ”
“Yes . ”
Daniela’s voice was always low when she just got out of bed . Adlus nodded .
“However, that does raise one new problem . Well, perhaps it was always a problem . ”
He sighed and looked at us one by one .
“We don’t have the ability to see in the dark . ”
I had been about to raise a spoonful of soup to my mouth but stopped . I was the only one here that could use Night Eyes . I shrugged .
“Yes, it’s just you, Asagi . It’s not just Night Eyes . But skills related to vision are rare . And none of our scouts had them . ”
I sipped my soup noisily as if I wasn’t listening . My breath appeared thick and white in the air as I sighed . I finally said what he clearly wanted me to .
“…So, you want to use the magic tools that I collected?”
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“Oh, you have a lot of those, do you? Well, isn’t that so very convenient . ”
I snorted and looked away .
Daniela had mentioned it before when we discussed ways of seeing in the dark .
“Now that I think of it, Asagi has a lot of magic illumination tools that he took from an orc settlement . ”
“Really?”
Adlus had become very curious, and so Daniela explained it to him . I had wondered if they might become useful one day, and so I had taken the time to collect them . They looked like round stones .
And I had about twenty of them . Sometimes, I would buy old containers for them in town . Of course, when I was all done, I felt an emptiness instead of a sense of satisfaction .
‘I finished it…’
Before I knew it, I had bought more glowing stones and would continue to search for containers to put them in . Sometimes they would be rare oddities or the newest model . There was also a great variety to them too . Some had adjustable brightnesses while others were especially powerful and for industrial use .
I suppose I had become a sort of collector of magic illumination devices .
“You…since when…”
“Heh . ”
Daniela had thought I only had the initial twenty . And so she looked quite exasperated when I laid out the others on the ground .
“How many are there?”
“There are about sixty in all . ”
“My eyes…”
Anis closed her eyes when I turned on the industrial one .
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“Asagi, we will talk about this later . ”
“Hey, there’s nothing to talk about . ”
“No, we should talk about it . ”
Daniela had a look in her eyes that I had to turn away from . However, she grabbed my jaw and turned it .
“Scary-scary-scary-close-close-close . ”
“You really are so…”
“I think you made your point, Daniela . ”
Adlus suggested . I wanted to praise him for a job well done .
For now, I put the Asagi Collection back into the hollow bag . Also known a the ‘AsaColle . ’ I could be an otaku too . It somehow felt really nice to be able to boast about the things you’ve picked up . Well, there had been a scary moment back there, but overall, I was thankful to Daniela for giving me this opportunity .
“With this many, we can pass them out to all the Jades . ”
“Eh?”
“Huh?”
Adlus was trying to be funny . Why should I have to pass out my prized collection to some strangers? This was my one hobby . It was my collection . While I liked showing them off to others, I wasn’t going to let them borrow it .
“Have you been listening to me? I believe I said that we need illumination tools to be able to fight in the dark…”
“No! These are my prized possessions! You can’t take them from me!”
Now that I think about it, he had said something about that . But this memory only made me hold onto the hollow bag even tighter .
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“Please wait here . I will settle this . Asagi, come here . ”
“Surely, you understand, Daniela? Don’t you?”
“Aye . Of course, I do . Now, let us go and get some fresh air over there . ”
And like that, she led me between the trees and to the walls of ice .
I’ll never forget the taste of that gut punch .
So, after some misadventures, my collection of magic tools went into the hands of the Jades . Adlus assured me that they would be handled carefully, but I had my doubts…
“So, that is my plan . Any objections?”
“Is there a chance you could devise a plan that doesn’t involve my magic tools?”
“Alright, so it’s settled then . Now we will be able to surround the goblins and annihilate them . Still, we will have to make some final adjustments, and so I want Asagi to go inside and get a look at the place . You can take Anis with you . ”
“Very well . Guess we’ll be working together, Anis . ”
“Yes!”
My resistance was immediately ignored . Now that I’d given up, I decided to go with Anis and learn what I could about being a scout . We had to see the actual location before finalizing the plan .
“We don’t have much time . You two must go at once . We’ll strengthen defenses here, just in case the goblins attack us first . ”
Everyone nodded at this and moved at once .
So… It was time to get back into the old black outfit .
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