Volume 2 Chapter 10 [Alliance SIDE] The Puppet Master is in the Palm of the Smiling Devil
"What? A handheld communication magic tool?"
The headquarters of the Cedal Alliance, located on the outskirts of Jewel City Lapis.
In Cedal's office, his subordinate Alvaro placed 3 boards on the desk.
"Yes. Apparently, Hero's Master created about 100 of them and wants to gather testers to hear their opinions."
"Ho? I see."
"However, no matter how excellent the item is, we won't get a 100% response. But, there are only 3, which means they won't notice that we have them."
"I see, that's true. But... can you really communicate with something so small?"
It's understandable that Cedal is doubtful.
In this world, there are mainly 3 ways to communicate.
First, have a magician obtain 'Communication Magic'.
However, Communication Magic has very low power in terms of attack, but it has a large amount of internal information, and the 'required range' is too far, so it is completely specialized for 'low power, super precision, ultra-long distance' as magic.
Whether 2 or 3 people can be satisfied within a plan spanning decades is uncertain, and those who can do it will not come down to the 'general market' in the first place.
Second, use the 'communication magic tools' obtained from dungeons.
If you do this, you can communicate as long as you have coins.
However, if the existence of such items is revealed, the powerful people in the world won't stay silent.
There are few items with high performance, and they haven't been secured enough, to the point that 'the procedures for use are troublesome even at the headquarters of the world conference'.
This also does not come down to the 'general market'.
Third, create a 'communication facility'.
However, this is extremely difficult without a relay facility with overwhelming performance.
It is necessary to perform calculations again and again and use precise 'long-range shooting' to send 'magic that has become information' to another facility.
Moreover, since it cannot reach 'ultra-long distances' with human theory alone, rare minerals are needed.
First of all, you get caught as soon as you try to 'procure it,' and more than that, it's way easier to intercept than monster drop items. The risk just doesn't match the reward.
It's just... difficult.
Actually, Cedal, who only looks suspiciously and doesn't laugh it off or throw it away, is probably still the 'better' one.
"I tried using it myself, and it really works. I don't know how far it reaches though..."
"Well, I guess we won't know until we test it."
Just as Cedal said that, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Excuse me."
The one who entered was a girl with short pink hair.
She looked about 14 years old.
Small but with a noticeable chest, and her legs looked nice beneath the mini skirt of her suit.
She was carrying several envelopes.
"Chairman Cedal, some letters have arrived."
"Anything important?"
"There's a letter from the Association Headquarters."
"Oh? Let me see."
"Here."
The girl handed the envelope to Cedal.
"...Sure enough, it's from the Association Headquarters. Alright, you can go now."
"Yes, excuse me──"
"Ah, wait. Tonight. Come to my room."
"Eh? Th-That's..."
"You know what it's for. The treatment bills for that Adventurer who got badly hurt. Who do you think's paying?"
"I-I'm sorry."
"Apologies don't mean anything. Show your sincerity tonight. Now get back to work."
"Y-Yes..."
The girl left the room, looking pale.
"...That idiot and her father are fools. Using buffing magic from far away to boost a monster's attack, injuring someone badly but not fatally──that's classic bait."
"They clearly don't have the knowledge or wit to sniff out a plot. That kind of girl only has looks, nothing else."
"True. So, what else..."
Cedal started reading the letter but nodded quickly.
"Their info moves fast, as expected."
"Meaning?"
"Sir Pastor, the Association's executive and my backer, apparently caught wind of the info on these communication magic tools."
"That's... pretty fast."
"As a privilege of the headquarters executives, we can use headquarters communication magical tools to some extent, but it seems we want portable magical tools. We have 3 here, so I'll take one, you'll take one, and we'll give one to Sir Pastor."
"Understood. This will improve Sir Cedal's reputation, won't it?"
"That's right. But... will it reach from here?"
Cedal, with nothing to do, decided to go see the Hero's mansion from a distance.
A massive antenna towered there, and when thinking about communication magical tools, this antenna came to mind, but will it really work?
It's natural to have such doubts.
"Setting aside communication performance, there should be antennas at headquarters for relay functions."
"That's true."
...Strictly speaking, the communication magical tools created by Horace rely on the main Cube in Horace's room for all processing, so without going through it, they wouldn't function at all... but they aren't magical tool engineers, so it's understandable they wouldn't notice.
"Then, let's send one. I'm looking forward to it."
Cedal wore a distorted smile.
However, he was already stepping on a landmine.
* * *
"Loli is justice, and a smooth-skinned loli is divine. I won't allow anyone to touch the divine."
"Ellie, being a 'perverted creep' and 'lolicon' with a 'foot fetish' can't be overlooked, you know?"
"Rangella. Please understand. Recently, I've been desperate because I haven't been able to bury my face between a little girl's legs to take a deep breath."
"I'd rather not understand."
"Well, setting that aside, I can't lure Sir Pastor out without using Cedal, so I'll let him swim for now for the sake of the plan..."
"What?"
"I need to raise the level of punishment to 15. I was planning on stopping at level 5."
"What's the maximum for that?"
"It's 10."
"That far exceeds the limit..."
"Since I'm touching the divine, normal standards don't apply."
"..."
"If you invade the realm of the divine, divine retribution will follow. Let me show you. Let's use all future hopes as a stake and see them crushed to bits."
Rangella thought as she watched Ellie radiate a dark aura.
She wished that the divine retribution would fall on her too.
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