Chapter 180

Design (1)

I want to check the object by chewing it right now, but in reality, it was an object used for drug production.

It wouldn’t be strange if he chewed it up and swallowed it, then fainted from the stimulus.

I suppressed my urgency and took out the sack I had brought from my pocket.

On the inside of the sack, soil from the warehouse is laid, and Malabeth is placed on top of it, tied together and sealed with magical power.

A portable carrying bag made to transport medicines obtained with the help of Jenny. A valuable item that doubles as an artifact.

While Lennok was taking care of Malabeth, Grisha also came towards him, as if he had found something.

“Look at this.”

What Grisha held out was a rough-looking notebook made of dozens of sheets of paper weaved together.

“It’s a record book for managing the export of medicinal materials. I looked to see if there were other ledgers, but for now this is the only one.”

“You mean we didn’t just keep the medicines in the warehouse.”

“The number of names written here is a little over twenty. I wonder if the number of gangs managed by the drug lord is about that.”

“It’s likely more than that. It would mean that the number of people who actually contribute to warehouse management and control of the Dominion is that much... ... But once you get your hands on the manager’s name, it’s good news... ... .”

As Lennok paused, Grisha turned his head.

“Any problem?”

“... ... no. It’s because the name and the place I remember don’t match. this is probably... ... It’s not a coincidence. Let’s get out of here for now.”

After Lennok said that, he stood up and Grisha immediately took care of the rest.

He gathered all the medicines that had been in his warehouse into a strange gourd that he was holding in his hand.

It had already been agreed upon in advance, so Lennok said nothing.

Anyway, the act of breaking the drug lord’s safe was entirely decided to help Lennok.

Those medicines would end up in Lennok’s pocket intact after all the work was done.

Lennox didn’t even think that Lapis would break his promise in this area, so he didn’t care about Grisha’s behavior.

Rather, I was more concerned about the fact that the gourd she had was hung with a space-based preservation technique.

Perhaps because she was a long-lived sorcerer, it seemed that she also possessed all sorts of rare artifacts.

In fact, the reason why Lennok had not revealed all his skills in front of talented magicians was also focused on that to some extent.

Guys like Weizen are also carrying various artifacts with the mage tower as a solid background.

If so, how much power would the treasures carried by more skilled sorcerers and warriors have?

For high-ranking magicians like Grisha, it was not strange at all to carry a bundle of relics.

There must be any number of artifacts that can assist even a person as talented as her in battle.

And that also applies to drug lords and those skilled in pandemonium.

“Let’s go back. Now that it’s clear that the drug lord is wasting his time, we shouldn’t delay our action either.”

“Did you notice?”

To Lennok’s words, Grisha replied indifferently.

“If the guy who immediately sent you a message just approached the government building is holding his mouth shut even after opening his safe, there is only one reason... ... .”

Yes.

Two high-ranking sorcerers above level 6 are rummaging through his warehouse, but it is absurd that he is unaware of the drug lord’s tenacious personality.

If this is the reason why there is no signal even though all the heterogeneous species and homunculus guarding the warehouse have been subdued and the contents have been wiped out.

“He’s not in a position to pay attention to the storage in the exhibition hall right now. Or you’re in a situation where you can’t show that you care.”

And the reason is probably because, as he said, he is concentrating on a way to break through the barriers placed throughout the Dominion and march into it.

Grisha glanced at Lennok and immediately rose from his seat.

“I can’t guess anything from looking at this guy, but Evan, you must have figured out something, right?”

“... ... okay. Probably not without progress.”

“good. Then let’s go back to the lighthouse and talk.”

If you share information about the magic that the drug lord uses, you can roughly guess how he is trying to exert influence throughout the Dominion.

Knowing means being able to deal with it.

A hand that reached out from the darkness naturally accepted his clothes.

He walked slowly into the darkness and bathed himself in the cold, icy water directly beneath him.

In the freezing cold, he let out a low sigh and lay down slowly.

“Whoa... ... No matter how many times I try, I never get used to it. This materialization... ... .”

“It is better to consider yourself lucky. Being able to reduce the pain of the caster by reducing the materialization process this much would have been a groundbreaking discovery at the time.”

A calm female voice rang out.

“Of course, this process has the advantage of minimizing physical seizures and maximizing assimilation, but the most important thing is the awareness that oneself is ‘fixed’... ... It is a great masterpiece that acknowledges the stark reality that the mind cannot eventually break free from the bondage of the body.”

“Heh heh... ... There is no inspiration in the achievements of the dregs of a forgotten world. Shut up and start.”

No answer came.

In the bone-chilling icy water, the drug lord closed his eyes and thought.

Others are busy praising him as one of the few denizens of the underworld, but they know nothing of what matters.

The more he accumulates wealth than anyone else, the more desperately he realizes the last lack left for him.

Rule the world is the logic of power after all.

And the simple fact that money can never stand above it as long as there are transcendents outside of royalties.

So Dominic had been searching for one thing for a long time.

Something to fill his lack of power with his overflowing money.

And Pandemonium perfectly fulfilled that very wish.

Using the art of alchemy, the technology of a forgotten world, I taught him that life is but a game.

It was time to start a new game.

Right in the home of the great Ascendant, the Dominion of Philenom.

“The preparations are complete. Power transmission extracted from 80 bodies including new bodies. Ready to rebuild. 30 seconds until the start of the materialization transition process.”

Woooooooooo!!

At that moment, the ice water in which the drug lord was submerged began to slowly freeze his body as it glowed with a frost-like light.

Dominic opened his mouth as he stared at his limbs froze.

“Come to think of it, the magic he used was familiar somewhere... ... I bet you don’t intend to change your mind now.”

“yes?”

“I have something to say to Soryu when I return.”

With those words, Dominic’s consciousness went silent.

* * *

Lennok and Grisha returned to the lighthouse.

She was about to throw the bottle and the fainted man in front of the lighthouse, but she picked up the luggage again with a trembling face.

“... ... I don’t think it’s time to borrow someone’s hand.”

Lennok looked up at the sky and murmured.

Hundreds of wingboats were flying in all directions in the sky of the lighthouse, which had been quiet even before departure.

Immediately, I was able to hear the whole story from Lapis, who was in command of the whole situation in the conference room.

Beside her, there were more than a dozen observers assisting with the current situation, but among them, there was only one magic user.

It was evidence that observers who could provide military support had all headed out of the lighthouse.

“Across the Dominion, strange, flesh-like xenomorphs roam.”

The pale-faced woman spoke in a quick voice.

“There are no casualties on Floating Island 2 and Floating Island 3, where residents have been evacuated, but on the contrary... ... .”

“It means that on other floating islands, conversely, the damage is increasing. Putting people in one place has actually become a source of trouble.”

“If there is a full-scale attack like this, there will be only one reason for that.”

The observer standing next to Lapis said with a stiff face.

“The drug lord seems to have finished all preparations in just one day.”

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