A city’s level of civilization in this world is affected by the type of Treasure Shrines nearby. Since there are few Advanced Physical Civilizations Treasure Shrines, few cities have been influenced by them. This Code is most likely the only city in the world that has benefited so much from an Advanced Physical Civilization. It is unfortunate that I have to take the Level 9 Certification Exam, but as a result, it is a blessing in disguise as I got to see the city of Code.
I don’t know how, but this city has the ability to even manufacture mechanized soldiers that only normally manifested as Relics or Phantoms. The terminal I use to access the city system is obviously more advanced than the smartphone I lost in Yggdra, so it should be easy to get a smartphone in this city. I am sure there are many other useful gadgets I can get my hands on.
There is no need to summon the Spiders today, as I have the mechanized soldiers that Ohii-sama lent me to protect me. I walk leisurely, admiring the scenery with its jumble of tall buildings that are slightly different from the Imperial Capital. It is nice to take a walk once in a while, right?
A wide road made of a mysterious metal that doesn’t reflect sunlight. The townscape, with almost no greenery, looks futuristic, but as far as my eye can see, there are no people anywhere, making me feel as if I am having a strange dream.
Apparently this city called Code has too many buildings for the number of residents. Maybe the city system cleans it up, so the area isn’t in ruins, but there is something unnatural about the deserted buildings without a single soul in sight like I am in a Treasure Shrine.
Now then, where should I go first? In the first place, is there anything like the stores we have in the outside world when this Code and its city system provide all your food, clothing, and shelter? At the very least, it seems like there is no need for restaurants or sweet shops.
The other day, when I went outside to look for someone to be a Royal Guard, I was able to find someone right away, but this time, I couldn’t find anyone at all. There were people walking around Nora-san’s building, but maybe not many people lived around here.
I *burabura* wander around for a while, but the scenery never changes. No matter how far I walk, there are just buildings, buildings, and more buildings.
Kool and the others seem to be going here and there to do research, so I wonder if I should get in touch with them...... But I am strolling for fun and not for work, sooo... If they were around, I wouldn’t hesitate to take them with me, but I feel bad about going out of my way just to contact them. Now I realize how grateful I am to Tino.
I am tired from all the walking. I summon a chair and a drink and decide to take a short break at the side of the main street. What a nice weather. The *pokapoka* warm weather is making me sleepy. It is important to sunbathe once in a while.
I sigh as I look up at the sky visible between the skyscrapers.
“If only I have a map............” (Cry)
At that moment, one of the mechanized soldiers following behind me silently held its hand out in front of my eyes.
A large, translucent image appears before my eyes. No――It is a map. A 3D map that elaborately shows countless shining buildings and the large streets where the Spiders can scurry about.
It is like Magic. And then, in one spot on the street, I see a small me sitting on a chair at the edge, and I cannot help but sigh.
“That’s amazing...... It is like the 『Satellite Guide (Guide to help you avoid getting lost)』.” (Cry)
『Satellite Guide (Guide to help you avoid getting lost)』 is something that automatically creates a map of the area around the user’s current location mapping it out for them――A Parchment Relic. It is an extremely useful Relic that mainly saves the trouble of mapping when exploring Treasure Shrines, but even such a Relic does not have the power to display a 3D image.
So this is Code’s City System. How many times have I been surprised by it?
However, the 3D map doesn’t seem to be perfect. It looks like a map showing the entirety of Code, but for some reason, everything outside of a certain area, including my current location, is displayed in dark. The bright areas show people walking and even Spiders, but the dark areas don’t seem to show any information.
Hahaha Cry not understanding what is happening and only saying un, un, sodanee (that’s right) when everyone else is yelling.
And that you blink and you miss Sytry’s smile to make the Akasha fly back after getting close to Cry as if he was the one who knocked it back. Although the pause was 1 sec too long for my taste. Also cute Tino being cute after being yelled by Liz.
Haha I did not expect Sven saying pyoooon!
Argh Liz’s dem leg... My nose is bleeding...
But damn showing Talia right as Sytry is saying that she should settle things herself with the shadow on her face only makes me want to say, Run Talia ruuuun!
Even Noto is going crazy because he doesn’t understand Cry’s plan! Sasuga Cry!
Might be a little too early but too bad we didn’t have the inspector asking Cry to pass the Tear of the Truth Test. And we finally have an explanation about the South Isteria Prison incident! But I wonder what proof Gark found that made Sytry prove to be non-guilty... It is funny how during this scene Cry’s hair hides his eyes as if he knows that is not true.
Aaah poor Talia she didn’t deserve this and the shocking revelation that Sytry is Sofia. And it is funny how Sytry thinks that Cry purposely pushed all the Hunters to investigate so she can see the performance of her experiment.
Aaah nooo don’t cry Talia TT.TT... But that Sytry introduction card tho’ right as she reveals everything! Make her seem so evil.
Haha Sytry reaction to Noto’s attack is just a pout and Noto saying that her slime will destroy the world shows how crazy she can be.
Lol Flick doing the “Leave this to us and go” raising so much death flag. I didn’t expect Kilkill-kun voice to be like this. I forgot that it has the same voice as Pica in One Piece. Noto being super afraid of Kilkill-kun was really funny too And as expected, when Strange Grief put their mask on, they are so badass!
How did Malice Eater become Water in Cry’s mind XD
Post-credit scene, we have a new Hunter group arriving at the Imperial Capital! Who can they be!? Let’s go 3rd arc!
TL;DR
And this episode wraps up the 2nd arc. The episode was really nice, previous episode made you think that Sytry was one of the sane ones in Strange Grief but bam this episode shows how crazy she really is! Liz, Sven and Gark fight were also really cool. Despite being short the animation was really nice.
Although I understand the change in the Light novel for the story pacing and having Sytry’s evil revelation at the end, to be honest, I prefer the Web novel version because I like the fact that Sytry only came at the end and didn’t participate in the investigation. Also poor Talia did not have to suffer as she did in the light novel.
The web novel showed how the Clan member lived through the Infinite Trial without Sytry by their side. If I remember correctly Sven and Gark did beat the Slime by themselves. But got pissed at Cry because Sven think that Cry wanted him to split the investigation team into 2 so 1 team beat the slime while the other chased after Akasha’s Tower.
I also just went to Reddit and was curious about what people think about Sytry in Reddit and saw that a lot of people were shocked by how crazy she is. Also saw some theory about who Sofia was and one theory was that it was Sytry’s Slime. That was one theory I did not expect but I like it that would have been so funny if it was true.
We are now entering the final arc for this season! Let the Auction Arc begin!