CH.311 Protecting a city from a Dimensional Fissure

CH.311 Protecting a city from a Dimensional Fissure

Finally the day was here. Well, honestly I could deal without having to do this. I just hope everything goes relatively well and we can keep the city safe. On one hand, I feel like we should have warned them about what is coming, but on the other, I really rather not. Maybe if I was better known I could say something is about to happen, but I’m not there yet.

Now there was at least one problem. Of course. Our little invincibility barrier device. Alice actually made one just fine, that wasn’t the problem. It would even prevent those outside from hearing what happens inside, so it really is great to have.

The problem was that while the device could make the barrier, that barrier wasn’t very sturdy. As in, not sturdy enough to take the might of Exodia just existing inside of it, not to mention the booms coming from fighting against whatever pops out of that fissure. So to put it simply, we had no way of keeping the people from seeing the fight.

And it isn’t like I can just mind wipe everyone in an entire city. If it is just a handful of people, Mind Crush has proven itself as an effective way of destroying certain memories. But for an entire city, I’d need some sort of AOE version of Mind Crush. And while I probably could do that, it would take more than the time we have to test it, just to make sure it is safe. I don’t want to wipe out all the memories of every person in an entire city, just because it would be convenient.

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“Please take care of yourselves.” Lua said to us, as we were getting ready to leave.

“I’ll keep Brian safe. Promise.” Alice responded.

“... I’m more worried about you, you know.” Lua admitted. “Don’t go overboard.”

“... I’ll try not to.”

“I’ll keep her safe as well.” I reassured Lua. “We will both come back without a scratch. I’m honestly more worried about everyone else.”

“Master’s barriers are quite sturdy, so it should hold.” Agunan reminded me.

“Should being the opportune word. But I guess no pressure, right? We might only destroy a city with hundreds of thousands of people living in it.” I reminded everyone.

“Well, Oroco city itself actually only has about 120,000 residents.” Alice corrected my number. “And there should be no way the destruction will reach the Hero’s country, as that lake is between ground zero and the Hero’s country.”

Yeah. That is true. The Hero’s country is in the middle of a huge lake. Those bridges connecting the three kingdoms to the Hero’s country are each little over 10 km6.2 miles long. And with the city in between ground zero and the lake, the total distance from ground zero to the Hero’s country is just about 35 km21.7 miles.

So yeah. Alice is correct. We would really have to fuck up for the Hero’s county to be affected. But as I’ve said earlier, the wall of Oroco city is just 5 km3.1 miles away from ground zero. And then there are the slums and fields that are outside the city walls. And that could honestly cause some casualties to rise.

Well, at least we have all morning to hopefully warn people. I guess we could wait until tomorrow to pop open the fissure, but I don’t want to risk it opening up by itself.

“Alright. We need to get going, if we are going to be there on time.” I told everyone. “Please take care. Gradius.”

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Our flight over to Oroco city was about as uneventful as it can be. You can’t really look at sights, when our travel speed is mach 20. And because I fly in the upper atmosphere, no flying monsters fly that high, so there is no way we would run into any.

Oh, by the way. There is no real reason for me to fly that high. I don’t have worries like fuel efficiency or anything like that, which makes modern airlines fly high in the atmosphere. I do it because Gradius doesn’t have an invisibility device, so flying super high is a good way to make sure no one can actually see us. And even if they somehow spotted Gradius, with the speed we travel at, one blink and we would be gone, and they’d likely think it was just a figment of their imagination.

We arrived above Oroco city just a bit ahead of the scheduled time. I said we would be here at 10am, just so we would have the rest of the morning to give some warnings, before we pop open the fissure in the afternoon. But yeah, we were about 15 minutes early. Well, I’m sure they are still ready to accept us.

We descended quickly at first, but when we were at a height of about one kilometer, I slowed down our descent and began to keep a closer eye on the ground. Mainly the area which I think is the airship parking area. Thankfully I had a general idea on what they look like from the visit to the Hero’s country.

Finally, when we were only about 300 meters off the ground, I finally noticed some movement at the parking area. And then a pair of birdfolk, dressed in some sort of military uniform which seemed quite light, probably to not hinder their flight, flew up from the ground and headed for us. I kept up the slow descent, but I also opened the canopy, so we could make contact.

“... Excuse me, but would you be Lord Wood?” One of the winged-folk asked. Wait, were they birdfolk or winged-folk?

“Yes, I am. May I land?”

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“Thanks. That will hopefully make this easier.”

“Then what do you wish for me to do?” Lady Hunter asked.

“I want you to pull everyone inside the city walls. That includes the less fortunate ones that live outside. After that, you can just leave the rest to us.” I instructed her.

“That’s imp... How long do we have?”

“I don’t know the exact time, but likely at some point in the afternoon. Likely around the ... fourth bell.” Oh yeah. That is another thing I never talked about. Because most people in this world can’t tell the time, towns and cities use bells. There are six rings per day, from six in the morning to nine in the evening. So a ringing every three hours. So saying something happens around the fourth bell, means it will happen at right about 3 pm.

“... that isn’t a lot of time.”

“Well, blame Lord Oroco for allowing slums.”

“Are you blaming the Lord for this?”

“No. I’m blaming him for how he runs his city. What is happening now is entirely out of his control.” I corrected her. “But if this city had everyone living inside the walls, none of this would be necessary. I could have just put a barrier along the outer wall and we could have gone with that. But that isn’t the case, so...”

“... Alright. I get your point. Even if I don’t like it.” Lady Hunter said. “I shall get to work now. I’ll do my best to get everyone behind the wall. But are you sure you won’t need any help fighting... whatever it is that will appear?”

“No. You’d likely just get in the way. No bad feelings, please. It just is the truth.”

“... alright. But if that is a lie, I’ll challenge you to a duel later.”

“And at that time, I’ll gladly accept.”

After Alice and I left, I saw Lady Hunter flying somewhere. And soon a big bustle began near where I pointed on the map. She really must be working hard.

As for Alice and I, we were enjoying a good lunch at a local restaurant. We were able to come in just before the lunch rush, so we had good seats. The food was good, not amazing, but just good. A bit pricey, but I guess big city and all of that.

After lunch, we tried to head outside, but were stopped by the knights. They told us that no one was allowed outside the walls until tomorrow. Or at least that would have been the case, had Lady Hunter not spotted us and allowed us outside.

Once outside, I got out my carriage and we headed to ground zero. I also took Lady Janina’s dragon avatar out of Storage, so she could enter it whenever she wished. And by the time we had finished our inspection of ground zero, Lady Janina was here.

“I’ll be watching from the wall. If you need help, I’ll teleport my real body here and give you a hand.” Lady Janina told us.

“... you can do that?” I asked her.

“Since my soul is already here, it isn’t too difficult. But I do need a strong focus point.” She answered.

“Alright. We’ll also come to the wall for a second. I’ll introduce you to Lady Hunter, as she will also be there.”

“Thank you. I do hope this will be entertaining.” Lady Janina said. “If not, I might have to ask you to entertain me again.”

“... not here. I’ll come to the Coast for that.” I said, realizing what Lady Janina meant by ‘entertaining’ her. I can’t just summon multiple Gods here and have them fight her. Everyone would lose their minds.

And honestly speaking, I do kind of want to know if an infinite attack Obelisk the Tormentor can punch out Lady Janina. And what about the Wicked Gods? Could they match up to her? Well, let’s worry about that another time. Now, we have a fissure to close.

... well, first I have to open one. Then close it.