FVN Chapter 375: The Five Continents’ Alliance meeting (4)
Chapter 375: The Five Continents’ Alliance meeting (4)
chapter 375: the five continents' alliance meeting (4)
allen decided to announce that latash's princess leirana was helping in allen's army base near the academy.
"is that true?"
"th-that's..."
latash's king was overprotective of his daughter, so he made sure she went to school together with the children of his close friends and aides.
but then he received a headache-inducing report from those aides.
apparently all of their kids had started living in allen's army's base there.
and they were all going to the dungeons as well.
"so it is true, then. i see, now i understand why you've kept their existence secret all this time."
giamut's emperor spoke like he had seen through inbuel's plans.
he believed that the moment inbuel learned of allen's party's strength, he quickly concealed them.
and then started building an army with them to fortify his own kingdom.
the emperor thought that while everyone was busy fighting the demon king's army, inbuel was trying to strengthen himself in secret.
(hm? ahh, this is probably the best time to announce that then.)
allen heard the emperor's voice echoing through the meeting room with the magic device, and realized there were still some misconceptions about allen's army he needed to dispel.
"please excuse my intrusion again, but i feel like you might have some misconceptions about allen's army."
"what?"
allen had just interrupted the emperor of the large giamut empire.
but he had been called to that meeting for no other reason than to investigate what he hoped to achieve by forming an army with 5000 thousand men.
"first off, it's true that allen's army has a friendly relationship with latash."
"hm? yes, and so?"
it was time for allen to announce specifically what kind of relationship he had with latash.
everyone already knew allen's army and latash had to be on good terms if princess leirana was also staying and working in one of his bases.
"but i'm not a subordinate of king inbuel, nor plan on being attached to the five continents' alliance."
"what was that?"
the emperor asked, looking at allen with suspicion.
latash's king felt like that was a very allen-like response, showing little reaction to him saying he was not the king's subordinate.
the king felt like he had a decent grasp of allen's personality, hearing from him in the academy, or the time he disguised himself as a servant during a dinner party, and after the audiences he had with him.
that all lined up with the description guild master mccarran had given of allen as well.
allen had a strongly independent personality and way of thinking.
in fact, the king was mostly interested in the fact that allen had claimed they had a friendly relationship.
"allen's army will be an independent organization, and will fight the demon king's army. i hope the five continents' alliance will refrain from attempting to willfully involucrate us in their next strategies or missions."
"so you're saying you'll just do your own thing?"
"precisely. we have no reason to follow any orders from you."
(seriously, don't try bossing us around.)
"th-that can't-"
in this world, there were only two organizations outside the alliance's control.
elmea's church and the adventurers' guild.
both helped in their own way, and everyone benefited from their work, so they could remain independent.
in a way, allen was trying to stand in the same position as those two organizations.
the emperor was still on his feet, and he turned to look at rosenheim's queen.
she was the one who made allen her chief of staff, and he was fully aware of that.
he wanted to know if she really was okay with letting her chief of staff do his own thing like that, but she remained calm.
"allen said he wants to fight the demon king's army on his own, but he didn't say he won't do anything to help us either."
"also, talk to galara and the magic engineering minister later. i'm planning on sending some golem drivers and magic engineers to support you. you'll get a hundred of each."
baukis had already decided what to do about allen's army.
now baukis' emperor hoped allen would be pleased with his decision.
"that will be a great help, emperor."
(oh? he'll give me golem drivers on top of magic engineers then?)
different talents allowed the control of various golems:
-magic rock cadet allowed the use of bronze golems
-magic rock soldier allowed the use of iron golems
-magic rock general allowed the use of mithril golems
-magic rock king allowed the use of hihiirokane golems
the talents related to magic engineering allowing the repair, design, and control of magic devices:
-magic worker for household devices and lamps
-magic engineer for magic ships and communication devices
-magic professor for industrial and citywide cleaning devices
the number of stars of each talent also determined the size of devices for each of them.
there were all sorts of magic devices, some were small home appliances, while others could affect entire countries.
some of the smallest and easiest ones like buttons could be operated by anyone, even without a talent.
allen had been looking for a magic engineer to take a look at the device keeping heavy user island afloat.
considering its size, a magic professor would have the best chances at operating it.
"with that said, i'll be looking forward to even more sets in the future."
baukis' emperor was planning on having around twenty more people gaining the magic rock king talent,
he wanted to obtain more stone slabs when that happened.
"of course, they'll be ready soon enough."
(i kinda already have them though.)
allen said he would gather them as soon as possible with an air of importance.
kiel knew they already had such items, but allen glared at him, telling him to not even hint at that truth.
meanwhile giamut's emperor realized everyone was going to allen's side.
latash, rosenheim, and even baukis were supportive of allen's army now.
not to mention all the smaller countries that were overrun by monsters and had no way of fighting back, all of them would easily support allen's army as well.
that made him finally understand why allen had shown up.
"wait, why are you looking at me like that? i told you everything about him i could, okay?"
"i'll have a word with you later, helmios."
helmios realized the emperor was slowly shifting blame to him, so he quickly came up with an excuse.
the emperor felt like allen would not have been able to run so many laps around him if only helmios had told him more.
"so, is this everything you wanted to say about allen's army?"
the beast king had only grumbled from time to time so far, and now he wanted to know if they could finally move on from talking about allen's army.
"yes, that is all. thank you very much for lending me shea and your beastmen."
(that's all i had to say.)
the beast king had barely taken part in the conversation, so allen only had the chance to thank him for her daughter shea and the 2000 beastmen now.
"huh? what are you babbling about now? i never agreed to that, don't try playing games with me. shea, the conversation is over so time for you to return home."
the beast king glared at allen and spoke with a growling voice, he was clearly displeased.
"wha-?! father, no, beast king. i've decided with my own will to join allen's army."
"what are you trying to say? that doesn't matter, i'll take you back by force if i need to. i'm the beast king, muza von albahar, when did i ever give you permission to decide things on your own?"
the beast king was against shea's inclusion in allen's army.