I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 138
Sorry for late update. Been go and forth from home to hospital for several days.
5-21. Start of Action
Leaving Irza’s shop, we decided to first secure other supplies along the way to the Potodera Dungeon.
Since the angels were always being watched by Ouren, we should know immediately if something happens.
However, it would be wise to leave this place before they start to move.
We purchased simple food supplies along the way and packed them into magic bags.
Once the preparations were complete, we headed towards the gate.
Amariaz, who had been checking the surroundings, whispered, “Ouren-san, any movement from the angels?”
“They’ve been in the church the whole time. There are six of them. There are about twenty humans. Looks like they’ve finished unloading the carriage already.”
“Do you know what’s inside?”
“I can see, but I don’t know what it is. I can tell it’s something hard, though.”
Ouren’s reconnaissance skill seems to be called “Mist Manipulation” It allows him to grasp the terrain of places covered by mist or fog. He can see anything, anywhere within that mist, as long as he can touch the mist. He described it as being like sonar, but it wasn’t clear what that meant.
However, there seems to be a drawback: he can only perceive things in black and white. It lacks color perception and can only understand shapes. Furthermore, he’s not “seeing” but merely grasping, so it’s a skill that relies on imagination to some extent. It seems to be slightly different from Amariaz’s “Spatial Awareness.”
But thanks to Ouren’s “Mist Manipulation” he can scout from afar as long as they have enough magical power. While using such a skill continuously would normally be impossible for several hours, since the magical power consumption increases as they spread the mist or fog, continuously monitoring the distant church is quite challenging.
But thanks to this, he can understand the movements of the angels to some extent. Being able to take the initiative at all times, Ouren’s current skill is very helpful. If the enemy isn’t moving, we should be able to go and release Lize’s seal without being disturbed.
“Is everything okay with the Potodera Dungeon? Is Lize still there?”
“Yeah, that’s fine. There are no angels inside or outside the dungeon. It seems like a few people are trying to conquer the dungeon, but they’re only stripping materials without advancing further. They don’t seem to be under the angels’ influence.”
“In that case, we shouldn’t waste any time.”
Saying so, Amariaz quickened his pace. Following suit, everyone else also picked up their pace.
If we could go to the dungeon without any trouble, there would be nothing to say. While praying that no problems would arise, we managed to reach the gate. Since it was a prosperous city, we had to wait in line, which felt agonizingly long.
…
At that moment, Ouren’s expression clouded. He turned back to glare at the church, on high alert.
A sense of foreboding washed over him. It seemed that Amariaz and mom shared the same feeling, as they became even more vigilant.
“Ouren-san…?”
“That bastard… Is he planning to attack indiscriminately?”
“Huh?”
As soon as he muttered that, Ouren crouched down and placed their hand on the ground.
” ? Golem? .”
As he stood up and raised his hand, clumps of dirt rose up. His duplicate appeared immediately, wielding a weapon and running.
“What’s happening!?”
“Those damn angels have bombs with them. All the ones inside those wooden boxes are bombs.”
“Are those really bombs…?”
While tilting his head, Amariaz spoke. Since Ouren seemed to have seen something resembling a bomb, he probably wasn’t mistaken. But what Amariaz was concerned about was whether those were just ordinary bombs or not.
The fear we had harbored crossed our mind.
The angels possess the technological expertise of magical tools created by a person named Thekil. I had seen that armor, and it was certainly not ordinary. It could withstand attacks from Oni, so it should have considerable strength.
If they used that technological prowess to create bombs, they would have unparalleled destructive power.
“Ouren-san, could you tell us more about those bombs?”
“I’m sending golem to see them now. I can share my vision with it. Just wait a little longer.”
“It’s okay if you just know what you can.”
“…Alright.”
He probably realized there was no time to leisurely relax. Without making a bitter face, Ouren mentioned the features he already knew.
“It’s rectangular. There’s a tube inside it, and something like a detonator. I’m no expert on magical tools, so I can’t say for sure, but the circuits? It seems like they’re spread all over the surface.”
“Are all the surfaces covered by magical circuits…?”
“A bomb where the entire surface is covered by magical circuits… that’s what it means, right?”
Everyone froze at my mother’s words.
The processing of magical circuits covering the entire surface of just one bomb.
As the complexity of the circuits incorporated increases, so does their size.
If they only needed to remotely detonate the bomb, they could just place the circuits on the smallest surface. Mom knew that.
“Isn’t that bad?”
“Hurry up, Ouren-san, and go see that bomb!!”
“I’m sending it right now, so wait… Alright, I can see it!”
Closing his eyes, Ouren shared his vision.
What he saw was a rectangular bomb with red lines running around it in a black case.
“Red?”
He recalled the magical tool we had seen at Irza’s shop, which accumulated magic. After extracting about twenty thousand of his own magic, the color changed from “pale blue” to “red.”
If we could discern the amount of magic stored by color…
Could it be that an enormous amount of magic was stored in that bomb?
” ?Water Barrier? !”
The moment Ouren created the barrier, the bomb exploded.