In Another World With My Smartphone: Volume 31 (eBook)

Patora Fuyuhara (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-1060-5 (ISBN)

Infos

At long last, the final battle with the wicked devout begins! But before Touya and his family can launch an attack on the Isengard base, armies of Kyklops and new half-animal, half-machine creations suddenly appear across the continent. Vortexes suck up the souls of the dead at each of the battlefields, but what is their intended purpose? With all the crown skills at Gould's disposal, is it truly possible to take him down? What was the true fate of Chrom Ranchesse's family? Will Touya's children ever be able to return home? The end of the conflict fast approaches in this tale of love, loss, and the traversal of time!

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Chapter I: The Maestro’s Miscalculation

“The large lake in the northern part of Isengard was made from the wicked god’s thorn when the worlds fused, but...look here,” Doc Babylon said as she magnified the monitor in the lab.

“Is that a fortress...?”

The image wasn’t clear, but it definitely looked like there was a stronghold to protect from outside attacks built in the middle of the red lake. The most surprising part was that the fortress was shaded by trees—or, no, it was made out of trees. Tree roots tangled together in the vibrant red water, turning the scenery into that of the insides of a living being.

The tree looked slightly red itself, perhaps because it was absorbing the water of the lake... Either way, it was one hell of a creepy construct. There was some pyramid-looking device in the center with a glowing halo above it.

“It almost looks like an altar. Don’t tell me they’re actually trying to revive the wicked god...”

“That fortress is an issue, but the thing over here looks pretty bad too.”

When the camera moved toward the shore of the lake, I saw a bunch of small sesame seed-looking objects lined up.

The hell is this?

What I saw on the blurry screen when the camera zoomed in was a whole army of machine soldiers with all kinds of different animal heads—dogs, birds, even crocodiles. In fact, maybe calling them mechimera soldiers would be more accurate, what with the way it looked like flesh and machine were fused together on them. They were akin to mechanized beastkin, or Egyptian deities mixed with heavy sci-fi elements. I watched a movie like that with my grandpa once ages ago.

Those mechimera soldiers were lined up, wielding spears and swords and staves. It wasn’t a small army either; there had to be at least several hundred thousand of them. They were all arranged into neat rows, not moving a metal muscle. Just looking at them made me feel uneasy. It looked like they were waiting for the order to sortie...

“Huh?”

A sudden light flashed from the fortress at the edge of the screen, then the monitor went black.

“Guess they shot down the drone,” Doc Babylon sighed. “I thought they wouldn’t notice us, but it seems they’re on high alert already.”

“The footage looked pretty staticky.”

“The mana seems to be fairly depleted over there, so it would’ve affected the camera. I imagine you’d struggle to use spirit magic in the area. I wonder if that ‘sinister vortex’ the spirits were talking about is located there?”

Not that I was an expert, but could there have been something like a black hole absorbing all the mana in the area? It was definitely the fallen god’s power that was leaving the spirits so frightened, but...

We just need to get this info out to our allies for now.

I immediately sent out a proposal for an emergency summit to the leaders of each country in the alliance.

◇◇◇

“That fortress might have been made using a crown skill. My crown, Grand Grun, has a similar function.”

The meeting commenced a few days later. The one to begin the discussion was King Ervin of the Kingdom of Rhea, an island nation of elves in the north of the western continent. The green crown that he was contracted with had an ability known as Vegetative Dominion. It was an insane skill that allowed it to control not just vegetation, but even processed wood. Unfortunately, it came with the price of its master entering an extreme state of starvation. If they weren’t careful, he could end up unable to eat and then die.

“Were I to attempt to make a fortress of such size, I would no doubt be unable to eat for at least half a year.”

“The gold crown that they have over there can act as a substitute. It does seem like they have their own limits, though.”

Their gold crown, Gould, was equipped with a frame made out of Gluttony and Orichalcum Slimes that took the price of the skill in its master’s place. The thousands of little Slimes used to construct him probably died in the process, but the most Gould himself would feel was some slight damage to his parts.

According to Doc Babylon, Orichalcum Slimes weren’t exactly easy to make, so it wouldn’t be feasible to keep swapping out the sacrificial parts in quick succession—that was our one consolation.

“Are you trying to say their gold crown can use other crown skills?” Her Majesty the Queen of Strain voiced what everyone else had been thinking.

It was only speculation, but the answer to her question was likely yes. We saw Gould use the black crown’s Reverse skill. Noir himself confirmed that it was his crown skill, so there was no mistake. It was a skill that allowed its user to turn back the time of a designated object. It couldn’t be used on living creatures, but that didn’t make it any weaker.

Apparently, if Noir were to use Reverse, Norn—his master—would regress about half a year in age. The price was such that using it too many times would de-age her all the way to a fetus...at which point she would die.

Gould had used several Orichalcum Slime feathers to pay the price. While he wouldn’t have an endless supply of them, it was undeniably a threat.

Hang on. If Gould can use other crown skills...

I turned to the king of Panaches, who was sitting diagonally to my right. He seemed to have come to the same conclusion I had, color draining from his face.

“You don’t mean...he can use Blau’s Spatial Distortion?!” he cried out.

“Shit!”

Thinking of Blau’s teleportation skill working alongside the army of mechimera soldiers that appeared to be waiting for orders made the puzzle pieces click into place. We’d been naive in thinking that the death of the teleporting wicked devout meant we didn’t have to fear any more sudden assaults.

Are you an absolute buffoon, Touya?! Gould literally used Spatial Distortion to escape right in front of us!

Blau’s master, Robert, could only teleport a handful of people due to the cost, but Gould wouldn’t have any restrictions like that!

“Run search! Location of mechimera soldiers across the world!”

“Searching... Search complete. Displaying results.”

Red pins dropped down all over the digital map I had displayed in the meeting room.

We’re too late!

They were currently in five countries: the Kingdom of Rephan, the Gardio Empire, Dauburn, the Regulus Empire, and the Demon Kingdom of Xenoahs. The leaders of each country confirmed that the areas under attack were far from their capitals, but they were still near major towns and cities. Did they target those areas because they wanted to slow down the spread of information...or was there some other special reason?

“Warning: New matches have appeared. Displaying.”

“What?!”

Further red pins were added to the map.

That’s...!

“Here too?! Damn it! [Prison]!”

The second I realized that the pins had dropped on Brunhild, I released a [Prison] with me at the center, covering the whole castle town. I made sure humans and demi-humans were able to pass through—animals too for any pets people had. The strength of a [Prison] barrier dropped the larger the range, but even one of this size still had the strength of [Iron Wall].

“I’ll open a [Gate] for each of you so you can all return home! Those of you in areas under attack need to put out the order to your armies immediately! I’ll head over once I’ve cleaned up here!”

I opened up a personal [Gate] for each visitor, all of them quickly but calmly stepping through it.

“[Teleport]!”

Once everyone had left the meeting room, I teleported straight to the highway leading into Brunhild, arriving just as the mechimera soldiers were swarming through a round distortion in space. There was already a massive army of tens of thousands of them gathered.

There was no mistaking it—Spatial Distortion was absolutely being used.

Talk about cutting it close! If I’d noticed even a few minutes later, the town would’ve been under attack already!

If they’d managed to make it that far, civilian injuries would’ve been unavoidable, not to mention casualties.

“Target lock: Cast [Shining Javelin] on the mechimera soldiers at the front.”

“Locking on. Activating [Shining Javelin].”

Several small magic circles materialized in the air before raining down lightning spears. And yet, even when pierced, the mechimera soldiers remained unaffected; they continued their march right toward Brunhild.

“Magic is ineffective? Then let’s try this: Come forth, Ice! Grand Frozen Mass: [Ice Rock]!”

After summoning a truck-sized block of ice above the fusion soldiers, I slammed it right down on top of them. Several of the soldiers were squashed. At least physical attacks seemed to work.

Should I take them all down at once with Meteor Rain? No, wait, then I risk completely altering the terrain. It’s a pain, but guess I’ll just have to take them down one by one!

“Knights of Brunhild, advance! Protect the citizens from...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.11.2025
• Reihe/Serie: In Another World With My Smartphone
• Illustrationen: Eiji Usatsuka
• Übersetzer: okaykei
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Comedy • Fantasy • Isekai • Light Novel • Magic • op power • Smartphone
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-1060-9 / 1718310609
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-1060-5 / 9781718310605