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25 - Meanwhile, in A Empire (3)

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The Adventurer's Guild of A Empire, has already received a lot of media coverage.
At the tavern there, A-rank adventurers were drinking and screaming in broad daylight.

“Damn it! It turned out like this because the supporters weren't there!! What the hell!”

They weren't stupid either.
Just like the former A-rank hero girl who was demoted, they perform dungeon investigation while leaving the collection of items to supporters, because of that, they can fight comfortably without their luggage getting in the way.
It was a twisted way of seeing it, but it was not a mistake.

They are tasked to collect the King Golem's Shards, which are the key building material for the giant [Wall] that will surround the country.
Far from fulfilling it, the worst thing happened, a [Stampede]. In an S-rank dungeon even.
For some reason, they didn't work well together. The A-rank adventurers were driven into a corner――and eventually were forced to withdraw. Among them, there are adventurers who still repeat their grumble.

“No matter how much supporters disappeared... something was wrong. We were fighting as usual... even if the over-buffing supporter disappeared, we didn't lose our senses… why did that happen?”

For the moment, they attribute the quest failure to the absence of supporters.
But, they didn’t sue the upper management for it.
No, they couldn't even sue.
The guild is already under the jurisdiction of the country. They weren't someone they could easily sue, and they knew there were rumors that an adventurer who sued them about the lack of supporters had been demoted, so they couldn't do anything about it.

There were many adventurers who ridiculed the hero girl in question, but.
In this situation, let alone blaming her. They are nervous about not becoming like her.
They said that if you complain to the country, even if you’re an A-rank, you will be demoted.

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“The plan is going well, huh.”

No one could have imagined that this was all a development they were aiming for.
Even that Josiah would find that unexpected.

A castle located in the center of A Empire.
That’s where the upper management people are.
The King and Queen of A Empire. A beautiful blonde girl named [Anatolia], the daughter born to them.
A man dressed as a researcher inside the glamorous castle speaks.

“At first, we spread magic tools in which artificial circuits were applied in a way that they could be used by people of any magic type… but now, we are redistributing magic tools that match the user’s magic type. Its effectiveness is spreading.”

Simply put, if you give magic tools that exclusively handle fire magic to people who use fire magic, they won’t have any problem operating them.
The main cause of the spontaneous discharge of magic tools was that various people poured in various magic powers causing the processing to not be able to keep up… that’s the theory.
First, they make mistakes, then they spread simple solutions.
The next step is to use magic tools to support the adventurers.

“Magic tools that utilize the characteristics of monsters for safe forward mapping. Magic tools for transportation.These have already been implemented and operated. People are starting to recognize their usefulness.”

Many adventurers are reluctantly using magic tools to transport their quota of golem shards they collected. Seeing that sight, what would the people who are increasingly recognizing the usefulness of magic tools think?
The white-haired, white-bearded king nodded, saying, “I see”.

“How is the development of magic weapons for the [Stampede] going?”

“Yes sir!. It's almost finished. Let us show it to those exhausted people of B Republic.”

The queen, who was by the king's side, said in a tone of voice that surely indicated a smile even though she was covering her mouth with a fan.

“The greatest waste in this world, [Adventurers]. The day will soon come when they will be eradicated.”

Yes, their objective is to eradicate adventurers.
They regard adventurers as the biggest waste.
They think all dungeons should be dealt with safely with magic tools, and those who are doing as they please as adventurers should be taken into the country’s knights' order or other manual labors.

Only one person. Anatolia says one thing.

“Um... I heard that a mysterious plague is spreading in the lower classes.”

Immediately, other upper management responded.

“Rest assured. The purification process for the upper class is perfect. The plague itself is under control. There is nothing to worry about.”

“I, see…”

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The girl with red hair and twin tails who left A Empire was once a Hero.
Her facial muscles do not move one bit, and she seems calm, but this was after she offered a large amount of gold coins, which she had raised by selling her equipment and other items, as departure money. She sighs at the sound of the heavy doors of A Empire closing behind her.

There are thick, black clouds spreading in the sky above, but they are not a type of weather, but a sign of [Poisonous Rain] that occurs when monster toxins mix with the magical essence of the wind in the sky.

“The worst.”

Those were the words the girl finally uttered.

“They didn’t even notice that Senpai was gone… What stupid people.”

The [Senpai] that the girl was talking about was the kind of person who adds a few words here and there, and casually provides instant support… he is an eccentric adventurer in this different world.
The attitude of [Senpai] who is pointing out this and that in the dungeon seemed to irritate the other adventurers, resulting in many malicious gossips, saying, “Even though he has a light element, he is saying too much, it’s unpleasant.”

Among them, the girl unusually trusts him.
She owed a debt of gratitude to her [Senpai] when he saved her, but when she told him about it, he didn't seem to remember it.
Nevertheless, the girl left the country to chase after her [Senpai].
Guessing from rumors and various information, it seems that he had completed his departure formalities quite some time ago.

“I can't believe you didn't tell me you left the country or that you would… haa”

That’s so like Senpai though.
The girl blurts this out as she leaves A Empire, and suddenly notices a strange transportation magic tool rushing along.
It was heading towards E Kingdom with a large amount of discarded magic tools on board.

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