Chapter 319

In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 319: Consideration, and the Soldat .

Iya-, that was a good meal . I havnt ate anything decent in three days, after all . As expected, I cant possibly go for stuff like bugs or frogs .

After chomping down on a huge amount of food I took out from [Storage] like dragon meat skewers and what not, Dr . Elka had finally calmed down . She ate about as much as Yae Well, I guess its fine .

And, why is Touya-kun in a place like this? Im saved thanks to that but

I was looking for you, to ask you something .

Me? Then, is it something related to golems?

Well, thats part of it but I wonder where I should even start from . First, take a look at this .

I took out the newspaper I bought earlier, and pointed to the article regarding the variants attack .

While Dr . Elka read the article I pointed out, Fenrir also looked at it from the side . That wolf golem can even read letters, cant he

I see, the golden monster that was becoming a hot topic recently . And?

Thats a dependant born from an evil god . The advance guard of the evil gods forces, which are appearing in this world in the name of conquest . Eventually, they would begin to appear all over the world, and cause havoc . The entire world is in danger .

Is your head ok? Should I introduce you to a good doctor?

Dr . Elka looked at me while shifting her thick glasses as if looking at a pitiful child . Even Fenrir next to her is looking at me with similar eyes .

No, I know that I sounded like a suspicious priest or a sham fortune-teller just now too, ok!?

I need to explain in more details in order to solve this misunderstanding .

Im actually a king from a world different to this one . (Note: *facepalm*)

Ahh, its already too late

Its a tragedy that he looks normal on the outside

Its not like that! Stop looking at me with sad expressions!!

After that, it took me several hours to explain everything to them . Words sure are troublesome

I see, I see . Invaders that came from another world and a different world next to our own, huh . Well, its not something impossible in theory . Otherwise itd be impossible to explain the ability of Noir .

Noir?

The [Black] of the [Crown] series . It controls the gear of time and the gate of dimensions . Its capable of pulling a desired object in from a parallel world . I never expected there to be a person from that very world in front of me

The [Crown] again, huh . That [Black Crown] seems to be capable of wielding spacetime magic . Perhaps, the thing Elder Palerius met 5000 years ago is that [Crown]

Still, its something hard to believe, to say the least . You cant expect me to go oh, is that so upon hearing someone telling me hes from another world . Could be a new kind of fraud or something .

If its actually a fraud, its one thought up by someone pretty stupid, honestly .

How rude, these two Well, I understand how they feel . Even I myself felt that what I just said sounds fishy as hell . For them to believe me, I guess

The existence of the Phrase would be proof beyond all doubts, but fortunately, or unfortunately for me right now, this world hasnt been attacked by the Phrase yet . Theres not enough material for them to believe in me . It might also have ended with them thinking that the Phrase was some kind of new magic beast .

For now, should I just forcibly drag her to the Surface World in order for her to completely believe my words?

Ah .

Then, Ill show you something that absolutely doesnt exist in this world .

Absolutely doesnt exist?

I opened [Storage] before Dr . Elka whos tilting her head, and brought Reginleiv which was stored inside out . My beloved machine landed on the ground with a loud thud .

Fuaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!?

Fuooooooooooooo-!?

One person and one wolf solidified on the spot while looking up at the crystal armor-covered giant soldier, their eyes opened wide and their mouth hanging loose .

This is a Frame Gear . Its a mechanical soldier born to protect the world from the Phrase The invaders from another world .

Frame Gear? Is it not a golem?

Wrong . Different from golems, Frame Gears dont have their own consciousness . Theyre something that moves when a person rides in them after all .

A frame without its own thoughts, huh . Yeah, you cant call those golems . Theyre more like weapons or tools .

Well, we still hold attachments for them like a trusty partner, unlike regular tools . I believe thats something they have in common with the golems of this world .

As a sort of demonstration, I got into Reginleiv and did some simple manoeuvres while flying for the two to see . I kind of got into it, and even showed the Fragarach to them .

When I looked at the ground from the monitor within Reginleiv, the figure of one person and one wolf who had solidified again while looking towards the sky was shown . Seems like I was successful in surprising them .

Upon returning to the ground and getting out of the Reginleivs cockpit, Dr . Elka started dashing full-speed towards me .

Gimme that!

No .

Upon promptly slicing her hope in half, Dr . Elka crumbled down on the spot with a face that looked as if the worlds ending . Like Id give it to you that easily .

She was throwing a tantrum like a little kid wanting a toy for a while, but after Fenrir chewed on her butt a little, I managed to regain the calm atmosphere that was here before . Shes still mumbling something under her breath, however .

For the moment, since it seemed like they finally believed me, I put Reginleiv back into [Storage] and started talking again .

The matter at hand was, in the case that the variants appear en masse in this world, whether it has any good methods to deal with that .

It seems to be an opponent that can be defeated using several strong golems, but it might be tough . Theres a rank within golems as well, and there are ones that have basically no fighting power, after all .

Well, thats true . That crab bus at Sancho-sans place is probably something used exclusively for movement . Its quite obviously not something you use for combat . I dont think our three [Etoile] golems are combat-oriented, either .

Master, what about those military-use golems? If its them, they wont lose at least in terms of numbers .

Numbers, eh? However, if the quality is too low that still wouldnt work in this case, would it? Since if they arent completely defeated, it would be the same as leaving them alone .

Military-use golems?

I interjected between the two of them upon hearing a term fresh to my ears .

In general, one person can only own one golem . Thats due to the fact that if one person tries to control several golems at once, a jamming effect may occur; but military-use golems Or Soldats, as we call them; they do not have that restriction . So one person can control several golems at once in that case .

Those military-use golems[Soldats]seem to be able to move with coordination in a small corps under a leader golem, a [Sargent] . (Note: the phonetics here didnt sound exactly like sergeant, so thats the one I decided on . )

So that means, if a golem user makes a contract with a Sargent golem, he would be able to control the Soldats under it as well .

I see, since he would technically be controlling one golem, there wouldnt be jamming effects happening . However

All of the Soldats are Factory golems . Which means they dont have Golem Skills . Furthermore, the number of golems a person can control depends on the individual . I think a good average would be 5 for one person? And they also have the weakness of the Soldats stopping their functions if the Sargent that is their leader is taken out .

Err Which means?

A single Legacy might be better in comparison . Depending on the situation, that is .

(Note: a reminder for those of you who dont remember: for the golems of this world, Factory means a golem made by modern technologies and doesnt hold a skill, while Legacy means a golem made by the old civilizations in this world and often holds a special skill . )

Umumu . So basically, is it like this? Either have a person who controls a strong golem with a power of 10, or have a person who controls five weak golems with a power of 2 each?

Well, it definitely does depend somewhat on the situation

But Ive made a contract with 3 Legacy golems, you know? Im pretty sure Ive never felt anything like the jamming effect you described

Legacies? Are they perhaps part of the same series?

Yea, theyre three golems from the [Etoile] series .

Isnt it hard to gather Legacies from the same series? Most of them are golems whose makers cant be found after all . Its true that in that case, there may be no jamming effect, but its unrealistic to have multiple Legacies of the same series .

Right, the three of them were left-overs due to the fact that they couldnt start up . Otherwise, rare Legacies like them would be sold in an instant .

In conclusion, I suppose that if a situation where the variants you spoke of attacked this world in large numbers were to happen, wed have no methods to resist them .

As I feared . Even if the [Crown] series are strong, theres a limit to the numbers they can handle; and they have costs that accompany their strengths as well .

For the other Legacies, they might be able to handle a lower-class variant, but if its against a middle-class, not to mention an upper-class, theyd lose in a heartbeat .

I guess the best option would be to have Frame Gears stationed permanently over here, and create an organization that hunts down the variants based on them .

At worst, I might have to rely on Nia and the gang from the [Red Cats], it seems

Well then, I have one question Or rather, a request from my side too .

What is it? If its the Frame Gear, youre not having it .

Cheh .

Dont click your tongue, damn it .

While I do have a personal interest in that, well, we can leave that aside for the moment . You did say that youre a king in that other world, right?

Well, tentatively .

Which means you would have more of those Frame Gears, and the authority to move them around freely?

Rather than authority I do have several hundreds of them, but rather than my authority as king theyre all my personal belongings . No one else in the world has them anyway .

No, wait, I handed that one Dragoon to Ende, didnt I .

The Frame Gears are, until the end, my personal belongings rather than equipment belonging to Brunhild . Im not using a single bit of the countrys money on their development or production costs, too . All the money came from my personal pockets, which is filled through the various trading deals Ive made with Olba-san like the beigoma or baseball equipment .

The request I have, is for you to lend that power to a small country Im acquainted with located further up north from here .

Lend them my power?

Currently, that country is being invaded by a neighboring country and is in quite the pickle, you see . So I was wondering if you can stop that invasion somehow .

The name of the small country is [Primula], and the invading country is the [Trihalan God- Empire], huh . Lets see, searching There .

I projected the map from the smartphone into the air . The map is reversed so its a bit hard to tell, but Primula seems to be a part of Xenoas back in the Surface World . And the invaders are basically Yulong

Theyre similar, huh, the people who live in this region both in the Surface and the Reverse

World . Yulong also had that war against Hanock in the past .

By the way, what kind of country is this [Trihalan God-Empire]?

Its a hardcore authoritarian country with an emperor at the top, but hes basically a figurehead . The real power of the empire lies with the empires senate . Its that senate that ordered the invasion this time, too .

Even the national structure feels similar to Yulong . The Heavenly Empire and the God-Empire

Trihalan God-Empire is one of the countries that employs the Soldats mentioned earlier in its armies . If its the number of military-use golems it possesses, its said that the God-Empire is behind only Garudio Empire and Magicraft Kingdom Eisengard .

Well, the countries that are using [Soldat] in their armies are almost nonexistent besides those three, anyway .

Doesnt that make it the weakest basically? Well, thats how much a standard of partnerships is normal for using golems in this world, I suppose .

Still, intervening in a war, huh? Based on past experiences, nothing good will come out of this Well, I dont have to worry about my position over in this world, which is a good thing .

To be honest, I feel that I shouldnt butt in recklessly without knowing the background for this war . Im fine if its just to the degree of stopping the war, but without hearing the details

Thats fine . You can make your decision after meeting the Primula King and hearing the details from him . You dont have much time, however . Apparently fighting has already started between the Primula Knight Order and the God-Kingdom Army .

If thats the case, Ive gotta hurry . Id like to avoid the situation where the casualties increased because I was taking my time . Even if this is a different world from my own .

Well then, lets hurry . [Levitation] .

Nyaa!?

Oou!?

One person and one wolf started floating up from the ground slightly due to levitation magic .

Were going to be flying in the sky next, so try not to move around too much . Its not dangerous, but it might get a little scary so you might want to close your eyes .

Fly!? Wai-

Without waiting for them to finish, I brought Elka and Fenrir up several thousand meters into the air in one go using [Fly] .

I should be able to reach the destination in a few minutes from here .

Funguuuuuuuuuuuu-!?

I looked towards my passengers before accelerating towards Primula Kingdom, and they were making pained faces for some reason . Oh, right, I forgot to make barriers for them, too . (Note: this guy is gonna get himself killed sooner or later . Except I dont think anyone can kill him anymore)

Its troublesome to do all that, so I just made a [Prison] around the two that protected them from the wind or any kind of sudden shocks, among other things . Ive set the oxygen density within to be the same as on the ground, for the moment .

Alright, with this its fine even if I raise the speed all the way .

Dr . Elka seems to be shouting something at me from within the [Prison], but Ill hear her out later .

If I fly at full strength with this, itll be less than 5 minutes to the kingdom .

While leaving behind shockwaves from breaking the sound barrier, we travelled towards Primula Kingdom .