In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 394: Interception Preparations, and the Ruler-classes.

Im lending two Knight Barons and eighteen Chevaliers, a total of twenty Frame Gears to each participating country.

The countries participating are almost every country in the Surface World The Eastern Continent. Excluding Brunhild, the total count is at 18 countries. (The tribes of the Great Sea of Trees arent included. They take pride in fighting with their own bodies, and as such they wouldnt ride in Frame Gears.)

With twenty Frame Gears given to each of the eighteen countries for a total of 360 frames, plus 50 being deployed by Brunhild, and my Reginleiv as well as Yumina and the others nine Valkyrias, our total force against the variants add up to 420 Frame Gears.

During the grand invasion of Yulong, our side had 200 Frame Gears. This time, we have more than twice that number, as well as our new models. We should be in the advantage this time, but our opponents for this round are variants instead of Phrases. We cannot take it lightly.

And besides these, we also have Norn and Nias Over Gears, and Ive also dragged Endes Dragoon forcefully into the lineup.

The preparations of our force are perfect. The problem left

So the appearance location really is out at sea

Professor Babylon folded her arms as she looked at the map being shown on a monitor in the [Laboratory].

Hows the waterproof measures for the Frame Gears?

For Touya-kuns Reginleiv, those girls Valkyrias, and The two Over Gears, and Ende-kuns Dragoon; those ones are fine. Therell be no water leakage even if you dive completely into the sea. Your movements will become dull, though. However, other Frame Gears are a bit dangerous since their cockpits arent the sealed type. Itll be fine for them to be submerged up

to their waists, but anymore and the cockpit would have water enter inside it. It may even be life-threatening for the pilots.

In the worst case, they might drown themselves, huh.

Of course, since we have the emergency escape devices, its possible for the pilots to escape before they actually drown. However, if, say, someone loses their consciousness and falls down into the sea, they can drown just like that without being able to escape. As expected, it should still be safer for us to fight on the ground.

We cant tell what the variants will do, after all Using search magic to monitor their movements after they appear, and set up ambushes at the place where theyre heading Guess thats our best option right now.

Since therell probably be flying types as well, well need to take them into consideration too.

The ones capable of dealing with airborne enemies are: the ones capable of flight, my Reginleiv and Linzes Helmwige; the ones with long-distance attacks, Yuminas Brunnhilde, Leens Grimgerde, Sakuras Rossweisse, and then Luus Waltraute with its bombardment unit equipped. I think we can somehow manage.

I entrusted the tuning of the Frame Gears to the professor and others, and returned to Brunhilds castle. Since I found Karen nee-san, whos coincidentally at the terrace, I asked her about something I was concerned over.

Youre asking whether the variants would use [Godslaying Poison]?

Yeah. If they spread that around, me and the girls would immediately drop out of the fight, after all.

Ah, right, no need to worry about that-nano yo. [Godslaying Poison] is something that works by getting absorbed by the earth, contaminating it, and turning that entire area into something like a poisonous swamp for gods-nano yo. Ive told you this before, but that poison has a horrible affinity with running water; if it gets spread out over the open ocean, far before getting absorbed by the seabed, it would get dispersed by the ocean currents and disappear- nano yo. Also, [Godslaying Poison] isnt something anyone can make easily, you know.

Is that so? Wait, then does that mean their stock of the poison has depleted with that meteor shower the other day?

In the first place, [Godslaying Poison] is made by sacrificing the soul of a god-no yo. And, what that evil god used for the sacrifice is likely

The subordinate god that got eaten, huh.

That neet god, on top of having his body getting absorbed by the evil god, his soul is now used as sacrifice to manufacture [Godslaying Poison], eh. Theres no possible salvation for him anymore. Well, he kinda got what he deserved, to be honest.

Wait, in that case, the [Godslaying Poison] thats covering Eisengard right now can be thought of as that neet gods curse, cant it? Tch, that guys bringing us trouble even after he died. What a god of misfortune.

In any case, if we cant do something about that [Godslaying Poison], we wouldnt be able to lay a hand on the evil god Have you gotten any new ideas?

The Agriculture God Kousuke ojii-san is trying to breed a species of divine plant that can absorb [Godslaying Poison] and convert it into harmless magic particles-no yo. Its not going well, though

Is it tough?

Well, it obviously would be. Basically, hes trying to create a dependant of his from scratch right now. Its a more complicated process than the birth of a spirit, you know?

I see. No wonder I felt like I havnt seen Kousuke ojii recently I should bring him some refreshments later.

As I was thinking that, the smartphone in my breast pocket rang. N? Its from Ende.

Hello?

Ah, Touya? Sorry, theres something I wanna talk about; can you come here?

The house?

Un, yeah.

Ende and Mel, as well as the Nei-Rize sisters are living in a detached house in the castle town. Since its close by, I decided to walk there.

Before that, I swung by the large training field to the north that could be seen from the terrace. If I remember correctly, today Rosetta is making final adjustments to the Over Gears.

At the large training field north of the castle, the figures of two mechanical beastsone black and one redcould be seen standing by in the prone position. Theyre Norns and Nias Over Gears.

And, theres a suspicious-looking pumpkin pants prince whos making a racket in front of them.

Why the hell are you here

Ah, Touya-kun! This, its amazing! To think of using the [Crown]s abilities like this!

Robert looked up at the two Over Gears with glittering eyes.

This guy, he came here with Blaus teleportation ability again, didnt he As if I needed more of these elusive types besides Karen nee-san.

Norn! Nia! Let me ride in that too! Please! Please please please!

Shut the hell up, you sleepy prince!

Save the sleep talking for when youre actually asleep.

Robert, who advanced towards the two girls, ate an iron claw from Nia and a shin kick from Norn. His annoyingness is unchanging, I guess. You can just call that his normal state, to be honest.

The Over Gears are made to match with the golem that would be riding in it; that means only the master of that golem can pilot it. Even if you got into one, it wouldnt move, you know.

Eh!? Really!?

Theyre something thats designed to be [Crown]-exclusive in the first place, after all. Even though Norns [Leo Noir] and Nias [Tiga Rouge] are of the same type, theres no golem interchangeability between the two. Theres another spare frame left as reserve parts, but without a [Crown]

When I spoke up to that point, I finally realized my mistake and covered my own mouth, but it was already too late. Roberts glittery line of sight assaulted me. Uee. Getting looked at passionately by a guy doesnt make me happy at all.

So what youre saying is, its possible for you to make an exclusive unit for Blau whos also a [Crown], right! So Ill have a gear I can ride in soon as well!? Amazing! Im so hyped!

No, just wait a second there. Its not something so easily!

You should just make it for him as soon as possible to dodge all the problems otherwise, you know. If not, I think that lame prince will just keep pestering you every single day until you agree to make it for him.

You serious.

From Norns words, I could sense a weightiness as if its backed by real experiences shes had in the past. When I looked up towards Rosetta, who was doing maintenance work on the Over Gears, she heaved an exasperated sigh.

Since the base is the same, its not like we cant make that gear-dearimasu yo. Although, since the tuning with the golem would have to start from scratch, that part will take up a lot more time-dearimasu ga.

Norn is a lion, and Nia is a tiger, huh. I wonder what should I be. Maybe something like an elegant deer! Wait, since the both of you are from the cat family, a dog A wolf or a fox would work too. What do the two of you think?

I have absolutely no interest in that. Isnt a horse or a deer good for an idiot like you?

A bear is fine. Itd be best if you would just go off into an eternal hibernation afterwards.

(Note: Nia and Norn are relentless on Robert On a side note, idiot in Japanese can be spelt as , which is made up of the kanjis for horse and deer.)

Robert was completely unaffected by Nia and Norns cold voices and happily continued talking with them. This prince, isnt his spirit a bit too strong?

In any case, we wont make it in time for the battle this time round. Youll be in the observation group together with the monarchs of the western continent.

Mumumu It cant be helped. Ill leave it to the next time. Still, will it be okay without me? Im really worried with only Norn and Nia, you know!

Ah? You picking a fight, punk?

Youre the last person I want to hear such concerns from.

(Note: forget nerves of steel, I feel like Roberts nerves are made of crystal materials)

Robert ate an iron claw from Nia and a shin kick from Norn again. Well, it felt like he was genuinely worried about us just now. The way he spoke it out, on the other hand

The super-M prince isnt faltering at all in the face of the twos punishments. Oops, I cant keep this guy company for too long. I bid farewell with Robert and the others, and hurried towards the castle town.

When I arrived at a decently large house with its own garden in the outskirts of town, Mel, whos disguised to look like a human thanks to a magic tool I gave her, came out to welcome me.

Touya-san, welcome. Its been a while.

You cant see her as the Phrases [Sovereign] no matter what. With an apron on her, it almost feels like shes a young housewife from somewhere. I suddenly feel an urge to punch Ende. (Note: the riajuu hate runs deep in the blood of all males. Even if said male is an OP isekai harem protag with 9 fiances.)

When I entered the housewhich is decently wide but doesnt have any unnecessary things inside, making for a simple lookI found Ende, Nei and Rize waiting.

Since it isnt polite to visit empty-handed, I took out a cookie assortment from [Storage] and passed it to Rize as a gift.

Sorry to ask you to come all the way here. Theres something I want to talk about, see.

What? Is it related to tomorrows fight?

While drinking the tea thats been served, I fired a question at Ende. Ive already asked him to participate with his Dragoon tomorrow. Wonder if theres some problem on his end.

Un, thats a part of it. Mel and the others, the Phrases ruler-classes, can vaguely sense the presence of the variants, which were their former comrades. They can sense the traces of those variants when they try to come to this side from the gap between dimensions. Although, they cant tell the exact time and number involved like the sensing board the guild has. However, there are parts in which Mel and the others are better at.

Better at?

Identification. Regarding tomorrows variant appearance, there will definitely be advanced- classes coming out. And thats not all. They felt the presence of a variant ruler-class too.

Wha!

A variant ruler-class The Phrase was originally split in two between the evil god faction headed by Yura, and the Mel faction headed by Nei. As for the end results, most of the Phrases got absorbed by the variant army under the evil god and fed their forces, while Nei relied on Rize to reunite with Mel, becoming someone on our side in the process.

If the variant ruler-classes that would appear are the Leto-Luto siblings, could you leave them to us? Ive got a debt to settle with them.

Leto and Luto are, uhh, that pair of siblings that beat you up and sent you running with tears in

What do you mean tears!? I mean, its true that I had to run away, but what do you mean tears!?

Really? But then after that, you went to a different world to steal that pair of sacred treasure swords, then got beaten up by Takeru ojii so hard you lost your memories, then got used by Trihalans senate chairman

Aah-! Aah-! ICantHearYou!

When Ende started yammering with his hands over his ears, Nei sent an iron fist towards him from the side.

Noisy!

Buhu!?

Ende got hit and sunk into the sofa.

Ive also got a score of my own to settle with Leto and Luto. Could you please allow us our request?

Well, I dont mind. As long as you dont mind me jumping in if it gets too dangerous.

Thats fine. I give you my thanks.

Nei slightly lowered her head. Shes gotten a lot softer since coming to Brunhild, hasnt she. Before, she was clad in an aura of killing intent that made you feel like youd get cut if you approached her. Its all thanks to Mel and the others, I guess.

Well, her goal had always been to meet with Mel, so I guess its only natural in a sense.

That reminds me, Ive wanted to ask about something; how many ruler-classes are there on their side?

When I was still back there, it was only Yura, the Leto-Luto siblings, and Gira. However, theres no telling whether theyve increased since then.

What does that mean?

I raised a brow at Neis answer. Since I beat Gira, shouldnt that mean theres only three of them left?

We originally came to this world chasing after the [Sovereign], Mel-sama. However, its possible that more mightve been called from our homeland, [Phrasia], by Yura. Ever since he was back in [Phrasia], that guy had plotted to obtain Mel-samas power in order to become the [Sovereign]. It wouldnt be strange if he had a few more ruler-classes under his command.

And if he let those ruler-classes become variants No, he would definitely do that; if so, theres a possibility that the ruler-classes that would come attacking this time are ones from that group.

If theyre not the Leto-Luto siblings that Ende and the others have business with, then Ill leave them to Moroha nee-san, Karina nee-san and Takeru ojii. Quite literally praying for help from the gods, eh. Well, Im only going to ask for help from them due to their positions as supports of me, who is going to become a new god.

Right, this is a pretty basic question, but can you win against the variant ruler-classes?

Ah, dont look down on me, alright? Ive survived that training from hell as a disciple of the Martial God, you know Do you have any idea how many times I thought I would die? You dont, right? Hahaha, the state of martial pinnacle is the state of selflessness. An open and calm mind, a clear and serene spirit. Hahahahahaha.

I dont know what Ende is remembering, but his eyes are losing focus, and dry laughter began spilling out of his mouth. Is this guy gonna be fine tomorrow?

Get a hold of yourself, Endymion.

Hah Ah, Im fine, Mel. Just recalled some bitter memories.

With some shaking from Mel, Ende returned to himself. Isnt Takeru ojii going too far with his trainings? Im becoming worried about Elze, whos also a disciple under him like Ende.

Thanks for the treat.

I was wondering why she hasnt said anything since the start; Rize had cleared out all the cookies I gave her. This girl is way too my-paced

Is tomorrow really going to be alright No, its fine. Our interception preparations are perfect. All thats left is to crush them when they get here.

We have new, reassuring (?) comrades with us too. Its definitely going to be okay.

Probably. I hope.

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