In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 412: Cooperation, and the Phrases General.

Aree? What, you guys arent a real kitty and puppy? And I wanted to gouge your cute little eyes out and play with them too, a shame.

Bastet stood there terrified by the girl in front of her, speaking about inhumane topics while looking bored. The purple golem accompanying that girl had just bisected the last variant on the scene with its large scythe.

That form which is much too similar to the white [Crown], Albus. Without a doubt, that is part of the same model, one of the [Crown] series.

Inside Bastets memories, the information she gained back when she acted as part of the band of thieves, Wings of the Dead are still clearly present.

In terms of the famous [Crown]s in the world, there are: Panashes Kingdoms royal familys treasure, the blue Crown [Distortion Blau]; the chief of the chivalrous thieves [Red Cats]s red Crown [Blood Rouge]; and the Rea Kingdoms Elf Kings green Crown [Grand Gruen].

And one more Crown with its infamy spread far and wide: the Lady of Madness, Luna Triestes purple Crown, [Fanatic Viola].

The golem of death which spreads madness and despair. That grim reaper is, right now, standing in front of them. Bastet could not help but curse their bad luck.

Whose kid is that white one there? Its a [Crown] like my Viola, right? Since its our first time meeting, Id like to have a greeting.

My name is, Albus. My master is not present in this place.

Fuun. And whats the name of your master?

Brunhild Sovereign Mochizuki Touyas queen, Yumina Ernea Belfast.

Yuminas not Touyas queen yet, but Albus recognition didnt include that. When she heard those words, the master of the purple [Crown], Luna blinked her eyes a few times.

Mochizuki, Touya? Eeeh!? Wait what, To-yans a king!? Um, please tell me more about that!

Luna pressed closer towards Albus with glittering eyes. Instead of Albus, the ones who were surprised were Bastet and Anubis.

Ano, whats nee-sans relationship with Brunhilds king-sama?

Anubis asked in the hopes of having her lend them her strength if she really is an acquaintance of Touyas.

Myself and To-yan? Were in the kind of relationship that tries to kill each other, you know? To-yan would kill me, and I would kill To-yan too; were smitten with each other!

Th, that so

While showing a rather skillful cramped smile for a golem, Anubis took one step backwards.

And? Is To-yan not here? I wanted to fight him to the death

King-sama is going to pick us up tomorrow at this place. As long as we safely defend this place.

Defend this place?

Luna tilted her head at Bastets words. In the next instant, a gold spear flew from somewhere out of sight and pierced Lunas abdomen. Or rather, it looked like a spear at a glance, but its actually a blade arm of a newly appeared variant.

A Japanese spider crab-like variant had stretched its arm out and pierced Luna from more than 20 meters away.

A large amount of blood began spewing out of the wound on Lunas abdomen, but it stopped bleeding almost immediately. The blade arm of the variant which pierced through her was broken off at her back.

Nmou, were in the middle of talking here, stop interfering!

Luna swung her right arm backwards; that arm transformed into a long golden katana-like shape, and split the variant horizontally in half together with all the trees around it.

Bastet and Anubis received another large shock from that attack. The power she used was the same as that of the variants.

They have no idea whats going on, but at least, judging by how shes cutting the other variants down without mercy, shes probably not on the variants side. Well, that doesnt necessarily mean they can be friendly to her, though.

Gii.

Viola rushed towards the depth of the forest. Like Luna, it also mowed down the crab-type variants there with huge swings that took down the trees around it altogether.

The crab-type variants tried to counterattack as well, but neither getting its hands cut off nor getting its chest pierced through will stop Viola. It did not attempt to dodge any of the attacks. All injuries it suffers will be restored within seconds, anyway.

[Super Regeneration]. The power of the purple [Crown]. A cursed power that eats away at its masters sanity as compensation. Lunas abdomen, which was pierced through moments earlier, had already been restored to normal as well. The clothes around the wound stay broken, though.

Bastet felt horror at the pair who had neutralized the attacking variants in no time at all. However, at the same time, her brain, the Q-crystal inside her was telling her that they have to make use of them.

While golems have emotion, theyre fundamentally machines. Its natural for them to take a realistic approach to things.

Does Luna-sama want to meet Brunhilds sovereign Touya-sama?

Thats right~. To-yans shy so if I dont chase after him, hell run away, you know. So, is To-yan coming here? Or is he not?

Ill call him tomorrow. You can meet him once he comes over to this place.

Eeh-. I wanna meet him now-. Cant you call him now, kitty? Or bring me to him?

Bastet mentally prepared herself before speaking to the dissatisfied-looking Luna.

That I cannot do. If I head over before tomorrow, theyll think the mission has failed, and King-sama wont be coming here then. Also, Ill be moving there via a method that only a golem can use, so I cannot bring you together with me.

Buu-.

Half of it is a lie. The transfer magic-enchanted mirror they have can obviously let a person pass through as well. Bastet had made that up as it is absolutely necessary for them to keep the girl and the purple [Crown] here in this place.

Chih, well, its fine I guess. I guess Ill meet him tomorrow. Ah, my clothes are ruined, come to think of it. I need to change before To-yan gets here~.

Luna took out a [Storage Card] from her skirt pocket and swung it once, after which a brand new set of clothes appeared in front of her. She then took off the clothes shes wearing now and began changing on the spot.

Bastet breathed out lightly; the persuasion was a success. Its not an action thats necessary for golems since they dont need to breathe, but she still did it reflexively anyway.

Anubis approached the relieved Bastet and whispered into her ear.

Is this fine? They might fight each other to the death once they meet, you know.

We cant help it then. Our top priority is protecting the Sacred Tree. And besides, that Sovereign of ours would do something about it. Hes not a gold-ranked adventurer for nothing.

Its true that the combination of Luna and Viola is strong. The overpowered regeneration they have can be considered invincible from a defensive standpoint.

However, Bastet doesnt believe that Brunhilds sovereign would lose to those two at all.

One more day. As long as they can hold on until tomorrow, King-sama and the others can do something about the rest. Giving a glance to the still-growing Sacred Tree behind her, Bastet reaffirmed her determination.

Yaa. Sorry about this, having you come all the way.

Its ok, Im fine with it. Whats this about, anyway?

I was called out by Ende via phone and am now at their house. Besides Ende, the three Phrase girls, Mel, Nei and Rize are also here. The interior is pretty simple; I wonder if they never gave a lot of thought about decorations. Theres not even a single vase.

The three ruler-class girls are showing off their healthy appetite again; theyve been munching away in front of a mountain of dangos and daifukus. Its not like theyre eating quickly or anything, but their hands arent stopping at all except for when theyre drinking tea. I wonder whats their food bill looking like this month

The topic is about Yuras group.

Mel, who drank some tea and took a breather, placed a teacup on the table in front of me. Your expression is serious, but theres sauce from the mitarashi dango earlier on your face, you know

We can sense the presences of the variants who are our former compatriots. Right now, most of them are gathered at the place you call Eisengard in this world; among them, we felt a special presence.

A special presence? The evil god?

Ive told Ende as well as the three ruler-class girls about the gods in general as well as the evil god. Although my search magic cant reach Eisengard due to the [Godslaying Poison], I wonder if Mel and the others can sense the evil god from here?

No, we cannot sense the existence of the one you call the evil god too. What we sensed was a new ruler-class Or rather, a ruler-class we remember.

A new ruler-class? Is it the one I saw through the crack in space the last time? So their existence was perceived by Mels group when it passed through the gap between dimensions and landed in Eisengard, huh. Still, what does she mean by a ruler-class we remember

Yura probably called him over from Phrasia. Theres no mistake about that presence. It belongs to the one called the strongest in our world, the Phrases General, Zeno.

The Phrases general Zeno?

The world, Phrasia, that we live in is a harsh place. There are monsters like the magic beasts you have here, and also invasions from other species. Theres a special branch of ruler-class who have come this far while defeating all those obstacles Lets see, I believe we can call them battle-class. And the top of those battle-classes is General Zeno. Excluding Mel-samas close aides like myself or Rize, you can consider Yura to be the top of the civil officials, and Zeno to be the top of the military officers.

Nei answered. With daifuku powder all around her mouth

Is he strong?

Very. Hes also the older brother of Gira. While hes not as crude as Gira, it wouldnt be a stretch to call him the same kind of battle maniac Gira is.

Gira So he was one of those battle-classes too, eh. He did seem like the kind of person who likes fighting from the bottom of his soul. So theyre similar to each other, huh.

General Zeno Zeno has apparently brought over several of his subordinate ruler-classes as well. I dont recall their presences, so they must be people who joined him after I began crossing worlds.

Tch. The evil god and Yura are troublesome enough already, and now theres more

Someone like that Gira Thatll be tough. I can forget having a showdown with the evil god directly anytime soon.

Its alright. Well be the one to stop Zeno. Touya-san should focus on defeating the evil god instead.

Mel spoke towards me who had sunk into thought. When I looked up, Nei and Rize, as well as Ende nodded slightly at me.

Leave dealing with a Phrase to us fellow Phrases. Well get rid of this soured connection between us with this battle. To begin with, all of this can be said to be the result of myself and Endymions actions. As the former [Sovereign] of the Phrases, I cannot allow their wanton acts to continue any longer.

If you say something like that, myself and the gods, who let the subordinate god escape, created the trigger for the evil gods creation, and directly caused the birth of the variants, would be in a very tough position, wouldnt we. You arent indirectly accusing us, are you?

Well, in any case, Im thankful if they would lend us their strengths for that. Ah, right. I have to talk to them about that thing too.

A secret strategy?

Aah. We dont know what will happen at the actual battle, will we? That Yura guy seems pretty smart too. So, just in case as insurance

I explained to Endes group about the little secret I spoke about earlier in the world conference.

Eh? Can you do something like that?

Only temporarily, but yes. Theres no problems so far. So, if something like that ever comes to pass, you know.

If that really is possible, then I feel like you can stop whatever Yura tries to throw at us. Still, how should I say this

Illogical.

Following Neis comment as she folded her arms and had an expression that found it hard to accept, Rize muttered a word. Really?

Also, I once again lent out the two sacred treasure swords to Nei and Rize. Against variants, there is the risk of being mutated by them, after all.

And here, this ones yours, Ende.

Eh, what, you even have equipment for me?

I took out a pair of gauntlets from [Storage]. Its a pair made from crystal materials; it might be insensitive to show something like this in front of the former [Sovereign] and two more Phrases, in hindsight.

Its the same type as the ones Elze is using. It should be easier for you to deal with the variants this way.

Im not really the type who uses weapons to fight, but oh well. Ill gladly receive these.

Ende took the translucent gauntlets into his hands. The design is completely different from Elzes gauntlets, on a side note. If theyre the same, that would give them a pair look kind of vibe and thatd piss me off, so.

That reminds me, will shishou and the others join the battle against that evil god or whatever?

Nope. For this battle, we have to do it by ourselves. Although they will help us defend the Sacred Tree at least. Also, theyll definitely be spectating the battle. Be careful, ok? If you didnt fight well, afterwards theres definitely going to be Takeru ojiis training course from hell waiting

Your personality is terrible, Touya!

Ende yelled with slight tears in his eyes. I mean, I feel sorry for you but Ive got my own circumstances to deal with too. If Ende doesnt work hard, itll be troublesome for me. Including the matter about that Zeno guy from earlier too, I cant allow our plans to be stopped this close to the final stage.

Bastet should be reporting back tomorrow. Once that happens, several of us would be heading over to Eisengard.

I had wanted to send Moroha nee-san or Karina nee-san over at first, but as expected, even if the poison around the Sacred Tree had been purified, it still feels bad to send them to a place thats surrounded by poison in a dozen meter radius around.

I can go as well, but Im uneasy about possible side effects that may occur if I head over before the areas purified more thoroughly. Itll be harsh joke if I fall ill again right before the decisive battle.

In the beginning, well send in people who wont be heavily affected; Norn, Nia, Robert The [Crown] holders should be a good bet. They can fight decently well even without the Over Gears. Well, theyll only be the temporary guard until its safe to send Moroha nee-san and the others there.

After leaving Endes house, I first contacted the pumpkin pants prince, Robert, and asked for his cooperation. Hes a weird person, but his personality is simple and honest. If only somethings done about that fashion sense and irritatingly high tension of his, he would be the perfect prince, too; its a shame.

For Norn, Ill ask her sister, Dr. Elka to talk to her. Since were taking care of her elder sister, although she might not be passionate about it, she should still be able to accept.

The problem would be Nias group, huh. Their chivalrous thieves group, the [Red Cats], are obviously not doing their main job in this country at the moment. I wont permit them to commit crimes in this country, even if its a chivalrous act.

As such, currently theyre doing adventurer works. Theyve apparently found quite some treasures through diving into the dungeons.

Theyre something like a mercenary band now. They have several golems like Nias red [Crown] Rouge and Est-sans Akagane, so it should be fine.

If its Nia alone then this wouldve been easy, but as long as Est-sans there, theres no way I can make them work for free, is there

I just hope the price at the end is as cheap as possible. In order to conduct the negotiation with the group (or rather, with Est-san), I headed towards the inn Silver Moon, which has turned into their regular residence.

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