Chapter 137 (1/2)

The Empire’s Invasion Arc

137 A year of Progress (Part 1)

After Yuuki escaped, ere unable to immediately pursue

As they say: haste makes waste

One could say that Leon’s i, but the real reason is the fact that we couldn’t trust each other

As such, I noticed that we need to establish order ast ourselves first

I mean, there’s no question that all of us desperately want to save Chloe

But no good will co rashly, and who could have excepted Yuuki to slip into the Empire

Fighting the Ee We need to prepare

I was tasked with handling Mili But that entailed basically waiting for his spy to report in

With regards to the resurrected red knight, the blue knight was delighted and Leon thanked Ruminas Thus we decided on our future actions

Leon will collect infor from impatient actions

Though Leon’s anger was easy to understand, the fact remains that he let Yuuki escape

Well, maybe he can just create a barrier around the battlefield—though whether a bearer of an ultimate skill would be affected is a different story—but I still believe that we should not act independently

Sure, on’t come to trust each other with our lives; but we do share a cooal

This coether Should that cooal disappear there’s no way I’ll be able to control the other two

While Leon is gathering information, there are places which we must visit

For noe need to return and prepare our countries for an eventual confrontation with the Empire

But first, I have to deal with Milim

Life got a bit complicated for me once I separated from Leon and Ruminas

Soothing the raging Milim

Telling her that her pet was resurrected, and getting thanked by a delighted Milim

And have her “guardian” coer was soothed

In short, I had to prevent Mili

I guess you could even say that I needed to manipulate her

Her “guardian” (Frey) should have coained her co for the right moment to return

In short: my life sucked, and I couldn’t help but wonder why I had to suffer through this

Right… Leon forced me into this

Well, since Miliuess it wasn’t that bad

Froon’s soul formed into a small monster

A dragon hatchling… a DATCHLING!!

He basically appeared fro the moment Milim came

「… Gaia, is that you?」

「Kyuui!!!」

The dragon and the girl embraced each other

A touching reunion

After that, we “partied”… by going to the labyrinth and power-leveling Gaia

What? No! We weren’t just playing around I ot into our avatars—Ramiris, Milim, Veldora, and I—and delved into the labyrinth

Since Gaia could fly, he followed close behind me

And as you would expect froon,

The dragon got used to fighting after only a few battles, and quickly started using ainst multiple opponents—miasma breath would drive our enemies mad

The dragon also had a skill etched into his soul—gravity manipulation—which he used to create shi+eld around us, thus beco one of the most valuable members of our party

The barrier is rather strong, and now, even if the eneravity barrier creates an impenetrable wall

As a result, though we had previously struggled against the boss of the 30th floor, we have now cleared him with ease

「Kua-ha-ha-ha! He’s no match for us now!」

「Yep! It’s only Gozule, after all!」

「Wahahaha! This made my day!」

「Kyui!!」

That was fun

H around!

Stop saying such foolish things We’re trying hard for Gaia’s sake!

As long as it’s for Gaia, what’s the proble a bit fun?

But soon we… no, I couldn’t help but be overcome orry over Chloe

No hts just creep up unexpectedly

But, no, I ency yet, and undue worry harms one’s heart

I wonder if Miliested we co on my face?

If so, I would be very grateful

As soon as we tried advancing to the next floor, Frey appeared

And though Milim protested, it was useless

Even though Mili to leave he arcade, Frey’s iron smile and words of “persuasion” won in the end

Figuring that Milim came over to play, Freywithout a break for a while

「I’ll be back!」

Mili

In and out like a storm

As for Gaia, he continued wandering the Labyrinth in his current form

It was too soon, he said, to have Milim train hihtly stronger The labyrinth has an y level, and Gaia has Ramiris’ bracelet, so he should be fine

And thus another companion joined us in our labyrinth adventures

By the e didn’t know of this at the time, but our five member team came to be known as the unique bosses of the labyrinth Inhabiting the floor above the first, a bosses of unbelievable strength, they say

In other words, e controlled our avatars, ere so strong that adventurers would just roll over and die

I found out about this later when these rumors reached me

This, though, is hoe appeased Milier

None of us would dare to have fun while Milim ay

So we decided to actually do some work Well… I’m not sure what I can do actually

There was that thing, about doing a joint research venture?

I was supposed to supervise it and make any requests I could think of to them, I think

Thanks to Gerudo’s efforts in building a road and setting up barriers along it, the preparations for our various joint ventures are going well

We’ll soon have a road running directly from Sarion to Tempest

We also have a plan to build a railway heading towards the dwarfs, so as to facilitate faster exchange of goods and materials

But I worry—should the Empire invade, would these railroads not har a road to Sarion first

By the way, the researchers have arrived: the Dwarf Artisans, Sarion’s Sorcerers, and Holy Eineers

Though the roads have not been fully paved yet, they could easily travel here already

That’s why they arrived even before we completed the roads

137 A year of progress (part 2)

I digress, but ain reiterate that we completed these transportation routes in but a year

We even set up night laht travelers

Towards the Dwarf Kingdo it we built a few inns–those later developed into a town

That town benefited greatly fro projects and became rather prosperous

And because it’s close to a river, it’s a good place for people to come and rest

That town, by the ill later develop to be a central station district

And yeah, ary of the eret any of the choices then made

The fact that we so quickly built the roads and railroads actually helped me solidify dominance over Jura Forest entire

Each tribe pledged their loyalty, and their young joined Gerudo’s corps Thanks to the roads we established a solid trade network of food and goods