Chapter Chapter 104: RIP the saddest of pandas. The internet will mourn for you. (1/2)
RATH 104
TL: Eevee
RIP the saddest of pandas. The internet will mourn for you.
12. It’s not over til it’s over (2)
#2 Their story: Aris ril Letia’s story.
『A long long time ago.
The world was created, and when not as much time had gone by compared to now.
Something impure managed to get into this perfectly created world.
But that impurity that had not been born for long before the other gods sealed it away, in a place half-removed from this world.
But one god, although we don’t know why, broke that seal.
And so, darkness fell across the world because of the Evil God Pandora’s actions.
They say it took a long time to break free of the era of darkness.
Humans, dwarves, elves, even the dragons and the demons.
Even the spirits, moreover, the King of spirits, could not avoid that era of darkness.
Spirits dyed in evil were born under the influence of the evil god, and seeking to save them, the kindest Spirit King of them all set forward, only for him too, to be dyed in evil.
That Spirit King was so strong, he destroyed four other Spirit Kings and the remaining Spirit Kings had to combine all their power, and were only just able to defeat him.
This is the Elemental Roar.
The product of a miracle created with the power of the Spirit Kings combined, purely for the sake of defeating the Evil Spirit King.
I pondered as to whether an elementalist could use this miracle or not.
And the answer came to me fairly quickly.
That it is [Nearly Impossible].
Having many people gather their power together for a single attack has always been a very different thing.
As an example, when using what is commonly known as a Grand Magic, which one cannot use on their own, the magicians involved need to have trained with each other and trust one another for several years at least, decades at most.
Each magician must control their own magic, as well as linking the connections between individual casters to form the spell.
And yet despite all those preparations, cooperative spells can still fail.
Elementals are embodiments of all nature.
Since they are created purely from nature, they are purer than any other being, and have distinct personalities of their own.
And therefore, it is rare to see elementals even of the same nature cooperate.
And an elementalist controlling this process?
That is close to impossible.
Connections between people alone are impossible to get right with just a couple of years of practice, but let alone between people, there is also the necessity of connections between elementals.
Although there are people that are contracted to multiple elementals or beasts, but that is simply a direct connection between them and another elemental.
In order to make connections with other people’s elementals, it is a necessity to go through said other person, and elementals that are more mental than physical, as well as gods, cannot accept this connection.
The majority of summons have a very strong sense of possessiveness.
To a summon, their summoner is the only exit they have to another world.
But it is obvious that the more summons that summoner has, the less opportunities they have to leave through that exit.
Even low-ranking elementals without even a proper sense of reason dislike their summoner contracting another summon, so would those gods and devils with their high sense of pride wish for such a thing?
I once had the opportunity to meet a summoner contracted to both a god and a devil, and every time they got a chance, they would say -is it her, or me!- and badger their summoner to break his contract with the other.
To put it in simpler terms, a single summoner being contracted to many summons is similar to a country’s king mediating between nobles that dislike each other.
Now, let’s add on the necessity of connections with other people on top of this scenario.
While cooperating with another country’s king, at the same time they also need to get another country’s nobles working in tandem with their own countries’.
We are talking about another nation’s nobles, who barely even listen to their own king as it is!
Is it possible? No, it is not.
And that is why in the case of elementalists, common sense is that forming connections are impossible.
But I thought of a different approach.
Let’s change the situation a bit.
From ‘connections between elementalists are impossible’ to ‘convicing foreign nobles that don’t even listen to their own king to cooperate.’
Is it impossible?
Yes, it is impossible. You cannot ever hope to convince them with ordinary means.
But there are always ways to get around things in the mechanizations of people.
And there are many very simple options in a situation like the one presented.
Threats are good.
Put a knife at their throat, and tell them to cooperate if they do not wish to die.
Magic is also good.
Cast an illusion spell and have them see an illusion, or brainwash them and make them into your puppet.
You can buy them out.
Say that if they were to vote in your favour, you will give them hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
If they are a noble interested in money, they will cooperate.
Already, we have three different solutions.
Now let’s return to the original question.
Is cooperation between elementals impossible?
I say that it is difficult.
I did not come to the conclusion that it is [almost impossible] for no reason.
But, it is not impossible.
It is almost impossible.
Meaning, it is difficult, but very much possible.
Out of all the different types of summon out there, elementals are the ones affected most by the state of their summoner.
And so, if the summoners themselves show a unity close to brainwashing, the elementals too, will be able to achieve a state close to brainwashing.
Of course you cannot actually brainwash them.
Because summons are very sensitive to the state of their summoner, if there is an anomaly in the mind of the summoner, if the summon detects the presence of another person, they will not carry out the orders.
So in order to use Elemental Roar, you need a powerful emotion that can bring together countless summoners to a single unified front.
And the best emotion to bring everyone’s hearts together is』
“Anger… is it?”
I had been reading the book that vice-pres had given me, as I looked up and stared blankly at the scene in front of me.
One hundred people all emitting a dark aura.
And in the middle of them all, for the sake of raising morale, Yugrasia’s vice-president spouted off lie after lie as he accelerated Yugrasia’s imminent closure.
But amazingly, despite there being no mind controlling magic of any shape or form whatsoever being used, all one hundred were all of the same mind.
-Kill that motherfucker Nerkia.
The anger directed at Pres was tying everyone’s hearts in union.
A pure state of heart without a single trace of any other thoughts!
“Summon your elementals! As many as you can!”
Countless elementals appeared.
And they were all, singing.
“Alright, it worked!”
Vice-pres looked on with a proud look on his face as he used Loki’s shoes to move to where I was in a single step.
“Lady Aris, tell them to aim this technique over there once it’s ready. I… I will head on over and give Nerkia a taste of my bamboo spear!”
“Eh? Wait, isn’t it better if vice-pres is the one to take command… ah.”
As vice-pres ran off at high speeds over to the Arucia base without even listening to me, I could only sigh.
“But, it was really possible?”
The song of the elementals continued.
A beautiful song, but a destructive song, one that could destroy anything, no matter what it was.
『But, this hypothesis is one that I cannot confirm for myself, as I am not an elementalist.』
“Professor, your students are proving your theory right in front of me right now?”
And for an incredibly stupid reason at that.
Low, mid, high-rank elementals.
These elementals that differed in their classes, in their elements, were all coming together as one as they sang.
A fantastical scene that hundreds of elementals were creating.
And in the middle of it all, a mass of light was growing bigger and bigger.
And that mass was.