189 185 The waves of influence reach every corner. (1/2)

An attack at a competition.

Days later, the commotion at the time of the competition attack has died down.

Ostensibly, I can annotate.

That attack by Carter had no small effect on the organization known as the demon king's army.

In addition, there is no doubt that the bombing of the rebellion that followed had a great impact on the current situation.

Outside as well as inside, we cannot ignore the effects on the inside.

Although he belonged to the frontier, he was a former member of the Demon King's army, and his betrayal within the army, is he okay with that?　You'll be able to find out if he's safe, and you'll be suspicious of each other, and now you'll have investigators running around not only in your territory, but also in your company.

You'll be able to find out what's going on in the world and what's going on in the world.

But against such busy surroundings

Thanks to that, we have an indefinite standing order.

But time is of the essence.

That's right.

We testers, an otherworldly people who are not involved in factional strife, had no time to spare.

Well, we did receive an investigation, but it was much lighter than the others.

But I feel bad that we're the only ones taking it easy like this.

”Well, it's not like we can't do anything about it now.

The Demon King's Army had been preparing to attack the city, but they were caught by surprise and attacked.

The dungeon could serve as a passageway for attacking Isual and as a base of operations during the invasion, but after being attacked by the mainland like this, it could not be used to its full potential.

Furthermore, dungeons require huge amounts of money in both production and maintenance costs.

Running an army requires money, which means that you have to save money somewhere.

Only a very wealthy country can do all of this and more at the same time.

But even in those wealthy countries, if they continue, they will go bankrupt.

So as a temporary cost-saving measure, the dungeon, which also serves as a defense facility and passageway, has been deactivated and is now dormant.

As a result, we testers will not be able to enter the dungeon or use the magic-consuming facilities.

This is how we worked out in the retro training room.

I'm trying to get rid of some of the dullness in my body after recovering from my injury and also measure my ability improvement, which is surprisingly effective and fun.

”Speaking of which, did you hear that Kaido?

”What, is, is?

I stand on my head, with weights around my feet and do push-ups, and Kaido hangs from the bars with his feet and weights on his shoulders and does sit-ups while we talk.

'Another part-time tester, I hear you've quit.

That's the fifth one. Another one, right?

He said he thinks most of the testers are going to quit if they don't.

Ugh, doesn't that mean we'll have more work to do?

That's what it is.

We testers don't have to be on the battlefield under contract to the company.

No, we don't have to be involved in the act of war.

When we first signed the contract, it was clearly stated that we're only signing up to test the dungeon, not as an army.

Therefore, you don't have to participate in the war unless you're in the middle of a rush to get the whole Demon King's Army to join the war, unless you do so voluntarily.

Also, the demon king's army must not ask for cooperation.

So our testers can leisurely engage in muscle training.

I myself wondered whether I should join, but Suela, Memoria, Himik and eventually even the supervisor stopped me.

It's hard to come to terms with that.

Unless something happens, right now we are going to work out quietly.

We are not unaffected by these testers, but as you can see from the earlier conversation with Kaido, not a few of them have been affected.

You're okay with that?　No job hunting.

It's not a given that we're going to lose. It's not a given that we're going to lose.

That's the tester's turnover.

Hearing the word ”war,” most testers are upset.

To the Japanese, especially the younger generation, war is a word that appears in a sentence of history.

They may hear stories from old people who have experienced war or see footage of the past, but they rarely feel it up close.

So, when you see information about the conflict on the news, it is not much more than you think it is difficult.

But this is different.

The organization you belong to is directly involved in the war.

That is to say, it is an opportunity for you to fear that you will be involved in the war eventually.

In fact, I have been asked, indirectly, to join the war, and my supervisor stopped me from doing so.

Similar stories would often come from other employees, and this fact made the idea of joining the war more real to the testers.

Even though they were part-time, they were still part of the company.

Even if it is only a wish that the war would be easier if you help them, they might get involved, and one by one they hear from personnel such as Suella and Kaylee, and from people in shopping malls such as Memoria that testers are quitting.

The rumors are highly credible.

In fact, I have hardly seen any testers other than the party members, perhaps because of my inability to work the last few days.

This is despite the fact that there is work to be done even if you can't work.

That's part of it, yeah.

Yes, I do.

The body is the capital of the testers, so we quietly do muscle training, and sweat it out.

In the training room with no one but me and Kaido, I consciously work out for more than an hour without a break in order to work out a little more.

So it becomes just a good source of gossip and other stories.

Even though we have entered the war, it does not mean that we are in a bad flag, as we are currently just defending ourselves against Carter's army led by the angels.

Although the initial move was a setback, it was easy to deal with if you only paid attention to Carter's supposedly brave moves.

Although the blitzkrieg's actions led to the loss of several towns, I've heard that you've kept the key points intact.

So I hear that the standoff continues for now.

It's just a matter of time before we go on the offensive to capture the dungeon eventually.