Chapter 407 - The Strategy (1/2)

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I have thought about a way to get inside of the city but I would need the cooperation of some people in here, those two would be Erebus and Rust. The two of them had shown to be capable of ”hacking” technology one way or the other. What Erebus does is using his soul to infuse himself into magic technology, it seems that being a dungeon sort of makes him compatible with such items. I have yet to understand it well, but apparently dungeons are very similar to magic technology for some reason, it is as if they were entities very similar to the structure of how magic technology works, so for a powerful dungeon such as Erebus, it is easy for him to do things such as hacking them and modifying them, as if he could infect them.

And then there is Rust, who is similar to Erebus but to an even greater degree, he can not only hack things, but he can also fuse with them, modify them, transform them, and make them into part of his own body, anything technology-wise that he touches and can find some sort of energy from it can be converted into him… quite literally. He's stronger than Erebus in such things, and could become incredibly useful, it feels as if Khaos had sent him exactly for this purpose, as if she was seeing through fate itself and predicting I would need such an interesting ally.

Rust is someone amazing, so I will use his powers as much as possible.

”A good way to get through there is by going underground, right?” Asked Ifrit. ”We can swim into the lake, go around the city and dig into the underground, easy.”

The demon had a point, but in fact, that was impossible for a very simply fact, the barrier covered the area completely, it was also extended underground.

”You got a point but the barrier is extended in a bubble-shape all around the city, even on its underground…” Said Abyss.

”You're really dumb sometimes; did you really think that these guys would leave such an obvious weak area that they cannot guard? Most barriers nowadays are just bubble-shaped to cover underground as well.” Said Lilith.

”It has been quite common in history for invaders to invade a territory protected by a forcefield barrier through the underground, completely negating the strategic purpose of such an expensive artifact, this is why some thousands of years ago they started making them all bubble-like.” Said Edward, reprimanding Ifrit.

”I-I see… I guess I am indeed a bit stupid, that's a pretty obvious weakness…” Sighed Ifrit.

”I can help!” Said Erebus.

”Yeah, I had thought about employing your help, Erebus. Your abilities are very useful. I still remember when you hacked the system of that area that sold Slaves. Do you think you could hack these walls and the barrier?” I wondered.

”I could try.” Said Erebus. ”I think it can work if Rust joins.”

”Wust?” Asked Rust, he still had problems talking with words, and his mentality was very much that of a baby, but he was able to understand orders and also words well, and knew what we referred, most of the time. Although he had been mostly eating metal scraps and other items dropped from the dungeon lately, which Erebus produce naturally, so the two had become good buddies, almost as if they were siblings.

”Yeah! Rust could do it! You're pretty good at hacking techno stuff, right?” Asked Abyss. ”And with Erebus guidance as your big brother, there's no way you two will fail!”

”I wiw dwo!” Said Rust, saying ”I will do!”. His baby voice is honestly quite… adorable. I had only thought of other adorable things before when I saw Erebus and also Abyss. It is a strange and… even warmth feeling to see something you find ”adorable” and Rust is one of those people that give me such a feeling.