273 Chapter 272 (1/2)
”You discovered all of that and didn't tell me?” Darya said, her arms were crossed, and her face red of anger.
”I had my suspicions… but I only confirmed after seeing that creature.” Leon explained. ”Sorry… I shouldn't have said that kind of thing in such a situation.”
”I can't believe this… ” Darya covered her face and sat on the ground. ”Grandfather is literally using all the people of this world as tools… he is even working for a monster of another world…”
”Although that is the truth, you can't deny the result of his actions,” Leon said. ”I don't agree with his methods, but thanks to what he did, he can protect this world from the harvesters.”
But for how long?” Darya shouted. ”I can't see why you managed to survive the day you arrived in this world… the guards can't use all their mana efficiently, after all. But that only shows that eventually, the soldiers fighting in frontlines will perish… in fact, in recent years, the number of casualties is increasing. All because they have to fight while working as a battery…”
”You really are smart… I have to think for almost a year to discover that.” Leon scratched the back of his head. ”Anyway, I don't think that thing will bother us again. Although a lot of mana had been used to summon him, I don't think the people in the city felt that. So, let's return to the dungeon and create the magic items we want.”
”… I can't believe you can still think of things like that after seeing such a monster.” Darya let out a long sigh. ”I barely managed to keep standing in front of it… that thing had so much mana…”
”You let the fear control yourself again, you felt its mana, but you didn't notice that the monster was also losing mana at an astonishing rate,” Leon said. ”Still… the bastard could teleport and even feel our presence from very far away. If I didn't have to sell my soul to it, I would probably have accepted the pact.”
”You concluded the monster only wanted to talk because the lizards you two mentioned didn't kill you?” Darya asked.
”After some time, I concluded that… it looks like there are some rules on the planets that have been assimilated.” Leon explained. ”One of those is: beings far stronger than the others can't influence weak beings or worlds that are still in the early stages of the assimilation. That is why I believe we have some chance of surprising the harvesters, they are strong, but I don't think they are strong like the lizard who summoned me to this world and the god of death. Most likely, their planets were destroyed as soon it reached the third stage of assimilation… that is why your grandfather can keep them at bay using soldiers and the defense system.”
”Anyway, just don't overthink it,” Leon said. ”He may have fooled all your world, but just like I said, he got the results you want... The future is uncertain, so his actions might end up causing the destruction of this world, but until now, you and many others lived a peaceful life thanks to him.”