Chapter 299 (1/2)
(Lord Rimuru. Sorry that I’m late. The matter has finally been settled! The ruler of this island, the Rock Elephant, that is, has more than just instinct. There is intelligence as well. However, not much common sense. It took so much time for it to understand my ideas. Still, eventually, it accepted my talk of the building of the secret base. So everything is fine!)
I received a thought transmission from Laplace.
But wait, Laplace? How far are you taking this negotiation?
How about a little restraint?
It seemed like Laplace had just interpreted my orders in the way that suited him best.
(What! You even negotiated about building a secret base?!)
(Of course! And it was readily accepted. Ahh, it was a lot of work, you know? I had to make it understand my power and then took four days to teach it. Thought transmission is very useful. Thanks to it, this Rock Elephant gained quite a lot of knowledge!)
Laplace proudly made the report.
This seemed completely different to what I had intended when I said ‘greeting’…but it was too late.
In any case, this was fine in its own way.
(Well then, can you order all the monsters on this island to stop attacking the humans?)
(Very easy! They are like my underlings now. The will listen to anything I say.)
Seriously?
I hadn’t sensed any great movement of mana, so Laplace must have showed his power very carefully.
It was rather clever, I guess?
Or maybe he was just that passionate about this secret base?
Well, it didn’t matter what it was.
If a base could be built, then my plan to build a giant leisure land should also be fine.
Oh, I was about to forget our main objective.
Magnus was the problem we had to deal with first.
(Alright, Laplace. You continue to wait there. I still have some things to deal with. I will clean that up first.)
(Understood!)
I had decided to prioritize the Magnus matter, and ordered Laplace to wait.
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I looked at the reactions of the students.
As I thought, it would not be easy to think of an alternative.
Everyone’s expression was dark, as if they were once again locked in the shadows.
My complete rejection of their plan had made their outlook turn very tragic.
“Then Master Satoru, what will you have us do!”
“Even if we can’t win, is it so wrong to want to fight back?!”
“Do we have to obey Magnus and the others…?”
“No…”
The mourning voices rang throughout the group.
They weren’t wrong. I would cry too if I were rejected so bluntly.
I had thought that buying time was the best strategy…
Ciel had also suggested taming the Poison Tiger-
“Poison Tiger, huh…”
It was easy to say, but asking these students to capture a semi-demon lord ranking monster was insane.
It was impossible, reckless and unreasonable. Yes, all three of those things.
But, just then.
“-Did you say, Poison Tiger…?!”
Marsha had heard my muttering.
And she shouted as if coming to a realization.
“Could it be…! Satoru…Master Satoru, are you suggesting that we should capture that monster?”
“Are you stupid, Marsha? There is no way that we could do that.”
Aina said as if to calm Marsha down.
Indeed, you would think it was impossible.
“But, wasn’t this Poison Tiger weaker than Magnus? In that case, maybe it will be the perfect practice partner for us to judge our teamwork?”
That was what I had thought, but Marsha continued with bright eyes.
The students reacted in their own unique ways, but they were all against it.
“I told you, it’s impossible, Marsha! You say that it’s weaker than Magnus, but don’t you know, that monster is so strong that you’d have to call the Knight’s Order in order to do anything!?”
“That’s right, Marsha. And since we cannot communicate, the burden will be heavier for the vanguard. That’s not going to buy us any time.”
“In the first place, Magnus has a time limit, but the Poison Tiger does not. Do I really have to say which of them is more dangerous?”
That’s how it went.
It was nice that they said everything that I had wanted to say.