In accordance with the request of the Fonclanc, the officials of the original Wind Edge that were escorted from Trent Rietta had arrived in the city of Sanc Adiet, the date of the emergency meeting was to be held 5 days later. Following Valerie is Benefrost, who was formerly in charge of the former magical beast military officers and subordinates.

Yuusuke had pleaded to King Esvobus, through Violet, to grant forgiveness to Benefrost regarding the Trent Reitta incident..

Her charisma within the organisation was high, thus it was determined that it would be better to keep her alive. Currently, the former members of the organisation were sentenced to forced labor in the mines while Benefrost acted as a mediator.

Valerie who, was under house arrest, had to leave behind her two attendants in the house of Elforodas located in Rinval. The point of having her come along with Benefrost was to serve as a hostage. Although it was an unnecessary constraint, it was part of deliberate preparation for the cautious King Cliffzard.

Incidentally, the General Affairs Officer, Fortress, was KIA, while Financial Officer Aizhar was still MIA.

“Yo, long time no see.”

Valerie and Benefrost appeared to be nervous about the reunion with the Darkness G.o.d Captain in the detention facility which accommodated those of high status, however after they saw Yuusuke’s unchanged att.i.tude, they felt relieved.

Human beings that had changed their personality radically inside and out are not uncommon, even more so for those considered to be heros. Even a cool-headed person who bathed glorious achievements could have a brutal side as well.

Amongst the surrounding rumors about the Hero of Fonclanc, some of them were unsettling.

“You are alive and doing well, I am impressed, very impressed.”

“Hehe, you seem to also be doing well too.”

“It seem that your candidness hasn’t changed.”

“Well. I am not good at these kind of formalities.”

The interrogation officers and security guards were puzzled by the situation when they saw the friendly greetings between the Darkness G.o.d Captain and the Wind Edge witnesses. But, it also satisfied the thought  “well it’s because it’s the Darkness G.o.d Captain”.  It seems that Yuusuke’s way of doing things had been a known thing between the soldiers.

A strange rumor regarding the Darkness G.o.d Captain Yuusuke had arrived at the Marquis Vordat’s house of the Ivors family which was located opposite of the Volace family house across the palace. This was about the ident.i.ty of the Darkness G.o.d Captain Yuusuke.

This information came from a spy that had infiltrated Gazzetta, there were whispers about a plausible living G.o.d within Gazzetta and his features seemed to match with the appearance of the Darkness G.o.d Captain.

Anyone can ignore this if it was just trivial gossip in the pubs, however the anecdote tying the Darkness G.o.d Captain with the Evil G.o.d which was connected to events in the country of Fonclanc and Blue Garden, even extending to Trent Rietta and the destruction of Nossentes, then this nonsense cannot be ignored.

“The battle at Paula’s great wall, Sanc Adiet’s underground city, Nossentes’s Divine Parliament, even the Magical Beast facility…..”

Nossentes’s Divine Parliament’s information related to the Evil G.o.d had been summarized in detail, however that information had not been publicly released which was most probably kept under wraps by King Es...o...b..s. By knowing the internal contents, the Marquis recognized that the King’s judgement was right.

“However, there is still some use in the information.”

The Marquis deemed that the information should not be carelessly used until there were more details about it, thus he instructed the continuation of information gathering on the Evil G.o.d.

After receiving the specifications of the modded magical beasts from Valerie’s group and a.n.a.lyzing Trent Rietta’s investigation report on the matter, the fact why the modded magical beasts weren’t affected by the magic flute was revealed. The reason was very simple, these were the magical beast that had not gone through training.

The magical beast that were raised in the magical beast facility were subjected to implicit training to follow instructions from the magical flute so they would be able to act as magical beast units. However when the accident occurred in the facility, within the escaped magical beasts a number of these beast had yet to be subjected to this training.

Borned with high divine arts resistance, bred from the trained modded magical beast that possessed anti-divine arts ability, these 2nd gen monsters that have these kind of abilities are increasing, this was the information that Trent Rietta and Fonclanc had gained from their survey.

Unlike the lone wolf style ent.i.ty that these magical beasts once were, these 2nd gen type were brought up in a pack together since birth. This had resulted in the frequent attacks by the modded magical beasts which was supposedly done to secure food for their offspring.

“Are they entangled with the people that had escaped along with the magical beast units?”

“The whereabouts of the financial officer is unknown, up until now there weren’t any witnesses of a magical beast user among the hordes of magical beast. Most likely there isn’t any connections.”

When Financial Officer Aizhar escaped Rinval, he had brought a dozen of demon beasts along, thus it is known that he would have 1 or 2 magical beast users. But now it was confirmed that these hordes weren’t under human influence, to begin with the magical flutes were useless.

“That…..possibly means forever missing?”

“It seems like that on Trent Rietta’s front.”

The financial officer’s group seemed to be headed to the organization’s settlement, thus they would have to pa.s.s through the magical beast facilities area.

It was supposed to be as simple as just gathering these magical beasts together and attacking them in one swoop, facilitated by the fact that the hidden magical beasts would gather when they heard the magical flute. However, the reality was different, it’s not known if they had became the food for the magical beast when they arrived at the forest.

In any case, the subjugation of the magical beasts became much more difficult. Further measures would have to be considered in their plans.

“Like I expected, I can’t skipped on the creation of armor.”

Looking at the current situation, Marquis Vordat will not make a move until a formal request is made. Thinking to polish up his idea in safety. Yuusuke headed back to the palace from the detention facility.

As Valerie headed back to her homeland, an announcement was made that Fonclanc and Trent Rietta will work together against the magical beast disaster of Kalticio and with the approval of the running of the motorized vehicle business in the commoner district, Yuusuke began recruiting personnel and gaining publicity.

The prototype train would follow a dedicated route, its exterior finish had been installed with a variety of attachments. Enacting the policy of hiring personnel was to help the soldiers cope with the trouble in the city.

On one hand, some of the member of the corps believed that the Darkness G.o.d Captain had deliberately given defective magic flutes as he had known that the special forces were under the opposition factions, however most of the soldiers believed this to be a fake rumor.

This was due to the recruiting of personnel under Darkness G.o.d Corp’s members including  Vermeer who had spread the att.i.tude of the Darkness G.o.d Corps, thus the personality of Yuusuke had been transmitted across the board. Whether by accident or not, Violet’s prior plan had definitely paid off

Even amongst the palace corps, the heir of the distinguished family of Volace, Hivodir, was close to Yuusuke, there were skeptical rumors of the divine arts ring.

These disturbing rumors were being spread by the Anti-Darkness G.o.d Corps faction, in order to make a reason to interrogate the Darkness G.o.d Captain, however there were few that agreed to start even a small interrogation session.

But in order to have a plausible excuse to hold an interrogation, it was necessary to continually raise suspicions against the Darkness G.o.d Captain, hence the need to spread rumors.

Regarding these kinds of steps, Yuusuke didn’t bother with any particular actions he didn’t know how to deal with. Instead he would keep in mind the advice of the people he had gathered around him while continuing with his daily routine.

Within the Anti-Darkness G.o.d faction, those that were sided with Ivors family, not all of them agreed with Marquis Vordat’s ideas.

There were those that were indebted to Ivors family, those with business reasons, those that were jealous of Yuusuke who had the attention of Rasanasha, whom felt that there was a chance to exploit this.

As the Darkness Corp continued with their normal routine. They were setting up a trap against the Anti-Darkness G.o.d Corp faction in the dark.

The internal movements of Marquis Vordat’s faction were all in the palms of Rasanasha, as she had permission from Yuusuke and Violet to level the Anti-Darkness G.o.d faction.

“Won’t that be very dangerous?”

“Ufufu I know.”

While Yuusuke was worried, Rasanasha had stepped into an aristocrat’s mansion located in the middle district.

Day 14th of the wind month of Fyolnar~~

A few days after welcoming the calendar of Darkness to the land of Kalticio. In the city of Sanc Adiet, bonfires were lit everywhere, from dawn to dusk. The observation tower’s square was more crowded than usual, almost doubling its population.

The Darkness G.o.d Corps had kept the topic of the motorized vehicle a secret while running test runs, had finally started to operate commercially.

“As I expected the first person to ride it is me!”

“Well, it’s also for publicity.”

2 vehicles were prepared to be used, The train would start at the  observation tower where it would go across half the city and head towards the direction where the ranch was, the vehicle would stop temporarily at each stop point while a check would be carried out to see if there were any problem. This would serve as both a means of ensuring proper maintenance and determining what needed to be upgraded in the future.

Rin lamps were used as the headlights, voices of admiration could be heard from the spectators. This motorized vehicle had a unique kind of lighting for the night creating a completely new kind of atmosphere.

“Are you riding it Yuusuke?”

“I have to go summarize a report for the transmission.”

“Hmm, in that case. I will enjoy it with Sun then.”

“Take care, Yuusuke-san.”

“Ah, I will~”

Violet’s escorts included Sun, Krielov, a few members of the Fire Corps and Isotta’s subordinates as transmitters, they occupied the first car which began its trip to the ranch. Following behind was the second car which was filled with great people and the general public as it traveled towards the 1st stop point.

The lights from the flames of the motorized vehicle and the bonfire at the observation tower square blended together. While seeing them off with a deep emotion, Razshia was standing next to Yuusuke with the black bracelet as a testament of her slave status.

“The condition of the rin lamp is great right.”

“It’s not bad, but don’t over do it.”

“No worries, I’m pretty good with it.”

The rin lamp which was used as the lighting of the vehicle required sun moss, somehow they had to manage their cultivation.

This was the result of Razshia working hard in the laboratory everyday. The containers were used to transport the solar moss also prevented it from withering and were previously ordered from Trent Rietta.

“I believe the ones that are caught within 10 mins could be use for the motorized vehicle, if there isn’t enough we can import more from Trent Rietta.

“Yeah.”

The two of them had a friendly conversation. At this time, Yuusuke was not aware that a thin layer of tears had appeared on Razshia’s eyes.

It wasn’t due to sleepiness nor sadness. The her from half a year ago could not even imagine the life she was living now. Without realizing it she had gained a rewarding job, thus she was in joy. These were tears of grat.i.tude.

“Thank you, Yusuke….”

“Ng?”

“Yes? What happened?”

“Nothing, it’s just the gas….”

Razshia began staring strangely at Yuusuke’s appearance as he tilted his head in confusion.

As the business that the Darkness G.o.d Captain had started was well received by the general public and common soldiers, Marquis Voldart began to get restless as the baseless rumor he created wasn’t spreading. Tonight the Marquis headed to the usual room in the palace, where the a.s.sembly of people use to start the topic of question.

“There are some missing faces, is it not the gathering time yet?”

“No, this is all there is. Those who were not here had previously sent their followers as representatives, they themselves have gotten off….”

“Don’t tell me they have deflected to the other side.”

“So it seem...I guess you can say so.”

Those soldiers that were in charge of management and the merchants involved in trading were the ones that were missing.

Rasanasha’s policy to leave the operating of the vehicles management to the soldiers in charge of management and the management of the business to the merchants was a success.

In order to take control, a number of people was required with the various departments of the palace, thus she had targeted those n.o.bles lower in the hierarchy especially those that were aligned with the Ivor faction of Marquis Vordat.

Although being in the Ivor faction had its own benefits, the business that the Darkness G.o.d Corps brought them more wealth. The motorized vehicle, no matter where you board from, costs 1 green gem per person which is cheap enough the general public could use it light-heartedly.

Due to the great success of the launch launch, the fare charge box was filled in less than half a day which had caused some trouble as it needed to be replaced during mid-way.

After the street stores closed during the evening hours the number of customers riding did not cease, the convenience of riding the motorized vehicle was closely connected with the lives of the people within the city to come and go from their homes to their workplaces every day, thus it would continue to develop in the future to fulfil the response.

Due to this reason, they had determined the prospects of the Darkness G.o.d Captain and choose not to attend any future Anti-Darkness G.o.d faction meetings.

“Is that motorized transportation business that profitable of a business.”

“In the end it’s just a commoner’s ruck, aimed at the short-term profit.”

“Those ungrateful people who had forgotten all the favors we had given up til now.”

“Well, we just have to keep watch at the situation without leaving any details out.”

Those that have gathered here recited the slogan of the Anti-Darkness G.o.d faction after releasing their pent up anger, they began their next activities debating on the future plans.