Ada keuntungan lain dari memulihkan gentongan itu searah jarum jam. Tujuannya untuk memancing waktu Manggot. Begitu jelas bahwa gentongan sedang dipulihkan searah jarum jam, Manggot tidak akan tinggal diam menonton. Mereka akan bergegas mempercepat serangan monster luar. "Jadi begitu caranya." Ia sedang menuju langsung ke arah Manggot, tapi ia masih belum jauh dari gentongan. Ia bisa saja bergerak lebih cepat, tapi ada sesuatu yang ingin ia pastikan. Jika Manggot benar-benar bisa mengendalikan waktu kemunculan monster, bagaimana tepatnya mereka melakukannya? Sebagai seorang player, Aster, karena sifat karakternya, tidak bisa meninggalkan panggung, jadi ia tidak bisa memastikan metodenya. 'Dermawa' Frondier lebih presisi daripada kemampuan deteksi apa pun di benua ini. Dan dengan teknik penyembunyian Mana yang ia pelajari dari Dier Aigar, ia berhasil bersembunyi, dan saat ini, Frondier sudah menemukan barisan depan Manggot. 'Apakah ini semacam versi monster dari yang digunakan Gregory untuk mengendalikan hewan kecil?' Frondier melihat salah satu monster melakukan gerakan aneh. Monster itu membisikkan sesuatu kepada monster-monster di sekitarnya, dan bisikan itu menyebar, segera menjadi gumaman, dan dalam sekejap, teriakan keras yang mengguncang tanah. Frondier mengeluarkan ponselnya. "...Ya, Ibu. Aku sudah memastikannya." [Semua gentongan berada dalam situasi yang sama.] Suara Malia terdengar. Ia saat ini sedang berbagi penglihatan dengan semua orang yang hadir dalam pertemuan Istana Kekaisaran, sama seperti saat perjalanan sekolah. Kemampuannya benar-benar diperlukan untuk bersiap menghadapi kemungkinan salah satu Manggot diam-diam menyeberangi gentongan. Frondier mengangguk mendengar jawaban Malia. Saat Frondier menjawab dan memasukkan kembali ponselnya, "Apa yang sedang dilakukan orang itu?" Renzo, yang berdiri diam di sampingnya, menyela dengan bingung. Renzo tidak memiliki kemampuan deteksi, tapi penyamarannya sangat luar biasa. Cukup untuk menunjukkan bagaimana ia melewati semua pengawasan dan tiba di depan Frondier dan Aten saat ujian tengah semester Constel. "Mereka sedang bertukar sinyal serangan satu sama lain. Monster kecil yang memberikan instruksi pertama menyebarkan pesannya. Kemungkinan sebagian besar monster yang mengelilingi gentongan berada dalam situasi serupa saat ini." "Apa? Bagaimana monster tahu situasi di sisi lain dan melakukannya secara bersamaan?" "Salah satu Manggot melihat gambaran keseluruhan dan membocorkan informasi kepada monster-monster." Kemampuan mengendalikan makhluk hidup lain meningkat jangkauannya seiring melemahnya target. Alasan Gregory bisa membantu Frondier bahkan saat dipenjara adalah karena kemampuannya terbatas pada hewan kecil. Yang paling bisa ia kendalikan di darat adalah tikus, dan yang terbesar yang bisa ia kendalikan di langit adalah gagak. 'Kurasa kemampuannya serupa. Monster tingkat rendah, yang hampir tidak berguna dalam pertempuran, menyampaikan informasi.' Monster yang dilihat Frondier seperti itu, dan informasi yang datang dari Malia juga sama. Relay informasi monster dimulai dari yang paling lemah di kelompoknya. "Bagaimana monster lain bisa percaya pada cerita monster tingkat rendah?" "Bukan, mereka mungkin sudah tahu bahwa manusia mengendalikan monster tingkat rendah itu." "Monster luar bukanlah bodoh. Mereka akan memahami bahwa pihak manusia memanfaatkan mereka." Dan meskipun mereka tahu sedang dimanfaatkan, mereka mengikutinya. Karena mereka tahu bahwa serangan bersamaan adalah cara untuk memberikan pukulan terbesar pada gentongan Kekaisaran. Dari sudut pandang monster, entah itu Manggot atau Kekaisaran, mereka adalah musuh yang harus dibunuh. Selama informasi yang diberikan Manggot bermanfaat, mereka akan melakukan apa yang diinginkan Manggot. Itu juga yang diinginkan para monster. "Dalam artian itu, keduanya benar-benar 'bersekutu'." Meninggalkan Renzo yang mengangguk di belakang, Frondier mengulurkan tangannya. Frondier menciptakan sebuah perisai di depan mata Renzo. "Apa ini? Aku juga punya perisai. Ini perisai ilahi bernama 'Lynotoros' yang tak bisa dibandingkan dengan barang rongsokan seperti ini." "Perisai ini bukan untuk bertahan." Frondier meletakkan perisai itu secara horizontal. "Kau tidak bisa terbang, kan?" Renzo berkedip mendengar kata-kata Frondier dan segera memahami maksudnya, menyeringai lebar. Dari sudut pandang Frondier, itu adalah ekspresi gembira yang menakutkan. "Kau ingat apa yang kukatakan? Aku akan menjatuhkanmu di titik paling berbahaya di medan perang." "Tentu saja! Aku ingat!" "Jika kutunjukkan di peta," "Tidak perlu! Kau akan menjatuhkanku di mana pun kau mau!" Karena tidak ada lagi yang bisa dikatakan, Frondier menggelengkan kepala. "Lakukan hal paling mencolok yang kau bisa. Buat semua yang ada di sekitarmu ingin membunuhmu." "Aku memang sudah berencana melakukan itu." Saat Renzo naik ke atas perisai, perisai itu melayang naik dengan suara whoosh. Renzo, yang bisa menyembunyikan Mana-nya sendiri, dan perisai tingkat normal, yang hampir tidak berarti dalam hal Mana. Mustahil bagi musuh untuk menyadarinya lebih dulu, karena ia berada di luar pandangan monster maupun Manggot. Saat perisai itu naik begitu tinggi hingga berada di luar pandangannya sendiri, Frondier mengeluarkan ponselnya lagi. [Mereka sepertinya akan menyerbu masuk kapan saja sekarang. Mereka tampak sedang mengukur waktu masing-masing.] Frondier bisa merasakan keberadaan Obsidian tanpa perlu melihatnya. Karena itu, ia bisa bertahan dan menyerang ke segala arah, seolah-olah itu perpanjangan dari anggota tubuhnya. Perisai yang membawa Renzo terbang ke ujung langit dan tiba di titik tertentu. Ruang kosong di antara Manggot, yang menjaga jarak untuk menghindari pertempuran tak perlu dengan monster luar, dan monster-monster luar itu sendiri. Renzo berada tepat di atas ruang kosong itu.
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There was another advantage to restoring the barrier in a clockwise direction. It was to bait Manggot's timing. The moment it became clear that the barrier was being restored clockwise, Manggot wouldn't just stand by and watch. They would rush to hasten the attack of the outer monsters. "So that's how it's done." He was heading directly towards Manggot, but he was still not far from the barrier. He could have gone faster, but there was something he wanted to confirm. If Manggot could really control the timing of the monsters, how exactly did they do it? As a player, Aster, due to the nature of his character, couldn't leave the stage, so he couldn't confirm the method. Frondier's 'sixth sense' was more precise than any detection ability on the continent. And with the Mana concealment technique he learned from Dier Aigar, he succeeded in hiding, and currently, Frondier had already discovered the vanguard of Manggot. 'Is it like the monster version of what Gregory uses to control small animals?' Frondier saw one of the monsters making a strange movement. It whispered something to the surrounding monsters, and the whispers spread, soon becoming murmurs, and in no time, violent shouts that shook the ground. Frondier took out his phone. "...Yes, Mother. I've confirmed it." [All the barriers are in the same situation.] Malia's voice was heard. She was currently sharing her vision with everyone who had attended the Imperial Palace meeting, just like during the school trip. Her ability was absolutely necessary to prepare for the possibility of one of the Manggot secretly crossing the barrier. Frondier nodded at Malia's answer. As Frondier answered and put his phone back in, "What's that guy doing?" Renzo, who had been standing still next to him, cluelessly interjected. Renzo had no detection ability, but his concealment was excellent. It was enough to see how he had passed through all surveillance and arrived in front of Frondier and Aten during Constel's midterm exam. "They're exchanging attack signals with each other. The small monster that gave the instructions first is spreading the word. Probably most of the monsters surrounding the barrier are in a similar situation right now." "What? How do the monsters know the situation on the other side and do it simultaneously?" "One of the Manggot is seeing the whole picture and leaking information to the monsters." The ability to control other living things increases in range the weaker the target is. The reason Gregory could help Frondier even while imprisoned was because his ability was limited to small animals. The most he could control on the ground was a rat, and the largest thing he could control in the sky was a crow. 'I guess that ability is similar. A low-level monster, almost useless in battle, is relaying information.' The monster Frondier saw was like that, and the information coming from Malia was the same. The monsters' information relay started with the weakest one in the group. "How are the other monsters believing the story of a low-level monster?" "No, they probably already know that humans are controlling the low-level monsters." "The outer monsters aren't fools. They'll understand that the human side is using them." And even though they knew they were being used, they were following along. Because they knew that a simultaneous attack was the way to deal the biggest blow to the Empire's barrier. From the monsters' point of view, whether it was Manggot or the Empire, they were enemies that needed to be killed anyway. As long as the information Manggot provided was useful, they would do as Manggot wanted. That was what the monsters wanted too. "In that sense, the two are definitely 'allied'." Leaving Renzo nodding behind, Frondier reached out his hand. Frondier created a shield in front of Renzo's eyes. "What is this? I have a shield too. It's a divine shield called 'Lynotoros' that's incomparable to this kind of junk." "This shield isn't for defense." Frondier laid the shield horizontally. "You can't fly, can you?" Renzo blinked at Frondier's words and soon understood what he meant, grinning widely. From Frondier's point of view, it was a terrifyingly joyful expression. "Do you remember what I said? I'm going to drop you at the most dangerous spot on the battlefield." "Of course! I remember!" "If I show you on the map," "No need for that! You'll drop me where you want anyway!" Having nothing more to say, Frondier shook his head. "Do the most flamboyant thing you can. Make everything around you want to kill you." "I was going to do that anyway." As Renzo climbed onto the shield, the shield floated up with a whoosh. Renzo, who could conceal his own Mana, and the normal-rank shield, which was almost meaningless in terms of Mana. It was impossible for the enemies to notice him first, as he was out of sight of both the monsters and Manggot. As the shield rose so high that it was even out of his own sight, Frondier took out his phone again. [It seems like they're about to rush in any moment now. They look like they're gauging each other's timing.] Frondier could feel where the Obsidian was without even looking at it. Therefore, he could defend and attack in all directions, as if it were an extension of his limbs. The shield carrying Renzo flew to the end of the sky and arrived at a certain point. The empty space between Manggot, who were keeping their distance to avoid unnecessary fights with the outer monsters, and the outer monsters themselves. Renzo was right above that space.
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