Volume 18 Chapter 2, Defense and Offense

The Towers’ important role on this continent turned out to be a key one, and of course Kousuke did not intend to mess it up.

He realized that it was possible to remake this Magic Circle by using the Towers’ functions, but he wanted to avoid messing with something so serious.

More importantly, the added features in this case were making him hungry.

One of the first was the ability to put up barriers on the continent, which he used as an example to explain to everyone.

This was limited to the area around the Towers, but it could be placed anywhere, at any size, and for any length of time.

The largest of the barriers were those that could encircle the entire continent.

The smallest could be small enough to enclose a single person, but that would be a waste of resources.

Similarly, since Kousuke had already created a sacred object that could do the same, that object would be cheaper to operate.

“One question: how much time can a Barrier that surrounds a continent be sustained for?”

Collete asked Kousuke a simple question.

Kousuke’s answer was also simple.

“As long as we have Divine Power.”

“Does that mean – as long as the Tower is earning enough Divine Power to maintain the Barrier, it can stay on forever?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Realizing what he said, even Kousuke was taken aback.

“What can I say… If this were known on another continent, people would try to capture the Tower at any cost…”

The former princess, Floria, mumbled her thoughts.

Everyone nodded.

“Maybe they do… We just didn’t notice it before because no one had been able to conquer all the Towers on a continent until now.”

To begin with, Kousuke was the first person to conquer all the Towers on a continent.

“What do you think? The Tower on this continent stands in such a good position in terms of location, but what about the Towers on the other continents?”

No one could answer Kousuke’s question.

At best, Floria knew that the Towers on her continent were different.

“But I didn’t have a complete picture of all the Towers, either. I guess if someone researched it properly, there might be some Towers located in areas like ours, too.”

“I see.”

The Towers at the Central Continent stood in easy to recognize locations, both in number and position, so they could have estimated how to conquer it if they wanted to.

However, because no one had reached the Towers on foot on the ground and accurately measured their locations, they had remained a mystery.

It also required a very high-ranking party to reach the base of a Tower, so no one went out of their way to investigate all the Towers.

“So? What’s the other feature?”

Shrein asked Kousuke, after adding that she could sort of guess.

“Well, as you can probably guess, it’s the ability to attack.”

Hearing this, everyone’s face turned into an expression of ‘I knew it’.

“Let me ask you something, is that possible anytime, anywhere?”

“That’s exactly as I understand it.”

It was a feature that those who belonged to other continents would drool over if they heard about it.

In the Central Continent, where there were currently no established nations, it was a feature that would have little use.

Like the Barrier, this function could only be used within the continent.

“I want to avoid asking too much because I’m scared, but how effective is it~?”

“Ah. Mm. Enough to sink this continent? But I based that guess on what I know about this continent.”

To Kousuke, this standard allowed him to estimate the damage that could be done if there was a magical outburst.

There was no way that the Magic Circle, which could suppress a magical outburst, could not cause damage on the same scale.

The second time it was mentioned, they were not as surprised as before, but they were still stunned.

“This is a simple question, but what would happen to the Towers if you blow up the continent with that kind of power?”

“Oh, yes, the Towers won’t be destroyed by that much. Each Tower would be like an island, with the surrounding land left behind.”

The reason Kousuke could tell this was because the newly added Tower menu clearly stated this.

Kousuke felt that the menu was somehow describing it intentionally, but he did not intend to take advantage of such knowledge.

He was not the kind of person who would love to destroy a continent.

In the current situation, the offensive functions were going to be a treasure trove of information.

However, using them would be almost impossible since there was no reason to.

To put it another way, Kouhi and Mitsuki would take care of the surrounding environment to a certain extent first, before this function could play an active role.

“Considering that, in the first place, I feel that there is not much point in having this function if one is capable of conquering all the Towers.”

Floria disagreed with Kousuke’s impression.

“No, not really. Considering that rulers are replaced, it’s not necessarily because the Tower rulers are always strong themselves, or even because there are always strong people around them like Kousuke.”

“Is that how it goes?”

“Yes, that’s how it works. Most of the Towers that have been conquered are ones that have been passed down from generation to generation, you know?

At Floria’s words, Collete and Sylvia nodded their heads.

“I see. Considering that, I’m sure they’d love to have this offensive functionality. Especially the state.”

“Yes, that’s right~”

“Well, we don’t have to think about that on this continent, and as for the other continents… I don’t have to think about them.”

Floria tilted her head at Kousuke, who answered casually.

“Is that okay? If their power spreads even further than it is now, I have a feeling that nations from other continents will start to appear soon?”

They had already set up branches of Lila Amamiya in cities in the east, west, south, and north, where the influence of other continents was stronger than the others.

It would not be surprising if some kind of reaction would emerge through that.

“I don’t mind. If force is to be used, we can use the Barrier. But other than that, I’m not going to meddle.”

When it came to economic activities like trade, Kousuke didn’t think it was necessary to bother to meddle.

Of course, Kousuke was aware that even without the use of actual force, what he considered to be ‘economic activity’ could already be considered an attack.

However, Kousuke also believed that Crown or the executive branch of government could handle such activities.

On the contrary, he even considered it necessary for the future to have them dealt with at least that much.

Since no country existed on the Central Continent, there was no formal military force.

Therefore, if a nation from another continent were to invade with a clear intention, there would be no way to stop them.

In such a case, the Barrier would be very useful.

After all, to cross the sea, one must absolutely use ships.

Kousuke believed that it would be a good idea to let Alec know that the Barrier existed in case of an emergency.

“But… Is it a coincidence that this kind of functionality comes up when the outside world is about to mess with us?”

At Shrein’s words, Kousuke tilted his head slightly as well.

“Well, it’s just like the chicken or the egg fallacy. Does the egg come first, or the chicken?”

It was only because of the development of the Towers that these features were added, and their influence on the outside world was increased.

It would be a waste of time to think about which came first.

Unless there was an ulterior motive for someone, but it would be impossible to find a person like that

The only people who would do so would be the Goddesses, but Kousuke was sure that they would never do such a thing.

If they could do such a thing easily in the first place, they would not have thought of establishing such a connection with Kousuke, who had gone to the divine realm.

Shrein tilted her head at Kousuke, who was puzzled.

Kousuke did not think that someone’s motives were at work at all.