Volume 4 Chapter 15 (1/2)

Fire, Earth, Wind, and Water. The Four Great Elements.

These attributes were powerful and rare. And for Demon Lords, they were also a kind of status symbol for their monsters to have.

As for me, until recently, I had three: the Celestial Fox of Fire, the Elder Dwarf of Earth, and the Ancient Elf of Wind.

Now, however, I have made a monster with the power of Water, the last of the four.

That monster was R'lyeh Diva….

”Just what the heck are you planning by doing something like this?”

”Ahh. You're angry? Did you think I was just being mischievous? No, no, you see, I'm doing this for you, my patron.”

I was at my wit's end.

In the morning, when I went out to patrol the city, Avalon became submerged in water due to heavy rain.

Avalon's weather was controlled dutifully by Aura and the High Elves so unexpected rainfall was almost out of the question, much less this heavy rain.

The culprit, of course, was R'lyeh Diva. She stood in front of my residence and sang.

”I mean, if there's water here, I can come to help at any time, right? If this city's my patron's main base of operations, wouldn't it then be better to cover every point with water?”

”Nope, permission denied. To begin with, Avalon is a city made to be fascinating to humans so that they may want to live here and so that we may harvest DP from them. If we are beset with this much flood, it would inconvenience them and what do you think would happen to the city when they're inconvenienced here? That's why we've set up all the waterways all over the city anyway, to prevent being troubled by floods.”

”Aww, after I've worked so hard. But I understand; I'll now let the water to escape to the atmosphere.”

She silently protested and then began to sing with her eyes closed.

The heavy pouring of the rain ceased and was replaced by the downpour of sunshine.

At that moment, Avalon's usual scenery returned. Among all monsters, R'lyeh Diva who had a special ability called Ruler of Water had the highest proficiency to use water magic and this much was easy for her.

”This will do, right?”

She asked so as she slightly puffed her cheeks.

”Yeah, thanks. I got mad this time but I know you just wanted to do something for me and that makes me happy. So, thank you. Still, if you thought of something next time, can you please consult it with me first? Who knows, I might even give you some useful advice.”

At that, she looked slightly surprised before she replied.

”Woah, I didn't know the patron was the capable kind of leader, the type that doesn't forget to follow up on his subordinates.”

This girl…

Crestfallen, my shoulders dropped.

Oh well, she might act like this on the surface but I know that she's a good kid inside. Since she listens to what I say, I can still teach her various things little by little.

”Are the Ocean Singers dispatched outside faring well?”

”Yeah, they are. They've begun gathering information.”

I had already made and sent out 10 of the B rank monsters of the same lineage as her, the Ocean Singers. I wished for them to have ready firepower so I had made all of them to have static levels.

They were dimension manipulating monsters as well so they too were able to hide themselves in another dimension via a water entry point and thus were also able to gather information one-sidedly from anywhere that has water as they stayed in that other dimension. And since it was water they used as mediums to peep through, their coverage was exceptionally wide.

”Patron, it might be better to hurry. The prices of goods are beginning to increase. Iron, most of all, along with food have suddenly increased in value. Clear signs of war. Hmm.”

R'lyeh Diva and the Ocean Singers communicated with each other by periodically sending and receiving encrypted sound packets via bodies of water. Depending on the place and situation, they might make use of rivers, underground streams, and many others. For them to have made such a communication network in such a short time, it was certain that they were excellent monsters.

”Thanks for the good information. So, they really are planning for a war. You and your subordinates have done well.”

”Those kids are rather limited in their dimension manipulation ability though so I often worry about them. Still, they're adorable kids.”

”There's varying degrees to the dimension manipulation ability?”

”Well yeah. As for me, I'm mostly unhindered.”

Their options varied greatly depending on the strength of their dimension manipulation ability.

First off, for both R'lyeh Diva and the Ocean Singers, the entry point for going to another dimension needed to be a pool of water with a radius of more than 30 centimeters.

As for where they could exit… R'lyeh Diva could use any body of water from all over the world, provided that it had at least 30 centimeters in radius. The Ocean singers, however, could only exit from bodies of water that were within 200 meters of their entry point.

This would limit them greatly in terms of launching surprise attacks but in terms of gathering information, they would be unaffected. Even though they could not come out of the other dimension from anywhere they wished, they could still one-sidedly spy on any place that has water.

Also, so long as the water was just for making a window to watch and listen from, they—both R'lyeh Diva and the Ocean Singers—could make use of any amount.

Now as for how pure the water could be, it seemed like, again, it would vary depending on the restrictions of the ability. For someone with an ability as high ranked as R'lyeh Diva, even a human's body fluids could be used. In other words, this meant that it was possible to gain information from within the very source itself. However, if the target has powerful magic power, it would seem like the target would resist and the window couldn't be made.