Volume 9 Chapter 6 (1/2)
After the Rorono doll was abducted, Rorono showed us the other dolls she had made.
At the moment, Kuina was poking the doll that looked like her. After a while of poking, Kuina then slid her hand beneath the doll's clothes and did a peculiar set of movements.
”Amazing. Even this place feels the same!”
I get that she's curious, but I wish she didn't do that in front of me.
Not long after that, a transmission from the Rorono doll came in.
Rorono then immediately sent out her white knight, an improved Avalon-Ritter specializing in aerial combat and bombardment. Add in the fact that the white knight was also capable of receiving the electro-magnetic signals sent by the doll, we would still be able to locate of the enemy's dungeon even if it was too far away for the doll's range.
And then…
”Master, it looks like the white knight is about to come back”
”Has it found the enemy's dungeon?”
”Mhm, most likely.”
That's great news. With this information, we can go to war.
Several Demon Lords had decided to form an alliance whose goal was to defeat me.
I had wanted to avoid a head-on fight with any of them, but not so much anymore. This time, I wanted revenge. And if I was to get revenge, attacking now while the enemy was alone would be best.
While waiting for the white knight to return, I suddenly thought of something.
”Out of curiosity, how do you communicate with things that are outside of Avalon? I mean, once the white knight has stepped outside, the radio waves it sends shouldn't be able to reach us here, right?”
Dungeons were in a different dimension than the main world. As such, it was isolated from radio signals coming from outside.
Even though Avalon was also a city, it was a dungeon nonetheless.
”I've solved that through a very simple method. A golem that carries telecommunications equipment stands right outside of the [Plains]. Every five minutes, that child enters the [Plains] and then transmits the data it has gathered to the golem standing right outside of the city. The golem that has just received the data then enters the city and transmits it to me.”
”…it's completely like a bucket relay.”
”Sometimes, the simplest methods are the best ones.”
Through this method, we weren't limited to just receiving data from the outside, we should also be able transmit it.
”If we use this system, send golems that have the proper telecommunications equipment to Stolas and Marcho's dungeon, and then set up several relay stations along the way, we would be able to communicate anytime with them, wouldn't we? We need to keep our information safe, which also means not relying on the blue birds anymore. So, Rorono, can I ask this of you?”
”I think it's going to be impractical. The building we are in now is just two dungeon rooms away from the golem that is outside of the dungeon, meaning we only need two golems. That most likely wouldn't be the case for their dungeons. We would need to deploy several golems which will be quite a burden. There's also the risk of adventurers destroying the golems.”
”I see. Yeah, that is impractical. But what if we only set up until the entrance of their dungeon? That way, we might not be able to initiate communications, but they can. That's still better than sending a letter.”
”That is… manageable. Once you've talked to them about it, I'll handle the rest.”
”I'll be counting on you when that time comes then.”
Marcho had been looking a bit lonely lately.
I still couldn't make enough time to meet her, but hopefully, having an easy and quick way to get in contact with one another would somehow shorten the distance between us.
”Ah. Master, the white knight has come back.”
”Yeah, it's quite hard to not notice.”
The sound of it landing was quite loud.
Like that, I went outside together with Rorono.
”There's something quite odd about a limbless golem, isn't there?”
”Maybe, but this child is all about aerial superiority. If it comes to the point that it has to use arms, its entire concept has failed. Moreover, I had decided to mount its ordnance in the center of its body for better accuracy. Having limbs there would only serve as dead weight.”
Rorono proudly explained so.
The so-called white knight was a white aircraft that had a gigantic ordnance built into the center of its body.
I had heard that it was going to be a flying type golem that specialized in long-ranged combat and bombardment, but I didn't imagine she would make something this ridiculous.
”Master, the white knight was able to take photographs of the enemy's dungeon.”
After saying that and some fiddling of her tablet, Rorono showed me photographs of the enemy's dungeon.
Now that we not only had knowledge of the dungeon's location on the map, but also photographs, identifying which Demon Lord did the attack would be easy.
Once we've inquired on the enemy Demon Lord's war potential and have determined we wouldn't have trouble, we would immediately begin preparations to sortie out. If we didn't have much of an edge, then we would strategize first.
As much as possible, I wanted our attack to happen while the enemy was still reeling from the attack the Rorono doll was about to give them.
For now, I should head back to Dan's dungeon. Given the Demon Lords gathered there, there should be at least one of them that knows who the dungeon in the pictures belongs to.
”Rorono, I'll be heading to the [Time] Demon Lord's dungeon and gather information about our enemy. Please print out those photographs and a map.”
”Mhm, ok.”
Rorono nodded and walked away, but stopped right away.
Thinking she must have seen something, I turned around.