Reborn After A Death March

Chapter 53

"Now, children of Bolenan! Let us commence Operation Curry! Let's be careful and cautious, and enjoy ourselves a little, too!"

Aialize declared, her voice echoing through the observatory. I still want to change the name, but it is too late to change it now. The elves' light ships emerged from the void docks underneath the observatory. Canisters have been strapped to the ship's hulls, looking out of place. Those are the curry powder diffusers we are using to bait the enemy away from the World Tree.

A few moments later, the multi-legged golems set out into the Void, equipped with curry powder diffusers and void engines. The golem made from a World Tree branch had already been transported to its planned position on a light ship the previous day. Meanwhile, Aialize found herself busy coordinating with the other clans. The World Phone spell brought us messages from the high elves of the other World Trees.

"This is Keeze of the Bulainan clan. Hero Kura and her companion Nanashi, we pray your operation will be a success,"

"This is Saaze of the Beliunan clan. We are ready to launch at any time,"

"This is Tooza of the Zuwakanan clan. We are prepared as well. We await good news from the Bolenan clan,"

Apart from the Beliunan high elf sounding agitated, everything seems to be going well so far. Their clan seemed somewhat competitive with their fellow research lovers, the Bulainan clan. Still, I doubt they would do anything stupid enough to threaten the operation.

"Satou, are you ready?"

Aialize approached, wearing a special void suit that clung to her body.

"Yes, if you are,"

Satou took Aialize's hand, and they flew into the Void. They were acting so lovey-dovey with each other that they forgot I was meant to be going with them. Shaking my head, I follow after the couple. I hope they can stay focused enough to conduct the operation.

Since we weren't helping with the curry powder spraying, we drifted to an altitude where no World Tree branches were around. Typically, there wouldn't be spirits in the Void. Still, Aialize's 'Space Magic' and the combination of our spirit lights meant we were surrounded by enormous spirits. We had gathered the spirits on the ground. Then, Aialize used a teleport gate to bring them to the observatory in advance. Once we confirmed on the map that everyone was in position, I gave Aialize the go signal.

"Begin diffusion!"

Aialize produced light pseudo-spirits with her 'Spirit Magic'. It was blindingly bright, hurting my eyes a few moments before my resistance skills kicked in, and the spirits dispersed. This was the signal for the golems and light ships to start spraying the powder. The light spirits were to mark the location of the jellyfish.

"Satou, they're sending up the signal. The jellyfish are on the move!"

Yeah. Those two have completely forgotten about me. Aialize grabbed Satou's shoulders and shook him excitedly. At least they are not making out in front of me. My college roommate would do stuff like that all the time. She brought plenty of boys back to our room only to forget I was there when they started making out and, on a few occasions, going even further. I lost count of the amount of times I was forced to leave our room because of her.

But Aialize is right. I can see the jellyfish from here starting to move. With their job done, the multi-legged golems began to return to the observatory. So far, everything is going according to plan. There don't appear to be any problems, so we can safely move on to the next stage.

"Next, please prepare to have the sylphs guide the diffusers,"

"I'm on it!... Souzou,"

Aialize cast the spell and summoned translucent creatures who could pass for that dryad's older sister. The diffusers used were disposable void engines designed to float straight up like a balloon. The sylphs were needed to guide them along their path. The sylphs floated around us, looking to Aialize for direction.