"And? Am I right in assuming your weapon is that carriage?" (Naofumi)
"Kue." (Fitoria)
Fitoria firmly nods.
"Last we met, you were able to detach it, right?" (Naofumi)
"Kue, kue." (Fitoria)
"If you use your weapon long enough, you'll eventually be able to take it off temporarily, she says." (Midori)
How envious.
I want to learn to do that too, but perhaps the Vassals and Heroes work on different systems...
The Shield did go into dormancy for a while, but it would be nice if I could do that consciously.
"Did you copy the Tank-type body Rat made? Is that also counted as a carriage?" (Naofumi)
"Kue." (Fitoria)
"Yes. I got the feeling that could be copied, so I went and made use of it, apparently." (Midori)
"I see." (Naofumi)
I don't know if there's a gap in power output, but it's amazing that she could copy Rat's Tank-type monster.
With this, we may be able to advance Rat's plans in weapon-shaped monster-making. Well, that doesn't matter right now.
But... is a Tank really a carriage?
It's more like a vehicle, or something like that.
"To summarize, originally, there were four weapons that could be called legendary. Each one was able to select two vassals, making for eight in total. All together, that means there are 12 holy weapons circulating in this world. Glass, how was it in your world?" (Naofumi)
"Let's see. In our world, there also existed twelve weapons. From them, I was selected as the vassal of the 『Fan』." (Glass)
"I see." (Naofumi)
"This world... hasn't experienced any particular damage. What happened to its guardian beasts?" (Glass)
"Guardian Beasts?" (Trash)
When the conversation had just gotten back on track, Trash posed a question to Glass.
I just learned about their duty from Gaelion a little while ago.
But perceptive people like Trash may have already picked up on it.
"In order to prevent the wave... the assimilation of worlds, there exist certain beasts. In order to protect the world, they collect the souls of its inhabitants. It may be a cruel method, but..." (Glass)
"So you mean the four spirits?" (Trash)
"That's right. In this world, three have already been eliminated. It seems that the descriptions of their nature and other explanations passed down by the past heroes were all destroyed by someone's hand." (Naofumi)
"... My world's have all been eliminated already. The only method left to me was to... kill all the heroes of this world." (Glass)
Glass puts her hand on her chest with a relieved expression.
It's not like she's attacking because she wants to.
At least, that's what I get by watching her.
It may seem selfish from our point of view, but the same can be said in reverse.
I mean, if we don't use the power of the Four Beasts, we'll have to eliminate Glass's world.
"It may be just a little, but the worlds have assimilated in some parts. At the moment, my world's inhabitants are now slightly closer to becoming yours, something like that." (Glass)
"I guess that's how it is. And what do your people wish for?" (Naofumi)
"To suppress the assimilation to as great an extent as possible. If possible, we also don't wish for any more sacrifices from our side." (Glass)
Sacrifices...
So Glass's world isn't completely gone, but the assimilation has taken most of it away.
Because of that, Glass came to seek aid from us.
"We hope that you will offer at least half of your lives to your guardian beasts." (Glass)
"... Are you sane?" (Naofumi)
Since Glass is on the asking side, there's no helping it, but asking us to sacrifice half our population...
She doesn't seem happy about proposing it either.
It's easy to imagine just how hard of a choice it is for her.
