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I Got a New Skill Every Time I Was Exiled, and After 100 Different Worlds, I Was Unmatched (Web Novel) - Chapter 381: Things That I Couldn’t Think of on My Own Sometimes Come To Me When I’m With Someone Else.
Chapter 381: Things That I Couldn’t Think of on My Own Sometimes Come To Me When I’m With Someone Else.
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“Ah, welcome back, Ed… What’s wrong?”“Big outsider, what’s wrong?”
“Big outsider, something happened?”
Upon returning from the Demon King’s domain, I was greeted by Tia’s concerned voice. The fairies, eager to join in, also gathered around. However, all I could manage in response to their greetings was a wry smile.
“Ah, sorry. It’s nothing… I’ll talk about it later tonight. Tia, could you play with the fairies for now?”
“That’s fine, but… Alright, I understand. So, everyone, shall we continue?”
“Yay!”
Responding to my unspoken request, Tia led the fairies back to their activities. After quietly watching them leave, I returned to the tent alone. The fairies, considerate enough not to intrude, refrained from entering the tent. In other words, I was left alone in this small space.
“Heh… In a world where there’s so little left, locking myself in an even smaller place? It’s almost laughable.”
Muttering with a self-deprecating tone, I began contemplating how to save everyone. This was a dilemma I also faced in Harris’ world, but unlike the hero Harris, who didn’t desire salvation, I couldn’t imagine that the fairies living here were accepting death and carrying on with their daily lives.
And if the fairies were saved, the Demon King wouldn’t willingly choose to die either. In essence, it would be ideal if there were a way to keep the fairies alive even after Tia and I left. Yet, that proved to be an exceptionally challenging task.
“I said I’d try my best, but… Well…”
There exists a hundred different banishment skills acquired from traversing various worlds within me. While combining them might sound like it could achieve many things, the majority of that power only affected “myself.”
For instance, if I could deploy “Invincible Walls of the Unfallen” and “Magical Absorption Curtain Magi Absorb” around the perimeter of this forest, it would likely create a much more robust defense than the barrier the Demon King currently maintains. As long as I didn’t deactivate it, this effect would be continuous, and it might even resolve the immediate issues.
However, such a feat was impossible. If I couldn’t even deploy it to protect Tia, let alone the fact that activating exile skills around this ambiguous forest was inconceivable.
“Well, even if I could maintain it, it wouldn’t solve much… In that case, it’s probably better to release them somewhere.”
The simplest option would be to follow the Demon King’s suggestion and relocate the fairies to another world. However, even the mighty “Silver Wing Sword,” which carried significant causal connections, required tremendous power to traverse the walls of the world, and it was limited to moving within the world associated with both Tia and me.
From that perspective, it’s needless to say how challenging it was to relocate hundreds of fairies with no connection to other worlds to a different realm. Still, there was a track record of successful migration to other worlds, so it may be theoretically possible. ……
“No, rather, that seems even more hopeless.”
The phrase “possible in theory” implies that something essential is missing. Overwhelming power—more than just magic, something extraordinary and beyond my understanding—was required. Without fulfilling that requirement, inter-world travel was deemed impossible.
And there’s no clue on how to fulfill that requirement. Even if I were to exhaust all the powers I’ve gathered as the Demon King, or maybe… I can’t sacrifice everything just because I want to help. If it was for Tia, there would be no hesitation, but I don’t have such strong sentiments towards the fairies or the Demon King here.
“Hmm…”
Rolling around in the tent, I continued contemplating, but no brilliant ideas came to mind. Time passed, and eventually, Tia called me for dinner. After that, it was nighttime. Tia, lying next to me in the tent, spoke to me with a motherly expression, scolding a mischievous child.
“Come on, Ed. You’ve kept me waiting until night. Confess already! What’s bothering you so much?”
“Confess… Well, yeah. Honestly, I couldn’t come up with a good solution on my own, so I’m grateful that you’re willing to listen. But it’s quite a shocking revelation. Even so—”
“I want to hear it! Whatever it is, I’d much rather listen than watch you lying here groaning.”
“Oh, really? Well, sorry…”
That was true. If Tia said, “Don’t ask me anything right now,” I would just put up with it, but if she kept grunting and groaning in that state, I was sure I would be very concerned.
So, I explained to Tia the current situation of this world as I heard from the Demon King. After finishing the story, Tia, with a determined look, said, “Wait a moment,” and left the tent. She returned about ten minutes later.
“I just checked. Indeed, it seems like the other side of the forest has already ended.”
“You can tell?”
“Yeah. You know, in Black Knight-san’s world, I’ve seen places that were messed up by the gods and places that weren’t. I can’t accurately determine the distance like Ed, but I can tell that the spirits’ power is almost gone outside the forest. Because the wind travels throughout the world.”
“That makes sense. So, my dilemma is figuring out how to save the fairies and the Demon King here. Tia, do you have any ideas?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuu…………”
With my question, Tia, still wrapped in her blanket up to her head, moved her ears vigorously, pondering deeply. However, even after waiting for a few minutes, her expression didn’t brighten.
“If only this place is left, I guess it’s pretty much impossible to revive the world like in Black Knight-san’s world, right?”
“Probably impossible. The fairy village doesn’t have anything like a spirit tree, and the fairies themselves don’t possess extraordinary mana. So, gathering power is…”
“So, if that’s the case, the only option would be to take them to another world, but even that seems impossible, right?”
“In terms of practical means, I can’t think of anything. If we had a few hundred years of leeway and could stay here, maybe…”
“Either way, it boils down to a lack of power.”
“That’s the situation. Especially in the case of this world, it’s tough that only this place remains.”
Lacking the means to pull in power from elsewhere or entities capable of generating power, this world had nothing left. Moreover, with the world’s collapse steadily progressing, there wasn’t even room for surplus power. Given the dire straits they were in, relying solely on the remaining power in this world seemed impossible.
“At least if we could use the power of that ship…”
Referring to the talking ship he bought in Canal’s world, it had a considerable amount of compressed mana used as fuel. However, it was specifically processed, and breaking it wouldn’t release mana. To convert it back into mana, specialized facilities were necessary, and naturally, such things weren’t commercially available, so I hadn’t bought any.
“…Hey, Ed. I’ve been thinking about something.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“To move between worlds, you need tremendous power because you’re going to a different world, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right. What about it?”
“Well, what if you were moving within the same world?”
“Within the same? Ah, indeed, the required power would likely be less, but… Huh? Oh, I see. Even if we send the Demon King back in time… no, it’s still impossible, huh?”
In this situation, the only way to change things would be to send the fragment of the God back before it destroyed the world and somehow defeat it there. However, whether we send the current Demon King back 20 years or implant his current memories into the Demon King of 20 years ago, it would still be impossible for this Demon King, who only possessed the power to produce sweets from his hands, to contend with the God’s fragment.
“That’s not it; it’s not about sending it back in time… Look, the reason God is trying to destroy the world is that the same world split into two because of Ed, right? But doesn’t that mean there’s another copy of this world, and furthermore, it’s still intact?”
“What!? Hey, Tia!?”
At those words, a shiver ran down his spine. Before the astonished Ed, Tia’s emerald eyes sparkled as she smiled.
“Isn’t it possible to move the fairies of this world to the other one, the one that’s safe?”
