Published: September 10, 2025
I am Satou. There is a term called normalcy bias. It refers to the unconscious tendency to think, without any basis, that "I alone will be fine," even when surrounded by warnings of danger during disasters.
And that applies in another world as well――.
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"A worldwide simultaneous terrorist attack, huh—"
Arisa murmured with a worried expression.
Stampedes of monsters had begun at the Purple Towers scattered across the world.
"If only we had destroyed all the Purple Towers around the world beforehand," Arisa said.
"Arisa-chan, don’t say things like that," Hikaru and Liza told her.
"Yeah, even when Master destroyed them, new towers were built immediately afterward."
"True, but—maybe we could have weakened the demon god's divine power by destroying the towers."
"Arisa, regrets come after saving the world."
I gently patted Arisa on the head.
Even if destroying the towers could reduce divine power, the gods would have dispatched apostles to do so. Even if they wanted to conserve divine power for that, they would have issued divine oracles to their believers to destroy them.
"First, we'll patrol each tower in the Shiga Kingdom. Let's swiftly stop the stampedes."
I declared this and took everyone to the tower in the suburbs of the Royal Capital via unit deployment.
"Dance, Clausolas!"
"Demon blade cannon~?" "Rapid fire!"
"Diffusion acceleration cannon, firing with a single magic circle!"
As the teleportation ended, the quick-handed members began wiping out the vanguard spilling out from the tower.
"No real resistance," Arisa observed.
"It seems that only the lower-level monsters overflowed outside," Princess Sistina and Arisa commented as they watched our comrades crush the tower’s vanguard.
"Mr. Satou, wouldn’t it be better to divide and conquer?" Zena suggested.
"I agree. Even if one were captured by the demon god, if Lady Aze can retrieve them immediately, there’s no necessity to stick together," Sera added.
They made a good point.
"Understood. Let's split up and act."
I said this, then used the true ninjutsu I had mastered over the past six months to create small clones and hide them in everyone’s shadows. These small clones can’t do much but are excellent for detection and alerting.
This way, we can respond immediately to any situation.
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"We will not allow the destruction of Lulu’s fruit orchards!"
"Marquis Lloyd, that includes the tomato fields!"
"Indeed, indeed, as Count Hohen says."
Please step back, both of you. Leave the defense to us, the Oyugok Knights!"
At the Duke’s Capital where Sera teleported, nobles and knights were quarreling on the city’s outer walls.
No need to look closely—the nobles were the gluttonous Marquis Lloyd and Count Hohen.
They surely wanted to protect the orchards and fields between the towers and the city.
Even though they had the City Core Terminal, they were taking reckless risks.
"Everyone, rest assured. Leave the monsters overflowing from the towers to the hero Nameless's servant, the silver knight Holly."
Sera, clad in silver armor, called out from the sky to those on the outer walls.
Without waiting for their response, she headed for the tower.
It was clear that the monsters hadn’t reached the outer walls because multiple trenches had been dug between the towers and the walls to impede their advance.
"As expected of my grandfather."
Sera praised her grandfather, who must have given those orders, and halted the vanguards once they entered her effective range.
"Orders from Duke Oyugok: All forces, full retreat to the walls."
Apologizing in her heart to the Duke, she ordered the regional troops engaged in delaying combat to fall back.
To prevent them from being pursued during retreat, Sera used her unique skill "Stealth Hermit" to hide them from the vanguards’ sight.
"Whisper, Holy Servants!"
Silver fragments separated from Sera’s armor, forming geometric objects that floated around her.
Unlike the previous silver armor, advances in spatial storage technology had greatly increased the number of Holy Servants.