I’m the Only Totem in Another World

Chapter 56: How to Manage a Barbarian City （3）

Kanto’s sudden 2nd class advancement. I’m dumbfounded.

Did he have some kind of epiphany while doing the village subjugation?

I checked his blessing first.

[Berserker Soul: Slowly increases strength, speed, and stamina as the battle continues. Stats increase slightly with each enemy killed. The latter is permanent.]

Oh, this is pretty good, huh?

Considering it says ‘slowly’ and ‘slightly’, it seems like the increase is lower than the former, but the important thing is ‘permanent’.

Now his stats will not only increase during battle, but he will continue to see the effects.

There’s no limit to the stats, so I guess we can assume it’s unlimited.

A late bloomer character who starts weak but slowly becomes stronger.

… Somehow, I feel a sense of kinship.

Hey, it’s not the same though. The ceiling is different.

No matter how strong Kanto gets, he’ll probably be a mid-ranking demon at most.

We are definitely different.

I’m not even fully grown yet, but I knocked out a mid-ranking demon, who should be at least level 7, with one blessing.

Shall we finish this first and go check it out?

I went around the field with Rake and used the ‘Power of the Wind and Rain God’ blessing.

“The field is… in an instant…”

“G, God of Agriculture!”

“Something that would take months is done so quickly!”

God of Agriculture is a bit… It sounds weak.

Since the population of the Tribal Federation had doubled in an instant, I had no choice but to ‘rapidly grow’ the first crop.

The mental exhaustion is immense. I can’t always use this kind of shortcut.

Mental strength is my HP and MP. If I use too much, I’ll be forced into sleep, so be careful.

━ Let’s go back.

I returned to headquarters with Rake.

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Kanto enters the altar confidently.

“Hahaha! As always, a great victory! They tried all sorts of things, but when we used the old civilized man’s magic something…”

“My name is Harry Francis Winston, you young whippersnapper!”

“Harry…what? Too damn long! I’ll just call you old man!”

“Y…You…!”

Harry’s thin and weak arms tremble. I almost feel sorry for him.

━ Your blessing has blossomed. Do you feel it?

“Blossomed… what does that mean?”

━ …

This is why basic education is necessary.

“Chieftain Kanto…”

Paya, who was holding her forehead as if her head was pounding, explained instead.

“Ah! I definitely feel it! The mysterious power I gained from the blessing, instead of disappearing, it feels like it’s swirling inside me!”

━ You will grow slower than before, but now your power will not disappear.

“Hahaha! Does this mean I can become as strong as Chieftain Rake?”

Saying that, Kanto glances at Rake standing next to Totem No. 1.

To still be able to burn with competitive spirit after being beaten up so much.

Kanto, you have the tenacity of a protagonist.

But Rake’s response was cold.

“Hmph.”

She just scoffed and leaned back against Totem No. 1.

“…You can only laugh like that for now.”

“Ah, right.”

Now Rake doesn’t even look at him.

Kanto’s face turns red and blue like a gaming LED light.

Poetic justice. What goes around comes around.

He made fun of Harry, so he got made fun of by Rake.

I hope he understands Harry’s feelings now.

Anyway, I learned that the blessing that can only be given to one person, or ‘individual blessing’ for short, can also grow.

Wouldn’t Paya’s ‘Path of the Spirit Master’ and Rake’s ‘Guardian of the Wind and Rain God’ also grow?

I imagined Tteunteuni growing as big as an airplane and Rake becoming too strong and turning into a green monster.

As expected of the blessings of Loa Malak（Not Jin Malak）-nim.

It’s incomparable to the paltry skills of Paladins.

I roughly praised Kanto and waited for the leadership to gather.

A little later, Rachel, who had been doing administrative work, returned.

“I apologize for being late.”

━ It’s fine.

Rake, Paya, Kanto, Muri, Harry, Rachel.

All the leaders sat at the round table.

━ Let’s begin.

It’s time to start subjugating the next region.

━ Tell me everything you know about Bluethan.

Bluethan. It’s the region right next to Symphony and Tibera.

“Yes.”

Rachel nodded.

The group that joined the Tribal Federation is a collection of civilized people who were hiding in the three regions of Symphony, Bluethan, and Tibera.

Rachel, who was leading them, must have quite a bit of information.

“There is a demon triumvirate in Bluethan.”

Demon triumvirate.

It sounds fancy, but it just means that three mid-ranking demons are dividing and ruling one region.

Three mid-ranking demons. It’ll be very tricky if I don’t kill them all at once.

The next piece of information was just as important.

“Mid-ranking demons die after sending coordinates. I’ve heard it’s a magic spell that uses their life as a sacrifice.

This information wasn’t discovered by me, but by a Paladin.”

Two years ago, there was a Paladin who helped the civilized people a lot.

“The fact that my refugees and I are alive is all thanks to him. He defeated demons and saved people. He was an honorable and brave man.”

There were people like George’s raid who worked hard.

━ What happened to that Paladin?

“He said that we had to go to the Capital to end this war, and then suddenly disappeared. I couldn’t repay his kindness in the end.

It’s all thanks to him that I, a powerless person, was able to lead these people.”

━ Do you know the Paladin’s name?

“I can’t forget it. …Because I still admire him.”

Rachel closed her eyes slightly, as if reminiscing about that time.

“He said his name was Goja Buro. I remember it clearly.”

━ …

“It’s an unusual name, isn’t it? It was given to him by an assassin who once pursued justice…”

━ I see. I understand. Let’s move on.

I want to stop hearing this because I’m getting dizzy.

What are you, Emiya Goja Buro?

This crazy bastard. Was he roleplaying not only in the community, but also in real life?

How devoted to Goja Buro is he?

It’s a bit bitter.

Two years ago, he was a man who worked hard with a sense of mission, but after going to the Capital, he became an idiot who only writes fishing posts.

What did he see in the Capital? Did he despair after facing an enemy he couldn’t defeat?

Just got tired? Developed PTSD?

He killed Atomic Rex, who was growing several times faster than Paladins, so he seems to be quite skilled.

Of course, there’s no guarantee that a level 7 Paladin and a level 7 Chimera are the same.

The Capital is far away, and there’s a lot to do here. Let’s think about it later.

━ Do you have any information about the mid-ranking demons in Bluethan?

“I haven’t seen them myself. I don’t think I’ve heard anything about them either. Should I bring the people who lived in Bluethan?”

━ Do that.

Seventeen civilized people entered the altar.

They all diligently explained what they had seen in Bluethan, but there was no special information.

Let’s summarize the information we’ve obtained today.

1. Bluethan is ruled by a demon triumvirate.

2. Mid-ranking demons die after sending coordinates.

3. The Paladin who helped Rachel’s group is very likely to be Close-Range Spy.

4. There are three mid-ranking and twelve lower-ranking demons in Bluethan.

First, information number 1. It’s a bit shocking, but not enough to make us despair.

My ‘Totem of Chaos’ works on mid-ranking demons. If we can just gather them all in one place and use it, it’s game over.

The problem is that it won’t be that easy, but since they all live in the city, it’s not entirely impossible.

It’s not like my blessing is the only thing that can block the coordinate transmission of mid-ranking demons.

Didn’t Harry’s ‘magic disruption device’ also prove its effectiveness in the last battle?

Mid-ranking demons are now ‘enemies that can be overcome’.

Information number 2 is useful.

It explains why the mid-ranking demon saved the coordinate transmission until the very end.

It’s a magic spell that uses his own life as a price, so he wouldn’t use it unless he was about to die.

Even mid-ranking demons fear death.

If they see a chance of winning, they won’t use it, even if the situation is a bit difficult. This can be used strategically.

Let’s skip information number 3.

Information number 4. I don’t have any particular thoughts on this either.

The number of villages and lower-ranking demons is small, probably because it’s a smaller region than Symphony.

It seems easier than I thought.

The overall assessment is ‘doable’?

It’s not like we’re going to march straight into the city and fight.

This time, we can nibble away at them and put pressure on them.

Based on all the information I’ve heard so far, the condition for coordinate transmission is ‘the emergence of a force that can threaten the demon forces’.

To be more specific, should it be ‘the emergence of a force that can overwhelm the mid-ranking demon who controls one region’?

They won’t send a coordinate transmission just because we killed a few lower-ranking demons.

If that happens, well, we’ll have no choice but to run like hell to Symphony.

━ Let’s stop here for today.

I dismissed the leadership.

It’s time to prepare for the next war.

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The next day.

“There’s a warp gate installed in the Symphony sewers!”

Harry, who had run to the altar in a hurry, caught his breath and said.

He said that they found it while having the civilized people clean the sewers, without any warning.

━ Let’s go.

I went down underground with the leadership, held in Rake’s hand.