255. Conference, Strategy

Time goes by.

It's been two months since Izumi arrived in another world. It was also when the elven village raid was about to begin.

In the luxurious room inside the demon lord's castle, Izumi, Tabane, Warrod, Kisame, Rori, Kuroneko, Hiiro, Kakashi, and Kumoko are sitting at a long table. A total of nine chairs were arranged on each side of the long table in the fashion of confronting each other. All of them were occupied while one person sat at a position overlooking them with an attendant standing next to her. The one who sat in an overlooked position was of course a demon lord, Ariel, herself. Beside her was her attendant called Balto.

Besides them, there are also 4 Queen Taratechs, Ariel's kin including Taratech dolls that have been modified by Kumoko waiting on the outside, as well as robots made by Tabane and Izumi. As for those robots, because they don't use cores like an IS, the robots have limited capabilities. Even so, their destructive power might be enough to destroy some of the enemy's robots.

Ariel started the meeting and started asking what plans Izumi and the others had made.

Tabane stood up and operated her holographic computer, then projected the computer screen for everyone to see. They could see that what Tabane was showing was a 3D map of the elven village. The map has also been adjusted to the cardinal directions as on Earth. Up means north, right means east, bottom means south, and left means west.

"After I spied for 2 months, I came to know which are the important points in this whole village. Supposedly, the main door is on the southeast. But because they often use teleportation tools, maybe everyone doesn't know it. In the middle of the village is a laboratory, underground to be exact. And close to the western boundary of the village, it's the place where reincarnators are kidnapped. First, we have to lure the elves out of their lair. Then..."

Tabane turned her head after saying that, and her gaze fell on Kuroneko.

Kuroneko said.

"I, the Queen of Nightmare, wilt destroy the barrier in that village with my darkness power. A mere barrier willn't stop my path to conquer the world!"

Izumi facepalmed.

At a time like this, her disease flares up.

Ariel twitched her brow, doubting what Kuroneko had said.

"It's not that I don't believe in you. But can you? As you know, the Queen Taratech couldn't break the barrier even if it took years."

Covering his face with his left hand, Izumi waved his right hand at Ariel and said.

"You don't have to worry about that, Ariel-chan. Let's just say we have our own way."

"If you say so, then, it's fine I guess."

"We must distribute personnel to surround the village. Since we are going to raid directly from the front door, we are gathered at this mark! Then..." Tabane circled the southeast of the village to mark the starting point. Then she allocated 4 Queen Taratechs to 4 posts in the south, east, northeast, and north. The remaining 3 marks will be filled by personnel who will later carry out a surprise attack and they must hide first.

Izumi said.

"For all personnel who will later be positioned in the last three marks, I will give you these."

He took out some 3x6 inch paper that looked like talismans that had runes inscribed on both sides.

"Eh, what are those?"

Not only Ariel, but even the chat group members also don't know about those talismans. Some of them knew a little bit because they had seen the amulet used to summon a Shikigami. While others are less aware of it.

Although amulets and talismans can be said to be similar, amulets are more used to ward off negative energy, evil spirits, or disease. While a talisman is something that gives someone more power. On the other hand, a talisman can also be seen as a natural amplifier to someone who uses it.

"These are talismans I made to hide one's aura and become invisible."

"Eh, since when can you make such gadgets?" Rori asked curiously. Even Tabane didn't know, let alone anyone else.

"Hell... I'm a crafting master now. I can make these simple talismans in no time."

"How to use it?" Kakashi asked Izumi because he was quite interested after hearing Izumi's explanation.

"Kakashi-san. Your eyes are sparkling. Don't tell me you want to use it to peek at girls taking a bath?" Kuroneko narrowed her eyes as she said to Kakashi.

"Of course not, don't defame me please!"

"Hypo.."

"Hypocrite.."

"..."

"..."

At that moment, Izumi also said.

"Kakashi-san."

"What?"

"You need medicine!"

"..."

"Well, can we continue?" Ariel suddenly said. She didn't want them to keep joking around in this meeting, much less when it was related to dealing with her mortal enemy.

"Well, as I said, this talisman can indeed hide one's aura. But when it comes to making someone invisible, that's not quite true. To be more precise, it just interferes with one's optical vision."

"Optical vision?"

"For example?"

"I don't quite understand."

"Same here."

Some didn't understand what Izumi meant. But Tabane started to say.

"That means, if I use the talisman and sit in this chair, other people can't see me and can only see the chair?"

"Not quite right, because the chair was blocked by you. This thing only interferes with one's optical vision which only reflects the scenery around you. In essence, this 'invisible' can only be used in open fields, such as forests, deserts, wastelands, or other open fields. As you stood in an open field, someone else only saw the scenery there as your body also reflected the scenery around you. You could say it's the chameleon effect adapting to its surroundings."

After Izumi's explanation, they understood what he meant. But Ariel asked.

"How long will the talisman effect last?"

"It should be 1 hour. But you need to know. The 'invisible' effect is only useful when you're not moving. When you move, the reflection also moves and makes it easier for you to be noticed by the enemy."

At the very least, Izumi warned of the talisman's weakness because Izumi made the talisman as simple as possible.

"Oh right. For those of you who rely too much on magic. Tabane will distribute weapons for each post. The ammunition is limited, so don't carelessly use it. At the very least, the weapon will be useful if the enemy uses the anti-magic field."

Izumi also offers something to overcome the anti-magic field. That made Ariel quite interested.

"Weapons that can be relied upon when the anti-magic field is active? How about the power?"

"Its explosive power can destroy anything within a radius of 50x50 meters according to the direction of your aim."

Ariel tilted her head and put her finger to her lips while thinking. With sexy clothes and young looks, everyone would say that she looks cute if everyone doesn't know who Ariel really is.

"Oh, is that a grenade?" Due to getting some of Kumoko's memories, Ariel knows a little about the modern world. So she is no stranger to modern weapons.

"No, more like a grenade launcher. But it's not like an ordinary grenade launcher because this weapon uses a special material as ammunition."

"What special material?"

"That's a secret. Anyway, for the northwest post, gramp Warrod will fill it. I know gramps aren't used to killing, so use your magic or whatever to restrain the enemy. Because that's your specialty. Hiiro and I will take the west. Then, the remaining spot for the Taratech dolls. As for the Taratech dolls and the Taratech Queen, I'll leave them to you to listen to your commands, Ariel-chan!"

Izumi said while looking at the others. Then his gaze fell on Ariel when he finished speaking. Ariel nodded, indicating that she agreed with what Izumi said.

"Alright. The southeast is the main force, and the north, northeast, east, and south are in charge of supporting or restraining the enemies and assisting the main force. The rest are hidden forces, whose job is to stab the enemies from behind when the time comes. Some of the robots I made together with Tabane will help out at each post. Hidden forces must wait for a command before launching an all-out attack."

Then Izumi took out some communication tools and distributed them to everyone. Since all Taratech forces apart from Kumoko could only hear orders from Ariel, at least Izumi had to give her a communication device first.