RPG chapter 56

56　The suppressive mouse

Soon enough, we can hear shrieks coming from the town

「Uwaa!?　What the hell?　Mouse?　Mice!?」

「Somehow they shined palely too, what the heck!?」

「They are climbing onto my body!?」

「They are biting them!?　My weapon!? My armor!?」

「They are damaged just after being bitten by the mice!?」

The spirit mouse I created has the characteristic of “infinite multiplication”

Even if it was killed by being slashed or crushed, each of those fragments would revive as a brand new spirit mouse

Even if they are not killed, they would split once every 20 seconds

Therefore, right now there are several hundreds of spirit mice crawling inside the town

It is not peaceful anymore

Those guys aren’t just some abnormal event either, they are accompanied with real harm

「Everything is getting bitten!?　The wood and armor too!?」

「The swords are broken from the base!? The armors are full of holes too!?」

「Oi, stop! Don’t kill them!? They will multiply when killed!」

「Then how about you tell me what to do!? Tell me how to stop these!?」

「They can enter from such a small gap too!? It’s impossible to lock them away!?」

「Kyaaaaa!?　It is in my skirt!?」

「The food warehouse was invaded!? They have devoured the wheat and emergency rations!?」

「Stoppppppp!　Don’t bite the pillar!?」

……。

Is it a good time now?

「Should we enter the town?」

「Eh?　You have gained control of the town?」

Grey Ryuuga can also catch the agonizing cries from the outside of the town, but he is baffled as he couldn’t figure out the situation

「I think their resist power is completely ruined. It should be alright」

「For real……!?」

I enter with Grey Ryuuga

The barricades blocked the entrance of the town were also bitten and destroyed by the mice

It was noisy inside the town

There are dozens of spirit mice on each of the resident’s body, as if saying 『If you move, you die』

Since things like armors made of steel were destroyed like that, what will happen if their flesh is bitten by those teeth?

Perhaps the residents are imagine something like that, so they can only glare at us, the invaders, no one actually intercepted us

「Please do not move. The spirit mice will bite your flesh and bones with just a command from me」

I warn them just in case

It also explains to them that I am the one unleashing the spirit mice

Thus, at the moment, the town of Irunne is completely dominated by the spirit mice

「I thought I had completely understood the threat of you……！」

Grey Ryuuga says while walking next to me

「But it seems like my understanding is still not enough. Your killer technique has a heinous power one-on-one……, but its true value can only be showed in group battles!?」

Right

The infinite multiplying spirit mice can be treated as an area attack

Everything within a certain range will be completely destroyed

I can control all of them since they are treated as a 『Colony』. Among the Twelve Apostles, only the 『Mouse』 I obtained can utilize such characteristic

「『Mouse』 is not a “miss”, huh?」

「That is not the only advantage of being a colony. Each of the attacking mouse has can judge and discriminate what is the attack target and what is not」

Right

「Thanks to that, there was no casualties while invading the town. The mice were limited to only destroy weapons, armor, etc…… On top of that, they attacked food supplies, buildings and important facilities to rob away their fighting will. I have never seen such a brilliant way to invade a city」

It wouldn’t happen with the same area attack like using fire or wind magic

The attacking units can make their own judgment……moreover, a terrific, ultra-detailed judgment so they can distinguish their attack target

They can sort out what can be destroyed and what cannot, or even classify the persimmon seeds and peanuts mixed together

To bloodlessly disable groups of enemies, that is the true function of my holy beast wisdom ceremony <Kanate Honchuu Shingura>

But well, because of that……。

「I didn’t have a turn……！」

Grey Ryuuga became melancholic

……If I can brilliantly dominate the town that easily, certainly there is no chance for the others to interfere, right?

But, that is ok

「It would be your turn soon」

「Really?」

「Right, this place is the town mayor’s mansion」

While we moved inside the town of Irunne as if we owned it, all the residents we passed by were swarmed with spirit mice and couldn’t move

When we arrived at the center of the town, we found a splendid building

This should be a house of a big-wig

「Excuse me」

I open the gate and enter

When we entered the mansion, inside of it was……。

A slender middle-aged man who seemed nervous

「That is the town mayor, right……?」

「He is also swarmed with mice. Is it really impossible to escape?」

Well, that is true

As for the town mayor, after seeing us entering……。

「Hiiiiiiiiii!?　Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!?」

He shrieked in fear

Even so, he couldn’t escape due to being swarmed by mice

「Such miserable shriek. Did you imagine facing the enemies when you planned for a rebel?」

In the town mayor’s room, there are also other town executives, relatives or guards, but they also couldn’t move because of my spirit mice

They must be filled with fear

This should be a suitable time

「Let’s have a self-introduction first!　We are the newly enacted 『The imperial guardian beast Twelve Apostles』!　The twelve persons who will be the strongest force of the empire. Among them are me and this person!」

I point toward Grey Ryuuga

「This person is the first place Grey Ryuuga of the Twelve Apostles!　The strongest among the strongest of the empire!　The first among the first!　Unequaled under heaven!　A match for thousands!」

「Oi, what is with that unnatural flattery……？」

「And I am the twelfth place Jirat!」

Then, I publicly announce my executive name

「The twelfth place of the Twelve Apostles, Jirat! In other words, the lowest rank! The first one from the bottom! Please to meet you! By the way, the attack that dominated you guys is by me, so best regard too!」

Announcing my name like this should be enough, right?

「That is the Twelve Apostles……!?」

「Twelfth rank?　The lowest, or in other words, the weakest……!?」

「Even the weakest one is that strong, how strong is the first place ……!?」

「It’s too scary……!?」

Good, the people of Irunne town are being manipulated by the news

「Well no, this guy is just the Twelfth rank in name only……」

「Grey Ryuuga-sama!?」

Although the opponent misunderstands on their own and is scared, why are you correcting them?

Anyhow, the moment the opponent is the most scared is the best chance

Please ask them straight away

It’s the art of conversation。

「Then, you will be granted the sacred words of the first rank Grey Ryuuga-sama! Listen carefully and promptly answer!!」

「You, why are you setting up like this?」

「The detail of your answer will decide the fate of this town!」

Shut up

I’m trying my best for something I am not used to while you are just standing there, so guess it

Just ride with my acting and let yourself be the most important person in this place!

「Umu……!」

The prince finally read the air

「O the mayor of the town of Irunne. Why did you ignore the summon from His Majesty the Emperor and didn’t hasten to join the debut of us Twelve Apostles? State your reason」

With a suitable majestic, he urged them for their fault of ignoring the instruction from the emperor

With this, the fate of this town would be influenced

The empire would destroy the empire depending on the answer. Don’t forget that the opponent is an evil empire

After all, the empire won’t allow its honor to be crushed, so I can’t forcibly protect them here

Then, the town mayor’s answer is……。

「As expected……！」

Nnn?

「As expected, it is just as I was told! The emperor would use the Twelve Apostles to kill me! This is the end! Uwaaaaa!?」