I’ve solved Oberon’s son problem.
All that’s left is to conquer the Tower of Sealed Gods.
We returned to Photuatua using Greater Teleportation.
“Lord Mika!”
“Doran.”
At the entrance of the tower were Doran and the other adventurers (Stranded Victims).
Doran and the others approached us. Hmm…? Something seems off.
“What’s wrong?”
“The entrance to the Tower of Sealed Gods is completely blocked!”
“What did you say?”
We went to the entrance of the tower.
At first glance, it’s just a gate. Made of stone, with no doors in particular.
But when you try to enter, something transparent blocks your way. Oh dear.
“Hey, Sinri. What’s going on?”
Behind me were Sinri, Oberon, and Kaida.
I told Oberon and his wife that they didn’t have to come.
But Oberon said, “I can’t leave the baby alone,” and decided to come along.
That’s strange, I thought we left the baby (Maya-chan) behind.
And just as I was about to ask Sinri about the situation…
[Fwahahaha! Serves you right!]
“That voice… Circe?”
The voice of the Witch Circe, who’s occupying this tower, could be heard from somewhere.
[I’ve had your God Skill, Absolute Barrier (Firewall), put up in this tower!]
“Oh? Absolute Barrier (Firewall)?”
It’s a defensive skill that completely nullifies the opponent’s attacks.
“Why can you use my skill?”
[While you were leisurely taking a break, I was thinking of countermeasures against you and created it! After all, I’m a genius!]
I somehow thought she resembled someone, just saying.
Glance.
“? Master, why are you looking at me?”
“No… I mean, can God Skills be imitated by others?”
“Yes, it’s possible. Unlike Omniscience (Internet), it’s not a skill unique to that God.”
“Unique skill?”
“Yes. Skills that only that individual can learn are called unique skills. They cannot be imitated by others.”
In other words, all other skills can be imitated…
Wait?
“Even Complete Deletion (Uninstall)?”
“Well, if you really wanted to. However, you’d need a high Divine Rank and a copying technique.”
“I see. So, if you have a high Divine Rank and a copying technique, it’s possible.”
“That’s right. Because it’s not a unique skill.”
Seriously…?
[You nonchalantly stepped into my Divine Territory! A Divine Territory is a God’s domain of control! Your power is completely exposed to me!]
…Hmm. I see.
In short, by entering Circe’s Divine Territory, she learned my powers…
“Hey, Sinri.”
“What is it?”
“Could the situation Circe just described have been searched for with Omniscience (Internet)?”
“Yes, it could have.”
“I see…”
Then, could you please announce the dangers of that in advance…?
Smack, Oberon hit Sinri on the head.
“You hit me! The perfect brain of a High-Performance AI! What if it breaks?!”
“It was broken to begin with!”
…That’s a terrible thing to say.
“If God Skills used within a Divine Territory can be imitated, why didn’t you announce that!”
Oberon said everything I wanted to say.
I thought Sinri really needed someone to call her out. Yeah…
“Ah.”
Ah…? You didn’t realize that possibility…?
“O-of course, I knew. Yes, of course, I knew. I really did know, seriously.”
It seems she didn’t realize it.
Well, the weakness of Omniscience (Internet) is that it doesn’t activate unless the skill user searches for it (it’s not a passive skill).
…Wait?
Wasn’t Sinri, the AI for automatic searching, introduced to compensate for that weakness…?
“B-but! It’s okay. I’ve already searched for countermeasures against this barrier with Omniscience (Internet)!”
It seems she’s already searched for a way to break through this Absolute Barrier (Firewall).
“Do it from the beginning if you can.”
“Uu… Master… praise me…”
Sinri clung to me like a koala.
“Lord Mika.”
Glare.
“A-ah… Sinri. Tell me how to break through.”
“Uu… no one praises me. I’m going to rebel!”
Sinri turned away. How troublesome.
Kaida’s 0-year-old was much more obedient…
“Just tell me.”
Oberon pulled Sinri’s cheek.
“O-okay… Ahem, Circe’s Absolute Barrier (Firewall) has a major flaw. That is, the barrier cannot be deployed over a wide area.”
Hmm?
“What do you mean?”
“In other words, the enemy cannot spread the Absolute Barrier (Firewall) throughout this long tower.”
Ah… I see?
Only the entrance is protected by the barrier (meaning the barrier isn’t spread anywhere else).
“Why is that?”
“Because she just copied it. She hasn’t mastered it yet.”
“I see.”
“Also! A big factor is that there’s no High-Performance AI to support the use of God Skills, which are difficult to handle! (glances)”
Okay, okay.
In short, the barrier is currently only blocking the entrance.
Then, the solution is simple.
Punch through the walls of the upper floors, break them, and enter from there.
[You’re an idiot! Did you really think I wouldn’t have countermeasures against something even a kindergartner could figure out!?]
…Huh?
Kindergartner…?
[The moment you teleport to the upper floors and try to punch through, I just need to deploy the barrier on that spot!]
“Hmm… but if you do that, people will enter from the entrance, right?”
[Anyone other than you is just a small fry! I only need to focus on countermeasures against you!]
Ummm… well, as she pointed out, no one but me can conquer the tower. Doran and the others already retired halfway through.
[Kyahaha! What do you think? You can’t even enter this tower! I win!]
“Does winning like that make you happy? Not fighting and winning, but preventing the match from happening in the first place.”
[Hyahaha! No matter how I do it, winning is winning! I win!]
…Hmm.
Hmm…
“What’s wrong, Lord Mika?”
“Nah, nothing.”
Well, I’ll understand the truth when I meet her directly.
“So, Mika. What are you going to do?”
If you try to enter from the entrance, you’ll be blocked by the barrier.
Trying to break through the walls of the upper floors will be blocked in the same way.
She’s completely avoiding me from entering.
“She doesn’t fight opponents she can’t win against. She has a bad mouth and attitude, but she’s quite thoughtful,”
Oberon said.
“Hmph! Fool! There’s no way my Master can be stopped by such shallow tactics!”
Sinri, why are you so confident?
“Why? Because Master has this cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, ultra-high-performance support AI!”
So, you just wanted to brag…
Now, what should I do?
Hmm… the barrier blocks attacks… Ah.
“That’s right. Sinri. Is this possible?”
I suddenly thought of something and searched for it with Omniscience (Internet) through Sinri.
“It’s possible.”
“Good.”
“As always, Master is dangerous. To break through the barrier in such a way…”
Well, Sinri searched for it and proved that it’s possible, so let’s do it.
[Haha! It’s useless, useless, useless! The Absolute Barrier (Firewall) is an absolute barrier! It’s absolutely impossible to break through!]
“Yeah, I admit that. Only that part.”
[Huh?]
I said to Oberon.
“…Oberon. Can you put Doran and the others to sleep with a Sleep Spell?”
“? It’s possible.”
“Then, please do it. It’ll be bad if they see it.”
“…Understood.”
Oberon cast a Sleep Spell without chanting.
Doran and the others fell to the ground on the spot, snoring.
“Thanks. Well… let’s do it.”
I stood in front of the entrance to the Tower of Sealed Gods and swung my right hand back with all my might.
“God Protection, release!”
I released the restricted Divine Power.
And…
“Rock, paper, scissors… rock!”
I punched the entrance with all my might.
Gooooooooin…
A dull sound echoed.
[Haha! Are you an idiot!? I told you attacks won’t work… eh, eeeeeeeh!?]
The lowest level of the Tower of Sealed Gods was blown away completely.
And the tower that was on top of it fell down one level.
Zuzuzuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun…
[W-what’s happening!?]
“Master blew away the entire lower level like a Daruma Drop.”
“Hah!? D, Daruma Drop!?”
This tower has a layered structure.
It’s structured with several layers, like Daruma dolls, extending upwards.
If you can’t enter the tower and conquer it, you skip the layers like a Daruma Drop, bringing the top layer down.
“The barrier can completely prevent the destruction of Master’s physical attacks, but it can’t negate the impact of the blows.”
“N, no way…! You don’t mean… you’re planning to repeat this over and over!? Until the top layer comes down to the very bottom!?”
Exactly.
“N, no way… that’s too absurd…”
“Haha! Too bad! When it comes to being absurd, no one can surpass my Master!”