Hellmode ~Gamer Who Likes to Speedrun Becomes Peerless in a Parallel World with Obsolete Setting~ Vol. 10 - Chapter 534 - Fifth Day - Survey

It was the fifth day since the Great Spirit God Easley gave them their task.

Allen was eting with the chief of magic engineers of his army, Larappa.

"This is a diagram I have of it, can you make it within 3 days and conduct trial runs?"

Allen wanted a specific magic device, so he drew a diagram and explained it to Larappa.

"I see. Water that absorbs Mana is extrely precious, and I'll need so when making this."

"Oh I have so, just bring a barrel. And also, be careful since it'll dissolve anyone that touches it, unless they're elves."

There were many barrels generally used for liquor in that room. Allen took an empty one and began pouring Dew of Life into it from a magic bag, which he took without asking permission.

"I see, so it can be stored inside magic bags."

Larappa watched Allen do that, and analyzed whether Allen's request could be fulfilled.

"Yes, it can be. Do you think you can make it?"

"3 days is a really short ti, but the trial runs should be done within 4 days. Everyone, get to work!!"

"Yes Milady!!"

"Yes Milady!!"

"Yes Milady!!"

The dwarves replied to Larappa like a queen, like always.

Allen filled 3 barrels with Dew of Life, then left that place, heading to the Gate of Judgent to return to the Spirit Paradise. A battlefield was being waged there.

'This is so tastyyy!!'

'What even is this? Though it's so goodddd.'

'Apparently it's called Hukama.'

Sophie, Cecile, and a few others desperately cooked for hundreds of spirits.

"Why are there so many of them?! They eat everything as soon as it's ready!!"

Cecile scread in frustration.

Their plan to oppose the Great Spirit God had comnced.

"Cecile, things seem to be going well here."

"Allen, you're back. Did you bring more food?"

"Yeah, we've got a few hundred people cooking over there too. Use this to lure more spirits over."

"...I won't say anything."

Cecile looked baffled by the state of everything, but it was impossible to stop now and just accepted the magic bag Allen gave her. It was filled with food the elves from Fortenia had cooked. The Queen had announced an ergency and everyone was cooking there.

The sa went for the dark elves, where the King gave a mandate for everyone to cook.

They would put the food in magic bags, which Allen would collect, and carry to the Spirit Paradise, where it would be used to lure spirits from the entire place.

"Everyone, this is the critical mont, work hard!!"

'Okay!!'

'Understood.'

'Heehee, got it.'

The dozens of Wraith C, B and A summons replied to Allen's orders.

'I don't know what to say, this isn't exactly what I'd call starvation tactics, but more like the opposite…'

Graham knew of strategies involving severing the enemy from food sources, but he had never seen anything like this.

(Alright, the food is going alright, now I hope the survey is going well too.)

Allen made sure his strategy was moving along.

'Hey, you over there. You still have to fill out the survey!'

'What do you wantt, I'm already full.'

A Wraith C summon was trying to get an otter spirit that was laying down to fill out a survey.

(Hey now, don't push the pen into his face, we need him to sign properly.)

"Stop that, you shouldn't ask them like that!!"

'...I'm sorry Master Allen.'

The 30cm tall summon that looked like a french doll looked in the verge of tears being scolded.

"Wait, let show you how to do it. Pass it over."

'Okayyyy~'

Teaching by example was important, so Allen took the paper and pen from the summon, took a deep breath, and then instantly smiled widely.

(Alright, ti to rember what my sister taught when working at an investnt fund.)

Allen recalled a mory from his past life as Kenichi, and Shared his vision with the summons.

"I'm really sorry to interrupt your rest, but could you please help by filling out this survey?"

He approached the otter spirit from earlier, asking him to fill the survey again.

'Seriously? I already told you, I want to sleeppp.'

The spirit's stomach was swollen, making it hard to move.

"Now don't be like that, it'll take you just 3 minutes tops, they're all really simple questions. Most of them are your impressions of the food, and what you'd like to see tomorrow."

Allen felt like it did not matter if it took 3 minutes or more.

'My impressions of the food?'

"Yes. Could I have your na please?"

'Angin.'

"That's a wonderful na. May I also ask your elent?"

'Wind. Is that all?'

"Just a little more. Hmm, I see…wait, are you a Great Spirit?"

He did not look like a Great Spirit at all, it was hard to believe he could even be a Spirit.

'Heheh, do I look that way? I'm actually a Young Spirit though.'

The otter spirit would not stop grinning after that. It was important to make sure soone felt comfortable while taking a survey.

"I see, that's a bit surprising actually. So what was your favorite food you had today? This is a really important question."

Whatever the spirit liked did not really matter actually.

"Umm, err, the fluffy thing."

"You an Hukama?"

'Yes! That thing!!'

That corroborated Allen's theory that 90% of spirits liked Hukama.

"I see. By the way, we might have to leave this place soon. We'll continue offering food though, so if you want to co along, would you prefer going to the Dark Elf Village? Or the Elven Country?"

'Huh? Hmmm… Does that an we won't be able to co back here either?'

Higher level spirits had already told the other spirits that they could not return to the Spirit Paradise if they left.

"Mhm, you won't be able to co back. But you'll get to eat a lot of delicious food!"

'Every day?'

"Of course!"

'Then I'd go to the Elven Country.'

"Thank you very much. Wait, you said you'd like to go to the Elven Country, right? There's a slight problem…"

'What happened?'

"See, almost all of the available spots to go to the Elven Country have been taken already. Would you like to reserve one before they run out? If so, please write your na right here."

Allen forced himself to not show his sly grimace as he pulled out another sheet of paper he held behind his back.

'What?! Yes, I'll write my na!'

"Thank you very much. The Elven Country will make sure to give you priority when moving then!"

'Really? Yayy, I'm so glad now.'

The otter spirit did not read what was written on the paper, and just signed it. Now that the questioning was over, the spirit reclined back and fell asleep.

(So Angin will go to Rosenheim, good. Alright everyone, just go around like that and get everyone to take the survey. Don't forget to make all of those suckers…I an dear spirits, sign properly as well.)

[Questions of the survey for spirits]

-Question 1: Tell your na

-Question 2: Tell your elent

-Question 3: Tell your rank

-Question 4: Tell your favorite food

-Question 5: Tell where you'd like to go if you could get food every day, the Dark Elf Village, or the Elven Country

(Once 5 is answered, get a different sheet of paper to sign)

All the summons moved out to mimic Allen's example with the surveys.

(Alright, the food and the surveys are going smoothly.)

anwhile a different goal was also moving forward, which produced bright flashes of light.

"Yayy, I've ford a pact with a fourth spirit!!"

"Let's get alongg."

Luck had ford a pact with a mud spirit that ca to eat. There were hundreds of spirits there, so he had many to pick from.

Then there was a different flash of light.

'Nice to et you.'

'The pleasure is mine, Space Great Spirit Jigen.'

"Oh, you also found your third one, Sophie."

After water and thunder, Sophie ford a pact with a Space Great Spirit, who looked like an upper body floating in mid-air, covered in armor and a helt, with a horizontal slit for his eyes which blinked with light.

He greeted Sophie briefly and then vanished.

"Yes, Tonies introduced to him."

There were very few Great Spirits, so Tonies, who had lived for 50000 years in the Spirit Paradise, introduced her to other Great Spirits of the right elents.

(Oh, Sophie finally reached Skill Level 5.)

"Sophie, next it's a light spirit."

That sounded like a strong elent. Spirit Masters like Sophie or Luck could only form pacts with up to 4 spirits.

"Okay, Master Allen. I'll search for one."

(Sophie doesn't seem to mind my idea so far. And Luck reached Skill Level 6 really fast.)

Sophie did not seem to mind the plan Allen had co up with. She seed to trust Allen, even if it involved the future of elves.

Allen kept using Heaven's Blessings on Luck, restoring his Mana as he constantly used high Mana Cost Skills to reach Skill Level 6.

"Alright, once you have pacts with 4 Spirits you can undergo a Talent Change, and then you'll be able to form pacts with 4 Great Spirits."

Luck was a 4 Star Disciple of Darkness, and once he underwent a Talent Change he would be able to form pacts with Great Spirits.

Mouton, who was watching from the side, reacted to that.

'Oh, it's already ti for that? Make sure you pick poison elent for your first pact.'

(No, that's not sothing we can choose.)

Mouton was waiting impatiently for Luck to be able to form a pact with him.

Luck would soon have a 5 Star Talent and he would be able to form pacts with Great Spirits, though the elents he could do it with were limited.

"Yeah…I know. But are you sure about that? We aren't exactly the good guys here."

Luck was wondering what Mouton thought of their current actions in the Spirit Paradise.

Luck had been really excited about Allen's plan and full of motivation the day before, but now he sounded almost worried. Mood swings like that were common for him, considering he still looked like a small child.

"Did you do sothing bad, Luck?"

"Huh?"

"Did you ever do anything to anger the Great Spirit God in your entire life?"

(Though he's about to do that with .)

"No, I never did that."

"If soone tells you sothing unfair, you shouldn't just accept it. You need to raise your fist and fight for what's right."

Not everyone in this world listened to reason.

"Okay, I understand. Anyway, I'll go through the Talent Change when we're back on the surface then."

Luck was looking more energetic after that.

(Alright, I have to go find so ghosts too. I'll need as many Levels as I can get.)

Allen had exhausted the ghost swarms of Shandar. He had been searching for them and hunting in them at the sa ti as he dealt with the Great God Spirit, and cooked for the spirits.

Soon it would be ti to present their reply to the task the Great Spirit God Easley had given them.