The Diary of a Middle-Aged Sage's Carefree Life in Another World: Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 10] by Kotobuki Yasukiyo

Author:Kotobuki Yasukiyo
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 8: The Old Guy Donates to Charity

Three men returned to the abandoned house they were using as a hideout and started preparing for the trip back to their own country.

Their country had been planning to use the Dark God Stones to strengthen their military—but now the men had discovered that the stones were dangerous. They needed to send a warning, and quick.

They’d tested out the stones on four mercenaries, and all of them had been transformed into monstrosities. Bizarre, twisted life-forms, existing only to consume other living beings.

Not only would these items fail to strengthen their military—they could very well bring their entire country to ruin.

Just as the men were preparing to leave, a single mage, hood pulled low over his eyes, arrived at the hideout.

The men started to draw their swords, but stopped when they recognized the visitor.

“Oh? What’s happened? Seems like you’re in a real hurry... Were you spotted?”

“No. I don’t think so, at least. But we found something we gotta report back to the state as quick as we can.”

“Oh? And what would that be? Surely you wouldn’t have to keep it a secret from a researcher like me.”

The black-clad mage flashed an unnatural smile at the men.

“It’s those stones. They turn people into monsters... We thought they might be dangerous, but it’s so much worse than we were expecting.”

As the mage listened, his mouth could be seen twisting into the slightest of grins under his hood. But the other men didn’t notice.

“Hmm? Well, that’s unexpected. Still, though... Monsters, you say...”

“N-No! We can’t use them! You’ve gotta stop your research!”

“From what you’ve said, grinding them into powder and administering it in small doses might be a promising option...”

“You’re still planning to use the damn things?!”

“Of course I am! In fact, let me ask—do you really think a small country like your own stands a chance at beating any other country without using them?”

The men’s country was in poverty. It had nothing in the way of notable trade or industry, let alone any local specialties.

If they wanted to survive, their only option would be to try and take control of other countries, like they’d done with wars of aggression years in the past.

But even then, using the Dark God Stones was just far too risky.

“There’s no need to have your army use them, though. All you have to do is pass them to some shady organization, and get it to distribute them to whatever other country you want to take down.”

“What?!”

“If we release something like that into the world, it’s gonna come back to bite us!”

“Are you insane?!”

“All I’m saying is, you can use them to drum up chaos among your enemies. Let them bring themselves to ruin.”

Intentionally spreading something so dangerous around seemed like a completely mad idea. But if the men’s country didn’t break out of the deadlock it was in, it’d eventually disappear one way or the other anyway.

“Using the underworld to weaken your enemy’s a proper strategy too, isn’t it? Not that it’s a particularly honorable one, of course.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.