Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure Chapter 1989: Toss it to them

"Your Majesty, all our things are packed, and we're set to depart."

With a quick nod, I replied, "Then let's set out."

Klein nodded in agreement and then moved to guide the royal guards.

We'd only set up camp in this spot because of the ongoing issues with the racial alliance.

Those endless meetings about the Death Valley incident had kept me pinned down, unable to roam freely. I was stuck here, responding to their summons day after day.

The reason we avoided entering the town was the sheer disorder raging inside it.

Naturally, the vanishing of Death Valley had sparked this turmoil.

Mercenaries who once relied on Death Valley's riches were suddenly jobless. Cut off from that source, they scrambled for fresh ways to make a living.

Such a shift was far from simple.

Nothing could match the straightforward ease of harvesting resources from Death Valley, at any rate.

Yes, venturing into Death Valley carried the peril of death, but that was simply the hazard inherent in their trade. For mercenaries, risking life for coin was the one skill they truly mastered.

Their established paths into Death Valley, along with the setups to extract its bounties, made the work straightforward. They merely needed to sweep away monsters now and then to keep those paths secure.

Lacking that setup now, they'd be thrust back into raw, life-endangering risks.

In due course, they'd uncover new pursuits. Yet this adjustment wouldn't unfold overnight or in mere days.

Stabilizing their lives would demand a considerable stretch of time.

I'd proposed to the racial alliance that they recruit these idle mercenaries to hunt down the forces of Destruction. With their hands empty, it made sense to direct their vigor toward useful ends rather than letting them stray into trouble.

A sliver of that idea stemmed from my own twinge of remorse over stripping away their means of survival.

Nevertheless, the racial alliance possessed ample coffers for the task, so I'd simply hand it off to them. They'd ensure these mercenaries found a solid direction.

While our group pressed onward, a detachment broke away from the core party and veered toward another route. Their path led back toward the Kite Kingdom.

They weren't returning merely to relay news to my wives.

Had that been the case alone, they would have remained by my side.

Their return stemmed solely from a delivery I needed made to Max and his fellow researchers.

Through my trials, I'd discovered that only potent items like high grade magic stones could contain divine energy without failing. Lesser vessels burst apart when infused with it.

Those medium grade magic stones produced blasts so fierce that I pondered their potential as explosives.

Yet high grade magic stones came scarce and costly, rendering them impractical for widespread divine energy storage.

Without unearthing a vast stockpile, that option stayed out of reach.

Rather than hunting solo for an ideal container for divine energy...

"Why bother with this alone when skilled researchers stand ready to help? It's smarter to have them probe for ways to hold this divine energy."

Truth be told, Max outshone me in such research matters.

He'd crafted that divine energy net which quelled the corruption energy within Dorothy.

Given his sharp mind, he ought to devise or uncover a means to contain divine energy.

"Perhaps he's already achieved it, considering how he built that divine energy net..."

I'd come to this insight following my personal tests.

Put simply, no sense in exhausting myself on a fix when experts were primed for the job.

Thus, I'd delegated the issue to them for resolution.

The returning royal guards carried an array of bugs summoned by Queenie. Each brimmed with her divine energy, ensuring they'd endure for some time.

This served as the divine energy I'd provided for their experimental needs.

My hope was that they'd crack the challenge of moving divine energy safely.

Should they overcome that hurdle, who knew what further innovations might arise.

Queenie's near-endless reserve of divine energy, thanks to Insectum's unique traits, meant even its milder form held value as divine energy.

Such divine energy could effectively counter the corruption energy wielded by the forces of Destruction.

Integrating it into various weapons would allow even ordinary troops to wield divine energy, vastly bolstering our forces—especially against the forces of Destruction.

Clearly, pursuing this avenue promised great rewards.