And so...
The frustrated "smart guy" thought of the [Seaside Shard] the nobles had all been researching before.
In his view...
Might combining it with [Agumon of Light] yield some new discovery?
Then he began experimenting.
It had to be said...
When researchers went mad, they really could have the power to destroy the world.
After two years of research, this fellow actually managed to produce something.
The Aurelius Family specialized in biomagicology.
So this smart guy was also skilled in that discipline.
And what he created was nothing other than...
Magic beasts.
But they were not the relatively "conventional" things Alisa had produced before.
They were far more insane magic beasts.
These magic beasts shared one characteristic.
Gigantification and instability.
That was right.
Whether it was the giant magic beasts the World Will had transported to Storm Island or those on the Karim Continent, they were all products of this fellow's research.
And the ultimate purpose of researching these things was to provide the nobles with "offerings."
Who knew which noble had too much time on his hands?
After losing the ability to use the [Seaside Shard], he had teamed up with this fellow.
Where else did you think the research funding had come from?
Naturally, once this fellow had a finished product, he had to repay his patron.
And that noble... happened to be a smuggler in league with the Northern Barbarians.
So all the technology and everything else flowed into their hands.
Unlike the people of the Empire, who had a foundation of knowledge...
What did those barbarians know about any of this?
As far as they were concerned, they had the technology.
So they just had to go all out.
Then they could march south as soon as possible and seize the Empire's territory.
Yet it