War Begins! Fighting the Earth Magnate Again!

With a boom, what arrived amid a great cloud of smoke was a fully equipped laboratory!

There were two kinds of Summoning Technique. One was the blood-contract summoning used to call forth summon beasts, and the other was this sort: non-blood-contract summoning. Summoning Impure World Reincarnation and the Bird Puppets Shiro had developed both fell into this category.

Summoning buildings like this was also fairly common, though usually what got summoned were combat tools. Experimental equipment like this was still rare.

Shiro had originally thought he was the only one who had considered this angle. He had not expected Orochimaru to have finished it long ago—and in such luxurious fashion, no less.

"Tsk. As expected of Senior Orochimaru. Your resources really are impressive. These experimental instruments alone made coming to you worth it."

"Enough pleasantries. Let's handle this first. It's about time to head back."

"Mm, all right. Then I'll go set up the barrier. I'll leave this place to you, Lord Orochimaru."

"Mm."

After that, Shiro walked out of the place and went outside to set up a new Magic Barrier, completely isolating it from the outside world, while Orochimaru stayed where he was to adjust the experimental equipment.

Afterward, once the two of them had each left behind a snake capable of using reverse summoning, they each activated reverse summoning and returned to the camp.

This was the good thing about Ryūchi Cave: it had many snakes. Though its high-end combatants were only so many, under such an enormous population base, there were quite a few snakes capable of performing reverse summoning, enough to supply both Shiro and Orochimaru at the same time.

After returning to the camp, Shiro stretched, greeted Gray Snake, and then went straight to sleep. He had done quite a lot today, and now