บท 59: The Location of the Ritual
With the anniversary over, it was time to return to Japan. Raynor hopes no more weirdos will pop up in his home's backyard.
Regardless, he asked Alicia to watch over this place and tell him if anyone else popped up.
With his chariot, he could quickly arrive here and deal with the Heretic gods.
For now, they were sitting in the SUV and driving back to the airport.
The Godslayer was staring through the window and looking at the grasslands and forests.
In truth, he has been pouring his mana into exploration authority most of the time since he got it.
'That makes it the fifth Viking I made.'
It has been around 5 hours since he started. So it takes around an hour to spawn a single housecarl.
To even try an expedition, he needs a crew for a single boat of around 120 men. Depending on his gut feeling.
Since the ship sizes vary from 25 to 120, it's better at 120 per ship.
'It's cooler that way.'
Raynor wasn't a cheapskate. If he invades another reality, it should be in style.
'Reminds me of Odysseus and the war of Troy.' For a second, he almost giggled from that happiness.
'Oh, this is just glorious! I think I am returning to my Chuunibyou days. Only this time, shit is real!'
As the Storm King almost chuckles to himself, the girls look slightly worried. To think that some explorers' authority would make Raynor THAT excited!
It shouldn't be that bad, right?
After forty minutes of driving, the group ended up at the airport, which would take them to Istanbul and then from there, they would go to Tokyo.
As everyone was passing by the checks, the girls noticed that Raynor was oddly quiet. They didn't realise that the Storm King was busy the whole time! He was feeding mana to his authority and generating housecarls inside his Olympus.
The flight to Istanbul was not long. The group changed their planes there before taking a long-haul plane to Tokyo.
Mid-flight, the girls started really worrying! Raynor didn't talk with them at all!
All of them looked at each other. Erica decided that she should be the one who got him back on track!
So the blonde slipped from her seat and snuck into Raynor's one!
"Erica? What is it?" Raynor, who was cloud watching, got interrupted.
"You have been ignoring us for over 7 hours!" The blonde complained with inflated cheeks.
"I have been charging my authority." He casually explained to her as he proceeded to wrap his hands around her and pull the beauty closer for proper seating. He then pulled out a blanket and placed it on her.
"Since you are here, I might as well use you as a hug pillow." He casually designated her duty for the rest of the flight.
Erica's eyebrows widened for a second as she realised that she might overdid it! But then she smirked. She might as well enjoy the attention when she can.
Even if she ends up sore from such a position, but then! Raynor turns his seat into a bed. Allow her to lay on him partially!
Now, this was several times better!
The blonde changed her snuggling into a favourable position before starting to nap on his chest.
"So I assume you are gathering the housecarls as you said?" Erica proceeded to question him as this authority was as unique as it gets. Someone like Leif Erikson descending is a one-in-thousand-years opportunity.
"Yeah. I need at least twenty-five to start working on boats. That makes in total 25 hours of continuous mana pouring."
His explanation made her open her eyes and look at him with disbelief.
"Y-Your authority is a ritual! That's an incredibly rare ability!" She swiftly proceeded to explain.
"From little of what we know, Britain's King has the closest thing to your ability. He got it from the Minotaur. It allows him to summon the Minos labyrinth.
But it's nowhere near something like yours. His is to confuse the enemy while yours is to explore!" She said with a small awe. Now, she is excited to travel! She can't wait to see OTHER realities!
"I see. I have some idea of how he uses his. I can guess it is much easier to use, and it takes less time. At the same time, mine takes meticulous preparation and time. I would say both authorities fall into similar classifications. But that's about it."
Erica slowly nodded while returning to her snuggling.
Around two hours later, the blonde knight needed to get to the toilet. That was where another girl used her opportunity to sneak in and take over!
"Yukino."
"!" The black-haired beauty stopped in her tracks for a second. But then swiftly sneaked under the blanket.
"You didn't even look!" Yukino whispered her complaint as she placed her head on his chest.
"I don't need to look to know which of my beauties is napping on me." He replied without even looking. Instead, his hand went for her back and started to stroke her long hair.
"Cheeky powers! No doubt you can sense us!" She wanted to tease him before showing herself, but it didn't work. It's funny how Yukino started to show slightly more playful behaviour occasionally.
Of course, she was feeling jealous, so she wanted to balance out her emotions.
When Erica saw that her place had been taken over, she snorted with some annoyance. Well, she will have her chance once they are back.
Just because Yukino is getting bolder doesn't mean she will be victorious! All the blonde needs to do is get her timing right when they are at school!
Not that there was much flight left. Around two hours later, their plane was landing.
And since it landed, Yukino needed to return to her seat.
~~~~~~Later, Saturday~~~~~~
The group returned home Saturday morning. The very first thing the majority of the family did was to sleep and get over the jetlag.
They just returned from the other side of the planet. As the majority of them were resting, only Raynor needed a few hours to rest before he was back to his old self.
'I suppose there is nothing to do. I could fly out and look for a proper site to start my 'ritual'.'
The Storm King removed Erica and Yukino, who were sleeping, using his hands as a pillow. He floated out from his house before rushing into the air and making it rain to hide him since it was daytime.
With rain, he could hide in clouds, and people won't be able to see him.
As he left Tokyo, he flew around to see if he could find a proper place for his ritual.
However, it was no surprise that with how densely populated the place was, ritual casting like that would be almost impossible.
'Hokkaido or Russia to the North could work.'
The Godslayer remembered that those places have dense forests next to water.
It could work!
With a slowly rising grin, he rapidly flew over there.
It was an excellent time to test the limits of his regular flight.
While he was fast, at rapid speed, he started to feel the air slamming into his face, as well as bombarding his ears.
To counter such a thing, he decided to test his aura. He recalled how gods fought, especially Zeus and Poseidon.
A thick layer of divinity always surrounded them.
So he did the same. He was calling forth his authority over the sky. Sky blue aura surrounded him, instantly removing air and sound around him.
With no resistance anymore, he could fly even faster!
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Sometime later, his gaze went down as he saw a lush island. Full of trees, pine trees similar to Scandinavian trees Vikings used to use for their longboats.
'Bingo. It appears I found what I was looking for.' Raynor said to himself as his eyes gleamed with happiness. He didn't need to look for long. Honestly, all he needed was to fly North. You will always find Russia in the north when you live in Asia.
For him, it was no different. But then again, this could be Hokkaido. Not that he cares.
With the place found, he descended and landed on the shore. He looked around. His authority was roaring inside him, telling him this was the place!
Without wasting time, he placed his hand on the ground. The mana he charged for more than sixteen hours poured out into the land.
The land started to glow, spreading through the area and enveloping the trees and the water. Eventually, it formed boundaries, setting into the land and then subsiding.
With land set, his Viking started to manifest like a ghost, becoming real and rushing to work. Axes appeared in their hands as they began to cut trees.
As Raynor selected his ritual side, he will now send energy to this place, which would spawn more Vikings.
Seeing the expeditions becoming a reality made Raynor grin from ear to ear.
'This will be great. I can go anywhere with this power. Not just anime. Even historic fights! Like Troy! Or the Peloponnesian War or the Punic Wars!
Maybe even check out heroic journeys. Those have gods which I could kill.'
Raynor realised he could finally collect the full set of authorities from Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo and other Greeks.
Sure, his power would not work on Zeus as they both would have the King of Gods' authority. But he has other authorities now, like Sigurd or Fafnir.
Hell, a massive fleet would buff him up as well.
Probably, he has not experimented with all the perks of Leif Erikson's authority.
But he will have time to check those out on the battlefield.
Just thinking about being in old battles makes him excited! His Nerd side is gushing with excitement.
Regardless, with things set in motion, Raynor proceeded to fly back to his house.
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Sunday went fast, and before everyone knew it. It was Monday. Raynor and his girls were back at school.
His homeroom teacher, Hiratsuka-sensei, looked at him. She was thrilled, thinking that he wouldn't be returning. But here he was.
With his harem. Back in her class.
She then found out that he was not like before. His actions reminded her of a regular kid. He didn't want to be here. Or more like his excitement was somewhere else.
Well, that was good for her! If he is like that, then she can do things how she is supposed to do!
'I do hope he found a new hobby and doesn't mess in my school anymore!'
Modern Japanese teacher said to herself with a hopeful voice.
In a sense, she was right. Raynor's thoughts were far away. He wanted to set sail and explore!
'But where should I go?' The Storm King was conflicted on his first trip.
As he was busy thinking, Hikigaya was sighing. He dreaded this Monday. He hoped Raynor would only return the following Monday, not this Monday!
But here he was!
Thankfully, he looked different. Somewhat. Did he change his plans? No more student council conquest!? Part of him was relieved, while another was disappointed. Living manga dreams is a good thing.
Being part of the student council could have led him to the glorious future position of house husband he wanted so much!
But one could only dream.
Still, he must wait for the after-classes to see what is happening.
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After classes were over, Yukino walked over. She saw Raynor just gazing through the window.
She smirked to herself. Did he already get tired of his new school position?
"We still have the student council business~" She reminded him.
"Oh, right. Then let's go." He didn't look lazy, more like he forgot. The Storm King was wondering what he was forgetting. It appears it was his role as the boss man of all students.
Yukino sighed again. It appears that authority really has strangely affected him.
He was now a dreamer!
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