A few hours after Aqua healed my shattered tibia and learned the last Archpriest skill, we're ready to commence the second part of our plan. We left the Alcanretia Adventurer's Guild and went to the city square. The one where a fountain with Aqua's statue is located.
"Ne, sensei… do we have to do this?" Lynn said while staring at the script in her hands. "Can't anyone else do this?"
"We've already established that you and Dust are part of the Axis Cult, now, do you really want Dust to be the one to do this?"
Lynn bit her lip and walked towards the fountain. She stepped on to a stool we prepared and Chris stood beside her.
The only sane human girl in this party took a deep breath to prepare herself.
"Citizens of Alcanretia!!!" Lynn yelled, her voice amplified as to bring as many crowds as possible. "I am a traveler from a distant land! And I have brought a terrible news!"
We gathered in front of Lynn, pretending to be a crowd. Then, more and more people gathered around us. Each one of them watching Lynn with curiosity and Chris with animosity.
"The corruption of the demon king has run deep within the city!" Lynn yelled. "The lies fed by the demons of old and the Evil Goddess that once attacked this city has made root in our sacred beliefs!"
Gasps and mutterings came from the crowds.
"As we all know, the Axis Order and Eris Sect has been at odds for a very long time. The Goddess Eris and The Goddess Aqua has been at odds against one another. You've all been taught that the Eris Sect are filled with horrible people who hates the Axis Order and that the Goddess Eris has always hated the Goddess Aqua!"
The crowds nodded in agreement.
"However! I am a woman intellect, I yearn for only the truth and only the truth! That is, to find the ultimate truth as to why the two goddess who are once known as a senior and junior became enemy with one another!"
Lynn gestured at Chris standing next to her. The thief just waved her hand nervously at the crowds in front of her.
"This is Chris, one of the firm believers of the Eris Sect. In one of my quest for the ultimate truth, I questioned her about the matter regarding Goddess Aqua and Goddess Eris. And her answer, well, it surprised me…"
Lynn stepped down from the stage and Chris climbed on top of it. She looked at the statue of Aqua for a moment before taking a deep breath.
"Ano…"
"LIES! The Eris Sect and the Dark Goddess Eris is trying to sway us!"
"Yeah! Burn her down!"
"Lies! Lies! Lies!"
A bit too eager there… Okay, back up plan number five!
I turned to Aqua who already has her hands on her harmonica. She blow on it softly, playing a soft melody. The crowds quickly calmed down and continue to listen to Chris.
Chris sighed a little bit and cleared her throat.
"You see, the Goddess Eris and the Goddess Aqua, has never once fought. There are no records in history that shows as them being anything but close friends that truly cares about each others. True, there are records of some fights and disagreements between them, but those usually won't last longer than a few days."
The crowds seem like they wanted to say something. But couldn't because of Aqua's nonstop musical spell.
Then, Chris stepped down from the stage and let Lynn continued.
"That's what she said and at first, I didn't believe it! I mean, why should I believe the words of an Eris Sect?"
Aqua let go of the spell and the crowds began voicing their agreement.
"Yeah! Don't believe her!"
"She must be lying!"
"The Eris Sect are demons!!"
Lynn waved her hands, calming down the crowds.
"However, Chris and I shared the same goal. To find out the origin of what happened to the Eris and Axis Order. To figure out what drove those two goddess to fight against one another. And what we found, it was simply unbelievable!"
"The Fight between Aqua and Eris is a ruse made by the Demon King! The two goddess has never fought against each other! We are simply being pit against one another by the forces of the demon king!!!"
There was a moment of silence. But Lynn continues…
"And now, the Demon King's plan has come to a fruition. They are planning to destroy the hot springs and destroy Alcanretia Economy! They are planning to take revenge on the goddess Aqua and destroy the Axis Order!"
The crowds began to talk to each other. It can went three ways, either they all believed, they all don't believe, or some believe and some don't. In any situation I already prepared plan.
Ironically, the best case scenario is if they don't believe them. I gave Lynn a sheepish smile and took a deep breath.
"Nonsense!!! It must be because you've spend too much time with that Eris Cultist that you start thinking up these stupid scenario! The Great Goddess Aqua surely protects her believes from things like the Demon King Army!"
Just like that, the rest follows.
"Yeah! He's right! You've been fed lies by the Eris Cultist!"
"You liar!"
"LIES! LIES! LIES!"
Alright, everything is going as planned…
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"Wiz, you are supposed to be the evil Demon King General, heck, that's literally what you are!"
Wiz shook her head. "Th-this impossible Kazuma! I-I can't do something like this!"
"Look, this is just an act, all we need to do is for you to hold Lynn by the neck and held her on top of a vat of poison slime," I took out a script for her to see. "Then you just have to say 'this is the end of you' and 'no one here to save you' and 'any last words' like that."
The Lich cringed a little after hearing that. "Th-that's so cruel… I-I can't say something like that to Lynn san…" she said.
Goddammit… Now what?
It's two hours before sunset. We're holding an emergency meeting after Wiz finally read her script and said that her role is too cruel. We have no idea what we have to do now, since we have to somehow convince Hans to play along, who the hell is going to help us?
I turned towards the rest of the party. Everyone is here except for Yunyun and Chris who I told to spy on Hans once again. Taylor and his group are already established as normal human.
I do have a plan to make Megumin the big bad villain behind everything (technically she was). But for this to work, we're going to need to discreetly subdue Hans and have Liz be the evil monster. I'd rather have not them be the bad guys, but…
"Oi, Kazuma, you seriously forget?" Megumin asked suddenly.
"What?"
"Chomsuke,"
Oh… Right… Wolbach… Yeah, that could work…
"Ano, Megumin, do you know how I can talk to her?"
Megumin pointed at the direction of the bath. "She's bathing right now, just talk to her, say that, 'we need to have you act like you're trying to kill Lynn and Aqua' I'm sure she'll do it."
Well then… "Okay Wiz, you're joining the demon general subjugation team. You can, uhh… You can cheer for us if you can't interfere, you can bring some rations if you want, take care!"
Wiz sighed a little in relief. "Thank you Kazuma kun, I'll be sure to cheer the adventurers as best as I can,"
With that, I turned to Taylor, Keith, and Dust. Each one of them are using Paradox's Necklace. Their role in this plan is simple, get out in town and provoke a heck ton of mobs. Say that Lynn and Chris was lying and now they attempted to destroy the main water source.
"You guys ready? I want an entire mob to go after us okay? Provoke them! Throw this city into a riot! Make them demand for our heads!"
The three guys gulped a little after hearing that.
"Kazuma sama, is there really no other way?"
"I don't know about this sensei… It feels wrong…"
"Do I have to do this senpai?"
I rolled my eyes a little. "Do it and I'll teleport you to the Alcanretia's Adventurer Guild every month,"
In an instant, the look of fiery determination formed in their face.
"On your feet soldiers!"
"YOSH! Let's do this!!!"
"Let's burn down this city!!"
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"Okay, Megumin, how's the situation there?"
"Chomsuke just teleported near the water source. Hans is crouching down near it, polluting the water. Hans was surprised to see Chomsuke but quickly calmed down. Then, Chomsuke said that she has a devious plan to lure out the goddess of the Axis Order so that she could kill her for good."
"So far so good… Also, by Chomsuke, you mean Wolbach right?"
"No, it's Chomsuke,"
"Right…"
"Chomsuke is leading Hans to the 'main stage', the small hot spring we use as the stage. Hans is polluting the hell out of it, it stinks of poison from all the way over here. Holy hell, that guy must've hate Aqua huh?"
"I think he hates the cult more than Aqua…"
"I understand how he feels, anyway, the stage is almost ready."
I turned to the Alcanretia Adventurer Guild receptionist/priest standing next to me. All around us were hundreds of adventurers from all across the kingdom. Each one of them ready to destroy the demon king general and save the hidden paradise within the Adventurer's Guild.
"Adventurers!!! I am Satou Kazuma! The Leader of Fantastic Dreamer!" I unsheathed my sword and held it up in the air. "At this very moment, two Demon King General are attempting to destroy the hot springs of Alcanretia!" I pointed my sword at the hot spring's special bath. "Are we going to let them destroy this Paradise!?"
"NO!!!"
"Then follow me my brethren! Together, we shall fight for this hidden Paradise! We'll protect this holy sanctuary bestown upon us by the gods! The Adventurer's Hidden Paradise! The Alcanretia Adventurer's Guild!!"
The resounding war cry shook the cavern and we all charged out of the hot spring through the cave entrance in the secret hot spring.
"Good luck brave warrior!"
"I'll be waiting for you!"
"I'll be sure to treat your wound!"
"Please come back save, onii chan!"
And many more 'words of encouragement' were given to us by the succubus working in this place. It only fueled our morale and determination. These aren't just a large band of adventurers. These are armies willing to fight to the death for their precious things.