The instant the thought crossed my mind, the shield moved away. So it was a magical shield that moved wherever I wanted it to? Now that would be convenient. It would be even more convenient than Chain Shield. That one had a restraining aspect that differentiated it from this skill, but still . . .

The effect’s range was around one meter. Considering it could be turned on and off, it would classify as a semi-passive skill. As for my SP . . . It was dropping a small amount every thirty seconds. Not bad fuel efficiency at all. As long as I didn’t use any other skills, it wouldn’t even outpace my natural SP regeneration. I guess I should have expected as much from a shield that came from Spirit Tortoise materials.

“Change Shield!”

I used Change Shield and the E Float Shield changed its form to match. Oh! This was a convenient skill, for sure. Only being able to produce one would be the limiting factor.

As for the other shields . . . They were all good, numbers-wise, but most of them just increased stats or resistances. Being linked to the Spirit Tortoise Heart Shield seemed to have upgraded all of their stats. On the other hand, the stats of the Spirit Tortoise Heart Shield itself had dropped a bit, as if to say it had served its purpose and was finished. Then again, I couldn’t complain after all it had done for us.

“Mr. Naofumi.”

Raphtalia and the others came running over to where I was taking a break after I finished experimenting with the shield.

“You get everything ready?”

“Yes. All that’s left is to stop by the slave trader’s place.”

“Alright then. Let’s head out.”

“Okaaay!”

Filo joyfully pulled the cart while in her filolial form. I could tell she was struggling just a tiny bit. Her reduced stats probably did make the carriage feel heavy, after all.

“Oh? Finished already?”

The queen wandered over as if she had just been out for a walk.

“For now, yeah. Can you have what’s left delivered to my territory? I’ll use the meat to feed us for the time being.”

Food expenses would skyrocket for a while once the slaves started leveling up. It wasn’t like I had no other ideas for securing provisions, but I had a lot of things to take care of and I wanted to start with getting the territory set up.

“I’ll have some of the soldiers sent over to help out, then. Feel free to use them as you see fit.”

“Will do. Thanks. We’re going out for a bit to take care of some other things.”

“Let me know if you need anything. I’ll do whatever I can to help.”

“Understood. We’ll start with gathering building materials and implementing security measures to take care of thieves. We’ll be heading over tonight, so have things ready on your end by then.”