P47 Supervisor Barrel.
A pure capitalist warrior, forever standing against trash cans. In his eyes, there was no trash classification, only the desire for residual waste. One of the rare anti-heroes among Trash Can Heroes.
He was also the sworn enemy of the Gang Barrel.
Exclusive Curio: Frontier Star Development Manual.
A project in P47 Supervisor Barrel's hands. He planned to transform an entire planet into a galaxy-famous tourist destination.
Exclusive Curio: Attendance Sheet.
Using this attendance sheet, one could summon the trash cans of the Interastral Peace Garbage Station.
Stelle stared blankly. "What is this supposed to be?"
Kiyono Inori's eyes sparkled. "Oh, oh, oh. Stelle's Path chart actually shows Preservation. Is this the power of fate?"
I cannot use this at all.
Those words died in Stelle's throat under her owner's shining, expectant gaze.
She had no choice but to push through.
If she could just last three minutes, then switch trash cans again, it would be fine. Stelle steeled herself and approached Cocolia.
"Trash. Can. Person."
The Delusion Mother shrieked. Corrupted by the Stellaron, her mental functions were damaged, but deep in her base code, she still remembered her hatred of trash cans.
"What? You dare look down on trash cans?"
As the best friend of trash cans, entrusted with their power, Stelle puffed up indignantly.
The Delusion Mother charged, wrapped in extreme cold. The thick Attendance Sheet in Stelle's hands fluttered without wind.
"Do not underestimate trash cans!"
Attendance: Team-Building Overtime.
On the surface, it was team building. In reality, it was forced overtime at the team-building site. The effect summoned large numbers of trash cans from the Interastral Peace Garbage Station.
For the sake of performance metrics.
Security barrels, fieldwork barrels, team leader barrels, temp barrels, lone wolf barrels all responded.
Being able to attend a team-building event led by P47 filled the lone wolf barrel with pride. To steal credit, it broke formation and charged ahead alone.
It was knocked down effortlessly.
The lone wolf barrel activated its innate skill, Lone Wolf, and actually defected on the spot, betraying its fellow trash cans.
"Please, let me go. I know all the dirt on every barrel in the department. The folks back home are waiting for me to come back as a big shot and brag."
The Delusion Mother struck it down mercilessly. The lone wolf barrel exited the field.
The remaining trash cans tangled with the Delusion Mother, but without a powerful hero among them, the line was on the verge of collapse.
Kiyono Inori stared in disbelief. "What even is this?"
These were Stelle's summoned Trash Can Heroes? They felt weak, weaker than the super soldiers in the Emperor's database. And the Elation attribute was impossible to analyze.
The Path of Elation was nothing like the Path of Erudition. It was baffling, with no clear analytical entry point.
"As long as you have determination and dreams, nothing is impossible. Finish this job and promotions and raises will follow."
Seeing things go south, Stelle used the Attendance Sheet's skill, Draw the Big Pie. The trash cans' defense and resistances rose, but defeat was still only a matter of time.
This could not continue.
Stelle pulled out the Frontier Star Development Manual, flipping through it with a thoughtful gaze. She snapped it shut and pointed at Cocolia.
Scenic Strategy: Specialty Pricing.
Everyone who travels knows that things in tourist areas are expensive. The deeper you go, the higher the prices.
Water at the foot of a mountain costs 1.2 times. At the halfway point, 1.8 times. At the summit, maybe four times.
"If it is magic, it costs 1.2 times mana. If it is research, 1.2 times funding. Even throwing out trash requires 1.2 garbage bags."
"As time passes, the effect grows exponentially. This is the power of P47 Supervisor Barrel's curio, the Frontier Star Development Manual."
She spoke with absolute confidence, like a character introducing their Stand.
Cocolia's movements slowed noticeably. Pressure on the frontline trash cans dropped sharply.
Kiyono Inori was stunned. What kind of logic was this? It went beyond ignoring science entirely. It ignored imaginary energy fundamentals altogether.
Cocolia struggled and summoned several Endless Winter Lances to restrain the trash cans.
"Oh? You want to compete with me in creation speed? How arrogant."
Stelle smiled, having anticipated this. P47 Supervisor Barrel's core Path was Preservation, with many construction-related abilities.
And so.
Attractions that looked like ancient buildings but were freshly built replicas. Brand-new antique ceramics. Century-old shops that had been open for less than ten days.
One by one, fake tourist traps were summoned, carrying vast Preservation power, crashing down like the Amber Lord's hammer.
Kiyono Inori scanned them with the Emperor's Scepter out of curiosity.
They were not energy constructs.
They were real buildings, newly constructed.
Were these things being teleported in from somewhere by Stelle's Elation power?
Boom.
Distracted by trash cans drawing aggro, the Delusion Mother took the hits head-on. Buildings rained down, shaking the entire scepter space.
They carried Preservation power, after all.
"Stellaron. New world."
The Delusion Mother blasted away the debris with ice and ascended, divine power gathering. She was charging something big.
Kiyono Inori watched Stelle.
If Stelle had Preservation active, she could likely tank this. But she was currently in Elation mode.
More accurately, Aha had not given Stelle power directly. He had tampered with Jin Lajitzde's Memoirs. Strictly speaking, Stelle was not a pure Elation Pathstrider.
She held a powerful Elation tool, nothing more.
Kiyono Inori had hoped Stelle might awaken Preservation mid-fight and correct the timeline.
But nothing happened.
"It is time to decide this."
Stelle said calmly. The four trash cans vanished. The mask in her hand shone as she summoned again.
"Tatalov! Jin Lajitzde!"
"Tatalov and Jin Lajitzde combine into one. Aha! It is time for joyful mischief!"
"Card draw, Trash Can Hero!"
"Righteous Barrel of Preservation!"
As new power surged, the great hammer of Preservation descended. Its sound echoed across the cosmos, declaring the end of Amber Year 2157 and the beginning of 2158. Even the Emperor's Scepter data wavered.
Kiyono Inori's eyes widened.
This power certainly felt like Preservation. Stelle glowed gold from head to toe. The process was wrong, the result was messy, but she did defeat Cocolia using Preservation power.
At least this should avoid the destruction route.
…
In a distant office of the Frontier Star Scenic Development Task Group, senior members of the IPC Market Development Department sat in silence.
At the head sat the P47 supervisor, Oswaldo Schneider.
Buildings vanished. Panic spread.
And far away, the hammer of the Amber Lord rang out.
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