Chapter 166 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 5 Chapter 17

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Going back in time to before the news that a gigantic castle had appeared had reached the Demon King Castle.

The Lulugal Forest that existed in the eastern region of the Zadark Kingdom was at peace as usual that day as well.

Magic experiments would be performed by Rokuna on occasion, but even for the explosive sounds of that magic would be taken with the feeling of “so it’s Rokuna again……” and no one minded it.

That might be why. Although the soldiers stationed at the Lulugal Forest that were on guard duty on the fort rooftop were surprised by the gigantic castle that suddenly appeared, they didn’t harbor a sense of danger from it.

「What the heck, is that……?」

With its outward appearance having no visible seams, it looked as if the castle itself was carved out from a single gigantic rock. It could be barely recognized as a castle from its outward appearance, but they had never seen such a bizarre castle like that before.

The castle looked as if it was faintly shining, and it was clearly bigger than the three story fort that the soldiers were stationed at. Even though there should be a fair amount of distance from here, it emitted an eerie intimidating air.

「That’s……a castle, isn’t it.」

「Yeah. What’s going on? Is it one of Rokuna-sama’s new magic spells?」

Hearing the words that one soldier muttered as if they were wishing that were the case, another soldier sympathized with him.

「That’s possible. If not, there’s no way such a huge castle could just suddenly appear.」

「It is an experiment on Transfer Magic? Then does that mean that it’s that? Is it related to that talk about turning the east into a tourist attraction for mankind?」

Having deduced an answer they could agree with, the soldiers gazed at the castle with great interest, but one of the soldiers immediately shouted as if they had realized something.

「Whoa! What are we doing turning into tourists ourselves! Lumon, please report this to commanding officer-dono!」

「U, un. This is pretty bad. When it’s that big, wouldn’t that be visible even from commanding officer-dono’s room?」

「That’s why you need to hurry up and go!」

After seeing off Lumon who descended the stairway in a panic, the two remaining soldiers returned their gazes back to the castle.

「……Although I don’t really think it’s possible. It isn’t a new magic of mankind, is it?」

Hearing those words that were muttered, the other soldier reflexively burst into laughter.

The fact that mankind couldn’t use Transfer Magic was common sense to the Mazoku. Since that was stated upon knowing that, his words could only be heard as an absurd fear.

「Oi oi, Arnold……Are you seriously saying that? That’s impossible. There’s no way mankind could use that kind of magic. But still, a magic that could make a stupidly huge castle like that appear……can you think of one?」

Being told that, the soldier called Arnold started pondering.

If there was a possibility, it was Transfer Magic.

However, when it came to making a whole castle appear, just how many calculations and how much magical power would be needed? The personnel within the castle, designating all of the accompanying furnishings, and the location to be transferring to, all of that needed to be accurately calculated. When it came to transferring that all at once, there was no doubt that a colossal amount of magical power would be consumed.

If he were to answer whether or not mankind had something like that available to them……Arnold’s answer was obvious.

「Well, if there was a possibility, it would be Transfer Magic but……That’s impossible for mankind. Rather, that would be impossible for us too.」

「Right?」

Before long, Lumon returned to the two soldiers that were laughing.

Seeing that, the two of them immediately threw questions at him.

「Ou, welcome back. What did commanding officer-dono say?」

「Rather, were you yelled at? Saying that the report was slow.」

Lumon answered the two of them while moving his arms looking like he was tired.

「It seems that he’s going to send a messenger to the royal capital immediately. But, since additional data is needed to report, he wants us to investigate on-site.」

「Are you serious……They’d normally use the forces on standby, wouldn’t they?」

Lumon waved his hand while making a wry smile at Arnold who had started complaining.

「You’ve got it wrong. He said that if we were to send anyone else, it would take work to consolidate the information that would be reported to the royal capital. It seems that there’s a need for guys who consistently know about the situation from beginning to end.」

「He’s lying to you. Something like that wouldn’t take much work at all.」

「Ou. Besides, as if there’s a beginning or end to something like this. It’s “a castle has appeared” and that’s it.」

As the conversation started to develop into complaints towards their commanding officer, another three soldiers appeared from the stairs while yawning.

「Ou, time for the shift change. Wait, whoa, it’s really a castle! Amazing, what is that!」

「Amazing, right, it’s really amazing!」

Aside from the other two that could only repeatedly say “amazing”, the remaining soldier that came for the shift change faced Lumon.

「Hooly, Jake, Luke, these three names. By the commanding officer’s order, we will now take over lookout duty.」

「Understood. By the commanding officer’s order, we will now take on an on-site verification mission.」

「I pray that you safely accomplish your mission.」

After saluting to each other, Lumon called out to the other two.

「Oーi, you two. If we don’t get moving quickly, the commanding officer-dono will yell at us again, you know?」

Receiving those words, the two of them finally came walking over while sighing.

Seeing their clearly reluctant attitudes, Hooly made a wry smile.

「Looks like you’ve got it tough, huh, Lumon.」

「Not as hard as you, Hooly-san.」

While smiling at each other, Lumon and Hooly bumped fists.

「Be careful out there. There’s no definite proof that it isn’t some new magic of mankind’s after all.」

「I know. I won’t let my guard down.」

After saying that, Luman once again turned his gaze towards the direction the castle was at.

And then, Lumon saw. No, everyone that was on top of the rooftop saw.

The gigantic castle had vanished like it was a mirage.