72 Episode 72: The Old Royal Hideout and the Discovery of Secret Documents (1/2)
”This... looks like the wreckage of a mansion.”
Odette looked at the run-down building and said so.
This is on a small high hill. Around it is a forest surrounded by trees.
And what's right in front of us is the remains of the building.
Now the roof collapses, and all that's left is the walls of the room. It looks like it was originally two floors, but the upper floors are gone brilliantly.
Records say this used to be a 'Gerast Royal' villa.
That's why I came to think it was Felipe-Guerrast's Azito......
”He said there was an aside here, didn't he?
”Definitely. After interrogating Felipe-Guerrust, the testimony was obtained.”
The captain of the investigation team answered my question.
”There was also a map of this place in his belongings. When I showed him the map, he told me if he had noticed it or if there was an aside here.”
”You also used magic for interrogation.”
”Yes, so, I don't think you're lying. If you go to the 'Magic Guild' the most, you'll be able to explore deeper...”
”He will be handed over to the royal family.”
Odette took over the captain's line.
”If it comes to the 'Magic Guild,' some information will be drawn. I know that, so you talked about it in a mindful way.”
”Maybe I thought we wouldn't find anything here.”
Felipe-Guerrasto had attacked the town and was trying to take residents and Ophelia hostage.
That's how you were trying to get in touch with the Empire and get soldiers out of the other side, which is what Count Torrias expects.
”You must have manipulated an orga that lives near” The Old Battlefield of Veral ”by hiding” The Beast King (Lord = of =) Riding (Beast) ”here”
”But there doesn't seem to be a place where you can hide the King's Ride.”
Odette has his neck covered.
In front of you are ruins that are unlikely to be used for Ajito.
Leaving the 'Beast King Ride' here is too conspicuous.
”They say this used to be a villa in the 'Gerast Royal'”
Looking at the material, the captain said.
”Besides, he said.” Only the chosen one will enter our base, ”he said. With a thin smile.”
”By the way, does he touch that material?
”Yes, I'm supposed to have him sign it after the interrogation.”
”Okay. Come here for a second. Garm.”
”Wow?
I held up the garm and put that face closer to the material.
”Can you feel the smell of the guy who was using 'Beast King's Ride' from here?
”I know -”
”Now tell me where that smell is left off.”
”Wow!
Garm runs out waving his tail.
I keep my nose all over the mansion where only the foundation part stays, and I'm looking for his smell.
”Yuki thinks there's a hidden room here?
”That's a little different. Odette, I think there's a 'hidden passage' here.”
”... a hidden passage?
”This used to be a villa in the 'Gerast Royal'. The Kingdom of Guerrust perished after the 'Eight Kings War'. I don't know if it was destroyed by other royals or by civil unrest. But his descendants survive.”
”I see what Yuki's thinking.”
Odette struck out flat in the palm of his hand.
”Assuming Felipe-Guerrust is a descendant of the 'Guerrust royal family'... that his ancestors fled the war,”
”Perhaps this villa was destroyed by other royals or by people and soldiers. I don't know how the royal family perished at the time. But the offspring used this place. That means a place so important that it's legendary. It's not strange to have a hidden passage or so for times of need.”
This ruin is on a small high hill.
Beneath the hill is a valley with streams flowing.
If there is a hidden passage, there must be an exit around it.
When I said that, the captain sent the soldiers to the creek.
I would be looking for a hidden passage exit.
”Wow! Here it is. Ohhhhhh!!
In the corner of what used to be the kitchen, Garm barked.
Looking closer...... only part of the floor bedrock, not covered in dirt. If there's anything, here it is.
”Odette. Sorry. Can you shut the eyes for a second?
”Yes, sir. I know... Gentlemen! I'm going to do a magical check! Stay away from me because I may be in danger!!
Odette opens his hands and stands in front of the soldiers.
I fell to the ground, cut my palm off, and dropped 'Magic Blood' on the floor.
”… activated 'Erosion (Hacking)'”
My blood creaks on the stone floor.
And the stone blew out a blur.
”─ Intrude into the magical exterior. Start analyzing internal magic.”
I analyze magic with my Erosion (Hacking) skills.
Just as I thought. The stones on the floor are enchanted.
It's a common magical seal.
It would be the same type of thing Teacher Kahle used at home before.
In response to certain human magic, the lock is opening.
”Confirm adhesive witchcraft - obstruct the magic supply. Suspension, completion,”
When 'Erosion' ended, the light on the floor went out.
”The lock was unlocked. This should open it.”
”Again, you had a magical lock on you”
”It was originally a royal villa. This is not the only trap. What if it's Odette?
”Huh?”
”For example, suppose the House of the Duke of Slay was attacked by enemy soldiers. Having escaped the difficulties, Odette jumped into the hidden passage. So, I locked the entrance.”
”Hmm.”
”But after that, he's knocking on the entrance with a dong. The enemy has a sorcerer. One day the lock may be unlocked. What would Odette do?
”I'll use the demon to prevent the chaser. In the meantime, we'll earn some distance.”
”By the way, what kind of demon do you want to be?
”The main purpose is to stop enemy soldiers, so I'd like something as durable as possible and easy to capture them. A magically synthetic slime would be perfect.”
”I see.”
I took out the water bag.
Open your mouth and apply the water inside to your hands.
”Magic Blood” is still pouring out of my palm.
It mixes with the water in the bag and sticks under the floor.
Though it's fading, 'Magic Blood' is part of me. If there's anything in the back, you'll know...
”Awesome, Odette. Hit it.”
”Huh?”
And the stone on the floor rose just a little bit.
From there, the blue and purple liquid comes out of the thigh.
Blue and purple liquid creatures - slime.
”Su, slime - - Huh!?
”Don't flinch. Slime has a central nucleus. Aim there!!
”Poke where the movement has stopped!!
The soldiers came out in front of me and Odette.
Thigh, thigh, thigh, thigh, thigh, thigh, thigh.
The size of the slime is greater than or equal to the height of an adult.
Shake the blue-purple giant and come towards us.
Some translucent bodies are like red crystals. That's the nucleus of weakness.
”Did you plant a dormant slime... you think together”
”It's not a natural slime, is it? That one.”
”Yeah. It would be magically modified. Leave him dormant, attack him when someone comes in, stop him. It's a common trap used in aristocratic halls and such.”
Sioux sioux sioux!!
Slowly, the slime stretches out something like a tentacle towards us.
I can see the central nucleus moving all over the body.
”If you blow it up with magic... it could damage the hidden passage.”
”You'd better take him down with physics.”
”Yeah, but... what shall we do”
”Let's do this. Activate 'Erosion (Hacking)' ─ Don't Move (...), Slime (...)”
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With the blue-purple slime lifting the body, it became stiff.
This slime is a magically synthesized organism.
Besides, my ”Magic Blood” is stuck in the water.
Slime has the habit of taking in prey all over his body. He accidentally drank my blood.