110 Episode 110: Demon Whee (1/2)

”Is this the devil's ego?”

I look out from the top of the cliff at the Demon Ajito. [M]

It was the ruin of a fortress built in a large canyon.

Following the reaction of the marker attached to the demon, I came to the demon's Ajito.

At first, I thought I'd wipe it out if I went with metastatic magic, but I didn't know what place there was and how many demons there were, so I dared to come with flying magic.

If the jumped ahead was downtown, and there were a lot of demons, there was a great risk of instant combat and sacrifice to the people of the town.

And if you use metamorphosis magic, even if you disappear with hidden magic, you'll see dimensional distortions and discover the intrusion.

Most importantly, I'm sorry to be caught in a demon's leap.

So if I can, I want to exhaust the Demon Man.

Fortunately, the place where the markers stopped responding wasn't so far from the town we were in.

It was a few hours away with flying magic at best.

Use exploratory magic to make sure dozens of life reactions are moving around the fortress.

Even though it is certain that it has decayed and been discarded, it is still suspicious that someone is there.

”But a fortress made at the bottom of the valley, or something strange.”

It seems this fortress has not been used for a long time and looks worn out.

Nevertheless, it seems that minimal preservation magic is nevertheless practiced, which can be used if cared for.

”Hmm, it looks like a regional fortress from when I was alive in my previous life. Looks like it's broken, and is it a relic of the same era?

Yeah, speaking of which, the laboratory built in the cave between these days was a secret facility to defeat the warcraft called White Disaster, and this fortress was probably built at the bottom of the valley for that purpose as well.

”Do you want to go then”

Having already activated the magic of invisibility, I headed toward the Fortress of Ruin without thinking.

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”I knew it was a familiar structure”

I remember nostalgia for its architectural style and interior as I walked through the fortress.

I used to be sent to these fortresses in my heroic days to fight warcraft and demons.

If that was a good commander too, it would be easy to work with the military and fight, but it would have been tough because if we were men in ments and honor, we could hardly let them fight to solve it on their own, and there would be more damage.

And in order to protect the knights and soldiers who receive them, they sneak back from the base by making high-area heels and other range magic so that they can cover them even if they don't have permission to leave.

”Oops.”

If you miss the base in the fortress, the footsteps approach from the front.

Of course, the identity of the signs is not a person.

It's a pair of demons.

Probably a look around in the fortress.

They come this way looking bored and talking to the public.

”Speaking of which, have you heard? You're telling me that the people who went to raid the Dragon Emperor were wiped out?

”Ha ⁉ What is that? You mean you failed with all those troops? ⁉”

Oh, you mean the demons who attacked the town.

”They were returning everything to one dragon emperor.”

”You're lying. ⁉ Is the Dragon Emperor that strong? ⁉

”No, with the Golden Dragon following the Dragon Emperor, they're wary that the Dragon Knights could be back in top secret. Looks like you're thinking that you might have attracted us by putting the presence of the Golden Dragon on the table.”

”You think we've been lured out more?”

”They say it's likely. The Knights of Dragons rebuilt and lured us into a massive field trip.”

Um, I don't remember thinking about that.

Either that or I was just in a hurry to get ready for interception.

”Now it seems that the town's warriors were clearly equipped with simple weapons using Dragon materials”

”Why is it so simple?

”Because of the appearance of poverty, they performed unusually well.”

Huh? I don't remember making that up, do I?

That was only spare equipment for the people who were in the process of developing their gear.

”I see, that's obviously a disguise”

”Oh, I deceived this one's eyes by pretending to be a mess of gear.”

Uh, whatever that is... No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Could that have happened?

That request from the guild, that's really what you asked me for. Bye.

I'm guessing the town has the disguised equipment of its destiny, and you've asked me to count it to make it credible.

I'm so convinced!

I guess the reason the adventurers admired the gear they made over the steeple was also actually the disguise of the soldiers of the defensive corps defending the town who wore the gear of their destiny.

That's Dragon Nation Dragonia's defense team.

Even when the Dragon Knight was gone, he was preparing for the foreign enemy.

Yeah, even if the Dragon Emperor is gone, the will is inherited.

If I thought so, the demons who were talking to the public passed by me.

”Well, I have to check inside the fortress, too.”

The fortress is already decaying, so I don't think we need to worry about involving humans, but if there's a hostage that's been kidnapped from somewhere, it's bad.

Besides, there may be a transfer gate that can be moved to the home of the demons.

If we find that, we should do some damage so that we can't reach out to humans for a while.

That's why I walk around inside the fortress.

Exploration magic tells us how many people are in the fortress, and to some extent we can tell if they are human or otherwise.

But I'm pretty sure you need to check it out with your own eyes just in case.

”Nevertheless, demons like to use our ruins.”

I don't know if it's a hassle to build a new one, but can I just take the rent?

”... ah”

With the word rent, I come up with an idea.

”Yeah, maybe it's good, it”

If that's the case, we start acting fast.

Fortunately, the structure of this fortress is not very different from that of the common fortresses of previous life.

”Maybe over here... oh, there it is”

Yes, it didn't take long to get to where you were looking for.

The place is the place, so I don't even react to exploratory magic by demons.

It was a large room, with huge spheres on top of thin columns in the center, and many thin columns stretched from the spheres to all parts of the room.

And the identity of this round sphere, it's a demon-guided power furnace.

It's a power source that moves by magic, as the word goes.

Back in my life, I needed a power source to move fortifications of defensive magic items against powerful demons and giant demons.