Chapter 154

Chapter 154 Strongest Sage, Helps Escape

" . . . Demons, in the dungeon . . . ? Could the demons' goal be magic stones?"

Eiku asked a question .

Oh right, the world in this age sees dungeons as magic stones .

It's true that dungeons are important resources, but that's all not there is to them .

"Their interest lies not in the magic stones . . . but the Dragon Vein . "

" . . . Dragon Vein . . . is it?"

"If they want to cause a global level disaster, the most efficient method is by inserting magic to a large-scale Dragon Vein . "

Eiku still doesn't look like he gets it .

Ruli and the other girls who knew about Dragon Vein from the matter with barrier seem like they've got it somewhat though .

"Do you mean that it's possible to cause a disaster by inserting magic to the Dragon Vein?"

"That's about right . "

I predict that they've inserted the magic long before though .

And that was quite a while ago .

The movement of the Dragon Vein during the monster outbreak was inexplicably unnatural unless there was a trick behind it, yet the mana didn't look unstable .

It should have been more unstable if the magic was inserted in the Dragon Vein recently .

Those demons mostly came here probably to finish that magic .

For now . . . We need to contact the Royal Capital .

"Please bring this back to the capital . "

I took a paper out of Storage magic, magically wrote something on it and gave it to Eiku .

Of course, I've secured it with magic too .

This letter would look like a reward to a demon trying to peek on it .

" . . . Understood . I will definitely deliver it!"

"Please do . . . . And you might want to make it fast . "

The demons must know about the city ruler's defeat .

Which means, the demons who are hiding here will naturally make their next move .

They'd probably try to shift our attentions elsewhere or erase the entire dungeon city–

–The ground shook right when I thought that far .

" . . . Earthquake? That's unusual . . . "

Iris sounded puzzled at the sudden shaking .

However, Ruli and Alma . . . in other words, people who can use 【Passive Detection】 reacted differently .

"W-what's with this mana reaction!?"

" . . . It's as if monsters have surrounded the city outside . . . "

I see . It comes to this huh .

Looks like our opponents made their move a bit quicker than us .

Judging from this reaction . . . They probably interfered with the Dragon Vein and summoned groups of monsters in the vicinity of the dungeon city .

They won't have to worry about us meddling if the entire dungeon city is destroyed after all .

And even if that were not the case, it'd still buy them time .

Those demons probably intend to finish the magic in the meantime .

They didn't make their move until now was probably because they were thoroughly preparing to win the game . . . it was difficult to act while the city ruler was in power here after all .

" . . . For now, you should flee from the dungeon city following this route and deliver the letter to the capital . "

I drew a route on a paper and gave it to Eiku .

The dungeon city might be surrounded by monsters, but there are gaps in the formations summoned with mana .

The route I gave him will make it possible to slip through those gaps .

"Understood! Then please excuse me!"

Eiku ran off after saying that .

I predict our enemy's moves while watching that .

It should be safe to assume that the time they'd gain from this would be enough to finish the magic they had inserted .

I've already gotten a rough idea of the type of the magic in question .

The problem is how to stop it .

Might as well shave down the effect of the lodged magic, not just simply stopping this .

That means, the right timing to put in the jamming is . . . .

" . . . Two hours . "

"Eh?"

I reply to Ruli who looked dumbfounded .

"We'll clean this outbreak up in two hours . Afterward . . . Let's pay those demons a visit . "