Chapter 70
"Here I go!"
Iris thrust its claw on the demon's den while saying that .
The wall made from earth magic broke without any resistance .
"Well then, I'll be waiting above!"
Iris flew above after it said that .
" . . . Huh? There's no one inside?"
There's only one room in the demon's den .
And there is no one inside that room . . . or what it looks like .
Well, in short, it's a concealment magic .
The demon that was outside probably informed them somehow when it saw Iris .
It was far away so I didn't catch communication-magic-kind of mana, but the 【Active Detection】 mana got disordered a bit after all .
『Can you hear me, you two?』
"Uwaa!"
"W-what's this!"
『It's a short-range telepathic magic to protect us against bugs . You can reply by thinking inside your head without letting out your voice . 』
『Inside my head . . . . 』
『 . . . L-Like this?』
『Ooh! I could hear Ruli's voice even though her mouth isn't moving!』
『Alma's voice too! Magic like this exists too . . . . 』
『With my crest, I can only use it at a short distance, like in this situation . To explain this, in short, you can't see the enemy because of concealment . 』
『 . . . Concealment?』
『Yeah . It's a magic to hide your form and make it hard to detect mana detection . That said . 』
『Which means, with 【Passive Detection】 . . . Un?』
『I can't find it . . . . 』
The two immediately concentrated on detection, but they couldn't seem to find the enemy .
Well, these demons might be difficult for their first time .
Particularly the one besides Elhart, they wouldn't have known if I didn't tell them .
『Normally mana reactions are bigger than the surrounding mana . . . . But the concealment magic they're using is a type that completely erase their mana emission . Don't you feel a place where the mana is thinner instead? . . . Ah, we shouldn't let them know that we find them, so don't point your finger if you do find one . 』
『Hm . . . . Ah the corner over there!』
Alma looked toward a corner of the room .
『Correct . 』
『True, the mana there feels thinner . . . . But I can't find the other one . . . there's two of them right?』
『Yeah . You don't have to worry about that one . It can't be found after all . 』
That one must also think that no one can find it .
If we attack Elhart, I'm sure it'll choose to forsake Elhart and continue hiding .
Demons don't risk their life for another demon weaker than them unless it benefits them .
『And so, let's count you two as our firepower this time and have you defeat Elhart . 』
『 . . . Eh?』
『No no, that's impossible . . . . 』
Frankly speaking, I can instantly kill Elhart with 【Special Mana Enchant】 right now .
However, the other demon isn't that easy .
In a normal fight, I'd need quite a lot of mana to kill it .
In consideration of the possibility of surprise attacks on our way back, I'd like to reserve my mana as much as possible .
. . . Moreover, we have a target practice that's just right here . It's a waste for me to defeat it .
『It's alright . I've given you a new magic circle to make that happens . 』
The magic circle I gave them this time is a bit more complex than the last one .
However, Ruli should be able to produce it now .
『Eeh, Mathi-kun knew this would happen before we went inside!?』
『I wasn't 100% sure . Well, I thought this would happen for 80% . 』
『 . . . . By the way, what's the remaining 20%?』
『They would attack us the moment we stepped inside the room . 』
When we see that there's no one inside and go to check it with our guard down, they'd attack us from behind .
It's an effective tactic when the concealment is working right .
『Surprise attack, how can you so calm . . . . 』
『It's fine . I planned to kill both of them if that happened . 』
Or rather, that'd have made this easier .
There is nothing easier to deal with than an exposed surprise attack .
『Is there a situation where even Mathi-kun can't cope with?』
『There is . 』
For example, if the nuclear fusion magic is activated in front of me right now, even I can't stop it .
I can probably barely survive at most .
『 . . . Un . I could somehow sense that you were imagining some unthinkable situation . . . 』
Alma sounded like she couldn't believe it .
There was no sound since it was through transmission magic though .
『There was no surprise attack anyway, all's well . . . And so, let's do this!』
『Eh, so sudden . . . . 』
『It's alright . You've never seen such an easy mark like this before right?』
As I said that, I slipped interference magic into Elharts's concealment magic, tearing it down it little by little .
In just two seconds, the concealment magic was completely torn down, and we could see Elhart with our naked eyes .
. . . . Elhart itself doesn't notice that its concealment magic has been broken, exposing its foolish look to us .