Chapter 78
"Let's get back to about the demons for now . "
"T-that's right! We saw some kinda huge explosion, what was that!?"
When I said that, Alma recalled something and asked me .
"That was the demon imploding . And of course, I've confirmed that he had died for sure . "
Pretending to die in an explosion while actually secretly fleeing the scene is a relatively famous tactic .
You need to keep monitoring the enemy's mana reaction as they're exploding, to prevent yourself from getting tricked .
"Demon, imploding . . . . ?"
"Yeah . That's the kind of magic it was . . . . But the problem isn't the demon . But what's left of it . "
"Left . . . Hm? There's some kind of weird rod sticking out, what's that?"
After a bit, Alma pointed at a broken stake .
Ruli and Iris shifted their glance there .
"It looks similar to the pillar used for making barriers . . . . It's very big though . "
"It does look similar . . . But isn't that a Dragon Vein Pillar?"
Iris replied to Ruli .
"Iris is correct . That's a Dragon Vein Pillar . A tool to manipulate the mana flow in the Dragon Vein by sticking it into the vein . The problem is its purpose . . . We defeated a demon called Ashril recently right?"
"Rather than we, it was mostly Mathi-kun alone though . "
"At that time, Ashril used a magic to cause a large outbreak of monsters . "
"Outbreak of monsters . . . Is that the same magic that exists in myth? It's said to require your life as compensation . . . "
That magic was in myth huh .
It should have been a hardly usable minor magic .
"I don't know about myth, but it's true that it requires your life as compensation . I only managed to delay the magic since I had lost most of my mana at that time . "
I probably would have been able to stop that magic if I had as much mana as I am now .
. . . However, even if the monsters are of questionable quality, it'd be a waste to stop them from coming .
I think I probably would've just delayed the activation to after the completion of the capital's barrier even if I had some mana remaining .
"You speak as if you stopped a myth-class magic . . . . "
"It's Mathi-kun . . . . I mean, Iris is also a mythical creature if it's really the real one . . . . "
"Hm? What about me?"
Iris replied with human language hearing its name got called .
"Ah . They're talking about myth and stuff . I'm not peculiar about myth at all . . . How about you Iris?"
"Un . Since I have never gone down that mountain, I don't know either . . . . "
Looks like Iris isn't really useful for getting information .
Well, even if Iris is a mythical creature, the thing it has to do won't change .
. . . But I'm curious if Gods really exist .
I'd like to fight them eventually .
" . . . And that stake . . . Does that Dragon Vein Pillar have anything to do with monster outbreak?"
Alma returned to the point .
"Yeah . Judging from the magic carved on it, no mistake about it . Arias and the other demons stayed here in order to control the Dragon Vein below and shift the outbreak location . "
I didn't defeat Arias normally and made him implode by using up large amount of mana because I noticed that .
The Dragon Vein Pillar had been set for quite a long time so its effect had solidified . . . But it should be shifted a bit after breaking it that bad .
" . . . I've got a bad feeling about this . . . . "
"Me too . . . . Mathi-kun . The location of that outbreak is . . . . "
I reply the two's question .
It's probably the worst possible answer they could've guessed .
"--It's at the royal capital . "