Dungeons for the Devil, Dungeons for the Core (Book Version Title: A Different World Dungeon Made with the Devil)

In the middle of March at Japanese time, there were several figures of Kingdom of Illustration soldiers in the town of Nir in the north of the Kingdom of Theodoram.

That said, there is no reason why you are engaged in combat. At least on the surface, he seemed relaxed and indulgent, and asked about a man named Emen as he entered the Adventurer Alliance tavern.

Yes, they were a tracking unit dispatched by the Kingdom of Illustria in the contact that they were looking for a gold-making emen, the reality of which was an intelligence unit to explore the situation within Theodoram.

Whether that's the case or not, Theodoram knows it. But it's harder to stick around for no reason than a neighbor who doesn't even have a table officially asking me to cooperate with the investigation of a money forger. As a Theodoram, I can only do things to the extent that the deliberation is prolonged to buy time - or harassment - but that only enriches the time of the investigation based in the town of Nil. The more late we are in issuing permits, the longer the stay of the Royal Illustrative Army in Theodrum will be extended.

Depending on these things, the Emmen tracking team dispatched from Illustria awaited a relaxing response from the Kingdom of Theodoram in the town of Nir.

"Captain, I heard from the merchant and his escort who arrived in this town this morning, and nothing seems to have changed between the town of Renville and Nil (here). I asked him in the touch that he was looking for a lurking place in Emen, and he said that between Renville and Nil (here) it was mostly wasteland, at least not the right place for fugitives to hide and live for long periods of time."

"Isn't it ideal for people to come and hide in the wasteland?

"No, everything sounds like Trent went wild back in the day, and you don't think a single grass tree will grow properly with that curse? If they eat up all the food they have, they'll have to starve to death afterwards.... they seem to be calling me Odrant or something"

"Odrant... a devastated land"

The captain of the tracking team seemed to chew on the story for a while, but eventually turned to the soldier who had reported and asked (and just) good quality.

"Is the mysterious thunder I heard in this town around there too?

"Come on...... because somehow there doesn't seem to be any residents to ask. However, according to the adventurers who were on the merchant corps escort, no one seems to have heard that thunder in the town of Renvik - at least those who were suspicious. The adventurer said he first found out when he first came here."

"The story that came from the First Battalion said an unidentified thunder struck even near Morrow. I thought the dragon had something to do with everything..."

"He talked to both the escort man and the merchant about the dragon. He shows up from a dungeon that could have been made into a place called Shrek, and then he doesn't seem to know where he's going. When you ask about the temporal anterior and posterior relationship, it sounds like a month before thunder."

"So it's possible that the missing dragon caused the thunderbolt?

"The merchants seemed afraid of that, too. He said he came here with the utmost care."

"So, he said he couldn't find anything..."

"Yes."

The captain of the tracking team thinks. The time when the mysterious thunderbolt struck coincides with the time when Theodoram launched a military operation. If something had happened to the invading army of Theodoram - an emergency situation that would have caused us to desist from the invasion of Illustria - there seems to be no imposition on the presumption that south of Nil is the place. It's just... I'm concerned that the dragon showed up a month ago. A place called Shrek seems quite far from here, but given the speed of the dragon's flight, it's not a good distance. But...

The captain shakes his head gently and sinks again into the abyss of thought.

(I tried to keep in mind in the instructions given to me by the Fourth Battalion Command that someone might have deliberately destroyed Theodoram's invading army... If this dragon showed up to attack Theodoram's army, why, a month ago, did it also appear as if it were a remote place?... No, the other way around? Did you use the dragon to exterminate the Theodorum Army for another reason?

Here the captain switches his thoughts to that of the military.

(But... how many dragons can just wipe out Theodoram's invading troops? No, if the dragon wasn't the only one, or had special abilities... or the invading army wasn't annihilated, just damaged to such an extent that operational action was impossible... First, let's sort out the situation without running ahead)

What we know so far is that Theodoram's invading forces have abandoned their operations, that military operations have suffered impossible damage, that dragons have emerged, and that there has been no confirmation of a high threat other than dragons. It would therefore be reasonable to assume, as a prerequisite for reasoning, that this dragon stopped the invading army)

Hate (unfortunately) and incorrect prerequisites. The only thing that showed up in Shrek was a skeleton dragon with its own skin on it, and its purpose was simply to get rid of the wild horses, that's all. It has nothing to do with the fate of Theodoram's invading troops.

(Considering that the confirmed dragon was the only one, it would be awkward (first) to decide that the invading army was destroyed. It is also possible that the immediate action was only damaged by the impossibility. Given the story that Shrek's land is contaminated with poison, it is also hard to discard the possibility that it was poison that the dragon threw up)

(But... So why hasn't contamination from poison been confirmed at this time? Besides, there's nothing strange about the price movement of medicines and potions....... is it hard to think about the possibility of poison)

(So the dragon crushed the invading troops by force?... but they don't have any traces of a massive battle south of Nil. If the dragon threw up the brace, there's no way it won't leave any trace...)

"... after all, I'm not sure,"

"What?"

"Nothing. Continue to collect information."