It's been about a month since magic was lost from this other world.

Life in different worlds, dependent on witchcraft, has reached the extreme of confusion due to the loss of magic.

In a previous life, if you say it on Earth, it's like a situation where electricity is completely unusable.

Besides, he said, "Why did magic disappear? 'I don't know, so I can't even look for a recovery.

Because of this, the airship that was coming and going between the continents stopped completely. Because if the magic doesn't heal, you can't accumulate it in a demonic stone.

The situation is currently being managed to carry around by sea shipping, but it is slower than that of an airship, which is why it has been brought about.

There is a further dramatic decline in the number of merchants carrying luggage to the depths of the continent.

Hire adventurers to escort demons and bandits, but if you suffer major injuries due to the current loss of magic, you cannot be cured by magic. In the worst case scenario, small cuts may even purify and die.

So the adventurers are watching until they recover their magic. As a result, there were no escorts. The merchants also decided that it was impossible to travel without escort, a situation in which the transport of supplies to the depths of the continent was almost paralysed.

Considering this situation as a business opportunity, there are also people who move in order to trample the sales channels and merchants who travel in lumps between private soldiers and people they know purely because of their sense of mission to send supplies.

We and PEACEMAKER also served as escorts for some of the essentials.

Others have undertaken demonic exorcisms where adventurers refuse requests for fear of injury.

Noble escorts, for example, deserve it, and I am not going to help them with the rust that comes out of them.

But I couldn't help but turn down requests from villages and small towns to crusade demons.

A city with walls, for example, would not be difficult to defend against demons, but small places are different.

Sometimes the mere appearance of a few demons even puts the villagers in a crisis of total annihilation.

I just couldn't let it go, and when the request came, I was crusading on behalf of the adventurer.

And we, PEACEMAKER, can unilaterally inflict deadly attacks from a distance.

It is unlikely that you will be wounded by demons.

I leave this demonic exorcism to the Snow and Chris forces.

Snow is only a beast race and has high sign perception and is good at handling firearms.

Chris is the best sniper in the legion. We can snipe unilaterally from long distances.

Of course, Snow, Chris and the troops are told to put their own safety first.

The fortunate thing about being unhappy is that no rescue requests have come from villages or towns away from Cocoli Street.

I'm not in the mood to move the airship Noah yet.

"Phew."

I take a seat in the office and take a long sigh.

Handed to me by Luna standing in front of me and putting an alternative research report on my desk.

"Again, is it difficult to refill ammunition (cartridges) using alternatives…"

"I've been doing a little research for a long time, but I haven't said, 'Which material works?' Cause it was the stage, and suddenly I was like, 'I made it! It's hard to say."

"Right..."

Luna sticks her hands in her white pocket and leaks a sigh of relief.

Her white clothes have been on the board for a long time.

As Luna put it, we were looking for ways to make it outside of magic liquid metals and smokeless gunpowder with magic in the Weapons Research and Development Department.

Typically, rubber trees have not yet been found, so the skin of "Furless Bear" is processed as an alternative to rubber.

But the main thing all along was "weapons research," so I found time to do it with one hassle when it came to alternatives.

If this were to happen, I should have focused a little more on alternative research.

Ask Luna with a depressed look on her face.

"Maybe you have that little stockpile of consumables?

"... to be honest, I can't afford it. We hired about a hundred new crew members, and we used quite a few of them for their gear and training. Everybody, if you don't hesitate to fight, the ammunition will be gone in about five days."

"The three of us found time to make ammunition, Luna, Lew and Mayer. After all, it's impossible for the three of us to cover more than a hundred supplies."

"I'm sorry. A little more, we should have focused on developing human resources in the 'Weapons Research and Development Department'"

Unlike other departments, the "weapons research and development department" is so special that it requires advanced technical skills, so securing human resources was lagging behind.

That bump is relentlessly riding on our shoulders.

"I just had to blur it now. For once, we can continue to research alternatives, but don't expect anything."

"Please. Sorry for the hard work"

"Haha, what are you talking about! I was busted because it wasn't Chris' unit at first, but now I like being in this department. Because when I study things, I'm surprised by unexpected discoveries, and I'm glad my ideas are working."

Luna turns from her depressed expression and returns a full smile.

Her upright brightness like this is really appreciated.

At the end of our business, the door is knocked just in time.

When I spoke, it was Muir who came into the room.

"Oh, was I interrupting?

"It's okay, because I'm just finishing up my conversation with Lew. Then Luna's going back to the lab. Bye, Mu Tan."

"Yeah, I'll see you later, Mr. Luna"

The two have a friendly conversation and leave the room with a replacement.

But now, what did Luna say?

Mu Tan, you say!?

Fluffy, sweet adorable idol-like nicknames against whom?

You mean you called Muir 'Mutan'!?

Shh, wow... Luna is a really awesome guy. I can't believe you called Muir 'Mutan'......!

"Mr. Lute. If you want to tell me something, don't hesitate to tell me, okay?

"Yes, no, it's nothing. I'm sorry."

Muir has called out with a full smile.

Even though I smile...... I feel the pressure of opening my big mouth and putting a dragon in front of me that is going to eat and kill this one now.

I rushed to say an apology.

For the time being, he was under pressure, but he is accidentally relieved.

Apparently, you could forgive me.

Give me the kind of relief sigh Muir had in his hand.

"We're putting in a lot of things right now, so don't mention it in depth. In the meantime, the Adventurer's Good Offices Association (Guild) has asked for you urgently."

"Urgent request?

Muir said he will be sending an urgent request to all legions (Legion) shortly to investigate and clarify the cause of this "magic loss" - if possible to solve it.

This request is compulsory and disqualifies any regiment (Legion) that refuses it without question.

"The Adventurer's Good Offices Association (Alliance) also makes a rather unscrupulous request..."

"That's all they can't afford either. If magic continues to disappear, adventurers and legions will not be able to function properly and the Adventurer's Good Offices Union (Alliance) itself may collapse."

The current situation seems to be a dead and alive issue for the Adventurer's Good Offices Union (Alliance) as well.

Then how about an irrefutable compulsory request?

"If you refuse this request, the Adventurer's Good Offices Association (Guild) will dispose of it even in the top legions of Mithrills and Divine Iron (Orihalcon), so please don't refuse this request, Mr. Lute."

"We can't run a normal regiment without our magic gone forever. I don't have to tell you what caused it... but I don't have a clue what caused it..."

I sigh again.

"Even I'm investigating the cause, but I'm guessing the results. We're going to continue our investigation."

"Please. If you need any extra hands or funds, tell me. Because if you can get a clue with just a few shards, it's cheap."

"Is that a clue... this is just about my point, but I feel Lance is involved in this disturbance. Though it's only a conjecture. Mr. Lute is aware of that, isn't he?

"... oh, sure. It's too similar to what Lance used to talk about."

Even if I didn't get Muir's point, I'd already noticed.

It is also likely that Lance is alive and has' Shinkaku 'in his hands.

"I'm going to gather more information on that line. May I?

"I'll leave it all to Muir."

"What? 'and don't speak to each other.

On the "Lance Survival" line, Muir has been looking into where he is and what he's doing as one of the possibilities since the magic vanished, but he says it will strengthen intelligence gathering more in that direction.

I accepted that implicitly, too.

At the end of the conversation with Muir, the door is knocked again.

It's like an earlier re-bake.

When I reply, one of the members looks at me in a hurry.

She turns her gaze to Muir.

Muir turns his hand and urges him to say, 'I'm done talking to you, please'.

The team turned to me again after a gentle thank you.

"Ah, that captain! All the residents gathered in front of the gate, and they were making a scene asking me to explain to the head of the regiment, 'How long will life last without magic'..."

"You don't know what I'm talking about."

Blurry, Muir smiles bitterly.

"Life without magic I don't know how long it will last. You want to calm down your anxiety, so you want to get a positive word from Mr. Lute, the brave man who defeated the Demon King, for a temporary relief. You think you should be badly confused, show your face before you make a scene, and speak up, right?

"I'm not a mental stabilizer..."

"In a way, isn't this what you do as a brave man?

"I never meant to be a brave man..."

Nevertheless, we can't ignore it.

If I make a face and feel calm to the point of speaking, I should take the lead.

Because this is one of the philosophies of PEACEMAKER: "Help those in need, those who seek salvation."

Me and Muir split up in front of the office and rushed to the main entrance with the crew that had rushed in.

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New and Pure Maiden Knights Headquarters, main entrance.

Around thirty young and old men had gathered before that.

In addition to the two members who stood at the outpost in front of the gate. Five or so additional people as backup are holding back the residents standing in front of the gate from being forced to enter beyond the gate.

Before the magic vanished, tourists came to see cities and buildings with brave men who defeated the Demon King at first sight.

Exactly. There's nowhere to afford that right now.

So it has been a long time since so many people gathered before the gate.

When I showed my face, the gaze of the gathered inhabitants gathered in unison.

The members who were holding back gave a uniform soothing look.

"Dear brave man! How long will this magic vanished situation last?

"My mother injured her leg and I can't treat it! Can't you do something!

"Dear Commander, if the magic doesn't return like this, our store will be bankrupt! Please do something with the help of PEACEMAKER!

"Brave man..."

The people who were gathered speak of dissatisfaction, anxiety, and request at the same time.

As Muir pointed out, he speaks positively to them as the brave man who defeated the Demon King and head of the Top Legion (Legion).

To this extent, we should do it if everyone's anxiety temporarily calms down.

"Gentlemen, please calm down. I am in the process of raising the Adventurer's Good Offices Association (Alliance) to investigate this loss of magic. It's been a while since the cause will be investigated in no time."

Speaking up like this, the residents' anxiety and dissatisfaction are gradually calmed. But it didn't disappear. It's only a temporary procedure.

There's nothing you can do to get rid of their evil feelings that magic won't return.

On the other hand, there were adventurers staring at this noise as Niyaniya.

They can't get out of the city and defeat demons and smoke because there are limited ways to treat them even if they are injured.

I guess I'm worried about the brave man who defeated the Demon King and the leader of the Top Legion (Legion) watching the residents struggle to cope.

Uzuku, but if their depressed mood is resolved to this extent, it is a cheap object.

It's over a hundred times better than being badly raped.

Depressing though......

But along the way their niggardly, ill-willed gaze disappears.

Turning their gaze from me concerned, they were looking up at the sky uniformly.

And even the inhabitants and the members of the group looked up at the sky.

I look up at nature and the sky, too.

Then there's...

There was a giant Lance appearance as if projecting over the sky and projecting footage.

Translucent as a ghost, birds flying across the opposite side look clear.

'Hi everyone, good morning this evening, depending on the location. My name is Lance Mertier. "

Lance smiles and tells everyone what to like.

- From now on, I want to start revenge.

He assured himself with a heartfelt happy smile.