The first stage of the operation is the loss of the city's power source.
Drawing magic from the veins of the earth, the Dragon Law Pole (Router) is the lifeline for all of the city. It is best to destroy it or cause magic flow anomalies to generate surges throughout the city, but it is hard to defend against stones.
Even a few minutes' grace is invaluable in the execution of the operation. Do not let yourself be distracted until the moment of loss of power source. It was easy to start a fight against the guards.
There is a smarter way to do it. You just have to break the underground leads that are supplying the city with magic.
The magic wire woven into the mithril like a rope was highly corrosion-resistant and strong. Knocking it off and blowing it up is tough.
But Everis was preparing some kind of unknown medicine.
Gatleshard was given a needleless syringe containing a drug that was blurry and shining green, questioning how it had been prepared.
It seems that it would be good if the contents were caught in the conductor.
There was a tunnel for various living infrastructure underneath the sawmill that was recently broken into for investigation.
The dungeon-like sewer was a classic underground sewer in the city, but the tunnel seemed to be separated from the sewer, quiet, dry, and only smelled of artificially formed stones.
Magic lamps hoisted from the ceiling illuminate the underground tunnel.
About half of the tunnel was occupied by a magic conductor like a lying great serpent.
There are four points to destroy.
If we cut off the magic power supply to the branch of the Whizdom Chamber of Commerce and put a syringe in the first and most important place, we will compete with time. Running through underground tunnels, quickly patrolling the rest of the destruction points and completing all of the city's functions...
After all, you're coming, aren't you?
Almost at the same time as I figured out that there were people there.
A voice was heard, and Gattle Shard stood up.
In the shadow created by the magic lighting, something waved rainbow.
The next moment, in a place where there was supposed to be nothing, a young human man with an unreliable atmosphere stood.
I'm wearing a rainbow coat.... a vanishing magic item, the "Shadow Coat".
The man's name is Steve Crockford.
A police bureaucrat sent by the Police Department to travel to this city. Gattleshard has met him once at the hotel casino.
"Why are you in a place like this..."
“It's a stakeout. I was hoping someone would come after the Wizdom Chamber underground and destroy the magic wire.”
Steve was nervous, but he wasn't surprised.
"...... Are you making a mistake?
I was a little curious about the latest urban structure...
It's not good to be in a place like this, but it's just curiosity. ”
Pushing upset, Gattleshard gave me a shiver.
Gatleshard once lived a true life without lying, but he knew he could lie as much as he wanted. It seems that there is a talent in the world for lying.
But Steve didn't shake. At first glance, I felt the strength of my will, which was totally uncomfortable with the soft atmosphere.
"You're already lying to me.
... we met at the casino the other day. "
Is that it?
"There was no footprint on the carpet."
There was a short time before Gattleshard understood the meaning of the word.
"That's a unique step for the forest elves to avoid damaging the undergrowth."
You have to train from an early age and impregnate it as a matter of course.
You're not who you say you are. "
Gattleshard breathed silently and wrapped his tongue around him.
If you were to walk on the grass, Gator Shard would still be careful. Like the people who grew up in the city, they would have deliberately crushed the grass and walked.
However, I didn't expect the foot stained walk to work on the carpet. Moreover, I didn't think that there was a man who observed the footprints of others and speculated about their origins in the midst of so many people.
I honestly think that it is not because it is strong or weak, but because it is Gatorshard who claims that people with work abilities other than common sense like monsters are their bosses.
This man, Steve, is also a monster of observation.
"I see. No, it's hard to hide your birth.
Indeed, I am an elf who lived in the woods until about twenty years ago. However, when I started to live in the city and serve Milord and his wife, I grew up in the woods, so the foreign news was... yes, I started to lie if I didn't want to get the impression that I was rough.
Let's apologize if that makes you feel useless. "
Gattleshard says, as if there was nothing dark behind him.
I don't think I can deceive you anymore, but if you lie to me in such a dignified way, you'll only be able to suspect yourself for a few seconds... or even for a few moments.
I won't miss that gap.
"Ahhh, it's so sloppy.
If you want to interrogate me, you can arrest me, Steve. "
What's the matter!?
Gattleshard stopped the moving finger.
Gator Shard sensed the fluctuation of the air. The blade was stuck to her neck.
A girl's voice was heard from around Gattleshard's ass.
Were you hiding, or were you hiding?
Either way, there was no sign or sound of Gator Shard.
"...... this is not the way to be praised, Inspector."
"You're really dull, aren't you?" If I had come out a little later, it would have turned into perforated cheese. "
"Grrrr!"
The judgment was instantaneous.
Gattleshard didn't move, but the seeds of the grass in his pocket germinated under the intent and magic of Gattleshard. He stretched out like a tip of a hammer and jumped up the blade.
Gattleshard rolled over and pulled out the knife of the beast bone that was stored behind his right hand cuff and belt.
Behind them was Madrya, a female dwarf police official.
One in each hand was a small axe like a throwing axe (Tomahawk), a police axe (Baton Axe).
For the dwarves, the axe is the weapon of the soul. The Dwarves, who built a force within the Farya Republic Police, were forbidden a huge axe (Battle Axe) that would intimidate good citizens to no avail, and instead created something like this.
In other words, a police stick with a blade. Originally, a strong sheath was attached to the blade, which was often used as a weapon to suppress criminals. Of course, Madria removed the sheath and removed the special blade.
"It's fast!"
"Stand back!"
Madria stepped in and flashed her axe.
A cold silver flash was painted in the void under the light of a luminous magic lamp.
A dwarf with a body like a muscle mass is incredibly powerful by the standards of humans and elves, even though it is a small body. Since the female dwarf is like a girl forever, there is no sense of intimidation when facing each other, but if you swap the blades, it is also a fearsome strength that "it is small" and "it is easy to enter your pocket".
Slipping the axe in her hand and turning it halfway, Madria unleashes an irregular spike.
Played Gator Shard's knife and was fleshless.
Then he tried to lift his chin with the handle of an axe.
Gatorshard holds the knife and entangles her elbow to the right!
While returning her elbows, she collapsed with her torso and tried to tear Madria apart with her left knife while throwing it away.
The judgement was instantaneous.
Madria kicks herself to the ground and flips over, kicking Gator Shard's left knife, bumping into the wall and instantly passively rearranging herself.
"It's not the way the forest elves fight!"
That's Al Standard... an assassin's body trick! Be careful, Inspector! "
You don't have to tell me!
Steve shouted as he watched the game behind a thick magic conductor.
Gator Shard glanced at the knife that had been kicked.
Far enough to pick up. It is also dangerous to put out a change.
In the first place, it looked like it would be bad for me to fight against this female dwarf. "... if it becomes..."
The entanglement is activated by the movement that sharply pushes out the left wrist.
A small silver bow unfolded the strings as it slashed the sleeves of a senior servant-like waitress.
A small arrow is pulled out of the magazine like an arm guard, and in the blink of an eye, the Gattle Shard shoots it.
Sharp shots were fired through Madria until a moment ago, when the arrow stood against the stone wall.
"Hey, what's that bow!?"
"Don't show your face anymore, hide!" You're going to die!? "
While Madria was evading, Gator Shard pulled out the spare magazine he had hidden in his jacket and unfolded, firing an arrow twice a second.
This is also the invention of Everliss. It is a training arm bow (wristbow) developed in response to the demands of the detective elves. A small, collapsible bow attached to the forearm from the wrist, intended for use in close-range combat.
Just as the Dwarves prefer the axe, so the Elves prefer the bow. The elves shoot arrows as freely as if they were an extension of their own arms. Even in close-range combat, Elf Bows that arrived farther than spears and faster than magic were a special weapon.
The rain and arrows screamed at the inside wall of the tunnel.
It is impossible for any master to keep wearing an elf's bow in such a narrow place with so few escapes.
It was not only Gatorshard who thought so, but also Madria, and she immediately changed the way she fought.
One blow. Playing arrows with an axe.
Two shots. I get an arrow with an axe.
Three blows. Stepping in, she throws a sharp baton axe as she takes an arrow in her thigh.
This Baton Axe has an adjusted center of gravity and is an excellent throwing weapon.
The blow crushed the axis of the wristbow and broke the string. The flesh was not cut, but the impact broke Gattleshard's left arm bone.
With the remaining axe in both hands, Madria approaches.
I can't escape.
But...
"What...?"
Gattleshard rolled his jacket and threw it away and slammed it against Madria.
At the same time, natural magic sprouts all the remaining seeds of the grass in your pocket. A vine swaying like a serpent entangled Madria in her jacket.
It doesn't take long to make money.
Either run away, or...
--Whether it's an answer... or not!!
Gattleshard pulled out a syringe without a needle, pushed it into a bundle of magic wires, and smashed its contents.
There is a white smoke with a sudden unpleasant sound and smell.
At the same time, it was almost at the same time.
"Ahh...!!"
Gatleshard's time for a sabotage operation was too short for Madria to break the shackles.
Tearing her jacket apart, she slammed her ax into Gator Shard the next moment.
Too heavy a blow. The flesh is torn, the abalone is crushed, and the internal organs are crushed.
Her vision was reddened, and Gattle Shard collapsed.
Inspector!
"I didn't kill him.... at 20: 54, emergency powers."
"That's not true, this guy..."
The fallen Gattle Shard, however, grabbed the call sign (Kohler) with his broken left arm.
A piece of paper made by weaving a magic catalyst emits a pale light indicating the activation state.
"... you reported it to me."
Gattleshard laughed as he laughed.
And his consciousness fell into the darkness.