Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni~

The next day, as soon as he left Amando, Rio headed for the Proxian Empire. The purpose, of course, is to get a lead on Lucius.

I don't know if Lucius is a person belonging to the Proxian Empire, but it would be a land that Leis would not be able to abandon more than he found out to be calling himself the ambassador of the Proxian Empire. It would be profitable if we could infiltrate successfully and suck information out of people in the upper echelons of the country.

Rio flies through the sky in the spiritual art of the wind and proceeds towards Needgart, the imperial capital located in the central part of the empire.

On the road, we stopped in several cities to try to gather information on the mercenary regiment led by Lucius, but we couldn't get any powerful information - and so, three days after leaving Amando, Rio reached Needgart, the imperial capital.

(The castle is far away...... The city looks quite large. I only call myself Empire)

Walking from the proximity of the city and entering the Imperial Capital from an area outside the walls, Rio looks up at the far away Imperial Castle. The Imperial Castle in sight was truly magnificent and majestic.

Nevertheless, the urban development outside the walls where Rio is now is messy, with more and more air.

(Should we head inside the walls for now?)

Rio decided to head to the heart of the Empire first.

That's how you walk for an hour. Stopping by the appropriate outdoor shop to check on the situation in Teito, you reach one of the gates set on the walls of the castle. Then pay the capital tax and step into the area within the walls.

Then, within the walls, there was clearly a difference between the outside of the walls and the world in which they lived. Outside the walls, it was also possible to see that the rank of life rose as we approached the walls, but once inside the walls, it was felt that life was abundant in a visible way.

Of course, the clothes of people walking are hectic on their faces, and dewstores are rolling out everywhere, vibrant and overflowing. In addition, the towering building was beautiful, with proper urban maintenance, and soldiers patrolling everywhere.

Every city is separated from the world that lives inside and outside the walls, but it may be unusual for cities to prioritize the development of the walls' interior so far. As an indication of the life of the emperor Niddle-Proxia, a mercenary native, a dwelling division had been made for the weak and strong. Then...

"... hmm?

Rio finds himself slightly uncomfortable with the look of Imperial Castle, which he captures at the end of his gaze. When I stared at it to see through the magic, curious, I realized that a cylindrical magical junction was stretched to completely enclose the Imperial Castle.

(What line?

When Rio glances at him, he looks at his thoughts.

In the first place, junctional witchcraft is a witchcraft whose surgical structure is complex and which is still considered difficult to fully practical at the level of witchcraft in the Strahl region. Still, some countries are partially analyzing ancient magic props and confining themselves to practical use, but because of the difficulty in terms of the cost of continuously securing a source of magic, it is the general situation in countries in the Strahl region today that must be abandoned when it comes to large-scale junctional magic. Daily use would be small at best, to the extent that it surrounds the very vicinity of dignitaries.

But the magical juncture that now surrounds Imperial Castle was clearly classified as a massive juncture. Although it still does not extend to what is used in the Spirit people, it can be seen that the general level of junctional witchcraft in the Strahl region clearly exceeds it.

(There seems to be no doubt that intruder detection works... that's nasty. There may be other effects, and there are guard eyes during the day to check the boundaries nearby. Wait till night)

When Rio clouded his face slightly, he thought it still seemed certain that the man - Reis - had something to do with it, and sighed slightly. I tried to dive inside the castle, but that's going to break my bones pretty bad.

Later, when Rio arranged the appropriate accommodation, he decided to conduct an interview regarding the castle's condition to such an extent that it did not appear unnatural later when the issue arose.

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And late at night, when the people of the Empire slept still.

After all, I haven't gotten much information since then. You can take a few more days to conduct a close investigation, but it is unlikely that you will get any information without a handover.

In the end, what Rio chose was a high risk high return method. Sneaking out the inn through his own window, he wraps his black outfit around and begins to act.

The aim is Imperial Castle - to overcome some of the walls that exist inside the walls and to proceed smoothly to the back of the imperial capital. The Imperial capital at night, especially the residential neighborhood within the walls, was quiet and no one was seen walking outside the soldiers patrolling from time to time.

Then, from a point where we approached Imperial Castle through the aristocratic district, the streets are interrupted once in a while and instead out into a cobblestone square with a great view. At the end of the square was an imperial castle covered by thick, high stone walls, and Rio stopped walking perfectly just before stepping into the square.

(The bonfire is on fire, and you have a lot of soldiers on patrol. The boundaries of the junction are also calculated and expanded just to cover the walls of the castle. Why don't we just go around the castle?

It's unlikely, but there may be a brook in the junction. That's what he thought, and Rio decided to take a look around the vicinity of the castle where the junction was unfolding. First I'll run around the ground and look for a breakthrough.

But I don't see a gap that sounds like a gap. At least you won't be able to break in undetected by the junction from the ground.

Then all that remains is to attempt an intrusion from the sky or to interfere with the junction and deactivate it. Nevertheless, I did not want to take the latter option as far as possible. Because if you interfere poorly with the junction, depending on the type of junction, you may be instantly perceived. Then I'll have to try to break in from the sky first.

Upon fluttering up into the sky, Rio decided to take even more altitude than the junction and overlook the Imperial Castle. Then...

(You have a slight chisel at the top of the junction. Of course there's a possibility of a trap...)

Discover gaps that are likely to pass above the junction if the magic is not good enough.

Because of the possibility of a trap, it also seems better to examine the nature of the junction, but that's what we're after, and we risk being attacked by ambushes.

Nevertheless, I did not see any other path that seems to be intrusive, nor should I overlook it, unless there is a hidden passage that only a limited number of people know about.

I am too optimistic to think that a new route of entry can be convenient after tomorrow, and the gap in the junction that exists here and now is a temporary glitch, which could be filled tomorrow.

Rio's been on a roundabout...

(Do you want to come in)

I sewed a gap in the junction and decided to go inside. I am aware of some of the risks, and I am mindful that if I have to, I will investigate them by hand. You can't be more timid here than maybe there's someone in this castle who knows about Lucius.

There are many soldiers of security in the garden, so when you get down on the roof for now, you walk into the castle in the dark. First of all, you will need to know as much as possible about the structure in the castle.

Thus, Rio enters the castle through the windows of the lighted upper floors. Go on, make sure there's no one indoors, and when you jump into the dreaded aisle, wary of having soldiers on patrol...

(... no one? It doesn't even look like a magic magic prop from the Magic Detection System.)

There's not a single soldier on the aisle, either, and Rio rounds his eyes.

The castle was dark with no lights, creepingly quiet. I try to stare at you sassy, but there is no way that traces of magic that would occur by the magic of the detection system are lingering.

(There were all those lookout soldiers in the outer garden... a trap after all?

And, for a moment I thought so, Rio, but so far there is no fine dust in the noisy atmosphere, so I reconsider that maybe I care too much.

Nevertheless, things are kind of strangely crazy. I even remember the illusion that there is not a single person in the logic, etc., as if they were being lured.

But when Rio waved, he decided to look into the castle a little more. I don't see any soldiers on patrol, but just in case, I don't imitate walking in grandeur.

It should be noted that, although the Imperial Castle is strictly composed of several halls, its current location is the upper level of the main building - a building with a dense concentration of facilities used mainly in administrative and military official duties, such as the Throne Room, the Office, the Conference Room, etc.

A regular royal castle should also have a stuffing of soldiers in the castle in the main building, but I still can't feel any signs of people.

(Let's just go downstairs. another building if no one is there)

There should probably be at least one or more buildings somewhere that make it an inn - a hall where royalty and royal castle-working nobles live.

If we can infiltrate successfully, we might be able to suck information out of the people there. This time, Rio's aim is not to be a soldier, but someone who seems to be in a certain position. Such a person would have a wider face, so it's likely to pull a hit.

Nevertheless, it is possible that there is someone other than a soldier in the building where Rio is now, so on the road, I decided to try to break into a room that was about to be blurred. But all the rooms are strictly locked, and I can't even feel people's signs from inside.

In the end, Rio decided to move on and go down to the lower tier.

The main building is usually not equipped with an entrance or exit on the ground and second floors from a defensive point of view, so you have to go through the entrance or exit on the third floor connected by a bridge with the rest of the building to get in and out.

In Rio's case, we could get out of the right window, fly in the sky and sneak into the other halls, but now we also need to check the structure in the castle, so we decided to walk this time around. Proceed with caution as you lurk in the darkness.

Then we finally discover the soldier on the lookout on the bridge on the third floor, which serves as a contact passage to the other buildings. All five bridges connect to other buildings. Of which four bridges are protected by watchdogs.

It's a less thankless fact to try from the infiltrating side, but Rio finally got somewhat strangely relieved by the figure of the soldier he discovered. Nevertheless, immediately switch your consciousness to where the next building to move is. And -,

(For once, do you want to crush those whose security is weak first? Let's figure out your structure, too. It's oddly big...)

As a result of the troubles, I decided to explore a building with less vigilance first. It seems unlikely that anyone will be there due to the degree of alertness, but if you just grasp the structure, it might help later.

Thus, Rio travels quietly, quickly, across the bridge. Then there's...

(............... what is this place? Training ground? No, the arena?

It was a circular arena building. The ceiling is blown out and the moonlight lights up thinly indoors. It seems that the place where Rio is now is just above the audience. Underneath his eyes, he felt the field and the ground of wild exposure spread.

(Well, why don't we put a lookout here? I wonder if I need to check the structure inside if it looks like this.)

When Rio loses interest, he turns his heel and tries to return to the main building. But...

"Huh!?

The feeling of Rio, which had been sharpened ever since the time of the invasion with the physical strengthening of the spiritual arts, sensed slight signs. Immediately after, the Lord of Signs approaches Rio.

Rio jumped off the spot in a hurry. Then...

"Well, have you perceived the remaining slight signs lost in the darkness? Boulders, I've only broken in so far as I dive through the junction. The rest is Niddle-Proxia. Lord of this country. Welcome, unholy intruder."

There stood a man who called himself the name of the first emperor of the Proxian Empire - a man like the one who stood with a sunny grin.