Sword of the Philosopher

When I rushed to a suspicious place, it was the entrance to the cave... but obviously it wasn't a spontaneous sign. Definitely, this is the spot.

Well then, let's go in.

Create a light and go inside. It's dark inside, but--nh, there's a part of the wall that's glowing. The lights are delicate, but there's plenty of light to walk in.

Is that magic?

The ore is glowing. But if we don't scrutinize it, we don't know if it's natural or artificial. "

Hearing Gulk's words, I move on. On the main road, there is no branching, and the passage continues in a downward fashion. The chimera-shaped monsters we had just engaged were large enough to crawl out.

From the entrance, I followed a road that was a long way away, and I could see the light directly in front of me. The light in the cave... I arrived there wondering.

Oh......

"This is..."

Gulk and I unexpectedly let out a voice. It was such a big, stupid space. Moreover, the lights are shining brightly here, and you can see all the large spaces from the entrance. Moreover, there are many doors on the walls of the room, making people understand that it is not just this large space.

Could it be an auditorium by analogy? There are a lot of desks lined up with materials. The same scene spread even when looking left and right, and there were experimental equipment everywhere.

However, I wonder if the demon kings developed these tools... They even existed in the ruins of ancient technology that we visited on the Rizzugana continent.

"It's a large research facility... but it's just too big." That this hasn't been exposed so far makes me want to tilt my neck. "

This is the Demon King's territory. If it means other demons can't enter without permission, I think it's possible. "

Gulk gazed downward as he expressed his opinion and made a small body appear on my right shoulder.

"Hmm, I didn't just build it in these places because it meant more secrecy." There's no doubt that he's using the spirit vein that exists in the ground. "

"Regarding the light, borrowing magic power from the spirit vein in its current form....."

That's right. The researcher was gone, but the facility itself survived.

While I was listening to Gulk's commentary, I turned my attention to the right. On the left side and directly in front, there was a desk loaded with materials, but on the right side only, it was messed up as if it had been robbed.

Moreover, the walls destroyed in the back and the door-like objects are falling down.

"Ahh... maybe there's something in the back that creates the monsters that came out."

Hmm, the monster must have done the destruction earlier.

The whole lecture hall, but first let's investigate if there are any other monsters... I'll move my legs to the right. Beyond the ruined walls, there is another large space. And then there was a container like a capsule that appeared in the science fiction novel... and there was a monster in it.

"I didn't expect to see such a sight in this world....."

Hmm, have you seen it before your reincarnation?

"It's a fantasy story... I don't know if it's a movie." Anyway, it's a common stage device in the world of fiction. It's just a hypothesis that there is an ancient level of technology in this world. "

I looked around and found the destroyed capsule. It was huge, and I understood that the monster was particularly bad in this facility.

"The other monsters... the machine itself is running, but you can't leave it alone."

There's a possibility of going out the same way.

"As expected, it's beyond my grasp, and since it was the monster crusade that I was asked to do, I had to leave it to Kurova... I was able to identify the source of the monsters, so it would be easy to deal with it."

Hmm, that's right.

"Gulk, though, the monster's magic barrier technology... let's find out about it." I don't think you can hit a bee with that much effort. "

With such a large facility, I don't know where the target object is... well, if you want to do a little research on that monster...

--I approached the destroyed capsule. Of course, I thought it was close to the capsule, but... yeah, I have some detailed information about the monster's abilities.

"I can read it, but I have a lot of jargon and it's hard to understand."

I'm talking about the field of research. However, I might know something. "

"Well then, let's read it a little further..."

You can take the materials home and scrutinize them... but I found what I was looking for. About the magic barrier.

"Um... oh, you wrote about the theory and how to do it."

None of them...

Gulk begins to read. I don't know how much it makes sense to pull out the relevant parts and read them out.

Oh, I see.

Gulk let out a convincing voice.

"What did you find out?"

That barrier seems to be from a star god.

"Huh? Star God...!?"

”That said, that's not the quality of magic. It's just a technical aspect."

Is that how the magic barrier built by the star gods is constructed?

Seems that way.

This is pretty important information, isn't it?

Perhaps this is a facility for star god countermeasures.

And Gulk speaks out.

Of course, when you're dealing with a star god, you should analyze what kind of attack and what kind of defense the opponent will make. We grew stronger, and based on the information obtained from the engagement with the star gods and the Lizfaha continent, we constructed countermeasures... but the demon king planned countermeasures focusing on the ability possessed by the star gods themselves. "

"Could it be that the information about the Star God's descent in ancient times...?"

Hmm, maybe it's based on that. However, when Star God comes down again, it doesn't necessarily use the same technique. The Demon King would have known that too...... ”

Still, this was the only way to defeat it... It was a fact that somehow hid the demon king's pain.