Aldis sets up a net of magic to identify Cyril's whereabouts. He himself was not far away, but the reaction, which seemed to be a demon, was approaching.
"Whips!"
The whip with an owl-like head is famous as the demon that lives in the Caucasus forest. Relatively quiet among the relentless demons, but nonetheless for territory intruders. A boy like Cyrill would die shortly after breathing.
Aldis begins to move early to Cyril's location. The trees in the forest are an obstacle, but it's not much of a problem for Aldis who runs seriously. Catch up in less than a minute.
"Wait, Cyrill"
Fortunately, I was able to join Cyril before encountering Whipps.
"Mr. Aldis? Why?"
"I left it in this place, because I'm waking up badly. I just wanted to try out their usability. I'll stay with you until you return to the capital city."
Tsukiyo Blizzard While saying so, Aldis passed "" and threw it between the trees. When Cyril questioned the action, the meaning of which did not make sense, someone cried out from the direction in which the sword was thrown.
"Bua aa!"
It is a whip's death.
It is difficult to control the sword out of sight, but a large whip-class monster doesn't require detailed operations. It is just to strip the torso. It was confirmed by magic exploration that there was no human-sized magic in the area.
"What is it now?"
Cyril is afraid of the extraordinary voice.
"Because the demon was approaching. I took the lead."
"Eh? Monster !?"
The boy shook his shoulders and looked around.
"Don't worry.
"Huh? You got it done ...?"
"Don't worry. I'm going."
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Aldis begins to walk deeper into the forest, simply saying that it is insignificant.
"Do you know the location of the archeological site? Go quickly and bring your sword home. There's nothing better to stay here."
As if affirming Aldis's words, the voice of a beast arrived in the wind far behind the boy.
"Hi! Wait, please!"
Cyril shook his shoulder for a moment and began to rush after Aldis.
Then about 3 hours walking in the forest. They had reached their destination, an archeological site.
"Yes! Here, Aldis!"
Cyrill exclaims.
In front of the Aldis were buildings like an old church. The size is as small as a two-story inn. Whether the stone walls that would have surrounded the building have collapsed due to the weather during a long period of time, or were originally destroyed by human hands, more than half have become rubble of various sizes . Everywhere in the building itself, plant vines were entangled, and their roots eroded the wall.
"I've heard that there is a sword at this archeological site ..."
"Here, hey ..."
Aldis smiles with her eyebrows on Kirill, who explains with a smile as if blowing away the tiredness of walking.
The rampage is certainly deep in the forest of Caucasus. It's a danger zone for whips. Average mercenaries will lose their lives within an hour of stepping in.
But for top-notch mercenaries, it's a good place to explore while avoiding enemies. Byakuya The Teds and the "Ming Stars", as well as the Crentes who escorted the peddler Michel, probably have the skills. Of course, careful preparation and prudent action are the preconditions, but not impossible.
A suspicious building that remains in such a place. Aldis could not be optimistic that no other mercenaries or treasure hunters had ever arrived.
"Well, do you know if you enter?"
But certainly this place is a bit different. Aldis felt so.
Before coming here, monsters were approaching many times in an attempt to prey on them. Cyril didn't understand much because the slaughter was treating before showing up, but each time Aldis flew a sword to deal with it. There are over twenty demons so far.
However, the frequency of the monster's approaching was clearly decreasing as it approached the archeological site. Now that you have reached the archeological site, no monsters can be detected within the detectable range of Aldis. One could think that for some reason this place is being avoided by demons.
"I don't know what danger there is.
"Huh? Yes."
Kind "Please step on the footsteps I walked as much as possible, because there may be traps"
Swagger It is true that Aldis wants to go alone to see if there is any danger, but the surrounding area is a demon-dwelling Kosas Forest. It was impossible to leave Cyril alone out of sight just because there was no response in the detectable range.
Aldis carefully steps into the building. The place where the hinged door would have been was openly open. It was only rusted, claiming that a door would have closed the gap in the past.
Although Cyril was hinted at the existence of traps, there would be no point in trying to place traps in such places. Even if there were traps, I did not think that the mechanism was alive in such a state.
Inside the building, there was a space without any partitions. The ceiling is high and there is no partition wall. The whole building seems to be made like a large hall.
A slightly raised floor near the wall behind the entrance. A lump of pedestal-like stone placed on top of it. Nothing blocks from the entrance to the place. A number of small rubbles piled on the left and right made the center of the hall stand out like a single road leading to the back.
"Church? Was it?"
Cyril casually mutters at Aldis's back.
"... maybe"
As Cyrill says, the building was very similar to the churches you see in town. At the same time, however, there are differences from the church, such as the shape of the window frame and the location of the altar.
Perhaps an old church was decorated like this. It is not just the state and mercenaries that change over the years.
Aldis walks slowly inside, watching for the surroundings. Cyrill follows right behind.
"Nothing ... it seems unlikely?"
Aldis speaks of the sight he sees. Walls and ceilings have been tattered as far as the eye can see. A lot of rubble is scattered on the floor. I didn't think it was worth anything.
"Huh? That should be ..."
Cyril denies the words to Aldis who turned around, but his voice is weak. Cyril's eyes also reflect a devastated misery. At a glance, you can imagine whether there is any treasure left.
"Are you really here?"
"Yes, that's true. The appearance of the building was exactly what I heard."
Cyril confidently asserts about that.
"And where is the sword?"
"I do not know"
"What?"
Aldis's eyes are rounded.
"Wait a minute. You came here to get your sword?"
"Yes, it is"
"But you don't know where your sword is?"
"Oh, yeah, because Marrieda said," If you go, you know ... "
Apparently, it seems that Marrieda and Yari gave the name to Cyril. The story is quite violent, such as saying that you can find out if you go, and letting you go searching without showing the location of the sword.
However, from Cyril's point of view, it is inevitable that he could not object. For Cyrill, this is the last chance that he has been struggling with a straw. He would not have been able to dismiss Misumi's rescue hand by doubting the client's words.
"I know if you go, hey ..."
Aldis looks around the room again with an annoyed look.
"If you are magical, do you have a reaction?"
It is a sword that a sash merchant is trying to send to a person. It may be a magical sword. Aldis begins searching for nearby magical powers in the manner of magical exploration.
"Hmm?"
I felt an unnatural release of magical power, partly because I narrowed down the area to be explored and concentrated on keeping the slightest magical power. It's a tiny magical power that you can only tell if you're not careful.
"... Do you have anything? Oh, is there a basement?"
The reaction of the magic came from Aldis's feet.
"The problem is ... where is the entrance?"
Once again, Aldis looks around the scattered rubble and says:
"I have to search one by one from suspicious places."
Aldis complaining, Aldis began searching for an underground entrance.
Aldis was tired of his face when he found an underground entrance just below the pile of rubble. Instead, there was an entrance beneath where most of the rubble was piled up.
Kirill helped remove the rubble, but it may be possible with the power of a child who has not yet completed its body. There is no limit to how much Ardis can do to blow away rubble, but if the entrance or basement itself collapses, there is no source or child. In the end, I had to do the tedious work of pushing away the rubble little by little.
"There was an entrance to the basement in this place."
He says that Cyril was impressed when he saw the entrance to the exposed basement after removing the rubble.
"I would never have noticed if I was alone. Even if I knew it, I think I was too much rubble and was at a loss."
It was really nice to meet Aldis, and Cyril smiles.
On the other hand, Aldis staring at the entrance to the basement looked unbearable. Not because the basement entrance is a sturdy iron door, nor is it because the door is tightly locked. The reason is that the doorless key was shaped like the one after.
And that number is extraordinary. At first glance, there were eight. Locking Even if it is strict, how do you attach a key like this?
Concealment It's much easier to put a lot of effort into opening the door, as long as you have multiple keys. This seemed to extend the time to unlock.
In contrast to Cyrill, who is in a good mood, Aldis begins to break the key on the door with a blank face. It must have eroded over the years. When a strong shock is received, the key attached along the edge of the door will crumble and fall.
He broke all the keys and lifted the iron door, revealing a narrow staircase through which one could pass. The stairs seem to be quite long, and the magic light that Aldis floats on does not reach the bottom.
"There is a sword ahead!"
Looking at the steps leading into the basement, Cyrill glistening eyes burst into voice. The pieces and the eyes of Aldis are poured inside the door. A sooty blackened surface and a handle that opens and closes from the base. Rather than saying it had broken, there was a trace of such a handle there.
"Mr. Aldis, let's go soon!"
Withdrawing his bitter face, Aldis nods to Cyril. Soothing Cyril, which is about to jump out, Aldis began to step down the stairs.