A dozen minutes later.

We were at the Mansion of Argan, the head mage of Lauris. No, where it was the mansion, should I say?

Barely the first half of the mansion remains on the edge (two) of a hole like a crater several dozen meters in diameter.

In the story of Sedam and Lyle, there was a focus on the basement of Argan's mansion - probably in the heart of the crater.

Stand on the edge of a giant hole and peek underneath.

"... I don't know"

I don't know exactly how the bottom of the hole looks even if I stare at it. There's a little distance, and in any case, there's bad vision in the subspace.

It is not flat even on the slopes leading to the bottom of the hole, where debris and rocks are scattered and tears can be seen in many places.

"I'm pretty sure there was a fight here."

Meanwhile, Sedham shrugged pointing at the wreckage of rolling armor and weapons at his feet.

Half-burned, rusty shield surface with a familiar crest. The owner of the shield was the knight of Calvinella.

"Okay, later, please"

"Ha. I'll take care of it"

To examine the bottom of the hole in detail, it was still necessary to go down to the bottom and yet exit the subspace.

As far as I could see, there was no shadow of darkness in the vicinity, so I decided to return from subspace to the material realm once.

Fortunately, there is no rotting odor in the dry cold wind.

Leaving the two ear soldiers on watch, we go down to the bottom of the hole. If we're all going down, we don't have to go back out of subspace yet, but from the bottom of the hole, we don't know what's going on around us.

The line starts at the beginning, Sedam with the bow on his back, Rade. It's the order of Lyle alongside me.

"... eh"

Lyle is blue but desperately down the slope. While I support my body with the Great Wizard's Wand (Wizardry Stuff), he looks a little hard because he's a handful.

I go on and turn my gaze to Sedham's back.

That's a skilled special soldier (Ranger). Even though it is progressing with great care, there is no precipitation in its footsteps. Speaking of which, I didn't hear one gravel rolling.

The rade is also flat despite the giant and heavy equipment. Well, I wasn't worried about him originally.

"Hey, Lyle?

"Hey, what is it?

Again, I whispered in a whisper when I saw the youth nobility.

"... use this."

I took a very valuable item out of my backpack at a time like this.

The only regular item (normal item) that Geo has been using since he was at one level.

"This is a three-meter stick."

"... ha"

I handed Lyle a sturdy stick that was three meters long (about ten feet) and about two centimeters thick, as the name suggests.

But thanks for the look on your face. Well, even though I've lived in poverty for a long time, this would be the first time I've ever explored anything like it, and I can't help it.

"This is a tool that not only supports your body, but also allows you to poke the ground and debris in front of you to make sure it's safe."

"... I see"

"Just because Sedam or Rade is walking first, you can't be alarmed. There may be traps, areas where the ground is brittle, or small monsters lurking. So, anyway, you walk all over the ground."

"Oh, I see."

You must have convinced me of my explanation, he seriously started to go along with poking at the slopes.

It can also be used to support the body, thus improving stability a lot.

Thanks to a three-meter stick, not to say, we arrived safely at the bottom of the crater.

Because of this, I decided to ask Lyle to keep the stick.

"It's also a little protective. But give it back later. It has many memories..."

"Ha, ha"

Still, [Sleep (Sleep)] I shook my head in a panic when I remembered when I was running out that I could only 'prepare (charge)' for one or two times, when I looked up the soggy abandoned castles and caves with this.

Oh no. Something was confusing my memory with that of Geo Margils (player character) right now.

"Is it time?

"Ugh, um"

I shrug my shoulders and snort at Sedam listening, panicking. Yeah, well, exploration is now the real deal.

Is the bottom of the hole about ten meters in diameter? In a distorted circle, there is still cobblestone that would be from the basement.

The equipment of the warriors and knights who fought and died here was decaying and rolling along with the apparent remnants of the basement equipment, such as furniture and utensils.

Similar to humans, there are also a number of scattered white bones with inconsistent limb lengths or horns, but this would belong to the dark.

"From what I've seen... well, I don't know anything"

"Indeed."

Anyway, this was the scene of a 10-year-old incident. It is also impossible because it is a further sign that the devil wandered around or fought the devil.

"It's just... there was probably a 'nest' around here." Focus "? I don't know. I don't know."

Sedam pointed to an even more central part of the bottom of the hole. There is little wreckage, fragments, etc. around it only, and cobblestones are visible.

"Certainly speaking of Deputy Gunnar, I hear the 'nest' that was here was about the size of a cow,"

"Oh. For once, Tsuji fits.... we'll have to find out anyway."

That's why we split up and started looking at the bottom of the hole.

That said, only Sedam possesses the skills for exploration in this. Besides, the rade just stands and gazes around, and Lyle can only barely poke the rubble and debris with a three-meter stick.

... No, well, if you think about it, I'm something similar.

In the meantime, what I've done is map scroll and [Magic Analysis (Analyze)] spells.

The mapping scroll just depicted a part of the town of Lauris outside of what hole, and it turns out that there are no hidden passages underground, etc. Nevertheless, we cannot deny the possibility that there is something underground throughout Lauris because we cannot find a very extensive 'dungeon'.

[Magic Analysis (Analyze)] But I didn't see any traces of magic. Most of all, "magic" in this case is magic to me, unlike the magic of this world (Sedia).

"Nevertheless... Dear Margils"

"What's up?

Lyle muttered about the giant ghost's big bone, looking under it somewhere with a stick.

"The body of a demon... the bones are still there, but the humans are equipped, and all they have are armor, shields, and tools."

"... right"

Where did the body go that wasn't even allowed to be left here as a bone? I didn't even want to think about it.

"... how about this one?

"Hmm?"

It was a dagger wave that Sedham picked up looking around for a while.

"My family name is dug in the pattern. This one belongs to Argan."

"Oh."

Sedam's intentions were immediately known.

"Let's [Past Vision (Psychometry)] on this guy"

In knight gear and so forth, you will only know how the battle is when destroying the 'nest'. On the other hand, if it is Argan's personal property, which is a party, you may find out how he became a 'focal point'.

I've been [preparing (charging)] twice today for a time like this.

After signaling the rades and the ear soldiers on the hole, I cast a [Past View (Psychometry)] spell.

"This spell traces back to the time when the dagger with my hand came, and shows it in my eyes. [Past view (psychometry)]"

A virtual me unleashes the energy of chaos in the seventh hierarchy, The Spell Library of the Spiritual Holder.

White, shining intangible chaos flew upwards (reality), spreading like a screen in front of me.

That, in fact, mirrors the past engraved on Argan's dagger.

Is it for the years of ten years? 'Footage' was rougher and darker than when I used it before.

Still, the glittering look of the old man in the lavish robe shown on the screen looked good.

The place is probably this basement. The old man held a wand in one hand and a dagger in the other, squatting and trembling.

He holds his head and squeals something. I'm afraid I can't hear you.

Suddenly, the old man shook his spine and turned around. At the end of the line of sight is the entrance and exit of the basement.

Several humans opened the door and entered.

At the center is a magnificent man dressed in a coat of law scattered with gold and silver in pure white.

Stunning gray hair, beard, serene expression. A hat engraved with the seal of God of the Law. A golden wand in my hand.

He was a priest of high virtue, but his eyes were stained with cloudy gold.