ăMy eyes canât be deceived, my skill âSoul Eyeâ is a skill that can the targetâs soul! Iâm looking at the soul directly! Appraisal blocking is meaningless! Fuhahahaha!ă (TL: wow, this guy is annoying)
Seriously? Itâs an appraisal skill that canât be blocked? Gallas had a similar skill, magic eye skills were scary! Damn! What will I do? Should I keep my mouth shut? No, I shouldnât hurry.
Jean nods with his hand on his chin, while the tension is increasing over here. ăI saw some rare things! Intelligent weapon for one. Performance is sufficient, and if I can borrow your power, my long cherished wish will be well within my grasp!ă
ăWish?ă
ăOh, so you finally speak. Sword, itâs a strange experience to talk with a speaking sword! Itâs funny but pleasant!ă
ăIs that so.ăWow, itâs tiring when the tension is too high.
ăWell, Iâll have to give you an explanation of the request so you guys can help me.ă
Hmm? I feel like I donât want something. Simply, he just wanted to know if I could really talk?
ăHmm, you know I am an intelligent weapon, is there nothing else?ă
ăWhat do you mean?ă
ăNo, I mean, do you want me?ă
ăCan I have you if I want you?ă
ăNever! I will not give myself over.ă
ăIf you donât want to give yourself to me then I donât really have any interest.ă
ăDo you really not want me?ă
ăWell⊠I donât need you.ă
It feels like a lie, but heâs not lying at all. It seems he really isnât interested. I really do not need him to be serious. Well, I feel a bit frustrated, but I feel more relieved.
ăAre you satisfied? Shall I explain the request? Kukkuku.ă
What kind of impossibly difficult demands are you going to throw at us? Thoughts of human experiments and assassinations are swimming in my head.
ăThe request is to aid in my exploration!ă
It was an ordinary request. Huh? Really?ăExploration? Where are you going?ă
ăWell, Iâm glad you would like to help me, the location is not far, and with me, you can arrive in less than 30 minutes.ă
The place isnât that far, I hope it is not a dungeon. Some say there is a dungeon around a field near here. But Jean has betrayed my expectations before.ăAre we aiming to go to a dungeon with a den of the undead inside?ă
ăHuh?ă
No, no, if there is a dungeon is that area, we havenât heard any information from Alessa. What does this mean?ăI did not hear this information in Alessaă
ăOf course you didnât. After all, I'm the only one that knows.ă
ăDid you hide the information?ă
ăWell, there isnât an obligation of reporting it. Because disaster could occur, reporting is recommended, but itâs not that bad even if we donât.ă
ăNews to me.ă
ăIf you report it youâll receive a reward, so most would report, but the location of the dungeon isnât exactly in this country, rather itâs not of any country, so thereâs no need to report.ă
ă?ă(Fran)
A place not belonging to any country? Is it a buffer zone or something?
ăFufufu. Youâre troubled.ă
ăCan you tell me the location immediately?ăNo, maybe I donât want to know.
ăWell, let me tell you the history of discovering that dungeon!ă
ăHmmă(Fran)
ăAsk!ă
ăImpossible!ă
As a result, Jean spoke vainly, sprinkled with gestures.ăAbout ten years ago appearances of the undead were frequently reported in the area. In the village of Neel, somehow, the sightings of undead were higher than other demon beasts.ă
We heard something about that from Agen. So the ghost grass has been useful.
ăOriginally, as a necromancer, I came to survey the area. I continued my research steadily, scolding my heart that seemed to break sometimes, I made efforts through sweat and blood.ă
ăAh-ă(Fran) Fran, you donât have to applaud!
ăAs a result, I made a big discovery! I found several strange spells of magical reservoirs! Fahahaha! It will be amazing!ă
ăMagical reservoirs?ă
ăItâs a phenomenon where the magical powers of the natural world accumulate in one place by various factors, and a beast is born from stagnant pools of magical powers.ă
ăHo.ă
ăHowever, attributes that resemble ghost magic has been added to the magical pond I had discovered. Of course, itâs not that there was no magical unbalance among the puddleâs attributes. Volcanosâ magical reservoirs which have a strong fire attribute means itâs easy to create demon beasts of the fire attribute, just as water attributes are most likely to be born around water.ă
ăThen, from ghost attribute reservoirs, the undead are born?ă
Thatâs why thereâs a lot of undead.
ăYes, I guess itâs pretty funny though.ă
ăWhatâs wrong?ă
ăThis is just a plain, Iâve examined records from ancient times but thereâs no site of an old battlefield nor underground tomb. I investigated the vegetation and plant life, but the factors that might strengthen ghost attributes are missing. So why is there a magical reservoir with ghost attributes.ă
ăWell?ă
ăHm?ă If you ask me, the big question is why?
ăPossible factor?ă
Jean suddenly got up and walking around with wild gestures, making the tension in the room grow. ăSomeone is deliberately doing so! Well! I initially thought so, for example, it might be part of military operations of the Raids kingdom of the North and the kingdom of Belio.âă
ăWas that wrong?ă
ăIn the first place, itâs impossible to artificially create a magic reservoir and add more attributes and the likes. I havenât heard of any succeeding but there are few studying.ă
ăI see.ă
ăThen I examined if there was anything in common with magic reservoirs.ăJean looks back at the bag and points to it. It seems like when a detective is showing off a guess.
ăSomething?ă
ăWell, before that, do you know the existence of floating islands that travel around?ă
Itâs not that I know, but Iâve seen them. In fact, I could be challenged to land on one, but that seems impossible.
ăThereâs something that falls from the floating islands sometimes around here, itâs a plant growing in the upper part of the island, or a rock, it varies from time to time.ă
ăIs that what causes the undead?ă
ăWhat a person you are⊠it is. The magical pool of the ghost attribute and the position of where the objects fell were all the same.ă
Wow, if I said the conclusion earlier the tension would have fallen. I bet he wanted to announce it himself. I sit on a chair and spoke frantically. No, this was useless.
ăSo, because I felt the island was suspicious, I went up there, and I found a dungeon!ă
I have completely lost my motivation. Well, I wish it were quiet at least.
ăThe dungeon is a dungeon of mainly the undead, so the whole floating island is enveloped in the ghost attribute and is sticking to everything, including the objects that fall as well.ă
ăFloating island a dungeon?ă
ăWhether it was a dungeon core born in the sky and picked up by a nearby floating island or a dungeon core that occurred inside the floating island, as far as I know, that is the only floating island dungeon.ă
Dungeon cores not only appear on the ground, but also in the sky? Does the core that was created in the air fall and crack? No matter how much the core is protected by barriers, if it falls from high altitude it will not come out unscathed.
ăThereâs no such thing, as the strange power seems to work and the core will not move from the spawned point unless thereâs a special reason. If it is in the air it will be left there, so that even if itâs swallowed by water it does not move.ă
ăReason?ă
ăFor example, if the core on a floating island moves like this, though itâs an old record, it seems that there has been a dungeon core inside a gigantic golem that turned into a moving dungeon. It will be an exception, do you understand?ă
Truly a mysterious object created by the chaotic god himself. Thereâs still so many mysteries.
ăHow did you get there?ă
ăIf you become a magician thereâs various ways.ă
ăDoes the floating island not belong to any country?ăHe said such a thing a little while ago? Is it not the jurisdiction of the kingdom of Kranz that we are in now.
ăItâs because of the migratory route of the island that a country can lay claim on it, right now itâs just a little over the Raids kingdom and the Belio kingdom. So it doesnât yet belong to anyone. Even the landing troops can not be sent and so the existence of the dungeon is not cleared up.ă
ăI see.ă
ăBut itâs a nasty thing, the dungeon is quite dangerous. Itâs also a golden egg. If you know that there is a dungeon on a floating island where there is little danger of those on the ground, you will get it by any means possible, even if it causes military actionsă
ăIs it okay that we go there without permission?ă
ăI have to get it out of the way.ă
Do you mean itâs dangerous?
ăWell, I will say again, will you accept the request? We will go to the dungeon of the floating island and carry out a search of the inside.ă
ăHow long do you consider exploring? Do you aim for capture or something else?ă
ăOf course, my aim is capturing. If you attack the dungeon and capture it, it would douse the fire between nations.ă
Certainly if you destroy the dungeon core and get rid of the dungeon there will be no war over it. Huh? Is he actually a nice guy? Such a stupid⊠!
ăBut, if it seems difficult, capture a certain beast to return to the groundă
ăCapture a beast?ă
ăWhat kind?ă
ăThe beastâs name is Dead Eater. Undead yet it eats the undead, itâs a demon with a threat level B. Even if you can not capture it in the current , if you add the ghost beast as your subordinate you can make future progress.ă
ăThreat level B?ă
ăOriginally I was going to use a potion of ghost frass to advance my capture but if you are as skilled as I think you guys are, itâs more secure than potions or anything like them.ă
ăIâm fired up.ă(Fran)
Well, what to do? Danger is dangerous (TL: no duh). However, it seems to be worth it. Besides, going to a floating island is a big deal
ăWhat will you do?ă
(I want to go to the dungeon.) (Fran)
Thatâs right. I do too. Besides, itâs an unspoiled dungeon, isnât it? Itâs also great to visit a floating island. As a result of consulting Fran, we decided to accept the request.
ăOkay! Letâs do our best! FAHAHAHAHA! Itâs becoming fun!ă