81 Episode 15: I asked the leader about the situation.

I invited the leader of the Konoe Guard and his men into the room and decided to ask them what was going on.

The leader is a large, middle-aged man with a lively voice, and his name is apparently Lanning.

Fortunately, the room at the inn is quite large, and even the reception room is provided.

There's no need to worry about strangers eavesdropping on you, and it's probably the best place to talk at leisure.

Incidentally, Iris and Lily are also in attendance.

This is due to Commander Lanning's rather reserved attitude, "I don't intend to take advantage of your companions of the 《Dragon Slayer》 Lord, so ......".

When everyone was seated on the sofa in the reception room, Commander Lanning began to talk about what happened up to this point.

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It seems that after seizing Yogil and Drums, the Konoe Guards immediately conducted a mandatory search against the Mercenary Guild Headquarters.

In response, the Mercenary Guild Headquarters tried to resist.

They called out to the mercenaries in the royal capital and ordered them to interfere with the Konoe Guild.

...... but none of the mercenaries were able to gather.

Well, it's not surprising, right?

The mercenary guild is done for, no matter what you think, and there's no advantage in taking sides.

The mercenaries quickly gave up on the Mercenary Guild, and on the contrary, they offered their cooperation to the Kingsguard Guild one after another.

As a result, the mercenary guild was easily overpowered by the Kingsguard Guild.

The leaders of the guild had tried to flee the royal capital, but due to the treachery of the mercenaries, most of them were arrested.

However, only three of the cadres could not be captured.

The reason for this was explained by Commander Lanning as follows.

The three cadres fled the scene using items that looked like the heritage of an ancient civilization. When they thought they had taken out what looked like ...... silver plates, they disappeared like a fog.

The legacy of an ancient civilization?

''Yes. There was only one identical one left at the Mercenary Guild headquarters, so I'm bringing it here.

As he said this, Commander Lanning took out a square object from the sachet that he had his subordinates hold.

As for its size, it could fit in the palm of your hand.

...... To put it bluntly, the legacy of the ancient civilization was shaped like a smartphone.

It's a laptop-like device that was attacking the adventurer's guild system.

It kind of makes me nostalgic for Japan a little bit.

Aside from that, Commander Lanning said.

''We were unable to find out what kind of item this silver plate is. We have heard that the [Dragonslayer] lord is an expert in ancient civilizations. Could you please lend us your wisdom?

No, I'm not familiar with ancient civilizations.

Thanks to [Ruins Grasp] and [Master Code], I can just move the ancient ruins as I please.

However, I'm still a bit curious about what kind of item the silver plate is.

Let's use 【Appraisal】.

'Portable Magic Terminal (Modified)

A legacy of an ancient civilization.

It is a palm-sized magic computer with special modifications.

You can view a map within 2km and by consuming magic power, you can make a spatial transfer within 1km. The transference cannot be used continuously and requires a cool time of three hours.''

I see.

In short, this would be like a degraded version of my skills ...... [Auto Mapping] and [Spatial Leap].

You can only view a map of your surroundings, and the warp distance is limited.

And isn't it a bit too inconvenient that activating one warp requires a 3 hour cool time?

...... No, I guess my skills are just too cheesy.

Anyway, one mystery has been solved.

The executives must have used the magic terminal and escaped somewhere far away.

It's not like it's impossible to track them anymore .......

Remember before, when you defeated the tyrannical dragon, some sub-skills were released?

For example, [personal markers], which show the location of any person on a map.

Recently, I've been using it to find Iris who got lost in the ship.

A sub-skill similar to this one, called [Item Radar], was also released.

If there are items in the vicinity that are the same as the items you have, it will display their location on the map.

The effective range is 'Level x 200m from your current location', and right now I'm level 91.

91 x 200 = 18200

An amazing 18.2km radius can be covered.

I tried activating the 【item radar】 immediately.

Designate a magic terminal as the search target: ...... Okay.

There was a response.

The location of the terminal appears on the map in my brain as a blue dot.

The blue dot was displayed around the southeast of the royal capital.

Even now, it continues to move away from the royal capital.

I think it's safe to say that the officers are fleeing with their devices.

Since they're within the range of [Spatial Leap], they'll be able to catch up with them soon if they want to.

I tell Commander Lanning.

''I understand the effect of the item. And by the way, I also found out where the executives are.

What a great ......!

Commander Lanning wore a surprised expression and leaned over the table.

''Liu, [Dragon Slayer] lord!　ka, executives, where are the executives!

"Southeast of King's Landing. ...... If you use my skills, you'll be able to catch him in no time. What should I do?

How, say, ......?

Look at it objectively. The Dragon Slayer will capture the opponent that the Konoe Guards have missed. If that were to happen, I think the Konoe Order's men would be destroyed. ......

Don't mind us, Mr. Dragonslayer. Our first priority now is to capture the leaders. ...... We will be punished in some way, but all the members of the group are prepared to do so. Please take care of us.

Commander Lanning stood up from the couch and bowed deeply.

His subordinate knights followed suit, bowing their heads as well.　

''All right.''

I nodded.

'Just don't want them to suspect me later that I'm staging myself or something. Commander Lanning, will you come with me?

Okay, sure. So, I'll get my horse right away at .......

'That's not even close. I'll go with my skills. ...... and I'd like Iris to accompany me, just in case.

Okay.

Iris had been listening quietly up to this point, but when I called out to her, she quickly got up from the couch.

You haven't been very good at your job, so maybe this is the last time you'll be useful to Kou.

Yeah, I'm counting on you.

I then turned my attention to Lily.

...... Lily was also silent with Lily, but this one had a pen and was writing some words in a notebook.

'Lily, what are you doing?'

I was just recording what I said in here. ...... We don't want any trouble later on.

Apparently, Lily had taken it upon herself to be the scribe.

Seeing this, Commander Lanning said, "Hmph," as if he had an idea for something.

He called one of his subordinates over and instructed, ''I'm going to go to the Adventurer's Guild now.

''Now go to the Adventurer's Guild and submit a request in my name to the Dragon Slayer Lord. With the young lady's record, we should be able to make it somewhat anomalous that the Dragonslayer-dono received the request and went to arrest the officers. ...... Come to think of it, the Dragonslayer-dono belongs to the Adventurer's Guild. If I was going to ask for a favor, it was only logical to go through the Adventurer's Guild. I'm sure you'll be able to get a reward for your services from the budget of the knights. It should also be a reward for your adventuring achievements.

Heh.

Even if you don't go to the Adventurer's Guild, if you have a record, you can pretend you received the request through the guild?

It's kind of like a secret technique.

I should ask the Osewa Slimes at the headquarters to tell me more about it later.

Well, that's beside the point.

Let's try to capture the leaders of the mercenary guild.

I activated 【Spatial Leap】.