Chapter 518.2

Chapter 518.2

Finar’s subordinates found something that looked like a shard, almost carbonized.

It was so small that it could no longer be analyzed with any skill, and it barely had any symbols or anything like that on it. However, Finar seemed to have found some kind of information on it.

“Hmmm... –Hm... you there! Come over here, please.”

The Demon King Finar called out to a man who appeared to be a soldier of the Rogard Empire.

He seemed to be a captain or someone in that position, and was giving instructions to the other soldiers around him in rapid succession, but when he was called by Finar, he immediately came over to us.

“What is this?” (Finar)

The soldier looked at that shard like thing. His cheeks twitched slightly as he saw the meaning in Finar’s words.

“This... if I’m not mistaken, this is the control number that is written on all weapons in this country...”

Then Finar said with a nod, “...Yes, I think you are right. I’ll have to check the details, but I think it’s most likely an explosive device called [Magic Dust Bomb] that was supposed to have been stored in the weapons vault.”

“Magic Dust Bomb?” (Yuki)

Finar replied to my question, “Yes, it is an explosive that requires a special magic power to be mixed to be detonated. It can only be made by researchers in the military, so it is not distributed outside...”

“Hmm, it would likely be a high-ranking official of this country who has access to military supplies?”

“Yes, I think that’s a strong possibility. We have to consider the possibility that it was simply stolen, but there are only a limited number of people who have access to the arsenal. If we can narrow it down there, the rest won’t be so difficult...”

Then, the Demon King Finar suddenly showed a pretense of thinking.

“Demon King Finar?”

“...The rest won’t be so difficult. I wonder...? Why would someone who has caused such an insidious and massive incident leave traces that would allow him to be identified?”

Finar started to think deeply about what was going on.

“The enemy’s movements are flashy. They even used powerful monsters and military products. However, we still failed to notice and stop those so-called flashy moves. They must have planned well and used numerous disguises. So, it is too convenient for them to leave evidence at the scene that would simply lead back to them.”

The Demon King Finar, who had been mumbling for a while as if collecting his thoughts, turned his eyes back to me.

“... Anyway, let’s follow the lead we have now. Yuki-kun, I asked you to help me with something earlier, but it looks like I will need some time. I’ll ask you to do it after that. Let me gather some information for a week or two. I’m afraid we can only make a move after that.”

“Hmm, it’s okay. To be honest, I wanted to see how things were going at home for once, so this might be a good time to do it.”

I had not returned to the dungeon in a while as I’ve simply been so busy dealing with stuff here to relax at home.

I would like to see how Lefi and the others are doing, and I’d like to relax at home a little bit.