Volume 2 - CH 327

Chapter 7-48. Documents

“”The Devil!?””

“Lower your voice. Because this place doesn’t use skills like silence.”

“Sorry ……. But it’s all right. There’s no one around here.”

I deployed the haze manipulation spread out and searched the surroundings, but there was no one nearby.

It should be no problem to discuss this at this point.

I mean, how could he encounter the devil at that place ……?

Could it be that they were there to retrieve the materials left behind by Lequam?

“That’s not it. He was there all along. Or rather, that guy was…… buried? Infused with the door.”

“That sounds creepy……”

“And that guy …… named Atrak, he taught me a lot of things.”

Houen told me what he had learned from this demon named Atrak.

This world was created one thousand and one hundred years ago.

We are the second generation, and the first generation was the white snake, Hiwa, the black turtle, Urushima, the red bird, Enge, and the blue tiger, Awase.

Their names are also written in Kanji characters.

These four are also the reincarnator from earth, especially from Japan.

“That guy was good friends with the black tortoise named Urushima. He spoke in some kind of dialect.”

“How did you understand that? ……”

“My grandfathers used to speak in that dialect. It was not exactly the same, but I could understand it somehow. And after all, the previous generation of the white snake, Hiwa must have had some kind of cooperative relationship with the devil. Perhaps the other reincarnations did as well. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to get along with Atrak. Besides, Atrak knew about the others ……. I didn’t get a chance to ask him about them.”

“That’s all that we need to know.”

So the question is, what kind of relationship did they have?

“Unfortunately Atrak was dead before I came here.”

“Because of his lifespan?”

“No, he said it was a curse. In fact, when he tried to tell me something, he got his head chopped off and died. He ended by saying, ‘The devil is…'”

“… Is there a message behind that action, ……. I mean, his head chopped? By who?”

“I don’t know. That’s all he said, and then his head was chopped off. It’s probably best to say that he died …… on his own.”

You mean he died trying to tell us about the devil ……?

Or that was the curse?

Does it mean that all demons are cursed just like him?

“He also said something like : It’s not that he doesn’t want to talk about it. He just can’t.”

“A curse that kills you if you try to speak …… a specified word or something like that?”

“If that were a skill, that would be an absurd one, but it’s not surprising that kind of skill exists.”

Well, he’s not wrong.

Just as Houen said, if these kinds of skills exist, it would be absurd and dangerous.

And the activation is pretty easy.

For example, it is like my [Demolition] skill.

But, is it true if all of the devils have a curse like that ……?

That’s quite a big deal.

“Hey- hey-.”

“What is it?”

“Is the devil trying to dispel the curse?”

“…… Possibly, yes. Why would they destroy an inhabited city is what I’m curious about.”

“Is that the condition …… to break the curse?”

“I think that’s the biggest possibility, but whatever it is, I’d like to have another talk with the devil. The voice of heaven has decreed that the devil is the enemy, but I would like to consider other ways than defeating them.”

“I agree with that.”

It may be difficult, but I’d like to give it a try.

However, it’s a prerequisite to protect the place where humans live from the devils.

We can’t let them have their way with the magic crystal.

“That’s pretty much what I’ve heard from Atrak. Next, here’s what I found in Lequam’s documents …….”

With these words, Houen handed me a copy of the document.

It was written in Japanese and was not meant to be read by people from this world.

I looked through it lightly and found that it was a summary of research on magic crystals.

It also describes how to make magic crystals.

The magic crystal can be made by accumulating a large amount of magic power in a crystal and then inserting the cub or egg of the corresponding monster.

The monster must be a creature found in the dungeon.

Once a crystal is created, it can be duplicated, but the limit is limited to ten copies.

By burying them in the ground, you can summon the monsters to places where sunlight can reach them.

If it is placed normally, a large number of monsters can be summoned from it.

If you bury them in the ground, you can summon fewer of them, but you can give them some strength.

“This….”

“And then this.”

This has nothing to do with magic crystals.

But there were instructions on how to make a contract with a devil.

This was not in Japanese, so it must have actually been written by Lequam.

The devil can be summoned by preparing a magic circle, pouring one’s own blood into it, and preparing an offering.

The offering is magical power.

The method of contracting is possible with the consent of the devil and the summoner.

“Did Lequam make a contract with the devil that came out of his body?”

“Also, research on magic tools has continued. All of them were to create magic tools to store magic power.”

“And that’s it ……. Did he make a contract with the devil to mass-produce magic crystals? It would be impossible to make that many magic crystals with just one person’s amount of magic power.”

“Yeah, What you said is probably one of the reasons for his contract.”

After he said that, Houen picked up one of the documents that he brought in a large amount and burned them carefully one by one.

“You …….”

“We don’t need it anymore. It would be troublesome for anyone to read them. Besides, most of it is in my head, which makes me feel safe.”

“What if you suddenly forget when you become a child. ……”

“I doubt that.”

With a small snicker, Houen continues to burn the documents.

Since he burned them one by one in high heat, there was almost no dust left.

After listening to Houen, I understood Lequam’s purpose.

There is no doubt that he cooperated with the devil and was trying to bring down the Kingdom of Salettana.

But still, the purpose of the devil remains a mystery.

If they are working to break the curse, it is not hard to understand why they are doing such things. …… Why do they get so excited over things they can’t tell??

These guys, what kind of things do they know ……?

“Alright, Ouren. Let’s go to Bamil territory.”

“Huh?”

“We better get there early and prepare some things. We never know what might happen.”

“Eh? Eh? What do you mean?”

Alena was confused by the sudden change of topic.

Houen and I nodded once and then told Alena what had happened.

“The next place to be attacked by the devil is Bamil territory.”