「I appeared across the shipwrecks earlier, however I didn’t handle to search out something quest associated in there. And consider me, I used to be actually thorough with my investigation.」

Certain, there was an entire lot of treasure and valuables in there, however none of them look interesting sufficient to be thought of quest-related.

「What in regards to the towers? Have been there any clues there?」

「Nope. …… They have been identical to ice cream cones: empty on the within. …… Mildew, that was a critical metaphor, so no laughing, if you happen to please.」

「Ice cream cones…… Fufufu…… No, no, no! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!」

「If we begin excited about it like that, that may imply we must search the entire citadel and city inch by inch!」

Let’s not return to the town. We’d be looking all day for clues, and we’ve got no assure in any way that we’d have the ability to discover something in any respect.

「So in the long run, our solely choice is to go looking all through this citadel till we discover one thing……?」

「Effectively, we’ve got to verify each nook and cranny out, so would possibly as properly keep looking out for something suspicious.」

What got here after that was a number of seconds of a really awkward silence.

I don’t learn about anybody else, however for me that a lot was form of an apparent ever since we first arrived right here on this place.

「Now, let’s take yet another go searching and begin exploring! Watch out to not enter the basement, and let’s search each single nook and cranny of this place!」

「I do know that I stated that, however……」

This complete citadel is loopy large. It’s so large you can simply get misplaced in right here. It that sense, it’s extra of a labyrinth than a dungeon.

What’s extra, for the reason that normal shade scheme of this place is blue, other than the occasional furnishings the entire rooms in right here look kind of the identical. With that being stated, the room we have been at present in had an enormous fire with blue flames burning within it. I flip in direction of Rei whereas trying round.

「Hey, Rei? Discovered something?」

「Probably not…… If not counting an ornamental sword, I’ve nothing on my finish.」

Rei reveals me the ornamental sword that was hanging on the wall. The sword appeared actually ornamental, and in actual struggle of swords and magics it might actually not be of a lot use. Plus, since Rei’s present armor set was extra Japanese-oriented, it didn’t actually go too properly with a Western-looking sword.

「After we speak about clues for quests in castles, throne room involves thoughts because the place that ought to have some……」

「Does that me we rush to the throne room!?」

「Keep! STAY, god rattling it! Kutanid is just not going wherever! We don’t should be in THAT a lot of a rush!」

「Sure, sir!」

If you wish to say one thing like that, you would possibly as properly begin to name me Colonel Sanraku. That, or Brigadier Common. These titles sound actually cool. Marshal? Not a lot, it sounds lame for my part.

「I feel that if we’re looking out for one thing, it’d as properly be a diary. A minimum of that may be the case in each different sport that I’ve performed to date.」

On the present second, our crew ‘Mortals’ divided into two separate groups which can be looking out for any clues. It was solely pure for Rust and Mildew to be collectively in a single crew, so ‘Group A’ consisted of me, Rei, Akitsu Akane and Emul. It was extra handy that approach.

Sickle, Alva, Nereis and Straude have been all a part of the opposite crew, if that was not apparent at that cut-off date.

We have been but to search out any clues in right here, however my mind has been working full throttle all this time.

What’s the relationship between Kutanid and Lulilas? I really feel like that is the important thing to the thriller of this place, a key that shall open the door to Kutanid’s gimmick and produce us victory.

Within the first place, this complete metropolis might have been a standard island with a metropolis in the course of it. Not underwater, however on the floor. And it was in all probability simply that: a metropolis, not a city-state. To be one thing like that, it ought to have been approach bigger than it’s now.

And one thing should have occurred to this metropolis, there isn’t any doubt about it. The desolated panorama is greater than sufficient of a proof.

Siege, collapse…… There are various issues comparable to that, and even plagues and pandemics that come to thoughts, however none of that issues for the second. One thing occurred right here, then got here Kutanid and did one thing else.

「…… So far as I can see it, if the town was attacked by an enormous monster, shouldn’t the damages be far larger?」

A devastated and fully deserted metropolis. But when it was actually the working of Kutanid’s invasion…… Wouldn’t the damages be far more extreme?

However even when he did find yourself leveling the entire metropolis to the bottom, shouldn’t it’s a chunk of cake for Kutanid to convey all of it again to regular and make it really feel like model new? So why would Kutanid select to depart the town on this half-desolated state……? If it’s a pastime, then absolutely it’s a fairly twisted one.

「There have been actually indicators of life round this city after we have been trying round earlier. However what may that probably imply……?」

「All of them perished, slowly……」

「Sure, that’s precisely it, Rei.」

Ara, is my position being snatched away from me proper now? Oh properly, doesn’t matter all that a lot. I imply, it’s at all times far more enjoyable if extra folks handle to determine one thing out quite than arriving on the conclusion alone.

Has the arrival of Kutanid induced a mass panic all through the town? It actually really feel like the present residents of this metropolis should not precisely those who have been residing right here earlier than.

「Extra like this metropolis getting destroyed straight away by an enormous cataclysm, doesn’t it really feel to you that it was extra like a gradual catastrophe?」

「I can’t assist however to fret now. Alright, allow us to look into different room.」

「I perceive! Simply depart it to me to unlock it!」

At occasions like this, it was actually handy to have a Thief in our celebration. If it wasn’t for Akitsu Akane right here, we must open the lock the quaint, grasp key approach (which implies forcing the lock open with a lot of violence).

It was at the moment that I’ve change into conscious of a selected element on Akitsu Akane’s fox masks. Whereas he was already on his solution to the following room, I spotted that he had markings that appeared like patterns carved immediately on his pores and skin…… It was solely later that I might be taught that these have been curse marks placed on him by Siegwurm the Skylord.

「…… That.」

They are saying that the Satan won’t ever use violence so as to get hold of what he desires. But when certainly so, then what’s the change that underwent between Kutanid and Lulilas?

「It’s a contract.」

Might it’s that identical to folks making providing to the gods, the folks of this city have been making some type of choices to Kutanid?

The reply to that query absolutely would await us someplace round this citadel.