Vol 4: Chapter 33
** Lev Magic Empire – Front line of the Red Gate **
Today, some famous adventurers appeared.
Today, some famous adventurers died.
Such information comes in every day.
The three members of the Silver Balance party sometimes went into battle, but spent most of their time in the rear. Their public reason was because Mimino and Non’s abilities are specialized in support, and Dante’s strength was also useful at the construction site to expand the encampment.
But the actual reason was–.
「I-It’s finished!」
Even today, Dante heard a number of rumors about adventurers, and returned carrying the usual number of logs. Muge, popped his head out of Abba’s tent, and beckoned him inside.
Inside the tent, Mimino, Non, Lulusha, and the owner of the tent, Abba can be found. Team Reiji was in full force.
Abba was given a spacious tent due to his high status, so it was just right for everyone to assemble there. At first, Abba frowned when his bed was moved to a corner of the tent and a magic tool on top of a large table was placed inside his tent, but when Lulusha said–.
「Sorry about this. We are indebted to you.」
「Chupa. You can use my tent however long you like.」
He replied with a pleasant expression. The stick that he was still sucking on even without the starch syrup became thinner and thinner. And Abba’s body too became thinner accordingly. At present, it looked like he was biting on a toothpick.
And the magic tool that Muge was researching on inside Abba’s tent was–.
「This silver tray-looking thing?」Dante asked.
A pedestal of about 25 cm with a flat, round, silver metal placed on it, was placed on top of the table.
「Yes, please listen to it carefully.」Muge said.
「…………」
When everyone approached closer, a faint sound was heard from the magic tool.
「What is this?」Dante asked.
「This is the transmission of the bracelet attached to Reiji-san.」Muge said.
It seems that the research which was carried out to confirm Reiji’s survival has finally bore results.
「You mean this… sound?」Dante asked.
「Since it is amplifying very weak waves, we can’t know the contents, but there is no doubt that it is receiving information that is being emitted.」
「Didn’t you say that it wasn’t possible until yesterday?」
「No, no, to be precise, we knew we were receiving something, but there was too much noise to distinguish it. An amplifier amplifies even the noise. This is due to the fact that the wave has crossed worlds. So it is difficult to distinguish it with equipment only from this world.」
「Sorry, but I don’t understand what you are saying.」
「—The broken jewel from the giant snake which we defeated with Reiji-kun came into use.」Mimino added from the side.
The Ouroboros summoned by the mediator in the Holy City Kruvanyu.
「That thing?」
「Yeah. We initially used magic stones to power the magic tool, but it was attracting too much noise. But when we switched to the jewel, it started working. Perhaps because the jewel originates from the other world, it absorbs the noise from over there.」Mimino said.
「Hmm… I still don’t get it.」Dante said.
「Anyway, as long as this sound isn’t cut off, it means Reiji-kun is still alive! It’s almost certain because we’ve done a thorough experiment!」
「I see.」
Dante nodded and fell quiet. He never doubted that Reiji was alive. However, he did feel relieved when it was proved.
「This sound, huh…」
Dante brought his ears closer again. A humming sound can be heard. In the same way, both Mimino and Non brought their ears closer.
WAN–
「Uo!?」
「Wha!?」
「Kya!」
A sudden loud noise came from the magic tool, so the three of them were taken aback.
「W-What was that?」
「Oh, it seems like Reiji-san was surprised by something.」Muge said.
「…………」
「Somehow, it feels like we’re peeping…」Non said.
In the end, they decided to check on the “Reiji Detector” once a day and leave it alone.
Abba was wondering if they were going to leave that thing here for even longer, but he was not insensitive enough to put it into words.
「If Reiji is alive, then it’s likely that Her Highness Anastasia is also still alive… right?」Dante said.
「But we can’t bring this up to His Majesty right away. We have to get the timing right.」Abba said.
「I see. It is a difficult subject, after all.」
If Anastasia is found to be alive, the Emperor may send out a search team. They made this magic tool because they thought it would lead to Reiji’s rescue.
However, if the war situation is bad, the Empire obviously can’t afford to arrange a search team. So Abba’s idea of timing was understandable to Dante.
「So, how was the battle situation today?」Dante asked.
「We have been able to get quite deep into the city, but the monsters that are almost the size of the Red Gate are pretty powerful… so we have no choice but to rely on the aforementioned “Black Sky Pirate”.」Lulusha answered.
「The mysterious girl who uses a black blade, huh… She is the one who stole the “Queen of the Night”, right? Can she be trusted?」
「We are in a situation where we have no choice but to trust her. Contact with that girl is so limited that even Abba can’t meet her, correct?」Lulusha said.
「Yup.」Abba nodded.
「We don’t know her name or her identity. But the Emperor, some of his closest aides, and doctors are often called to meet.」
「Doctor? Is she feeling sick? A disease perhaps?」Dante asked.
「We don’t know anything about that either.」Abba said, and moved around the long stick in his mouth.
The “Black sky pirate” is Lark, but unfortunately none of the members here were in contact with her.
「The return of the wounded is delayed, so tomorrow’s subjugation in the frontline will be suspended it seems.」Non said. She works in a relief facility, so she receives frontline information readily.
「Is that so? Things sound like they’re getting bad.」Dante said.
「But it doesn’t seem to be all that bad. According to what I heard from the supply team, it looks like a lot of supplies will arrive tomorrow.」Mimino said.
「Reinforcement!」
Mimino nodded in response with a smile.
「It seems that reinforcements and supplies will arrive from the Kruvan Holy Kingdom tomorrow. Moreover, since the predecessor Holy King is leading the unit directly, we can expect to push through the frontlines!」Mimino said.
「That’s amazing! The predecessor Holy King is also a famous master of the spear.」
It is truly difficult to continue fighting when an endless number of monsters pour down from the sky everyday without end.
However, if they can gather enough people and subdue the monsters all at once — if that happens, they can expect to capture the Red Gate.
「Tomorrow, His Majesty the Emperor and the predecessor Holy King will hold a meeting. I think the situation will change significantly depending on the outcome.」Abba said powerfully.
