A Glimpse of Malice
I couldn’t help but wonder, “So, where did these guys come from?”
After the battle was over and the wounded had been treated, we were in the middle of the stadium.
In the stadium, which had suddenly become noisy with soldiers and onlookers who had immediately rushed to the scene, the Dwarf King and I were standing in front of the two corpses.
The Dwarf King replied, “…The logical conclusion is that someone used space magic to transfer the monsters. However, a few questions remain. First, to transport a monster of this size using space magic, it would require a lot of magical power and a lot of preparation. It would take a long time to get it ready, especially if it was not some extraordinary monster like you or some other idiot who had enough capability to do so.”Well, I could not deny his claim, but…
“Well, since they appeared in this stadium, the device to summon these guys should still be around… but you know, we have set-up really strict security in this stadium, and it’s not like they’re going to be able to get away with it that easily with us around here.” (Dwarf King)
“…That means you guys have been really strict with inspections, right?” (Yuki)
“Oh, of course. The Devil King is keeping a close eye on things, and it won’t be easy to outwit him. Besides, we’ve been working here for a while now. If there were any suspicious magic circles or tools around, even our guys, who were a bunch of idiots, would have surely noticed them.” (Dwarf King)
So there were also enough eyes watching.
Nevertheless, even with strict security, someone was able to transfer the monsters here.
They simply came out of nowhere.The Dwarf King said in a worried tone, “When I hired people to work here, I did a thorough background check, and after working with them, I can assure you that there are only good-natured idiots in this place. So I’d like you to believe that it wasn’t one of our guys who did it…”
“Well, to begin with, we were all having a meal when these monsters appeared. That would make the people on guard rather suspicious… but I don’t think it was them either, so I have to look at it from a different angle. One possibility I can think of is that there might have been a trigger or something to activate whatever brought those creatures here.” (Yuki)
“You mean it may have been a timed event?” (Dwarf King)
“Yeah. But I don’t really know if it’s triggered when certain conditions are met, or if it’s triggered at a predetermined time, but as far as I can tell from the map… after I checked using my power as a Demon Lord earlier, the moment the monsters appeared in the stadium, there was no other biological activity in the vicinity. There were only guards a short-distance away, but I doubt they would have done anything in such an overtly suspicious situation.”
“…I agree. It depends on the purpose, but I don’t think there are many people who would commit a crime knowing who was currently around here.”
Their purpose, huh?
Yes, there should have been a purpose for this…but what on earth was it?
If the purpose was simply to get someone to agree to their demands or to assert their existence, wouldn’t there have been some kind of announcement in advance?
Were they planning to issue a proclamation after this?
While I was thinking about other possibilities, the Dwarf King resumed the conversation while rubbing his magnificent beard.
“There is one more thing that concerns me. –The strength of the monsters. These guys were strong. If it weren’t for you, there would have been at least dozens, maybe hundreds, of deaths before they could be defeated. And there’s even two of them. I don’t even know how on earth they were able to prepare the monsters.”
That’s certainly a good point.
It would take the power of a Demon Lord to find and capture a monster… Wait…
Even a shred of the Demon Lord’s power… Wait… What if there was someone who had a piece of that Demon Lord’s power?
Since I was in the middle of a battle earlier, I only checked their level, ability values, and skills and ignored other details. So now, I immediately invoked my analysis skill on the corpse again.
