Chapter 190
Chapter 190 Strongest Sage, Sneaks In
Folkia is full of demons .
Alma and Ruli ask me in a panic when they hear that .
『More than 30 demons!? That, sounds really bad . . . 』
『But aren"t demons a creature that doesn"t group together? Yet there"s 30 of them here?』
『Yeah . Ordinary demons do not flock together . The demons here are a special type of subspecies that does . Their other peculiarities are they"re hard to detect, and good at cooperating together . . . in exchange, each is weaker than an average demon though . 』
In my past life, these types of demon are called 『Demon Subspecies』 .
Since detection technology had progressed at the time, there were only a few cases of Demon Subspecies mingling with humans .
Even if they"re weaker than an average demon, they still far surpa.s.s the humans of this era .
If this type of demons was the one that infiltrated Beisis Kingdom, it would have been tougher to deal with .
『Weaker than an average demon . . . How strong are they?』
『It depends on each individual, but Ruli and Alma should be able to defeat one if it"s alone . . . However, the more of them, the tougher the fight will be . Try your best to avoid fighting more than five of them together . 』
Demons fundamentally prefer to fight alone, they"re bad at coordinating together with each other in a fight .
But Demon Subspecies is different .
Demon Subspecies fights by coordinating with their unique mana wavelength along with complex and specific interception and jamming comm magic, allowing them to perform a variety of coordinated attacks .
Their coordination is far above what humans could achieve with comm magic .
They could share their visions and hearing among each others, and even sometimes do linked magic casting .
The only saving grace is the fact that the mana used for their coordination has a short range, 50 meters at most .
If not, fighting even one of these Demon Subspecies would have meant fighting the subspecies in the entire world .
I walk toward the town while talking about that .
Alma hurriedly tried to stop me .
『Hang on, where are you going!?』
『To the town gate . Though not the front gate, but the secret path used by the fake bandits . 』
I point at a nearby ground while talking through comm magic .
There"s a part where the ground is new over there .
I held up the forged pa.s.s over the ground, then it moved out, exposing the entrance into the secret path .
『 . . . Bingo . Tis" the secret path used by the fake bandits when they get out of town . 』
『How"d you even find this path . . . ?』
『With Mana Perception . This kind of secret paths uses a magic tool that detects pa.s.ses to open the door . 』
I point at a magic tool buried in the path .
This magic tool won"t open the door unless it detects the pa.s.s .
It"s a relatively orthodox way to seal a secret path .
I expected a type that scanned each person and prepared four forged pa.s.ses for all of us, but that seems to be unnecessary .
『Mana Perception . . . Could such a tiny mana reaction like this be found?』
『Finding this simply by looking at the surrounding mana is impossible, yeah . But if you do it while a.s.suming there would be this type of magic tool around, you should notice . . . Knowledge about magic tools isn"t only useful for making one but also for planning countermeasures . 』
I check the pa.s.sage"s wall for mana reaction .
This kind of pa.s.sage is usually installed with traps that calls for guards or blocks intruders who have take possession of the pa.s.s . . . But neither seems to be present around the entrance .
It"s not possible to look far ahead since the pa.s.sage is curving, but judging from the atmosphere, we should be able to manage somehow .
『Looks clear . Girls, get down here . . . but be sure to take cautions while progressing ahead . 』
『Understood!』
『Yes!』
『Got it!』
The girls also go down the pa.s.sage .
Well then, shall we go infiltrate Folkia .
Our objective is of course; annihilate all demons .