Chapter 140

Chapter 140 Strongest Sage, Sends Letter

"He wasn"t able to even leave a will . . . . Isn"t that too quick?"

"Yeah . I thought it was strange that he was unable to speak considering his wounds and physical conditions at the time . . . . But he really couldn"t speak a word . "

"Couldn"t he just write then?"

"Yeah . We tried that . . . . But when ruler-sama was going to write a will, his hand suddenly stopped moving . We tried all other possible means too . . . However, it was all in vain . I"m thinking that he might have contracted a different disease in addition to his wounds . . . . "

Yup . He was being completely silenced alright .

There"s no doubt that it was someone"s handiworks to weaken the dungeon city .

Judging from the level of magic used, the perpetrator is probably a low cla.s.s demon .

Since I don"t sense any reaction from demons around the vicinity, the culprit is probably long gone .

If the current ruler is joining forces with demons, we might be able to squeeze their location from him, but . . . . It"s very unlikely to be the case .

The current management of dungeon city is just too crude no matter how you slice it .

They could probably destroy this unstable city in 10 days if they were serious after all .

It"s too half-baked for either short-term or long-term plan .

Which leads to the conclusion--the current ruler has nothing to do with demons, and is simply an idiot .

The demons probably can"t stop laughing at how stupid the management of the dungeon city has become after only killing the previous ruler .

"I have never heard a disease with those symptoms either . Well, I am not that well versed as a healer . "

I think about what to do with the current ruler .

We need to do something about the guy for now .

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Evening of that day .

We"ve gathered in an inn room .

"This territory is really awful . . . . "

"The mood of this city is far gloomier than what I heard . . . . "

"Or rather, won"t this city be in danger if we leave the current ruler alone?"

Looks like the three are well aware of this city"s ruler"s dreadfulness .

Alma is right, we can"t let the guy run around free .

"Yeah . Thus, I"m going to send princ.i.p.al a letter . "

I took a paper out of Storage magic .

The easiest way out of this is by secretly a.s.sa.s.sinating the guy but . . . . that will cause a chaos, so it"ll be the last resort .

"Princ.i.p.al . . . Ah! Are you going to convey the situations to the king through the princ.i.p.al?"

"That"s right . And here"s the content . . . "

I write a message to the princ.i.p.al on the paper .

The letter was done in less than one minute .

『We have arrived at the dungeon city, but we still don"t understand what our homework is about even after coming here . Would it be acceptable for us to be exempted from the homework along with cla.s.ses?』

The three speak out when they see the sentences written on the letter .

" . . . What is this?"

"It reads like . . . a completely trivial letter . . . . "

"What"s a homework? Is that human"s culture?"

Putting Iris aside, I"ve antic.i.p.ated the two"s reactions .

But that is fine .

"That"s how it looks outwardly, this letter is a dummy, here"s the real one . "

I take another letter after saying that .

It details about the current ruler"s behavior and that there"s a high possibility of demon"s intervention in the previous ruler"s pa.s.sing .

I put that letter and the dummy letter in a box that has a secret compartment in the bottom .

This secret compartment can"t be easily opened as I"ve a.s.similated the material together using magic, the box is very good in being undetected .

It won"t get find out unless the other party is a specialist . I"ve told the princ.i.p.al about this method, I"m sure he will notice .

" . . . Is it a countermeasure for inspections?"

"Yeah . There"s no doubt that the letter will go through inspections . Otherwise, the royal capital would have been informed of this terrible situation long ago . We could go there ourselves, but a round trip takes more time than expected . "

That said, there is a limit to information blockade, it"s only a matter of time before this situation leaks out even without me doing anything .

The royal capital was probably late in their correspondence because they were busy dealing with demons .

"I see . . . . So you can use production magic like this too . . . . "

We sent the letter to the royal capital and went to take a rest in preparation for tomorrow .

Now we just need to wait for the king"s response while exploring the dungeon .

The king is usually quick to act when it"s about a matter related to demons, so it shouldn"t take long .