Chapter 442: Halfway To The Finish


    The orderly file of knights approaching were the knights of Valkyra Kingdom whom we had deep connections to.


    「I am d you are safe. Iruma-dono.」


    「Long time no see. Sorry you had toe all this way.」


    They were my acquaintances, the knights of the Volton Margravery. When I was being trained by Barack-san of the Adventurers Guild, I was also training under the knight order’s tutge. That’s why I could somewhat remember the faces of the knights of the Volton Margravery.


    「That was quite a show.」


    「Umm, the sight inside the grove might be even worse…… Kaede was responsible for that area.」


    「……i-it can’t be helped. It is Kaede-dono. Moreover, holding back on them is unnecessary.」


    There were still some survivors among the strewn corpses at the nk which were crushed by Titan, and the corpses trampled and gaping with holes because of Tsubaki. However, in the center we were in charge of, our enemies had immortal soldiers so it was a disastrous scene with zero survivors.


    I had to ask the knights who were astounded by the sight to handle the grove which was an even more remorseless annihtion.


    「That’s how they were dealt with.」


    「Leave the disposal of the corpses and the transport of survivors to us. We will interrogate the man who is their leader in Valor. If it possible, we would appreciate it if we could go back together.」


    The leader in charge of the attack, who was caught nearly unharmed, would be interrogated in Valor. I think it would be more correct than Wedgefort, where anyone cane and go.


    「What about this guy’s background, or his clients?」


    「It would depend on how much evidence we collect, but I think it would be particrly difficult to arrest them.」


    「Thought so……」


    It would be different if there was clear evidence, but we gathered that the clients who ordered this attack were Earl Hordia who was a noble of Yggurle Kingdom, along with Earl Sechnal and Earl Vautarc who were nobles of Samandour Kingdom. It was not the same as punishingmoners.


    Even if the worst happens where they wouldn’t be punished, I would still definitely harass them.


    Once the knights were done burying the corpses and preparing the survivors for transport, we headed for Valor.


    In a room inside the Valkyran knights station at Valor, the interrogation of the leader of the attack was being done.


    In Valor, it wasn’t only Valkyra Kingdom’s knights who had a station, the station of the knights of Yggurle Kingdom and Lomaria Kingdom were build adjacent to it.


    The man was sitting on a chair with his hands and feet bound, and his magic sealed by a magic device.


    At a nce, he looked like a grey haired man with a toned body in his prime, but I knew he was an elf. No matter how much he used a magic device to change his appearance, he couldn’t deceive Sylph, Selene, and the Great Spirits.


    Having heard beforehand from Sylph and the others that he was an elf, I checked his person for magic devices.


    「For starters, let’s remove any illusionary magic devices.」


    「What!?」


    The man who never thought that his true identity would be revealed was surprised and opened his mouth.


    「What do you mean, Iruma-dono!?」


    「I think he is using an illusion-type magic device.」


    「You can tell such things?」


    「W-well, magic devices are my field of expertise, after all.」


    The captain of the knights who was doing the interrogation with me asked in surprise. “I knew about it because I was told by the Great Spirits.” was not something I could say, so I had to deceive them that this was my specialty.


    Saying that makes me cool.


    「Oh, is it this it?」


    I removed the ne hanging from his neck. It was undoubtedly a magic device, seeing as it is imbedded with a small magic crystal.


    「Wha!? You, you’re an elf!?」


    「Kuh!」


    The change was drastic. When the ne was removed, his ears lengthened, his grey hair turned blonde, and above all, his aged appearance turned more youthful, which made his age less determinable.


    Even so, ording to Sylph and the Great Spirits, he was less than 300 years old.


    「Now then, I suppose introductions are in order? I am Takumi Iruma, an Alchemist / Adventurer. Mister Moonlight Owl Boss man.」


    「Ha, I don’t know what you’re talking about.」


    For a second, he looked surprised when I cut straight in, but as expected from the man who was the boss of an underground organization for long time, he immediately feigned ignorance with a poker face.


    「Well, you can only say that now. Captain, I don’t have time, so shall we quickly do the interrogation?」


    「Then I will prepare it right away.」


    When the boss of the dark guild 『Moonlight Owl』 saw what the Captain brought back, his face was dyed with despair.


    What the Knight Captain brought back was a very cor. Yes, by binding him to a very contact, the interrogation would progress much more quickly. I don’t know if we can get this man to say that his cl was Earl Hordia, but it was only a matter of time before it circtes that the attack on us circtes in Wedgefort. This is a race against time.


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