We left the lake and headed back to the neutral city (Asropolis) as soon as we finished cleaning up and sharing information that we could get done in the field.

　We had prepared to avoid camping as much as possible, so we hadn't prepared very well, and above all, we had a lot of information that we wanted to bring back to earth as soon as possible.

　I'm going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who is going to be the one who has the most to lose. There is a thing.

　The place I went with Garnett to was the Great Capitol, where the bodiless Fraxinus had inhabited his soul.

　It was not that I had to report to Fraxinus this time, but I had another reason for wanting to hear the story of Fraxinus, who lived so long ago.

''Thank you for taking the time to make the time to talk to me. In fact, I'd like to ask you something about medallions and demonic beasts: .......

　Looking up at the luminescent wall at the farthest end of the Great Capitol - that is, the place where Flaxinus' consciousness and magical power resided, I briefly state my business.

　First of all, he explains about the two demonic beasts that fought in the lake and reports that they acted as if they were a single demonic beast.

　And, of course, that they were the guardians who blocked the way into the third level.

　What you ask on top of that is a matter that only the Demon King Gandalf or the High Elf Ail could know if it wasn't Flaxinus.

''Combine multiple demonic beasts. Give orders and use them ...... single-mindedly. In the battles that destroyed ancient magical civilizations, did you ever operate demonic beasts in this way?

　After a brief pause, the mass of magical power that dwells behind the walls slowly increases in brilliance, and a voice emerges directly into my head.

''I will answer in ...... order. First of all, you said that multiple demonic beasts were combined, but I don't know of any such cases. Perhaps it is a new technology created by Agart Ram after I left the third level.''
Is it possible that Gandalf, the Demon King, didn't know about this?
''There's no denying it. If they intended to turn against Gandalf at some point, I wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately withheld information from him.

　This is to be expected.

　If they knew that Agart Ram was capable of creating such a substitute, it was unnatural that they hadn't received some information from around Gandalf, with whom they had a bent and co-operative relationship.

''And as for the use of demonic beasts, I have to ...... affirm it in a sense and deny it in a sense.''
What do you mean?
"The development of magical beasts has been studied since those days. Gandalf, Ivaldi, and Alfazul ...... were not the only ones working on this subject, but it was also the subject of many other researchers.''
'In a sense, affirmation, does that mean that the effort has paid off?

　Fraxinus's mass of magical power shines faintly as if to affirm my question back.

''Using the medallion as the nucleus, we generated demonic beasts and operated them as a battle force on the human side. Although that itself was limited, it was realized, but its operation was very limited.''
Limited, huh? Why on earth would you do that? ......
'One reason is that they were so busy rewriting the targets of their attacks that giving detailed orders could not finally be achieved. The other reason is that the technology was at the end of its civilization, at a time when the establishment of the technology was at the end of its civilization and it was no longer necessary to abandon resistance.

　I think back to the demonic beasts I've fought so far.

　It seemed like the first Skol he had fought only for the purpose of self-defense, but the next Muspel he had engaged was clearly being operated as a fighting force for Agart Ram.

　Manipulating the demonic beasts that had driven the ancient magical civilization to destruction and using them as a fighting force - the tactics that Agart Ram was executing at that time seemed to have been developed during the battle for the destruction of the civilization.

'I could not give detailed orders. So the actions of Dagon and Mother Hydra this time were impossible by the standards of the time.
''Yes. Following orders to hide at the bottom of the lake and precisely eliminate intruders into the underground waterways ...... I've never seen a hexenbiest controlled to this extent.

　Conviction surged ahead of surprise.

　Those two bodies didn't bare their fangs to protect themselves like Skoll, but were clearly acting for the purpose of eliminating the intruders.

　And like Muspel, they didn't just exert their power in a situation where they could just fight the enemy in front of them, but they were precisely fighting to drag us down.

''There are two possible reasons for this. It's possible that Agart Ram's technological innovation has allowed him to give more detailed orders than in the past. And the other is that ......'
I guess it's possible that these hexenbiests are just following their own will.
...... That's right. It's not just the medallions that are created by magic, but also life forms that have their own selves. Most magical beasts were as intelligent as beasts, but ......''
'Fair enough. A wolf can identify the right person to follow, and even bears fight with their heads.

　He may have developed the art of controlling them as magical beings, or he may have developed the means to use them as living beings.

　Whichever method it was, there was no doubt that Agart Ram controlled the demonic beasts and used them as a force to be reckoned with.

　It was worth it to go all the way to Fraxinus.

　It's a testimony that will greatly contribute to the estimation of enemy forces in the future.

...... Yes, just one last thing.

　As I was leaving, I turned to Fraxinus and asked him one last question.

'It was said that most of the demonic beasts were as intelligent as beasts, but were there by any chance some individuals that were as intelligent as humans?'

　This is an idea that has no basis in fact.

　I only asked here and there about the idea to the extent that it might possibly exist.

　However, Fraxinus's reply was against such a light motive.

''Among the many demonic beasts, individuals who were capable of communicating with the same intelligence as humans ...... we called them divine beasts. The existence that lurks in the fourth level where Gandalf is said to have gone into hiding, an existence that produces an unlimited number of subordinate dragons ...... that is also an individual of divine beasts, a life form with a personality equal to humans.''