The battle was over, and healing magic was applied to the wounded.

　Aside from Meifa's bruise to her abdomen, Marina and Anya were only slightly injured.

　Sahagin Baron, who was unable to fight, was first tied up and restrained with ropes.

　After that, Iris healed the serious wound on his abdomen with [Moonlight Heal] and woke him up with [Awaken].

　So, it's interrogation time.

"Now, let's talk. Where's your hideout? Tell us where the girls from the village were taken.

　I'm not sure if you've seen this before, but I'm sure you've.

"Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!　I'm not sure what to make of that.　That's a lot of effort for just a few people. But do you really think you can defeat us?　There are still more than 150 soldiers in our hiding place, led by my two brothers, and most importantly, You-Know-Who. You don't stand a chance. Give up. If you get down on your knees and beg for forgiveness, I can let you off the hook now.

　The Sahagin Baron begins to blabber on about information we have not heard.
　He seems to be motivated by vanity. ...... Well, I guess he's fundamentally stupid.

　But the number of Sahagin in the base is over 150.
　I don't think he's lying.

　Then, he's right, it might be a little tough.

　If the six of us were to go head-to-head against a Sahagin with over one hundred and fifty, depending on the flow of the battle, we could assume that we might be overwhelmed by numbers.

　In addition, there are two Sahagin Barons of the same rank as this one.
　And...

"You just said 'that one'. Are you referring to the Sahagin Lord?

　That's the most straightforward thing to assume as the one who could lead a large force of troops led by multiple Sahagin Barons.

　The Sahagin Demon Lord - in other words, the Sahagin Lord.
　The Sahagin Baron has been mutated by the miasma and has become a powerful individual that can lead a large troop.

　When a demon lord takes control of a horde, the horde tends to start taking over the world, and this fits in with the recent increase in activity of the Sahagin Lords.

"Kukkuk ....... That's right. I'm not sure what to make of this.　I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it's worth it.

"............

　I'm sure you've heard of it, but I'm not sure if you've seen it.

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for and how to get it.

I'm sure you're not aware of your position right now.　If I slip up, you'll lose your head, so you'd better not get too carried away. Don't you think so?

　Marina shows a fierce expression of a pirate and presses the blade of her battle axe against the neck of Sahaginbaron.

　Sahaginbaron's face tightened.

"Wait, .......

"I will ask you one more time. I'll ask you one more time, where is your hideout, and where are the girls from the village that were taken? Answer me.

　I asked the same question as the first time, in my coldest voice possible, and a hint of fear appeared on Sahagin Barron's fish face.

"If I answer, you'll let me off the hook, won't you, ......?

If you don't lie to me. Either way, you're going to have to follow me to the location.

Shit. ...... Okay, okay. So pull the f*cking axe.

The way you said it. I thought I told you to mind your place earlier.

"Good. ......!　...... I'll talk to you, just pull the axe. ...... No, please pull the axe. Oh, please.

Oh, that's all right. You're being honest.

　Marina grinned, pulled the battle axe from around Sahaginbaron's neck, and slung it over her shoulder.

　Sahaginbaron breathed a sigh of relief.
　Then he said the information we were looking for.

...... is an isolated island a short distance to the east of this island. That's where we're hiding. That's where the human girls we captured are.


　I don't know.


　I'll have Barron take you to Sahagin's hideout later.

　After completing the post-war processing and interrogation, we resumed our search for the treasure.

　Our purpose was already done, but we had an appointment with Marina, and it would be killing us if I and the kids left here.
　Now that we've come this far, I want to finish the treasure hunt.

　It would be inconvenient to leave the Sahagin Baron alone or to set up a guard, so we decided to take him along with us.

　First, we all went to the left side of the road from the fork in the road at the bottom of the valley.

　After a while, we came across a scene similar to the one on the other side.

　That is to say, the path at the bottom of the valley dead-ends at a precipice, and at the dead end there is a large stone door with several Sahagin lying on its front side.

　But there is a slight difference: there are no large rocks to crush the sahagin.
　Instead, each of the fallen sahagin was pierced deeply with several thick arrows.

　Marina, who was holding up the Sahagin Baron, said to her bound opponent.

You've been caught in a trap on the other side, and now you've been hit again here?　You never learn, do you?

You'll never learn." ......!　I was careful of the rocks from overhead!　I was careful of the rocks above my head! You wouldn't expect an arrow to come from the rocks right next to you this time!



"I see. Captain Mithril has a mean streak.

　Marina chuckles.

　I'm sure Sahagin and the others wanted to try something, because they didn't want to come this far and leave without getting anything.

　I'm going to check the door and its surroundings.

　As expected, the stone door has a single hollow in which a ring can be inserted.

　There was also a plaque next to the stone door with the same text as the one on the other side of the branch.

　It said, "Leave if you are not qualified. Otherwise, great misfortune will befall you.

"Good. Marina or Anya, try to put the ring on.

All right. I will.

　Anya removes the ring from her finger and places it in the hollow of the stone door.

　The stone door and plate glow, just as they did on the other side.

　The text on the plate reads, "Thou hast shown one half of the qualification. Now show me the other. Then the door will open.

Looks like it's exactly what Iris said. I'll go over there and load the ring.

"Okay. Rio, Iris, Maifa. I don't know what's going to happen, so I need you to go with Marina. When you get to the other side, someone call my intercom.

"Yes, sir.

　So, Marina, Rio, Iris, Maifa, and Sahagin Baron, who was dragged along with them, started to move to the other side of the branch.

　After waiting for a while, I received a call from Rio on my phone spell gear.

Brother, we're here too.

"Good. Okay, try to put the ring on.

Okay, okay. Marina, the ring, please.

Okay. Okay, here we go.

　The next moment, I heard Marina's voice from behind the magic tool...

　Gogo gogo gogo ......!

　The large stone door in front of us opened with a loud bang.
　At the same time, a similar sound could be heard from behind the intercom.

"Brother, the door is open!

"Same here. But we don't know what's behind the door. Proceed with caution.

Got it. You be careful, too.

...... Yeah. I will.

　I chuckle and hang up the phone.
　Rio, you've got a lot of nerve.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this in the future.