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"Do you know about Nadja, Lyushka, Jane?"

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"Yes. If Naja is as you say in your picture, then we know the man. Right, Jane?"

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"Yes, yes, Lyushka. If the picture on this paper is really Nadja's, I'm sure it is, Mr. Ars. Well, she seems to have grown older than when we knew her."

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"So, Naja is an explorer in the labyrinthine city after all. I'm glad to know someone who knows more about her than I thought. If he's an acquaintance of Lucica and the others and is now the leader of a mercenary group, then this Nadja was an explorer in the depths of the labyrinth?"

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"...... Um, is Naja really the leader of a mercenary group?"

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"Well, yes, that's supposed to be the case. Is something wrong, Lyushka?

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"Uh, well, you know, ....... I think the Naja that Jane and I know and the man with this face are the same person, but the old Naja never gave me the impression that she could be the leader of a mercenary group. ......"

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"Why not?　If you two knew the explorer, he was capable of being a mercenary, wasn't he?"

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No, the old Naja was not that good. In fact, she was famous for being weak.

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　The battle between the Reinzatz family, the Kingdom of Resolute, and the Memento family began.

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　A two-front operation called "Operation Retrieval of the Royal Capital" is continuing, and it is said that a large-scale battle is going on in the Royal Capital area and Memento territory.

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　However, there are many independent skirmishes among them, one of which is the victory of the Mercenaries of Marshel over the nobles' army and the attack on the church.

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　I was curious about this, so I continued to investigate steadily.

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　I was able to get some information about the leader of the Mercenaries of Marshel, a man named Naja, from an unexpected source.

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　Lucica and Jane used to be active as deep-searchers in the labyrinthine streets of Percival's territory.

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　These two men knew Naja.

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　In the city with the castle occupied by the Mercenaries of Marshel, who were sent to the south, they actually saw Nadja, the leader of the Mercenaries, and the paper on which the image was [photocopied] was almost the same as a photograph.

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　Both of them recognized the man whose face appeared exactly as he was in the photograph as Nadja.

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　For some reason, however, they could not imagine the former Naja at the head of the mercenary group.

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"Luggage handlers?　Naja was working as a baggage handler in the labyrinthine city?　Not explorers?"

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"Well, I don't know how to say this. What magic did Nadja have, Jane?"

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"I believe it's called 'collecting,' Lyushka. The magic that Nadja got from the search union was a magic that could hold all kinds of things. That's why Nadja, who was not very strong, was taken by the deep group and dived deep."

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"Oh, yeah. That's right. In other words, Nadja was not a very powerful explorer, but she was taken into the labyrinth by the deep-level explorers as a substitute for a magic bag, Mr. Ars. But she was often beaten up for screwing up or bowing down, so the other explorers talked about her behind her back.

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"......" In other words, Nadja's position in the labyrinthine city was not very good. So you can't imagine her leading a band of roughneck mercenaries.

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"Yes. I can recognize this portrait because of its features, but he seems more confident than before, and I might not have recognized him if I had met him on the street."

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"Hmmm. ...... Was the magic that Naja learned from [ability release] really [collection]?"

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"Eh?　Yes, I think so. The deep group actually took him to the labyrinth as a baggage handler.

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"But, isn't that what a labyrinth is?　The deeper you go, the more intense the magic becomes, so the amount of magic increases just by being there. I heard that you can get stronger just by being there.

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"You mean you take them around? Yes, that's true. It seems that if you fight demons in the labyrinth, it is easier to improve your physical abilities or to manifest magic when you receive [ability release], but in the deeper levels, you should be able to get stronger just by being in the labyrinth.

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"Then, didn't Naja, who followed the deep group even as a baggage handler, become stronger for it?"

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"That may be so, but in that case, you won't get any fighting skills, so you tend to be like an amateur who is only strong in strength. What do you think, Jane?"

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"Yes. ....... Oh, but I think I've heard of it. Wasn't there a story about Nadja forcing herself on some newbies she happened to meet?　Someone was saying in a bar, "You're a baggage handler who can't fight, but you're cocky.

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"Oh, yes, that happened. But was that a rather promising newcomer?　Then again, maybe he was stronger than just a baggage handler."

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　...... something like that.

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　Listening to the two of them, it seems that life as an explorer in the labyrinthine city is not so easy.

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　The strong are the best, or so the value system seems to be rooted in the area.

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　Naja's life in the labyrinth town was not so good as far as I heard them talk.

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　She happened to be lucky enough to have acquired some useful skills through [ability release], and she was in the labyrinth with a group of explorers who were capable of violence if she made a mistake.

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　He had his share of the work, but it seems that he was forced to do some chores, and that his share was small.

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　But one day Nadja left the labyrinthine city.

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　The two men said that they did not know the exact timing of Nadja's disappearance, but it seems that it was triggered by the annihilation of the powerful party that she had joined as a baggage handler.

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　I say "apparently" because it is not known for sure.

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　However, one day, Nadja came out of the labyrinth alone and left the labyrinth town.

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　After that, none of the explorers of the deep group where Nadja had been were ever seen in the labyrinth town.

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　After listening to what Lucica and Jane had to say about Nadja, I was deep in thought.

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　Could this thing be a bomb of some kind?

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　Because I have a feeling that Nadja's skill is not just a "gathering" skill.

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　The Mercenaries of Marshel fought and won against the noblemen's army such as the Hekail family.

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　It is reported that all mercenaries of that mercenary group can use magic and are quite strong.

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　And it seems that these mercenaries used more than one kind of magic.

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　Surprisingly, a scout and a correspondent who accompanied the scout reported that the mercenaries could even use the magic of the Hekail family, which was supposed to have been destroyed.

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　Perhaps the [Collecting] skill is not just a substitute for a labyrinth bag.

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　Maybe the scope of collecting is not only objects, but also other things?

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　For example, is it possible that the magic of the other party is also subject to collection?

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　No, that's not accurate enough.

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　The House of Hekail is dead.

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　And yet the mercenaries used the magic that belonged to House Hekail.

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　I think they collected it.

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　Is it too much to suppose that Naja has collected and possesses the inheritance of the magic of the Hekail family, as well as that of the Hekail family?

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　No, it is not only the Hekail family.

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　In Gizania, the neighboring territory of Hekail, many knights have been defeated.

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　And there is a story that since then some mercenaries have appeared among the mercenaries who use the magic of the House of Gizania.

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　That is not the only problem.

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　There is something more important.

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　It is that a correspondent has informed us that there is a lot of salt in the lands controlled by the Mercenaries of Marshell.

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　It is not the sacred salt produced by Barca and sold by the Church.

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　It was the exact same white sea salt of the royal family of Doren, piled up and traded in such large quantities that it looked as if it would never be used.

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　The Mercenaries of Marshel, led by Nadja, had been hired last year by the noblemen in Memento's camp.

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　They also looted the royal city area.

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　Could they have been there?

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　King Doren, who was thought to have escaped.

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　I have a bad feeling about this.

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　Maybe I'm thinking too much.

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　I hope it's just a dream.

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　But I thought of it as a hypothetical.

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　What if Nadja's "collection" could collect the magic of the nobles, their inheritance, their magic pass, and even their position as the head of the family?

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　If that were the case, what if King Doren had been defeated and [collected] by Naja?

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　King Doren is killed and Nadja obtains the magic to make salt.

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　But no one notices this.

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　Because Nadja, who has [collected] the magic, becomes the king of the Doren royal family, and the prince, who is the first in line of succession, does not receive the magic pass even if King Doren dies.

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　In other words, no one can confirm that King Doren was killed.

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　The death of the king or the head of the family is confirmed by the fluctuation of the magic path and the surge of the magic power.

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　That's the way the world understands it.

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　If we can overturn this premise, King Doren's death will be forever unconfirmed, and he will be missing for a long time.

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　No wonder Rion and Payne can't find a single clue no matter how much they try to follow up.

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　That's not good.

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　It's absurd to think like this without any evidence at all.

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　But this thought has never left me.

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　Because Naja had already attacked a priest in the church.

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　What if they [collected] from the priests too?

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　The south has a warmer climate and a larger population than Fontana.

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　A priest in charge of that area could have collected the benefits of the magic pass from more than tens of thousands of people in the area.

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　He might be much stronger than me.

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　I mean, it would be a big problem if he is taking the power of the royal family of Doren.

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　If they continue to gain power, they may eventually get it.

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　The great magic of the Doren royal family, once lost to the tyrant King Nero, may fall into Nadja's hands.

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　I was stuck in this thought for a long time after I finished talking with Lucica and Jane.

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