817 - - 24-03 The Devil of the Underground
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"What's going on?
The image darkened for a moment and then brightened again. It was unusual for a magic lamp to behave in such a way, so it was understandable that those who were watching were mystified.
What was even more astonishing was what appeared on the screen.
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"Gigantor Avrum!
Gloria shouted.
What was being projected on the screen was a myriad of wriggling
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"Oh, what is that?
I saw it for a moment, the silver armor. It was quickly covered by the gigantor avrum, but it was exactly what the soldiers of the Kingdom of Selroa were wearing.
"...... means that we are all ...... in the presence of that monster."
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King Cesar muttered with a pale face.
"Gloria, do you know that monster?"
Fritz asked urgently.
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"Oh, yes. I have met him in the kingdom of Klein. It is called Gigantor Avrum and cannot be cut by ordinary swords. It's a tough demon, and its movements are quite swift. It is because of the sword that Master Jin made for me that I am still alive.
Gloria answered without taking her eyes off the screen. Her hand was unknowingly resting on the sword at her waist.
"Aah!"
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Cynthia screamed.
The screen turned toward the ceiling. In other words, the golem was turned over on its back.
The screen was immediately covered with giganto-avlums. Soon the screen went black.
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"...... It looks like the golem has been hit," he said.
"It can't be helped. That type is not suited for combat.
The Secretary of the First Military Ministry Ragedo and the Secretary of the First Technical Ministry Ratant said in a regretful voice.
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"Ummm, I didn't know there was such a demon. ...... Gloria, please explain again."
King Cesar requested Gloria.
Gloria described the details of the demon, blurring the circumstances of their encounter.
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She was concerned that if she told the story, she would naturally have to tell about <
As expected, he had no way of knowing that the girl was missing.
"Hmmm, there is such a demon?
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"But only Gloria-sama has seen it before, right?
I mean, where is that place?
The voices are rushing about, and it's getting out of control.
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"Quiet!
A single voice silenced the situation. It was Gerhard, the empress of the Shoro Kingdom, who called out to the crowd. She was right.
"It's a waste of time if we continue to debate as we like. Let's put the issues in order.
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His words carried weight, and we all nodded our heads in silence.
"First of all, is that really the basement in Dali?"
Jin had a rough idea of the answer to that question. A glimpse of the basement wall. The Magi Formula engraved on it.
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（That's a ...... warp gate.
The model is different from the one Jin is using, but I am sure of it. The screen went dark for a moment because of the transition.
The ruins where the discarded Anne was found also had a warp gate. This technology was used in a certain way before the Great Magic War.
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"Could that be a warp gate?"
Jin, who had been lost in thought, looked up at the word.
It was the statement of Latant, the First Secretary of the Ministry of Technology of the Kingdom of Celuloa. As expected of the head of a technological superpower, he seemed to have guessed that it might be a warp gate.
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"What is your opinion, Mr. Kunlun, as a Magecraft Meister?
Since this was the topic of discussion, it was only natural that the question should come to Jin.
"Yes, I agree with the opinion that it is a warp gate.
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"Of course. ......"
Some of us had heard of this technology since it had been in use before the Great Magic War.
"But it's dangerous...one wrong move and that gigantor avrum will be transferred to us."
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Jin's words seemed to shock the people of the Kingdom of Celuloa in particular.
"...... Indeed. What do you think we should do?
asked the Secretary of the First Military Ministry, Ragaredo.
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"Yes, I think so. For the time being, we should destroy it to the extent that it can be repaired.
Jin said what he thought.
"Destroy it?
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Ragade looked surprised for a moment, but then quickly realized what he meant.
"...... Indeed, I shudder to think what would happen if that monster appeared in Dali. And there could be other monsters there as well.
He is right in his guess. Jin gives a slight whiff of the Gigantopod that came out of the Inado Mine.
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"You heard about it too, Jin-dono. I have not seen it alive with my own eyes, but I have seen the carcass of the Gigantorpede, which was about 50 meters long.
Hearing this, Boulton opened his mouth in disgust.
"I saw it with my own eyes. It was a monster that neither swords nor magic could defeat. He would have lost his life had it not been for the deus ex machina. I do not know how he defeated it, but its carcass, its shell, could not be harmed except by an adamantite sword."
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"......"
The threat of demons and monsters that are believed to dwell in the depths of the earth seems to have become quite real, and the faces of the participants are serious.
We never know when such monsters will emerge from the mines in our country.
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"......I've sent soldiers into such a place ...... and eight of them ......."
"It can't be helped, Your Majesty. No one could have predicted that there was a warp gate and that such a monster would be there."
Ragaredo, the First Military Minister, consoled him, but Cesar shook his head.
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"No, I should have sent the golem first. It was my fault for not doing so."
"Your Majesty, however, there were only special golems here in Esire, so I think it was a reasonable order to send in the local soldiers."
"But I can't deny that we wasted lives. ......"
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The warp gate is not working.
Seeing Cesar's depression, Jin returned to the subject a little more forcefully. From what I have seen, the warp gate is old-fashioned, and the switching between sending and receiving seems to be manual. In other words, it is one-way for now.
However, since we cannot predict when it will be switched, I suggested that we break it down to the extent that it can be repaired.
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(Although, we didn't know which side was the master's side. ......)
The switching of sending/receiving is usually done by the master side. If the master side is the side of the giganto-avlum, it could switch at any time.
It is too optimistic to think that since things have been okay until now, they will continue to be okay in the future.
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"All right. Yalmer must be over there. I'll let him know.
If we erase a part of the Magi Formula, it won't work as a warp gate. Then we will be safe.
(Before we do that, we should find out where that monster is.)
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Jin pretended to go on a small errand and left the meeting room, then contacted the old man with his manacam.
"Yes, that would be good. That would be good."
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He thought that if he sent out only the markers, he would not suffer any damage. And with the marker, we should be able to locate it with the magi radar.
When Jin returned to the meeting room after giving instructions to the old man, the topic of conversation turned to weapons that could resist demons.
"This is the sword that Mister Jin made for me. It is a sword made of extremely thin adamantite sandwiched between two pieces of steel, and it could cut through even a gigantor avrum.
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Gloria explains the sword somewhat proudly.
Jin looked at Prince Arthur, wondering if he was allowed to reveal the sword in front of the representatives of each country, and saw the look of bitterness on his face.
But it was no longer a secret if she had revealed so much.
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"Mister Jin, it's a wonderful structure.
Even the Marquis Florenziano was impressed.
"Each country would like to prepare such weapons.
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The Emperor Shoro also spoke up.
Weapons for use against demons can also be used against humans, which means that their killing power will be further increased.
Jin secretly felt that we must prevent more and more wars from starting.
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Jin looked at Gloria, who was the initiator of the war, and saw her father, Boulton, sitting next to her, giving her some kind of warning. It seems that she was being reprimanded for her careless remarks.
It seemed that Prince Arthur had also reprimanded her, and it was unusual to see Gloria looking so disappointed.
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That night, Jin received a report from the old man.
"You did a good job. So, where was it?"
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"The El-Lad mine?
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"We need to find out more about that."
Jin thought about it.