A prairie with not a single tree in sight. In front of us, a huge hole peeked out directly underneath us that was not as gentle as a pit.

　Around us, armed people were surrounding us as we suddenly appeared.

　There must be about thirty of them. All of them can be seen as capable people.

I'm sure they're all here.

　Riff looked around and nodded.

　The armed people were probably adventurers or mercenaries that Riff had asked for.

　Some of them were familiar to him.

''Oh, it's been a while, an-chan.

　An old man with thick body hair.

　He's the Didge that I hired to overthrow the Knights of Kuzela Kingdom.

　It's been quite a while, but I believe he's an A-ranked adventurer who works mainly for the Weira Empire.

''How are you? You saved me back then.''

''No, no, you didn't need our help. ''Don't give me that kind of flattery, the subject of Master S-rank is all over the Weira Empire!　Hahahaha.

'Rumors are a bad thing. I've heard it a million times.

　I'm aware of the fact that I've become quite notorious.

　That's why notoriety is spreading. That's what I've heard.

The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that it's not a bad thing. It's just like the temperament of the Empire's military, though I've heard that they think it's pretty ridiculous. There are a lot of self-confident people.

　Generously, Didge laughs it off.

　In the midst of such a conversation, Riff claps his hands with a slap and focuses everyone's attention.

''Then I'll talk about the outline of the strategy--''

　The strategy was quite simple.

　It was to secure the "magic item that causes self-destruction" in the deepest part of the dungeon.

　The path of the dungeon is blocked by abandoned demons, but they have such magic items just in case.

　However, we don't know the full extent of these magic items, and we haven't checked the maps marked on them. Therefore, we have to conduct a manual mapping of the area.

　The location of the relay point has already been confirmed by a number of survey teams, and all that remains is to break through to the place where their abilities are needed.

　I'm a little curious and ask them.

You can't use detection magic and transference?

Not that it's a bad idea, but there is a magic circle built in to block it.

　Heh. Well thought out.

　I'll deploy detection magic to try it out.

-- like the rippling surface of the water, as Riff said, when I send my magic power to a certain spot, it bounces back.

　It's true that there's no way to proceed with this.

　But.

　It suddenly passed through my mind.



　I'm not sure what will happen if I force my way through this with magical power.



　I try and send back more than the amount of magic that is bouncing back from the magic circle many times. It just doesn't work because the magicians are not responding to each other.

　We'll have to make more adjustments. The amount of magic you sent in will trigger a collision between the surfaces of the water, including the amount of magic power you sent in, and let it pass through the ...... gap.

　...... pish!

　I thought I heard a sound like that.

'Ah.'

　I open my mouth.

　Riff gives me a dubious look.

'What's wrong?'

No, it came through.

What do you mean?

The detection spell is working.

What?

What's this guy talking about? That's the expression on his face.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what's going on.

I'm sure you've got a lot of people in your life who have been looking for a way to make a living.

Really?　Do you know where the magic circle is located...

To some extent. It's hard to tell with the ripples interfering, but as long as we keep deploying our magic, we can narrow it down.

'Refine ......?　It's not that kind of ...... magic item or magic circle remotely. ......!

　Riff says with a devilish look on his face.

　Riff is stunned for a moment and looks at me, but then he comes to his senses and looks me in the eye.

That's how you can continue to use your magic⁉ how far you can go!

I've pumped in enough magic to destroy the magic circle. The amount of magic seems sufficient, so I'm sending it in without adding more. It hasn't been consumed. I'm still breaking magic as I go.

　I don't know how big it is.

　But it's advanced to the point where it could lightly fill one more forest. It's easy to break once you get the hang of it.

　However, in this way, it's quite large.

　The writhing demons were all of a higher level and there were even unseen signs of magic power.

　If such a thing went out and rampaged, it would certainly be troublesome.

''......!''

　As I'm pondering with my detection magic, I notice the people around me shushing me.

　I ask Riff anyway.

'Just to some extent, do you have any idea how big it is?'

...... How much do you know now?

'Well. I just passed the place where there are 13 forks in the road. Eight of them seem to be dead ends.

"No one is going to get us that far!　We don't even know the full story ...... and I'll leave it to you now. Let me know when you get to the final location: ......!

　Riff says with a half-baked smile.

　Well, the only thing left to do is to wait for the magic power to pass through.



　Then a while.

　Finally, we arrived at the very last dead end.

　It's a big space.

　I'm not going to be able to get a good deal more than just a few minutes to get to the top. It is probably a crystal.

　The crystal is a magic item that is magically connected to various parts of the dungeon.

Maybe this is it. I'll be there in a bit of a transition.

Hey, I'm going to go...

Yeah, I'll be right back.

　I was about to say "transfer," but the hem was grabbed.

　I looked at it and saw that Yui was holding it.

"I'm coming with you.

I'll be right back, okay?

Just in case.

　Yui says, as if to push off.

　It's too unnatural, but there should be no point in wasting time antagonizing him here.

''Nah, nah, then me too!

If Lady Soria is going, I will accompany her.

　It seems that Soria and Phil are willing to come along too.

　However, Yui gives them an emotionless look.

''I don't want it.''

What. Did you say "no" to Lady Thoria?

What a waste of magic. And what if Jade and I can't get out of the house?

　It's like you guys are the ones coming for me.

....... Even so, you have a choice of words.

'Well, well, well. I don't mind.

　It's a flash in the pan. Phil is on the verge of drawing his sword. That's not so bad.

　Is this what a party is like? It's hard to say because I don't know the others.

　Although he has formed a party with Kåñëa, Sheila and Sufi, he has yet to make a single request. Still, I'm never in a swordsman's mood on a regular basis.

''Well then, I'm off. Transfer.

　He takes Yui and flies to the space he explores.