Chapter v 228: v 228
The Mysterious Magic Tool
Kathe pointed at the spot where she detected the magic and then said to Luchila,
“Luchila . It is around that area . ”
“Oh, now that we are this close, I can feel it too . ”
“That’s a relief . ”
And then Kathe and Luchila searched the place carefully .
“Hmm . Is it this?”
“Oh, it must be . But, what is it?”
“…I don’t know . Some kind of magic tool . I don’t think we should touch it until Locke arrives . ”
“Yes… Huh? I’m detecting something strange over here as well?”
Luchila pointed at something else she had found . Serulis looked suspicious .
“Luchila . Don’t you know that that is a lesser vampire corpse?”
“I know that . But there is something strange coming from inside of it…”
“Why don’t you take it apart?”
Shia pulled out a knife and walked towards it, but Kathe stopped her .
“Shia . We must wait for Locke’s arrival . ”
“I suppose you’re right . ”
And then, a short distance away, Kathe and Luchila inspected the corpse .
“Indeed, you were right, Luchila . ”
“Right? Not only is there something inside of the corpse, but there is heavy concealment magic as well . ”
“That is very strange . ”
As Kathe and the others talked, I, Nia and Grulf arrived .
“So, there are two suspicious objects?”
“Yes . What do you think, Locke?”
“Well, the fact that they are heavily concealed is proof enough . Well, let’s investigate it then . ”
“Yes . ”
“Sorry, Shia, Serulis, and Nia . But could you go and deal with the normal corpses now?”
“Okay!”
“Leave it to us!”
“I’ll do my best!”
I left the corpse disposal to the fighters while I began to cast Magic Exploration over the area with the strange corpse .
There was something round that was the size of my fist there . It was made of the Fool’s Stone .
“So, we have a magic tool made of the Fool’s Stone that has also been concealed with several layers of magic . ”
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“Locke . What is it for?”
“I’ll have to study it a little more . ”
“If even Locke can’t tell at a glance… It must be very strong concealment magic . ”
Luchila said as she stood next to us .
“They tried to hide the fact that it was a magic tool . ”
“Yes, I don’t think I would have noticed it until I got really close . ”
“I couldn’t even sense its existence . ”
That was interesting .
The fact that the great wind dragon Kathe couldn’t tell it was a magic tool meant that most people wouldn’t have been able to tell either .
So only very powerful sorcerers would be able to see through the concealment magic . Why go to such lengths?
I thought about this hard, and came to a certain conclusion .
But before I explained it, I decided to ask Shia, Grulf, and Nia a question .
“Shia, Grulf and Nia . What does this magic tool smell like?”
“While it is very faint, it does smell like vampires . ”
“…Groof!
“It does smell a little . ”
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“Had it been you guys that took care of the corpses, when would you have noticed it?”
“I think it would be after we finished everything and did a last check just in case . ”
“I see…”
It was something that the lesser vampires had brought into the beastkin settlement .
The enemy must have considered the possibility that the beastkin would smell it .
“So, did they want to hide the fact that it was a magic tool by just allowing you to know it was a Fool’s Stone by the smell?”
“I don’t really know . What would be the point in doing that?”
“There isn’t . It doesn’t matter if it’s a magic tool or not . A Fool’s Stone would be studied carefully . ”
“That’s true . Even if the beastkin didn’t know what it was, they would find out eventually . ”
Kathe thought for a moment and then looked at me .
“But you know what it all means, don’t you, Locke?”
“If they aren’t stupid…”
I said before continuing .
Of course, it would be best if they were stupid . But it was not a good idea to hope for that too hard .
“I think this was placed here in the hopes that it would be brought back for investigation . ”
“Huh? Why would they do that?”
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“There are many possibilities . But if they care about intelligence operations…”
Dark wraiths were good at that .
And since dark wraiths were attacking the settlements, it made sense to assume that intelligence was their aim .
“Perhaps it can spy on us or tell them where its location is?”
“Shia is right . That is very likely . ”
The location of the investigation organization was very important .
The enemy would want to know that if they were waging a war of intelligence .
Besides, they would be able to hear all kinds of conversations while it was taken there .
With that considered, perhaps we had already said too much in front of it .
We might have already given them something .
‘So, we shouldn’t talk anymore . Let’s use telepathy from now on . ’
‘Understood . ’
‘I understand . ’
“Cluck-cluck . ”
Shia, Kathe, Luchila and Lord Gerberga replied .