Chapter 409 – Explaining Things

I explained it a bit more to Vi-Vi, who looked sorry for not knowing.

「Hey, but charming or zombification, there are magicians and adventurers that don’t know of both, of course.」

「Really?」

「Yeah.」

Then Steff looked at me, a bit troubled,

「Master, I didn’t know as well. I need more study as well.」

Steff was a magician and an adventurer.

「Well, it’s stuff that most people don’t know, so don’t feel bad.」

「Yeah, first time I heard of it as well.」

Cruz said with a smile. Then Luka looked at me and said,

「Not a good sign if you’ve never heard of it, Cruz.」

「What?」

「Yeah, you’re an S Rank adventurer. AND you’re a ruler with the power to punish crime.」

「Yeah, I guess I need to learn a bit more as well.」

It would be hard to charge someone that was under a charm spell, after all.

That was what Luka was trying to say.

「Did you know about it, Belda?」

Cruz asked Belda, perhaps since they were in the same position as deliverers of justice.

「Yes…I know about it a little, I guess.」

「Really? Wow!」

「There were a few events involving zombification a few months ago, after all.」

「What happened?」

「An attempted assassionation of the inheritor of a marquis’ realm.」

「Sounds crazy.」

「I read about it very closely to find out what happened.」

「Really? Can I find a book like that to study?」

There had to be a law book about situations like that for Cruz to study.

「Cruz, you always work so hard…you’ll be fine.」

「Eheh heh.」

Yureena said, patting her head, and Cruz happily blushed.

Luka had actually introduced Cruz to a law teacher at the academy who had taught her quite a bit.

She was a very hard worker.

「You are a hard worker, Cruz.」

「Eheh heh heh…」

I complimented her as well and she blushed.

Just then, Timi looked over at me with Shiggy still in her hands.

「Alra, what was that barrier covering Elkay that you mentioned?」

「I thought it was protection against the Undead Demon.」

「You don’t think the demon or the Lord of the Undead made it?」

「Maybe that weird statue did it – Cruz said it looked cool.」

「Hm?」

「Alra…what do you think it means?」

Timi looked at me confused. Belda had the same questioning look.

「Cruz has very good intuition, after all.」

「Eheh heh heh.」

She blushed again, a lot of blushing for one day.

「You really are the hero marquise.」

Belda said honestly, but Timi still frowned and said,

「I don’t doubt her intuition, but is there any proof other than that?」

「Of course there’s more.」

「Then let me hear it.」

To entertain Timi’s questions, I spoke about when I opened the barrier.

I felt all the flow from the barrier towards the inside of the town.

Also, because both the Lord of the Undead and the demon fought with stone and clay.

「So what does it all mean, Al?」

「All of those monsters were created from buildings and stones on the ground.」

「If Elkay wasn’t sealed from the inside, then why would be able to pull in more materials from the outside.」

That would mean more clay monsters and charmed beasts from the outside.

The Lord of the Undead would have used orc zombies and other zombies from outside as well.

「That barrier was nothing but a huge handicap to both the demon and the Lord of the Undead.」

「So because they didn’t cast it, it was meant to protect the town?」

「I think it was less about the town and more about that Immortal Demon the Lord of the Undead mentioned.」

「Hm, do you think it was actually the Lord of the Undead’s way of keeping you out?」

「I don’t think he was aware of our fighting strength.」

「And Cruz was already inside the barrier.」

「Yeah.」

He probably would have noticed that there were other strong warriors inside the barrier when he put it up.

「So the barrier is part of that huge magical circle? It was a monstrous circle.」

「Vi-Vi, you mean the one you found when making the stable for Jearl?」

「Yeah, it wasn’t just a transport circle.」

「What do you mean?」

Cruz asked, and Vi-Vi began to explain.

There was a massive circle system attached to that transport circle. Way bigger than any normal one.

If it was just a transport circle, there’d be no need for all the huge system attached.

「Your transport circles ARE small, Vi-Vi.」

「No, it’s because hers are special. Most normal ones are quite large.」

I said, and Vi-Vi nodded. Cruz then followed up,

「I see…wow, you are good with circles, Vi-Vi.」

「…even so, no transport circles are THAT big.」

Vi-Vi said, with a little blush.

「Is the town circle bigger because the circle makers weren’t that skilled?」

Vi-Vi shook her head at Luka’s question,

「I used to think so, but I think it’s just different technologies.」

「That concealment magic is very strong as well.」

「Alra’s right. It’s not because whoever made it was just bad at circles.」

The transport circle was quite detailed, after all.

「In other words, we should think of that transport circle as just one piece of the puzzle.」

Vi-Vi said, sounding assured of her opinion.