Chapter 140

Chapter 140 Strongest Sage, Sends Letter

"He wasn't able to even leave a will . . . . Isn't that too quick?"

"Yeah . I thought it was strange that he was unable to speak considering his wounds and physical conditions at the time . . . . But he really couldn't speak a word . "

"Couldn't he just write then?"

"Yeah . We tried that . . . . But when ruler-sama was going to write a will, his hand suddenly stopped moving . We tried all other possible means too . . . However, it was all in vain . I'm thinking that he might have contracted a different disease in addition to his wounds . . . . "

Yup . He was being completely silenced alright .

There's no doubt that it was someone's handiworks to weaken the dungeon city .

Judging from the level of magic used, the perpetrator is probably a low class demon .

Since I don't sense any reaction from demons around the vicinity, the culprit is probably long gone .

If the current ruler is joining forces with demons, we might be able to squeeze their location from him, but . . . . It's very unlikely to be the case .

The current management of dungeon city is just too crude no matter how you slice it .

If the demons were behind it, they'd either adopt a swifter and more effective strategy or gradually sap the dungeon city's strength to prevent them from getting found out .

They could probably destroy this unstable city in 10 days if they were serious after all .

It's too half-baked for either short-term or long-term plan .

Which leads to the conclusion–the current ruler has nothing to do with demons, and is simply an idiot .

The demons probably can't stop laughing at how stupid the management of the dungeon city has become after only killing the previous ruler .

"I have never heard a disease with those symptoms either . Well, I am not that well versed as a healer . "

I think about what to do with the current ruler .

We need to do something about the guy for now .

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Evening of that day .

We've gathered in an inn room .

"This territory is really awful . . . . "

"The mood of this city is far gloomier than what I heard . . . . "

"Or rather, won't this city be in danger if we leave the current ruler alone?"

Looks like the three are well aware of this city's ruler's dreadfulness .

Alma is right, we can't let the guy run around free .

"Yeah . Thus, I'm going to send principal a letter . "

I took a paper out of Storage magic .

The easiest way out of this is by secretly assassinating the guy but . . . . that will cause a chaos, so it'll be the last resort .

"Principal . . . Ah! Are you going to convey the situations to the king through the principal?"

"That's right . And here's the content . . . "

I write a message to the principal on the paper .

The letter was done in less than one minute .

『We have arrived at the dungeon city, but we still don't understand what our homework is about even after coming here . Would it be acceptable for us to be exempted from the homework along with classes?』

The three speak out when they see the sentences written on the letter .

" . . . What is this?"

"It reads like . . . a completely trivial letter . . . . "

"What's a homework? Is that human's culture?"

Putting Iris aside, I've anticipated the two's reactions .

But that is fine .

"That's how it looks outwardly, this letter is a dummy, here's the real one . "

I take another letter after saying that .

It details about the current ruler's behavior and that there's a high possibility of demon's intervention in the previous ruler's passing .

I put that letter and the dummy letter in a box that has a secret compartment in the bottom .

This secret compartment can't be easily opened as I've assimilated the material together using magic, the box is very good in being undetected .

It won't get find out unless the other party is a specialist . I've told the principal about this method, I'm sure he will notice .

" . . . Is it a countermeasure for inspections?"

"Yeah . There's no doubt that the letter will go through inspections . Otherwise, the royal capital would have been informed of this terrible situation long ago . We could go there ourselves, but a round trip takes more time than expected . "

That said, there is a limit to information blockade, it's only a matter of time before this situation leaks out even without me doing anything .

The royal capital was probably late in their correspondence because they were busy dealing with demons .

"I see . . . . So you can use production magic like this too . . . . "

We sent the letter to the royal capital and went to take a rest in preparation for tomorrow .

Now we just need to wait for the king's response while exploring the dungeon .

The king is usually quick to act when it's about a matter related to demons, so it shouldn't take long .