Chapter 150

Chapter 150 Strongest Sage, Raids

"Acknowledged . Everyone, please take these . "

Eiku distributed some paper to us four .

The paper contained permission for us to act as a proxy of the royal family .

"Are we allowed to arrest the city ruler anytime we want?"

"Yes . When are you planning to do it?"

" . . . . Right now of course . You three don't mind right?"

"Yes!"

"Un!"

"Of course!"

The three immediately replied to me .

We're doing this raid because we've witnessed the awful state of this dungeon city in the past week .

We are in consensus that the city ruler must be replaced as soon as possible .

" . . . Understood . Our target is most likely located in the city ruler's mansion . . . . And that mansion is heavily guarded . Should we request cooperation from the knights?"

Eiku took a blueprint of the mansion .

Looks like the mansion is built with the possibility of attacks from outside in mind .

There's only one entrance and one back door, both of which are thick doors, and guarded by guard rooms .

. . . Well, that's irrelevant though .

"No, we can handle them . We'll be fighting in a confined space, so having more people around would make it more difficult instead . Also, it'd be annoying if the city ruler noticed and used some weird trick . We're breaking through directly from the front . Is there any problem?"

" . . . Understood . There is no problem . I have heard from people that know about Mathias-sama that taking the knights along would only drag you down . "

Eiku began to guide us after saying that .

I'm not sure what kind of rumors are spreading about us . . . . but since it made things go smoother, guess I'll let it slide this time .

. . . . We left the dungeon and arrived at the mansion .

However . . . .

" . . . Something seems amiss . . . . "

Eiku looked perplexed when he saw the mansion .

We have never come close to the mansion so we have no idea, but Eiku seems to think that there's something wrong with it right now .

"Is it?"

"Yes . The front door is usually open, and guards are standing by around it . But there's no guards today . . . and it's eerily quiet . "

Hearing that, I investigate mana reactions inside the mansion .

There are people inside it seems . . . But this is . . . .

"The info about this probably got leaked . "

"The info?"

"Yeah . Looks like they've strengthened the defense inside the building . . . When you think about it, don't you feel that there's a few guards in the city today? They've all been gathered here . "

Usually, there are guards under direct control of the city ruler besides the knights in the city .

They're called guards but rather than suppressing crimes inside the city, they're taking part in the city ruler's crimes instead .

I'm sure that the people who regularly attacked us normally worked as guards .

" . . . What would you like to do?"

Eiku asked us .

However, there's no change to the plan .

"Like I said in the beginning, we're breaking through from the front . "

I walked forward, stopped before the steel door and gripped the doorknob .

There doesn't seem to be any trap around the door .

"Are you four ready?"

I look at Iris, Ruli, Alma and Eiku .

The four have readied their weapons and nodded .

" . . . I think it's locked . . . Would you like me to unlock it?"

I shake my head at Eiku's suggestion .

Lock picking is quiet, sure . . . but now's not the time to be secretive .

"No need for that . There's a better way to open this lock . "

I grip and rotate the doorknob .

The door is locked indeed . . . .

"This is how . . . you open it . "

I used Physical Reinforcement magic as I said that and twisted the doorknob .

And then, SNAP! The lock was blown away with that sound .

Then I kick the door while throwing away the broken doorknob . . . .

The door got blown off with a roaring sound .

"Alright, it's open!"