Episode 457 Too Difficult Spatial Structure

Noticing that Tamegoro was a little damaged, he instructed him to return to the shadows.

Thank you, Tamegoro. You saved my life."

　Laughing happily upon hearing this, Tamegoro sank into the shadows.

　Elmore looked at the blood on the icy floor with a serious look on his face.

What's up?"

In the old days, they could analyze the blood for genes and identify the culprit, but now all they know is the blood type.

　Metis had Elmore take a sample of blood and put it in a storage ring inside his body. We returned to the fifteenth layer and searched the sky for the attackers, but could not find them.

What would you do if Métis was the attacker?"

'Yes, that's right. I'll hide in the dungeon until my wounds are completely healed, then I'll return to the surface.'

　This would mean that the only clue to finding the attackers would be blood. It would be difficult to locate them by blood type alone.

What were the assailants after?"

'Come on, my life?　The drop this time?　Or a magic weapon?"

　I have no idea. I decided to use the transfer gate to move to the first layer, return to the ground, and check on the adventurers coming out of the dungeon.

　Since it would be a long stakeout, we decided to leave it to Metis. There are no rooms in the dungeon house where we can stay overnight, but there is a corner room that is used as a storage room where we can watch the entrance of the dungeon, and we decide to rent it for a few days.

　The Adventurers' Guild was willing to accept my request as a Class-A adventurer. Looking down from the slightly dusty shed window, I could see the entrance to the dungeon.

　I also left my high-performance camera with Metis.

Yes, and I'll leave Hakuro with you for liaison purposes?"

No, you don't need to call me, I'll call you on the dungeon house phone.

　I tie the leather bag containing the metis to Elmore's waist. Elmore hands me the blood he has collected. He asks me to have the Adventurers' Guild check it out.

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　After parting with Metis and Elmore, I went to the Adventurers' Guild and reported to the branch manager.

What?　Someone attacked Mr. Grimm?"

Yes, definitely.

　I explained the situation in detail. The branch manager seemed suspicious of Palmiro.

Grimm is the only one who has direct knowledge of Palmiro's true identity. He may have to keep his mouth shut."

If they attacked me directly, I'd turn the tables on them, but it's too much trouble."

But Palmiro may have become immortal, you know."

I don't know what immortality means, but I think there are ways hidden in the dungeon that would kill an immortal."

I'll look into it on my end."

　I gave the blood I collected to the branch manager and asked him to investigate, then returned to the Green Pavilion. I tell the security shadow puppets and Nezu to be careful.

Heh, you are a daredevil to pick a fight with a teacher."

　Nezu says admiringly.

It makes me sick to think that someone like that is out to get me."

The Bokdens can move at will, so they'll be fine.

　The cat-human shadow puppets were quick to learn to move freely. They are now practicing the magic of "Ogre Push" and "Thunderbird Push".

　We prepared some magic circuit core C for the security shadow puppets. However, I noticed that there were surprisingly few magic circuits that could be used to capture intruders. It might be better to create magic for capturing them.

　Morning came without incident that night, and after breakfast we headed to the Narukami dungeon. In the storage room of the dungeon house, I asked Metis about the results.

Eight people came out of the dungeon, and no one looked suspicious.

　I looked at the list of eight names, but none of them looked suspiciously like the regulars in the Narukami dungeon.

Have you used the Scroll of Knowledge yet?"

No, not yet.

Why don't you use it here?"

　I decided to use the "Scroll of Knowledge" as I thought it would be useless to guard the entrance with him. I unfolded the scroll and let the magic flow into it, and an item floated in front of me that I could choose from.

　The moment I chose a spatial structure from among them, a vast amount of knowledge flowed into my mind.

Uh-oh."

　This knowledge was a different way of thinking and defining space and space from Earth's science. It was not a question of which was more correct than Earth science, but rather a theory of the same thing from a different angle.

　A whole new way of thinking and knowledge flowed into me all at once, and it knocked me out.

Are you okay?"

　I awoke from my stupor when I heard Metis' voice. I frowned as I felt an alien knowledge buzzing in my head.

'It's not okay ....... This knowledge of spatial structure is so foreign to my way of thinking that it makes me want to vomit."

I'm not sure that's possible."

　I needed two hours to calm down. Then I studied the spatial structure and thought I could use this knowledge to create the desired defensive magic.

　But I can't say that I understand the knowledge of spatial structure. I have only gnawed a little bit at the surface theory. This abyss

profound

It will take decades to truly understand the theory.

　After that, Metis continued to watch the entrance to the Narukami dungeon and reported to me when he saw an unexpected person coming out of the dungeon.

Is it true?"

'It's true. He sneaked back in the middle of the night.'

　That person was Shoji Fudo, one of the four A-class adventurers in Japan.

I haven't heard of Mr. Fudo being active here, but ......

'I don't mean that you moved your base of operations, but did you stop off in the middle of something and come into the dungeon, or did you come here for some other purpose?'

But if Mr. Fudo was the assailant, I suspect the magic he shot was weak."

Perhaps he thought that if he attacked with powerful magic, he would be noticed by the magic that leaked out. You don't need powerful magic to kill people.

　Metis has a point. Then, Fudo is one of the suspects. But what about the idea that Fudo and Palmiro are related?

Melvin Sheringham also came out."

　Metis said that neither of them appeared to be injured. With the magic potion, they will probably heal quickly enough to be fully healed, so we can't rule them out as suspects.