Is this really just an RPG? !

do you know? Eavesdropping is a learned art.

No, no, of course I don't mean the kind of behavior that goes to the women's public bath to eavesdrop on the girls' cheerful exchanges so that they can make up a series of things in their own minds. What I'm talking about is eavesdropping. Although it is the same behavior as eavesdropping in terms of behavior, if you compare it carefully, you will soon find that eavesdropping is more high-end than eavesdropping.

Having said all this I just want to express one thing: I'm really not eavesdropping.

As a brave man, I will never do such a thing without quality.

I just eavesdropped on the conversation of those two people, in order to understand the situation of the base of this gang of robbers, in order to obtain information about the crown.

"You're just trying to convince yourself."

"Don't worry about it!"

Because of the existence of sound shielding magic, there is no need to worry that the conversation will be heard by the members of the two bandits, as long as you don't forget to analyze the content of the other party's conversation... That's the case, but in fact, there is nothing in the conversation between the two people. Not much useful stuff, mostly just meaningless chitchat like "what's wrong with XXX place", "do you know XX", "hey hey xxx looks like XX" etc.

If I really want to say, what makes me curious is probably the plan they talked about.

"Have you heard? I don't know who has crossed the cordon. Now more than half of the people are searching around for suspicious guys."

"Of course! That noise is so loud."

"I don't know which unlucky guy it is, hahaha, tell me what will happen to him after he is caught?"

"Either force him to work with us, or kill him directly? After all, he saw something he shouldn't see."

"That's right."

"By the way, why are you suddenly so careful recently, as if someone came to encircle us."

"Hey, don't you know? The big shots above us are preparing something."

"Eh?"

"It's said that I got a lot of good things from a very powerful guy. It seems to be called... um, Summoning Book? I don't know how those mage masters are talking about it. God knows what they are thinking all day long. .”

"That's right. I really hope that the next days will be easier. I haven't seen anyone passing by here recently."

"Tsk tsk, let me tell you! There's a big one next door."

"What's the big one? He's the same as us! Where did the big one come from?"

"No, no, they work for the people above. I heard from my brother not long ago."

"Your brother?"

"He's the captain!"

"It seems quite powerful... what did you say?"

"Of course, when he develops in the future, I still count on him to give me a hand."

"Say it quickly, what did your brother say?"

"My brother……"

"You two! What are you chatting about! Hurry up and get to work!"

He was about to hear something important, but was interrupted by someone who appeared suddenly. The person who looked like he was one rank higher than the two bandit members cursed and beat the two guys a few times, drove them to patrol, looked around by himself, and after confirming that there was no one there, sat down against the wall.

He took out a bag from his pocket, shook it for a long time, poured out what looked like a sugar ball, and threw it into his mouth.

Then the whole person lay there like a puddle of mud, with a disgusting smile on his face.

"what is that?"

"It may be some kind of hallucinogenic drug. It stands to reason that it should not appear in this kind of place... The main ingredients of hallucinogenic drugs are generally some plants that make people get together. Those plants often grow in the south of the mainland. Moreover, the sales of hallucinogenic drugs are strictly controlled, and there is no chance of distribution, let alone coming to Iceland," Emily may have said for a long time, and Emily paused for a while. After that, he continued to explain, "The most puzzling thing is that an ordinary little robber can possess such a large amount of hallucinogenic drugs?"

"Huh? That candy ball is expensive?"

"It's the size of a sugar ball, and it weighs about 20 micro-units, and it costs hundreds of gold coins."

"ha?"

I couldn't help crying out.

How can something so small be so expensive?

"It's nothing surprising. The biggest feature of hallucinogenic drugs is that they can make people dependent on them. They are cheaper at the beginning, and then gradually go up. It is normal to have a few hundred gold coins. Besides, since various countries monitor this The circulation of such things, so it is difficult for ordinary people to get their hands on.”

"That's it..."

Reasonable circumstances.

After all, when the demand for something is high and the quantity is scarce, it won't be surprising how the price goes up.

It reminds me suddenly of a certain black-hearted innkeeper.

"That's why I find it weird that the guy has a bag full of hallucinogenic drugs."

"Hmm... By the way, I wanted to say just now, how much does 20 micro-units weigh?"

"It's 20 mg! I just said it in writing."

"..."

Why, I always feel that the weight calculation unit in this world is a bit subtly familiar?

It seems as if I have experienced a world with the same weight calculation unit as this world... Ah, no, no, no! Being able to have this strange feeling is enough to prove that it is just my hallucination.

How can I have the experience of traveling across the world with only more than one year of memory?

It's unscientific when you think about it.

"But even if you know this, it's useless."

"No, one thing is more or less certain. There is an 80% possibility that these drugs come from the 'powerful person' mentioned by the two guys just now. In this case, the important mysterious person who appears will not appear and The whole incident is completely unrelated, as long as it can be traced."

"..."

It sounds reasonable.

But how to track it down!

Just now the two people talked about the key point and it's over. I'm still curious about what kind of commission the bandit group next door took.

"Neil, find a way to get that bag here... No, just in case, just get one."

"Well... I have a solution, what are you going to do?"

"Check the ingredients of the drug, determine which hallucinogenic drug it is, and then notify Lilith, and ask her to tell the princess, and use the power of the princess to find the person who brought this drug to Iceland. No matter how you try to cover it up Leave traces, as long as you trace all the way, you can always catch the opponent's tail."

Emily made such a judgment.

Quite knowingly.

I never imagined that one pill could generate so much content.

He really deserves to be the famous genius of George College.

"So, Neil, act quickly."

"Okay, okay, but can you expand this magic barrier a little?"

"Yes, yes... what are you going to do?"

Emily looked at me suspiciously.

But she didn't stop there, she followed suit.

Because there was enough space, I didn't continue to stay in that corner. Casting summoning magic requires enough space, even if the summoned object is a small existence, it will not change this premise. After all, it is generally better to amplify the magic power channel a little, otherwise it would be bad if the summoned object gets hurt during the summoning process.

I'm going to get Roger to help.

After making a contract with me to be my supporting familiar, Roger will stay in the summoning space most of the time.

Although he is quite lively, most of the time he belongs to the type of "too lazy to move and don't want to run out". Besides, the environment of the summoning space is more suitable for him to stay, and he can store enough magic power for himself to deal with the enemies that may appear...Of course , the main reason is that my magic power cannot provide support to Roger.

Like Gungnri, he cannot withstand my magic power and can only recover by himself.

Otherwise, I still prefer to travel with him.

After all, in this materialistic society, people's hearts are cold and ruthless, and only this cat fur has some warmth.

——Hey, what's wrong?

"Let Roger go? Yes, although it is not a real cat, but the supporting familiar is a creature that can easily be integrated into the current identity."

"In other words, if it is a sister-shaped supporting familiar, it will soon become someone's sister?"

"..."

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Obviously, he just made a casual remark, but unexpectedly got Emily's eyes full of contempt.

Is there something impolite about what I said before?

"Ahem, Summon the contract!"

Use magic power to form a magic circle, and use the magic circle to gather magic power to form a summoning channel.

Finally, he uses himself as a medium to call the creatures who have signed a contract with him to come to this plane.

After all, I am not a professional summoner like Rowling, and I have not directly communicated with other planes, and signed contracts with those completely unimaginable existences that I have never seen before... In a sense, Rowling can directly summon the powerful Vitan is probably really a powerful thing.

Whether it is strength or luck, it is very powerful.

"Meow!"

A black cat jumped out of the passage and landed directly on my shoulder. The magic power began to dissipate, the passage slowly closed, and then the magic circle faded away. Fortunately, there was a series of magic set by Emily, otherwise, the fluctuation of the magic power alone would definitely attract the attention of the spellcasters in this bandit team.

"Roger, do us a favor."

"Meow?"

The black cat tilted its head and jumped off my shoulder.

"See the guy lying over there? He has a bag in his hand, and there are many small ball-like things in the bag. Help me which one, remember not to taste it."

Thinking of the effect of the hallucinogenic potion, I specifically greeted Roger.

"Meow!"

The black cat nodded, and then ran towards that person, with light movements and without making any sound, it easily came to the robber who was completely silent in his dream, opened the bag skillfully, and patted it with the cat's paw. After a few clicks, he slapped a pill directly.

"He really doesn't want to touch it at all, maybe it's the instinct to support the familiar?"

"Eh?"

Hearing what Emily said, I subconsciously looked at Roger who kept waving his claws and trying to wipe something off my clothes.

Seems like I'm thinking too much?

"Okay, next is my task... Let me see, what kind of hallucinogenic drug is this made of?"

"Do you need to change places?"

"Need not."

Emily turned down my suggestion.

She is completely intoxicated in the research and has no mood to care about me at all.

I looked around while holding Roger.

This is a tunnel, or a corridor, a road from the cave entrance to a certain place. No matter how you look at it, it is purely natural, but it is used by the robbers as a base. I really don't know what to evaluate. It's just that these bandit planes are too free-wheeling, right? It's like a half-dead home over there... Eh?

When I looked over, I suddenly found that the person's body began to twitch violently.

It was like getting an electric shock.

"what happened……"

"How could it be! How could it be this thing!"

Emily yelled out before I could ask.

The pill in her hand was completely burned by the magic flame, and then she pulled me up and walked deeper into the tunnel.

"Wait, wait, that person just now?"

"It's probably hopeless."

Emily made such a judgment.

"Eh?"

"It's not just hopeless, even the corpse can't be saved to come back. What happened next... It's a bit hard to say here. I can only tell you that what happened on this Iceland is worse than we imagined. Be scary."

"……ah?"

I just realized it.

It seems that since we set foot on the land of Si Harbor, we seem to have been involved in a terrible vortex.

"What exactly is going on?"

I still couldn't help asking.

Emily's expression now is more serious than what she saw in the underground palace, the reason is only a hallucinogenic drug. While I can understand why the hallucinogenic drug is being closely monitored based on its effects, I don't understand Emily's rush.

Is it because this little pill is different from ordinary hallucinogenic potions?

Or is it because of what she just said, "The corpse can't be preserved"? If it is said that the corpse cannot be preserved, it will either accelerate the rate of decay, and finally turn into a pile of carrion and ashes; or transform it into another new creature through magical transformation. Such creatures are often called undead... Eh? Undead?

When it comes to the undead, most of them are classified as demons, right?

But I remember that the guy from the Demon Race should be captured to do this kind of thing. The biggest example is that Mr. Zombie who was controlled by a girl. I don’t know what happened to him after he separated from me. Have you reported to the Demon King what happened in the prison in Lide City?

Ah, it's not that the Demon King is necessary, in fact, as long as he can report to a high-level person casually, after all, such a dangerous matter will cause serious problems if it is not noticed. I suddenly miss August City a little bit, after this incident with Emily is over, do you want to go back and have a look?

I kind of like the atmosphere there.

Except that each of them has inhuman appearance and very knowledgeable hobbies, I really can't complain.

"Sister?"

"It doesn't work here... Wait a minute, the information from [Detect Magic] shows that there are still patrolling robbers around, find a place that is absolutely safe... Oh oh oh! That's right! The brave follow up."

"What the hell is it!"

The lady in front of me had absolutely no intention of responding to me.

She just kept using spells such as [detection magic], [invisibility], [sound shielding], and [mental hindrance] repeatedly, dragging me forward. I have never been to this kind of place and I don't have [Detection Magic] to understand the surrounding situation, and I even forgot how to get out of this cave according to the route I came from.

"Sister..."

"arrive."

When I pressed for the third time, Emily stopped. She led me to stand in front of a wall, and then put her right hand on the wall, and a small magic circle was formed where the right hand was pressed. Guess what kind of magic this is.

【Recognition Magic】.

It is a rare but very practical magic, which is more popular than [Detection Magic]. Even many non-casters will learn such a magic, because it is related to entering and exiting various important occasions. This magic is just like its name says, it is used for identification, and it corresponds to a kind of magic enchantment. I don’t know what it is. After all, I only learned a little about it when I was in college. 【Recognition Magic】content.

Expand the magic circle according to a certain law, and then release your own magic power to trigger the magic circle that has been prepared on the magic barrier. Once it can be accurately triggered, it means that the caster has the right to enter.

If it is not triggered accurately, then the magic enchantment will not only sound the alarm, but also burst out a large amount of magic power to knock the guy trying to invade into the air.

In a sense, this is another kind of lock, right?

"Okay, it looks like my lockpicking ability hasn't declined yet."

"Hmm... huh?"

"No, no, you didn't hear anything."

I always feel that Emily just said something incredible, but when I confirmed it, she immediately denied it.

Not having the opportunity to ask questions is a real disappointment.

"There should be no problem here."

Open an entrance from the empty wall, and follow the stairs all the way to a large room.

It was full of wooden boxes, and the wooden boxes were full of gold coins and jewels, and some of them were even overflowing. In the center of the room is a magic circle that has not been activated, and four bonfires are placed around it. It looks like a place used by a cult for some strange rituals.

If there is a magic energy remote communication device in the middle, there will be no sense of disobedience.

"No one will come to this place, let me explain to you."

Emily said so, sitting directly on the box full of gold coins.

She seemed to want to sink her whole body into the gold coin.

This picture is really a bit too subtle.

"Is it comfortable?"

"It's okay, it's soft."

"Oh... no, soft?"

Why are gold coins soft?

Even if it is said that the metal is better than the metal that can be bitten, it will not be said to be soft!

"Ah, don't worry, these are all fake," Emily said, grabbing a handful and throwing them towards me, "If these gold coins are real, those robbers would still use them to do things that might kill them ? This box alone will keep them cool for years."

"Why did you make a fake?"

I picked up one and tried to break it off.

There is no hard feeling of metal, and it is easy to break, and the "click" is divided into two halves by me. However, I haven't figured out what material it is made of. I don't seem to have such a soft material that makes a crisp sound when it is broken. Maybe Emily knows? But she doesn't seem very interested in explaining these things.

"I just saw that you were very anxious, what's going on?"

"Because that place just now is not suitable for staying, if you stay again, you will be discovered."

"Eh!"

Even with [Invisibility] and [Sound Blocking], will it be discovered?

"After all, the nature of the undead is to be able to smell the breath of the living, and you and I are both considered living."

"Is that so... Undead? You mean the guy lying on the ground twitching like he's in a paralyzed state?"

"Well, it's because of the pills he took."

Emily jumped off the box.

"I don't know the material used to make the potion, but it is infused with a breath of death. Long-term consumption will not only make people's health worse, but also undergo a series of transformations. When the transformation is completely completed, the user will Immediately dies, turning into a zombie or skeleton under the creator's control."

"...Is that so."

I thought it was just an ordinary hallucinogenic drug, but it turned out that there is such a powerful thing.

No, hallucinogenic drugs alone are not common, right?

Who the hell brought this stuff here.

"This is indeed a good place to sell such things."

"It's because of the ethos. Bandits are a group of guys who are eager to enjoy themselves. For them, they are not sure which day they will die anyway. It's better to enjoy the time while they are alive... That's why these drugs are very popular. Welcome, plus the entire Mertai City is in a state of collapse, there will be no one to manage these things."

Looked at this way, everything makes sense.

Then, the person who made this potion should be the mastermind behind the scenes, right?

No, you can't say that... It can only be said that it is one of the masterminds behind the scenes.

After all, the series of things in front of me don't look like they could be done by one person.

"Speaking of which, what is this place?"

"Maybe it's someone who summoned someone. According to the spell on it and the things around it, maybe it's a demon who likes shiny things? No, no, if it's really that kind of demon, you will notice these things as soon as you come out." It's fake, and burn everything around here."

Emily entered the research state while talking.

She wouldn't talk to me in this state, so I didn't express my opinion or ask questions, but just walked aside to look at the things in the box. In addition to a large number of fake gold coins in the box, there are also some miscellaneous treasures, which can be said to be no different from the real ones in front of me without any firm skills.

But I have a very powerful thing.

It's called [identification technique].

As long as you tap this skill on the light screen, you can get the information of the item in your hand.

Anyway, Emily won't talk to me for a while, why don't you try to pass the time?

With that in mind, I did it.

Activate [Appraisal].

"props [false gold coins]

Item information: This is a fake gold coin. "

Activate [Appraisal].

"props [false necklace]

Item Information: This is a fake necklace. "

Activate 【Appraisal】

"props [false bracelet]

Prop Info: This is a fake bracelet. "

Activate 【Appraisal】

"Prop [Death Demon Macmillan's sealed right hand]

Item information: A part of the death demon McMillan's body is currently sealed. When all the parts are collected and a large amount of the breath of the dead is offered to it, it will be revived and appear in this world as the main body. "

Activate 【Appraisal】

"The Magic Scroll [The Unforgivable Mercy of the Wretched]

Item information: You can activate the death magic [Unforgivable Mercy of the Sad One], apply [Fake Death] state to the target for a period of time, if the target is not awakened within the time, the target will die completely. "

Oh oh oh! New magic scrolls found!

Put it away, and copy the information in it by the way, maybe someday I will be able to make magic scrolls, so I can try to make it for fun. Although I know that there is almost no possibility, whether releasing magic or making a magic scroll requires quite precise mana operation skills, the magic power in me has a very strange uniqueness, and there is no way to harmonize with the outside mana Coexistence, let alone what operation it is.

However, people always have dreams.

What is the difference between having no dreams and salted fish!

Thinking of this, I put away the magic scroll with joy, and when I was about to continue using [Appraisal], I suddenly remembered something.

just.

It's me. Found an amazing prop?