Old Man Uwe said, “Well, you see, I’ve seen something that looks a lot like this crystal, but before we go over that. Let me tell you about this container first.”
“The container?” (Welner)
(T/N: As everything below has been intentionally written vaguely by the author, its translation may be proven somewhat wrong in the future. We will update this chapter in future when we have more information.)
“You may already know about Anti-Demon barriers which are used in towns etc. They can create a barrier that prevents weak demons which are not under any powerful demon’s control from getting closer, or to be more precise the magic circle inscribed in them does so. Anyway, that container is one of them. But…”
This was the first time I have actually seen one and any information regarding them was strictly regulated by the kingdoms because of obvious reasons and the game skipped them entirely.
From Old Man Uwe’s words, that black crystal seemed to act as the container’s power source. No, if it really acted as a power source, Old Man Uwe would have already recognized it. Was he implying that the real previous power source was replaced by this black crystal? Hmm… No, that was not it, probably.
“Did putting this black crystal inside the container make it have the opposite effect?” (Welner)
“I am not sure. However, if this black crystal has anything to do with controlling demons, it must have been used to attract demons from the surroundings rather than keep them away because Suvriltz, where it was found, had been long destroyed.” (Old Man Uwe)
“…You said you have seen something similar to this before, right? Could you elaborate?” (Welner)
“Yes. If this crystal is enlarged, it would look similar to the barrier crystal in the basement of the royal capital.”I seriously looked at the black crystal. And then, to the whole set while thinking about said information.
“Wait, do you think the royal capital’s Anti-Demon barrier is also a legacy of the Ancient Kingdom?”
“That’s right. At least very similar to that type of technology.”
“Are there other types of barriers?”
“Some barriers are pseudo-constructed with today’s technology. They are less efficient and less extensive than those of the Ancient Kingdom, though. But that is all that most people currently have access to.”
I see. It was all starting to make sense now. It was a hypothesis without any proof, but I could vaguely see the connection.
“I have never seen it in the royal capital, but what would happen if the barrier against demons in the basement of the royal capital was modified to create this black crystal that seems to attract demons?”
“Perhaps it would be possible to control a large number of demons, if not all of them.”
Hmmm. It seemed that even the Demon King could not create a crystal or at least not the same size or quality as the one in the royal capital, or at the very least, it would be difficult.
Since the Demon Army was using technology controlling similar black crystals as the nucleus of the Demon Generals, it was not that difficult to assume that they may also be able to use crystals which were originally intended to ward off demons in other ways.
Their purpose may be recycling, or rather, robbing and reusing. But since the people on our side were also robbing demons and turning them into equipment, it could be said that the two sides were on the same page.
I always wondered why the Demon King was so keen on attacking Bain Kingdom’s royal capital, but now I have a vague idea of why. Maybe they were using similar crystals to make more powerful demons.
Of course, they most likely could not just use any black crystal and modify it for that purpose. They might need one with a good enough quality, size or both.
With the death of most Demon Generals and Four Heavenly Kings, there may be a shortage of mid-level commanders. Maybe the reason behind Demon King’s sudden measure to reorganize the Demon Army’s chain of command was to quickly gain control of Bain Kingdom’s Barrier and fill in the weakness.
There was even something called a Demon Calling Flute. The ancient kingdom must have known how to gather demons. This further strengthened the hypotheses that the Demon Army was more familiar with the knowledge and technology of the Ancient Kingdom.
I also understood why Grand Duke Seyfart was expecting the attack on the royal capital. The Grand Duke must have known about the crystal that creates the barrier against demons, and would have noticed the similarity of the connection with the crystal that Mazell had recovered. So the purpose of the attack on the royal capital was most likely to use the barrier crystal itself.
If this hypothesis was true, there was certainly no reason for higher ups to tell me. First, it was highly classified information and secondly the royal capital needed to be protected one way or another. If it were me, I also wouldn’t have told anyone else either.
But then, the royal capital of the Bain kingdom would be… Oh, that’s right. For a moment, I wondered if I should tell them about it here and now, but I guess Mazell and the others would have no problem knowing it.
“Actually, we have found a hidden room in the basement of the Royal Capital.”
“Eh?”
“What?”
Mazell and Laura were surprised, of course, as well as Old Man Uwe. I think it was a pretty rare reaction coming from them.
“Let me explain it first step by step before you guys raise questions.”
The existence of a hidden passageway and the expectation that there might be something tomb-like at the end of it. I even told them that the ceiling had collapsed and that the end of the passage had not been examined yet.
“So you are saying that no one investigated beyond that point?”
“Does that mean there was no way to find out what was beyond that point? Is there any way to continue the investigation?”
“If it was me, I would have used magic to blow it up and move on.”
What if it collapsed more? This old man, come to think of it, was usually extreme. I was getting a headache when Laura tilted her ask.
“A hidden passageway, huh? If you put it that way, the treasure room was also unnatural.”
“Unnatural?”
“I’ve only been in there once, but it was kind of cluttered and didn’t look like it used to be a treasure room… It was more like a warehouse with shelves and treasures on them. It seemed to me that they put it there for now because they ran out of other places to store it.”
Huh. Wasn’t the underground library like that as well?
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