Looking down at the city from the top of the city walls, the leader of the group groaned in disbelief.
“…..The Phoenix was defeated? Such mythical monster that devoured all those black magic stones…… And it was a Fenrir who did it! ……C-could it be that someone in this city is controlling it……?”
That wasn’t the only thing he didn’t expect.
The five huge “Monster Vortex” that they had created with all their might were easily wiped out as well.
Since the strong people were gathering in the city for the martial arts tournament, he expected that one or two of them would be destroyed, but it was inconceivable that all five would disappear in such a short time.
“In addition, we have swallowed the city itself inside the dungeon so there is nowhere to escape. This will surely destroy the city and make it impossible for anyone to survive…… It should have been the case but…… Damn!”
On the contrary to their expectation, people have safely taken refuge in the ice fortresses that have emerged throughout the city, so the chaos only caused a little damage.
And so, in a desperate attempt to turn things around, they deployed the Phoenix that they had painstakingly cultivated.
“But, that doesn’t change the fact that this city has been swallowed up by the dungeon. If they can’t get in or out of this place, they will eventually run out of food and starve to death.….”
Of course, that would take much longer than they expected.
Just thinking about how he would report to his superiors that a major project that they had been preparing for several years and had been finally put into action had ended up in this state sent chills down his spine.
“And what if, by some chance….. well, this is truly a one in ten thousand possibility, the city’s dungeon-like state was also lifted then..…”
The man couldn’t help but murmur.
“Right…. The prince is said to be the reincarnation of a legendary hero… No matter how I look at it, it was the reincarnation of that hero who destroyed the Monster Vortex… Then if he noticed that this city has turned into the dungeon…. If he tries to clear it….. No, no, that can’t be possible…”
And then it happened.
People can be seen fleeing the city from one of the castle gates that had been blocked off.
“N-no way, right!?”
In addition, the monsters no longer spring up at all, and it can only be assumed that the dungeon transformation of the city has been lost.
“How can such dangerous dungeon be captured in such a short period of time!?”
The man shouted in shock.
“Finally found you.”
“Huh!?”
He quickly turned around when he heard a voice behind him.
What he saw was—
“A b-baby!?”
A six-month-old baby or so was standing on the ground, looking at him. The baby’s features are so distinct that it was hard to believe she’s a baby. Her ears are also pointed.
The man could guess that she might be an elf, but he has no idea that she is a high elf that had lived for hundreds of years.
“W-why is there a baby here? ……No, wait. Where are the others?”
“If you’re looking for your comrades, they’re frozen. Right over there.”
“Huh!?”
That’s when the man finally realized his current situation. A number of icicles appeared not far away behind the elf, and when he looked closely, he could see that his comrades were trapped inside it.
“No way, d-don’t tell me…. You created those ice fortresses in the city!?”
“Yes, it was made by my magic. More than that, I was finally able to catch the tail. Until now, I have always been a step late so I was not able to find the perpetrators.”
“Huh? Then…… Recently, I heard that the experiments in various places have been destroyed by someone…… Was it your doing as well?! ….Damn!”
“I’m not going to let you escape.”
The body of the man who turned on his heel and started running froze in an instant.
He was trapped inside an icicle.
“Well then, let me find out more details about you guys.”
These people were probably just perpetrators, Meltera thought.
Behind them must have been the person who had stolen the forbidden items from the Tower of the Great Sage.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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