Chapter 460 - 460: Probing Administrator Marenta’s Plot

We rolled the thug into the shadows, and carefully advanced the foot inside from the back entrance. Being original store a large building, right after entering the back entrance seemed exactly the backyard. No human figures.

Advancing the foot to the back, there were thug headbands. Feel of taking a break surrounding the table. Despite going out a lot to the front, still this many. Not a good plan to make a fuss each time. Stop peeking and head to the stairs.

Indicate up with finger and convey the will to investigate the 2nd floor. The women nod.

Slowly going up the stairs, the smell now used to sniffing drifts.

"Master."

Nanao walking at the front turns and whispers.

"Ah, blood smell."

Bingo. The door of the room at the place finished going up the stairs is open. Peeking inside, corpses were rolling a lot. The corpses in the visible range all young. Probably kidnapped from the facility. Fortunately among misfortune, no Jinny's corpse.

"Human presence in the back. Advance?"

"Nanao, you go call Shiori and Modosu. If not yet returned come back here."

"Fine? Master."

"Who are you saying to."

"Understood. I'll go."

Sending off Nanao, I materialize Gill and Lime too.

"A bit dangerous atmosphere. Don't let guard down."

"Yes, Master."

The door of the large room in the back had a key hung.

"Forcibly charge in?"

"Really want to wait for Modosu, but now exactly possibility Jinny is in absolute crisis. Charge in."

"Yes, Master."

I take out the monster card.

"Summon: Gigantes"

A bit oversized for the corridor, but for smashing the sturdy looking door this one is suitable.

"Then, 'Mimas.' Smash this door. And if big sound comes out headband thugs should come up from below, so drive back. Fine to hurt, but as much as possible don't kill."

"Mimas" nods, and braces the body looking cramped and hits the door. With a flashy sound the door blows inside. "Mimas" immediately moves so charge inside.

"Jinny is there."

Can tell looking. Seemed absolute crisis for real. 3 children bound to chairs. One of them was Jinny. Consciousness seems none.

2 men with red headbands. At the back an old man wearing upper class looking clothes. This one is Administrator Marenta?

"What, you guys."

The red headbands were holding swords not sticks. Drew the swords without hesitation and approached.

"You, Administrator Marenta?"

"Wait. You the ones Modosu said."

With Administrator Marenta's words, the 2 red headbands stop while bracing swords. Movement also looks decent. Not thinking tough opponent, but even just holding sword mistakes can happen.

"Y-came to expose your evil deeds."

"Adventurer pretending spy play?"

"No, just incidentally."

At my retorted tone, Administrator Marenta becomes an unpleasant face. Seems high pride.

"Don't get cocky just because defeated the Goblin King. Well, there are women looking quite good as materials. Shall take as experiment materials."

"Roughly, one of Maree's faction right? Know? Maree died."

"W-what? Maree-sama? What happened?"

After all not yet notified.

"By the way also defeated the 'Red Tempest Ogre' summoned using the princess's body."

"No way, you guys?"

"Together with companions, though. You also seem plotting similar things, but already end. We crush."

"Here is different from the castle. No cautious minister. I also preparing accordingly. Don't think goes the same."

Thought heard noisy voices from downstairs, then from the broken entrance, people enter with doya doya. Modosu came led by Nanao and Shiori. Bringing 2 soldiers and 2 equipped with heavy armor.

"Administrator Marenta. Let's have explanation. What is that mountain of corpses?"

Modosu's face is flushed with anger.

"Explanation? No need for explanation. You just follow my orders fine."

"That only if you are faithfully following the king's order. If doing actions opposing the king, I strike you for the king."

Administrator Marenta shakes the head as if astonished.

"This is why troublesome. Mere heavy armor, not knowing our deep considerations, rebelling with cliché loyalty."

"Don't mess around, rebel. Here 'Blue'-dono also is. Better surrender quietly."

"Fufufu, surrender. Relying on such ones, really shallow thinking laughable, Modosu. Brought by the king's order, but really always rebelling. After all should have quickly made experiment materials."

Said earlier too, but experiment what? Words like experiment roughly not good flags.

"The 'Red Tempest Ogre' you say you defeated, but to host and produce that one, needed the vessel's level high, or noble blood mixed. Moreover needed a certain period. A bit inconvenient."

Somehow Administrator Marenta started talking. Roughly these kinds of ones want to tell someone how amazing things they are doing. Even if doing amazing things don't recognize and praise though.

"As expected in the castle can't perform many experiments. So Maree-sama entrusted me to do experiments in the local. Of course, bought my talent."

Indeed self-loving man no doubt.

"This land where many travelers who even if missing not suspected visit was a good place not troubled for experiment materials."

"Gone mad, Marenta."

"Not gone mad. Important mission necessary to achieve the great purpose. Ones who became materials of the experiment, rather than living lazily and dying accomplishing nothing, dedicating life for a noble purpose, can be said tens of times more valuable life."

"No longer argue. Capture."

With Modosu's instruction soldiers try to head to Marenta. Before that the one who put body was red headband. Soldiers also immediately drew swords.

Marenta starts chanting something. Oops, bad premonition.

"Be careful."

When I say so, the soldier stepped back one. In front of that soldier's eyes, the red headband spins around the head with a gyuru, and changed into a red snake.

Oops, not just a headband. That snake quickly entered into the man's body from the mouth. Uwaa, disgusting. The body jumps with a bikun, and eyes shone red. Visibly the body composition changing. Clothes tear with a biri biri, and there a giant snake appears.

"Unuu. Giant Boa."

Modosu groans.

The "Giant Boa" looks at the soldier with inorganic eyes and sticks out the tongue with a chiro. The soldier pointing the sword without showing fear is splendid, but seems not a match.

"Step back."

The 2 soldiers who turned heel at Modosu's words. One of them the "Giant Boa" swallowed from the head with amazing force. Visible the soldier rampaging movement inside the "Giant Boa"'s neck, but when the "Giant Boa" twists the body the sound of bones snapping with a boki boki inside, and stopped moving.

"You."

Modosu and the 2 heavy armors draw. Ah, Modosu was an axe. If sturdy the axe also suits.

"No need for support."

Saying so toward me Modosu charged at the "Giant Boa" together with subordinates.

The "Giant Boa" seems to have intellect, not trying to swallow the ones wrapped in armor. Tries to wrap the body, but that with surprisingly fluid movements despite wearing heavy armor Modosu and others bounced back. As expected of refusing support, probably confident in skill. However compared to my party, still several steps, no, quite falling combat power.

One of the heavy armors seems to use magic, midway used unflashy magic like "Fireball," but not much effect.

Watching their fight, the stairs side was noisy. Ah, left entirely to "Mimas." Hurriedly go look and before the stairs, "Mimas" was struggling against many "Giant Boa." Sorry, "Mimas."

Return the injured "Mimas" to card, and instead move to annihilation with the party. This side's "Giant Boa" levels at most around 30. Even without my master skills activating, not enemies.

Defeated one after another, and annihilated. For some reason, all dropped "Snake Skin." Unintentionally obtained souvenir for Sakuzou-san. Don't know what usable for.

"Alright, return. You guys watch the stairs. If strong ones come don't fight."

I materialized the "Dispatch" group of Sakura, Yu, Namiki Haruka, Ren and made stand watch.

Returning to the room one "Giant Boa" was near death. Oh, worked hard, Modosu and others. However even so seemed quite struggled, one heavy armor's sword was bent.

Modosu severed the neck of the staggered "Giant Boa" with the axe in hand. Splendid. Now, what to do Administrator Marenta.