A Demon Lord’s Tale: Dungeons, Monster Girls, and Heartwarming Bliss

Chapter 597.1

Velmore Forest Ruins (5)

"Phew… Finally done with them." (Yuki)

For now, there didn't seem to be any sign of a new enemy.

However, now that it had been confirmed that there was security in place, it was unlikely that an area this large would only be guarded by a few drones.

It wouldn't be strange if there were actually hundreds, or even thousands, of similar drones waiting to attack.

There was even a chance that there were dozens of drones of the same level as the Asura Golem.

"…Anyway, with this advanced technology, it's been confirmed that this is an ancient ruin. Those golems… I managed to notice them because of the surge in magic power, but it's still quite difficult to detect them because non-living things have no presence. I was on guard, but I was almost caught off guard. Or maybe I should say that I only managed to notice them because I was on guard." (Yuki)

[…Hmm. How troublesome.] (Enne)

Golems were not living things.

They may have a lot of internal magic power, but the magic power emitted by them was similar to the magic power emitted by the trees and buildings. So, if golems were hiding in the shadows of buildings, it was almost impossible to tell them apart.

In this place particularly… the air was filled with a high concentration of magic. Because of this, it was even harder to tell the difference between golems and the others.

–This was really troublesome.

Anyway, I decided to go back for now, and put one of the SF Ptera that I had shot down relatively cleanly as a sample into my item box.

After everything was done, I returned to Layla and the others who were waiting.

"Yuki-san, it seems you were fighting earlier…" (Layla)

"Ah, it seems there were guards after all. — This is it." (Yuki)

I showed the SF Ptera I had retrieved to everyone.

The researchers hesitated for a moment, but their curiosity seemed to get the better of them, and they immediately began to analyze it.

"…This is incredible. Just bringing this one back will advance research in the field of golems for decades. How did it feel to actually fight it?" (Eldogalia)

I thought as I answered Eldogalia-sensei's words.

"Fighting a few of them won't be a problem. No, if you can hit them, they can be easily destroyed. Although they're quite mobile, being a golem, they are not very flexible when it comes to maneuvers. But, then again, they are golems and have small size, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were hundreds of them patrolling the area." (Yuki)

Well, even if they were small, they were still around the size of a person, but no matter how one looked at it, they were designed to be used in numbers.

If even tens of them had appeared, that alone could have been dangerous.

At the very least, I wouldn't have been able to defeat them so easily.

"I see. As I expected, these are incredibly troublesome. It was hard enough to find the entrance, but it looks like it's going to be even harder to proceed further." (Eldogalia) 𝖗ἁꞐỖ𝔟Ës

"Yeah. But honestly, going through here and heading further into the ruins in a conventional way… won't be impossible, but it will surely be extremely difficult. If the security system activates for some reason, it'll be a disaster–" (Yuki)

Then, a thought struck me.

… I guess a conventional approach wouldn't do.

At that moment, I looked at Sakuya.

My son in Layla's arms seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Layla, how is Sakuya?" (Yuki)

"Yes, he's still interested in the castle. He wants to go, but he's sulking and crying because we won't move." (Layla)

Ah, I see… so that was why he was in a bad mood.

"–Sakuya, what do you think? Is there somewhere we should go?" (Yuki)

"Ahh! Uh!" (Sakuya)

But Sakuya pointed at the castle, just like Layla said–no, wait.

The first thing we saw in the direction Sakuya pointed was the castle wall. Not the castle itself.

Sakuya's radar was a mysterious ability that we didn't understand.

But it certainly was useful.

From what we'd seen so far, it seemed like Sakuya was always pointing at the best path. We were currently finding it hard to deal with the ruins' security.

It would not be a wise choice to break through straight ahead, unless that was the only option… but with ruins of this size…

Surely, there would be some kind of hidden path, right?

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