The Demon King of the Frontier Life, Reincarnated to Become the Strongest Mage
58-Episode 58: Former Demon King Finds Old Cave
"This is the place where the smell of armored ogre is the strongest.
Garum the puppy stopped near the top of the rocky mountain.
He put his nose close to the rock wall and sniffed frantically.
This is near the top of the rocky mountain.
Me and Odette and Odette came up here to find the nest of the 'armed ogre' after helping Natasha-Torius and the others.
Dick the bat, Cliff and Garum the pup are with us.
We told Natasha-Torias and her friends on the shore that we would be back by dawn.
We told Natasha-Torias and the others on the shore that we would be back by dawn.
"Is this where the Armed Ogre's lair is located?
"Wow.
I patted Garum on the head.
Even though the Mystel Blood strengthens your sense of smell, it's amazing that you were able to find it in such a short time.
Where does the smell come from? Do you know the exact location?
"There's a scent coming from over the rocks. It's around here.
Garum put his face close to a corner of the rock wall.
It looks like a dead end, but - it's not.
There is a narrow gap, and Garum has his nose in it.
If the smell is coming from there, it must be a hidden door.
A hidden door? Is it magical?
It's a common technique. I've done this in a previous life, making a door that looks just like the wall around it and fixing it with magic.
Surely, there are some things like that.
Simple things can be done with magic tools. The baron's tutor used to use them to harass me. He'd stop me from opening the bookshelf, for example.
It's a waste of technology.
I'll let him know when I see him.
As for magic, it's not that difficult.
In my past life, I also built a hidden room in the old castle.
The contents of the room were records of the villagers' constitution and chronic illnesses.
After Alice found out where it was located, I moved it, though.
''But ... it doesn't look like what lies ahead is that peaceful.
I cut my palm and rubbed the blood on the rock surface.
If it's just a rock surface, the "Mystel Blood" shouldn't be effective, but....
"'Erosion (hacking)' begins...
I knew there was a witchcraft reaction.
This is not ancient magic.
Just as I suspected, this is the same lockjaw that Teacher Kachel was using.
This can be unlocked.
Internal magic... analysis complete.
Adhesion to rock walls - and movement magic is confirmed.
Start interfering with the bonding spell──Successful.
Supplied magic power to move rock walls - successful.
This hidden door is supposed to be opened by pouring in a certain person - or demon's magic power - into it.
If that ogre's magic power is set up, who does the other magic power belong to?
For now, let's change the place to pour the magic power.
There's a point for pouring magic power into the gap between the rocks, so let's change it as much as we can.
Let's also set up a few traps.
Make sure whoever built this place can't open it by themselves again.
'Sorry, Odette, I need a little help with that.
I get it. Boosted!
Cease! "Garu-ru!
Shhhh.
We pushed, and the rock wall slid right up beside us.
'Wow it's open.
This door was designed to open when it sensed the magical power of certain humans and demons.
So this is the Ogre's lair, then?
Maybe. And there's a sorcerer involved.
Odette and I stepped behind a rock wall.
The inside was a well maintained cave.
The ceiling was high. This should be enough to get that ogre in.
But the inside of the cave is desolate.
Tattered Yoroi and broken swords lay on the ground.
Remnants of food. Some of them look like animal bones.
The smell of an armed ogre is amazing.
Garum let out an unpleasant sound.
'You mean this is that 'Armed Ogre's' nest?
...the bones of the animal, the flesh and the weapons.
I got a desk that's rotting away. The drawer is busted open.
Underneath the desk was the wreckage of a book.
All the pages were gone, and only the cover remained.
This is.....
'Sanctuary Church, First Book of Discipline'...
In a drawer, there is a piece of parchment.
The letters are legible somehow. Eww.
"'The War of the Eight Kings will soon be over,' 'I will try to rekindle,' 'Here are my armaments...'...?
''No way... this is really the hideout of the 'Sanctuary Church'?
It must have been made over 200 years ago.
In the distant past, the 'Sanctuary Church' realized the importance of this place and maintained the port city.
It wouldn't be surprising if they had at least built a hiding place.
'Garm. Is the smell of the 'Armed Ogre' the only thing here? What does a human smell?
'There is. The Five Peoples'
The puppy, Garum, barked.
It's just one........two people. There are two humans in here along with an armed ogre.
I heard someone's been in here recently.
I told Odette what Garum had said.
'That's who gave the 'armed ogre' the Yoloi and the shield.
Who did this to you?
'Dorothea-Zamuels and ... well, someone else, I suppose. I'll have the 'Magic Guild' look into that area.
Dorothea and someone else were studying the Armed Ogre here.
I wonder if they unleashed the ogre after Dorothea's capture, or if the ogre lost Aruji and went berserk.
I'll have to take some time to find out what happened next.
I'll send a letter to Iris when we get back to Gazanon Town.
If we tell her that we got the shield and this place, she should report back to the Magic Guild. Then we should be able to investigate.
The situation where the "Sanctuary Church"'s hideout is under the direct control of the royal family is bad.
Let's get this done quickly.
So, Garm, what do you want to do? I could stop being my messenger if I wanted to go back to the people in the village.
I'll follow you!
Wah-wah-wah-wah, Garum squeaked in a pretty voice.
'My mother taught me to return the favor, so...'
I will. Well, keep up the good work.
Nodding his head, Garum wagged his tail (tail) vigorously.
In the meantime, let's check the status.
'Garum.
Species: Little Morse Dog
Level: 1
Strength: E
Arm strength: E
Agility: D
Magic power: E
Dexterity: D
Skill: sense of smell.
Follow-up Skill: Enhanced sense of smell. Intelligence. Fast Movement. Increased Defense. Increased Regenerative Ability'.
''........Come to think of it, I can smell the Armed Ogre from Goshujin's luggage as well, can't I?
Yeah, when I was fighting him, I found some weird crystals.
I pulled out a red crystal from the leather bag.
This is what came out of the armed ogre when it was defeated.
It's spherical in shape. It's translucent and has black lines running across its surface.
"Let's check this one out too... 'Hacking'.
When you pour the 'Myster Blood' you can see the magic inside the crystal body and the flow of magic power.
I know, but........what is this?
The crystal itself is a solidification of a high concentration of magical power.
However, there's a strange magic inside.
Internal magic... analysis completed.
Magical structure - It was found to be "berserk".
Continue with the analysis.
What was that crystal form?
Simply put, it's a magical crystal that strengthens the creature and causes it to run amok.
...runaway?
'Instead of becoming violent, the creatures that take it in become more magical and vital. In short, it's like a class-up item with risk.
Instead of losing your mind, they make you stronger...?
That 'armed ogre' must have taken this and turned it into an 'ogre-reformed' or 'second ogre' or some such creature.
No wonder I thought that ogre was so big.
''I suppose I should submit this to the 'Magic Guild' as well...''
I'd like to tinker with that. This material.
Since everything from this facility is provided to the 'Magic Guild', we should at least get a drop item, right?
'Materials that make living things go berserk are just too dangerous.
Yeah. Odette, you said it best!
Oh, really?
So we're gonna purify it anyway.
'What? Huh? Yuki?
''My 'magic blood' can erase pathogens, so I should be able to undo the effects of the 'berserkers' in the same manner, only.
He poured 'Magic Blood (Mystel Blood)' into his palm and dipped the crystal body into it.
The crystal body was purified with a faint light.
The black lines on the surface disappeared and turned a beautiful red color.
Now, it shouldn't become violent even if it was taken in anymore.
''It's just a highly concentrated magical crystal. It's just a highly concentrated magical crystal that normally powers up when eaten by living things.
''If you use your 'magic blood', you won't be able to submit it to the 'magic guild'...''
Oh, I'm so stupid. I'm in trouble. What do I do now?
Why are you reading out of turn, Yuki?
We don't know how long we'll be able to keep it for.
Petite. Pett.
I looked down at my feet and saw Garm tapping my shoe.
'Wow!'
'You want it? Garum.
'We're going to get better, aren't we? I want it!''
Hmm.
I picked up Garum and checked his status again.
Touching it with my hand, I check the magic power inside Garum's body and the magic power of the crystal body filled with my 'magic blood'.
Considering the knowledge I had in my previous life as a villager and the physical condition of livestock (cacique).......
........it looks like they're going to be okay.
Garum is my messenger demon, and he has become a part of my magic.
However, this crystal body is being purified by pouring my magic blood into it.
If I "hack" it again, it's still completely different.
It's changed into a source of magic for my users.
I'm sure this will fit in well with Garum's body.
"...slowly digest it, okay?
"Yay.
Wait, Yuki?
I'll be fine.
I put the crystal body that I doused in the 'magic blood' on my palm.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say.
And then, the crystal body melted.
It seems to have become one with my magical power. And then he went straight into Garum.
"Wah wah wah wah!
Garum's body glowed red.
The puppy boy Garum was growing up, little by little.
And then it grew one round...
"Garm.
Species: High Morsdog
Level: 10
Strength: C
Arm strength: C
Agility: B
Magic Power: B
Dexterity: C
Skill: sense of smell.
Submissive Skill: Super Smell. Intelligence. Super Fast Movement. Increased Defense. Increased regeneration ability. Dash Attack.
"It's evolved.
Yeah.
No problem...
Odette holds her forehead.
''Defeating the 'Armed Ogre' in a flash, finding the nest and the 'Sanctuary Church' hideout, and evolving the messenger... how much do you do in one night!
Sorry. I just found some interesting material.
It's a bad habit of sorcerers.
When I find materials that I can use in my field of research, I want to tinker with them.
This 'High Magic Crystal' has the effect of increasing the life force and magic power of living things.
If you study them and combine them with my Mystel Blood...
Maybe I can make everyone else immortal, except me.
Also, I thought if I could evolve Garum, I could make him Odette's bodyguard.
Why me?
It's not like we won't run into 'Armed Ogre' level enemies again, and besides, Garum's godfather is Odette, right?
I understand!
Odette puffed out her cheeks and said.
''Indeed, it's important to evolve Garum-san and to find out what 'Armed Ogre' dropped............I understand. Anyway, let's get back to it now.
'Yes. I have Natasha-Torius waiting.
''Yes. She's the princess of the frontier territory we're going to. Don't be rude........what?
Suddenly, Odette looked at her feet.
She lifted one foot and seemed to be checking something.
What's the matter? Odette.
I think I stepped on something hard... oh, that's it.
Odette picked up a round object from the ground.
A metal coin.
'A copper coin, yes. I've never seen anything like it.
Don't you belong to the Kingdom?
''Local lords sometimes mint currency that can be used only in their own territory, but it seems too good to be true...?
'Either it belongs to the sorcerer who came here or it's two hundred years old...'
I'll take it. We might be able to find something that will help.
Odette put the coins in a leather bag.
After checking the cave one more time, we went outside and closed the hidden door.
I rewrote the magic that locked the door.
If the owner of the room came, he shouldn't be able to get in.
'It's been a long night,'
We'll take a nap when we get back to the ship.
The sun was beginning to rise on the east side of the inland sea.
Then Odette and I slowly made our way down the rocky hillside back to the boat.
Garum the puppy stopped near the top of the rocky mountain.
He put his nose close to the rock wall and sniffed frantically.
This is near the top of the rocky mountain.
Me and Odette and Odette came up here to find the nest of the 'armed ogre' after helping Natasha-Torius and the others.
Dick the bat, Cliff and Garum the pup are with us.
We told Natasha-Torias and her friends on the shore that we would be back by dawn.
We told Natasha-Torias and the others on the shore that we would be back by dawn.
"Is this where the Armed Ogre's lair is located?
"Wow.
I patted Garum on the head.
Even though the Mystel Blood strengthens your sense of smell, it's amazing that you were able to find it in such a short time.
Where does the smell come from? Do you know the exact location?
"There's a scent coming from over the rocks. It's around here.
Garum put his face close to a corner of the rock wall.
It looks like a dead end, but - it's not.
There is a narrow gap, and Garum has his nose in it.
If the smell is coming from there, it must be a hidden door.
A hidden door? Is it magical?
It's a common technique. I've done this in a previous life, making a door that looks just like the wall around it and fixing it with magic.
Surely, there are some things like that.
Simple things can be done with magic tools. The baron's tutor used to use them to harass me. He'd stop me from opening the bookshelf, for example.
It's a waste of technology.
I'll let him know when I see him.
As for magic, it's not that difficult.
In my past life, I also built a hidden room in the old castle.
The contents of the room were records of the villagers' constitution and chronic illnesses.
After Alice found out where it was located, I moved it, though.
''But ... it doesn't look like what lies ahead is that peaceful.
I cut my palm and rubbed the blood on the rock surface.
If it's just a rock surface, the "Mystel Blood" shouldn't be effective, but....
"'Erosion (hacking)' begins...
I knew there was a witchcraft reaction.
This is not ancient magic.
Just as I suspected, this is the same lockjaw that Teacher Kachel was using.
This can be unlocked.
Internal magic... analysis complete.
Adhesion to rock walls - and movement magic is confirmed.
Start interfering with the bonding spell──Successful.
Supplied magic power to move rock walls - successful.
This hidden door is supposed to be opened by pouring in a certain person - or demon's magic power - into it.
If that ogre's magic power is set up, who does the other magic power belong to?
For now, let's change the place to pour the magic power.
There's a point for pouring magic power into the gap between the rocks, so let's change it as much as we can.
Let's also set up a few traps.
Make sure whoever built this place can't open it by themselves again.
'Sorry, Odette, I need a little help with that.
I get it. Boosted!
Cease! "Garu-ru!
Shhhh.
We pushed, and the rock wall slid right up beside us.
'Wow it's open.
This door was designed to open when it sensed the magical power of certain humans and demons.
So this is the Ogre's lair, then?
Maybe. And there's a sorcerer involved.
Odette and I stepped behind a rock wall.
The inside was a well maintained cave.
The ceiling was high. This should be enough to get that ogre in.
But the inside of the cave is desolate.
Tattered Yoroi and broken swords lay on the ground.
Remnants of food. Some of them look like animal bones.
The smell of an armed ogre is amazing.
Garum let out an unpleasant sound.
'You mean this is that 'Armed Ogre's' nest?
...the bones of the animal, the flesh and the weapons.
I got a desk that's rotting away. The drawer is busted open.
Underneath the desk was the wreckage of a book.
All the pages were gone, and only the cover remained.
This is.....
'Sanctuary Church, First Book of Discipline'...
In a drawer, there is a piece of parchment.
The letters are legible somehow. Eww.
"'The War of the Eight Kings will soon be over,' 'I will try to rekindle,' 'Here are my armaments...'...?
''No way... this is really the hideout of the 'Sanctuary Church'?
It must have been made over 200 years ago.
In the distant past, the 'Sanctuary Church' realized the importance of this place and maintained the port city.
It wouldn't be surprising if they had at least built a hiding place.
'Garm. Is the smell of the 'Armed Ogre' the only thing here? What does a human smell?
'There is. The Five Peoples'
The puppy, Garum, barked.
It's just one........two people. There are two humans in here along with an armed ogre.
I heard someone's been in here recently.
I told Odette what Garum had said.
'That's who gave the 'armed ogre' the Yoloi and the shield.
Who did this to you?
'Dorothea-Zamuels and ... well, someone else, I suppose. I'll have the 'Magic Guild' look into that area.
Dorothea and someone else were studying the Armed Ogre here.
I wonder if they unleashed the ogre after Dorothea's capture, or if the ogre lost Aruji and went berserk.
I'll have to take some time to find out what happened next.
I'll send a letter to Iris when we get back to Gazanon Town.
If we tell her that we got the shield and this place, she should report back to the Magic Guild. Then we should be able to investigate.
The situation where the "Sanctuary Church"'s hideout is under the direct control of the royal family is bad.
Let's get this done quickly.
So, Garm, what do you want to do? I could stop being my messenger if I wanted to go back to the people in the village.
I'll follow you!
Wah-wah-wah-wah, Garum squeaked in a pretty voice.
'My mother taught me to return the favor, so...'
I will. Well, keep up the good work.
Nodding his head, Garum wagged his tail (tail) vigorously.
In the meantime, let's check the status.
'Garum.
Species: Little Morse Dog
Level: 1
Strength: E
Arm strength: E
Agility: D
Magic power: E
Dexterity: D
Skill: sense of smell.
Follow-up Skill: Enhanced sense of smell. Intelligence. Fast Movement. Increased Defense. Increased Regenerative Ability'.
''........Come to think of it, I can smell the Armed Ogre from Goshujin's luggage as well, can't I?
Yeah, when I was fighting him, I found some weird crystals.
I pulled out a red crystal from the leather bag.
This is what came out of the armed ogre when it was defeated.
It's spherical in shape. It's translucent and has black lines running across its surface.
"Let's check this one out too... 'Hacking'.
When you pour the 'Myster Blood' you can see the magic inside the crystal body and the flow of magic power.
I know, but........what is this?
The crystal itself is a solidification of a high concentration of magical power.
However, there's a strange magic inside.
Internal magic... analysis completed.
Magical structure - It was found to be "berserk".
Continue with the analysis.
What was that crystal form?
Simply put, it's a magical crystal that strengthens the creature and causes it to run amok.
...runaway?
'Instead of becoming violent, the creatures that take it in become more magical and vital. In short, it's like a class-up item with risk.
Instead of losing your mind, they make you stronger...?
That 'armed ogre' must have taken this and turned it into an 'ogre-reformed' or 'second ogre' or some such creature.
No wonder I thought that ogre was so big.
''I suppose I should submit this to the 'Magic Guild' as well...''
I'd like to tinker with that. This material.
Since everything from this facility is provided to the 'Magic Guild', we should at least get a drop item, right?
'Materials that make living things go berserk are just too dangerous.
Yeah. Odette, you said it best!
Oh, really?
So we're gonna purify it anyway.
'What? Huh? Yuki?
''My 'magic blood' can erase pathogens, so I should be able to undo the effects of the 'berserkers' in the same manner, only.
He poured 'Magic Blood (Mystel Blood)' into his palm and dipped the crystal body into it.
The crystal body was purified with a faint light.
The black lines on the surface disappeared and turned a beautiful red color.
Now, it shouldn't become violent even if it was taken in anymore.
''It's just a highly concentrated magical crystal. It's just a highly concentrated magical crystal that normally powers up when eaten by living things.
''If you use your 'magic blood', you won't be able to submit it to the 'magic guild'...''
Oh, I'm so stupid. I'm in trouble. What do I do now?
Why are you reading out of turn, Yuki?
We don't know how long we'll be able to keep it for.
Petite. Pett.
I looked down at my feet and saw Garm tapping my shoe.
'Wow!'
'You want it? Garum.
'We're going to get better, aren't we? I want it!''
Hmm.
I picked up Garum and checked his status again.
Touching it with my hand, I check the magic power inside Garum's body and the magic power of the crystal body filled with my 'magic blood'.
Considering the knowledge I had in my previous life as a villager and the physical condition of livestock (cacique).......
........it looks like they're going to be okay.
Garum is my messenger demon, and he has become a part of my magic.
However, this crystal body is being purified by pouring my magic blood into it.
If I "hack" it again, it's still completely different.
It's changed into a source of magic for my users.
I'm sure this will fit in well with Garum's body.
"...slowly digest it, okay?
"Yay.
Wait, Yuki?
I'll be fine.
I put the crystal body that I doused in the 'magic blood' on my palm.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say.
And then, the crystal body melted.
It seems to have become one with my magical power. And then he went straight into Garum.
"Wah wah wah wah!
Garum's body glowed red.
The puppy boy Garum was growing up, little by little.
And then it grew one round...
"Garm.
Species: High Morsdog
Level: 10
Strength: C
Arm strength: C
Agility: B
Magic Power: B
Dexterity: C
Skill: sense of smell.
Submissive Skill: Super Smell. Intelligence. Super Fast Movement. Increased Defense. Increased regeneration ability. Dash Attack.
"It's evolved.
Yeah.
No problem...
Odette holds her forehead.
''Defeating the 'Armed Ogre' in a flash, finding the nest and the 'Sanctuary Church' hideout, and evolving the messenger... how much do you do in one night!
Sorry. I just found some interesting material.
It's a bad habit of sorcerers.
When I find materials that I can use in my field of research, I want to tinker with them.
This 'High Magic Crystal' has the effect of increasing the life force and magic power of living things.
If you study them and combine them with my Mystel Blood...
Maybe I can make everyone else immortal, except me.
Also, I thought if I could evolve Garum, I could make him Odette's bodyguard.
Why me?
It's not like we won't run into 'Armed Ogre' level enemies again, and besides, Garum's godfather is Odette, right?
I understand!
Odette puffed out her cheeks and said.
''Indeed, it's important to evolve Garum-san and to find out what 'Armed Ogre' dropped............I understand. Anyway, let's get back to it now.
'Yes. I have Natasha-Torius waiting.
''Yes. She's the princess of the frontier territory we're going to. Don't be rude........what?
Suddenly, Odette looked at her feet.
She lifted one foot and seemed to be checking something.
What's the matter? Odette.
I think I stepped on something hard... oh, that's it.
Odette picked up a round object from the ground.
A metal coin.
'A copper coin, yes. I've never seen anything like it.
Don't you belong to the Kingdom?
''Local lords sometimes mint currency that can be used only in their own territory, but it seems too good to be true...?
'Either it belongs to the sorcerer who came here or it's two hundred years old...'
I'll take it. We might be able to find something that will help.
Odette put the coins in a leather bag.
After checking the cave one more time, we went outside and closed the hidden door.
I rewrote the magic that locked the door.
If the owner of the room came, he shouldn't be able to get in.
'It's been a long night,'
We'll take a nap when we get back to the ship.
The sun was beginning to rise on the east side of the inland sea.
Then Odette and I slowly made our way down the rocky hillside back to the boat.
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