"Alright, big man, give me back the protective film on you."

Elise patted the shoulder of the nearby Lorica and pulled a thin film from his body, which slowly condensed into a spinning block in the palm of his hand.

"Hmm......" Lorica looked at the three people in front of her, "I can finally speak...... No, you can finally hear me when I speak? ”

"yes." Elise reshaped the block in her hand into a strangely shaped pistol and aimed it in the direction of the settlement not far away, "There's no need to hide anymore." ”

"There is no need to hide...... means?" Militus was a little puzzled, "Aren't we planning to sneak in?" ”

Hearing Militus's words, Elise couldn't help but sigh.

"There is no point in stealth." The corners of Elise's mouth rose as she put her finger on the trigger, "Because we don't know where there will be people, we can't avoid being discovered, and when the enemy can't see or even make a sound, stealth has completely lost any of its use." ”

With that, Elise pulled the trigger.

'Buzz Buzz Buzz Boom-'

With a vibrating sound, a light green ripple spread out from the muzzle of the gun and gradually disappeared into the air.

The ripples were fleeting, but the air gradually fluctuated as the ripples disappeared.

"What are you ......?" Hanabi asked.

"Probe." Elise looked in the direction of the settlement and said, "I'm going to see if there's any substance in what Lublum said." ”

The principle of this detector is actually similar to the vision of the hunter on the edge of the long night, which is a technology that forms an image by overlaying the data and returning the signal.

Elise was also very simple.

Since these people can't be seen by the eyes and can't be heard by the ears, it only takes a look to see if they are physically present or not.

After all, having an entity and not having an entity are two different things entirely.

Something that has no substance cannot be destroyed no matter how hard you try, but once there is an entity, it means that there is a premise for being destroyed and killed.

That's why Elise sent this probe.

'Buzzing ......'

The probe's fluctuations continued to propagate, and Elise crouched on the ground, patiently waiting for the signal to come back and Lublum to reply.

"Bang bang."

And while she waited, the sound of electricity from the communicator also sounded.

"I'm Lublum." Lubrom on the other end sounded a little out of breath.

"Found their light source?" Elise asked.

"Let's just find out." Lublum nodded, "At the moment, they have two light sources. ”

"Two?"

"That's right, one is the torch they use outdoors, and the other is the lamp they use indoors." Lublum breathed a sigh of relief, "You should understand that torches can be used anytime and anywhere, and lights are things that need to be connected to be lit. ”

"And what is the energy used by lamps and torches? That's what I care about the most. Elise asked.

"The torch's energy source is an oily, gray liquid." "But this liquid is not fuel," replied Lublum, "but something that glows when mixed with the wood in their hands." ”

"What do you mean...... These lights are not fire, but pure light created by chemical reactions? Elise seemed to understand something.

"That's right." Lubrum nodded on the other side and replied, "But I haven't gotten my hands on that stick in their hands, but I've only learned of it." ”

"Got it."

Elise replied, then lowered her head in contemplation for a moment.

"What about the lamp?" After pondering for a moment, she looked up again and asked, "What is the energy consumed by the lamp?" Go on. ”

"The source of the lamp's energy, I'm afraid it's magic." Lublum said in a low voice.

"Mana lamp?"

Somehow, Elise, who had this term in her head, suddenly recalled the days when she was in the country of Wanyo with the edge of the long night.

Because in the country of Manyo, people's means of lighting is mana lamp, and that kind of lamp will emit different brightness depending on the amount of magic input.

However, if you look at the brightness of each house in this settlement now, then this magical power is indeed amazing. Could it be that everyone who lives here is a wizard of magic?

"No, it's not a mana lamp." But Lubloom's words swept away all of Elise's thoughts.

"Of course, I don't know what you call a mana lamp, I just know that it's not written on their lamp." Lublum added.

"On the lamp?" Elise frowned, "The light is so strong in that place, you can still read the words on the lamp?" And listen to this meaning, are you forcibly entering a private house? ”

"Yes." Lublum nodded on the other side and said, "But there's no one in the house I entered, and I'm on stealth, so don't worry." ”

"Nobody...... "Elise thought for a moment, "that's probably patrolling, okay you go on." ”

"Hmm." "The lamp had the words 'central supply' written on it, so I judged that the lamps were all coming from the same place. ”

"And then?"

"Then I checked it with some ninja-specific tricks, and found that the lights in this house did have a line that went from the wall to the ground, and it went all the way out of the ground, and the line flowed with magic." "That's why I said earlier that the lamp's source of energy is magic. ”

Hearing this, Elise couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Because if things are really what Lublum says, it means that in the middle of that large settlement, there is a large source of magic that resembles a power plant.

"What is it that can sustain the mana supply of thousands of people in this large settlement? And that's when everyone's mana consumption on the light source is so huge...... I've never been in a situation like this before. Elise couldn't help but fall into thought.

"Is the magic power supply center...... At this time, the dark fireworks on the side suddenly opened their mouths.

"I'm thinking, the valley lord of Raven Valley once said that in this first layer, abyssal demons are only very rare, but judging from Lubloom's discovery, there should be no abyssal demons in this settlement." "So, judging from the association of high and low status, those abyss demons should not be ......"

It can't be the manager of the so-called center.