"There is a special trade zone in the capital...... I really don't know if these orcs have a poor sense of prevention, or if they are convinced that they are fierce and not afraid of tricks?"

At the very least, the inspection of the pass should be more careful, right?, but Aisha was still thundered when she looked at the security checks of those orc soldiers. If this were to be changed in human society, it would be impossible to imagine that such a weak security means could have been without any accidents for so many years...... However, considering that the orcs are in the middle of nowhere, and the people are fierce, there will be no one to make trouble, right?

But at least it's a bit professional...... The carriage in which the family was sitting was not inspected, and it would be a real pleasure if someone stuffed a bomb that resembled a Focused Rainbow in it and found a way to hide its arcane aura.

"Aisha, I always feel that something is not quite right?"

Lilielle tugged at Aisha's sleeve and said what she was feeling.

"You mean, there are already so many sand ghosts in the surrounding area, but these orc guards don't seem to be nervous at all, right?"

"Well, that's it. ”

When you think about it, there's something wrong with that. It stands to reason that these orcs could never be ignorant of something as troublesome as the sand ghosts. Even though the other party will not come to attack the city, there are some monsters around the city that take pleasure in killing, and the soldiers defending the city have no sense of crisis at all, which is obviously very unscientific.

But looking at the appearance of these orc guards, there is not the slightest abnormality at all. It was as if the frequent sandghost attacks in the surrounding area did not exist.

These sand ghosts only appeared out of nowhere for a while, and the orcs could never have taken them as a habit. But looking at the appearance of these orcs, it seems that something abnormal has happened around the Dao at the same time. But I didn't think it was strange, and accepted this fact calmly?

As the convoy passed the inspection at the side gate and began to make its way slowly towards the city's trade area, Aisha, who was sitting still, shuddered violently.

“...... Enchantment?"

Sensing that she had passed through an invisible wall, Aisha subconsciously unleashed protective magic, keeping herself and Liliel out of the enchantment's reach.

I was a little startled, but I looked closely. Aisha found that the barrier had no other purpose, and even the things that did it were not the people who were in its scope......

"Aisha. Why did you ...... suddenly? Whew! This feeling! disgusting......"

There seemed to be a sweet and greasy smell in the air, and Liliet, who had a good inspiration, magnified the unpleasant smell to the point that she almost felt sick to her stomach.

"Well, this is the real face of the city now, right?"

Aisha canceled the protective magic she had set. The magic dissipates. When the two of them also fell into the scope of the enchantment, the smell that made Liliet feel extremely uncomfortable disappeared.

Sure enough, there was really a big problem on the orc's side...... But judging from these actions, they should have blocked these messages, right? Otherwise, there would be no need to create such an enchantment, so that their people would suddenly be unaware of the changes that have taken place......

"This barrier roughly works. It is to strip the territory to which it is enveloped from the class to which it originally belongs...... Wrong. It's filtration, right?"

"Certain factors" that do not meet the requirements of the barrier are just placed outside the barrier, and the people and things in it continue to live their lives as usual, and they don't notice the problems in it. At the same time, this enchantment also has a relatively weak calming effect, it is estimated that because of this, coupled with the strength of the orcs themselves, the bunch of raging sand ghosts outside did not cause any panic, right?

As for things that are "filtered" outside of the barrier...... There is no doubt that it was the smell that made Liliel feel so disgusting, and the thing that spread it, right?

"Aisha, that smell just now...... What's that?"

After roughly figuring out what the barrier does, Lilia asks about Aisha's "filtered" thing.

"It's a tainted magic ......"

Aisha's face is not very good at the moment - is it true that bad things will appear in a pile? I was still troubled before, and I was worried about the sand ghost that I hadn't seen for a long time resurfaced on the surface, and now I immediately got the worst result. It would be fine if it was some other "historical problem", but this is the only ...... No, if you think of Kazehime's previous warning, such a situation can be said to be expected.

"Magical?"

Another term that Liliet hadn't heard of.

"It's a taboo among taboos, isn't it? I really don't know how to explain this thing to Liliye...... you."

Aisha's reply, which showed a hint of helplessness, made Lilia raise her eyebrows. If it's something that makes Aisha feel intractable, then what happened here?

"If you explain it specifically, there are a lot of things involved, and when you become Sister Wei's sacrifice, if you ask her directly, I think she will tell you everything slowly, right? Now, I can only say this - this kind of thing called 'magic element' is the culprit that almost destroyed the world in the past...... Right?"

"Why did you hesitate suddenly?...... is this thing so dangerous?"

"Because I don't know if this crime should be attributed to it, although this is the direct cause of the crisis that triggered the destruction of the world, it is not the root cause. Besides, after all, this is also a gift from the world world to the living beings, so it's still a bit unpleasant to say that, right?"

“......”

Liliel felt that Aisha's explanation was being explained, but she was becoming more and more incomprehensible.

Is this so-called "magic element" good or bad, safe or dangerous?

"Right now. This is a symbol of trouble – the reappearance of things that 'should' have been swept into the dustbin of history to reappear, no matter how you think about it. You can't get anything to do with 'conspiracy' or anything like that, can you?"

"All in all, it's a matter of being careful, isn't it?"

"That's right, Liliye, you have grasped the core idea~"

"But in that case, why do these ancient things, which should not have reappeared, appear here again? Aisha, what do you think is the reason?"

“......”

This one. Aisha really couldn't answer Liliet.

Because frankly speaking, how to deal with the magic element after the most ruthless, the specific situation Aisha can't know at all - that is already what happened after Aisha's "death", right?

But the reason for the reappearance of the magic element...... Aisha still has some clues.

"Probably because of greed, right?"

"Huh?"

Lilier said she couldn't understand the existence of something that sounded dangerous. What does it have to do with being greedy or not?

"As I said, it's a 'tainted magic'. In fact, pure magic, a long time ago. It is the reason why the ancient civilizations on this continent thrived - the magic element itself was a gift from the worldly realm. There's a lot it can do...... No, it's better to say that there are very few things that magic elements can't do. ”

"Aisha, what do you mean ......"

Liliel suddenly thought of something not so rosy.

"Probably, someone wants to use the power of the magic element, right? But it seems that they have failed~"

Aisha coldly threw her gaze to the distant palace outside the window.

What a foolishness, if this power is really so easy to control, why did your ancestors go to such great lengths to seal it back then? Since then, the Magician. It's no longer a force that can be in the hands of mortals, right?

“......”

Maybe he needs to go to the high priest of the orcs - Aisha is helpless to find that when she encounters such a thing, her plan to quietly infiltrate the orc capital from the beginning is simply impossible to achieve.

......

Meanwhile.

"My lord, the two surviving warriors have awakened. ”

An orc is reporting the latest news to an orc elder in the room.

"How?"

"As you might have guessed, they were attacked by an enemy of unknown origin in the Canyon of the Summoning Moon, and the two elite warriors were almost one-sidedly slaughtered by the other...... Moreover, it was in their presence that the mysterious men took the scepter of the earth that had been placed on the altar. ”

When the orc elder heard this, his face was also helpless.

This couldn't be worse news - right now, they need the power of the Scepter of Landing to deal with their predicament, but the Scepter of Earth has been snatched by some mysterious enemy. Without the scepter of the earth, if you want to deal with this situation quietly, can you really only do what your friend said?

War is used to divert attention and hatred...... What an unpleasant solution.

"Did they say who sent them to the city?"

Come to think of it, it shouldn't be those mysterious people who are fighting with the orcs for the scepter of the earth, I'm afraid, it's also the people who are also heading for the Mochizuki Canyon, right?

They were unconscious, and they didn't know who was helping. ”

"Forget it, those who will do this kind of thing should not be our enemies, and we should not speculate...... Stand down. By the way, if you can, see if you can get the two surviving warriors to paint the appearance of the mysterious men who robbed the Scepter of the Earth...... Well, when I didn't say. ”

If you think about it carefully, let those stunned people describe it, and you can only get a very abstract answer, right?

After letting his henchmen retreat, the already somewhat elderly orc elder sighed deeply and walked to the window, looking into the distance.

"I don't know what will happen next...... Huh?"

Just as he shook his head and sighed, he vaguely saw a fast-moving figure under the windowsill climbing quickly along the wall, approaching him......

I'm flashing!

Although he was old, he still had his skills, and the orc elder nimbly ducked to the side, avoiding the "attack" coming from the window.

"Can't you walk a normal way? I'm old. I can't stand you being so scared. ”

It was a young, very young-looking, feline-woman who broke in—and the house was built halfway up a hill, though the so-called mountain was just a man-made hill. But after all, the window is still very steep, and only a cat clan with a keen eye for the terrain can climb up so easily, right?

“...... Wait, I think the older one should be me, right?"

"The race is different, even if it's your cat clan, there is no second one like you...... So on the issue of age. Please don't judge others by your standards. ”

The elder orc looked at the cats who had deliberately bypassed the sentry along the way and infiltrated their rooms...... Uh, let's be a girl...... It seems that I have guessed the other party's intention.

"If you have come to me to ask you for your guilt because of the current situation, please let me say a word of wrongdoing. ”

"Hush. Forgive your position, I don't have the ability to make such a big incident, or rather, if you really made it. I'll only be able to see you on the gallows now, right?"

"Do I look like I'm so bad?"

"Nope. I trust your abilities, connections, and influence, but I don't trust the Orc Emperor. Tell me for yourself, why did those minotaurs hide away from you? Should I be glad that we cats don't have as strong fighting power as the minotaurs, so we won't fall to that point?"

The cat girl's words sounded unexpectedly angry.

"It seems that you don't have to think about it anymore to get to the point where you are now. Probably it's your emperor, right? Hehe, I don't think all these years of expansion can no longer satisfy him. Started to think about the magic elements that were sealed up by the ancestors? It's really stupid that I don't know what to do!"

The girl of the cat clan was slandering the leader of her own side on the side, but the orc elder did not defend anything, just sighed helplessly.

This one...... I can't really say anything.

"I won't say polite words, you can say it yourself, what are you going to do in the current situation?"

"I'll tell you the truth, now I'm out of tricks. Speaking of this, the orc elder was also helpless, "I let people go to the Moon Canyon before......"

"You're going crazy!"

Before she finished speaking, the cat girl almost picked up the chair at hand and smashed it on the other party's head, and finally suppressed this thought, the cat girl looked at the orc elder with a look of disbelief, "Don't tell me that you don't know the attitude of those minotaurs to that place, and give them the way, then even the friends on the surface can't do it!

"Go and take the scepter of the earth, which was left there by the sacrifice of the earth. ”

“......”

The cat-Folk girl was silent for a moment, then turned to pick up a chair.

"Your emperor has brain cramps, and you have cramps with you!"

"Hey, don't smash that chair! It's wooden, but it's harder than the floor!"

"Don't worry, I'm not going to smash the floor...... Instead, you should pray that your head is harder than this chair!"

"It's going to die!"

"Even this kind of stupid thing has been done, what's the use of keeping a guy like you!"

......

Finally, the orc elder stopped the other party's anger.

"So, I've prepared it in advance, and it's theoretically impossible for the Minotaurs to find out......

"If you are discovered, you are really dead!"

It was the last place of the earth's sacrifices, and for the minotaurs who believed in their mother earth, the status of the earth sacrifice as their earthly agents was far more lofty than others had imagined. Behavior like this, in turn, should be dealt with by orcs, which is the same nature as the act of forcibly breaking into the imperial tomb and opening the tomb!

With the stubborn temper of the minotaur, this is not about to make a fuss - they just rarely lose their temper, just because they don't lose their temper doesn't mean they won't lose their temper!

"Don't worry, there will be no problem—we don't have the Scepter of Earth at all...... There's another group of people, who are also targeting the Scepter of Earth, and they've taken all of my people down very directly, and they've taken the Scepter away......"

"You ......"

The cat-clan girl no longer knows what kind of expression to use to face it.

"Well, I think it was a very complete mistake to expect you from the start......" After a while, the cat-Folk girl said weakly, "You should tell me what you said at the beginning, what is the other solution, let me hear it...... What's wrong with you?"

"There's another plan that I didn't think of, and you're sure to have another outburst after hearing it, so wait......" The elder orc moved his chair to the side with his hands and feet.

“...... What do you mean?"

The cat-clan girl's face was very bad - was this to prevent me from falling the chair, so she deliberately moved it away?

Sensing that the cat girl looked wrong, the orc elder hurriedly sat on the chair: "No, no, no, I just suddenly want to change places to sit......"

"Forget it, I don't care about you about this, just say it, your so-called alternative?"

"You must be very strange, why do you want to know why our emperor has left the imperial city and gone to the military fortress instead...... Because it's very simple, the other plan is to provoke a war between orcs and humans, at that time, there is no need to hide the embarrassing situation here, as long as you claim that these are all vicious schemes made by 'despicable humans', then you can easily let your mistakes be covered up...... Hawkers, he's looking forward to being able to march into the army in a big way, right?"

“......”

The cat-clan girl suddenly got up and walked towards the window.

"You're going to the gods?"

The orc elder suddenly thought of something unpleasant, and hurriedly asked.

"It's nothing, it's just going to deal with some troublesome scourge......"

"Hey, hey, please stop!

"Then you give me a reason why I won't kill him?"

At this moment, there is no joke in the pupils of the cat girl, it is true, she plans to assassinate the orc emperor who is far away in the military fortress alone-and, with her ability, even if it is a well-defended fortress, the possibility of success is very high......

"It's not as bad as you think it is—just as things never go my way, so things go the same way...... No, rather, it's the same on either side. You can be quiet for a moment and let me tell you the specific situation, right? You must know that this involves not our orc family......" (To be continued......