Chapter 263
"But 『Swords Extremers』 won't lay their hands on those who are too weak, do they?"
『Swords Extremers』 won't fight those who are far weaker than they are .
It's not out of mercy but simply because the fight won't yield them battle experience .
The only opponents those 『Swords Extremers』 have any interest in would be demons, or monsters in the deepest layers of dungeons .
If they're gonna go out and kill demons on their own, their existence will actually be a plus instead .
" . . . That's the problem . I have personally confirmed 10 members of the 『Swords Members』 that have been revived--and all of them have been weakened compared to how they were before . "
"Weakened?"
"Yes . . . They're about a good match against high ranking adventurers . "
" . . . This is the worst . "
『Swords Extremers』 would be a harmless group in this era if they hadn't been weakened .
But if they've gotten weak enough for high ranking adventurers to put up a good fight with--that'd mean the birth of a group of cold-blooded killers that only target high ranking adventurers .
Of course, those targets would include Second Academy students .
"Yes, it truly is the worst . . . I would have taken this upon myself if not for that Restriction . . . . The best thing I can do in this era is to help adventurers get stronger . "
Grevil should be capable of defeating weakened 『Swords Extremers』 . . . But he cannot kill ancient people and demons due to effect of a peculiar magic handed down in ancient royal family .
That Restriction must be still in effect even after his revival by the 『Broken Star』 .
Hence his plan to spread chantless magic . . . and enable people to win against 『Swords Extremers』 somehow huh .
I present a simple solution of this matter .
"Well, in other words, we just need to eliminate the 『Swords Extremers』 and problem solved . "
Even if they've gotten weaker, 『Swords Extremers』 are not an opponent we can make light of .
All members of 『Swords Extremers』 have used immortality magic on themselves, and they're people who keep piling up training .
At their perfect state, they're incomparably stronger than even Grevil .
But it's a good thing that the ones who got revived are 『Swords Extremers』 instead of other guys .
"Exactly . . . There may be other people who have been revived as well . "
"We can think about that when the time comes . . . So do you know the whereabouts of 『Swords Extremers』?"
"I only know about one of them . . . They're right next to the Adventurer City Haigis . . . As the enemy is keep moving about, I don't know the exact spot though . . . "
Haigis . . . It's a town a few hours away from here .
If I remember right, many adventurers stay at that place since there's a lot of relatively strong monsters around the area .
The best spot for 『Swords Extremers』 to look for prey .
Good thing it's within the kingdom, we don't need to go through annoying procedures .
"Finding out one is more than enough . "
"Let's finish them off before they cause any more harm!"
Thus, we decided to depart for Adventurer City Haigis .
Someone from Second Academy might fall victim if we dilly dally .
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A few hours later .
We arrived at the Adventurer City Haigis without a hitch .
"So this is Haigis . . . "
"There's so many adventures like the rumors say . . . "
We survey the surroundings .
There's a lot of adventurers indeed, but it's not like the atmosphere here is bad .
You wouldn't have guessed that this is the stage for a mass slaughter carried out by the 『Swords Extremers』 .
"What's the best way to look for them here?"
"I don't sense anything suspicious with Passive Detection . . . How about you, Mathi-kun?"
" . . . They're nowhere to be found . Looks like we'd better give up trying to pinpoint them with mana detections . "
We can attempt to use 『Enforced Detection』 here, but it's probably gonna be proven pointless .
People experienced in magic combats are not stupid enough to fall for mana detections .
Letting your location known by mana detection means giving your enemy a chance to unilaterally launch a surprise attack after all .
"Then how are we going to look for them?"
"Right . . . We just have to be on the spot where our enemy is looking for their prey, don't we?"
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"Spot where they look for prey?"
"Yeah . . . At the quest posted by 『Swords Extremers』 themselves . "
Ruli looked confused to hear me .
Then she throws a question .
"Would 『Swords Extremers』, serial killers post a quest?"
"I can't say for sure . . . but if we look from their side, that method would be more efficient than blindly looking for strong guys, no?"
Even if they've been weakened, there's not a lot of adventurers worthy of being targeted by 『Swords Extremers』 in this era .
If that were the case, there would have been many victims at Haigis already, causing a panic .
Posting a quest to lure out strong people was a trick those 『Swords Extremers』 occasionally used in the past .
They would post a false quest about an outbreak of strong monsters to gather powerful magic combatants and then challenge them .
It's possible that they're using a similar tactic now .
Since this Haigis is a perfect place to post such a quest .