Chapter 178 – Tracking
Coming out of the underground auction house, we decided to follow in the footsteps of the first Snow White to disappear.
“What are you going to do now?”
To Dorothea’s question, I answered while scratching my head.
“Well, usually in this situation, I would start with a question with a rough impression, but…”
I honestly don’t think it’s necessary.
I looked at Glinda next to me.
“Glinda, can you ask the spirits to search for you?”
“Yes. It is possible.”
Elves are spirit magic, and spirit magic is elves.
Unlike wizards who generally use elements that exist in the natural world after secondary processing, elves knew how to use spirit magic to deal with spirits, elemental creatures.
The biggest difference between elemental magic and elemental magic is that the subjects who use them are different.
In the case of spirit magic, since the spirit consumes most of the magic, not the magician, there is no need to worry about the magic depletion on the part of the magician.
“I beg you, Sylphy. Can you find a group of about eight people, including a gnome with golden brown hair?”
She whispered into the air, and a gentle tailwind whirled around Glinda and dissipated.
“You can give orders at a fairly specific level.”
To my question, Glinda nodded her head and explained.
“First of all, the spirits also have intelligence. Of course, it’s hard to be too complicated because it’s at the level of a child.”
“What is the approximate range of the search?”
“A city this size can do it all at once.”
“Five…”
You’re much more capable than you thought.
If this is enough, I might be able to eat it even if I don’t use my strength.
But if you do it openly, it seems too revealing, so you have to pretend to work in moderation.
While waiting for Sylphy to return, I sat at the fountain in the plaza and made inferences about the unknown culprit.
“But isn’t there any guarantee that the culprit is the majority?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Because I don’t think there’s any need to believe the message the culprit left.”
The card clearly said Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
However, no one had seen them in person, and it was only vaguely inferred from the footprints on the floor that a considerable number of people walked around the vault.
Of course, since I wouldn’t have moved that many things alone, I’m sure there would be partners, but in fact, it was clear that a large group of eight people would stand out quite a bit.
“So what do you want to say?”
“It’s possible that the culprits are actually a smaller group.”
8 people is too many, so about 4 people, half of that? Perhaps it was the work of a single criminal.
“Hmm, that makes sense. It’s really obvious with 8 people.”
“Right?”
However, as if to break the acidity of this conversation, Sophia, who was next to her, spoke.
“Isn’t that writing a novel too much…”
“What? Man?”
“Are you the culprit?”
When I and Dorothea both glared at each other, Sophia looked away, saying, “What a surprise!”
“Stop fighting. What are you doing like children?”
It was Camilla who put an end to our snowball fight.
It seemed that it was hard to see Sophia, her one and only subordinate, being unilaterally harassed.
“Chief Maid…”
Sofia looking at her with her moved expression.
Whether she did or not, Camilla put her hand on her waist and looked at us with a determined expression.
In the end, we decided to just walk away.
Actually, I wasn’t really angry.
Meanwhile, as she sat alone on her bench, closed her eyes and meditated, Glinda’s body twitched and trembled.
Said Gabriel, who had a hot dog in her mouth.
“I thought it was over.”
Immediately after, Glinda opened her eyes with her creep.
“I think we’ve found people who match the suspects’ descriptions.”
“Where were the rats hiding?”
“It’s not far from here than I thought. About 5km?”
It seems that they haven’t been able to get out of the city yet because the gates were sealed due to the commotion in the underground auction house.
Moreover, since he stole a considerable amount of goods, it was clear that if he sold them as stolen goods, it would soon become apparent.
Perhaps he had prepared a safe house in advance in a secluded place.
“The horns are also sweet, so let’s go right away.”
“Okay. Let me guide you.”
Nodding her head, Glinda rose to raise her wand.
We followed her little back into the winding alleys typical of Nidavellir.
***
The back alleys of Nidavellir are almost a labyrinth.
It is because there is no land to build a house anymore due to the buildings piled up in an orderly manner, and the existing buildings are continuously extended upwards.
As a result, the tall buildings naturally blocked the sunlight, and the lower classes of the city and numerous criminal organizations gathered in the darkness that fell over the back alleys.
The Dwarven Gang was created that way.
As a group of naturally wild and savage Dwarven warriors, they were much more aggressive than a normal gang.
Their symbol is the tomahawk, an ax that is always worn around the waist, and is so famous that a tomahawk steak based on it has become a city specialty.
Perhaps because of the rare combination of three humans, two demons, and an elf, all eyes were on us as we entered the alleyway.
Generally, when a tourist enters a street with poor security, it is common for tourists to shrink from the threatening atmosphere, but where is our party?
With the exception of Camilla, there were only talented people who could blow up the block itself, not just one street, so they were calm even in the eyes from all directions.
“Looks like I might have to turn right here.”
In particular, Glinda, who stood at the front of her group and served as a navigator, seemed unimpressed.
Had it been about 15 minutes since I started walking down the alleyway under Glinda’s guidance?
Suddenly, a group appeared to block the front and back.
“What business did you come here for?”
A wild beard, a black leather jacket, a bandina with a skull on it, and a tomahawk.
They were dwarves who looked like gangsters in a painting.
It was Glinda who answered their questions.
“I’m here today to find items stolen from the underground auction house.”
Then, the Dwarves who surrounded us chatted among themselves with surprised expressions.
It must be because the underground auction house of Ishmael, the big hand in the city, is such a sensitive matter.
The Dwarf, who seemed to be their leader, frowned and asked.
“You mean the thief is in our district?”
“Yes. The spirit that guided us this far answered that way.”
Then the dwarf clicked his tongue.
“I’m speaking to the elderly, but you’d better not make too much of a fuss. Our people’s eyes are all over the place.”
“Remember.”
“…Then go.”
When the leader of the dwarf gave him a chin, the dwarves standing behind opened the way with a controlled movement.
It was like seeing a well-trained soldier.
‘The power of the gang must be that great.’
I decided to remember everything I saw on the way here.
I don’t know how it will be used later.
There was a collision like that for a while, but after handling it somehow, I moved forward and arrived at a shabby building.
“This is where the thieves are hiding.”
Glinda said so, and she strode forward and knocked on the door.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
But there was no sound from inside the building.
The spirit wouldn’t have lied, so all I could think of was pretending that it wasn’t there even though it was inside.
Glinda looked back and asked.
“What should I do?”
I shrugged her shoulders and stepped forward instead of her.
“Is there anything to worry about? We have to enforce it.”
Wheein!
A whirlwind gathering in the right hand.
I shaped it into a sphere and threw it out.
“Feng Yuhwan!”
***
Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwam!!
With a tremendous explosion, the tightly closed door flies away like a piece of paper.
“Whisyu~♪ That skill is hot no matter what.”
Gabriel, who had been directly hit by the Feng Yuan before, whistled as he said that.
“Come on, let’s go in.”
When I first entered the building at the forefront, the shabby interior structure came into view at a glance, no different from the outside.
The building was originally used as a warehouse, with wooden boxes placed here and there.
Presence could be felt from all over the building, as if they were unable to react to the sudden situation.
Of course, the parties were hiding it because they were hiding it.
Wedge!
I snatched the dagger that flew through the thick dust clouds.
The sharpened blade was coated with a clear liquid, which was poisonous at first glance.
Daggers flying in succession right after.
I cautioned my companions.
“The blade is poisoned, so don’t hold it with your bare hands!”
However, despite this warning, Gabriel, who jumped forward, had already grabbed close to ten knives with his bare hands.
“Huh? What?”
However, the hand, which is partially covered in dragon scales, is intact to anyone’s eyes.
I shook my head with a puzzled expression.
“No, nothing.”
Then, in order to hide his shame, he shouted at the thieves hiding.
“If you surrender now, I will spare your life!”
