Later on . I'm standing before the demon-encoded documents gathered from all over the country .
"Yes . Those are all . "
There's only five new documents . However . . . I found a new valuable information among them .
" . . . That sword has a guard huh . "
I plan to use [Man-eating Blade] in order to defeat the [Chaotic Demon] . And this document is talking about exactly that sword .
―――――――――――――――――――― There is a chance [Chaotic Demon] may be defeated due to artifacts . The most dangerous among all known artifacts is considered to be the [Gravy Wood Altar's] [Man-eating Blade] . Though I do not believe the people of this current world can make use of it, we have to erase all possibility . Send a greater demon to sneak into Gravy Wood altar and bar any attempt to utilize the sword . ――――――――――――――――――――
"Greater demon . . . !"
Principal Edward shouted as he read the passage .
. . . You can't blame him for jumping in surprise . The me now can beat mid class demons just fine in a direct confrotation . . . But that's almost impossible when the opponent is a greater demon .
"Are you sure this information is accurate? . . . Is there any chance they're just bluffing to keep us on edge?"
" . . . That's unlikely . There's too much classified information contained in documents written in this language . They would have made use more codes if they anticipated it getting deciphered . "
"That sounds reasonable . . . Which means, the [Man-eating Blade] is guarded by a greater demon then?"
"Yeah . No mistake about that . . . The problem is just how strong this greater demon is . "
It's probably weaker than the greater demons found in my past life .
Those past greater demons were stronger than even Zaridias . These demons wouldn't have gone out of their way to awaken [Chaotic Demons] if they had that much power already .
It doesn't mean we can relax our guard though .
Most demons I fought so far would be classified as lesser demons in the past era . Were I up against a [Mid-class Demon] by the past era standard . . . whether I could win a direct confrontation or not would depend on compatibilities .
We have no choice but to go there since there's no other [Man-eating Blade] left in the world . Let's just hope that the demon guarding [Gravy Wood's Altar] is one that the me now could prevail against .
I unroll the map while thinking that . <TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka . com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel . > "This Gravy Wood altar . . . appears to have become a town called Zadoria now . "
"You mean a demon is lurking by in the middle of a town?"
"Yeah . I mean we knew that so many lesser demons were lurking in towns . . . No surprise to see a greater demon would too . "
I replied so to Alma . Demons in this era sure love to lurk in human towns . Or maybe it was because towns back in the day were littered with demon-detecting magic all over, so they simply couldn't manage to .
But this is convenient to me . If the sword is located in places with human traffic, we may be able to slip in among the crowd and grab the sword . And since Iris's mana stands out a lot, maybe we can use her as a decoy while we carry out the deed .
As I thought that . . . Alma spoke .
"But the demons know where that sword is right? Couldn't they just, you know, throw it in a volcano or something instead of going out of their way guarding it?"
She has a point . Grevil answered her question .
"The sword at Gravy Wood's Altar is heavily protected by magic . . . No demons can even touch the coffin where the sword sleeps . "
"How exactly is it being protected?"
"We deployed the [Coffin of Sealing] . . . The protection on that coffin is absolutely inviolable . . . Is it not?"
" . . . I see . No wonder they can't move it far . "
I gave my reply to Grevil . [Coffin of Sealing] was a box the past me had created to preserve valuable articles .
That box absolutely cannot be opened without the matching key . It's also virtually indestructible .
. . . However, the true value of [Coffin of Sealing] is not because of the key's performance or the coffin's durability . [Coffin of Sealing] is furnished with a magic that prevents it from getting carried more than 50 meter away from the spot the seal is activated .
No matter how strong the demons are, they're no match against the magic's compelling force . Hence they weren't able to throw it in a volcano or sink it in the ocean .
Their decision to post a guard is proof of their inability to break the seal .
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