Raising his head, Marco began to ramble on nonchalantly about what he knew.


'After I left this Devon village with my family, I spent several years digging for crystal in the Lachman mine, earning a living in a settlement near the mine.


　I had heard from villagers who had worked in the mine that there was a settlement where the workers lived in a fortress-like place.


'But the organization in charge of the mine asked me if I was willing to go to a place where I could earn more money, and I was helping to repair the facilities in one place, hoping to give my wife and daughter a better life.'


　Marco thought he was in a mine, but apparently he was in a place where many of the villagers were missing.


'A certain place, could it be Abyss Falls, deep in the magical forest in Ygghanotes?


　Marco's complexion changed instantly at my question.


'How did you know, Lord Flick!　No one should have returned from there!

It's a--

"I have received such a report from my father, the Count of the Frontier. That there is a mysterious facility underneath Abyss Falls.

"The Count of the Frontier has sent me ...... for information on that facility. ......Really? ......

Yeah.


　Marco turned his gaze up into the air as if he were looking up to the heavens.


'So you also know that the people sitting in the mines are not from the Kingdom of Hertford?

Well, hang on a second. What do you mean by that?

"They were from outside the Kingdom. They speak the official language, but they speak an unfamiliar language.


　Marco had brought unexpected information to me.

　He said that the miners who are believed to be connected to the Knight Commander of the Kingsguard, Gile, are a group of people from outside the kingdom.


'They're from outside the kingdom. ......

Yes, they look no different from Lord Flick and his men, but they use a language that is completely unfamiliar to my people. Besides, that facility has more technology than we can build in our current kingdom.

What's the purpose of such a facility?

I don't know. But they were desperately trying to fix the underground facility. I have heard, in passing, that they were trying to 'open the door again' or something like that, although I have heard from the beastmen who worked with them.

Door ......


　The 'door' that those outside the kingdom are trying to open. Taking into account that this was the place where the great attack occurred, I felt a disturbing feeling.


''Yes, I had even guessed that it seems to be a facility to open something ....... I was told that if I spoke out, my life would not be guaranteed.

You mean the big bucks include hush money?

Yes, but it was a lie. They had no intention of letting the beastmen they took with them back alive.


　Marco touched the bandages on his body and looked frustrated.


'You mean those wounds were inflicted by the people at the facility?

'Yes, they suddenly told me to get out because they were going to clear the facility and ...... I complied and was attacked from behind by the Abyss Walkers they had with them. By the time I came to, I was in a dark room, underneath the bodies of my companions, badly injured.

Wait a minute. Was there an Abyss Walker at the facility?

'Yes, I've seen a few of them in the mines. They usually wear creepy armor and look like people, but with that armor off, they were unmistakably Abyss Walkers.


　The lines that he had hoped would not be connected were connected by Marco's testimony.

　This was the moment when it became clear that the people sitting in the mine seemed to have the technology to use Abyss Walker, and there was a very high possibility that Gile, the leader of the Konoe Guard, was connected to such people.


　If that's the case, then the Abyss Walker we defeated is the one who was at Abyss Falls.