Succubus' Life in Another World

Chapter 43: Investigation Day 1

Investigation day 1. First of all, we decided to split into three teams and search the surrounding area. Originally we would be spilt by party, but since our party only consisted of two people, it was decided that we would have a temporary party, borrowing one person each from Grim and Fyne.

Well be sending out Gray. We originally wanted to have Jarvis join you as a tank, but he has some weird habits in coordination. And from us~ would be Bia~ Lily cant seem to use Probe Magecraft, after all~ Without it, it wont be a proper investigation, see~

As our temporary party members, it was decided that well have Gray form Grim as our tank and Bia from Fyne as our investigator. With this, we have now three four-man parties.

Sorry, Gray. We got you separated from Lysha. You dont need to worry about that. Besides, I owe you my life, so Ill be protecting you with all my might. Owe her your life?

Bia reacts to Grays casual words. It was Grays own mistake that caused that situation, so he was a bit hesitant to speak about it, but Bias persistent inquiries ended up piquing Uranias curiosity, and it seems like he had no other choice but to answer against two people.

Gray himself seems to think of it as his fault, but eighteen Goblins isnt really something that any regular adventurer can deal with, and if you consider how they cant run away since they were guarding someone, he did pretty great.

Lily, you can use Healing Magecraft, too? Well, more or less. How many attributes can you even use? Umm I can use the four basic attributes. For healing, I think I can heal up loss limb, but if its on diseases, I dont really know how much I can heal.

Bia has a really complex expression, seemingly shocked but somewhat convinced of what I said. I think back if I ever said anything bad, and I immediately remember that theres barely any Mage that can use all the four attributes.

Still, theyll probably find out that I can use the four attributes sooner or later. In the first place, Freeze, an Ice attribute Magic, is an application of the water attribute, Burn is just plainly fire attribute, Wall is earth attribute, and Levitation is wind attribute.

Even just the Magics Ive already used are all from the four attributes. I still havent used Levitation in front of Grim and Fyne but its a pretty convenient Magic, so I probably wont be able to keep it hidden.

In that case, rather than awkwardly trying to keep hiding things, giving them a certain amount of information would probably make it easier for me to act. At the very least, its definitely better than causing danger because of being secretive about it.

Well, leaving it at that, first of all, about the investigation, what should we do? Nn, since we have Bia, we should find places dense with Mana. Yup. Still, theres a high possibility of monsters being in Mana dense areas, so be careful, okay? Understood. Urania, keep on the lookout for the scent of monsters. That way, we should be able to stay out of trouble. Nn. Understood.

Bia adds on to Uranias suggestion. At the same time, we have Urania be on the search for monsters, bringing up the safety levels of the investigation. It seems like Bias Probe Magecraft can also detect a Monsters exact position, but Mana detection and Monster detection has a need for different Spells to be constantly activated. Since we already have Urania to search for the Monsters location, its probably fine to concentrate on different roles.

Nn, there are seven Goblins. Thats a lot. So is the increase in Mana really the problem? Yeah, the increase in Mana in this area might be whats causing the monsters to come down the mountain.

With this, its the third time weve encountered a swarm of monsters. Every time Bia detects a place with dense Mana, theres definitely monsters roaming around there. Fortunately, Uranias nose picks up all of them, so we never get taken by surprise; on the contrary, we always get to ambush them.

What do we do, leader? Leader?. Well, fine. We cant really leave them be, right? Nn. Generally, kill them on sight. Ill freeze them. In the meantime, Urania and Gray, please finish them off. Is there even any meaning for me to be here?

At the same time, I use Freeze Magic, freezing the Goblins on their tracks. Unlike the last times full power, I hold back and make it so that their swords can cut through the vitals. Up until now, Bia still hasnt joined in the fight, so shes starting to have an existential crisis, but its exactly because Bia is here that we could easily find the places thick in Mana.

Hmm, though theres a lot of them, just with that, they cant do a thing, huh. With Lily, I feel too strong. Thats for sure. At any rate, how many places are there left? About four more, maybe? Frankly speaking, its strange.

According to Bia, around the foot of the mountain, there seem to be about four more spots with a high density of Mana. So far, weve gone to about three spots, so it looks like there are seven of them in all.

In the first place, Mana by nature gathers in just one place. The bigger the pool gets the more powerful it gets. Thats why monsters dont appear much near a Dungeons surroundings.

This sacred mountain is also no exemption; the mountain itself is a large pool of Mana. Thats why the surrounding Mana should be drawn to the mountain, but for some reason, that doesnt happen and it ended up making small Mana pools around the base of the mountain.

Okay! For now, lets go to those spots and if there are monsters around, well take them all down. We should be fine time-wise and Id also like to make sure if the others are also in the same situation, too. Yeah, I think thats fine. Starting tomorrow, we might need to climb the mountain, too.

Everyone nods in agreement. For now, weve decided to finish up the investigation of the other spots. Other than there being monsters everywhere, we didnt really learn anything new, but since all the monsters were the weaker ones like Goblins and Growleus, the information from the Guild about them trying to run away from something may be true.

Currently, there still hasnt been any real harm to the adventurers and caravans passing through the highway, but judging from the number of monsters so far, it may be just a matter of time. Anyhow, theres definitely a need to settle this as soon as possible.