I arrive with Hipopo, and see citizens here and there who are standing still, looking at something.
Their eyes are all on a protuberance in the earth.
One side, next to a certain line, rose about as high as a person. The earth’s difference in level starts outside of Putaresque, and stretches around town.
It doesn’t look like any buildings were destroyed, and it doesn’t look like anyone was hurt either.
But there’s one big problem.
“The monster repelling magic circle really was cut off…”
I whisper while investigating the flow of magic elements with my pendulum.
The map Kalin showed me had the damage caused by the tremor written on it, and this protuberance was on it too. Kalin is concerned, and asked me to look into this because it looked like it happened right where the monster repellent magic circle is.
Unfortunately, those fears weren’t unfounded.
I put away the pendulum, and tell the citizens looking on in amazement to stand back.
They look at each other, but quickly move back to Putaresque.
“Is that ‘the one who controls a dragon’?”
“But I don’t see a dragon. And he looks too young to be ‘the best alchemist in the world’.”
“But that outfit is from the Kagero Institute, isn’t it? Could it be…”
People whisper to each other. They must be new in the Admiral dominion, if a protuberance in the ground amazes them this much.
At first I’m thinking I don’t want to surprise them too much, but Kalin told me to come back quickly, so I can’t take it slow.
Sorry, but I’m going at it with full power.
“《Composite activation》, 《Combine》.”
I’ve gotten completely used to using the composite activation magic circle, and it brightly illuminates this area. It’s bright enough that it drowns out the light from the illumination magic items here.
“W-what is that light!?”
“Is that a magic circle? That big…”
“Look! Something’s coming out.”
They’re surprised, just as I expected.
“《Serial Manifestation》, Hipopo Brothers.”
Hipopo Brothers jump out of the giant magic circle, and their many, heavy footsteps echo through the night in Putaresque.
“Hipopo Brothers! Please level that protuberance in the ground!”
I give instructions loudly enough to be heard through all this noise.
“““Bumo!”””
Many sounds of confirmation overlap, and the Hipopo Brothers charge towards part of the protuberance.
They raise their front legs, and start planing the earth.
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