Even if you succeed in jobless reincarnation and time magic, you must live life to the fullest.

Zanopa then suggested that I go with him to see the king.

But I cannot take off my magical armor.

Meeting the king in this state would likely incur his displeasure.

With that in mind, Zanoba did not insist.

On the other hand,

The atmosphere in the royal city was somewhat eerie.

Leaving aside mercenaries, guards can be seen everywhere on the streets and alleys.

Why are there so many guards?

It's really puzzling.

My intuition tells me that something else is happening here besides the war against the Dragon King Kingdom.

With the intention of conducting reconnaissance.

I took off my magical armor and then put on the transformation ring that Ariel had once borrowed to conduct reconnaissance.

The transformation ring can completely change a person's appearance into that of another person.

I used the appearance of a middle-aged man to conduct an investigation in the royal city.

……

That being said.

The investigation did not go smoothly.

The guards seemed to have been given some special instructions.

They even came up and questioned me when they saw me asking for information.

Fortunately, they managed to get away with it in time.

In the end, they found out nothing.

No.

That's not entirely accurate either.

Even if you can't find out anything, that's still a form of intelligence.

This means that something unspeakable has indeed happened in the capital, and martial law is in effect throughout the city.

So what exactly happened...?

When I thought so.

I received a call from Alstered.

The pager displayed a short address, seemingly telling me to go there.

It is somewhere in the royal city.

……

“Hey yo——”

I moved the valve that resembled a sewer manhole cover and crawled into the hole, which was less than a meter in diameter.

Follow the passage downwards.

Suddenly, lights came on below.

"it's here."

Alsterd's voice came from inside the wall.

I hesitated for a moment, then used earth magic to digest the wall.

Then, a huge hole immediately appeared before my eyes.

"Oh oh oh!"

It's something like a secret base.

An unknown base built in an empty, deserted area.

I remember loving this when I was little.

I never imagined that Alsterd would also have this interest.

I plunged inside.

Soon, they saw a bed at the end.

Alsterd was sitting on the bed, with a scroll of light spirits on the floor for illumination.

"Mr. Dragon God".

"Ah."

"Um... how did you know I was here?"

I saw you outside just now.

"That's it."

"Alright, sit down first."

"That's what Alster said."

but……

There's only one bed in the base, so where am I supposed to sit?

Am I supposed to sit on Alsterd's lap?

I used earth magic to create a bench and sat down on the spot.

"The apostles of God and Man have already investigated."

"It's a very direct statement," Alsterd said.

"Huh? Is it really in the Kingdom of Xilong? Who is it?"

"He is the king of the Kingdom of Xilong."

"What exactly did they do?"

"The gods and humans took advantage of the war between Asura and Wanglong to make King Xilong mistakenly believe that the Wanglong Kingdom was in an unprecedentedly weak state, and that as long as they declared war, they would surely win."

"I see."

That's how it is.

As long as we instigate a war between the Kingdom of Xilong and the Kingdom of Wanglong.

As a proton, Pacus would naturally die.

There is no doubt about this.

Before this, both Alsterd and I had focused our attention on the Kingdom of Dragon King and overlooked the changes in the Kingdom of Xilong.

Because the decision to start the war was made suddenly, the mercenary group did not receive any intelligence.

Everything was so sudden.

All I can say is that the gods caught us completely off guard.

That being said.

This was just a useless move.

We already have Laplace's treasure, and Pacus's death has no impact on the plan.

and many more.

I suddenly remembered something.

"Mr. Dragon God, what has been done with the apostles of the gods and humans?"

"killed."

"..."

As expected.

After determining that the king was an apostle of God, Orstide killed him without hesitation.

Generally speaking, there is no problem with doing this.

But that's why.

The situation has become quite complicated.

News of the king's death did not spread.

unknown reason.

More importantly, there is the ongoing war with the Kingdom of Wanglong.

The war was originally the result of the king's willful actions.

Now, the king is dead.

Who killed him?

An assassin from the Kingdom of Wanglong? Or someone else entirely?

In any case, the person who started the war is now dead.

But the Kingdom of Xilong was already on the verge of action and had no choice but to act.

What will happen next...?

That guy, the Human God, is really annoying.

That's all I have to say.

After saying that, Alsterd stared at me with a terrifying look in his eyes.

"And you, Rudeus, what do you plan to do?"