Perhaps seeking help from the mentor's free-range hunting dogs would be more likely.
“However, since even such important figures have been attracted here, perhaps we have actually done something extraordinary.” Miyuki rested her chin on her hand. “Could it be that there is something important in the basement or in the hands of their partners?”
I shook my head: "Before coming up, I specifically checked with my senses. Apart from those elemental stones that they misused as bombs, there was nothing else that still had magical aura." I paused, then added, "None of those people had any either."
There's no need to consider whether they might be storing things in their personal pockets. Obtaining a specially made, simplified version of the spell with low energy consumption outside the academy is extremely difficult, and the magic power required to activate and maintain this permanent spell is more than their total magic power. Even if they were completely drained, they wouldn't be able to release half of it, let alone stuff anything into it.
"So the problem lies with those people who were released from the basement?"
"There are rumors about those wild mages causing trouble in the city, right? They're probably just people they grabbed off the street for fun. The only question is where they captured that elf. These days, finding an elf isn't easy."
After much thought, the only person left to look for was Leticia, who had been captured by those wild mages as a scapegoat for Tir.
I must find a way to get Leticia out of the city first.
The current situation in the city is undoubtedly very dangerous for her, and without that magical device that is said to minimize the effects of magic on ordinary people, I also cannot simply pull the door open and send her back to Mermaid Port.
Does this mean we have no choice but to take a longer route?
Asking for help from the hunter family they had previously assisted was possible, but the journey ahead was fraught with even greater danger.
The remnants of the beast tide still roaming the area, the dangerous and ever-present threat of violence in the shadowy regions, and the occasional encounter with wicked mercenaries who wander around as bandits... this is not something that can be easily resolved by simply saying, "It's dangerous here, so please go home now."
While I was thinking, the situation in the distance changed again.
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