Great Magic Detected

Its another dead end!

The slimes shouted after seeing that the path was blocked by a metal panel.

There wasnt even a door. It was just a panel.

Whats on the other side of the wall?

Theres nothing!

A slime had slipped through the crack between the panel and the wall.

However, there was nothing to be found there.

It seems like it was originally a very big mine.

Most of the routes were like this.

Apparently, they had used a small part of the mine to create this facility.

The paths were probably blocked off so they could stop intruders from coming in through the unused pa.s.sages.

We had already discovered over 100 pa.s.sages that were blocked off.

Butit would have taken an enormous amount of time and resources to block off all of those pa.s.sages.

It seemed like they would be better off expanding the facility they made the Cursed Water in, and keep the device in there But maybe there was a reason that they couldnt.

As I wondered about this, I continued to send the slimes out to search the area far and wide.

And thenthey detected a spot of huge magical energy in the mines.

Thisis big

I could feel it through Shared Senses. It was clearly on a much different scale than an ordinary human or magic tool.

In fact, it was much closer to a dragon, if anything.

But even the Fire Dragon had not had such strong magical energy.

Something is there!

Its huge!

The slimes said as they headed to the source of the energy.

Be careful.

Whatever it was, it wasnt moving.

But that didnt mean that it was safe.

Well, I could always protect them with Magic Transfer if things got a little dangerous.

As I considered this, the slimes continued to go deeper in.

And thenthey were suddenly in a very large room.

It was so big that I couldnt take in the entirety of it from where the slimes were standing.

In such large mines as these, there are often gigantic underground chambers where the ore once wasthats probably what this place was.

And in this gigantic s.p.a.cewas the gigantic and ominous-looking machine.

There were armed men protecting the areabut they were somehow smaller than the individual bolts that held the machine together.

Yes, even the dragons I had fought looked small compared to this machine.

This was most likelythe Universal Purification Device.

So this is the scale that is required when making a machine that can destroy a continent

After seeing the Universal Purification Device, I could finally understand why the Blue Moon of Salvation had built it in a mine.

It was too big to have it on the surface.

Had they wanted to hide it in a factory, they would have had to construct a building that was dozens of times wider and taller than the facility that made the Cursed Water.

It would draw too much attentionin fact, it would be like asking for people to be suspicious.

And so that was why the Blue Moon of Salvation had put the magic device deep within this old mine.

That was my conclusion. Now I had to figure out how to deal with it.

Would I be able to destroy it if I used h.e.l.lfire of Obliteration on it?

Butthis device was supposed to be able to destroy a continent.

There was no guarantee that it wouldnt be able to withstand the heat of h.e.l.lfire of Obliteration.

Maybe it would be better to just take over the entire facility and prevent any members of the Blue Moon of Salvation from getting inside?

Even if the machine was hard to destroy, the people controlling it were not.

I could station the slimes all over the facility and have them take down anyone who tried to get in. I could keep the enemy away from the machine.

Surely even the Blue Moon of Salvation would not be able to do anything if they couldnt get near to the device.

Howeverit would be hard to do that for an extended period of time.

While the slimes could take s.h.i.+fts, there was only one me.

And in spite of their numbers, the slimes couldnt fight the Blue Moon of Salvation without magic.

That meant that in order to maintain control of the place, I would have to stay up all day and all night and support the slimes.

That would not last very long.

As a former corporate slave, I could stay up for three nights in a row, but I didnt know if I could go any further than that.

If only there were two of me, we could take turns in maintaining security.

As I thought about thisa slime raised its voice.

Theres something over there as well!

The slime was looking at something that was behind the device.

As the device was too big, I couldnt see it with my own eyesbut I definitely detected the magic coming from it.

It was also bigand felt like a dragon.

In terms of size, the energy might have been even larger than the Universal Purification Device.

But unlike the Universal Purification Device, it seemed like a living creature. And there was something about it that felt weakened.

The main reason I hadnt noticed it immediately was probably because it was hiding behind the devicebut the fact that it was weakened probably affected this as well.

Im going to take a look!

The slimes said as they got closer to the source.

But even if the creature was weakened, it could still be dangerous.

After all, it was as strong as a dragon.

Strong monsters were strong even when they were weakened.

If anything, an injured monster is likely to be angry and could be even more dangerous than usual.

After all, I had only had to fight the Fire Dragon because it had gone berserk after being hurt by the rain.

Andwe didnt even know if this was a natural monster.

This was the Blue Moon of Salvation, after all.

It could be a manmade monster or a mutant that was created to protect the device. I would not be surprised if it was the case.

But even a normal monster could attack the slimes on sight.

Be careful. We dont know if its friendly or not.

Okay!

So saying, the slimes move to the back of the Universal Purification Device.