and saw a scene.

It was the thoroughly destroyed <.

The two stepped into the room and observed their surroundings.

......Who in the world, and why?

Who could possibly be capable of this level of destruction?

Of course, there was a golem guarding the room, and its remnants were scattered here and there around the room.

All of them had been destroyed beyond recognition.

There are at least ten of them.

Eleven of them, to be exact. One of them seems to be a little more broken than the others.

If the control core was intact, we would know what happened.

But that hope is gone.

The thorax, where the control core was located, was crushed into pieces.

It would have to be a very different performance level to destroy it.

Hmmm. It would have to be at least 3x ...... or even 5x ...... more powerful.

<>> wondered if such a golem could be made,

< wondered if that little automaton who came to <> could make such a golem.

That's for sure.

I came to the conclusion that

But it wasn't that little automaton that did it.

I suppose that's true. This room had been unoccupied for at least several months before we arrived.

The air conditioning was damaged in the aftermath of the battle, so there is dust on the floor.

The amount of dust was inferred from the amount of air conditioning.

......, but that would mean that this vandalism took place several months ago.

That's true.

That implies, in a way, that there is a great danger.

* * * *

Fortunately, the has not been erected, so communication is possible without any problems.

<> in , and he took this situation very seriously.

<>

It is no doubt that it has attacked <>.

<>

So, the old man decides to search the area with his <>.

He would not get any useful clues unless there is a coincidence, but the possibility is not zero.

And if we do nothing, we will never find a clue.

* * * * * *

<> and <> also considered this situation important.

They were afraid that <> could be attacked at any moment.

There is a way to go back to the base and destroy the transfer magic circle, but ......

I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but it doesn't solve the problem.

That's for sure.

Moreover, we would lose the way to get to <>.

But you can't just leave it?

That's right. As it is, there's no way to prevent them from attacking us.

The two of them consider a way out, but they can't come up with a good idea.

First, let's gather some more information.

That seems to be a good idea.

The two of them decide to first survey the floor from top to bottom.

They are looking for anything that they might have missed or any traces of information that they might be able to get.

And then.

Hey, look at that.

, who seems to have found something, says to .

What's wrong?

That wound. I think it might have been caused by a weapon of an unknown enemy.

That's for sure. A wound in a place like that could be ......

It's a single letter wound on the ceiling of the floor.

It's not a sword or a spear or a ...... blade.

Mm. It would have to be a deeper, more penetrating wound.

The wound was a shallow wound.

Not even mace .......

Mm. ...... well, it must be a whip.

Oh, I see.

So we know that the enemy uses a <>. Of course, it may not be the only weapon they use.

What is this hole?

And has also noticed holes in the floor.

Each hole is about two millimeters in diameter and three millimeters deep.

Neither <> nor <> had any idea how to make such holes in the steel floor.

Let's hold off on this one.

That's the only way.

And <> and <>> agreed that there would be no further gains to be made on this floor.

They checked all the wreckage of the destroyed golem, but could not find any intact control cores.

Let's check the rooms to the left and right.

Yes.

and opened the door on the right side of the room where the control core was located.

This was a golem warehouse. ......

It's all gone.

Not only were there no remains, but there were only molten lumps of metal and shattered Magi Crystals scattered about.

Very thorough.

Yes. But now we know that the enemy also has a thermal means of attack.

That's not much consolation.

The two now open the door on the left side.

This is .......

This must have been the golem storage area (......).

It, too, was covered in metal chunks and pieces of magecrystal.

That's terrible.

Indeed...

While arguing with each other, the two observe, search, and analyze the room.

But, as expected, they were unable to obtain much information.

If only there were still some ......1 bodies left.

That would be impossible. This man is not an ordinary man.

I know that.

Shall we go one level higher?

No, let's go to the mining section. It's closer to the base, but it's a different environment than the one in the base, so there might be other clues left.

I see. I'll do that.

and then open the hatch at the end of the passageway and head for the mine.