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Chapter 230 - Uruk's Archives

"Hmm, so it's finally fallen."

　While I was talking with the others at the main camp, I heard loud cheers.

　Apparently, the territorial capital of Uruk, which was being conquered by Einrad and Burma's armies, had fallen.

　The attackers had climbed over the city walls and entered the interior, from where they opened the city gates.

　This triggered the two armies to rush into the walled Uruk City.

　Apparently, this would be the end of the battle against Uruk.

"Okay, Barca, get ready to move. We are entering the capital."

"Well, finally. Come on, Ars, let's hurry up and get to the treasure room of Uruk Castle and secure the treasures."

"No, we won't do that, Baito-nii. We have more important things to do."

"Eh? What could be better than the treasures, Ars?"

"Of course, a lot of things. Payne?"

"Yes, I am here, Ars-sama."

"Do you know anything about the interior of Uruk Castle?"

"Yes, sir. But other than the hidden passages known only to the House of Uruk, I know as much as a knight should know, Ars-sama."

"All right, then, show me the inside of the castle. Let's go to the archives."

"..... The archives, huh? With all due respect, are you sure we don't need to go to the treasury or even the inner courtyard as Baito-sama said?"

"No, we shall go to the archives, and you'll show us the way, right?"

"Yes, of course. I would be happy to have that task!"

　To be honest, I'm also interested in what kind of treasures are in the treasury of one of the Great Noble Families.

　However, I held my ground.

　Everyone would want to have the treasures, and so would the Einrad and Burmese armies that were fighting to overthrow the capital.

　It was obvious what would happen if we, who entered after they had fought, took stuff out of the treasury.

　There was a possibility that we might get into a dispute with the soldiers of both armies who were at the height of their excitement over the battle.

　So I decided to go to a place where the armies would not consider it as important.

　With that in mind, I set my eyes on the archives.

　The place where the Uruk family's past documents were stored.

　I headed straight for it.

　Instead of fighting for the magical items in the treasure room that were probably there, I set out to secure the troves of information stored in the Uruk archives.

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"So these are the archives... Of course, everything's made of parchment."

"Hey, Ars. What're you gonna do with all these books? Are you going to memorize them all using [Memory Preservation] as you did before?"

"No, I won't do that, Baito-nii. Unlike before, I can bring them out with me. But there's something I need to check. Payne, do you know where all the materials are in here?"

"I'm sorry, but I don't have a grasp of the contents of the archives. Although, I might be able to tell you a little about it. What do you wish to know?"

"For now, a map of Uruk Territory. Also, I want to know which knight is where. And there's one more place I'd like to know more about."

"A map and information on knights? If the information on the knights is recent enough, you can ask me and I can give you a detailed answer. The map in question is probably stored at the back of the room. But what about the "place" you want to know? Do you mean somewhere in Uruk territory?"

"Yes. What I want to know is where the Nine-Tails live. Do you know the location?"

"...The Nine-Tails? With all due respect, the Nine-Tails no longer exist. They were all hunted to extinction by the House of Uruk once upon a time."

"I know that, Payne. What I want to know is where the extinct Nine-Tails lived in large numbers when they were still alive. It can even be a place where they were sighted often. That's all."

"Places where the Nine-Tails used to be seen? But those sightings could have only happened a long time ago. I do not even know if anyone with that information is still alive today... I see. That's why you wanted to look it up in the archives."

"Can you do that for me?"

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"I shall think... I remember my grandfather telling me a fairytale when I was a child, that the Nine-Tails were once found in a secret region called Fox Valley. If there is any literature that has the words "Fox Valley" written on it, maybe we can determine the approximate location."

"Okay, good, Payne. So the place is called Fox Valley. Let's find it."

"...... Look at the amount of material in this library, Master Ars. It's not going to be a quick search. It will take days, maybe even longer just to find the name "Fox Valley"."

"Nn? You haven't been informed, have you? This time, the Barcan army has also brought people from the Reed family with us. They can use [Speed Reading] to quickly flip through tons of pages. It won't be a problem, the time that would be used."

"Hey, can I talk to you for a second, Ars? I know you like books, but the Nine-Tails are dead, right? What are you even gonna do if you find out where they used to live? I was planning on going to the lands in Uruk that aren't controlled by Xillia. What are you thinking?"

"What? It's the Nine-Tails, the NINE-TAILS. Have you even forgotten what the names of the magic swords of Uruk are?"

"Uruk's magic swords? How could I forget that? They're called the Nine-Tailed Swords."

"Then you know why I'm trying to find out where the Nine-Tails lived."

"...... No, I don't get it, Ars. What are you trying to say? You're thinking that maybe the Nine-Tails are still alive? Are you trying to defeat them to make a new sort of weapon?"

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about? I can't make a sword out of a fox-like creature"

"You can't? With all Gran and you have been up to, I was gonna guess you could... No, that's probably true, but since Uruk's magic sword is called the Nine-tailed Sword, isn't it made from the Nine-Tails?"

"No, Baito-nii. The name "Nine-tailed Sword" doesn't originate from what part of the Nine-Tails the sword was made out of, but from the place where the Nine-Tails lived."

"If the swords aren't named after the Nine-Tails, then what the hell is the point? I'm getting further confused, here."

"Sigh, if we can locate the place where the Nine-Tails lived and the location of Fox Valley, we may be able to obtain the ore that was used to make the Nine-tailed Swords. If that happens, we can mass-produce them, niisan."

　The Nine-tailed Sword was given to me by Carlos due to my success in the first battle against the Uruk family.

　I studied about that weapon with Gran, with one question in particular.

　It was the simple question as to why, if you poured mana into it, a sword of flame would appear.

　Gran came to a conclusion.

　The Nine-tailed Swords must not be made just from once-live materials, such as the Nine-Tails. Therefore, the Nine-tailed Swords are unmistakably created using ores or metals.

　According to Gran, this kind of discrepancy between the name and the material of a magical weapon is a common occurrence.

　The reason for this varies from case to case, but one possible explanation is that there is some kind of relationship between the metal used to make the Nine-tailed Sword and the creature known as the Nine-Tails.

　One of the hypotheses he came up with, based on his knowledge and experience, was that the area where the metal was obtained and the area where the foxes lived coincided.

　However, we were not able to confirm this hypothesis at that moment.

　From what Gran and I in Fontana could learn, the Nine-Tails had already become a creature of the past, and no longer existed.

　Also, the manufacturing method for the Nine-tailed Swords seemed to have been lost.

　In other words, the information available at the time was insufficient to reach a conclusion.

　But now it was different.

　I had arrived at the archives of the Uruk family, who had once created the Nine-tailed Swords and used them for the prosperity of their domain.

　Here, I might be able to find out where the Nine-Tails once lived.

"Amazing! I'm surprised, Ars-sama. It's amazing how fast you can read using that spell. It seems someone's already found it. A document describing the place where the Nine-Tails were, Fox Valley, has been discovered."

"Good. Where is the location, Payne?"

"Well, according to this description, it's ... between some mountains at the foot of Mount Daisetsu. It's probably somewhere around here on the map."

"Hmm, do you know who the knight who rules that area is? Is it one that joined the Xillia family?"

"... No, I don't. The knight family here should have ignored the messenger and not shown any reaction. Perhaps they are planning to rebel."

"Good, very good. Just right, that guy. Okay, Baito-nii. We'll go into battle after we get all the materials needed from the archives. Let's go crush that knightly family called Amu."

　Apparently, I got the information I wanted much faster than I thought.

　If so, this is not the time to relax here.

　I began to move the Barca army, aiming at the Amu knight family in the southeast of the old Uruk Territory that Payne had pointed out on the map.

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