Central Countries · Volpen Basin
"Is the Labyrinth entrance here?"
Looking at the location marked by Magic to Find Labyrinth Entrance, Frieren set down her suitcase and gripped her staff with both hands.
She held her staff level toward the concealed Labyrinth entrance. A thick blast of mana shot forth, piercing straight through the debris blocking it.
As the stirred-up dust settled, Frieren lightly dusted off the hem of her clothes, picked up her suitcase, and walked straight inside.
"Mm."
"There's a setup inside the Labyrinth that restricts mana. What an unpleasant feeling."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Labyrinth.
"So, Miracle Graosam."
"You mean..."
"Only a few years after I was sealed away, humans had already finished analyzing my Killing Magic."
"And the Demon King was also defeated by the group that sealed me away back then?"
"That's right."
Grausam answered.
"There's no need for me to deceive you about the Demon King's defeat. As for your magic being fully analyzed, that's easy enough to prove."
As he spoke, Grausam extended his palm and personally demonstrated his signature technique—Killing Magic—to Corrupt Sage Guwal beside him.
"Humans now call your Killing Magic Normal Attack Magic. Nearly any human mage can learn it."
"That truly is astonishing."
Guwal could not help sighing as he stared at the flickering black gleam in Grausam's palm.
"I was sealed away for less than forty years, wasn't I? Yet so much happened during that time."
"Tell me properly, Grausam. Over these less than forty years, what changes have occurred in the magic of Demons and human mages?"
"Also, after going through the trouble of undoing my seal, why did you gather ten Demon Generals and have us conceal ourselves all the way to this Labyrinth?"
"We Demons don't have a habit of helping one another or gathering