How to Survive as a Genius Spy in the Game Chapter 260 - The Dwarves' Mountain Range (3)

After giving some information about devil worshippers, Terka walked away with a grinning face. He looked quite nonchalant.

I’m not too worried. His outfit wouldn’t be much different from the devil worshippers we met earlier.

Of course, since there weren’t many people in the underground city, it was inevitable that he would attract the dwarves’ attention. The female dwarves’ gazes lingered longer.

Do they have similar tastes regardless of race? I wondered if some strange pheromone was coming from Terka’s body.

We hid far away and observed Terka. We decided to leave the seduction entirely to Terka.

Terka walked around a bit, observing the dwarves. It was because I told him not to approach just anyone. Then he headed towards a dwarf who looked quite strong.

I’m not just saying this, but the dwarf with a sword as tall as himself was truly a powerful one. Just in case, I withdrew my winds. Dwarves and elves have keen senses.

Even if they’re not Sword Masters, you never know. Whether I eavesdrop with winds or watch and help, it doesn’t make much difference. It would be troublesome if they noticed anything suspicious.

“Carlyn.”

“What?”

“What if Terka can’t find out?”

“Well…”

“Should we capture one and torture them?”

Denif said something chilling, but if even Terka failed, that might be our only option.

It’s not that I particularly avoid it, but I was uncomfortable with it, so I just hoped Terka would find out well.

‘If only Devil’s Blood had worked, I would have done it myself.’

Of course, in that situation, I would have disguised myself as a real devil worshipper to dig for information, rather than using seduction.

I’ve tried various experiments since Devil’s Blood manifested a month ago, but there have been no results yet.

Thinking that it might need some waiting time after being activated once, I’ve been stimulating Devil’s Blood once a day, but it hasn’t worked as I wanted.

It certainly wasn’t about praising devils.

I tried pretending to be a devil worshipper, talking about the great dark father like before, but there was no sign at all.

‘I wondered what it was doing.’

Anyway, it was certain that it wasn’t about praising devils, so I thought it might need a certain interval.

Back then, it took well over a month from when Devil’s Blood manifested in the east until we reached the elven forest.

In the future, if I keep experimenting daily, I’ll be able to know the exact timing.

I was lost in thought for a moment since I couldn’t eavesdrop with winds, but soon I focused on Terka again.

By now, Terka was facing the dwarf, laughing and chattering. Whatever they were talking about, their smiles never ceased.

Then, after lightly hugging each other, they nodded as if making a promise and parted ways.

“What was that?”

Denif muttered with an incredulous face. Terka walked casually, checking his surroundings, then hurriedly entered an alley between buildings when there were fewer people around.

He approached us with a very confident and arrogant smile. It seemed he had some results.

“Well, did you find out?”

“They said it’s in the basement of the Second Ironworks in the east? Transactions go through the ironworks.”

The information Terka brought was quite specific. A secret passage under the ironworks. If that’s the case, it made sense that I couldn’t confirm it with winds.

Even if it wasn’t a secret passage, I didn’t know there was a Flynn Powder manufacturing plant under the ironworks.

Come to think of it, it wasn’t that strange, as they could use the heat from the ironworks when refining the powder. Denif exclaimed in admiration.

“Wow, how did you do it?”

“It’s me, after all.”

Terka boasted.

“No, really, what did you say that made them tell you? “

“Hm? I just asked where they make Flynn Powder?”

“And they just answered that?”

“Doe-like eyes are important. You just need to say, ‘I’m really curious, like it’s just simple curiosity.’ Is that difficult?”

“…”

Denif looked at me with an incredulous face. There was a hint of dejection too. It was as if he was asking what we had been learning all this time.

This is only possible because it’s Terka. Both Denif and I learned seduction techniques, but we wouldn’t have the confidence to seduce a dwarf in this tunnel.

“But is it safe?”

Denif asked belatedly, perhaps surprised by Terka’s achievement. There was a slight risk. They wouldn’t think we don’t know about Flynn Powder.

They might not think I’ve come, but they might have anticipated attempts to target Flynn Powder. In other words, this could be a trap.

It wasn’t about not trusting Terka’s seduction skills, but it was a point we needed to check. Terka frowned at Denif’s question.

“You don’t trust me?”

“You should always test the waters before diving in.”

“What if it’s real?”

“If it’s real, then it’s real.”

As the two were about to start arguing, I intervened to mediate. We didn’t have time for this.

“Enough. We can check nearby.”

If the location is specified, I can detect it with winds even if it’s hidden. It’s different from aimlessly searching a vast radius.

The amount of information my brain can handle becomes different.

“Let’s go for now.”

We moved stealthily and arrived at the Second Ironworks in the east of the underground city. And Terka’s information was true.

There really was a Flynn Powder factory under the ironworks.

Terka looked at Denif with a confident face, and Denif shrugged as if to say ‘what can you do’.

Apart from that, there was one minor problem. The passage leading to the Flynn Powder mass production facility was in the center of the ironworks.

***

“How is it?”

“There are quite a few.”

It was difficult to go down the passage in the center of the ironworks. The moment we try to attract attention, the other side would sense something odd.

There were also quite a number of dwarves in the ironworks and the Flynn Powder manufacturing plant.

“It would be difficult to enter directly.”

“Carlyn.”

Terka suddenly called me in the middle of the conversation.

“Anyway, I did my job, right?”

“Yes. Why?”

“Then how much are you going to reduce the promised period?”

Terka said with a grinning face. I felt annoyed at his nonsense at such a crucial moment.

“You did well, but let’s consider the time and place. Let’s finish the job first and talk about it later.”

When I spoke without hiding my annoyance, Terka nodded while checking my expression. No, is that so important? I wondered, but given that it was Terka, it was somewhat understandable.

Terka pretended to be distracted with a pitiful face. It was an act. I continued speaking without even glancing at him.

“It would be better to enter through a tunnel.”

“Tunnel?”

Denif’s expression soured when I nodded at his question. He seemed to have anticipated it.

“We’ll have to use your Mystic Power.”

“Again?”

“Again? Hey, I’ve been using winds continuously. And when else would you use it if not now?”

Denif was very pleased when he first obtained Mystic Power, but not now. He was subtly showing signs of finding it bothersome.

Since I, who was next to him, had become a Sword Master, he was now more interested in swords than in utilizing mystic powers.

“Anyway, we need to dig the tunnel carefully. There will be slight ground tremors. The dwarves are likely to feel it, but since it’s an ironworks, it should be okay to some extent.”

“Are we infiltrating right inside?”

“No, let’s plant bombs around the Flynn Powder factory and get out.”

The magic bombs we brought were time bombs. They were a joint creation of Osten and an Archmage. Since we’ve entered the dwarves’ tunnel, we need to buy time for us to get out too.

The work won’t take long. We’re not digging in from far away.

“Ah, what a bother.”

Despite what I said, Denif grumbled once more. When I glared at him sharply, he slightly averted his gaze.

Hmm. It seems Denif has become more whiny since Terka started complaining. I held back a sigh. Suddenly, Rina spoke up.

“Carlyn, there was a huge forge earlier. How about using that?”

It seemed Rina’s kleptomania had activated again. She had a history of stealing glowstones in the desert maze.

“You want to steal that?”

“Well, that too, but I mean it could also attract attention.”

“Ah.”

I think I understood what Rina meant. Since we’re digging a tunnel and planting bombs anyway, the number of people doesn’t matter.

“Digging a tunnel is quite troublesome work. I was thinking maybe Denif and I could attract attention there while you and Terka enter the ironworks.”

Looking carefully, it seemed she had deliberately stepped forward after seeing Denif’s grumbling, not because of kleptomania. Rina has feelings for Denif, after all.

It seems I misunderstood Rina’s intentions. I shook my head firmly.

“No. It’s too dangerous.”

Rina and Denif might have been confident about escaping after causing a commotion, but it wasn’t a good choice.

Regardless of Rina’s intentions, it was a good idea for me.

“But that idea itself is not bad?”

“What is?”

“Since the number of people doesn’t matter when digging a tunnel, Denif and Terka could plant the bombs. I think I and Rina could raid the forge area.”

Famous swords made by dwarves are rare. Of course, there are famous swords in the empire too. My Moonlight was also made by a dwarf in the empire.

However, the swords considered the best are actually those made by the dwarves in this northeastern mountain range.

People believed that much of the technology of dwarves living in human society had been lost. And that was somewhat true.

Even the dwarf masters in the empire admit that the works of the dwarves in the northeastern mountain range are superior to theirs.

‘I heard it’s not just about technology, but the tools are different too.’

I don’t know much about that side, but apparently, the tools used for casting iron or making weapons made by dwarves from the distant past are the best.

Of course, despite that, I think what fits my hand is better. That’s how Moonlight was. It even had a dragon heart in it.

Anyway, if we could get them, it would be profitable. If we gift them to the Sword Masters in the imperial family, it would strengthen our forces. If they refuse, we could give them to others.

There are famous swords in the imperial armory too, but since we’ve come all this way and an opportunity has presented itself, there’s no reason to leave them behind. The enemy would use them if we leave them anyway.

“So are we doing it that way?”

Terka asked with an expectant face. He seems to think I’ll give him the famous sword if we get one. Denif, who was next to him, calmly continued.

“Namir and Aron, two would be perfect.”

“What? What about me?”

“Didn’t you already talk about something with Carlyn?”

“That’s that, but when such an opportunity arises, it’s different.”

Terka looked at me as if to say ‘right?’. I shrugged. Terka looked at me with a betrayed expression.

“Don’t be hasty from the start. We don’t even have proof that there are famous swords near the forge. We’re just going to look for now.”

Actually, I think there’s a high probability they’re there. Dwarves tend to display their best masterpieces in their forges.

It’s both a show-off to other dwarves and a competition to compare each other’s masterpieces.

“No, tell me clearly. If we get one, will you give it to me?”

“Hmm…”

I deliberately stalled. Terka looked at me with an impatient face. It was funny that even a Casanova who could seduce dwarves was ultimately a swordsman.

“To be honest, it’s true that Namir and Aron have been with us longer and have a deeper relationship. You know that, right?”

“…But there’s a difference in skill. Good swords should go to good swordsmen, right?”

“That’s not wrong, but…”

I trailed off again. Honestly, giving it to Terka wouldn’t be bad either.

The Sword Masters already have famous swords, and we don’t know when a fierce battle might break out.

I recruited Aron and Namir with the future in mind, but given how urgent the situation has become, Terka might be the right choice.

Even though I made a promise with Terka, I was planning to go straight to the imperial armory and give him a famous sword if things seemed strange.

“Then it’s complicated to calculate, should we just call it even with the information you got?”

“Hey, that’s…”

“No, isn’t it the same? Our promise was that I would get you a famous sword if you kept that period, right?”

“Right?”

“You can think of it as giving you the famous sword in advance in exchange for you getting the information.”

“Oh.”

Terka’s eyes widened. I could almost hear the gears turning in his head.

“I’ll say it again, even if you receive the sword, it’s better to keep the promise. You staked Sir Mondegreen’s honor on it.”

“…Damn. Alright.”

That’s how the agreement was reached. It was a deal that wasn’t bad for both me and Terka. At the end of the meeting, Denif spoke up.

“Then shall we meet near the southern passage after finishing the job? Should we move right away?”

“Wait.”

Suddenly, a brilliant idea occurred to me. Now that we had a plan, I was thinking about how to steal from the forge.

Revealing ourselves had a high chance of causing chaos even before escape, so we had to do it stealthily.

I was thinking about diverting attention by using winds to break the forge’s bellows or something similar when I realized there was no need for that.

There was plenty of Flynn Powder right in front of us. Even if we couldn’t enter openly, I could divert small amounts of powder with my winds.

In the underground city, even if they have dark vision, they can’t see minute particles. In about 20 minutes, I could gather enough to throw the entire huge forge into chaos.

‘Well… they made it themselves.’

In a way, the dwarves are drug producers. It won’t be too unfair since they’re being affected by what they made themselves.

Thinking it was a good idea, I immediately put it into action. After collecting all the Flynn Powder, I headed straight to the forge with Rina.

‘Oh…’

I let out an exclamation as soon as we arrived. I thought it was one huge forge, but inside, it was composed of several individual spaces.

Since dwarves make weapons and armor alone, I guess they share a large framework while having their own spaces.

Anyway, that meant that each individual space had the dwarf’s masterpiece hanging.

“There are more than I thought. Carlyn, what should we do?”

Rina continued, her face unusually excited.

“What do you mean, what should we do?”

With this many, we might be able to arm all the knights around Erendil with famous swords. I grinned and released the Flynn Powder throughout the entire forge.

“We should take as many as we can carry.”