"I guess I'll just ask my maids,"
…
"Do you know what it is?" I asked my maids, who intently stared at the giant black ball, which I assumed to be some sort of monster core.
That was the only thing I could hypothesize.
"It's… a material which we could definitely use to make good armor… but what it is? I don't really know,"
Even my maids were confused, so I decided to let this thing sit at the edge of the camp, only to be watched by a few guards as I still didn't trust it.
It kind of looked like the same material which made the armor for the dark elves, so I was still very wary.
Didn't want something like that going on a rampage in the midst of our camp. Everything would have to be rebuilt, and that would just be a pain in the ass.
…
A few more days passed, and the recon corps had come back completely untouched nor shaken, meaning they completed their task without much trouble.