While checking the video that EvilEye was sending, I realized that something strange had appeared in the video at that time.
"Nh...?"
Kuu?
"No... something was seen on the Evil Eye." I don't know if it's just the footage, go and see it. "
Ku
Okay, listen to Lil's words, and I'll move on.
I was alert to the monsters, took a slight detour, and crossed the river to reach them.
"There it is. Here it is."
What was there was a rock.
Of course, it wasn't just a rock.
It is a rock with a pyramid-like shape (...) that cannot be formed by nature alone.
... oh, no, it's a little different.
I came close and understood, but apparently this is half buried in the ground, and it seems that it was originally rectangular, as can be deduced from the shape of the exposed part.
Perhaps it is not a broken pillar or a fatal thing?
It seems to have weathered over the years, which is really subtle and even difficult to identify, but I can see that something like a pattern, like a letter, is carved on the surface.
Definitely an artifact.
"Huh... even the monsters in this forest are not made like this, and there was a civilization in this forest a long time ago." No, the dragons used to live around here? "
My neighbor, the native dragon of the Wonderland Forest.
They've lived in the woods for quite a while, and their place is not far from here, but it's a few dozen kilometers away, so it's possible.
No, it's just that the letters on this rock aren't dragon-sized.
After all, the society of the human species is in this forest. Really?
That's when I realized that my imagination was strange.
In the old days, it wouldn't be strange to have a civilization in this forest, but it's clear that this isn't a human forest.
That is what I understand from time to time.
Ancient human species had more power than I did, and were they strong enough to stand up to the monsters in the forest?
Or was this forest monster not that strong when there was that civilization?
However, I've heard that this is a magic forest that has long been in existence for a long time.
So how old is the civilization that we think was here?
"... it's getting interesting. Okay, En, Lil, objective changed. In the meantime, I was just going to explore the western part of Techto, but I'm going to try to find more traces of this civilization.”
”... the adventure began. I was so excited.”
Ku!
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So we started exploring the area, mainly where we found the pillars...
I don't know.
... no.
Ku
When I saw the weathering of pillar-like objects, I thought that the civilization that seemed to exist here was really a long time ago, and unfortunately I can't find the next one at all.
I've increased the number of Evil Eyes and checked the area in more detail... but I haven't found anything like it so far.
We had no choice but to take a short break, so we stopped.
Kuu?
"... nnh, it's okay. Adventure is steep and requires patience." This much hardship is within the range. "
En cares and says, "Are you okay with tiredness?” Enn replied to Lil like that, still feeling motivated and moody.
…………
Beside that exchange, I was watching the open map.
"There was a pillar at this point." The magic forest does not have a concentric structure so that the concentricity of magnetism varies between the east, west, south, and north. However, since the west area is the heart of the magic forest, there seems to be a central point in it. "
So... it's easy to imagine, but I wonder if there's anything we can find near the center of the map in the West Area.
"... around here." All right, Lil, En, let's go over there next time. "
Narrow down the location and we'll start exploring again.
... even if I squeezed it, the Forest of Magic was vast, so I could go around all day long.
After all, the monsters were at the neck.
We're wasting our time trying to avoid them.
Since it's overwhelmingly better than a battle, it takes a lot of effort.
At the foot of the mountain.
Tucked away in gloomy, lush trees, I can't see much... but there's something.
- Bingo?
The ruins (...), what they look like.
It has weathered and almost just turned into a rocky mountain, but there is still a degree to which it can be recognized that it barely had any form.
It has a shape that makes people think that it is not in their hands.
At the heart of the ruins and likeness is something like a cave... it goes deeper.
By all means, I'd like to go into the back, but there was one obstacle.
"...... Golem (......), right?"
Ku
Inanimate monster, Golem.
There are many types, but there is a bipedal walker that resembles a human species, but there are several arms, and each hand holds a sword or spear-like object.
The moss and grass grew from the body and were semi-assimilated with the trees, but the Sweets alone had not collapsed in any way, and they still felt a definite presence.
Some of the verses made me realize that it wasn't just a cave that was almost turning into a rocky mountain.
The next moment, I had the impression that it might be the perfect guardian of an ancient ruin.
Giggling, my neck moved and I thought it was facing this way.
Only one Baoyu, which seemed to represent the eyes, was placed in the center of his face, glowing sharply.
- Oh, my God.
"Lil, Lil!! Let's get out of here!!"
"Ku, Ku!!"
In accordance with the intense sense of crisis that permeates our body, we activated the dungeon recall device that we had prepared.
But before our bodies disappeared, the golems started attacking.
From those glowing eyes, something like a ray is emitted.
I almost reflexively formed both the water wall and the earth wall in front of me with primitive magic, but as if it didn't make sense at all, a hole was punctured and pierced.
"--Uwaaa!? Ha, ha, ha... I'm so freaked out...!"
When I realized it, we were back at home.
Hmm? Welcome back--Are you all right, guys?
That's how Lefi calls out when he finds out we're back.
”Ah, ahhh... it was very close, but it's okay”
"Ku, Ku....."
My heart is still burning.
It was close.
For the first time in a long time, I felt death in front of me.
... I wasn't alarmed at all today, and I kept watching as much as I could, but that was it.
No, thanks to that, you're safe and sound.
Because of this, the Forest of Magic.
However, there was a harvest.
"I'd like to go to that cave somehow... but the problem is, it's him." It's... impossible to do without finding out about it. "
"Ku....."
"... nnh. I took my distance, cleared my tracks, but that golem, I've been watching me."
Now that we're back at home, the anthropomorphic Ens join the conversation again.
We did everything we could this time and went out into the woods.
Nevertheless, that golem has easily captured and attacked us.
I guess I wasn't even close yet.
It should have been a kilometer away.
It's not always difficult to go forward unnoticed, so if you want to go ahead of that, you'll need to defeat it...
"...... do you think you can defeat it?"
"...... Ku"
Lil replied that if I did everything in my power, I would do something about it.
Yeah, that's the level of opponent.
There was a gatekeeper.