"Hmm, this is pretty good"

"Isn't it? It's a game, so your breath won't go up, but it's got a lot of sobriety."

Forest. No, is it no longer a tree sea when we get here?

Me and Mr. Megle were on the road without a way.

The top players in the ghost tribe, or the enthusiastic players in the first row.

I forgot because they had arrived in the ghost, as a matter of course, on a bulletin board dedicated to the ghost race, headed by Mr. Megle, but inside the ghost is what we call a "hiding place".

What we're walking on now is the Great Tree Sea, called the Lost Forest, which we can reach when we travel about five kilometers east of Griffith.

This forest, reminiscent of the sea of the trees of Fuji, has the nature of "never getting lost", the opposite of its name.

Because if you stay for a certain amount of time, you will be wrapped in fog and forced back into the woods.

Twelve hours in time. Those who wander through the woods for half a day will be ejected from the woods.

No traveler starves to death while lost because of it, but still many die in this forest. And most of that is due to monster raids.

Just say lost forest, here all detection and mapping skills are disabled, so monster accidents can only be dealt with by sight or sound.

Though maps as an item are available for once, they are of little use in this roadless forest, and even if you knew the way, you may deviate from the path you were taking while you were fighting.

Alert is neglected when you just think about going ahead, and get lost and start over when you're just being alert.

The difficulty of survival itself is not high if we proceed with caution, but it is still difficult to reach the destination in this forest.

And just to talk about it so far, it seems impossible to reach a destination in this forest with no maps, no useful maps.

However, Mr. Megle, who is leading me now, is treading this mapless forest in an unparalleled foothold.

Of course, it's not like it's going on, Mr. Megle was aiming to be inside a ghost based on proper evidence.

"Inside the Ghosts is a place you can go by doing a quest for the Ghosts NPC staying in Griffiths if it's in its original form and having them create The Leading Stone as a reward. Conversely, once you have it, you can just follow the light to get inside."

This is how Mr. Megle explained it to me as I walked through Griffith.

The object is like a strange stone that always points in the direction of the destination, and it seems that only those with it can reach the ghost.

In other words, this item called "Leading Stone" is the essential key item in the Lost Forest.

Whatever destination you're going for in the lost forest, I guess it means you won't be talking about it unless you have a corresponding lead stone.

I hear the quest to get this stone isn't that hard if you're a ghost...

Still, it's done in an hour! They say it's not as easy as that.

Earlier Mr. Megle was waiting for me in the depths of the ancient ruins in order to make a request for cooperation in the Boss Crusade.

But he said it was one of the reasons to guide me to the ghosts in the shortest possible time, which would be halfway through Griffith.

Instead, it looks like he was going to do the guidance right, even if he turned down the boss offense, and I'm glad it turned out to be a giveand-take.

Mr. Megle is happy to defeat the boss, and I'm glad to be among the ghosts for now. This is a win-win relationship.

"But you don't have many monsters anyway. Usually they keep coming at me."

About two hours after I went into the woods.

Mr. Megle squirmed in wonder at the mundane applause.

"Heh, why not?

"The reason is perfectly clear... but if you can get there soon, you've never been over it."

"Mm-hmm. You sure do."

I agree with you that if you can get there soon.

I don't think it's going to be a big time loss because they attacked me, but now I'm spared a little time loss.

I hate it when I have to log out because I got inside a ghost man and I can barely look around.

Nevertheless, when I say an anomaly about the emergence of a monster, it almost brings back a somewhat unpleasant memory.

It was raided by True Dragon Apocalypse when Lizard stopped appearing in the wetlands of Laures near Dualis.

Complete defeat. I didn't die because I was helped by alcohol swallowing, but that was the best I could do because I let Apocalypse suffer one scratch.

Kugelschreiber, who recently remembered something, also crushed it with a finisher.

Yeah, let's not because remembering the memory of losing is a little annoying.

Even though I am certain that the appearance of monsters has changed so much that Mr. Megle goes out of his way to put it into words, that is not why we can do anything, and you would be right to proceed for now.

"Besides, the ghosts are already in front of us. Look, the lead stone light is getting stronger, right?

"Oh, the light's definitely getting stronger."

"This is what happens when you're close to your destination. Maybe five more minutes."

"Even though we had fewer monsters, it's pretty much faster than we assumed, isn't it?

You did say it would take about four hours considering the raid on the monster.

I thought so and asked, and Mr. Megle said this with a bitter smile.

"You've moved on to a straight line towards the light. It must have been a fucked up bad road this far, right? I would normally choose a more relaxed route to guide you, but I was wondering if Mr. Skna would have any problems over here."

"You mean because it was the shortest route?

"That's the thing. It's a lot of difficulty, but if you're from here, you can usually go in about three hours, even considering the monsters. It would make more sense to wear it in just over two hours than there was a monster raid."

That, because of the route Mr. Megle chose, that there could have been no way completely?

I was wondering if all these roads would be dead without a leading stone, but isn't the map really a pointless item either?

No, it's my request that you want to arrive as soon as possible. Mr. Megle only responded to my request, and I was just taking the liberty of mistaking the lead stone as well.

"I see. But from now on, I just want you to say a word, and I want you to tell me that you're going to the more difficult ones."

"Excuse me, I'll be careful. But I thought Mr. Skna would prefer this kind of path."

"Come on, you know me so well, you can say nothing."

It's more fun to follow these rough roads than to dazzle down a flat path.

I just want to thank Mr. Megle for his concern.

"Oh, the stone light's out"

"You're here."

"We're here, what... where?

Soon after they told me it was time, the light on Mr. Megle's leading stone disappeared.

Hmm, even though I don't have good vision in the trees, I still feel in a completely depressed forest, and I can't even see where I opened it.

Could it be an underground city in a ghost man?

"Haha, you can't see, can you? The inside is protected by the line of perception inhibition."

"Inhibition of recognition...... feels like illusion?

"Yeah, that's the place. So if this is how things go normally..."

The moment Mr. Megle took about three steps forward, his body disappeared beautifully, like it had been erased by an eraser.

Does that mean the line around there has a tie? When I reached out my fearful hand, although my hand was disappearing in appearance, the feeling of my hand remained.

Looks like we're just losing sight of the junction after all.

I don't know if it only has the effect of inhibiting recognition, or is it especially bounced. After making sure of everything, I safely crossed the line.

The sun is dazzling.

It's a place that opened so wide that I don't think it's in a lost forest.

There, there existed a hiding place for ghosts.

"This is where the ghosts are..."

It's a lot bigger than I thought, though it's a lot bigger than I'd call it a city.

It is natural that the fence covers the entire settlement, and a deep moat is also built to surround that fence. There are monsters in the moat like bugs as well as murder weapons, and if they fall poorly, it's unlikely to help.

Somehow, I thought it was a very decent settlement.

"Mr. Skna, this way."

"Oh, yeah. I'm on my way."

Walk out with your words back to Mr. Megle, who is inviting you.

Though there can't be anything more I miss than being the first place I've been.

I felt like a cursed crack running all over my body hurt just a little.