Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"First of all, I think it would be good to look at the forward-looking grasslands while heading towards the forest and the mountains in the center."

"Yes, unlike the floating rocks below, there are few other floating rocks at the top of the island."

"You'll be fine here with your usual moves."

Grace and Stefania say.Yeah. Floating rocks aren't floating at all at the top of the island, but they're small.You will be able to investigate and fight in your usual senses unless you are willing to approach them yourself.

"It's easy to build defensive positions because of the solid ground."

Claudia smiled and Mullen nodded.That's right. It's a special place called Floating Island, but nothing's changed for us to move around here.According to Wiz's analysis, the gravity applied to the body... seems to be the same as the normal ground at the top of the island.

Sheila also seems to be jumping slightly to check her senses, but eventually she says, "Nh.I don't think it's a problem, "she says.

"Alright, let's get moving.I'm going to look at the life and magic reactions. "

"Temperature sensing, as usual."

Illume Hilt laughs brightly, so we resume our investigation.

So far, no danger has been detected near the grasslands.None of the floating islands' flora and fauna seem to exist on the ground anymore, so let's move the investigation to the forest side in parallel with the search.

"I wonder... what about plants?I hope there's a way to use it, but I think we need to be careful about the impact of bringing it up. "

Rosemary said thoughtfully.

"Impact. It's not a problem to analyze, but if you need it, you might want to pick it up here and use it... and not grow it outside."

I don't know how it affects the current ecosystem.Because it doesn't suit the environment, it has disappeared at one time, and the current environment - weak to mildew and disease like nothing - can be thought of as further affecting the surroundings from there.This is not the only story when bringing in new plants.

If I were to grow it, it would be in a botanical garden... but there is also the possibility that such management would not be perfect.

Thierra and Cortierra also nodded quietly to these policies.

Collect plants including leaves, flowers, roots, seeds, etc. while searching for enemies, and use fermentation magic and engraving to build and store boxes to prevent state degradation.Transport them magically to the square in front of the entrance.

I definitely got it.

Tesdiros takes care of the box and moves it into the tent.Yeah. It's no problem with sampling plants.It would be interesting if there was some kind of drug effect.

So we came near the woods.

"You're pretty depressed."

Ashley raised her eyebrows.

The woods are quite dense among the trees, and the hanging chisels are intertwined... it looks like they're breaking a little bone as they go in.The vegetation is the same as the grasslands... it's just plants I've never seen before.

It is necessary to use tree magic to cut out the pieces and move forward, so I don't feel very comfortable...Is it a little bad to go over the forest?

"I don't think we have enough information on the labyrinth monsters appearing on the plot to get through the woods."

Easy to see, unlike nature, the labyrinth monsters aggressively attack as soon as they see it.Element fakes aren't the only ones in this compartment, and until we have some information, we can work together on multiple species.

"River... how about going near the water passage?"

Everyone agrees with Elena's suggestion.

It's like going down the river.This is either a water passage or a sparse plant.

"Maybe because it's the ground part of the undercurrent... just a little puddle dotted, it seems to be basically easy to move.For that matter, there may be questions about how responsive the water is when it flows. "

Rather, it may be the route that the labyrinth was built on.It's like a labyrinth.In addition to raiding from the surrounding trees and bushes, we need to be careful about raiding aquatic monsters from the puddle, but it would be better to move over and put them together.

It was also decided to proceed with such a policy, and we proceeded in the direction of the forest and mountains while following the trail of the river where the water flowed.

Beyond the forest - the top of the mountain is covered with snow... it's a very varied terrain.

Then we go into the woods, paying attention to the puddles.

Puddles can range from large to small.They also perform life defense while searching for enemies... but not just monsters, but ordinary creatures look like puddles.

What... a clear fish is swimming.

The fin is still developing, or the body is very simple to make.You can see a branched neural network running through the center of the body.

I've heard stories of primitive fish becoming the ancestors of vertebrates...Maybe that would be a pretty important position for biology.

Sheila was reacting with her ears and tail, sending a blink of sight to the fish for a moment...Apart from the direction of interest, he seems to have regained consciousness of the surrounding vigilance.

And as you go through the forest, you find strange life signs.Sheila and Ilmhilt also felt uncomfortable and stopped at the same time.Everyone was ready to deal with anything immediately.

"Nh. Something smells... a little strange from the front.It looks like an animal, but it smells a little blue, right? "

"I can feel the temperature just a little from around that tree."

Both Sheila and Illume Hilt point in a direction that is concealed from the shadow of the body and not conspicuous at the tip of the tail.It seems to have been detected by sense of smell and temperature sensing, respectively... but the directions indicated are consistent.

"Yeah, I'm picking up lifesigns I've never seen before.From the tree itself in the direction they're pointing out. "

It's a plant-like, monster-like life-response glow.Is it a shade that is likely to be misunderstood by using Life Detection?

Simple monsters have a weak life response.It looks no different from other trees.

"The trees around there. Let's give it a try."

When Rosemary turned her gaze, Ignith came forward.Grab accurate location information from me and Ilmhilt, then slowly approach the tree.No change yet.

It was that moment when Ignith took a step forward in our watching.Suddenly the life-response glow increases and the trees show explosive movements.I wondered if the roots of the tree had moved as if they were lifting up, and then I attacked Ignith from the bottom.

Shoot the hammer with your hook claws.The tree stood in the middle of the road, avoiding turning its back.

"This is..."

"Pseudo...?"

Everyone shouted at the sight.A monster with the texture of a tree-like surface.It reproduces even the leaves at the tip of the branch-like tail.Thin and long limbs. Does the face itself resemble a canine animal?

Falsifying to the tree while upside down, he preys on the approaching opponent.It must be such an ecological monster.

Life reactions have also shifted from a faint glow similar to plants to a powerful light of the reaction of active animal monsters.Does it mean that even smells and life reactions can get close to plants?

"Nh. Pretty advanced pseudo."

I was concerned about the discomfort caused by heightened vigilance in the new compartment.Because I thought it was a botanical monster until I got up and showed up.

Pseudo-beast, huh? It's a very unusual monster.