Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

One day I spent about two days securing chromium and another three days securing iron.

Around evening, the hunter returned to the village.

Looking at it in the long run, it looks a lot tedious.

(Probably me for that...)

Waltz, who looked familiar to him, called out without wearing his body.

"Oh, it was late, wasn't it?

That's what I said, waltz laughing niggardly.

"Hey... why..."

The hunter was making his eyes black and white as he puckered his mouth.

I guess this is exactly what you would say about losing words.

"Uh, I really wanted to run, but there's nowhere to run, and it's hard to make a new place from now on..."

Waltz tells a hunter who is in a state of confusion whether he is listening or not, why he is staying in this village.

You returned to me after a while, and the hunter leaned down and opened his mouth bossy.

"... so..."

"What?"

"Because I was worried!

That's what she cried.

"... sorry"

I'm sure she thought Waltz could no longer be in town or village because of herself and had gone somewhere far.

Waltz honestly apologizes.

"Maybe we'll keep running, because this time we're not going anywhere"

When Waltz said so, the hunter hugged Waltz.

"Stupid..."

(Um... was this the relationship?

Apparently, relations with hunters are developing in unexpected directions in places unknown to Waltz.

(... well, I have the cause, so you have no choice...)

And he was spoiled and hugged.

On my breakup with the hunter, tomorrow, I agreed because we talked about going hunting.

Then a hunter who cried until just now but looked strangely happy.

As it is, she seems to be switching a lot faster as she returns to the house to heighten her tension.

Waltz, who greeted the hunter, returned to the workshop.

In the workshop, Lucia and Catalina were making an underground space with soil magic at best.

This underground space is for installing equipment to manufacture homunculus, and its size is enormous enough to reach the Waltz and the others' houses we call workshops, the path on the surface, and even the basement of the liquor store across the street.

At the finished dawn, Waltz is going to make a room for three here.

As Waltz stepped into the basement of the workshop, Lucia was using wind magic to ventilate, while Catalina was making fine adjustments and measurements, at the same time as digging in the underground space.

"Lucia, can you spread out another 10 centimeters here?

They are drilled as per the drawings created by Waltz or check the size of the room and sometimes give instructions to Lucia.

On top of that, they also do daunting tasks that have to be done by hand, such as creating stairs and small modifications to walls.

That was Catalina's role.

Waltz took his hat off when he saw him working so hard without complaining like that.

Thus, on this night, the basic construction of the underground workshop was completed.

At this point, the installation of the iron column to prevent internal collapse has already been completed, so all we have to do is install walls, floors and ceilings using a stainless steel alloy, mixed with the iron, chromium and only trace amounts of nickel that we have been digging.

After work, in the workshop living room, three people to grab dinner.

Dinner today was a vegetable soup and a demonic steak for the saloon owner and a lettuce salad for the back of the house.

Waltz cuts the story out because this is a good opportunity to discuss tomorrow's schedule.

"The hunter is back."

Lucia and Catalina look in trouble for such waltz words.

I didn't think you were going to run again.

waltz who perceived what they wanted to say,

"It's okay. Because you never run away from the hunter. And I've already said hello to the hunter."

That said, they both looked relieved.

(You're annoying everyone because of me...)

While I do, Waltz is not going to change his policy of 'running away from trouble' in the future.

Aside from that, I'll tell you about what I told you when I met the hunter.

"Tomorrow morning I'm going out hunting with the hunter."

"Yeah, fine."

"I, too, will accompany you"

and two people who accept in two replies.

But there's a problem we need to do something about hunting.

Waltz asked Catalina that.

"Hey, Catalina. A brave man told me before, what's pressure?

Probably waltz expecting the demon to be the cause of not approaching.

If that's right, it won't be a decent hunt unless you do something about the pressure.

If you heck, you could be in a situation where there's no demons at all, like last time.

"Is it pressure? To put it bluntly, is it murderous?"

"Killing?"

(What about people who are killer in their normal lives?

It was a waltz I don't remember at all, but Catalina says something unexpected.

"Mr. Waltz. For example, what, but whatever, please hunt the demons nearby, and in how many seconds can you hunt?

I was asked, so I answer correctly.

"Uh, 0.000026 seconds in minimum?

"Is that even now?

"Yeah, yeah, but..."

"... wouldn't you say you're killing it"

Catalina speaking in a sigh mix.

(... the demons don't come close because you feel your life is in danger... exactly the sixth sense)

Finally, Waltz understands what killing (pressure) means.

"Well, I don't know what to do..."

For her, I meant it and didn't know what to do.

Because the moment you perceive someone who's not on your side, the firearms control system locks on at will.

Waltz's failure to realize the identity of the pressure was also due to the fact that this system would be independently targeted.

If you just stop killing, you can stop this system, but then you won't be able to protect anyone you want to protect (companions and acquaintances such as Lucia and Catalina)...

(If the system is up and running, you can attack it with a delay of 26 usec (0.000026 seconds), but when it gets from not up and running to moving to attack, 50 usec (0.00005 seconds) or... that would take an unexpected amount of time...)

... not that it doesn't seem like it.

Whatever master you are, you shouldn't be able to perceive the difference, but Waltz, the Guardian, doesn't seem to notice it.

For that, I couldn't save the hunter...

In conclusion, she decided to refrain from the normal firearms control system.

Even when used, it is suppressed for a minimum of time and activated only at the moment of attack.

It was a bitter decision for her, but she couldn't even sprinkle the kill from time to time, so she seemed forced to convince herself.

Thus, Waltz's pressure problem went to a solution.

The next morning, before sunrise, a line of waltzes out hunting with the hunters.

Villagers talk about demons springing up in nearby meadows, apparently?

However, when hunting in a meadow, it is generally not possible to chase demons running through the meadow without manoeuvres like horses.

Of course, it was an extra irrelevant story for Waltz, such as mobility, but it goes without saying that he didn't want to bother to imitate who he was.

Therefore, they, who do not possess horses, decided to hunt in the woods near the meadows of the matter.

Four shadows going through the meadows where the sky is getting a little brighter.

After a while on the meadows damp in the dew, you will see the forest of purpose.

According to the bio-response sensors, there are tons of demons lurking in the woods, apparently in the beds of the demons that gush out into the meadows.

To that appearance, Waltz opened his mouth with a smile on his face.

"Hunter, I feel there are too many things, demons, will you be all right?

Then the hunter put his hand on his mouth and thought of something, then said.

"So if anything happens, can you cover me from behind, because I'm ahead of you?

Apparently, he's going ahead as an avant-garde.

Waltz remembered a little anxiety about such a hunter that he might be really okay, but he kept only constant surveillance so that no matter what happened.

Of course, the firearms control system is off.

The hunters who go ahead with the signs erased through the woods and the waltzes who follow the distance of about 10 m behind them.

After a while, the hunter suddenly stops and signals to stop silently.

I think I found the first demon, and a little further, I saw a demon, like a boar once restrained by Waltz.

Apparently, it was a hit that Waltz's pressure didn't send demons.

And the hunter who erases the signs and gets closer.

No sound... no sign...

The hunter stayed close to the side of the boar and stuck a dagger around his neck.

How much of a workout can you erase so many signs that you won't find out directly next to the demon?

Lucia and Catalina thought, 'A hunter is actually a reaper...'

Waltz, on the other hand,

(I can't believe the shadows are too thin to even be recognized by demons...)

I was thinking rude things like...

Anyway, the hunter hunting for his life with a single blow without being noticed by the demons around him was that of an unmistakable craftsman.

After that, he finished draining blood and transferred it to the village warehouse with Lucian magic.

And the hunt resumes.

It's Waltz's turn next.

As a matter of fact, she was strained that now that the pressure was gone and the demons were no longer on the run, she could fully hunt in the name of 'hunting'.

So after telling the hunters, 'I'm leaving next,' I found a place on the sensor where the demons were and got ahead of me.

And waltz to suppress the output of the hologram.

Then, her shadow gradually diminished, and at the end of the day, she was completely invisible to each other.

The hunter was quite confident in his covert skills but could not understand the phenomenon happening in front of him.

Being human, no matter how hard you try, you can't hide yourself.

But still, I seem to have decided to tell myself that if I stack up my workouts, I will be able to reach this frontier one day.

Lucia and Catalina, on the other hand, were just unresponsive, as usual.

So Waltz gets invisible and gets closer to the demon.

The body, manoeuvre armor, is floating in the air, so moving it does not produce any sound.

Therefore, Waltz today was in a state of complete stealth, invisible to killing, footsteps, and appearance.

Apart from Waltz, who approached his prey in such a state, the hunter could also see from his eyes that about 20 dog-shaped demons were hiding in the woods.

Apparently, they're also wary of knowing this one exists.

"(This is awkward, or...?

hunting, is throwing oneself into the world of eating or being eaten in the food chain.

In other words, if this one is distracted, the demons who are supposed to be the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are supposed to be the ones who are the ones who get the other way around, and so on, could well have been.

The hunter feared it and set himself up so that the demons could strike whenever they wanted.

But I'm attacked by discomfort.

I know the other guy notices this way and is alert, but he's not willing to kill me.

A hunter who feels as if he's exquisitely stripped or something.

With that in mind, the hunter was upset when the waltz inadvertently appeared in front of him.

It is, however, a ghost.

Apparently Lucia and Catalina were just as surprised and somewhat lagging behind.

But the hunter was impressed by the fact that he was a member of the same party on the boulder.

Such a fold, Waltz raised his voice to the hunters.

"So, what am I supposed to do with the blood drain?

"(First? The demon hunted...?

Waltz asks me about things like that after hunting, even though I'm still confronted with demons.

Against her like that, it wouldn't be over yet, ah (...) fu (...), while the hunter pointed to the demon.

Lucia and Catalina observing those two interactions somewhere convincing.

He realized he was already hunted.

"Hunter, you're already done, aren't you?

It was Catalina who opened her mouth.

"No, the demon is still standing."

and hunters.

I didn't see any demons in Catalina, so I didn't know what she was talking about, but I quickly understood that there would be demons nearby.

Waltz how he saw such an exchange between Catalina and the hunter, and, oh, I forgot, he said.

And release gravity control immediately.

Then,

Butterflies

and made a noise, 20 demons lay down on the ground at the same time.

"What?"

Waltz explains to hunters who apparently don't understand.

"Uh, I tried to be transparent and hunt for demons, and even if I could erase my signs, I couldn't erase the signs when I killed the demons. So let the demon you killed float on the spot so the signs don't go away... And then I felt like I did the same thing one after the other."

The hunter held his head with regret for his lack of taste, thinking that words were quite different from actually doing them, etc.

As I seem to say many times, ordinary humans cannot be transparent.

... but from this day forward, the hunter begins his covert workout.

Hidden skills acquired unintentionally when exiting the castle, but never polished in the form of workouts before.

What form her efforts will bear fruit in fulfilling...

Therefore, after the blood draining of 20 demons was done with gravitational control, the prey was transferred to the warehouse.

Well, next, it's Lucia's turn to hunt.

Lucia is old enough to go pick herbs in the woods by herself.

Is it the same hole of a hunter in that regard?

But there are things that are definitely different from hunters.

It's... magic.

"Oh, you can't use the magic of fire, water and ice because the forest is going to be a big deal, can you?

and waltz to advise.

"Hmm..."

Lucia looks difficult. Apparently, he was trying to hunt with one of the three magics I mentioned.

"Okay. So this is it?

Lucia with her hands in front of her, saying things like that.

Waltz had nothing but a bad feeling about the way it looked.

In the first place, I don't know where the enemy is, but I was wondering if you were going to attack him.

... the next moment, with more than a hundred demons, a quarter of the forest disappeared.

Lucia unleashed the wind magic, the blade of the wind belonging to Kamaitachi among them.

What the hunter saw was a single line going horizontally.

I remember this magic very well because it was used by the wizards of the Knights.

When it hit a tree, it was magic to the point of cutting off and stopping the skin on the surface with precision, but it had the same power to cut it with a sword, so it was something no fool could ever do.

Therefore, the hunter thought.

This magic unleashed will also stop on the tree.

Besides, Lucia is still a child.

I can't say the surroundings are bright, or maybe I saw a demonic fiction in the shadow of a tree, too.

But the problem was that Lucia was the one who used magic.

That's the hunter's only miscalculation.

Lucia's kamaitachi proceeded with gradual diffusion as if the waves were spreading.

Even if it hits a tree, it cuts off from trunk to trunk, passing through an obstacle called an obstacle, such as rock, demon, slightly uneven ground, etc.

No sound, no clear intent to kill, just like the wind rushing through the woods.

And all that remained was mere relocation...

Apparently, it is becoming more powerful because of the continuous use of high-output magic in the refining of metals.

through overkill, is power inflation.

Speaking of waltz,

(This is an amazing story because I still don't like magic... A decent wizard in this world must be quite strong...)

I thought so.

Meanwhile, the hunter was remembering two weeks ago.

At the time, she wanted to see Lucia's magic and be able to use it herself.

Buy magic books to study for it, practice at night...

But now the sight that happened in front of me was no longer beyond the realm of magic.

It's not even a hunt.

Should we say natural destruction with unilateral genocide?

No more words to spin on the hunter, just to turn white...

"Again, I guess"

Catalina, who came hunting and had a small mouth count, opens her mouth.

"Yeah!"

Lucia looks so happy.

"Ahhh. You can't cut it to a tree, Lucia. We're gonna lose the animals, aren't we?

When Waltz says so,

"What,... I'm sorry. Now be careful not to hang up..."

And she sank.

"Right. Be careful next time."

"Yeah!"

But Lucia will be well again, revived by the words of the waltz.

We processed the demons that were destroyed by Lucia's ravages (blood draining) and, as we did earlier, we finished transferring them to the warehouse.

It took quite a while at this point, and two suns were shining over my head.

In other words, it is noon.

Okay, the Catalina number is next, but Catalina doesn't have the means to attack, so we don't hunt.

Besides, I've already hunted a fair amount of demons, so if I go on any further, I'll just hunt for mischief.

So it opened up around here today.

By this time, we'll be practicing magic!, and the fast switching hunter was intent.

So a line leaves the woods (...) eh (...) out of the place and turns back to the village.

At this time Catalina and the hunter watched as they walked through the view that was spreading in front of them.

Conversely, the other two looked at the ground, looked up at the sky, etc., and pretended not to notice.

A place that came into the sight of Catalina and the others.

There, as rumored to be 'lots of demons gushing', a considerable number of demons could be seen treading in places where the reddish flats were unnaturally spreading like burnt.

And in the middle of the flat, there was some part of the ground where the soil was raised and the hole was empty.

Is it a cave?

Catalina opens her mouth when she sees that.

"... Could that hole be a dungeon?

Catalina remembers the labyrinth she once challenged with the brave men.

"(That labyrinth was largely maintained in the heart of the city, but the entrance should have felt similar)"

"Really?

and the hunter returns it.

In response to her words like that,

"No, you can't have a dungeon in the middle of a meadow like this."

Waltz says somewhere deliberately.

Do the same, and Lucia opens her mouth as she scratches a cold sweat.

"Right, sister? There's no way you can dungeon a meadow with nothing like this."

Obviously suspicious.

That the ground is burning, that things are wrong with Waltz and Lucia, and Catalina judging from it.

"I mean, the cause lies with you..."

Two silent people.

I didn't try to make eye contact with Catalina and I was suspicious looking up in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

By the way, this is where we once revealed Waltz's gravitational control and Lucia's magic.

At that time, the crater made of magic clashes and explosions was terrible, so it was intended to be further ground so that it could not be broken and covered up as if nothing was going on.

But apparently, he just lidded on the smelly stuff and the dungeon was generated as a result.

They were two awkward people to find out what they were doing, but on the other hand, the hunters are looking bright.

"Awesome! Wouldn't this make the village thrive?!

Apparently, when there's a dungeon, the village develops.

(What logic!?

It was a waltz I think, but it reminds me of a different world pattern.

(You do business with adventurers and merchants who come looking for it, like Demon Stone, or an item that can only be taken in a dungeon)

Waltz didn't know if there were demonic stones or special items in this world, but he would strike it right.

(If the village develops and lots of people come... maybe we should run...)

Yes, Waltz doesn't like places with lots of people.

With that in mind, Waltz walked back to the village.

... it goes without saying that at that time I had to somehow forgive the hunter for not returning to the village and trying to make his way to the dungeon.