Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"The only way for us all to escape... is there! Follow me!

"" "Huh?

If you think a strange woman has suddenly jumped into a place of death, at the next moment, it is suddenly "follow me". The people there seemed to have had some overwhelming and creative situations that made their minds unnecessarily confused.

But it's no different that it was being hunted down by Sandworm...... Looks like the mercenaries decided to follow behind a woman in hunting (...) people (...) who seems to know how to get rid of this predicament.

"Duh, where are you headed?

"Wow, I don't know... but what's ahead..."

"Rock...?

The hunter is on his way. What was there was a rock in front of a giant sandworm. The mercenaries seem to have anticipated that she would be trying to hide herself in the shadow of that rock.

But then, it was difficult for all 60 mercenaries to hide. No, in the first place, you can't deceive Sandworm's eyes about that extent... Everyone seemed to have such concerns while running.

But it is. Such mercenaries' concerns were to end with "concern" until they were exhausted.

There was a hunter walking toward a rock--

"Ugh!" Stah!

They jumped straight over the rock. Apparently, she decided it was easier to run over the rocks than to run in the sand with bad scaffolding.

But when it does, all that lies ahead is the sand covering the earth and the huge sandworm body. Nowhere to hide.

But the hunter, without being frightened, proceeded with his feet. as if they knew where to hide.

And approaching a distance of about 10 m to the sandworm, he now began to run counter-clockwise around the body of the sandworm. Run straight to where it hits the front of the sandworm.

That's where it's supposed to be, most dangerous. It was also a place to be said to be one step ahead of the gateway to hell.

... notwithstanding, the hunter stopped there. It's just as if that's the safety zone...

shortly afterwards. The ground in the place where the hunters were until a few dozen seconds before the --

Dogowo!!

—— and the sand blew up to the sky as if something had burst under the ground or as if water had exploded. Sandworm moved a giant in the ground and blew the ground. If the hunters had stayed in the same place, they would have probably had a tragic end.

Watching how it went, the hunter told the mercenaries.

"We'll be safe here for now. It would be a dead end from him, and there would be limits to bending over and looking down. So let's just breathe in here and see if there's any injuries."

and a hunter who speaks so, looking around at the mercenaries that came with him.

Then a man walks out thinking he's the leader of the mercenaries. He spoke to the hunters as they looked up at the sandworms who were jolting with lost sight of their prey.

"You guys... you're the adventurers here? Thank you. Thank you."

In contrast, the hunter replies.

"No, not yet. Thanks for your help. You're not inside yet, are you? Coming up."

"Oh... right. I'm Jack. The leader of these people."

"A hunter."

"... Huh?

"It's okay with the mercenary regiment you guys pulled out of acerdyne, right?

"Ah, ah...... But why would you do that?

"Alexandra told me. Waiting for everyone ahead."

"... I see. There was a point."

That's what I said, a man named Jack who turns his gaze toward his own people. Shortly afterwards, the mercenaries began to check the situation, breathing. Are there any missing or injured persons......

Fortunately, there were no missing persons, just some injuries, and the damage was not significant.... No, maybe we should describe what was being drastically deprived of health as "damage". Anyway, this place is directly beneath a giant sandworm. Because if you try to get away poorly in a worn out state, it's obvious what's waiting for you afterwards.

"Hey, Jack. How could you guys have thought to fight a monster like this, like 60 people or something like that out there?

"... we weren't even thinking about this monster diving under the ground. At best, one house, or maybe two big ones, you know.... it was sweet from there..."

"Now instead of one house, it's going to be about as big as one town. Damn...... how was I going to be able to bring it back?

Listen to such a hunter--

"Really serious............ eh?

—— and Jack, who looked suspicious of his ears. Besides, the mercenaries who were on the spot did not seem to understand what the hunters had said.

Only Yuki, who was following the hunter, understood exactly what she meant by what she said.

"Taking it back... can you eat all of this?

"You know what? Yuki, can you eat or not? Cook so you can eat. Must be delicious, huh? I want Waltz to eat fast."

"Really...... So, how do we hunt?

"There are several ways --"

"Wait a minute!

Jack is in a hurry to raise his voice if he even feels uncomfortable with the conversation between the two of them.

"Hunting... you guys, are you willing to hunt me?!

How do we hunt that giant that we don't really think we can win no matter how many people get together? No, before that, are the hunters sane... Until now, Jack, who lived with his people, was literally confused.

What was gushing out of his mind was fear of the sandworm. Anger at the hunters who are trying to recklessly fight such opponents. I can't help but feel sorry for my weak self. And ——

"Naturally, right?

"It's dinner."

".................. Huh!

—— The hunters remembered how fine dust is not feeling fear either.

What chemical changes in him (?) I'm not sure I woke up. But it does seem that, in him, some kind of mood change was occurring.

And he chooses. What we need to do now. And how can I survive...

... Well, whatever he thinks, there was only one choice from the start, I can't even say...