Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... you've been following me. Phew...... Goddess, you're chasing me and all that."

"... Um, Master Deprexa? Character changed...... no, nothing"

Deprexa leads the way as if she enjoys herself, feeling the signs of the town guards and thinkers following her from behind in a hole worn on the trunk of a world tree. Although she has been on the side of sending "brave men," in fact, she seems to have liked to adventure herself.

Leonardo, the brave man who watched the situation up close, seemed to have been annoyed by what a subtle mood that was difficult to describe. Simply put, in him, Deprexa's character was about to collapse.

I'm not sure that had anything to do with it, but the brave man said before Deprexa moved--

"… we will stop"

—— and, when I mouthed it, stopped in its narrow pit. And I mouth it like this towards the rear that was following me from behind.

"Leah, stop those coming from behind with metastatic magic. It's a good idea to get them out there."

"... ok"

Leah nods at the words of the brave, looking back. And there with both hands ——

"-- Metastasis"

"Hey?!

Bun......

—— Transferred the guards, who were far ahead of sight, out of the world tree. At that time, there seemed to be something that had eaten the scroll, but there were times when it was a critical hole for each person to pass by, and it didn't seem that the brave men who were there noticed about it.

By the way, the line, the lead is Deprexa. In turn from her, alongside the Endels boy, the brave Leonardo, the swordsman Victor, the energy sisters, the wizard Leah,. Note that the presence of the last one will be omitted because it is not already here.

"Is it still going on? This hole......"

"I think you're still walking for half an hour, right?

"How long..."

"It's about 3 kilometers. Even then, I drilled a hole for the thin side of the trunk."

"... I feel like I haven't walked since I got here..."

Endels boy following behind Deprexa as he speaks so.

Indeed, he was right, something that happened after he got off the hull of Energia to the ground, and the line stayed on foot the whole time. Through the woods, into the town, even after reaching the world tree, we drill holes there and continue walking non-stop...... That's more to describe as a "march" than an adventure, and as an Endels boy who has been adventurous while seeing and hearing various things in towns, it seemed like a boring move.

And that's when. The second problem strikes a line.

"Ahhh?! 'Yura

"Ah-ha." Yura.

"What's up? Energy."

"I'm losing my radio waves. As long as I have a generator... '

We seem to be at our limit here.

"Right...... Leo. Looks like we're saying goodbye here."

"Will Victor stay, too?

"We can't leave the two of us here."

"Mr. Victor......"

"I knew I cared about us..."

"... if you leave the two of us here like this, you know what's gonna happen, right?

"Hey, what's that?

"... ok"

"Sorry."

Then the brave asked Leah, who was further behind it, as he tried not to look at the energy sisters who swell their cheeks and bite Victor.

"What will Leah do?

"Follow... I'll follow"

"Okay. And... that? And Nicole?"

"Master Sage?... I'm not here."

"When... I can't help it. Nicole would probably be fine. It's hard here, but if you're on the table, the radio should go through, so we'll get back to you when we get back."

After I said that, I dropped my shoulder and looked back at the brave man who was, like, in trouble. Apparently, things are good at their party.

As a result, the line proceeded to the heart of the world tree, consisting of four people: Deprexa, Endels Boy, Leonardo the Brave, and Leah the Wizard.

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About 10 minutes after I broke up with the Victors, I could see in the eyes of the brave men the figure of a great cavity inside a blurry, green world tree. It's a hole that opens to penetrate from the ground to the heavenly side, and the walls have mushrooms that glow green, that's the place.

In its surface area, trees with massive roots grow as if they were mangroves…. There were countless tunnels in the basement and "Nike's Workshop", where a single line was set for a destination.

The question is where is the workshop? Underground tunnels are just the labyrinth itself, not sweet enough to walk to the dark clouds and reach their destination...... Besides, only Nike lived here, so the roads weren't maintained either. I mean, it was almost impossible to walk and look for her.

"Well... let's get this place grounded first --"

"Wait a minute, Master Deprexa. If you do that, you'll have a fight with Master Nike. I'm here to talk, so please don't wave if you can."

"... you did. When you look for a nike, you always stick around and get rough. If you do, you won't have to look. I'll show my face from that side."

…………

Brave men who will be silent, listening to Deprexa. This is what they seem to have been thinking at this time. … even if he tries to make things easier, Nike already has a grudge against Deprexa that can't be helped. Could it have been a mistake in itself that Deprexa came here,......

But apparently, depending on what happened, it wasn't even that simple.