The castle itself was full of holes without a shadow to see, making it possible to enter from anywhere.
For one thing, there doesn't seem to be any sign of resentment or anything inside either - but it's spacious and big anyway. Even if it's solidified and moving, I don't even know how much time I'm going to need.
So the army, now made up of 51 men, was divided into three squads.
In order to simultaneously explore the upper, middle, and lower floors, respectively, and to efficiently proceed with the investigation.
The upper management is composed of fourteen people who specialize in techniques for moving lightly, such as wind attributes. Taking into account the risk of the scaffolding collapsing, it has become a facade that can prevent falling in the event of an event. The command was taken by Oretta, and Ted of "Silver Legion Troop" Silvalios "and the rational female researcher Shalom were also to be placed here.
The middle layer consists of seventeen persons who will pay attention to falling objects and scaffolding. Organized in an even-handed facade that can accommodate both of those concerns, Dermie and Reserlit are also here. Amanda serves as the leader. If something went wrong up or down there, there was also an intention that she could go to either of them immediately.
The lower layers must be careful what falls from the ceiling or buried alive. A maximum of twenty people were placed here. This lower level has the widest staff allocation.
Included were Lifeguard and Belgrette, as well as Ozuroy, an awesome young man who volunteered himself. It was Dr. Locke who was entrusted with the command. The observational eye of this person is indispensable if you are to discover something useful on the vastest scale, even though you remain anxious in terms of health even when you are not a combat personnel.
Reassembling and arranging in the square outside two hours later, everyone but the three soldiers entrusted with the carriage's turn stepped inside the abandoned castle.
"... this guy is amazing. It's like the ocean..."
One of the soldiers, looking out from the collapsed wall of the third floor part, so zero with the sigh of admiration. Beneath his eyes is covered with shaking blue mist, and he cannot see shadows or shapes on the ground.
"Well, is this what the ocean looks like?"
Another person responds with an intriguing tone.
"Oh no, it's totally different... as blue and spacious, I thought the invisible feeling of the bottom was somewhat similar"
The sea does not exist because Raindeer continues to surround the Quartet by other countries. The closest you can see is the Dilitzdam Sea, which extends into the northern part of our western neighbor, the Bulkfort Empire. but even there is more than two weeks by carriage from Wang Du. Regardless of who had the experience of going on expeditions and such, it was normal that the majority of Raindeer citizens had never even seen the sea.
"Has Fellow Shalom ever seen the ocean?
If Oretta, who looks at the surrounding stone walls, asks in a boring manner,
"No, not once. But someday, I want to go out on my own feet and find out...,...?
Shalom, who was bending in and examining the debris, accidentally cut the words and silenced. With a twinkle of an eyebrow, let me put that up in the pin set with a careful hand.
"Oh, what's that? Ore shards or something?
That's what Oretta said.
Size is less than a cental. A small stone-like object with a milky color close to transparent.
It does seem different in colour from the peripheral decaying stone, but it doesn't even show up as heterogeneous to the amateur.
……………………
But Shalom remained silent and quietly placed the picked shard on the receptacle. And in fearful ways, you move your bare index finger closer to that piece of stone.
The wind exploded.
The receptacle swept through the air, and the glasses flew away from Shalom's face, which turned away.
"Whoa!?
"Hey, what!?
As the soldiers rushed to their feet, Oretta stood up to Shalom. Ted rushed over quickly, too.
"Hey, hey, what's up!? Are you okay!?"
"Are you okay?"
The female researcher, shouldered by both knight names, was shuddering his body small.
"Fellow Shalom, what the hell is wrong with you? I'm shaking, okay?
"... sprinkled... and... was there"
"Huh?"
Shalom, looking back in momentum, screams as he looks up at Oretta and Ted with his unfocused eyes, either because he dropped his glasses.
"Mi, mi, i found it! Finally, give me the crystallized soul and heart, Prarna!
"This is..., are you sure?
An amazing Amanda question echoes in a room deep upstairs.
"Yes."
Nodding with a mysterious face is a middle-aged researcher on the beard surface.
In front of them - on one side of the wall of the room, the milky rock beds spread surprisingly across the mineral veins.
There were a total of four other soldiers and researchers on this scene, all of whom are at a distance from its white rocks and are somewhat distant.
When wearing thick gloves, the mustache surface researchers carefully picked up one of the white shards rolling at their feet.
"Earlier...... when I touched it with my bare hands dealing with water attributes, it melted down and made a puddle. When another researcher with flame attributes touched it, we confirmed it burned up like a spark."
Researchers continue with a slightly feverish voice so as to dampen inner excitement.
"My clothes were not wet by water and the researchers in the matter were not burned. In other words, without a doubt… the phenomenon that occurred in the fold that touched the stone is considered to be the expression of the Divine Chant" Oracle "which each deals with…" itself "
The attribute just touched it - the stone that activates the technique.
There are also metals that exhibit a high sensitivity to the soul and mind power Prarna, but there are no examples of looking back at the past, such as objects that cause this phenomenon simply by touching them.
(This is...)
What King Aldia was looking for.
Visible and touchable form - Pralna, a high purity soul and heart power that is present as a crystal.
"... can I touch it?
"Go ahead."
Amanda borrows gloves and wears them only on her left hand. With that hand he receives the pebble and grips it in, slowly bringing the right hand of his bare hand closer together. the moment the fingertip touches the surface of the shard,
Pan, and a cool cold breeze rolled up.
The stone disappears in a bouncing, flying form, and instead the fine thin ice falls apart.
"..., my God..."
Amanda couldn't help but doubt her eyes at the phenomenon she first saw.
It is true that if it is a simple technique, chanting is not necessary and it is possible to activate it immediately, but what has just happened has different assumptions. Irrelevant to his own will, the art came into being without consuming his soul and mind, Prarna. That's close to the puzzle, if you like, as if your hands and feet have moved unintentionally on their own. Only this condensed mass brings with it the soul and mind power "Prarna" consumed to handle the technique.
(... I wonder if Leafia always has this feeling)
The female knight had a strange empathy in her heart, recalling an immature 'Penta' girl whose divine chanting 'Oracle' would be activated regardless of her own will.
"Dear Amanda. Finally... Finally, we..."
The researcher's voice, which he pushed to death, was extremely trembling. The surrounding officials also snort so that they are caught.
I can't help it. This will be a great discovery of the century. Undoubtedly, it will be a feat that will be told to future generations.
The bearded researcher turned his grin toward Amanda as he wiped his eyes.
"... disrespect, I've shown you something ugly. Together, we are already ready for the tablet. Now, give me your instructions."
I don't have to think about any instructions.
Collect this milky white chunk and bring it back.
That's why we came all the way here at our own risk.
but
(Really... Found it, did I?)
In the corner of Amanda's head, such a voice wooded as the demon had given her.
Really, without any basis.
You will never find a high concentration of soul and mind, "Prarna," etc. Returning to the king's capital, King Ardia, who heard the report, scratches his head and laughs luxuriously, "I knew it wouldn't work, haha".
So, isn't this story over?
Amanda had such unfounded thoughts.
(... man. I guess that means you're afraid of the unknown realm)
With this discovery, the world changes. Change comes. I'm afraid of a future where I don't know what's going to happen.
Though the lives of several of my compatriots were lost, vague anxieties… the thought of not being able to find them, etc. were cursed together.
(... Lessia...)
Unexpectedly, it reminds me of the face of my predecessor, the guerrilla. I think of my best friend, who stubbornly refused to step into his first boyfriend.
(I wonder if the source of the fear you had was exactly this thought...?
Amanda never tells her intentions, mocking herself at the unanswered question.
"... All right. We finally decide we've discovered our goal! Investigate carefully and start excavating!
"Bingo, I guess"
Dr. Rock's face pushing up the frame of his glasses just says everything is as expected.
"Ugh... this is it...!?
Lifeguard looked at the sight in front of him, half-opening his mouth like a fool.
"Is this it?"
"It's like a mineral vein..."
What spreads in front of a puzzling line of eyes was a passage where all of the ceilings, walls and floors were buried in milky white. All four sides are covered in white rock beds, so much so that at first glance it seems to be a natural cave.
"No way... this white chunk, it's all...?
In response to Belgrette's whining, such as incredible, the Doctor returned a strong overwhelming endorsement and affirmation.
"Yeah. Perhaps this is the... crystallized soul and mind, Pralna."
Although it was a confident tone. For the drift protection, the doctor's fingers attached to the glasses seemed faintly trembling.
Retrospective, about twenty minutes ago.
Ground floor part that is too wide. It was the facade of the lower management who tried to start exploring in a space that seemed distracting no matter what he was looking for, but an unmistakable instruction flew from Dr. Locke, who deposited command.
"First, can you look for the entrance to the basement?
Referring to the doctor who said so naturally, the shield immediately raises the question.
"Underground... Do you? No, but not necessarily underground in the first place."
"No. A castle of this size would definitely be the first."
Dungeons or underground reservoirs? Or an emergency evacuation passage. Whatever its use, glasses researchers affirmed that there must always be a vast underground space if this castle is of the same size as Raindeer.
And as if the word was a prophecy, a staircase leading down is discovered by the soldiers who began their search.
The light source is only the swings of the pine lights listed by the soldiers. I don't use the lights of the Divine Chant "Oracle". The Doctor sounds calm as he carefully descends one stone staircase at a time surrounded by darkness.
"By now... you may have discovered something up there."
No one is asking what the search is today. I couldn't know what was going on with the other squadrons because they didn't communicate as usual in the spiritual field.
"Seriously? Yeah, something?
"Yeah. Just that amount shouldn't be that much"
The Doctor, walking next to the drift protection, nods clearly as if he had seen it.
A high concentration of soul and heart power, Pralna, deposits in low places. Assuming that theory, we have continued our search for land that is previously lower than its surroundings. And today, this abandoned castle reached the end of it, continuing down a loose slope for nearly half a day.
"Even against the areas and maps we have treaded so far, there is no doubt that this is the largest 'sanctuary' in the Rubiltri mountainous area"
That's why you should be able to find it.
of its enclosure, further down. I mean, if it's also underground, there's...
The white passage, which appeared in front of a row down the stairs, had a mysterious air of bell caves.
"Or, I will confirm...!
One of the young researchers advances in wearing gloves and uses fleas to carefully scrape off some of the rock walls. Move the gloved bare hands closer to the fragments you've collected.
Pan, and the flame bounced.
Like the price, the shards have disappeared without a trace.
Whoa, the young researcher nods heavily as the line speaks up.
"... definitely. This is what we were looking for… Prarna, a high purity soul and heart strength…!
Soon, everyone boiled down to cheer.
"Then report to Mr. Amanda."
"Ha!"
Two soldiers, instructed by Dr. Locke, run up the stairs in exasperation. To inform you of the discovery of Prarna, the soul and mind of this place. Perhaps we'll find something similar upstairs, but not to the quantity of this place first, the Doctor decides.
"Later, we'll investigate the breadth of this basement and the amount of soul and heart power" Pralna "that is depositing."
Everyone wore gloves, shaped to conceal the exposed complexion. Watch your step and start walking carefully down the white aisle.
A space surrounded by a solidified soul and heart force, Prarna. Someone just touched the wall or something, and the Divine Chant "Oracle" would erupt. If you do poorly, all of the white lumps may have a chain reaction. In that case, if it is the person of the flame attribute, the surrounding area may turn into a sea of fire, and if it is the person of the water attribute, the flood may wind up. If that happens in this lockdown, total annihilation is imperative. I just want to avoid reaching that end of the line more than just getting here because of it.
(Well, I guess it's okay for me or Dr. Rock to touch it...)
Or, the Japanese, drift guardians, cannot take off their gloves. If you didn't touch the crystals and express any technique, that makes you suspicious.
"That's bigger than I thought..."
"Right..."
Lifeguard agreed with Belgrette's whining.
The passage continues everywhere, and is also covered with white lumps as applied.
The roads were branched out over many, and the soldiers and researchers dispersed one after the other, judging that there seemed to be no encounter with external enemies.
So much less, it was just four young soldiers, the Refugee and Belgrette, Dr. Locke, walking a little further away and behind us, Ozuroy.
From the looks of this mess, maybe this was an evacuation passage.
It's good to finally discover Prarna, the soul and mind that has become solid.
"Doctor, this crystal... I think it's going to be quite a bit... can you take it home?
"I guess it's just a small part of what you can take home. I don't know if I can carry it well either."
First, excavation work makes it extremely difficult.
Various divine chanting techniques, Oracle, are also utilized in everyday work in this world, but mining must be carried out entirely by hand because this crystal reacts to the art. Be careful not to touch it with your bare hands.
The stones thus obtained are also meant to be frozen preserved and protected - strictly packed and carried in every way, but there is no certainty of retention. It may dissolve in the outside air at the time you bring it out of here, or it may become foggy in response to protective techniques.
The fact that these have not been found until they come to this castle means that they will not solidify in other environments. I was only certain that if I took it out cheaply, it would degenerate.
"So, but Doctor. I've come so far, then..."
"It's okay. I've got more information than anything."
"Information?"
"The Solid Soul Heart Power" Prarna "existed. Even if we could just confirm that fact, it would be too much."
As I had somewhere agreed, the gray-haired researcher laughed.
Examine this occasion and identify the conditions under which the soul heart power Prarna becomes solid. If we try and err based on that information, one day we might be able to create it ourselves.
Yes, the Doctor tells us to talk about the outlook.
……
It's a distracting story, he thought.
But the Doctor was right, it was confirmed that the soul heart power "Prarna" would be solid. The day when research will proceed and we will be able to create it with our own hands may not be too far away to visit. Will the perception of 'the incredible power that is God's grace' eventually turn into 'refinable fuel' -
"Oh?"
Vaguely thinking about it, I get the voice of Belgrette walking next door.
"Hey, Belle."
"Over here......"
The girl knight pointed the pine light - the side road extends further down the stairs.
"Oh, was it still down there? Doctor, what do you want to do?
"Right. I've come this far because of this... shall we take a peek?
"Um... Mr. Ozuroy, are you okay?
Lifeguard looks back and takes confirmation with only one other soldier who is following us.
"... Yep. The problem is… there is no"
He was a young man who made him feel slightly lost and badly toothed, but he nodded small. In addition to the definitive sword arm that does not lean against Dbobik as if he were a person who passed through Dr. Rock, who had fallen in ruins. I can hardly doubt its strength.
That's how the four of them started going down the side stairs. The walls on both sides were narrower enough to go ahead and were to proceed vertically in the order of drift protection, Bergrette, Dr. Rock and Ozouroy from the way ahead.
"............ hmm?
So much less, the leading drift shield noticed abnormally and stopped the leg.
"Wow, what's wrong, Lugo?"
The subsequent Belgrettes also rush to a sudden halt.
"No... something's up ahead... isn't it glowing?
The shield pulled its body towards the wall so that it could be seen by everyone, pointing to the darkness that continued downward.
"... oh, really..."
"Mmm, sure... something looks glowing"
Bellette and the Doctor keep an eye on each other at the same time.
At the end of the stairs. In the darkness, I see a pale green light. Somewhere, I was under the impression that the lighting in the room was leaking.
"There's something glowing green ahead of you, you mean...? Doctor, what do you think it is?
"No, you have no idea..."
If even this leading man answers that, I can't even predict what's waiting for him. The four of them slowly and carefully went down the stairs...
I just lost my word to the sight that appeared.
Until then the narrow passage was a room as open as a lie.
What was it for? Four or five regular houses would fit together. The height to the ceiling was such as ten meters, and the drift shelter somehow associated the school gymnasium.
After all, the aging is intense, the stone walls and floors are all collapsed, and there is a large hole in the center of the room that is likely to be ten meters in diameter.
That's good.
"Nah............ so this............................!?
The four of them stood up in disdain.
"This is..."
I can also hear Ozuroy breathing somewhere far away.
It's a green storm.
The big hole worn in the center of the room - at the bottom of it, the green light was swirling. Grunts like you were willing, green airflow. A glow that just dazzles, like applying a fluorescent color to the atmosphere.
There are countless spheres of light floating around it that have been witnessed so many times.
………………
Even Dr. Locke stared at the sight with a stunned look.
"... what the hell..."
The drift shield progresses in horror, peering down the hole in close proximity.
――――――――
There were no words.
Bottom invisible, blue bi fluorescence.
It's like the sea, like the end of the world. Somewhere, a green spiral that gives you a feeling of unknown infinity.
"Ri, you're in danger. Don't let it fall. Because scaffolding is suspicious."
"Ah... yes..."
I can't even imagine what would happen if I fell here. I don't want to.
"Really... what is this..."
Belgrette, who likewise came at about the time in his footsteps, peeks into the bottom of the hole as he takes his distance to avoid falling.
…………
It's just strange.
Liquid shield did not feel bad about this green running. Thus, so close to being alert. To something gentle, to be invited.
It was a moment when I was thinking about that in a flash.
and the sound of the stone collapse.
Then it conveys a heavy vibration,
――――――
Right next door. Eyes pointed. Belgrette's body was floating in the universe.
Due to the collapse of the scaffold, she was about to fall into the green sea. Her lightly iced "Ice Blue" eyes stain a stunning color as she illuminates the green glow.
"Bell boy -"
A drifting shield rushed in and took Belgrette's hand. They were both about to fall to the bottom of the hole in a way that was pulled by the weight of each person,
"..., Gu!
Lifeguard takes the girl knight's hand with his right hand and grabs the riddle rock edge with his left hand.
"Ri, driftshield cum, Belle!
I can't even afford to answer Dr. Locke's cry.
Belgrette, completely suspended, drifting shield that supports the weight of two people with a connected right hand, a right hand and one left hand.
Picturesque, near falling scene.
"Li, lugo......!
If you're called and you turn your gaze down, you look like a girl knight who was stopped with one arm. Beautiful face distorted by bitterness. A world of green that swirls beneath it, making it horrible -
"Beh, Belle child...... that's it, can't you fly with a reverse injection of surgery!?
"Damn... that's what I'm not answering! The Divine Chant" Oracle "won't activate...!
"Hey......!?
I'm stunned by an anomaly like never before, but I can't afford to think about its causes and reasons. Liquid protection can focus on the left arm as it is illuminated by the glowing green light in Naruto.
(Forcefully...... go up, hey...... I also think hey......!
Of concern is the strength of the cobblestone that I am now catching my finger on.
The moment you weigh in trying to crawl up, you may also collapse. If that happens, it's the end of a roll.
"Ku, dude, I need to pull it up somehow......!
"Dr. Lockwave, it's dangerous. I'm here."
Ozuroy, who stopped pushing the Doctor and took the rope out of his luggage, slowly approaches him.
"Ariumi guerrilla, I'm going to wrap this around your left arm and pull it up now. You will have a considerable load on your arms and shoulders, but please forgive me."
"Well, that's okay. Please..."
I didn't have time to finish.
Whether you can pull it up or not, there's no such thing as a dramatic overhang situation to visit. The stone floor that was grasping the stream protection broke down lightly,
"Wow, wow...!"
"Ahh."
The two of them - Lifeguard and Belgrette are thrown into the universe without exchanging.
"Ku......!
Even if Ozuroy, who rushed toward him, reaches out - he can't reach it.
――――――……
Afraid-inducing floats and sucking free falls.
As the world instantly stained into a green colour, while no longer seeing anything but its colour, the drift shield held the right hand strongly connected with Belgrette.
To respond, it conveys the feeling of her gripping back.
There he is. Even if you can't see it, Belgrette is certainly there.
What do you mean?
Harsh otherworlds, I had thought that one day I might lose my life in battle, but I could no longer foresee it ending in the form of a fall death.
Until the end, I'm not going to let go of this hand that connects me to Belgrette.
…………
If you noticed, one side of the darkness was spreading.
In it, countless little brilliances flash as scattered.
……
Confused for a moment, I immediately grasped it.
This... is the starry sky.
And on the back, a soft grass feel.
I am - Arisu Current Protection is now. Sleeping in the land of grass leaves, looking out at the night sky.
Soon after I recognized him, I was sure of my right hand.
"Belle child!
Right next door, there was a figure of Belgrette lying with her hands held together. Larger breasts, even when compared to adult women, are regularly raised and lowered. It doesn't even look like he's hurt. Calling with a gentle slap on the cheek, relieved.
"Ugh... um..., Lugo...?
"Oh, are you all right? Belle child."
"Yeah... Where's Lugo?"
She also wakes herself up confused.
"Oh, I'm fine. Nothing."
"... sorry. If I were more careful..."
"No, he said it wasn't Belle's fault. That worn out, it wasn't weird where it collapsed... The Doctor and Mr. Ozuroy... hey, I knew it. I hope you haven't fallen like us."
I should have been in a situation where all I could say was we'd be off, but fortunately, we're both safe. I don't have one injury. If so, the status quo will be confirmed next.
Despite falling that great underground hole, there is a brilliant night sky of stars above. The giant moon doesn't look like Ish Marni. Was that basement connected outside? I don't even see the brilliance of green in my earlier eyes or the blue mist characteristic of the original Bo.
"Where is it? Here..."
It's dark and I'm not sure what's going on around here. but there seems to be a tree standing right beside it. There are grasshoppers all around. Downstairs is the dirt ground.
Based on the surroundings, were they still thrown outside? Either way, it should be near that abandoned castle for sure.
The only other thing that bothers me is that my body feels weird enough. There is no pain. It doesn't look like he hit anywhere for falling...
"It's dark and I don't know. Let's take a look around."
"Yep..."
"Let's go with care. I don't know what's coming out of it."
Liquid shield, which stood up scratching the servus in front of him, with his middle waist,
"- What?"
I lost my word.
In conclusion.
It was the park that was spreading in front of the drift guard.
Exterior lights and trees installed at equal intervals. ponds and promenades visible in the distance. The place where I just crawled out was also, if you look closely, the tip of a neat implant.
Kids' playthings like Blanco and Jungle Gym stand securely in somewhat idle spaces.
And a braided fence surrounding the perimeter of the site and an outdoor clock installed in one corner. It emits a thin, dirty, pale light. That was pointing to the reverse L - that is, nine o'clock.
"........................... Huh?
Definitely, it was a 'park'.
Nor does it mean exotic squares, as seen in the kingdoms and the city of Dealey.
It was a park on an estate in a city where modern Japan was born and raised.
Stand up.
"... no...,... eh?
Oh. No. I was reacting similarly right after I got lost in Grim Crows.
Somewhere in my head I hear such a voice in swallowing.
………………
No matter how much I look around, I'm sure.
asphalt roads visible across the park. A silhouette of Japanese houses that you may even miss, lined up neatly across it. Lights leaking from those houses.
This is modern Japan.
That, too, I know... my city where I was born and raised...
"... me...,...?
Next to a boy standing up like a shell out,
"Ko, is this...? Where...? That's a building... right? Plus, so many...... What's going on...?
A girl knight from another world stands.
"Belle, child......"
"Li, Lugo......?
If I accidentally turned my face to Belgrette, did she also feel a nasty atmosphere? He whispers his eyebrows and peeks in worried.
"Me... uh, me..."
Next door is Belgrette.
Wrapping your own arms is a small hand of evil dragons. Wrap yourself up in exotic travel costumes.
But nowadays, I haven't seen the landscape of my hometown in roughly six months...
"Me, go home... I'm here, are you...?
The voice was just trembling helplessly.
- This day.
Arishi Shield returned to his hometown, where he thought he would never be able to return.
with girl knights from different worlds.