Golden Experience

"─ ─ I wonder if there was one just now. Rare said it was a professor's scam technique."

Zenobia talked to him as he left the amateurs behind in the abandoned village and walked toward the volcano for a while.

"Fraudulent technology is a bad idea. I didn't lie to them about anything."

"But the argument was skewed. And I haven't answered their questions in the end. Well, if you put it that way, it doesn't mean you lied even if you were to be pursued later."

Zenobia nodded impressively.

It is a Zenobia with high INT and similar personality to Lyla.

With this state of affairs, such a degree of fraud will soon be mastered.

I feel quite soft in the sense that I have given extra wisdom to the NPC who never leaves the game, but I don't mind if it is a partner to Magnum. Lyla may have a nasty face, but she looks proud. Even with a little wisdom, you wouldn't think you'd lose to the NPC.

"So, what do we do now?

"Hmm. When I introduced myself to them earlier, I thought I'd take a look at the volcanoes on this island.

Actually, there's been talk of volcanic activity on this island recently. I just heard from the village chief.

The village chief has also been delegated, and I need to take care of the safety of the delegation. We need to look into the volcano once, and if there are really signs of an eruption, we need to think about getting them off to another land. "

"Oh, Professor, you look kind."

"I think it's normal. Miss Zenobia seems to lack common sense."

"I can't help it. After all, I've been a prisoner for hundreds of years. I don't know what common sense is."

"... I don't think it's much different from time to time."

"Come on, here! Let's stop! Let's go home!"

"... we're not even close enough to observe. But it's definitely hot. You may get damaged if you get any closer."

We need to approach the volcano to observe.

So I was walking towards the mountain, but I had to abandon it near the foot. The temperature began to rise suddenly.

If you want to go any further, you'll need some resistance skills or equipment.

"Ursus is still good! I'm wearing metal armor! I'm gonna burn you!

I thought about the Zenobia designation and watched the surroundings, and there was a reaction that approached.

Amatein and her hands are warm, just like what I saw earlier.

"Wait! I don't know who you are after all!

Have you forgotten? I don't know.

"Did you chase me to hear such a thing? Thank you for your hard work up to such a hot place.

If I were you, I would have told you. A researcher who came to an isolated island to observe the volcano. Take a good look around. What else is there to come here for? "

"That's it."

Amatein sandwiched her mouth.

What the hell is that? Which is it?

"Observation of the volcano," he said. What do we do with the observation?

As you know, there was a volcanic eruption on the Central Continent a while ago. According to testimonies from people living in nearby cities, such things have never happened before.

Not the way you said it earlier, but if something that hadn't happened before happened suddenly, there must be some big change there.

We Gentiles assume it's in Magnum. "

I countered the professor's aversion earlier.

"There are similar volcanoes on this island, and the volcanoes on this island have never erupted. This is something I heard from the fishermen in that fishing village... Such volcanoes have been active lately, and suspicious self-styled researchers like you have emerged.

It should be enough to doubt you. "

"I was saying how to contact other people who were wrecked earlier, but I wonder how to contact them. I see that you were Gentiles. But do you realize that the exact same thing can be said to you?

I know, of course, that a volcano erupted in the Central Continent. I decided to investigate this volcano because of the eruption.

And it goes without saying what is the biggest change that has taken place here recently.

Yes, you Gentiles have emerged like no other.

The monster rebellion in the central continent, the unusual frequency of disasters, the war that engulfed the entire continent, the eruption of the volcano, everything that happened after you showed up. "

"That's...."

Amatein kept quiet.

Nobody can prove these causal relationships, but nobody can prove that there is no causal relationship.

As much as this world is a game, there is no denying that it is possible to adjust to the start of the service so that such events are more likely to occur.

"Is the village better than me? Is it enough sadness and enough reflection?"

"... please stop saying lewd things. The bodies of the villagers were buried in the village square and, simplified, they made graves."

If you followed me, did you think it was too late to show up?

"Is it true that the sins have been settled by feeding them in all their forms?"

"That's not true. I don't mean to make excuses, but we didn't organize that big flotilla.

Instead, we were asked by our client to monitor and escort us, who was concerned about the problems that would arise. It is simply a matter of feeling to feed that village. People like you may not know. "

The professor also fully understands the psychology of mourning the death of a person.

In any case, the concept of burial had no decent religious values, so there were traces of even the Old Stone Age. Some birds and non-human mammals have also been identified that perform actions such as pseudo-burial. I don't know if their actions are rooted in the feeling of mourning death.

I do not deny psychology or customs that have such a history.

"What is it? Was that so? Thank you for your hard work.

Then again, I'm not doing anything extra here, so just get to the central continent ─ ─ what?

My feet began to shake.

Is it an earthquake that is hitting isolated islands intermittently?

But in reality, the professor who lives in Nihon knows that this is not an ordinary earthquake.

There is nothing like an aftershock, and suddenly it starts to shake like a jump.

The source of the earthquake was very shallow, or it was as if there was a cause of the earthquake right there ─ ─

"─ ─ Not good, Ursus. This is dangerous. I feel very disgusted."

"... strange encounter. That's what I thought."

"No, what! It's not like the usual earthquake!

"Be careful, Amatein! Something's wrong!

The amateurs are also on alert.

It seems to be the first wave of pattern for them who have been playing on this island for two days.

"Damn! You're still doing something! Too good timing!

If you're talking about Mermaid Country, you're just saying it yourself!

"Don't punish me. Even so, I couldn't have bothered to do such a thing in a situation where there was a suspicious person nearby ─ ─"

That's when I remembered.

In his words earlier, about the eruption in the Central Continent.

Rare made that eruption, but Rare didn't cause it directly. We fought the Golden Dragon terminal, the World Enemies, and we missed it.

Amateurs and players are right about Magnum's involvement in the eruption, but that's not the point.

A Golden Dragon terminal that could not be defeated with Rare Attack.

As soon as the terminal ran away from Rare, a sudden and intermittent earthquake began to strike the island.

And the unusual heat at the foot of this volcano.

It was too late to notice.

It would be a professor's mistake to say that we already had enough ingredients to stick together.

It should have been the professor's area of expertise.

"─ ─ Miss Zenobia, this isn't good! Let's get out of here! Whatever it takes!

"Whatever the means, you can use it! Copy that!"

"Run away!? Running away is a tough thing to do! Let them escape!"

Amatein pulls his sword at the professors.

I know how you feel, but that's not the problem.

People try to flee because the situation is unfavourable, which is not necessarily due to backwardness.

In this case, it is simply a combat issue.

I don't think I can defeat a monster that Rare couldn't defeat with a combo of the Sinister King and Tanuki. No, the professor is a gentleman, not a tanuki.

"Ursus, you don't have to be on the ground."

"What? Ah, wait a minute ─ ─"

With a dull shock, the professor's consciousness flew for a moment.

Because Zenobia with the professor jumped into the air.

"─ ─ Ehp. Ze, Miss Zenobia, I forgot to mention, flying in the sky ─ ─"

"So-so. We can't help it this time, it's an emergency evacuation."

In this way, it seems that he realized that the professor felt sick on the last flight.

The evil character seems to be the standard of the Evil King. What a race.

"─ ─ Shit, wait! What the hell is that? How are you floating!?

Amatein is screaming right now.

But his hands were warm and he didn't care about the professors, he looked at the mountains.

I soon understood the reason.

The foothills are light and green. This is the glow of LP reflected in the "True Eye".

Even though it's covered in dirt, there's something there that has so much vitality that it can see through it.

Wow. I'm coming, Ursus. "

Then the ground exploded without time, and something huge golden appeared with the sparkling magma.

Utsubo.

It matches Rare's report.

This is the Golden Dragon terminal. It would also be a genuine product without mixing.

"─ ─ What is that?!

"Is that what caused the earthquake?!

The players are shouting, but that's not the case.

The magma leaking from the hole I punctured is slowly starting to flow toward the amateurs, and the magma is also about to come closer to us with a nose.

The fact that the magma's momentum is weak does not mean that it exploded after losing to internal pressure, that is, it is not an eruption.

Simply because Utsubo drilled a hole, it leaked together.

If so, there will be no damage to the village.

As Rare missed it, it might be different if this pigeon went back to the magma dump and moved around in the ground again.

"... I hope it gets closer. Do you have a look at me? This isn't about the heathens down there, it's about us in the air."

"That's right. Maybe it's not my fault. I felt it earlier, but that golden shine is probably targeting me."

"Does Miss Zenobia even serve pheromones that Golden Dragon devices like? And so was the weird tree."

"No, not so much. Was it the tea party the other day? If that was the remnant of the Golden Dragon's terminal that fell to the northern pole and was originally supplied with energy by some means from the main unit."

"... I see. Even without saying energy, is it not surprising that only those left outside can exchange information?

I wonder if she suddenly crawled out to the ground feeling the same energy source as the Golden Monster tree. "

In other words, it can be attributed to the professor who brought Zenobia here.

If you think of it that way, you can't say that the Amatein you're calling on the surface is all wrong.

"─ ─ Damn, what is that! You called me!

In a sense, yes, but I didn't call you because I wanted to.

"─ ─ That was here before we came. The earthquake is proof of that. I told you at the beginning. I'm here to investigate the earthquake."

"Can you believe it!

If you don't intend to believe me, why did you ask?

Sometimes players don't understand these things.

Among them, I thought Amatein was better, but there might be no big difference in extreme conditions.

"... Ursus, I don't think I can stay here any longer. Unless you're going to fight. I'm sorry to say I'm going to fight, but I'll have to spare you first. [M] I'm not ready to fight it yet."

"... so am I. Not only am I not ready, but I am not ready to fight. We're still on the run.

─ ─ Well, did you say Amateur? I'm sorry, but we can't deal with that golden monster. Excuse me first.

Thank you for your time. "

"Ah! Wait ─ ─"

"─ ─ This is Ursus and Zenobia. Welcome home early. Have you finished investigating?"

"I was able to find out what I wanted to know. It seems that the literature left in this castle was correct.

Save it for me if I can salvage it from the rubble of the castle. I can use Ferres and the others. They'll be able to get into the rubble. "

The professor who moved to the Underground Kingdom under the "Magician Summon" instructed Mauricio to excavate the literature.

Mauricio seems to have loaded a lot of literature from that library, and if he can't find it, he may have to rely on his memory to re-edit it.

"─ ─ Professor, by the way. I thought I wasn't fit for full body armor. More importantly, I like the smart outfit."

"I guess so. There was no way to fight. Well, that's not what I could say."

"If horns and 'hands' are the problem, how is she clearing the problem around them? I'm talking about Rare's sister."

In order to get in and out of strange traits, we must acquire the pervert.

To do this, we need an Archem Extractor or an example ruin.

"... hmm. I need Miss Rare's permission to tell me about it. I have to think about strengthening myself, and once I get back to the Central Continent.

I wanted to approach the mermaids, but I might still be feeling up to it now, so I'd better take a moment. "