Golden Experience

Episode 98: Marathon in ruins today

"Well! So it's time to head to the next city!

The sun went down and Blanc, who turned the residents into zombies, just started walking towards the next city.

"I don't mind that, but from this city the streets seem to be razing northwest and southwest. Which way are you headed?

"Uh...... Didn't anybody just get out of town or something? Were you there?

If there was, there must be a city or something before the man escaped.

"Please Wait"

Carmine goes to ask the Spartois. Blanc and Carmine have not broken into the streets until control has soaked somewhat, so we don't know the details.

When he came back with so little, he reported to Blanc.

"He said there were several people who ran off northwest on horses."

"Northwest..."

It would have been the people of this city who had fled, so I should have known what would have happened if I had gone either way.

If you headed in a situation where the city was being attacked by monsters, it seems because you thought you could rely more on the city ahead of this city if you ran away or went to get help.

From that point of view, at least you are more militarily enriched than the city is now, and those who have fled will have broken this bill somewhat.

"Unless it's extremely stronger than this city or something, I think it's going to be fine..."

"If it's a very large city, it could simply be pushed into numbers rather than quality. There's only a little over thirty of us."

Azalea is right. We need to think carefully here.

"We're only talking about possibilities, but can't you even think that it was the Northwest that was close in distance?

If the aim was to call for help as soon as possible, distance makes a lot of sense. Magenta's opinion would also be reasonable.

"Hmmm...... I don't think it's the right thing to think about... I don't know which one to end up with..."

"One thing I can say for sure is that if we head northwest, the city ahead already has something about us."

"Plus, waiting in this city until the sun went down didn't show up for reinforcements, etc., which means I'm not going to help this city anymore, and I was wondering if it's reasonable to assume that I'm ready to intercept in the next city I would be heading to"

Whether or not this one is known is going to be very big. If you don't know anything about this one, as long as you're not so alone and powerful, it's not impossible to just escape while preparing for interception if you don't seem to win.

But if you know about this one, and you pull the trigger and wait, the risk jumps.

"... All right, let's head southwest. It could be far away, so roll it up a bit. So, can you run off and march or something? There's no fatigue. Sure."

"I don't have an army or anything to think about and do that in common sense..."

"But in common sense, there's not much of Skeleton's army either, I guess."

"I wonder if that would be okay..."

That's what happened.

Decades later, Bran was laid back on horseback riding such as the horseback riding competition, organized by three named Spartoys, Scarlet, Vermillion and Crimson.

"Didn't the undead get tired..."

"The only people who don't get tired are those species that don't have live muscles, such as skeletons. It would mean there's a lot going on in the undead as well. The Golem system, for example, is not fatigued, even in the frame of a large demonic creature, but it is fatigued, for example, homunculus."

"Masochibushi"

"It's about an organism created by magic or some sort of technique."

"Magenta knows everything..."

The other two don't participate in the conversation. Because it's a bat and sticks to the head of those spartoys there.

Magenta also transforms into a human form and converses only when she talks.

"Are we going to be able to keep running like this, just because we're getting easier? Are you okay?"

Crimson under Bran nods. Doesn't seem like a problem.

Turning around, thirty spartoys are following in rows.

"... it's like a marathon right after the start. I've never done it before."

"But Master, if you raise your earthen smoke like this and go near it, you will soon be noticed how nightly it is."

"When you get close, walk...... no. Shall I walk away with my mid waist? You guys can't turn into bats and wolves and scout ahead? I wonder if it's called scourge. If you do that, I think you can get a little closer to safety."

"... Become, no. Have you finally noticed? Then I'll go."

"You can't. It! You're a jerk!

Not answering that, Magenta turned into a wolf and ran away.

"... I don't know if you're a good kid or not."

Then would I have run for about two hours?

The Magenta Wolf is back.

"Sir, I'm ahead of you..."

"Yeah. Was it time for a city?

"No, there was nothing"

What does it mean? If there's nothing there, you don't have to come back for a report. But if you think about it, I don't think I've ever been away from them in two hours. If so, even if I miss you...

"That's not what I meant"

"So what's going on?

"Though it seems to be precisely the city… the debris, or the rubble and soil that had been destroyed by the time it was completely skinless, was spreading"

"What a ruin. Is that why the people in the city didn't come running this way earlier?

This could have failed. If there's nothing to prey on, I can't help but head this way. Going back to the city earlier from here, heading northwest, I might waste about half a day.

"... ruins, it doesn't even feel like. The soil and stirred debris are still pointy, no soil, no weeds, etc. It's more like it was ruined than messed up by someone recently."

"Whew!

For example, it is natural to assume that some kind of demon has attacked the city.

I feel sorry to have been crossed, but I don't think NPC demonic forces can do it, such as the official set event where the city was destroyed by the night of the second day without skin completeness. Besides, from what I've seen, all the demons near here aren't as strong as wolves, rats, or rabbits. Even if it were destroyed by them, I see no reason for wolves or rabbits to destroy the streets.

Then maybe it was the demon player who did it.

"Maybe we can be friends! What do you think?"

"... Pfft, are you sure that your husband and the people in your hometown...?

"Then the other day, one of you, Spartoy, snapped his neck, but it seems difficult to be friends with him."

Azalea and Carmine also change to human form and engage in conversation.

"There are a lot of players out there. Assuming it was the players who devastated that city, maybe someone who felt like me. Doesn't that seem like we could be friends?

"... even if that's the case, it's like turning a city one into rubble in less than two days. They seem to have unusual powers. Be careful..."

"Stay, even if it's okay, I guess. Player on the demon side. Looking forward to it."