"You've come a long way, Ginia."
Semifinal Continental Capital Sies.
From an earlier announcement, namely the one that sent down the seven-star preseeded dragon and made him promise to cooperate with the people, it was precisely in this land of turbulent times that Oink R. Akimiya, the guild commander-in-chief and chairman of the continental parliament, had summoned a certain two figures.
"Yes. We had a little distance, but we're fine. I used a magic car."
And, as always, Oink was secretly haunting her head with the inner 'I may have misplaced the candidate' in some uneven response.
"But isn't that an unexpected combination, Commander-in-Chief? I do have some business with this young lady..."
"? Are you involved, with me?"
"... Dude, I would have assisted Caivon's husband...?
Once, as was the case in Alvis, the two of us were making faces meet.
Oink, who summoned those two, took out a certain thick bunch of paper to show them.
"This is the report on the investigation I was asked to do by Bomb...... Caivon. Apparently, I need to let him know that unfortunately, there is no connection between the Secondary or Sardis continents at present."
"I mean, to use us at my husband's."
Oink trying to communicate the requirements gradually. But in the middle of that conversation, Zinnia approached her desk and broke in to interrupt her conversation with Goto.
The momentum was so unlikely to have created a fluffy atmosphere that it floated somewhere until earlier.
"If I deliver to Master Caivon, can I get a compliment from him?
"Huh! Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you'll work for me. 'Cause he's kind to me."
Drinking by the momentum, Oink answers, Ginia takes up a bunch of paper placed on her desk, tucks it in a nearby envelope, pushes the seal wax in a familiar manner, and tries to get out of the room immediately.
"Goto, catch me"
"Heck, lady, I know you're in a hurry, but listen to me for a minute."
"... Yes. Excuse me, sir."
"Absolutely… At present, I am unable to send the ship from my side to the Sardis continent on my own. Therefore, I ask you to head directly to the Secondary Continent. But...... that land is currently in the middle of a war. We don't know when the harbor will be sealed off."
"I see. I mean, I can't guarantee my safety."
"Yeah. A month and a half after they left here. If my readings are correct, it's time to get back to the time when it's not weird to travel to the Secondary Continent for the first time. So..."
She tells the two of them to wait for them at the port, which is the gateway to the Secondary Continent.
But that was nothing more than to infiltrate a distant place that could be turned into a battlefield if it was bad, and could not even get backed up by an organization.
"Needless to say, Goto. I also ask you to gather information on the Secondary Continent as it is. I am somewhat intimate with the royal family of Gardeus, a country on that continent. If you need help, just bring it back."
"Copy that. But that's it, right? I have my limitations, too, so if..."
"Yeah. The top priority is to get that report to Cayvon. If so, return here at any time at your discretion."
Even while such an exchange was taking place, Ginia with the envelope was showing some softness.
"It's been a long time since I've seen that guy," "Can you stroke his head again," "What kind of words can you say," and that's all I've been thinking about.
"… Mr. Zinnia, you should go to the guild reception and file an application for the ship. We're probably expecting a fight, so please join us in applying for an armed permit."
"Okay. Now if you'll excuse me."
Oink, who sees her like that, orders her to be ready to leave.
Then she left the room delighted, like a breeding dog who had been told to wait.
"... there should be a lot of assignments in this hand for me alone, but why do you have that lady again?
"This is a report, but by the time we got here, we were struck three times, by some kind of raid."
The two remaining conversations begin to show disturbing colors.
"He... I mean, there are people that are getting in this way," he said?
"What do you think? I don't think he's a spy, but what was his technique? Whatever it is, it's going to be a more dangerous mission than I imagined, so I've decided that the load is too much for you alone on the boulder."
"I told you... there will be others with silver. That girl, it's still shallow to be in the guild, isn't it? Besides, you're not normally allowed to carry a weapon."
"...... Still, there is only enough to count those who stand above her in the current guild. Under the circumstances, we can't let someone with that much strength play."
"You mean my escort? Well... even if you're pulling that guy's blood, you mean you've never gone beyond gaining experience?
"Heh, that's the thing. And I want her to touch the outside world more."
"So, this is the report,"
"That's the thing. The commander-in-chief said that if you were Mr. Lue, you would understand to a certain extent, but if you could, you should look into it once and for all in a solid national institution."
"Hmmm...... right, I guess I'd also like to demonstrate it on an altar that can withstand some massive spell or something. However, I knew I would need a few more things to serve as a medium..."
"This continent must have been involved with dungeons for years, and Nao, if I could rendezvous with you, I'd ask you to introduce me somewhere."
I am convinced by what Goto told me about the upside of things. Again, that there is some kind of unified organization leaping in.
The same goes for the report's transport that was attacked, but Goto himself says it has already been in raids many times since he came to this continent.
But he said that Zinnia's presence had prevented him from doing so, while also strengthening his own power.
... I've never actually seen her fight, but as far as status goes, I can easily imagine that she wouldn't be able to fathom herself with someone there.
After all, it's not Dada who's pulling Arkham's blood, he said.
"Um, so where's Ginia now...?
"To talk about it, we need to first explain what's happening on this continent. Come on. Actually..."
Goto told me about a major incident that happened over the past month.
It is that a line of liberators, Nao, was attacked by someone and one was injured.
But this is only information that is conveyed to the public, and the truth is said to be different.
He didn't go to the seven-star enclosed land, he just attacked, purified, and wiped out dungeons all over the continent.
It's as if you hesitate to liberate the Seven Stars, unraveling another path, a hidden mystery.
"... were you searching for the truth until you disobeyed your commanded mission,? So if you hit a big wall, I'm sure he was close to the truth."
"I agree. Honestly, the war on this continent is' going on too long '. Normally, I think I'd be exhausted somewhere and have a truce to break one or the other. But it doesn't. Both factions are being held up."
"Hmm, that's odd. It's like someone's balancing."
That's what Lue points out when he hears the story.
Indeed, she is a man who lived through the harshest times of intense warfare in Genesis.
If she feels uncomfortable......
"That's right... it may be possible in 2020, but in hundreds of years..."
"In the first place, how many seven stars are on this continent? From what I've heard from the commander-in-chief, he was released before the semifinals."
"Is this the first place after all...?
"It should be, right? The art of summoning liberators should have been born here in the first place. Then, naturally, wouldn't it make sense to think this is the first place?
"... but I'm Nao, and I've never heard anything like that from a child recently summoned here..."
Something feels caught. But now I didn't know what that was.
Whatever, the first priority is to rendezvous with him.
"So, how does that relate to Zinnia?
"That's... when I'm collecting information, that lady says, 'I've come up with a way to get valuable information, too,' so if you say you can do whatever you want..."
"What if I told you?
"'If I join as a fellow liberator now recruited, I'm sure you'll get a lot of information. I'm sure you'll get a lot of praise for it.' He left his report with me..."
.................. Ginia Ya. I knew the outside world was still too early for you.
I did interact with her a few times after that one, and I listened to her, but no way so far... shouldn't the guild humans have made more contact with her and spoiled her a lot?
"When was that?
"... that was six months ago. Information hasn't come in from the Gardeus side lately, but rumors of the wind have told us that a line of liberators formed a massive expedition towards a giant dungeon in the southeast, so maybe they're joining in there..."
"Heh! Then I'll see you too, Nao, when I get to you"
"As it is, well, will it? So we should start moving towards that dungeon, too?
"It will. I'll be waiting in this harbor just in case, but will you tell the three of you to rendezvous with the liberators and, if there seems to be any, to rendezvous with the lady and collect and return to this harbor?
Mr. Goto. That was a very capable impression, but you just seem to be having a hard time with that girl...... sorry about that. It's not supposed to be my fault, but I'm sorry.
But Zinnia did it for someone else too... No, in this case, if she acted to get compliments, could that be said to be fine growth, progress in a way?
"... Kai, you might want to scold him a little, but please give him a proper compliment"
"Of course I will. Well, let's get ready to leave by the end of the day."
"If that's the case, we've already arranged a magic car over here, haven't we? And we've analyzed the current state of the war, and we've created a relatively safe map."
"... you're as quick as ever to prepare and hand-windle... wouldn't you rather have been near Oink than on such a dangerous mission?
"Ha... that's up there, and this is how we can help moving outside. Well, if you'll excuse me around here today, I'll see you next time. The map is in that envelope over there. The carriage should be here in about an hour."
Drop off the goto who walks away with that said.
It only looks like a middle-aged adventurer when you look at it this way, but I'm sure even that's his weapon, what.
Then an hour later, we boarded the demonic car that was delivered as he declared, and we left this port town as well.
"Hmm, I don't feel any signs of a battle for going down the street like this... but from what I've seen on the map, if you keep going along the street, there's a Gardeus army garrison, right?
"I don't think there's anything we can do to stop you from coming from here because it seems like you're protecting that port town."
"It's just that apparently the streets leading up to Wang Du are sealed off. Note on the map. But then..."
The three of us sit side by side in a devil's car with a wide audience seat, widening the map while slowing down.
As Lue put it, it was very idle for this kind of relaxing progression, to the point where I don't think it's very, but it's just in the middle of a war right now.
The temperature is also high, and in the cheer of getting distracted, Reis builds the route as he fingers the map.
"If you were supposed to go south via Wang Du, you would get to this dungeon, the place called Ethereal Star Forest, the earliest. But... as things stand, if we're going there..."
"We have to keep going to the coast, go through a hostile country called the Mailland Empire with Gardeus, and then go all the way around."
"But will you let the travelers from the Imperial side through so lightly, Gardeus?"
"From what I can see on the map, it looks like there are a lot of sidewalks and woodlands, and as for Mr. Goto, I'm sure you want him to take the form of sneaking in from there."
Goto, what are you so demanding about? Well, I think it's a weaving proposition, more than I know the power of this one.
But looking at this map of the continent like this... there are things that seem a little strange.
Strange, I'm just talking about breaking my stereotype, my assumptions.
"Nevertheless, this continent is huge! I thought the scale of the map was different... Look, this is a semi-final map, and it's the same scale."
"Wow, that's true! Isn't this nearly double? That's amazing..."
Yes, I thought all five continents of this world were on the same scale, but here in the Secondary continent, it was obviously not the same size as before.
Well, there's gonna be a big, small country, and there's gonna be a territorial war.
"It's going to take a long time to get to the Empire... we're going to pass some nearby cities on the way and we're going to stop there"
"Even that city is quite a distance away...... some places like relay points are listed, so don't be too hasty. It's not safe to stay in Heta."
"Right. We're at war. We can think of it as an opposition to the defeated soldiers, and more frequent dungeons, demons are likely to emerge."
With that said, Lue took out a few demon-avoiding junction demon guides to show them.
What a magic tool... I couldn't replenish it in Port Town.
Because most of the magic tools are thin, and all the alchemists who make such products are being chased to develop the tools and weapons used in war.
And as imported, there is also a distance from the semi-final continent.
Naturally, the neighboring continent of Sardis was almost close to the clan until recently, so there was little movement of such goods.
"I haven't slept in a while. And to some extent, I can feel no signs without a magic guide."
"So is that. I can tie the line, too, and as long as I can recover, is that okay?
Whatever it was, this is how our journey to the Secondary Continent began.
It was before noon that I left the harbor. In the meantime, as a result of hurrying the magic car to reach the first relay point before sundown, it was possible to reach the relay point at a time when the sun would set.
On the road, I saw several mistakes with carriages seen as pedestrians, or groups with escorts, but I wonder if this area is still that dangerous.
"Heh, there's a river running nearby, here. Rayce, why don't you go fishing with me?
"Hehe, so when you're ready for camp, why don't you go?
Since one incident on the boat, Rue, who seems to have gained confidence, invites Reis to fish.
With a smile on his face like that, he fixes the magic car to the ground and starts installing a tent next door.
In addition to us at the relay point, we can also see a warrior-inspired group of pedestrian-style people who seem to have misplaced themselves on the road, perhaps trying to hit a mountain in this war.
Maybe even prostitutes were recruiting you, in port town.
"Both of you. Looks like there's a bunch of warriors over there, so let's keep it as discreet as possible."
"I see...... ok. I'll be careful."
"Hmm? Watch out for what?
"The prophecy I used to do so well, the story that something like that might happen"
"Uh... I see"
Thank you for your quick understanding. Because I have a feeling there's definitely something wrong with leaving it alone.
Trouble walking, Mr. Lue. I'm never making it, but the style I call for.
What a thought. Think back to what happened.
... Although both Reis and Lue attract people's attention, does it still have to do with how familiar you are with the way you get laid and how you pay attention to it when you feel that Lue is overwhelmingly more likely to be the cause of getting into trouble?
I looked at a group of warriors as I was getting ready, but I didn't see how I noticed otherwise.
Well, there's quite a distance, and this won't cause any problems.
We were looking at the river where the two of us headed for fishing, and for now we were thinking about what to do with dinner this evening.
"... I'm home..."
"Welcome back, both of you. That's how it goes..."
"It took me two fish and I got away with it both times..."
"Lue, cheer up. I only caught it once out of three, and the fish in the river here seemed hard to catch."
It was a short time fishing until sunset altogether, but apparently the catch isn't aromatic for either of us.
Hmm, could it have felt like gorge fishing?
"Then shall we let this fish go away this time? I'm sorry about dinner in the item box."
"Well... it might be dangerous to do something too conspicuous."
"Oh well. Then I'll just keep the dishes warm."
That's why I'm going to quickly cut the sandwiches that I keep and just finish the salad with minimal vegetables.
It's really irregular whenever you think about it that you can store things without degrading them and without worrying about their duration.
They rarely show up with item boxes other than the humans and liberators of the Divine Slavery, but do you understand the risk of not naming them?
Look, it could be conveniently used like a slave, and it would be easy for you to be a suspect in a crime.
It was then that I was filling the table, saying things like that. I heard voices other than ours coming right from the side.
From what I can see, a slightly stronger group of people who just don't say if it's a promise anymore, are talking to Lue.
Even though the question arose as to why the hell I had come this far, the cause immediately tickled the 'nostrils'.
"Hey, why are you warming the curry, Lue?"
"Huh? 'Cause it's delicious, this"
Lue keeps stirring the pan flat while surrounded by large crowds.
If you warm up such a fragrant dish, you'll be so intrigued.
"Hey, don't ignore me from earlier. Look at me, lady."
"You look cute, you mean the elves are different after all"
"Right. You're not like a consolation whore! Hey, lady, where are you from?
Identification,. I don't have to say anything if I'm gonna get this far anymore, and I think Lue's gonna do it all on his own, but just because I'm not on my way...
"Me too! I'm trying to keep the pot from burning right now, so go over there! Afterwards, I won't sell my femininity to the opposite sex, and this is still strong, so don't let me pull my sword out!
Oh, you're in a bad mood, apparently. I can see that the fish didn't catch it earlier when it was pulling its tail.
My darling daughter scolded me and a bunch of amazing people laughed at me.
"Stop, you guys. Don't imitate things that get in the way of negotiation."
"Ah, Leader! No, 'cause you won't be able to help. We're women in the sunshine, right?
"And there you go! There's another Beppin 'over there! Hey, if it's okay with you, so is your sister."
Turn around to hide Reis for now.
But apparently, things just seem a little different from what I've come to desire.
The man who's now in the stop, he does look like a warrior, but he's gazing at me, not Lue or Reis, with his eyes that make him feel intelligent somewhere.
... I imagined something else for a moment, but it's not, is it?
"Don't you see I'm telling you not to! I'm sorry, you guys. Don't make me feel bad."
"Isn't it more impossible to tell you not to? If that's what you think, why don't you let those people down first?
Let's just listen to the story for now. but ask those blood-running eyed brothers to step back a little.
I feel a little better on the new continent, so I feel warmer than usual, but I knew it would hurt a lot when someone had those eyes nearby.
"What the hell! Leader, just this guy..."
"Come on, you guys! Would it be a little quieter if I even slashed one of my arms!? Oh!?"
"Hii!"
Mm, the power inside. From what I've seen, it's like a bunch of rough guys, but maybe it's some sort of organization to see at least where there's no one against the guy they call this leader.
"... I'm sorry, we're not ready for this negotiation. But I'm not gonna do anything with you guys."
"That's wise. If my curry burned, I wouldn't have done it.... All right, then weaken the fire..."
"Mr. Leue, read the air?
Look, you've got some weird air.
"Let's get back to it, we were on our way to the Kingdom of Gardeus. It was just a mercenary regiment, but there were so many things that I decided to join the war officially."
"I see. So?
"But a while ago, we were all alike, which means mercenaries broke down. He attacked me and I screwed up my cooking number."
I see. I understand the conversation.
I mean, this time it was Mr. Leue, wasn't it?
"Mm, I'm not giving you this curry, am I? It's all we got."
"Can't you manage to ask for it there? I'll pay for it, and I'll give you the ingredients. From what I've seen, this young lady seems to be a pretty good cook. If that food doesn't work, could you cook something at our camp?"
Come on, they say you're a good cook there and you don't get your chest up.
I guess I'm just warming up the dishes I made.
"What shall I do, Kai-kun"
"Well... if I were to correct one thing for now, I'd be the one who cooked that dish, so I can't admit to taking her"
"Mm, did I? Then I'd like to ask you. I'll reward you. Can you cook something for me?"
Then a voice of dissatisfaction rises from the men who told me to back off.
Do it. "Did you eat the bastard's rice?" But "Then you can't enjoy it."
But at the same time he heard the words, the leader's fist swept into the outfielders at an unstoppable speed.
"Terra! Stop being a mercenary if your opponent doesn't have the strength! If you don't mind, how can this guy kill us all with trash scum!?
"Oh? Could we have met somewhere before?
Apparently, this leader had spoken as if he had seen Mr. Leue, or me, fighting somewhere.
Then he spoke a word of nostalgia.
"... I'm a former knight. Even so, I am a private soldier... and I belonged to the Border Uncle of Endoresia, a private army there."
"Borderline uncle...... oh! That's a private soldier brought here by three boys who gave a little to that rue! No, you know how I am, right? I'm not in the right place right now."
"Well... it's a memory of a case involving my life... I won't forget it..."
No, I miss you so much! Was it one of the other large numbers that got bloody from the opening range attack?
I didn't even know what to add or subtract back then, and I had made a lot of tragic sights all over the place.
"But to a long distance. Were you fired from Uncle Neighborhood?
"After that incident, the border boss lost his legs, the territory became the direct jurisdiction of the country... and then the investigation of the forest around that area led to a lot of guild people coming in and out, which made him uncomfortable... so I heard that he was trying to fly a flag on this continent"
"I see... no, well, whatever the past is, if it means not hostile now, fine, let's cook about it. The reward is nothing more than using your ingredients."
"That's not how it works. I don't know what I'm talking about, but I can't stand the guys behind me. So even if it's a funny imitation, I don't want to buy your unhappiness."
That too, I invite Mr. Rue first.
"What? 'I heard from her and decided to take a way that I couldn't simply fool.
"Yes, attention. From now on, our Mr. Rue will be interesting."
We look suspicious together. Then the next moment Lue rings his finger, the feet of all the men behind him freeze to the ground, followed by countless ice thorns growing as surrounding them.
And I'll show you everything in a flash, smashed with a sword.
No, I got clever while I was there.
He said he could only do enough to put them all together and cut them all off before.
"- And well, this is how it goes. Please don't let my daughter get in too bad mood."
"... so I told you, oh man. Keep your head down and pull back."
Though there has been an excessive bend, I am going to cook for now.
They've just been roaming raw vegetables or roasting fish for the past few days, and I guess that's why they were concerned.
He asked me to be firm, and I would do more than respond to it.
"New cooking number, I wish I had hired you"
"It's the people as you can see. I'm afraid no one's gonna lean on me. Hold on, that horrible swordsman is cooking... incredible."
"It's often said. In the meantime, I've treated all the vegetables that look painful. Pickles will give you some sunshine."
"I really don't like preserved food. That's why I adopted the cooking number and ingredients for my regiment, but should I have prepared them to some extent?"
While moving his hand, he was told to strike his hand by asking for information.
There is some information from Goto, but when it comes to the mercenary regiment moving on this continent, he suggested that we would get even more intense information about the war situation and the region, but apparently this choice was the right one.
If you ask me, there was a small battle on the route we were planning to use a while ago.
Some of the soldiers who escaped at that time rendezvous with the mercenary breakdown that is rooting around them, and security is currently deteriorating, and they've been fighting there too?
They fled in fear of each other's devastation, but a crusade will soon be formed.
"Take that bottle. … So we shouldn't use that route."
"Oh, you'll be framed for going a little farther, but you should go for this city. Through the city, we can rendezvous with the streets leading to the Empire. Security is also tight because this is a road often used by the nobles. It's not convenient for people like us, but you guys are more likely to move."
"Well, I'll take that suggestion. So what's the name of the city... I think I've heard of it somewhere in the Sphere Garden..."
It's like I only heard the name somewhere...... where did you hear it?
"Sphere Gardens will be quite an old city among this continent. Territorially belonging to the Mayrant Empire, but basically absolutely neutral. Fighting in that city is forbidden. Commonly known as the City of Arts. It's a city where freaks and freaks gather."
"Well, art... well, I'm a gatekeeper."
Hmm?... Oh, I remember. Along with things I don't want to recall.
Was it before when I turned naked into a crystal statue? That's when Sealis asked where the statue came from, the name that came out should have been Sphere Garden.
And Rayce, who was listening to this conversation, was also a little excited.
"Sphere Garden......! I knew it was on this continent, but you weren't that far from here!
"Speaking of which, I'm guessing Lace has done a lot of digging to get the conditioning together."
"Yes, most of the paintings decorated in my hall were once painted in the Sphere Garden… The work done by the famous painter Elverson and one of his gates is painted with a completely different color than previous techniques, so much so that people do not allow other follow-ups… Many modern character paintings are even told that they imitate their techniques -"
Yeah, okay. I mean, that's where he comes from, some amazing genius.
"-So, I told Stiglia, who was from the secondary in Agidal before, and I could hear some useful stories inside, so if we could meet again, we'd talk a lot more."
"Well, well, then let's definitely head to that city"
First calm your runaway sister and set a new destination.
In the meantime, let me finish your dinner. By the way, I'm getting help from Lewis as well as Leue this time.
Right now, you can put a ton of fish on a skewer on the side of a big fire, and they're making a good salt grill.
Salt-roasted and insulting. Lue's salt grill is really delicious. Even I can't cook that well.
but only this time, for some reason, Lue's expression is dark and he looks heartless or grumpy.
"... this fish, it's the same fish Leis caught. Hey, where's the fish?
"Heh, heh! It's a fish we caught in a nearby river!
"I stopped the river and kept it in bulk! Yes!"
You mercenaries who are totally frightened in the one thing ahead.
And listening to that report, Rhue rises loosely.
"... that's why you had so few fish on that river, and you were so vigilant, right?
"Hih!"
"Here, Mr. Rue. Eight. Take care of the fish around there."
"Mmmm... so many... I guess I'll set a trap instead of fishing too..."
We can do the dishes together, and we can be present at the corner.
Then, after all, the mercenaries frightened by Rhue, this time helping them cook quietly, setting a goal for Reyes, who didn't even try to get involved in the rough, and leaping to sit next to him.
"By the way, Leis is this year's seven-star cup, the semi-final continental martial arts competition. That's the winner there."
"Hih!
This one word made it possible to get rid of it.
Even though the tournament itself is famous, it can be seen that the information on the winners and the like has not come out so far.
... but the story that the Seven Stars have been defeated and descended on the Demon King of the other side is probably spreading.
Well, it's something that might be lacking in credibility.
"Sounds snug... I've never had a marinade of vegetables before, but don't be a good knob"
"I left the recipe, so if you want to hire a new cooking number - you're going to the clerk."
"Well, not everyone can accept it. There are also hands to have them taken as prostitutes, but it is the mountain of Sekiyama that makes them disposable. Then we'll go back to our casual mercenary operation."
In this way, speaking to people living on the continent, the shadows of war that cannot be seen on the surface appear flickering.
... I guess it won't be the same trip as before...
Look up at the sky. A starry sky with more stars than before.
Under this sky, many humans are still fighting and losing their lives.
I don't get a sense of reality. But Nao, I'm guessing you're more or less involved in that fight, too.
… Will their journey stop such a war?
"... if the Seven Stars are involved, we can't ignore them."
A group of cheers thrilled by Rhue's roasted fish nearby.
Take it, Lue proudly defying his chest and a bunch of fun laughing.
They're going to war again.
It's kind of a strange feeling to feel for the first time. But let's swallow it now, too.
End of the journey. At the end of our purpose, may these mercenaries not suffer tragedy, such a convenient future awaits... Oh, my God.