Two days later, late at night. Red & Lit herb shop.
"Foo"
I hit my stiff shoulders. Even if you do not get tired, your muscles will become stiff if you stay in the same position for a long time.
I don't know the scope of the “complete fatigue resistance”, but it is certainly not a skill that keeps Ruti's body in perfect condition at all times.
"I'm tired!"
And the lit without fatigue resistance was loose. Litt doesn't seem to be good at such literature searches. Seeing a lit-like lit hanging from the table, I grinned.
"Then, if you take a break after drinking coffee, do you want to organize the information you have collected next?"
"Yes"
I went to the kitchen to make a coffee full of sugar, with a lot of effort on the lit.
45 years ago.
The Great Goblin King Murgarga, who upset the goblins on the continent, was defeated by the Knights of Bahamut, but remnants of the Goblin Army were still wandering around the continent.
Goblins who broke in battle with the Avalonian Army fell to the frontier one after another.
The peaceful Zoltan was no exception, with the coming goblins' remnants being robbed and the worst security situation in Zoltan history.
In front of more than 10 goblins, young adventurers Garadin and Xien are fighting.
"Hey Xian! Do you have any guards?"
Galadin shouted. Goblins are armed with spears, swords, bows, and armor, and are clearly not as strong as the usual Zoltan goblins.
The level of blessing has increased over the years of war and looting, and Garadin and Xien, who were already considered mid-level C-rank adventurers, were still struggling.
"Hi-ha !!!!"
Goblins attack with a scream. Galadin wields the warhammer in his hand and smashes the head of the first goblin that lands.
The second goblin hits the left with a gauntlet. The third goblin's jaw was lifted up with a warhammer, and the fourth spear was pinched by the left side, and Galadin finally stopped moving.
Six spears were pushed out, and Garadin was frozen for a moment in fear of death.
"Dimension whip!"
Galadin's appearance shakes and disappears.
Then, he appeared about 10 meters behind.
"Holy burst!"
Subsequently, Cien emitted magical holy light. With the light and heat the goblins are flinching and take Galadin's hand.
"Let's retreat!"
"That!"
The goblins here are just a few. There is information that the total number is unknown but exceeds 100. It was not a good situation to save my life in such a place.
"These guys ... our country!"
Such a crisis does not suit Zoltan. Zoltan should be a more peaceful, dignified and boring place. Garadin was shaking with anger.
But the situation is hopeless. The opponent is a remnant, but goblin soldiers who met the elite dragon knights in the center. Zoltan soldiers who have lived in a peaceful world have no teeth.
Zoltan may have already been defeated when Zoltan's then-ranked B-ranking party was knocked down by the goblin and his neck was raised as the goblin's flag.
Despite the village being attacked, the Zoltan army did not leave the town. They were all afraid.
"Garadin. No reinforcements."
"Why! The opponent is about 100 people even though they are recruits! Will only 100 people destroy Zoltan !?"
"Our opponents are true villains who fought in the center of history. We are a supporting role that does not remain in any corner of the history book ..."
Adventurer Garadin and the church's vice-church Shien, who fled out of town with the passion of the young, left the village warriors together and settled down to the fishing village to save the assaulted village, It was planned to escape to a harbor or another country in a safe place.
The goblins do not have a ship, so if they go to the sea they should be able to escape safely. So the Galadins thought.
But after all, only two villages were saved. The goblins were hampered any further, and they were still running away.
And
"!!!!!!"
Xien screamed of despair. Garadin also stands out stunningly.
There was a burning village. There was a fire that burned the villagers who had saved their lives.
"Stop, oh, oh!"
Galadin roared and ran, squeezing the Warhammer.
You have to stop Galadin. What we are going to do now is suicide.
However, he noticed that Cien was running. The blessings of Xian's “priest” were shedding tears on the lives being scattered in vain.
And they go to the dead area ...
"It's a very emotional article."
After reading the article I gave, Litt said so. Zoltan newspapers are more an entertainment than a source of information. These articles are written in such a way that they are better off, as if they were present.
"After that, the magic of ice blows away the flames of the village, and it feels like a beautiful wizard appears before them, isn't it? I wrote it in an article I've read. Every time I do, they'll do their job in the newspaper. "
Litt smiled and said: I read such articles many times in newspapers of other dates.
"Well, read ahead."
"I know?"
Litt leaned a little and looked down at the newspaper at hand.
Intense ice magic blew goblins with fire.
The Garadins, who don't know what happened, stop running and stand up stunned.
But when the smoke of the fire faded, they finally saw them.
"Kakeru!"
She shouts. Twenty strong men with a cutlass attacked the staggering goblins with the magic of ice.
Sailing vessels are anchored on the sandy beach, and sailors on the deck are holding bows and shooting through the goblins one after another.
To save Zoltan from the goblin threat, a beautiful female pirate who rules out the outlaws. The name is mist!
Soon the goblins were defeated, and the pirates walked to Garadin and Xien.
"I'm an adventurer here! I know you've been brave when you see the wounds on your body!"
The mist reaches out to the two.
"I've been fighting with goblins! The rest is as good as the goblins if you have the strength."
"It's an army !?"
"Guid me to Zoltan! I take command! I will eradicate all goblins in the name of my ship Rex!"
The mist smiled with a pirate-specific ferocious smile.
The young Galadin and Xian were embarrassed, but fell in love with the face of a beautiful female pirate ...
"Wait, no, wait"
Litt screamed.
"It's different! The mist storm character is completely different from other articles!"
"Sure. In other articles, Rev. Miststorm was a thoughtful and intelligent woman who was a woman like a party mother, curbing runaway Galadin, guiding young Moen well, and encouraging sometimes troubled Xien. That's why I was given a Master title to be sent to a great wizard after retirement. "
During the mayor's time, Mr. Storm emphasized dialogue and conducted numerous arbitrations when problems occurred. In contrast to the current mayor's tornado who prefers quick problem solving.
"What do you mean?"
"This is a newspaper the day after Mr. Storm brought refugees from the burned village to Zoltan, apparently an article written by interviewing refugees, who heard stories from Galadin. There's a description of the Galadins before they came to the village. "
"I can trust it"
"I guess a female pirate is a hoax. You can almost imagine a conversation with a mist master."
I shrug.
"Maybe I saw the mist storm ship and the sailors who came to the rescue and misunderstood him as a pirate."
"But I didn't mention in the article I read that Mr. Storm came by boat, let alone more than 20 friends."
"Yes, this ship and the sailors come out until the goblins are defeated, then suddenly the articles of the sailors disappear, and Rev. Mistom comes to Zoltan by himself alone, leaving Galadin and Xien. The three of them have taken the lead, defeating the goblins. I don't think the villagers would come up with fancy boats, sailors and the name of the Rex. "
"that's"
"Where did this sailor, and the sailboat named Rex, disappear, and who was the mistor who followed them?"
"... I mean, the person Prince Salius is looking for."
"At least the Galadins would think Prince Salius is looking for a mistor or this sailor."
They have something to be pursued from Veronia.
"So I told her not to write about seafarers and ships related to the mist master's past. They are heroes who would otherwise be able to retain their names. , Something is going on. "
"But if that's the case, it's going to be memorable in people's memory even if you hide the article."
"There may have been some confusion in the battle, but probably the sailors were acting so inconspicuously from the outset. Well, it was just a newspaper, so we could not block the information completely. I don't think it's possible, the main reason being the age of more than 40 years and the Zoltan's disposition of not migrating to the past, so it won't reach newcomers like us. ''
"I see"
"But if you look seriously, you can see this."
Even we could easily reach the mist master's past.
"Assuming that the person whom Veronia sought was related to the mist master. Veronia could have reached the mist storm by gathering information before seeking the Christian ledger.
"... that means"
Litt sums up his thoughts.
"There was something related to Veronia in the past of Mr. Storm, who also knew the B-ranking party, and there are people on the Veronian side who also know him, trying to keep away from Prince Salius. That? "
"I think so"
And if the thoughts so far are correct.
"The client of that assassin, probably a man from the Kingdom of Veronia"
A person who wants to clean up before Mistor Storm contacts Prince Salius. Just match its purpose.
And the Galadins took off Assassin because they feared that the mist storm would be revealed to Zoltan authorities from Assassin. The fact that Assassin doesn't break is what only the same Assassin, Tise, can tell.
"Once you know this, you will be able to hear the story if you meet directly."
"Meet me directly?"
"Fortunately we have met once with the mist master. The origin of the footprints is in this shop, and here is the lit."
"……So that's it"
Litt grinned laughing.
"Yeah, I remember my footprints. If I want to chase, I can go from now."
Follow the footsteps of the person you met a few days ago. And it's a trace of people coming and going, albeit less frequently.
You will probably give up if it is not possible otherwise. But here is the hero Litt. Spirit Scout's blessing is also a specialty of "tracking", and when it comes to lit, even the slightest trace of a month ago that remains on a stone pavement can be clearly identified.
"Let's go to bed today. You're going to be alarmed if you push it late at night."
"I'm going to be warned anyway, but I'm in favor of going tomorrow. I'd like to let the Ruti know what they know."
"That's right. Tomorrow we'll have breakfast with Luti and Tise and then go see mist stormer."
Litt nodded strongly at my words.