Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru

<Chapter 3: Darker Than the Abyss> [03]

[03]

He returned from the dungeon quickly and was greeted by an incident.

One level, currently closed, is where the headquarters of the Adventurers' Union is located. It was crowded with people.

It is not an adventurer. Most of the residents are in town.

Why are the residents supposed to be evacuating at the lower level here?

(―――― it was suddenly)

(A miracle)

(Who's going to be sure--)

(Flaming ――――――)

(―――――― Gau. Other)

(I have to open the store)

(Still safe ----)

(When you return, give the offering to the temple)

(I also have to pray to God)

Pick up information fragmentarily from the crowd. I don't know anything yet, but there is definitely something outside.

Seeing is believing.

Push the waves and go outside.

The air is different. The heat of the city I felt this morning is not refreshing.

No wonder.

A huge pillar of fire in the city was suddenly extinguished.

"Everybody! Please return to the dungeon! We will inform you when safety is confirmed! It may still be dangerous!"

The sister of the Adventurers' Union shouts. I ignore and run towards the city.

The destination is where the Temple of Flames was. This is where the fire appeared.

The city was rough.

Not just heat. Without people, the building will decay. A city is also a living thing without humans.

The temperature drops and there is no unpleasant heat. However, I felt stuffy. Burden on body similar to thin air. My legs are heavy. I also have a headache. Breathing has also been disturbed.

No, it's simple.

Only my body is weak.

After running 100 meters, heavy sweat gushes from the forehead.

We have reached a level where we can't hide Tsuka who has repeatedly leaped over the limits. Apparently the maximum value of physical strength has decreased. Deceiving is about to end.

I saw a container with a new regeneration point in the snow breeze. The red capacity is steadily decreasing. This is just running. Can we fight decently?

"H, huh, huh"

When you reach your destination, you bend your body. This is the old man's physical strength.

The ruins of the Temple of the Fire Religion were completely transformed.

The building is melted by heat and spreads like a milk crown around the point where the flame appears. Not sure, but some were white and crystallized.

It must have been a tremendous amount of heat. But it has disappeared without a trace and is now cold and solid.

"Is it possible to be Rosie. Can you find any traces?"

“……… That, Jiji ……………”

Calls on the communication function of the glasses, but only the noise runs.

"Gummary?"

―――― Was it? Sorry ――――― Sound ――― adjust. ………………. It's a quantum interference like a dungeon. What happened?

This guy is competent.

"Find the cause of the extinguished flame"

"to scan. ――――― It must have been cooled rapidly from extremely high temperatures. Some are glassy. '

"What is the temperature of the flame?"

"Estimated, but between 1050 ° C and 1235 ° C"

"How do you cool such heat?"

"unknown. This world has the ability to suppress large-scale destruction. The pillars of fire were more destructive than that. ''

I was told Lana long ago whether it was the blessing of Ogami.

"I mean?"

"It is incomprehensible to quickly erase the phenomenon without leaving any trace."

"It's not impossible"

"Soya, there is nothing impossible in this world. Technology, theory, materials, preparation, and various factors are "still" impossible, but nothing is impossible. "

"Well, how did the pillars of fire go away?"

"I say three possibilities. For one, the suppression was locally enhanced, extinguishing the pillars of fire. Second, those familiar with the mage decomposed and transformed the fire. Three ate somebody. '

"………………ate?"

It's a catching word.

"Magic is simply an induced chain reaction mediated by electrons and quanta. Trigger thoughts to trigger micro-event alterations to the macro level. ''

"my mother?"

I don't know at all.

"More simply, magic is just a wave of power. The simplest explanation is that if you understand any force, you can prey and convert it into energy. "

"... Do you endure the heat?"

"... I have no head but I have a headache."

It's ironic or konny .

"Oh, there's a story from Fuckin's spider who doesn't want to be the oldest. It will replace communication. "

What a nickname, you need a beep.

"Communication has been replaced by non-recyclable defective weapons"

"Are you guys offended?"

A grumpy, seemless king comes into communication.

"Soya, what is evolution?"

"Are you bad?"

"Evolution and ----"

"Nakaga"

"Do you want to disconnect?

"Silence"

It was a boring question.

"Evolution has many forms, but one thing in common. It's a change against threats. "

"Is it like an antibody to poison?"

"Yes. In particular, evolution is promoted on the brink of whether or not the species will die. [Abadon], which was sealed underground, is a weapon created to combat the beast, but its nature is a specialization of a certain kind of beast. "

"that is?"

"It's predation. Beasts have the ability to duplicate the characteristics of the creature they eat. While living with humans for a long time, it evolved to take away the characteristics of the enemy just by killing it without actually saying it. ''

"I remember it."

The prince also had many miracles besides the beast.

The strange form of the knights, which has turned into a beast, may be the result of stealing the traits of the killer, not just blood.

"Avadon's predatory behavior is just a desire. Opening the portal by interfering with the dungeon also demanded fresh food called adventurers. Even if they took away the memory and skills of a person, they had no intelligence to use them. My seal works as long as you are feeding the Horns. There was no problem so far. '

Up to here?

"Let's confess. Made a mistake. He had forgotten because he was concerned with one thing and one was too long and difficult. A wildfire that burns down the beast that dwells in you. A miraculously born flame from human obsession and delusion. It is undoubtedly the ultimate beast killer. If you are today, even the prince of beast hunting will be easily destroyed. '

Easy.

Fighting is not such a sweet thing.

"Abadon quickly noticed the appearance of this great enemy. When you defeated the first prince, a catastrophe occurred in Urovals. Avadon, which continued to proliferate and eroded the hierarchy, shrank for the first time. And now, perhaps, Abadon has abandoned its proliferative traits and escaped the dungeon as another creature. '

“……………”

The worst expectation was the jackpot.

"It's an evolution to compete with you"

"No way, that black dragon"

"There is a possibility. But they do not fit in chronological order. At that time, Abadon had not yet evolved. ''

"Hey, that's even worse."

If the black dragon is different from Abadon, the effort is double. If you are not good, it will fit pinch shooting. Both are more troublesome enemies than princes.

"There is another bad news. Your enemy is at least three. And in the worst case there is one more. "

"Who is that person?"

After the Pope and the Mercenary King, this is not the case.

"I am Gastolfo, a stupid clan of clan"