Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru

Chapter V: Return from Beyond the Stars

The door has opened.

Where it appears, it looks like a church, a cathedral, or a grave.

There were countless coffins lined up.

An open empty casket. There are no bone fragments inside.

"Hello"

A pale boy emerges from the casket, peeking just a moment and confirming that it is empty.

"Wagleous, don't you come here and say, 'I'm the last enemy'?"

Whatever, just kill it.

"Don't tell me. I'm a man who doesn't fight and leans in a chair."

"Well ... what is this here? What is it?"

"Go a little further"

Wargreas waves.

After a short walk, the walgreas came out of the coffin in front of him.

"It's too late"

Tsukkom's stupid.

Going further,

"There is an open space like that."

I found a space like that.

A blank casket lined up, resembling where Lola once fought. There was a waggles waving.

When approaching, Waglaas disappeared suddenly.

Instead, I found a skull-broken skeletal corpse. The tattered robes just before weathering resemble those of Wagreas.

"Gummery, is this a warglare?"

"Um, don't worry"

Don't worry. If you think deeply, your brain will run out of space.

"Um, I don't mind. Come talk with her. And choose."

Wagreas says beside the skeleton.

And light overflowed around. Light similar to fireflies. Wild hunt phosphorescence? It says that it models a sphere.

"Hello, Gentiles. Welcome Back, Isola, Guns Memory

"I have it. Mother "

“………………”

Isola and I were confused.

"Gummary, who is it?"

"She is the integrated AI of this" ship ""

After all it is a ship.

The hidden history that Serra-sama showed me, the "cane" that fell on the ground I saw there, looked to me as a spaceship. If so, I was just expecting it, but it would be unacceptable if I was told to do so.

"In other words, this dungeon"

"A distant future. One of the ships that mankind builds. "

Mother answers.

"Isn't there a classic tip that says this is actually Earth?"

"There is none. In this era, those stars are only in people's memories. ''

Refers to Waglaas.

"A future person?"

Such a playful creature?

"I'm half-perfect, half-wrong. I'm humankind of the future, but not the continent of the Gentile world. The future is always fuzzy and wobbly. That's it. "

"I understand, I don't understand anymore."

Then, this different world is a far future world, here is another planet, all the facts and illusions that happened are all different laws, and there is one fundamental question.

"Is the portal connected by accident?"

"Not by chance"

Mother answered and projected the hologram.

"Play the recording"

A middle-aged man sitting on a chair is reflected.

Dress like white military uniform. All-back blonde. Blue eyes. Effort is making wrinkles on the face.

"First contact was very painful. An alien creature that humans first contacted. Its performance, evolution, and behavior far exceeded our expectations. The enemy creatures were neutralized by Guns Memory's struggle, but they lost all of their strength and the fleet suffered irreversible damage. "

"Who is this guy?"

Gunmary asked me

"Listen now"

Say silently.

"The only good luck is that we have landed on a migratable planet. A water planet with little earth. In the harsh environment of tsunami and extreme cold, we must live here. A journey that cannot be returned from the beginning. No, a trip to find a new place to return to. I knew it was a one-way ticket. However, Xintiandi is far from ideal hometown. And the star, Mother, delete this sentence. '

The hologram disappears once.

When he returned, he was very old.

"Finally, the stars have been improved. At last, the earth and the environment where creatures can get down can be set. The terraforming unit built using the cells of [Spider], one of the hostile creatures, worked well. "

The figure of a dragon is reflected on a man's hand.

A dragon with many wings, two tails, and four arms. It resembles the thread and the dragon that you just fought.

"Nearly infinite life force and self-evolving ability. A perfect creature with the power to transform the world. Therefore, only one shackle was attached. "When you interact with people, they decay like humans." From now on, when this unit engages with a person by mistake, it will no longer be a perfect creature, but will fall with a finite, one human life. '

I've seen and heard a lot about the end of the dragon that has been involved with people.

The cause is this man's shackles.

"The breeding creatures, including those of the sub-races, and the creatures stored in the ark were dropped on the ground. However, because terraforming is not the prescribed method, they have to use their bodies and collect data for a long time. This is because there is uncertainty about whether people can live in the environment of this planet. So far ... Oh, it was long. It was long. Mother, I'm tired. '

"Thank you, Captain"

After Mother's words, the old man collapsed.

The hologram disappeared, and the next one was a young man.

"I am going to act as an alternate captain from the sailors. The report was delayed due to an emergency. The ship was attacked by sub-races. They dragged sailors off the ship and took over some of the ship's functions. Assuming the worst case, the master system of the ship and the control system of the terraforming unit were hidden in the Sacred Mountain. Ship intrusions continue today. '

The man reflects the giant beast killed.

At the same time, a dungeon map was also displayed.

"Producing biological weapons to push them back failed. Outside forces are overwhelming the ship. There was a plan to use a terraforming unit, but that is our lifeline living on this planet. Do not put yourself in danger. As a countermeasure, the inside of the ship was remodeled to a multi-layer structure. Produces guardians and high-risk creatures. Fortunately or unfortunately, hierarchical biological plants have created a distorted ecosystem, which has become one of the measures against intruders. …………… We can't go out anymore. This ship is no longer a safe place to walk around. ''

The image of the man disappears.

The next man to appear was middle-aged. It's a nervous look.

"The situation is not good. Slowly, they are approaching here. The remaining sailors are living with fear of their days. The outside situation is even worse. People are treated like cows and horses by sub-races. Sailors, the pioneers of the stars, never thought that they would be livestock in Xintiandi. There is one worst report today. They have found the place of the Sacred Mountain. "

The man's image disappeared, and the next time he appeared, he was changing his blood.

It seems that time has not passed much before.

"Mother! What is this data! ?

"This is the data kept secret by the previous captain."

"Isn't that wrong! ? If this is correct, there will be a dangerous creature comparable to that spider in the core of this star!

"Unfortunately, no mistake"

“…………… ha ha ha ha”

The man laughs with a broken face somewhere.

"What is Xintiandi? This star was not a habitable place from the beginning. "

The picture disappeared.

Next is the same man. It looks like she is not very old, but her eyes are crazy.

"It took a long time, but only one Mirage engine was repaired. With the huge amount of energy stored in tetheract space, you can create a portal that connects space and time. Now we can go home. '

"This is our star, Acting Captain. There is no place to return except here. "

"Mother, it's easy. We return when there is room left to return. Then start over

"I can't agree. Creating a portal would be possible. But time travel has been recorded as a folly of human beings that has failed many times in the past. ''

"That's why I try again. God was in this world. He is a real god. Don't you think it's great? She helped me. We can go home. You can return to that star. '

"I will advise you. Please return only to those who wish. "

"Oh, I won't force you. There is nothing to say to a fool who wants to remain on such a star. '

The picture disappeared.

"Is this the cause?"

"Yes, the portal created at this time will connect your era with this world."

However, I have never heard of the future coming.

"Play the recording"

Next came the appearance of two men.

One is a wreath in a white robe.

The other is a man of about forties with gray hair. A stubble and nervous look.

"Mother reports"

"Please. Captain

"There are twelve sailors left. The other sailors returned on the proposal of the former captain's deputy ------ I think they returned. "

"The price of moving time"

"Mother, you know without saying it."

"New captain. There is a consultation regarding the ship's defense system and [Reiho]. In the present circumstances-----"

"Mother, send a return order to the terraforming unit. Activate [Kogan] as an emergency measure. "

"If you activate [Karuka], all terrestrial life forms outside the ship will be destroyed. Are you sure?

"A new threat has arisen. There are creatures that have become parasites on lifeboats. It is a terrible creature that generates phenomenal phenomena and distort the evolutionary lineage of the creature. If you don't burn it now, the creatures of this star will travel to the stars someday and disperse evil. ''

"The planet's ecosystem is once again unsuitable for human survival. Are you sure?

"Is the current world suitable for human survival?

“…………… I have sent a return order to the terraforming unit. After containing her, Activate Kogan. And the number of life forms lost

"Shut up, mother"

The gray-haired man silences the mother and cuts the video.

The next footage is for Wagleas alone.

"Did you investigate Mother, the example parasite, [Snake]?

"Yes"

"Did you know the origin?

"It remains unknown. Snakes are different from spiders and creatures lurking under the sea. It is a substance that changes its properties depending on the host's thinking, but can it be classified as an organism? '

"Can it be destroyed by [Kogan]?

"Unknown. Activating [Kogan] can destroy life forms. "

"If it's just a phenomenon, not a living thing, isn't it worthless to use [Kogan]"

"It's very likely. Why didn't the captain consider it?

"... Mother, check the blood of the remaining sailors."

Next, the captain and the Waglaas appear. Not a uniform and white robe, but a robe like a wizard.

"I couldn't kill [Snake] with [Kogan]. On the contrary, [Snake] recreated the burned world. The world has become more distorted. This chaos must be corrected. A new conflagration is needed. We need a new fire to burn off all miracles and correct the world. ''

The captain wore a mask for one eye.

"Mother, leave the ship for a while"

"Good luck. Captain

Was this a faceless king? It's a more normal face than I thought.

"After this"

Raw wargreas come forward.

"The captain and the self-proclaimed captain went around the world, got two disciples, and approached the abyss of the world. The process by which snakes curse was simple: the more they feared, the more powerful they became, but the death resets their curse, which is why the curse of a long-lived creature is powerful For example, Ur or the prince of beast hunting

"Are you?"

They seem to live long.

"Yes. The ship's crew has been improved so that their telomeres grow when the number of crew members falls below a quorum. Unfortunately, the curse has been inherited among humans. It is the beginning of the filthy pedigree of the prince of beast hunting."

"Why curses don't work on elves, beastmen, or other races?"

Even in the prince's pedigree, the curse only manifests in humans.

"I don't know. It's a mystery that I explored and didn't know until the end."

Wargreas showed an old look for a moment.

"After a long journey, a new arson was discovered and successfully created, but the arson was sealed off by Rob at great cost, and he knew everything. It's the purpose of the teacher, and the arson can destroy the whole world. "

And the world goes around, and my hands light up.

"The only thing left behind is a mad teacher on fire and a frank disciple. The disciple who tried to stop him was."

Wargreas refers to a skeletal corpse.

"I cracked my head like this."

"It's an unending end"

"Is it waiting only for the ship, isn't it?

It's a ghost.

Shirobutsu white.

"And is the story over?"

Look alternately at the mother's hologram and the warglare.

"Afterwards, what I didn't talk to was the rest of the sailors--"

"Selection of other Gentiles. in addition"

"Don't be terrible"

I'm tired of the explanation. I want you to get into the subject.

"We return from beyond the stars. But they ...

"?"

I lean to my mother's words.

"This is the message from them who dived down the portal and returned to the star."

"………………Ah"

Notice and touch the mini pot on the waist.

"Gentiles, A.I that appeared in your time. No, the liquid creatures called the soluble brains are the sailors of this ship. "