Instant Death

The morning after I made my first camp in the Elf Forest.

The night fogs, ready to leave, were once again checking the direction of the journey.

'Mm-hmm. Don't do anything about it if you want to get a little head out of the woods. I tried to see if there was anything that would make it a landmark, but there are some huge trees that are very tall. If we go for it, we'll get there.'

Both the spiritual body's and this one came down from above.

The Elf Forest is a tough environment for spiritual bodies, but we decided to try it where we could go.

"That's it. What's this all about? Is it that dangerous when you leave me?

'Uhm. It is inherently a very dangerous thing such as a spiritual body. If we leave it alone, it will spread, so we need temper to stay in the world.'

"I'm in the mood for ghosts."

"There are many ways to call it malicious or obsessive or resentful. In my case, I remain in this world with my identity as the guardian spirit of the Tannoura family. So if I'm too far away from your Lord, why don't I just stay here and not be a Buddha? You think so. Normally, there are no more problems at some distance, but the forest is intensely magical and chaotic. If you go too far away, you will lose sight of your Lord. '

That's what I said and this one went into the acacia.

It can be manipulated remotely, but it seems easier to overlap.

"Was there a tree that tall?

The night fog reminded me of until I came to this forest, but I didn't remember seeing a tree that tall on the road.

I thought if it was conspicuously expensive, it could be seen from outside the woods.

"It would also be a unique environment in this forest around it. Apparently, I feel like I'm in an alien realm about half the time. You can't look inside the woods from the outside."

"Is that what it is"

"I don't know why I stuck it in my cousin."

"Too much dark clouds. Let's be discreet today."

"Yeah. It was so hot and bitter yesterday that I couldn't figure it out..."

There was also an alarm that whatever attacked me would be fine, and I guess it went too far in due course.

I was also reflecting on the night fog that I should have stopped somewhere to think.

"No, it seems like there was an apostolic coming over the night."

"I didn't notice at all?

"Looks like it's coming from a distance. That's why I couldn't have told you."

I just reacted automatically because I was intent on killing him, and I didn't know who was coming.

A tent made of tentacles does not pass a half-breed attack.

So I guess the feeling of killing meant that it could have pierced the tent and harmed the night fog, not the wildlife there.

"I wish someone could come and talk to me."

"That's what it is. Is there an elf or something we can talk about?

"Huh? Yeah. I wish I was here."

Night fog gave him a warm smile.

"What's that reaction? He could be here."

"Even if there was an elf, it's going to strike for now. If that happens, I'm gonna have to kill you."

"Let's see how it goes. You think I can control it without killing it? If it's a bow fight, let it be!

"I don't even think that people living in this environment would employ bows as their main weapon."

Chichika, for some reason, assumed that the elves would use the bow.

However, this forest has too little prospect and little place for radiation to pass through.

The difficulty of shooting a bow here was that even the amateur night fog could tell.

"Then I wonder if they're going to use magic. Elf Dashi"

"That seems more likely. It would be more powerful than usual because it's so dark like magic full of space"

"I'm not sure about magic, either."

Ever since I've come to this world, magic has witnessed it many times.

But because magic genres, scale, power, activation methods, etc. vary from person to person, we don't know what magic is.

"Let's leave anyway!

Occasionally, this one goes out on the woods and examines the positional relationship with the destination, the Great Tree.

Based on that information, the direction of travel was adjusted and proceeded.

I can handle it to some extent if I'm prepared from the start when it comes to the heat, and I can handle it by taking more breaks.

Except for the fact that we don't know where we're headed in the first place, the journey went better than yesterday.

"Hmm. Looks like there's something here."

also this manipulative acacia stopped.

"I don't feel like killing you."

"You're coming this way."

If you ask me, there seemed to be an approaching sound that rubbed the branches and vibes of the forest.

"Hey. Anybody?

Night fog tried calling out loud.

No reply.

What I could hear was a groaning sound.

"Humans......?

"Sounds like it."

Waiting, people were revealed.

Are you an adventurer, wearing leather armor?

My skin was purple and my body was distorted.

Different parts of your body seem swollen and very difficult to move.

Maybe he's a person, but if he deforms so far, he can't even tell the difference between a man and a woman.

"Ugh... oh..."

I couldn't feel the intelligence in that groan.

"What's this? Zombies again!?"

It does not appear that he has come to strike the fogs at night, and the adventurous soon fell.

That body is still deformed, and I guess I can no longer walk.

"Huh? What am I supposed to do with this? You want a hand or something?

"Don't make it feel too late"

"Honestly, I don't want to get any closer."

And some body that fell ruptured.

The bulging parts of my body bounced one after the other.

"This is... something's wrong!

It must have been like a pustula.

He played and scattered the pus that was stuck inside.

"Mr. Tannoura. By my side."

"This."

"I don't know, it's something lethal"

Grass trees touching something splashed rapidly discolor and swell up.

"It's like germs."

"Are you all right?"

"Anything that does us harm will automatically kill us, so it's okay. But it's not good to leave this alone."

That would infect anything if it were an organism.

The trees collapse one after the other, as do the birds and insects that were flying.

They scatter something further, and it spreads further around.

It began with the adventurer, which seemed to be accelerating gradually.

"What do you mean, this!?"

"I thought I'd kill something like germs, but isn't this convenient?

"Why!?"

"If the forest perishes, it's easy to walk"

"Huh? To that extent, I'm going to miss this!?"

Night fog can also kill trees and other things that can be an obstacle, which makes it easier to break, but carcasses are not suitable for removing obstacles because they remain.

But this thing breaks down so much that the prototype doesn't retain the creature.

It could be said that it is superior to the power of night fog in terms of making a path.

"If this is the work of the apostle, how far are you going to go? I don't think you're going to destroy the world."

The trees fall, collapse, and the woods grow further.

Hundreds of meters square became a space of nothing, and people could be seen in the distance.

"Is it an apostle? I'd like to restrain you somehow."

"Hmm. Do you want to try"

A tentacle extends from the right hand of the acacia and picks up the pebble that is falling to the ground.

The tentacles grew while grasping the stone, and it seemed as though the right hand had extended.

"Ugh!"

And threw.

He threw it with an arm that stretched out to a few meters. I guess it would be quite powerful even if it were just a stone.

"Yikes!"

Hit, the shadow fell.

"What if it's someone who has absolutely nothing to do with it!?"

"I'll apologize then."

"Is that all right?"

Walked the earth filled with molten and grubbed creatures, and the night mists reached to someone.

Pebble seems to have hit his foot, and the man is holding his foot down and about to suffer.

"Are you an apostle?

The night fog approached the man.

"Oh, you... why aren't you dying..."

"You're an apostle for being after me. How did you get here? Do you know how to get home?

……

"You know I'm a high night fog, and you know my powers, right? If you're not gonna tell me, I'm gonna kill you.

"You won't kill me if I tell you?

"If you don't hand it to me anymore."

"... the Apostle is given the power to transfer near Takato Yogiri. So here we are. I don't know how to get home."

"What the hell is that..."

It was supposed to be even more troublesome.

The night fog thought it was strange to be frequently targeted in such a forest, but it was easy to come with a metastasis.

"You know you can't kill me. If we don't stop that attack, we're going to lose the forest, but we're not going to stop it?

"Oh, stop -"

The night fog felt like killing me, I jumped back.

The man disappeared.

Where there was night fog and a man earlier, there was a hole.

There was a hole about a meter in diameter that looked like it had been ripped out.

"What? What's wrong!?"

"What is it? Ability to drill holes? Looks like there's another messenger out there."

If it were to come at this rate, it seemed useless to speak to the Apostle either way.

"The ability of the killing virus has been defeated by Takato Yogiri"

"The ability to create a pit at any point has been defeated by Takato Yogiri"

"Hmmm... can't it still be"

The ability to kill a virus is the ability to create a virus that, as its name suggests, dies when infected.

As a secondary ability, it does not work for the creator. I can manipulate the infected until they die. I can turn viruses within a kilometre range around me into inactive states, etc.

If you just create a virus, it's the ability to be considered valid because you're not pointing it directly at night fog.

It was a conceived ability based on Hanakawa's advice, but it didn't make sense that the virus didn't work in the first place.

As far as pitfalls are concerned, it's an ability created by the thought that if you just create a hole, you won't be detected for the intent to kill.

The first attack was avoided, so even the pit seems to mean intent to kill.

The second time, he seemed to have targeted a falling death in a giant pit 1 kilometre in diameter, but was killed before activation.

In other words, in the case of an attack where night fog is certain to die, it cannot even be activated.

"I guess you don't think this is possible gay after all... I hope Master Marnalilna doesn't even play and hands down directly..."

But I don't know about pride or anything, but he said he wasn't going to put it out on his own.

In the end, I guess I'm not even that serious.

An absolute being, such as God, is just pawning and playing with humans in his spare time.

"What the fuck are you talking about?

"Please don't do anything!

Yoshifumi and his subjects were on a luxurious ride coloured with gold and silver gems.

It has a stair-like structure, with only a special seat at the top of the staircase, and the throne of Yoshifumi.

In the steps below it, seats were reserved for the subordinates.

No seats were available in Hanakawa, standing next to the throne of Yoshifumi.

- It's like an ornament.

But I guess Yoshifumi made this as a goddess.

Because the power of this vehicle is human.

A large number of humans supported this ride at the bottom.

Humans carry heavy gods in vain.

"But isn't this so inefficient to travel?

Shinto was moving slowly down the main street of the Imperial City.

At this rate, it will take a considerable amount of time to reach the Elf Forest.

"If you ask for efficiency, everything will be over soon. You don't think life needs room?

"Speaking of which, you were kind enough to go to the Adventurer's Tavern, weren't you? Is it okay to expose your face to such flashness?

If they know my face, there's no point in going out to the city with patience. If you want me to pretend I don't even know it, the farce is superb here too.

"Hey? If they see my face as an emperor, it's the death penalty."

"Huh? Oh, I see."

The people on the street were all lying flat.

Nobody's looking at us.

- No, no, no, no! Come out yourself grandiose, and when you see it, what is the death penalty?

God and the wise can do whatever they want against the backdrop of overwhelming power.

Even now Hanakawa thought that it was not fun to do anything such as travel across the world.

Over a few kilometres, the forest had become even more sophisticated.

The view has improved considerably, but to this extent, the forest is not going to be wiped out.

I wondered if the disappearance of the forest would stop if the capable man died, but there was no way to stop for long, so the night fog dealt with it.

"You're too big!

Thanks to better prospects, the figure of the destination, the Great Tree, can also be seen in the night fog.

That was so big that it was not comparable to the trees in the other woods.

I'm not sure because I don't have a comparable object, but nevertheless a few kilometers is likely, a size that's definitely off the regular track.

"Well, it's easier to get there."

Now there's no element to get lost in.

From there no apostle came in particular, and the fogs reached under the great tree at night.

"But this is... what is it? Weirdly lonely."

"Mm-hmm. That's a rare presence for a big one."

"You're dead. I think I killed him, too."

"Why!?"

"This is Iselda, too. Looks like he was targeted when he put it together and killed it."

"This is a plant, right? How long has he been playing Iselda?

I don't know how fast trees grow in different worlds, but it will take quite a few years to grow to this size. It wasn't strange if it took hundreds of years.

"So you want to climb this? You'll be able to see far from here."

"If you can't see from the outside, I'm worried you can see from the inside."

"More than that. Wouldn't you like to see if you can climb first?

"I just don't think I can climb this."

The bark is pretty bumpy, so there's as much place to grab it as there is.

But it will be difficult to climb these giant trees.

I just climbed a little bit and shouldn't be able to keep my strength up.

"I wonder what's going on."

"I don't have a choice. I have no choice but to carry it."

"Oh, you end up with a pitiful picture."

"What are you talking about? Your lord's gonna pack it up and take you on your back, too, okay? It'll be quicker."

A black shadow stretched from the body of the acacia.

It becomes several giant claws, and wears the earth, and floats the body of the acacia in the universe.

The figure was like a giant spider.

"Doyuko and it!?"

"Mm-hmm. You can ride."

Acacia turns her back. There was something like a stepping stone available there. I hear you're going to put your feet on there and grab them.

"Bye."

Night fog grabs onto the back of the acacia. Chichika also got on the platform after a little hesitation.

"Then let's go."

A nail made of tentacles eats into the great tree and pushes his body up.

Several claws pierced the bark and climbed onto the tree as it crawled.

"Out of the blue, that's fast. If I could do this, I wish I could use it from time to time."

"It eats energy when you move it like this. I can't use it all the time. You won't be able to use it when you're in trouble."

After climbing on for a while, several large branches had spread.

Just looking around would be enough from there.

The night mists descended on a giant branch.

"This is... you're here"

"Hmm. I said it could be a different world..."

Obviously there was a strange view spread out there.

From there, the forest continued endlessly everywhere.