Isekai Taneuma

From town to town, Feng and the others were even running fast horses. Chat with Mani, who was only connected for a moment in Alma Country, apparently showed that something had happened in the village of Gargantuar.

At first I didn't know what it was… but then, in the unexpected reunion of Isaac, the Gargantuar tribe turned out to be the graveyard guardian of the legacy of the first Ser Hermes. Pizarro, who seems to be the mastermind of this war, says he's looking for it. In other words, the mani was acting strange at that time because the village was being attacked. Then they must be headed to the labyrinth.

Then we might be able to get ahead. The canyon with the labyrinth was far enough from Alma to have to cross the valiant realm, but it was also quite far from the village of Gargantuar. Then there is the match between the fast horse feng that runs along the well-established street and the pizarro that goes through the forest, which will arrive first.

Honestly, it was a bad bet, but it's not a problem right now. He intuitively assigned shared experience to Gargantuar, bringing his friends and now heading south. The members are always Jeanne, Guillaume, Mary, Lucy... and then Isaac.

The reason for taking him is simple. If we show the priests Pizarro's words that he has been liberated, we will avoid fighting. I didn't know if you would honestly believe me just by saying it, so I brought you here.

The brave leader's carriage line is stretched vertically and horizontally like a net. Fast horses... that is, if the highway carriage had been transferred by the station transfer method, it would have been possible to move within the territory sooner than expected. But only the last wilderness had to be moved on foot. I guess I can't help it because people don't exist in the first place.

Burned by a burning sun, he walks through the wilderness sweating. It was a place I had been once, but I was worried that I would get lost because it was different from where I went last time. As usual, Guillaume scouted ahead, followed by Feng and Jeanne.

Isaac, who thought it would be easy to keep his feet together, followed him with a firm step besides his own. He talked to Feng who was going ahead, with Zeezae and a rough breath, as he said his body was light because he succeeded in dieting in the dungeon.

"I'd like to ask for your information. What kind of guy is Pizarro?

"... eh?

"You said you knew Pizarro in the dungeon. I listened lightly at that time, but I've never come to know the enemies we're going to fight against. Talk to me."

Feng certainly thought he was right, but I didn't really feel like talking to him because I had to listen to him. But after all, I had to keep walking in the wilderness for a while, and I thought it would change my mind, so I started talking.

"I know, but I don't know so much. Because he was working in a remote place. According to historical sources, Pizarro was a man of great mastery anyway.

When the Europeans discovered the new world, there was a huge technological difference between them. When Columbus landed on the Caribbean island, they were welcomed by half-naked people armed with wooden spears. Their clothes were knitted with grass, they had never seen iron before, and they had been injured when they handed over their weapons. It was easy to conquer such opponents, and they quickly turned the people of the New World into slaves with guns and swords.

Similarly, Pizarro was initially thought to have dominated the Inca Empire by an overwhelming technological gap. In fact, the Inca Empire was similar to the Caribbean islands and did not seem to have any weaponry, such as wooden bows and arrows or bamboo spears. But there's no way you can overpower 100,000 empires with just 180 people. As a matter of fact, the operation he took was not domination by overwhelming force, but a hostage manipulation.

When Pizarro discovered the Inca Empire in South America and Peru, he asked the emperor to welcome them. The Empire happened to have a legend that white-skinned people were heavenly, so it seemed easy. However, Pizarro abducted the Emperor on the spot in response to his defenselessness.

The emperors were surprised when the emperors were captured by those who thought they were the messengers of heaven. If they want to help the Emperor, they cannot approach him armed with weapons they have never seen before. The Emperor didn't want to die, so he told me to listen to them, so the Empire people had to listen to Pizarro.

He made it impossible to do so, and then, through the minister, ordered the people to gather gold. Having acquired tremendous wealth, he is tired of it, and is being manoeuvred to acquire the country itself.

There will be a power struggle in any country. Pizarro did not miss it and tried to divide the palace. Minority factions want to use Pizarro to sharpen the power of the majority. We will use that desire to eliminate forces with power in the palace, and this time we will do the opposite when the balance breaks down. This is how I grew forces that are convenient for me.

Repeating this would disrupt governance in a lagging country. Besides, in the Inca Empire around this time, smallpox brought in by the Spaniards has become a pandemic, and the lives of the people have become chaotic. This has led to insurgencies all over the country, and the Empire hastily suppresses them.

Pizarro even took advantage of this. Instead of suppressing the rebellion, I grew up in the forces that would overthrow the Empire. Eventually, the Empire was unable to cope with the insurgency… so the Inca Empire was destroyed by a national struggle and a plague pandemic, and Pizarro conquered the site peacefully. "

Isaac heard the story and roared bitterly.

"Hmm... what a cowardice."

"That's how you usually feel."

"Looks like I did exactly the same thing. In other words, his technique hasn't changed that much."

If they say so, maybe so. It seems that Isaac was taken hostage and the priests were forced to disobey, and using the bug in the lion named XII, the Hermes kingdom was fighting the brave leader, who was supposed to be on their side. Besides, when it's over, it's likely that the Brave Leader won't even be able to claim compensation from the Empire.

"So Isaac was held hostage as a routine. Maybe Pizarro is so good at grasping people's weaknesses. We're going to have to fight that, so let's be careful."

If you want to inadvertently show a weakness to your opponent, you will surely aim for it. Jeanne, in particular, was the strongest man at the party, but whoever was taken hostage was in danger of losing his power.

If he leaves, his power will be down. There is a possibility of total annihilation if I succeed. We must be careful not to show our weaknesses....

No, I don't know. Maybe Pizarro sees you? He is a nomad like Feng and the others. They may be hiding something. If that's the ability to see other people's weaknesses....

"Hey! Looks like we're ahead of ourselves."

Feng thought such a terrible thing, and Guillaume, who had preceded him for reconnaissance, returned. He says there are a lot of beasts ahead. It was already near the labyrinth's eyes and nose, and apparently Pizarro had already arrived.

Feng whispered his tongue, lowering his posture and turning downwind to avoid being found by the enemy.

There was a huge group of beasts in the valley. If you look closely, there is also a mix of human figures inside, and at first glance, you don't know what kind of group it is.

Interestingly enough, they were there where the Phoenix had camped before. It's no surprise or anything, simply because the water camp is the best way to explore the wilderness. And this water field was the closest to the labyrinth.

There's only one reason to camp in a place like this. Pizarro came straight here. By all means, if you carefully gaze, you can see the person stuck to the tree near the center of the group.

It was a shadow and hard to see, but one of them was definitely the elder who taught Feng this place. He is a tribe of gargantuans, but he is shy. It would be pathetic if you were crying in fear again. We have to let him go...

Next to that, the same werewolf woman was caught, and I didn't know who she was at first, but I felt like I recognized her somewhere, so I stayed and looked.

That's Mani's mother. I wonder if the people I've just seen are probably Raven...? I don't know what happened, but if we help those two, we'll figure it out.

Lucy, Mary.

"I know where we're at."

When Feng called out his name, Lucy walked in. She was not able to join the guerrilla forces and seems motivated because she was not active at the moment. When the two of them heard about the operation from Feng, Isaac, who was looking at it beside him, was dissatisfied.

"What? Are you going to let a woman go?

"Well, look at that."

Lucy takes Mary for a distance when she talks to Feng. She puts her hand on her chest and suddenly starts singing... what are you doing? And Isaac looked at it inexplicably, and all of a sudden they disappeared from his sight.

"What is it!? What the hell is going on!?

"Modern magic."

I used to cast a Munyamu spell, but I wonder if Scarsaha knocked me down a lot? It looks like I'm starting to sing now.

When I looked at the magic place before, it never disappeared from the sight of my friends, but even though I knew I was there this time, it disappeared. Apparently, she's getting a new mentor and she's growing up.

Perhaps because it has completely disappeared from the surrounding perception, but when I spoke, I did not receive a reply. I'm still worried. Are you sure you're okay? and suddenly Raven and the others in the canyon fell on the spot.

Apparently, Mary's Stan Magic was activated on her neck and tail. The feng hurriedly waited for Raven and the others to faint, then went down the cliff and rescued the elders.

"Um, um, Tsukumo, I was scared!

The liberated elder was crying like a child. It looks like he had a pretty rough time until he got here. This is a secret part of the tribe, so he never wanted to tell us, but Pizarro and the others shook violence and forced him to vomit.

Mani's mother, who had been captured with him, told me what to do when he was angry at an old man who was scared of fear.

"In fact, the city of Raven has been raided... and if you notice..."

"That's what's going on in the Great Forest!?

Mani's mother's story was more serious than I thought. If the story is true, the forest is now an oak nest. The scariest thing is that it reproduces. The beasts to suppress it are almost gone, so if we succeed, the orc will appear in human space in the near future. It wasn't like we were at war.

Nevertheless, I didn't think Gargantuar had been killed, and Feng and the others were shocked. There were many things about that tribe, but it wasn't just bad memories. The tribe that lost its chief fell apart and the mani that happened to have returned to the village was said to be missing. Among the fainting Raven was a glimpse of the villagers he had seen. I can't believe those strong and proud tribes are being followed....

What the hell is Pizarro up to? I wonder if you are going to lead the demon race and engage humans in war... when the idea was completely unreadable and the Feng and the others were confused.

"Who are you?! What are you doing there!!

Raven's detached team who was going to the labyrinth returned, whether it was because she didn't get in touch on time or because she realized something was wrong outside. They are pointing their guns at us, hiding in the shadow of a distant rock. There was one of the priests standing at the head, and he was pointing his own sabre at us, trying to say something.

I couldn't resist an ancient spell. Jeanne pulls out the sword and Guillaume holds the gun. And when Feng hurried to hide in the shade, Isaac jumped out.

"Wait! Wait! Diogenesis!!"

The moment the priest tried to cast a spell... he looked stunned at the man who jumped out there.

"So, you're... Isaac-sama!? Is it real!!?

"Oh, of course it's real! So put your weapon down!

Diogenes showed an unbelievable expression, then hurried back to his sheath without saying disrespect to his master. Raven and the others who were following him didn't know what to do, but they were still pointing the gun at us, but Diogenes, who noticed it, told him to drop his weapon and obeyed honestly.

Looking at it, Feng and the others walked along with their weapons. Diogenes rushed to Isaac, bending his knees and bowing respectfully in front of him.

"Thank you for being safe. I'm sorry I couldn't help you."

"Never mind. We only make money if we both have lives."

"Your... brave men helped us?

"Oh, yeah... or the brave army won the war and found out about me."

"Did the Imperial Army lose...!?

When Diogenes heard it, he chewed his back teeth with regret.

"So we didn't have to follow him long ago. And yet, that man... pretended to be able to communicate with the Imperial Army at any time."

"You mean Pizarro, right? After all, were you manipulated by him?"

"Yes, I had to obey Isaac's life. We didn't even know where you were. But now there's no reason for him to complain. Let Permel know and remind him!

"Okay. Where's Permel now?

"He and Pizarro are investigating the ruins ahead. It's a small place, so there aren't many children. Now is your chance to catch him."

Diogenes looks back and points in the direction of the labyrinth. Apparently Pizarro is already in the Labyrinth, where the Phoenix had no hands or feet before. We must catch up and stop them before they take away Hermes' legacy and possessions.

As Feng's gaze turned towards him, the beasts who were with Diogenes were shy.

"... God. Don't we have to fight these guys?

"Oh, if you say you're going to volunteer for Pizarro, I'm going to volunteer for you."

And the beasts shook their heads in haste,

I'm not kidding! There's no way I can beat you. We're not in Pizarro, we're in Raven because you're scared. "

"I see... I'm sorry."

"If you like the priest, I'd like to go back to the woods. And so will the others."

The beasts around Diogenes nodded together. Apparently they were just following Hierarchy. If there were no more priests at the top of the spectrum, you wouldn't have to listen to Pizarro anymore.

Then I wonder if Mary's other Ravens would have gone crazy if they knew what was going on.

"No, not really. Some of them enjoyed looting purely like bees. When they wake up, they'll know what to do again. It's important to go after Pizarro, but we also need to hold him here. Can you guys stay here and keep Raven and the others out of harm's way before you go back to the woods?

The beasts nodded to Diogenes' favor.

"We're worried about this number alone."

"Then I'll stay here."

Mary raised her hand as the beasts looked anxious.

"When they wake up, we should put on the sleep cloud again, right? There's still plenty of MPs, and you can't just let the elders cry."

The liberated elders are still crying like children. I couldn't take him, and I was worried about leaving him here. But I'm relieved that Mary will stay. A little power down is undeniable, but Diogenes will join us instead.

He's probably not stronger than Mary, but with his partner Permel, he's better off than down.

"Well, let's leave Mary here and head to the labyrinth alone. The opponent, Pizarro, is a human but a wanderer. I don't know what's coming. Maybe he has a guillaume-like qualia, so let's not be alarmed."

The parties nodded at each other and led Diogenes to the labyrinth.

Nevertheless, the labyrinth remains where it was before, both guided and guided.

Just a short walk from the campsite, there is a sunny, well-camouflaged entrance to the cliff. Through the tunnel, a dome-shaped space was spreading, with tree leaks plunging in from the clifftop far above, and magic mushrooms growing...

However, the entrance to the labyrinth, which was visited again, was certainly dome-shaped, but unlike before, artificial spaces were expanding. The walls were hardened with concrete rather than rocky cliffs, the floor was covered with bright light-reflecting panels of unknown material, and the ceiling was lit with faint artificial lighting.

There were mushrooms in the corner as usual, but I don't think it's the same as the last place I visited.

"What is this? Have you come to a different place??

"Hey, guys, look at the central altar!

Looking at Jeanne's voice, he saw an altar of light in the middle of the Obelisk, like Stonehenge. A book was placed on top of it, and it was the book that was glowing. What kind of magic is going on, it's floating in the air, and the parallax and the page are flipping and closing and repeating.

The altar or pedestal used to have a completely black hole, which was the entrance to the labyrinth. Maybe this is what the labyrinth looks like.

Isaac pointed to the glowing book.

"That's it! That's definitely the Hermes Book!

"So this book is the key to the labyrinth..."

When Feng came closer and looked closely, the page turned parallax and I couldn't read it well, but it clearly seemed to contain meaningful sentences. Isaac did say that he couldn't read the contents of the Hermes book in the dungeon, but he played a key role in this way, so he could read it.

I noticed the contents, but I can't move them inadvertently now. Feng bent slightly away from the pedestal and peered into the labyrinth through the holes that were completely empty under it. Inside, the pedestal was incredibly large, but now it wasn't dark, and I saw a straight hallway.

A little further, it was a T-shaped path, and I couldn't see beyond it. Apparently the contents are not that simple. Exploring will take quite some time.

In fact, Diogenes explained that it took a lot of effort.

"We arrived here hours ago. Soon I discovered the entrance and walked in... but there were a lot of rooms inside that were surprisingly crowded, and I couldn't have looked into each of them in detail. When we got to the big room at the far end, we focused on it... there were all sorts of mechanical things there, but we didn't know how to move, and it was boiling. So I took a breath of the outside air and went to see how the camp was going....."

Is that where we were?

"Oh, it hasn't been long since then. Pizarro and the others will still be in that big room."

"Then it's best to ambush them... Will you show me around?

Diogenes nodded with cockroach.

Feng then stood at the entrance to the labyrinth and looked back to confirm the operation with his friends. First, sneak in close to the big room, where Lucy uses her cognitive inhibition magic to enter the room. So we locate Pizarro, capture him in Jeanne and Guillaume, and in the meantime Isaac calls on Permel to disarm him.

That's what I was going to explain.

But... that was the moment he stood at the entrance to the labyrinth.

"... don't feel bad."

I wondered if Diogenes, who had bought the guiding role, had walked to the entrance of the labyrinth, and suddenly, he pulled the root of Feng's neck and dragged it into it.

"Eh...!?

The phoenix, who was completely distracted, was brought into the labyrinth without a trace. Both his companions and Isaac opened their eyes in surprise, and Jeanne reached out to Feng. Such a stubborn figure of everyone quickly walks away.

Feng was dragged into the labyrinth. He managed to escape, twisting his body and twisting his arms and legs, but in the first place he was not scared by a divine of different statuses.