Isekai Taneuma

Feng and his colleagues, who were transporting supplies to the village of Gargantua, decided to investigate the source of the river that stretched east of the village as originally planned. This time it was only a one-way trip, so we carefully selected those heading for the expedition so that they could use the portal on their return, and only human adventurers were selected.

In the meantime, the Mani Wesen are going to clean up the village while swirling around the area to see if there are any orcs. However, based on the experience so far, the orc has never wandered away from the river, so it will probably be wasted. Even if it's a waste, it's definitely better that way.

Perhaps the survivors were hiding somewhere, leaving the manicure of looking carefully, Feng left the village carrying the backpack. This time there are no horses and everyone is on foot, but no one is late. Lucy was just a normal person until recently, but she hasn't grown much. When I told Guillaume that, you said the same thing. As they say, it is true that they have come a long way.

After all, I heard about the neighboring village, but the village where Feng defeated the bear was also raided and destroyed by Pizarro. There was not a single child in the village, and there were only signs of wildlife vandalism. However, the orc doesn't seem to be here, so reconstruction will be easy if you care.

In fact, the survivors were part of a crusade and had already been absorbed by the Gargantuar tribe. King Beast's charisma is not Date, and many other tribes follow Mani, so perhaps they don't have any idea of rebuilding the village anymore.

In that case, a blank zone would be created around the village of Gargantua, so what to do around it would also depend on the shoulders of the mani. It is pathetic to think that he is still nine years old, but he has been carried away with all sorts of things. I would like to follow up and raise it as much as possible.

With that in mind, he leaves the next village and proceeds to the river.

The river was considered to be one of Oannes' intrusion routes leading to the central mountains, so it was likely that there would be heavy fighting along the way. So human adventurers alone are okay? I was worried, but when I opened the lid, the basin was unexpectedly calm and never encountered an oak, just to find signs of it, and the battle never happened.

Along the way, I checked several tributaries, but the results were the same everywhere, after the orc left. Honestly, it was a good place to cross my shoulder, but if it wasn't dangerous, I wouldn't have crossed it. The assassins proceeded crispy and arrived at their first destination, the city of former Raven, on the seventh day as scheduled.

Raven's city was a long way from the river, avoiding other Wesen tribes and survival zones. That's why you wouldn't have been able to get there without knowing where it is.

Fortunately, Feng and the others had visited before, so they were able to get there almost without any hesitation. The city of Raven, which was visited again, apparently became a refuge for neighboring tribes.

Many of them were attacked by Pizarro, so the evacuees were initially extremely alert to the approaching Phoenix, but when they found out that it was a crusader sent by the Adventurer Alliance, they promised to cooperate with me with a feeling of relief.

According to the evacuees, it seems that everyone here was attacked by Pizarro. Naturally, he lived near the city of Raven, the source of the earthquake. That's why most of them didn't fight the orcs, but they were sure of the trend.

They were hiding away from Raven and hiding near the river, a water field, but it seems that this neighborhood, which lost its preparedness for the Demons, was initially surrounded by a huge number of orcs.

The exact numbers varied depending on the asylum seekers, and the exact numbers were not captured, but at least not at the level where there were a few Wesen. The bundle of refugees who are here now seems to have won. The orcs were hunting wildlife around the river, apparently at the root of the castle. So the evacuees left the river in fear and gradually gathered in the city of Raven.

They were wandering by Raven, so I initially thought Raven might come back, but as time went by and settled down, it seemed like the house was well built and there were wells and fields, so it was easy to live and a safe shelter.

They were thus hiding here, watching a flock of orcs occupying the river… After a while, the orcs hunted up all the prey around them, as if they were heading west for something. The number is gradually decreasing, and it seems that it has hardly been seen recently.

I wonder if the flock that Feng has cleared up so far was a flock of orcs out of here... but as far as I can tell, the number of orcs defeated so far is not enough, so it is possible that most orcs went north through one of the branches of Gargantuar's village.

I don't know what's going on at the northern junction... but I have a bad feeling about it.

Regardless, it seems that there are no orcs around here anymore, but I can't help but check it out, so the Feng decided to go further upstream as planned. With the information provided, the Crusaders informed us that they are currently based in Gargantuar village, and some of the evacuees are on their way to help us. But most people seem to stay safe here. I wonder if they're already punished for killing each other. All Wesen are proud, but not all Wesen are militant.

After spending the night in the city of Raven and getting a small share of the supplies, the crusaders returned to the river and headed east. The source of the river that leads to the mountains gradually becomes slope. It made it harder for me to earn a distance, but the number of tributaries decreased as I went upstream, so I think I said plus or minus zero.

The mob advanced at a pace of about twenty kilometers a day. It was quite a pace in the woods with no roads, but along the river where the Wesen originally lived, there were some kind of kanban and beast roads, and the nature of the oak was to tear down the trees and move on, making it easier to walk than I thought.

What's more, the most dangerous thing about walking in the woods is losing sight of the direction, but there's a map of the river, and Mary can see which side she's walking from above every time, so there was little to worry about.

Such a figure of Mary was the first to get used to the adventurers, but after a while, she became called Superman and became relied on. I don't suppose you've ever seen that movie on Earth, but humans think of similar things everywhere.

Since then, no orcs have been encountered, and the crusaders have successfully retreated to the river, which eventually turned into a steep stream worthy of being called Sawasawa. If we don't see him this far, it won't make much sense to look further. There is also a risk of secondary distress if you enter the mountain. Feng said so and suggested that he should cut back on his original schedule and turn back one day later.

Honestly, I could just turn back like this. However, that day, taken from a sense of duty, divided the light and darkness.

The next day, the assassins carefully climbed the river towards a visible ridge. If we get there, we can look around and make sure the orcs aren't there. Of course, since Mary was looking from above, I had already confirmed that she wasn't there, but I couldn't hold her alone responsible, just in case.

As I walked along the river, the cliffs gradually increased. Walking in exposed areas of rock is dangerous, so after a while the mob began to climb the road without a path away from the river.

I wanted to walk in search of the beast path as much as possible, but when I came here to the boulders, there was no settlement, and the wildlife path did not conveniently lead me to the top of the mountain, so the crusaders came here to take the most difficult road to walk, and the pace until then fell sharply.

While mowing grass with swords and sickles originally brought to fight orcs, they climb the slopes of the mountain. There was no room for repulsion, and as we all pushed forward together, the vegetation eventually changed and the medium-height trees went out into the lush and lush groves. It blocks the view at your feet and makes it harder to walk. The ridge of the destination was always visible, but there was no sign of coming any closer, and this was when we were ready to camp, saying that we might not get there by sunset.

Feng found something dim and glowing on his way. There is something fluorescent, not like a flame. He noticed happiness when he wondered if fireflies were flying even in the daytime because there was no artifact in such a place.

This is probably a reaction to Feng's skill, alkaloid detection. Alkaloids exist in the woods as long as they are concerned, so I was adjusting the output so as not to react to anything now. So unless it is, it is unlikely that the skill will be activated, but apparently we have found something like that.

"Oh, hey, hey! Feng, what's wrong?

When Feng rushed out joyfully, Guillaume came after him. Feng rushed to the light without the weeds and objects that were entangled in his feet, and there was a tree that was slightly taller than the height of the human back.

It was a bilobular plant that could be found anywhere, and it was characterized by a lot of red fruit like rose hips. The leaves are elongated, camellia-like leaves, with small white flowers sprouting from the branches. It's just a tree that doesn't look funny. Perhaps I would have missed it if I hadn't been such a good expert.

"Hey, don't run away on your own! Did you find anything?

Cockroach.

"... what?

"It's coca, coca. Cocaine, the king of drugs. Oh, I can't believe this is happening. Last time I visited Raven's city, I was exploring a little more and I might have found it... but I did a great job."

And Feng broke a branch from the tree that stood before him, and gave it to Guillaume in praise of a smiling smile. He looked at it and looked at it with a disgusting face.

"Hey, hey, I don't suppose you're thinking of taking this home and spreading it."

"I won't spread the word, but I'll take it home. It helps me recover my MP. I think you know, but I consume a lot of MP. Leave me alone."

"That's why Mary's in charge of ancient spells instead! Did you forget you were addicted the other day?"

"Of course, I remember. That's why I don't do that anymore. Fuhihihi"

"... look at that lewd face, who's gonna believe it!

"Hey, what's the matter, both of you... taking a break?

As Feng and Guillaume questioned him, Anton came to see the two men leaving the ranks of the crusaders. I was just taking a break, and I tried to tell you I wouldn't do that... because I've been walking in the mountains for hours, Anton's face was dark tired.

Looking at the other faces of the Enemy squad, I can see that they are very tired. Unlike the plan, Feng looked at the coca branch he had and remembered when he thought about camping here today and going to the ridge again tomorrow.

Coca was originally a favorite of the natives and a medicine for Alpine disease. As a result, Bolivia, the country of origin, is still the only legally usable country in the world. Since the medicinal effects not only relieve Takayama disease, but also make people forget their hunger and fatigue, local mining workers seem to fill their mouths with coca leaves in the morning and drink the liquid soaked in saliva without rest until night. It's an incredible story even in the 21st century, when the working environment is harsh, but in other words, it has such a flying effect.

When Feng remembered it, he cut the leaves from the tree in front of him and gave them to Anton.

"What is this...?

"It's medicine to cheer you up. Well, keep it between your back teeth."

Anton looked half-hearted, but because the fatigue was real, he threw it into his mouth as he was told he had been deceived. After seeing it, Feng declared a break, and distributed leaves to the rest of the adventurers.

Especially I wanted to give it to Mary in hopes of recovering MP, but because I don't like it directly to my mouth, I made it into herbal tea and boiled it.

"Uh-oh! Hassle hassle!" "Ahhh! We're all in a hurry!" "Can you fight for 24 hours?!" "Young-boo! Young-boo!

The leafy adventurers raised their voices and soon regained their vitality. I had a bad eye, but don't worry about it at this time. Eventually, when Mary finished drinking herbal tea, the adventurers who felt like they couldn't wait any longer hurried, so the crusaders restarted there.

Until now, the face of the crusaders, who had been struggling to travel a few meters, exerted incredible force, and quickly opened a hole in the road without road and pushed straight to the ridge.

In this way, the crusaders, who thought they would have to camp, were able to reach the desired ridge before sundown and make sure that there were no more oaks in the surrounding mountains. The adventurers still seemed to be alive, but they just forgot their hunger and fatigue, and their bodies should be tired, so it's better not to push them any further.

Feng left the portal on schedule, and saw it and threw the excited adventurers into it one after the other, so that the journey to explore the eastern source was over. Having returned to their homes for the first time in a long time, they complained that the hard floors in Gargantuar's village were no different from those in the wilderness, but they nevertheless slept with Concord so much that they could not get up until the evening the next day.

Lesson. Even if you're not addicted, you can't do anything about it.