Kujonin

I headed east of the great forest with Aisle and Marquez. Aisle drew a map and used flying brooms so he arrived at the village where the naturalists lived quite early. I wanted to hide the information as much as possible, but this time unlike Camilla, there is no need to hide, and the wind fairy will be concerned about the desertification of the forest.

"Don't worry. If you get into a crisis, you just have to move faster than the wind."

Ayl's words decided to use a flying broom.

When we got off, the naturalists were just praying in the morning to the wooden statue of the spirit in the village square.

If you take a bath in the morning sun from the fresh greenery, you will feel sleepy while waiting for prayer, but you will be woken up by the Isle and stay on.

"Hello, exterminator, good morning."

KAONASI, the masked female elf, is calling out.

"Good morning. We've been looking into the desertification that is taking place on the eastern side of today's big forests.

"Oh, we're in trouble with desertification.

The women in the village ride Green Deer to take care of the fields near the village and the field boa, a wild boar monster.

Because it is spring, they grow slash-and-burn and grow potatoes called yam. Slash-and-burn cultivation is a traditional agricultural method and is not particularly related to desertification.

A pleasant spring breeze blew and smelled green. A group of Green Deer ran around, and a child, Green Deer, who was just born this year, was also running desperately.

I went to investigate the desert. Large trees have decayed into soil, and short plants are scattered throughout the area. A wasteland similar to wasteland. Further east, a dry sand desert appeared. Fragments of large trees that have become fossilized may appear on the sand. It seems that there was a large forest so far before.

"I understand the current situation, but I don't know why. There may be weather changes ..."

"Would you like to go to a place where there was a landslide?"

"Yup"

When I was taken to the Isle, it seemed to be a hill, and it collapsed halfway into a cliff.

"Are the tall trees too dense here?"

I caught an elf to go to a nearby field and listened.

"Oh, maybe it was."

"Maybe the landslide is because we didn't thin it. Forests are big, but low trees are important."

I explained.

"But does it cause large forest desertification?"

Aisle asked.

I don't think it is. After such a landslide, it can be found anywhere in the great forest. Why is desertification just beginning on the east side?

The skull of a carnivorous demon was buried in the sand in a village swallowed into the desert. Traces of a hunting trophy?

"This seems to have been called the hunter's village."

Isle told me. After all, elves are good at bows as you might imagine.

Unexpectedly, he flew in the sky and swirled around, and a female elf faced Green Deer about halfway between the forest and the wasteland. The female elf is crying, "Why?"

"What's happen?"

I got down and asked.

"Nothing."

The female elf just ran away into the forest.

"Naoki is humbled by a crying woman."

"Noisy"

I'm sorry for the aisle, but no one laughs. It's because of the atmosphere of the woman elf who cried before. I looked around.

"Something?"

"No, I was thinking why I was crying."

"There are times when people want to cry."

Marquez said.

"No, that's right. Isn't something strange? This landscape ..."

The border between wasteland and large forests. To me, the trees in the wasteland seemed too evenly spaced. Like planting trees.

Seen from the sky, low trees are planted at equal intervals as if they were copied and pasted. The elves may be trying to stop desertification.

"But why cry?"

"Naoki, this"

I was so focused that the Isles were looking for something unusual.

"What happened?"

"Sprout is eaten"

"A child from Green Deer ate. Did you cry ...? Ah!"

I may have caught my heart on the first day of the survey.

Did the elves notice? Or at least the forest spirits would have noticed. But why? Faith?

"Shit! Playfully!"

"What happened?"

"I understand!"

I once ignored Aisle and Marquez and pulled out the communication bag.

"Tell all employees! Find carnivorous demons around you. You can listen and go around!"

"What happened? 』

Melmo asked.

"It's ridiculous, but you may have understood the cause of desertification. Just look for a carnivorous monster!"

"When you helped Lissa, did you see the giant spider monster? 』

Bersa replied.

"No, on the ground. Look for carnivorous demons on the ground."

Underground is an underground ecosystem, and above ground is an aboveground ecosystem.

"A monster? Elves call harmful or carnivorous monsters monsters."

Marquez told me.

"It's a monster. Listen to me!"

With that said, I cut my communication bag.

"Please explain what you mean."

Isle said.

"We were looking for something to cause desertification. I thought it was, but maybe it wasn't. There's nothing to do. There's no need to be there, so desertification is happening. May"

"Is that a carnivorous beast?"

Aisle asked.

"That's right! I think I've said many times, but nature is about balance."

I answered while heading for the hunter's village in the desert.

"Everything that's pyramid-shaped is important, so even if the number is small, if there are no carnivorous beasts, the balance will be lost and the large forest itself will be destroyed."

When I arrived at the hunter's village, I looked into the sand with my detective skills.

"Hey, this seems to have done something."

I release a wall of magic into the sand and lift the skull in the sand to the ground. You may have reached that number, hundreds, or even thousands.

"Isn't it too much to make a hunting trophy?"

"The skull of the demon was also loaded in other elven villages."

Why? why? Because monsters attack elf? Because Green Deer was a sacred monster that imitated a spirit, and did not kill him. If you think about it, I feel like watching green deer in a large forest every day.

One after another, employees report that they haven't seen the beast.

I grabbed the flying broom and rushed to the naturalist village.

"You guys knew! I knew you were silent!"

For some reason, a naturalist who lives with a face that doesn't eat anything has become incredibly angry.

"What is right to judge! Playfully!"

"What? What are you angry about?"

KAONASI asked.

"I'm sure you won't notice! The cause of desertification! How much did you ignore the elves' tears of your brothers? Is faith more important than that?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Green deer. Deforestation has been caused by too many green deers. Despite planting, no matter how many trees are planted, sprout will be eaten and desertification will not stop at all. It's too much! Don't even consider the balance of the ecosystem! "

The elves in the village were listening to me silently.

"Can you kill the sacred demons that imitate the spirits? Then I'm going to fire the spirits of the forest! How useful are the spirits that can't protect the forest? I'm an exterminator. Yes! "

Somehow I was so angry. Aisle began to soothe me, saying, "It's a little calm."

"Hey! Spirit, listen well! I'm an exterminator who has never faced many spirits. I can always fire you! Think carefully and answer !?

I said to the spirit statue.

"The Spirit Can't Exist Without Elven Faith"

The wooden statue replied.

"I know that! All spirits and demons are the same."

"The beast attacks the elves and takes their lives from them. Green Deer has lived with elves since ancient times. Naturally, kill the demon and protect the green deer. It becomes faith, and we spirits exist. '

"To keep the Elves' religion, other spirits were silent about the forest being eaten away. In this forest, I will die as well as other spirits. Do it. ''

"What are you angry about? Isn't the exterminator the same? They kill and exterminate harmful demons for humans. Or do you have the ability because you are an angel of God? It can take time to notice that you are out of balance. Does the exterminator notice it immediately? The exterminator is a human. It may not be so perfect

The spirit told me that I was so angry. I am the same. If I don't notice that the ecosystem is out of balance, I will exterminate the demon without any doubt. I was so angry about myself.

Just notice it now.

"I'm sorry.

I feel my head getting cold rapidly.

"Sorry, I was surprised. Let's stop desertification."

Even so, the elves are just afraid of me. The small size of the vessel has been revealed.

"I don't have to listen to my story, just listen to the story of spirits, but please listen to the story of my fellow elf! Don't ignore the tears that flowed! Please! "

I bowed and asked the naturalists. Well, I wonder if I should listen to the request of an adult who was upset before.

"Green Deer has eaten my plant!"

The female elf shouted.

"I saw a group of green deer eating bark during the winter. The trees fell over the next year."

Other elves have begun to voice.

"Field crops are also affected by green deer."

"No matter how much you ask the spirit, a landslide will occur."

Daily complaints come out one after another.

Everyone may have hidden their true intentions. It's also hard to love nature. Sometimes degassing is also important. If I could hear the truth behind the word naturalist, I would be angry too.

"That's why I don't get so angry!

"Yes, sorry."

After receiving a sermon from Ile, I continued to hear the dissatisfaction of the naturalists in sitting.

"Yes, when your real intentions came out, I would like to talk about future directions. As usual, if you hear the story of the forest spirit and kill only the demon without killing Green Deer, The forest is quickly devoured and turned into a desert, and now it's better to protect the monsters and eliminate Green Deer, which is an old elf friend, The times have changed. It is my impression from the eyes of the exterminators that the spirits should change with the times now. "

Aisle and Marquez are nodding behind me sitting down.

"Of course, if you want to live as it is in nature, as it is, I will not stop it, but I will only remove Green Deer, because it is a matter included from the request from the top. Is not it?"

"It's better than waiting for the great forest to die. We can no longer be called the forest sages. We want to cooperate."

KAONASI has created two human-shaped golems of about three meters in height. He put a wooden mask on his face, buried a square cube of magic stone, perhaps a spirit stone, in his chest, took out the whistle, and began to blow.

"The sound of the whistle conveys your intention. This is the skill of a spirit witch. I think it will help you.

KAONASI asked.

"I don't mind"

"I think it would be better if there were forces against the Royal Army. They're wrong and I want to hold hands."

"Okay, we'll investigate what's wrong."

"I'm saved. Oh, and it's the brave of the wind that killed the most beasts in this big forest in recent years, so let me know what caused desertification."

"Confirmed"

I grabbed the flying broom and saw the wooden statue of the spirit.

"I feel my power has diminished. Will the elves keep their faith? I am anxious. What do you do, exterminator? 』

I heard the bearish voice of the spirit.

"I know. You have to keep telling the truth and the truth. Please do your best."

I waved at the wooden statue of the spirit and flew to the sky.

"How are you going to get rid of Green Deer?"

Aisle asked.

"I'd like to make a trap as usual. I want to get rid of as much as I can. I should import Fenrir from a mercenary country or make green deer smoked meat and ham? , Marquez, were you okay to ask KAONASI about your face? "

"Now! Naoki was angry and couldn't listen!"

The former hero of water doesn't seem to be brave.

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

"I also have to go to that village. I don't know if I have any memories of my previous life ..."

With that said, Marquez said a little happily. I don't think she was naked on the border. It may be nice to just meet the person you want. I had been withdrawing for 300 years.

"Who knows where the windy hero is?"

I left Marquez and talked to the employees in a communication bag.

"I'm flying above the vegetable garden in the west"

Versa contacted me.

I flew to a vegetable field west of the great forest.