Kuro no Maou

As the norm when we arrive in the new town, we will first secure the Inn and gather information in the Adventurer's Guild.

As a result of Goo and Parr's decision, Inn was divided into Lily and Fiona, while Guild was me and Sariel.

"Lily, watch out for kidnapping."

"Yes!"

Only reply is good toddler Lily.

"Mr. Chrono, my concern is"

"Well, if the rubbing happens, please do it in Spitfire, not in Walpurgis"

"When I heard that, I wanted to shoot more and more with 'Walpurgis'"

"Sorry, just kidding. Really, just in case, use" Storm Demon King (Oversky) "but I'll rush."

More dissatisfied than I thought, Fiona. So this was the scene you honestly wanted me to worry about? Maidenhearted is difficult.

We're off to the guild too, dropping off the Lily and Fiona combinations on the way to find the inn while subtly making the wrong choice.

Rockwell Adventurers Guild Headquarters faces the same surface streets as Garuda Transport, so it's right there. I mean, I came across the street before I got here.

Start walking with Saliel on the noisy surface streets, where people of diverse races and carriages, camels and Garma freighters hiccup.

"By the way, I've been thinking about this town... haven't we floated a bit?

"Yes, we're the only ones not wearing sand-proof costumes"

Rockwell, a desert harbor, winds up and winds up the sand in sets. Because it's also just before the big storm now, there's also a sandy gust of wind at that frequency.

Naturally, costumes suitable for avoiding sand, such as capes and robes, are widely popular because bathing is not pleasant. The local residents, of course, thought they were adventurers of the stream, and they were wearing cloaks, robes, etc.

I mean, we're the only ones with the usual look on their faces.

"In the meantime, do you want me to buy you a cape or something"

Sariel also nods honestly and agrees.

This is a street, so if you look a little, you can find one or two clothes stores as soon as you can. I mean, I just discovered two shops.

One is a boneless martial arts store that feels like an adventurer. In addition to the classic swords and armor handled in every country, I also found that there was a wide range of sand-proof costumes that would be a must have for the Atlas Desert dungeon offense, just a little peek in from the outside.

The other is a sprinkling store dedicated to pure fashion, thought to be for ordinary people and tourists. Is it famous here or is there a brand-name sign in cute letters?

Now which store to choose...... plain bother.

Normally, I'd prefer an arsenal store, but this time I don't want bee gear for the desert. I want clothes that are somewhat familiar with the local area, so I don't have a problem with the brand store. Because I have a moist nose, I don't care much about the price.

If you look at Thira Sariel, his gaze is fixed at the armoury store. But only for a moment was my gaze pointed at the brand store.

Hmm, could it be of interest? About your age I care about fashion. No, Shirazaki is a very normal high school girl in the first place, so there's no way she cares about that aspect. Then maybe Sariel actually cares a lot based on that memory, too. Is it possible that subtly my outfit might also be thought to be super dull or something... well, from modern Japanese people, it's just gear that looks like a cosplay costume.

"All right, let's make it that way."

I'm never a wacko who lost confidence in my current fashion, but let me pick that brand store here.

I don't know, Sariel's a girl, and you could use these opportunities to look stylish. Come on, choose what you like.

"If you're looking for performance, you deserve more from that armoury store over there."

"It's not a desert dungeon challenge, so a regular shop is enough."

Is Saliel's dissent sincere or far-fetched? From a mechanical faceless look, I can't read that far, but I've already decided to go to the brand store with or without it.

"Welcome -!

Nico smiling clerk greets you brightly and refreshingly. Wearing a casual blue robe, she is a brown-skinned sister...

"Are you a couple? Mr. Canojo, you're so cute! If you don't mind, I'll coordinate with you two to look good!

Shit, it's this pattern again!

Why are clothes clerks active in different worlds? Some people don't like this!?

"No, that's fine. And not her."

"What are you looking for today?

"A cloak or robe from the sand. I like the less noticeable design."

"Yes, please come this way -! Are you a tourist? Sand shelter is a must have if you're staying in Rockwell. But if you're going to wear it, it's still the best one for you, and we take everything from casual stuff that's easy for us to ask for to just one dish thing for you, so yeah, you'll always find what you want!

"You'd better have more choices"

"Yeah, yeah, I knew you'd have to pick your own clothes -"

Shh, wow, Sariel is picking out the exact product she is looking for, in addition to responding to something normally with the clerk.

If you notice, at the corner of the sand shelter costume corner, you were in one cape or another introduction to the robe in a flowing motion of the clerk.

"When it comes to discreet designs, these are beige and grey. It's an old-fashioned traditional colour, definitely a shade that suits everyone. Wow, if you're as pretty as Mr. Cannojo, these are totally handsome too!

and a clerk spreading a white cape like a slightly flirty petal. Doubtful if it's suitable to prevent sand, but if you look at just one point of design, you're sure Sariel would look great in it. Shop clerks are the only boulders. Even where the price is plainly above average, there is no loophole.

"I will match the master."

"It's a pair of looks! I see, that's good -!!

No, not good, what are you talking about? Oh, my God. A pair of looks would be like that if you wore a cape with a similar, effortless design.

"What color does your boyfriend prefer?

"Eh."

Don't swing at me.

But Sariel's staring at me, too, so it's confusing to say the misleading dialogue appropriately. This would be a serious time for me to express my opinion.

Then it was black, and I tried to say it reflexively, but no, there's no black in the desert, and I recap. I'm actually wearing the Devil's Embrace (Bafomet Embrace) right now, not the brother-in-law I could have told you.

But then, what color would be best? Like the clerk said first, would you prefer plain colors like grey or beige? Honestly, I feel like anything is fine, but I can also say something very appropriate in front of Saliel.

Hmm, something like this, the image of a pin...

"Well, then, in blue"

"Blue! That's good, that's great! Fresh blue is a classic color that flourishes in the desert!

A blue cloak worn by the young merchant Jafar came to mind. Anyway, I feel like blue looks good on a bright white sariel, too.

"Blue, okay, Sariel?

"Yes, if that's what the master chose for me, that's the right answer for me"

It is a response that subtly makes you feel the weight of responsibility. It's good to think seriously.

"Wow, you're a healthy Mr. Cannojo! I can't believe you said such cute things to me, he said it was all about manhood, I'm jealous!

Hey, would the clerk please shut up...

Leaving the brand store, which was unexpectedly a gateway, we walked out of the streets of dusty Rockwell again with bright blue, colour, quality and price, weaving a good sand shelter cape there.

It is comfortable there, even when the wind blows, thanks to the cloak. Me and Sariel are supermen if it's just the flesh, but the sand jars the same discomfort. Should I go buy this with Lily and Fiona later? Maybe I already bought it, and I can think of Lily not needing it in the first place because she has boundaries.

Within that in mind, we arrive at the Adventurer's Guild facing the same street.

In every country, wonder and adventurer guild have a similar vibe, and when I go in, I feel calm somewhere, probably because I've been nicely tamed as an adventurer, too. Feeling at ease like home, is that too much?

Although the interior is what makes each country distinctive, the service is basically no different anywhere. As you know on your own, me and Saliel are just getting the job done.

To the recent developments in the desert countries, including Rockwell, Sariel will gather information about Carla Mara. I gather information on monsters that appear in the desert to check for quests that concern me.

There's only the desert, and it still looks like there's a monster of sasori. From the Rank 1 compact to the Rank 5 Yabe guy who even finishes the Fei Long, there's a lot going on.

But what bothered me is that there are many subspecies of aquatic monsters in the ocean, or very similar monsters. Apparently, just like the real ocean, they're jabjab swimming through the sand.

Some Rank 5 monsters have giant whale shapes or guys like Kraken.

"If you're going to fight in the desert sea, it's a pain in the ass..."

In the first place, can a sea of sand with huge quicksand stand and walk in the same way as on the ground? After all, will it sink when I get down normally? What a frightening imagination to sink into the sand with Zubuzub, like a bottomless swamp.

"Now it is advisable to verify travel on quicksand before boarding the ship"

And right after I finished the entire investigation and got out of the guild, I waved my anxiety to Sariel, and this is the answer I returned.

I see, it makes sense. If you don't know, you just have to give it a try.

"Well, if it's a place like the coast, it won't be deep, so it looks safe."

"Looks like we can get down from there to the quicksand sea."

All right, then, come on, let's go.

Off the street and down the stairs from the shoreline, which is like an embankment, there spreads a loosely flowing sand.

It looks like we can still stand and walk normally around here. I don't even feel my feet sink in and go.

"Going that way seems to be moving faster."

That's enough momentum to move a giant ship forward. It is likely to be pushed away with even stronger power than being caught by the waves of the sea, as an individual called sand rather than liquid continues to flow constantly.

I don't feel any more dangerous than going offshore and being flushed.

"Why is this moving in the first place?"

Quicksand is a phenomenon that collapses when pressure is exerted on brittle ground containing moisture. In other words, it is in a "in the process of collapse" state, which eventually stops. Like the sea, it is unlikely that it will continue to flow on a wide scale. At least, on Earth.

"It extends into the Atlas Great Desert, due to the work of the earth pulse. The flow of primordial magic of vast earthly attributes also affects the sand on the surface. Also, the quality of the sand itself is different from normal and more susceptible to the influence of earthly attribute magic and is degenerative"

"It's unusual to see the influence of the terrestrial vein so far."

In this other world, the influence of magic everywhere, that is, of the vein of the earth, which is its flow, will be few, but there is no such thing as to make the flow visible and visible. It's not like Aurora shines and appeals to presence.

"Sure, quicksand flows towards Carla Mara and from there it flows outwards."

"Yes, Carla Mara is undoubtedly still an active giant dragon hole"

Dragon hole is the point where multiple pulses meet. Since the flow of the ground vein runs through all of the world, every dragon hole does not end there, but there is bound to be an influx of ground veins, an outflow of ground veins, a two-way flow.

So if you follow that flow in and out, you can come and go with Carla Mara. Conversely, desert ships can only move on to that stream.

The quicksand route, besides the flow to and from the center of the dragon hole Karamara, also has a flow that roughly circles the Atlas Great Desert. The dimension is that if you don't even sink along the way, you can come back to your original point one day, no matter which stream you take.

"A little more, let's move on"

The question is whether we can walk safely here rather than the principle of the quicksand sea.

Stronger flow, keep walking to a deeper place to see how much. So, if it seems difficult to walk - oh, no. I can't walk this.

"Oh, from around here, don't get tight anymore"

"Yes, if you're a regular person, you can't even stand"

If you are aware, you are naturally stomping on your feet and enduring not to be flushed. Stamping with my power is a testament to the fact that ordinary people have so much strength that they can't resist it.

"This is, like, a little powerful. Then you can't stop."

By and large, I can't help it if I don't have a firm foot. This place will still fall so deep that if we move any further, although our feet will stabilize if we step forcefully, we will surely be hammered to the point where we will be taken.

"It's a very dangerous place"

"For that matter, Sariel can afford it."

"I am mastering 'Chili Disease (Sonic Wo-Car)'. Can drive anywhere except in the air"

Even in the air, you can jump multiple steps, right?

Seeing Sariel quietly nestled even on quicksand, he realizes once again how skilled he is.

"I can run fast, jump high, balance, but you don't like walking in places that aren't normal."

I can't run on the water right now, and I don't think I can walk on this quicksand.

I think it takes a completely different approach than simple leg enhancement to make scaffolding itself walk in fragile locations like this.

But basically, the movement-enhanced martial arts typical of "Disease (Air Walker)" make it a single move, including all leg enhancements and bad road runs. That's why it's hard to understand. Normally I don't know, so I guess it's something my body remembers by years of training.

Does this require training for me, too? If Sariel doesn't teach me 'Thousand Mile Disease (Sonic Wo-Car)', standing around in the Atlas Grand Desert will remain suspicious.

"No, wait, Rudra was walking the wall, even if it wasn't martial arts"

"Yes, master. Mobility enhancement does not necessarily have to rely on martial arts. If you can substitute with good magic, it's often more efficient."

"Yeah, but that's hard to do."

I saw it during the Divine Extinction Realm Avalon attack, I saw Rudra walking pet on the wall of the building, and I also imagined the soles of my feet sticking to the wall, and I tried walking the wall... it didn't work. I've materialized (materialized) black magic into a sticky thing and generated it on the back of my foot, but it just didn't make any sense to be sticky.

Now it is overwhelmingly faster to tarzan with tentacles for the most part.

"Then you might as well blacken all of the scaffolding and turn it into your own area"

"Well, you normally did blackening the ground, but you never did it just to walk"

It is worth blackening the ground for surprise attacks from "Underground Diving (see-through ground)" by sheep and extreme bad eating combinations and when putting up stronger defensive magic walls, which have become completely familiar recently.

But I see, if it solidifies with blackening, it turns it into a stomping, hard ground in any place. No, not only is it stiff, but it can be manipulated as I want, so it seems to be applied well.

Things are a try, let's try it fast.

"... Oh, I could. Something normal happened to me."

"Congratulations, Master"

Words of faceless celebration applaud the voidness even more.

Too much, but still, it was a success, yes, just a great success.

Stabilize not just your feet, but by blackening a little bit of the ground itself you can tread on. Impossibility arises because you try to force the soles of your feet to stick to evil paths, vertical walls, etc.

By blackening, if the scaffold itself becomes its dominant area, it can also be easily controlled to put on or let go of its own flesh, the foot.

By blackening my feet, I was able to stand on this quicksand without any bitterness.

If you just blacken your foot, an area about a few dozen centimeters square, you can do it with a polar trace amount of magic, or you can instantly complete it, unless it's an incompatible material such as holy silver (misrill).

While walking, of course, while running at all costs, it is possible enough to continue to blacken and form scaffolding. This way, I feel like I can run around on the water and on the vertical walls, even on the ceiling.

"I succeeded lightly enough to clap it out, but I'm sure it still worked. Thank you, Sariel."

"No, only if the master has the strength. My advice is not worth it."

"That's not true, 'cause it's great to change your mind. In fact, I couldn't think of anything... Saliel, so you could have done it."

Lily is defoed in her ability to fly, and Fiona isn't specialized in this kind of thing. I think this advice came out because of my properties dealing with black magic and, above all, Sariel, who has a wealth of experience of his own.

"Me, so..."

"Oh, so, thank you. Thank you so much."

This would allow you to deal with a giant whale or Kraken in a quicksand sea. If you can secure a ground where you can run around freely, you can fight as you always do.

Now don't feel safe aboard the ship, I tried to say what, but that dialogue had to be changed rapidly along the way.

"Sariel, I just laughed...?

Saliel grinned, piercing the look of a doll that was no different from any pain. I smiled critically, only slightly, but surely its mouth loosened. Very naturally, somewhere happy.

For a moment of that too slight change, a smile too small for less than a smile is, however, shocking to me as if struck by lightning.

That Sariel laughed. Seriously... what the hell got you in such a bump?

"I'm not laughing"

"No, I was definitely laughing"

"It's my fault. I have no human feelings."

Sure, it's perfectly normal now, and the little smile I just had is enough to make me think it was an illusion of my eyes.

"Here, let's say you laughed. Even if you don't have feelings, you're going to sprout. You're not God's doll anymore."

"Yes, I am a slave who has sworn his eternal loyalty to the Master"

Aha, I meant to say something cool, but I ruined it with my slave setup. You're an oversized boomerang, not my brother-in-law...

"And anyway, it's not a bad thing to be emotional. If you wanna laugh, laugh."

As I said, I stroked Saliel's silver hair as if to mislead the evil of punishment.

"I'll try."

Smiles aren't what you get with effort... but let's hope and wait for the day when Sariel will naturally laugh.

"Well, I'd like to get used to a little more quicksand travel, so hang out with me"

"Yes, Master"

Then, for a while, I enjoyed being able to move more freely than I thought, and Sariel and I chased after each other and played. Elementary school, I am.