Next Life

Five Stories: Seeking People

Ten days have passed since I was reincarnated.

You've adapted to the environment, your body doesn't hurt anymore.

I'm just getting tired of eating just meat and nuts.

It is time to say something else.

(You can definitely eat snakes...)

That's a good idea.

In the original world, I remember making the statement that every special unit in the military survived eating snakes in the jungle.

(I just can't do shit or anything, but if it's about a snake...)

It was getting hard enough for me to really want to consider it.

Whatever the lake is, the forest is vast beyond Marius' expectations, and we still can't even discover what looks like a passage for people.

Because of that, the variety of food available was limited.

I haven't run into any other people yet.

Although I expected the goblins to be attractive, I also had to consider the possibility that they were too far from the public to end up underdeveloped.

Thanks, I imagine the forest is about ten square kilometers.

I wasn't sure about accuracy because it was only a physical feeling.

Somehow, I don't even know if a day is twenty-four hours.

There is also no magic to measure distance.

There is also no magic to save or change the weight of food.

There are many things that Marius, who was so versatile in the game world, cannot do in this world.

(Let's sit back and find our way today)

Marius, who switches for better or worse but faster, had already moved on to the next thought.

Until now, I have spent time securing food and training magic.

Turn all that into exploration. You'll be fooled.

Marius renewed his resolve, walking out.

"[Wind]"

Return the Lakesnake you attacked with wind-based magic.

Lakesnake, whose head was broken in two, collapsed as he sprayed red blood.

The fact that only a few cuts were made into a single tree demonstrates that Marius' magical control has greatly improved.

As I approached Lakesnake's body, I used a dagger to peel off a few green scales.

If you misapply force, it will tear you apart and you will be exposed to blood.

Lakesnake's blood has a poisonous effect, and even if it dies, it won't go away for a while.

Marius carried the matter carefully because it was painful once.

What we currently possess are dried meat, black-aul wings, lake snake scales, armored deer horns and skins.

I don't feel like choosing my eyes or mouth, and I don't have any blood or body fluids.

Wrap the scales in leaves, tie them with grass stems, and put them in a bag.

It's a procedure to avoid touching the meat, but it's probably just a rest.

(Well, you can handle it)

As usual, I stopped thinking deeply.

When you finish stripping, you leave the body intact and start walking.

The aim is where the sun and the moon come up.

I can't resist going to an unknown place as long as I can return by "teleport" if I have to.

Instead, we have to be careful if we don't get past the same place again and again.

I had dropped the Lakesnake scales and dug the ground to replace the landmarks.

Because both Goblin and Blackaur and Armour Dear and Lakesnake realized that Lakesnake's corpses tend to be left alone.

As far as appraisal was concerned, no special effects were known.

Maybe it's because it's the highest level of the monsters.

Either way, it's effective for Lakesnake's body to use as a landmark, which is the same for scales. That's why Marius safely leaves it on the ground.

"[Direction]"

I don't forget to magically defeat them on a regular basis.

"Direction" is never omnipotent.

You can discover creatures, but you can't sense inanimate things, the immortal (undead) system.

Still, I can say that it is one of the most dependable magics in the present situation.

(Three reactions before right diagonal)

Blackaur is nocturnal and does not appear during the day.

The Goblins are probably acting in pairs of five as one team.

Erase, legally Armored Dear, or Lakesnake.

Lakesnake was a Marius who thought it was very nocturnal because it was night when he first encountered it, but the truth is it doesn't matter day or night.

Besides, I witnessed a scene once where he was preying on Blackaur, so that night, after eating himself, Lakesnake felt like he was going to prey on Blackaur too - that's what I felt.

As I approached him without alarm, I heard him arguing.

Maybe Armored Dear and Lakesnake are fighting.

"Direction" can't even be identified as being engaged or not.

As Marius approached him to keep things from making noise, he caught sight of the whole Armored Dear wrapped around Lakesnake.

Armored Dear's stiff skin is also helpless in tightening moves.

The other one wanders around and wears lake snakes in the corners, but doesn't look like it's working.

(Just the right thing to get into)

Lakesnake bites and pours poison into him to finish after his tightened prey falls.

When that happens, if you don't do the detoxification magic, you won't be able to eat.

"[Wind]"

It was a magically created blade of wind that cut off Armerdeer's neck and Lakesnake's torso.

If it was inferior magic below grade ten, it would almost certainly have been controllable.

But it's still early to feel safe.

Lakesnake doesn't die to the extent that his torso has been cut off.

Away from the armored Dear who lost his neck, sloppily he starts trying to escape as he crawls through the ground.

And I double-cut that head with a wind blade.

Because once I missed it before, they attacked me in a group.

And Lakesnake, every time he preys, his level goes up.

Individuals who preyed on Armor Dear and Blackaur reached levels of eighty.

That's why Marius is committed to defeating Lakesnake every time he sees it.

Thankfully, we don't have the habit of getting together with the smell of blood.

Proceed with the dismantling of the armor deer quickly and cut the corners as well.

The horns are the same as the Lakesnake scales and can be used instead of landmarks.

Marius is never randomly killing.

It was also true that resistance to killing creatures was diminishing.

The dismantling of the armored deer is also possible so quickly that it cannot be compared to the first time.

(Me, I think it's getting rough)

Around thinking, for example, Marius still had room.

Upon completion of the work, the wreckage was left intact and walked out again.

Regularly use "Direction" to check the perimeter.

It means more that you're training to use magic than that you're wary of encountering monsters.

(No reaction, he said)

Fighting with the monsters that were occurring sporadically stopped happening at all.

Maybe it hits the end of nothing.

With that in mind, Marius' walking speed increased.

There was a sense that it was huge to be able to crush one place with nothing.

They assemble maps little by little in a situation where they wander the great desert without any sign.

I didn't have time to be pessimistic.

Going straight for a while, I could see the cliffs soaring.

What is it, a cliff?

For Marius, who can also use flying magic, it can't be a major obstacle on a cliff, no matter how expensive it is.

The question is whether there is a way ahead.

Marius chose not to hesitate to proceed.

"[Flight]"

"Levitate" is simply magic to float the subject, but "flight" is magic to fly in the sky.

Sometimes I'm unfamiliar with it and fly at a physical speed like when I was driving my bike in the original world.

I got a little amusement park mood, but calmed my mind and used detective magic.

"[Direction]"

Unexpectedly, there is a reaction.

(What!?)

Number is more than twenty.

From position to position, on the cliff, further ahead.

Caution led to an unexpected situation where I wanted to avoid being struck unintentionally while flying.

What is happening across the cliff?

Suppressing deviant minds, Marius maintains the speed of flight.

Reaching the top of the cliff, a cobblestone paved mountain path came into view.

From beyond the steep curve you can hear metal noises and shouts, monster stuff roaring.

(Human!)

Marius' tension rose slightly to his long-awaited existence.

While taking care not to eat the entanglement, I would like to make sure that it is an addition.

And I want to get along!

But if I die, I have neither an ex nor a child.

The depth of caution that has become commonly demonstrated since coming to this world waited on Marius' body.

As he approached without haste, the first thing that came into his eyes was the luxurious cars and the ten people surrounding him to protect them.

Seven men hold themselves in silver armor with long swords and spears, and the other three wrap their robes around them and put their canes around them.

And over there, the horses were down and down.

Confronting them were six dragon-shaped monsters dancing in the sky.

He has gray scales, big wings and hook claws, long tails, and blows fire from his mouth to intimidate the humans.

(Wyburn!

I can't help but be surprised at Marius.

Wyburn in the FAO world is a boss monster from the beginning to the middle.

Although health and attack power do not extend to dragons, they specialize in continuous attacks utilizing high mobility, with a minimum level of eighty.

In other words, it takes at least five players of Level 80 to defeat, Lakesnake and others are monsters of another dimension of strength.

When it comes to six heads, I have to say it's a tough situation.

If you look closely, at the feet of the humans, there are a number of backs of shoes pointing this way, and they don't even move with Pickle.

They've already hit some people.

Even now, the Wyburns are working together and spitting fire braces as they fly around at high speeds.

Even though the wizards try to prevent it on the barrier, it cannot be completely prevented and hits the knight's body. He tries to fight back by stomping on the spot, even if he brings up something groaning.

Wyburn dodges without difficulty, cutting off the sky even if his allies put in a chase there, and is fought back with his tail.

There's no sign of anyone trying to escape.

He is fighting with his face stretched and his teeth eaten up.

I guess they are literally defending those in the carriage with their lives at stake.

Marius feels nothing in particular on a common occasion in original world fiction.

But my chest got hot for the sight that's happening in front of me in reality.

(Going)

Things would turn out better if Marius joined forces.

I don't care what they think.

I just wanted to save my life.