On the third day, Asha and I left the underground patrol route and went out into the plains through the long woods to get to where the capital of Saint Kurvane was.
But as I've seen before, it's a desolate land.
In order to have a good view from afar, Asha and I waited for the night to come.
"... why is this different from 'The World of the Front'?"
Asha looks at the fire.
"Words are the same, but the world itself feels different to me."
"That's right..."
I can only say that there have been various changes over the years.
But in the first place, how could the world be divided into two parts?
Is there a God?
There is no end to the doubt.
"Only the words are the same, and everything else is different... I even feel that way."
"Well, then, maybe we can see if there's anything else like it today."
"What do you mean?
"I have seen the 'Altar of the Day' in Kurvane. If that's what this world is all about..."
When the sun set, I started acting with Asha. [M]
Continue through the wasteland under the moonlight. Scaffolding is bad, so we have to move slowly.
As you progress through the invisible landscape, you don't know where you're walking. Calculations suggest that we should arrive at the "One Day Altar" location by tomorrow morning, but... there are big rocks and dead trees and the prospects are not perfect.
"Nh...."
I felt a tremor on the soles of my feet. [M]
"Asha! I'm getting away!
I dashed to hold Asha's body sideways. [M]
Dog —— and when the ground exploded, something huge popped out of the ground with the dirt.
The ground rises and my body is thrown forward, but I use Wind Magic to adjust my posture in the air and successfully land.
Looking back, there were giant cocaine, or worms, or tubular creatures like shrimp worms.
The thickness of the sacred tree, which is centuries old, is also called kakuya.
The surface of the body seems soft, but the bumps are tight and the tip has only the mouth.
It may be a mouth for inhalation and crushing, and the teeth are tightly lined up in a round stone-like open mouth.
Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!
Asha strengthens her body and puts her gaze in jeopardy--
"Asha, it's not good to lose consciousness now."
"--Ha"
She awoke when I slapped her in the back. [M]
"It's okay... I'm sorry."
"No, that's what happens when you see it."
If this were a desert, I would call it a sandworm, but unfortunately the ground is a hard earth.
In other words, "soil eating (soil worm)."
Soilworms know how to use their bodies. When I realized I couldn't finish it with the first blow, I leaned my body and threw it away at once.
" Wind Magic "
But that speed is one now. Using the airflow around the giant body, it is easy to jump and dodge if you boost with Wind Magic .
"Nh, did you want to run away?!"
"Yes, I would like to."
Asha is right. The Soilworm's body is too long for us to follow if we run further than that. The Uroboros I fought in the Holy Kingdom of Kurvan is different.
But —— it's not that simple.
There were signs of something groaning on the ground everywhere.
"Asha, get him!
"Already!
"I'm coming!
That's why there's no point in killing one here.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
When Asha clings to my neck and supports it with her left hand, my right hand becomes free. [M]
Jumping again and dodging a direct hit-- I stuck a dagger I got from the Mule Border Count into the Soilworm.
"Yiiiiiiiiing!
"Kyaaaaaaaaa!?"
Riding the soil worm with a single dagger causes it to swing at a high speed with a great centrifugal force.
As they turned in the direction of travel, when they pulled out the dagger, me and Asha were thrown into space.
"Kyaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
The balls of fire appeared around Asha and exploded.
Together with us, the balls of fire draw parabolas in the dark of the night.
Ground approaching. I use Fire Magic to relieve the impact of falling, land, and simultaneously use Wind Magic to advance my body forward.
Dog.
Soilworm jumped out of the ground immediately after I landed. [M]
With the combination of Physical Enhancement Leap Magic and Enhanced Magic , my stride rate is growing rapidly, but every time I land, a dog, dog, and soil worm pops out.
What a minefield.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah"
Asha was only able to exhale her breath and voice simultaneously with the impact of landing.
But mine fields are coming to an end.
"That's it!
The last leap is a big jump.
We know there is no more earth ahead.
At the same time I landed, I stepped on it -- it was cracked, but it was cobbled.
It didn't look good in the distance, but it looked like a rock, it was debris, it was covered by sand and dust, but it was a well-built road.
The weathering is progressing and it is no longer visible.
It's a city abandoned a long time ago.
But...
"... who are you guys?
There were about ten people in front of me when I landed. [M]
In this world are the Dragons, the Underworld, and...
"Are you dark elves?"
There was a species that made the first contact.