That's already sporadically surprising.

God, of course, was the first time he had ever met and talked to God in person.

Or, normally, this can't be happening.

The god of the present is, as his name suggests, a god in the form of a man. He's a man of equal power to God. For so much existence, the present God is worshipped and at the same time bound by the people of the land.

So it's absolutely impossible for such a being to be in a place like this, and to be alone - it can't be.

"Hey, why!? Why would someone like you be in a place like this, and not even EXPLORE -!?"

A thin, soft finger touched my wrinkling lips.

It was Hanumoon's index finger. One fingertip shut me up, and she closed her left golden eye and said this with a teary-eyed grin.

It's a secret.

…………

I was so flattered that I couldn't say anything back.

Um...? No, well, there's something you can't even tell your best friend. Maybe...?

"That's the first thing we have to do to determine each other's nicknames."

"To?"

Hanumoon, who took his finger off my lips, suddenly said such a thing, so I heard an unexpected strange voice.

"My nickname...? Uh, you mean nickname?

Let go of the hand you were shaking, and the girl of the gods of the present put her arms together. Nod aloud,

"Mm-hmm. Isn't it a special way to call each other Yuujin, especially Sin Yu? That's what concubines and servants do. Besides, your name is too long to call."

"Yeah... I can't deny that..."

No, well, this is probably the kind of name people have in my area of origin. In fact, I took it for granted until I went out into the outside world. But from people from different cultures,

"What's that? Is your name and surname together?

I don't know what they think. By the way, this is definitely a dialogue that was actually said word for word.

The tip of my index finger, which blocked my lips earlier, was stuck here.

"Let's start with the name of the concubine. Think of the right nickname for your concubine."

"Oh, from me? Uh..."

"Uh-huh."

When I thought about it without thinking about it, I was excited to hear the noise, and Hanumoon peered into my face.

Even the golden-eyed silver eyes, like gems, sparkle in anticipation. Wow, I can't tell you this is a detour...

"So, it's a honeymoon...... hahn? Moon or, Hannu?

I mentioned it from the easy part, but the last one stuck to me unexpectedly. Probably because of the similarities between ham and language.

"Uh-huh."

Which one? Which one is it going to be? and the eyes of Hanumoon seem to ask me. Apparently, he's not willing to complain about the three I just mentioned.

Then,

"- Hannu, so what do you think? Because it's close to the ham I called earlier, and it's easy to call."

"Oh!"

Somehow a moving voice went up.

"Hanu......! Hannu! Is the concubine Hannu!

Squeeze like a kid who got a birthday present.

"Eh, I just need you to calm down..."

"Silly! Can this calm down! It's not my concubine's nickname!

Apparently or after all? In her, it seems important to have her nickname.

Nevertheless.

"Um... tell me what... are you sure? Well, even if I'm not a believer, I can't believe I'm calling you the god of the world by your nickname instead of calling you out..."

In fact, it is a place where people who are enthusiastic believers can't complain if they find it lynched.

"Never mind."

My worries were completely slashed and abandoned.

"The concubine who stays here is no longer a god of the present. Now it's just people, it's just" Hannu. "Not to mention, we're going to live as explorers with you, aren't we? It's not a coincidence to be spoken in a harsh language."

"But the honeymoon"

"Hannu."

It blocked words and was forcefully corrected. On top of that,

"No need to worry about anything extra. Never mind, that's the answer. Come on, that's better than that. Next time it's your nickname."

I've been forced to change the subject. Honeymoon - no, Hannu leaves me there to go on.

"Ragdishardt... That's not the problem..."

I went completely into my world and started thinking about it with a terrible, serious face. To her, this seems to be another generation of great battles.

As I waited in silence, Hannu accidentally raised his face, letting him bow with his arms in his arms.

"- Well, what did the others call you?

"Others? Like family?"

"Uhm."

"Right. Like a rug, or a hart? Could have been called a lot out of some of the names."

Rugs from the family. It was called Hurt because of his hometown childhood training. Sometimes it was called Ragdis because of someone I could happen to know.

"Then they're all gone."

"What?"

"My first concubine, that's what Sinyu calls me. Don't be mediocre! Never!"

"Heh... Oh, thank you..."

When I'm told that, I feel guilty for myself for deciding her nickname just because of her sense of speech.

"Hmmm... hmm..."

Hannu is seriously troubled by the engraving of deep wrinkles between her eyebrows. Eventually, Ha, and I looked up,

"- Rato, how about that!?

With a face that seemed to find only one treasure in the world, he turned his dazzling shining eyes to me.

"Lato?"

"Bye. Lug Dishardt's head and ass together." Lato! "

What do you say? And I felt like I was being asked for my thoughts, so I laugh and honestly say the words that came to my mind.

"Rat... I've never been called that before"

"Right! Let's do it! Oh, my God! My concubine thought of something!

Hannu, who was good at it, strained his chest and laughed wahahahahaha.

"It's up to you! You're not a rat! Now with all the fame, the concubine and the mistress are not Shinyu! Thanks again, La."

Hannu, who had spoken with majesty, suddenly hardened unnaturally. A few secads passed with her lips open to the shape of 'La' and she accidentally let her face bow down. Ears sticking out of the gap in beautiful silver hair dye red as you look at them.

"... la, lato..."

Mumble that name you made your own decision to gently roll over your tongue for some reason.

Looks like it's lit up now. If they show up like that, it kind of stinks up this way.

"Ugh, yeah... uh, nice to meet you too, ha, hanu..."

"Ugh, um... hey, it's quite embarrassing, this..."

Hannu says happily somewhere, even as he mocks.

"Ha ha..."

My face is hot. On second thought, it's my first experience to be nicknamed a friend. I felt uncomplicated, like warm water poured into the back of my chest, but somewhere swollen.

Well.

Anyway, now one important thing for her is to settle down.

It's almost like a decision to me, but I think Hanu and Rato, both settled for a concise, easy-to-call nickname.

That's good.

But I didn't know she was a god of the Far East.

It's a hard story to believe in Russia, but I can't be unconvinced because I've seen that monstrous surgery.

Why is she in such an unlikely position trying to be an explorer more than anything else?

In secret, I don't know what they said, but I still care about what I care about.

If we were friends forever from now on, would you be able to tell me someday -?

I was totally, perfectly, totally, completely alarmed.

I forgot that this is the front line of Lunatic Babel because of the joy of being the first Explorer friend.

The big shadow stretched from behind Hannu darkened my vision.

At this time, I left my knees on the floor to match Hannu's gaze. Hanu at heart looked like he hadn't noticed the impending crisis right behind him.

I found my face freezing in fear. I was too aggressive to speak up.

Manticore.

An SB with that name was appearing directly behind Hannu.

A vicious beast with nearly two meltles in length, blue and black body hair and membrane-shaped wings, and tails that produce countless poisonous needles on the tip.

A mouth that seems to swallow four small heads of Hannu at the same time. That jaw is ripping her fangs off right now if she doesn't eat and kill her.

It wasn't the right time to move and make it. So I did the best I could.

- Support formula (Protection) x 10.

"Audiolessly execute the defense-assisted technique that resided in the SEAL cache memory and send it to Hannu according to the common protocol of the switch.

In time -!

Photon Blood's geometry shines on my five fingers, each fingertip showing a total of ten Protection icons, bouncing and flying.

"PRRRRRRROOOOOO!"

Manticore's tall growl.

"- Huh!?

Hannu finally realizes the danger behind it, looking back aggressively but not even in time. Manticore's sharp, big fangs burst into his thin shoulder, not wearing armor-like protective equipment.

I didn't.

Gagin! Makes a sound like a tulle hash dropped on a piece of steel called, and Manticore's fangs stop without eating into Hanu's shoulder.

"P -!?"

Naturally. The effect of the assistive technique is twofold in one go, four-fold in the second, and the more overlapping it is, the more multiplication it increases. Hannu has folded up a dozen "protections" in total, so his defense will have to be 1024 times higher. Even cloth is harder than stone. It reinforces defense.

"- Hannuh!"

Once Hannu is safe, there will be no more obstacles. At the same time as I jump out of the kneeling state, I grabbed the pattern of the long-winded "Black Emperor Steel Xuan" on my back with both hands and instantly pulled the knife out.

He punched a blow from the big upper section into the head of a manticore peel that was biting Hanu's shoulder.

"PRYYYY!?

Manticore releases her mouth from Hanu's shoulder and leans back as she scatters her deafening electronic sound and blue and white Photon Blood. Now I cut off my right eye and ear towards him. But shallow.

In that gap where the manticore is facing, I take my left hand away from the black Xuan pattern and display the icons simultaneously on the five fingertips. Photon Blood flows throughout the body "SEAL" and activates.

Supportive technique (Strength) on the thumb.

Supportive technique (protection) on index finger.

Supporting technique (Rapid) on middle finger.

Supportive technique (Force Boost) on the pharmacopoeia.

Supportive technique on the pinky finger (Mirage Shade).

Five purple blue icons shine at the same time, quickly bouncing off and disappearing.

My attacking, defensive, agile, and surgical abilities were enhanced, and the Mirage Shade's phantom occurred next to my left.

Your body's senses change dramatically.

Physical abilities were enhanced by a supportive technique, but it was late. If the power of the engine has doubled, the addition and subtraction of the flesh must also be changed. I just have to get used to it even to fill this gap, but until then, I'm going to be confused by the fallout, albeit for a moment. This is one of the reasons why this neighborhood is distant from the support ceremony.

"Hannu stay put!

He screams quickly, and me and his phantoms all pop up in front of Hannu.

The phantom movement is how I reverse and trace it from left to right. Of course there is no mass, and optical illusion that cannot be touched. No smell, no warmth. Just blind eye, but that's enough for now.

Grasp the black Xuan pattern again with both hands and confront the manticore.

"- Ahhh!

Kick the floor for a bumpy, moving tail of a manticore stuffy by a wasted mounted pain engine. With poisonous needles on the tip, that's his worst weapon. However,

- PRRRRRRRRRWOOOOOOO!

Roar. Billy and the air tremble. The werewolf manticore inspired himself with it alone and regained his calm. The remaining left eye opens and my angry gaze pierces me.

"Huh!?

Prospects became water bubbles in a quicker recovery than expected. Put the phantom to the left, I was willing to go around from the right side where I took my sight, but this doesn't make sense.

Manticore causes its muscular, blue-black body to sink deep with its limbs spread out. That's how he fights.

I was slashed by Manticore, but I didn't mind. Behind me is Hannu. There is no exit from the beginning.

"Ahhh!"

I'll be in time. I'll swing Black Xuan and release a slash from the right to poke him in the blind spot. The phantom on the left also launched the exact same attack that inverted the left and right.

Black Xuan, which is two meltles long, is a long weapon that can strike a powerful blow even if I am powerless. Now that Strength is boosting our offense, we can't afford to lose to any front-line SB.

Hyun, and I heard the wind cut.

――

A bad feeling ran my spine like a current. I was forced to pull Black Xuan back and stand in front of my body. moment,

Gin! and a rubbing sound running on a pitch-black body.

[Sole] flew in at a terrible speed, but plundered his left cheek and passed behind him. I rush after him with my eyes to determine who he is.

"That's -!"

It was Manticore's tail that struck me as a result of the thunderstorm. I grew a few sharp poison needles, and they shot me right out of the blind spot in his body.

If you look, the phantom that should have been on the left was beginning to disappear. He was attacked at some point. The effect of Mirage Shade is forced to end.

Manticore attacked both of them almost simultaneously after making sure I was there.

I rang a wind-cut noise and went back to near my ass with Manticore's tail twirling like a live snake. The poison needle on its tail is wet in a thick liquid. As soon as I saw it, I realized I was unconscious. I got a scratch on my cheek, albeit a plunder wound. It's dangerous if we don't use the detoxification formula soon.

But Manticore didn't give me room to use the detoxification formula.

"PRRRRWOOOO!"

A continuous thrust from the tail drowned on me and the rain shower.

"~ Huh!"

Desperately bouncing back with black Xuan the series of poison needles that strike me at a tremendous rate. If I hadn't enhanced my agility with "Rapid," I might have become a hive by now.

- Shit. They're gonna push me off like this. I just want to take a distance and put up a support technique, but I can't back down to protect Hanu. I missed the choice of weapon. A white tiger could have used the procedure with one hand while paying the poison needle with the other. This is Jiri Poor. Besides...

Either way, after three minitos, the effect of the supportive technique expires.

The support formula is uniform, and only three minitos last.

- If this happens, if you eat poison, it's even a plate!

"- Ah!

Eat up your teeth, put Kurokusen along your body's centerline like you just did, and jump up all at once.

Naturally, a manticore poison needle just hits me here. But that's no longer woven. My left shoulder, right flank, left lower back, and right thigh are worn one after the other, and Photon Blood splashes, but I can't stop my jump, which strengthens my defense with Protection.

As I jumped over Manticore's head, I put Kurokuen aside and twisted my body in the air. Swing the long roll of pitch black as you wish and rotate your body like a tornado.

"So yaaaaaa!

Turned into a revolving blade, I glided through the universe while still knocking out a series of pushing poison needles.

A definite response that crunches and cleaves near the root of the tail.

"PPRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

A manticore with its proud tail cut off screams like no other.

When I land, I slide the bottom of my Combat boot on the floor, killing my inertia and pointing my body at the Manticore. Release your left hand from the black Xuan pattern and focus your consciousness. Launch the procedure. Five deep purple icons light up at your fingertips.

Heal the wound with the healing technique (heel) of the pinkie finger, detoxify it with the healing technique (antidote) of the drug finger as well, fly two flights and raise the gear one more step with the assistive technique (rapid) of the thumb, return to the index finger,

"Freibom!

Go on. On the middle finger, too.

"- [Freibom]!

The moment I pointed my left hand knife at Manticore, who was stuffy with his ass over here, the icon bounced off at once.

"PRRRW -!?"

The base of the tail of the manticore explodes twice in a row with no pushing.

"Freibom" is a less powerful attack technique on its own, but it has the same characteristics as a support technique, and when you chain explosions at a certain time, the power increases by multiplication. On top of that, with ForceBoost, the effect should have jumped to eight times the normal combined effect of a chain explosion.

The overlapping effect of Rapid further alters the sensation of the body. All sights in the eye become more slow motion.

As I pulled Kurokusen back a lot, I held my breath and rushed out toward Manticore, where I gasped in flames most of my body.

Enemy like wind at four times the normal speed.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!

He jumped in the moment he was in between special attacks, aiming at the defenseless manticore's back and slamming a full blow from body to body.

"PURRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

The slaughter struck at a speed enhanced by Rapid cut the manticore diagonally without any resistance due to the sharp slashing flavor that Kurokusen possessed.

I took away all of his endurance, I was sure of it.

The whole body of the manticore stiffens like an ice statue.

"-Ah!

I fell out of shape in the air because I did too much, falling from shoulder to floor. At the same time, it is visible to the eye that the body of the stopped manticore gradually fades and stops (shuts down) its activity.

Eventually, only blue and white components remained on the spot. It also touches my "SEAL" while drifting through the universe and can be absorbed and disappeared.

- Done...?

Confirmed to have defeated Manticore, I wake up and exhale a soothing breath.

"... Phew... Ahhh..."

As soon as I was relieved, the pain pushed me from all over my body.

I know the heel effect gradually blocks the wound, but I feel that the speed is strangely slow - that's stupid or me. Now that I'm accelerating on Rapid myself, I feel slow and obvious.

Kick the assisted procedure release command. "SEAL", which was pushing up my physical abilities, unleashed the process simultaneously.

The sense of time reverts and the wound healing - subjectively, though - accelerates.

Turning his face in the direction Hanu was sitting on the floor, he looked into contact with the pompous heterochromia.

…………

In a nutshell, Hannu was staring at me with such a face.

"Come on."

When I made sure the wound was blocked, I stood up and approached Hannu.

"Hanu, were you okay? Are you hurt?

The golden-eyed silver eye, still open round, suddenly said this.

"Ooh... it's Lato. What the hell did you do now?

"Huh?"

Without attempting to ask the question, I tilted my neck. Then,

"Don't blur. No! What the hell did you do to my concubine? And what's the move now! Oops, we lied to our concubines - it wasn't each other... Ugh...!

Suddenly, Hannu stalls along the way, wondering if he started yelling. I held my fist tight and stared at it for a long time, but I noticed it unexpectedly.

"- That wasn't if we were talking about swallowing like this! Hannu! Let's go back! The top tier is still early for us!

It's a safety zone where the SB doesn't pop around the elevator shaft in the middle of the floor, but on the contrary, everyone is a danger zone except there. Anyway, if it's just the hell like earlier, it's pretty bad if you show up in a herd.

"Mm-hmm? Are you going to delude me, Rato"

"Chi, no, it's really dangerous!

Honestly, I can handle it if I'm alone. Experience in solo is plentiful, and if you overlap supportive techniques, you can fight this hierarchy of SBs more than each other. Even if I'm surrounded by SB, I'm confident I'll just run away at worst. Although.

Protecting Hanu makes it tough all at once. Maybe I can, but I can't think of a good way to do it, and I'm not sure at all. In the first place, we were supposed to start at a low level to figure out how they were going to explore together.

- How is this happening...!?

"And anyway, before they find us in another SB, we'll be in the safe zone -"

It was when I took Hannu's hand, which was swollen with a muffled face, and tried to pull it away.

I raised my face, which I was lowering to meet Hannu, and turned my gaze in that direction to go back the way I came - and I saw it.

Populations of various SBs filling passageways.

As pale as it might get to Photon Blood, I knew very well that my blood would draw from my face.

Looking back in haste, a swarm of SBs also formed a wall on the other side of the aisle.

"Become...!?

Completely surrounded.

Maybe the manticore was triggered earlier.

I thought it was strange. Basically, I can't believe there's only one SB in the herd.

Perhaps the moment he was shut down, it was a trap where a horde of fate popped on both sides of the aisle.

- What do we do!? What do we do!?

Rotate your head visibly with a head on the verge of frenzy. I don't know what to do to get rid of this predicament together, it's still hard or impossible, no, worst case scenario is, even if one of me is sacrificed, only Hannu.

"Those two! I'm sorry to interrupt!

All of a sudden, it was Rin's beauty that split his ear like a thunderbolt.

"Heh!? What!? Who...... eh!?

The unexpected stimulus interrupted the thought that was about to burn me out, and my eyes searched for the source of nature and voice.

I only saw the wall and the SB even looking around the area with Kyoro Kyoro, so I activated the surgical "Eagle Eye" in an aggressive manner. An icon emerged on his left index finger mimicking the eagle's eye, which changed into the shape of a small bird and flew over it. As soon as possible, the overlooking visual information acquired by Eagle Eye is sent to my SEAL.

There was a bunch of SBs trying to pinch us from front to back, and on the other side, there were two cluster-like groups of explorers. It's a way to pinch the SBs that are pinching us further.

One of them, a woman with long blonde hair tied to a ponytail - maybe this man is the Lord of the Voice just now - raised the sword of the stripper in his hand high and emitted a clean whisper.

"Kayyyyy--!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

A large number of powerful voices that do not allow hair in between. Will there be more than thirty people in the two clusters combined? Quite a size.

Mass combat has begun.

"Firebolt wo!" "Comet Slash"! "" Lightning Crusade "!" "" Double Slash "!" "Light teeth!" "" "Caradoborg Brit"!

Attack, swordsmanship, martial arts, axe, martial arts, pistol, and much more.

In front of us and behind us, there is a high-level battle going on, not to mention the front line of exploration.

I guess the people in the clusters fighting are more of a priority elimination for SB.

Me and Hannu were left pounding in the middle of the battlefield, as if in the eyes of a typhoon.

"... the rat."

Damn, they pulled my hand while I held it,

"... Huh? What, Hannu?

I ask back half-hearted.

"... what's going on?

I didn't have the answers to that very simple question.