"I have a favor to ask of Master Alphonse."
"Please? It's unusual for Ai to tell me."What am I supposed to do? "
"Head to El Meralda."
"El Meralda? What is that? Place name?"
The year has begun.
At the end of the 12th lunar calendar year of Garuda, Ai suddenly asked me to do him a favor while I was resting at the Barca Palace in New Barca.
It's quite unusual, isn't it?
I've never asked Ai for anything, but it's got me a lot of interest.
What is El Meralda?
“El Meralda is one of the peaks, or mountains in the Great Snow Mountains.”
"Mt. Daisuke. Don't say anything suddenly, Ai."You want me to go to Mt. Daisuke in the middle of winter? "
"Yes, that's right."
"Hmm. Well, that's fine." What's in El Meralda's place? "
"Nothing." To put it mightily, is there snow and ice? ”
"... don't tell me to get snow from Mt. Daisetsu, right?"
"Of course, there are monsters on the way to El Meralda."The other day, I observed a monster in El Meralda in a video with four feathers.I want to capture the monster alive. "
"Huh? Hunting monsters?" Besides, are you still alive? "
I was surprised by the content of Ai's remarks and shouted out loud.
But you can't help it.
You've really suddenly come up with something out of nowhere, Aye.
But it was a monster.
Monsters are different from normal animals.
That said, it doesn't seem to have a particularly well-defined definition, but it basically refers to creatures that have a lot of magic power or use sorcery.
In the east, there seemed to be a hunt for monsters, and there were almost no monsters.
However, if you go to Snow Mountain, the story will be different.
If humans get lost, it means the same thing as death, because there are still monsters in the Snow Mountains.
However, I was surprised that you wanted the monster to come alive.
I didn't want the monster's materials, but I wondered what I was aiming for.
"To increase our national strength."
"National power? Is that different from the river refurbishment we're working on and the road construction we're planning to do later?"
“It would be the same in terms of meaning.River construction, road construction, and agrarian reform are all important.And to make them even more meaningful, we want Alphonse to bring the monsters to life. "
"Hmm. Okay, I'll go."If Eye says that, it'll be worth it.I mean, Aye's coming with us, right?If the four feathers were enough to locate the monster, you'd definitely get lost in Mt. Daisuke if you didn't show me where it is. "
"Of course, we are currently tracking from above, so we are able to capture it."However, we recommend that you ride the Valkyrie or the Valkyrie for environmental reasons. ”
"Well, that's true."The Valkyries can move in the heat or the cold.That's the rest of it. If you bring ice absorbing stones that you can carry, you should be able to reduce the cold around you, and Ian should bring some people along. ”
Icebreaker statues in the new town of Barca.
This is the figure that mimics Brother Arthur riding the Valkyrie.
The effect of the statue doesn't mean that the new city of Barca will freeze to death in the cold even in winter.
But of course, it's not that easy to carry a statue that size.
I put it in a magic bag until I got here, but when I put it in a bag, it doesn't absorb the cold.
Instead, I had a few ice absorbing stones that were big enough to carry by hand.
With this, you can move somewhat in winter.
Of course, at that size, the distance to absorb the cold is small, so it will be impossible for a large group to go out together.
Besides, the Valkyrie is responsible for hatching the eggs of the Beast, and the number of Valkyries is still limited.
The number of people who can get to El Meralda is limited.
Thinking of it, we should just take the cavalry.
Regardless of what kind of monster it was, the Snow Mountain was in a harsh environment, so I had better use someone who was normally training for riding.
So I headed for El Meralda.
Incidentally, it is a mountain of great snow, and it seems that it is easy to see in a distinctive form from a certain town that the eastern humans have given such a name to one of the mountains called the mausoleum.
It is a place where the mausoleum can be seen well, but it does not go as far as the periphery as the periphery in the variant.
I've stopped by there before.
A town ruled by a man named Biden, southward from the variant toward the Orient.
The proximity of El Meralda to the town of Biden meant that, for the time being, I decided to take Ian and Ian and the cavalry to the town.