Sword of the Philosopher

Me and Sophia visited a house with Knight Nork's brother, Von. The interior is simple but well made and the interior is simple.

"First, let me explain what happened to you."

Phone opens its mouth. It is a form where the table is pinched and seated face-to-face… Furniture and the like also exist, but I also felt the machining was a little rough. It wasn't made by an artisan, it was homemade?

"Regardless of how you came here, no doubt… you have encountered 'divine hiding' and visited here"

... Yeah, he tells me to recognise it again. I ran into a brilliant 'god hide'. I know we're supposed to be visiting here unintentionally, but we were relative to 'hiding God' on our own... well, you know, we can't go home anymore.

"There are people from different continents here, but apparently, people who encounter 'divine concealment' can be brought here equally"

"Does that mean 'divine hiding' means coming here?

Von shook his head left and right to my question.

"There will be other elements. Demonization, dark magic and the ashes of the receptor… There are various reasons for 'divine concealment', one of which is to get lost in this place. And this land... we call it The End Island."

"Island?"

When I ask back, Von laughs bitterly.

"Even so, I don't know if this is really the island...... the sea stretches from this village to the west and south. Some watchmen don't come and go, but I've never seen a ship before."

"What's going on north and east?

Sophia asks. Phone gets up there and takes something back out of the cupboard.

Spread it out on the table... it's a map. It's just a simple one, somewhat describing what's going on between east, west, north and south, mainly in the village.

"This village… We call it 'The End Village', but the wilderness extends around this village. Originally it seemed like a dead land, but now it's improved considerably, and now crops and so on are growing properly."

"Are those crops what existed on this island?

"No, I'm bringing it in… The bringing in of people who encountered 'Divine Hidden', just like you, allowed us to form a massive farm"

Yes, Von returns it.

"Plus, livestock and so on exist... not so bad for living. At least we have enough food for all the villagers to eat."

Even in the incredible phenomenon of 'divine concealment' and so on, people live a lot like this, or...

"What about the way back?

When I asked, Von shook his head left and right.

"I don't know. I don't know where this island exists in the first place...... no, like I said, I don't know if it's an island because the north and east side haven't got their hands on it, but one thing I can say for sure is that you can never escape even if you stay in this village"

Von, who said so, laughs somewhere powerless.

"Today this village develops independently, a situation that seems to leave even descendants among those who encounter 'divine concealment'. If this is how you formed the village, you want to protect it. Life here isn't so bad in itself, so there aren't many who try to get home."

"... it seems like a pretty good village, but it seems like it's a lot of worrying because of how it looks."

Von agrees with my words, "Yes."

"The climate, etc. is mild all year round, so we rarely get hit by natural disasters, but the biggest thing is demons. Villagers may be sacrificed by occasional demons coming from the north and east."

So Von dropped his eyes on the map.

"To the east of the village, the desert zone extends. We did some exploring, but because the demons are trekking, we don't investigate, and we don't know the scale to this day."

"What about the north side?

"It's a deep forest. It seems in the past that the Knights and others who encountered 'Divine Hidden' have also entered the investigation..."

I clouded my words. I see, you mean you've been feeding on demons and other things lurking in the woods.

About this' hidden god '... we stepped in spontaneously, but people here, including Von, accidentally got here. Naturally, people like that are the majority of ordinary people, and very rare people like to hold a sword.

It just seems like we're getting material from the woods like this house is there, so I guess that means there's a lot of fighting power to guard and defend demons... Either way, the only thing we know geographically is around this village, and we have to find out for ourselves what else.

"Okay...... so what do we do?

"I will allow you to stay. I'll show you where you can sleep, so rest there for one second. We just have our own rules for visitors, so we ask them to follow them."

That's what he said, and he looked at us.

"Firstly, for about ten days, we will have a period of free time. After ten days, you need to get some work done."

"Can we decide for ourselves what we're going to do?

"Where you're understaffed, right? You two are like adventurers from what I've seen, so it's bound to be an escort mission or something."

... Von is a scholar, but you don't seem to have any knowledge of her that nothing is responding when you look at Sophia. Well, that won't be more confusing, and it's easier to do.

And I can convince myself that every time I get information about this place, it's a hassle... I need to figure out a way to get out of here anyway. I think Garc or something is blood-eyed and looking for him, so I feel okay waiting...

"Okay. We'll talk about what to do."

Sophia tightens it. "Please," Von said, closing the discussion.

As soon as I left Von's house, Sophia and I started consulting.

"What do we do? Let's start by looking into the woods and the desert?

"There doesn't seem to be any other option, and I think that's fine...... the question is, is there a way I can fulfill it and go home"

"That's the problem... Whatever you can do, you just have to do it"

Looks like we can concentrate on the investigation for ten days, and in the meantime I'd like to conclude how it works to some extent...... depending on the size of the forest and desert, we'll be able to look into it in a few days.

"In the meantime, it's another disturbance...... and this is a troublesome development"

"We have to get back soon."

I agree with Sophia's words - would Knight Nork or something be all right? I'm worried about leaving Romilda behind.

Still, this time the enemy is like a demon or something, compared to the battles we've been fighting...

"So hurry up...... no, do you even want to hear about this place before then?

"Right. I think it's a good idea to gather information."

"Then we can do it right away, so that's where we start."

Therefore, action began… activities were initiated to escape from the End of the Earth.