The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen

Episode 72: Forests and Encounters - Part One -

A stepped branch made a noise with Pakin.

This is in a depressed forest.

Although the surroundings are slightly dim, there is no obstacle to walking.

Outreach The shallow parts of the woods around here may be in the hands of foster families and golems from time to time. There will be firewood collection and all that.

The leaves of the trees are small and shaking in the wind, and birds can be heard in the people.

From what I've seen, this forest looks like a mixed forest with broadleaves and conifers.

Atmospherically, it is slightly similar to the native forest of Yakushima.

No, isn't it? If you look closely, it's growing plants you've never seen at all. Maybe it doesn't look like Yakushima at all.

Sorry, I'm losing confidence......

But is it because so many things are unfamiliar with plants when you look at them like this? The forest of the other worlds is still...

"You're really mysterious and beautiful..."

It was out of the blue in my voice.

The leaves of the trees that grow blue overhead are full of vitality. The other foot is covered in cida-like plants and moss.

This moss is also interesting. I'm not particularly familiar with moss, but it's probably a breed not found in the original world.

As I walked observing my feet that way, I noticed a strange mushroom growing between the roots of a raised tree.

Can I eat that orange mushroom?

Ask Gore, the edible wild grass master, and he might know what it is.

"Hey Gore, can you eat that beautiful mushroom? Why don't we pick a souvenir on the way home?"

I looked back diagonally and asked for my partner's opinion.

Gore is staring at my face.

Oh? The expression on your eyes is a little stiff.

Somehow, I think they said "meh".

Maybe this is a bad pattern if you eat it. It has a flashy, delicious color, and I thought it would be good for a dinner dish. Too bad.

When I nearly dropped my shoulder in dismay, I noticed that the tsuru plants tangled in giant trees on the right side had unfamiliar fruits.

I don't know, this fact.

I'll try a grain out of curiosity.

"Hey Gore. How about a souvenir for everyone inside?

It is a fruit with lots of ivoibos, which are purple in colour.

Yeah, yeah, isn't it really a strange nut that looks like another world? It's somewhat grotesque, but there shouldn't be a direct causal link between the look and taste of the food.

"It looks a little bad, but I don't know. Sometimes things like this taste good."

I tried to smell it while smiling and talking to my partner.

But as soon as I got the fruit close to my face, Gore jumped like he was in a panic and took the Ibobo fruit from me.

And I threw it as far away as I could.

Purple distorted nuts disappear across the bush.

"What, if I ate this fruit too, was it a bad one...?

No mushrooms, no nuts?

I wanted to try cross-world cooking or something with the wonder ingredients I collected. Actually, that's kind of what I admire. Cooking boys are hot.

But I was once in the carrot business, and that's how I feel about cooking and dying for once. Is it still impossible for me to cook wonder ingredients...

Somehow, I got stuck.

Gore started to get upset with my expression like that.

I have long ears and I feel so sorry for you.

"No, you're not bad at all..."

I smiled lightly, and I saw Gore's head.

You're a really sweet-hearted guy, buddy.

... How about that? I'm not nervous enough.

From now on, we're waiting for contact with an unidentified suspicious group.

I need to get in the mood.

At the departure stage, I was willing to ask them to pull me off in a discussion. That's why the support by the foster families also declined. As a result, Gore and I are now entering the forest alone.

But if you think about it, there are cases where there is a need to catch suspicious people.

In short, if their identity was a habitual burglar.

These, if deported as they are, risk attacking other settlements in the vicinity. I haven't seen it yet, because along the Siddle Mountains, there are other small settlements dotted off the main streets like in the Golem.

Even if we help safely in our midst, there will be damage elsewhere.

Well, then, no. No, you can't.

Therefore, in that case, there will be no other attempt at control of the opponent with me and Gore.

I have gore anyway, so I don't think I can handle it.

I honestly don't feel at all comfortable with violent shakedowns...

Well, can't I think too deeply?

Because the response around here depends, in other words, on the way the realistic person comes out.

Again, let's go with a discussion attitude for the basics.

Even if it's like capturing the worst opponent, if you can get him to surrender peacefully, because that's the best decision you can make. It'll lighten up your sins there.

In other words, this is my job as a Negotiator.

"You mean you can't help but kill me in the end? It's not like we're going to kill them.... Hey, Gore?

I asked my sweet partner to agree.

Oh? Now the Gore one's gone blind for a second.

"... gore?

Gore, who can stare at me, suddenly starts to freak out.

The deep red eyes are moving, creeping.

Watching Gore like that, for some reason, I was remembering my asshole dog's face when he found me trying to eat beef jerky on the table on my own.

It kind of looks just like Gore.

Nevertheless, when I think of it this way, I can clearly think of that dog trick that soothes my ears, and the look that makes me swim my gaze like a bump.

Yet I still can't remember the dog's name.

Well, this is my naming sense. Let's just agree that it was a good name.

It's strange to call it a name.

Even though I can remember my figure well, if I can't remember my name, I feel like the whole other person's existence has blurred out loudly for some reason.

Is he doing well in the original world?

Speaking of which, what time was the last time I saw his face? I'm starting to feel like it was a long time ago.

When Gore and his figure overlap, with a familiar feeling, sometimes the back of his chest hurts dull, why......

I almost thought about it, but I turned my gaze back on my current partner.

She is still softly suspicious of behavior.

"... ha. Damn, it's important to negotiate now. You, are you okay with that?

I laughed bitterly, glittering with gore cheeks.

"You're counting on me. Stay with me, buddy."

Now that Gore is standing, I'm trying to be rational.

That's what Buddy's role sharing is all about.

I'll cover the cool part where this guy's kiddo.

As long as we can discuss this properly and calmly, we shouldn't have to turn this matter into a violent one.

I renewed my resolve and walked out into the back of the woods.

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Well, I'm confidently going to negotiate like this, but there's a good reason for this.

Actually, it's not like we don't have the material to persuade the other party in this negotiation.

Me and I, we didn't jump out of the inside with no plan.

The slight lack of tension is also due to this. At least as far as this is concerned, I see a good chance that, at worst, a total confrontation between the two sides will be avoided.

And perhaps this in itself is not an inference that has been taken off the mark.

Tips to this thought were among the words of the grandmother of the grocery store, which I heard just before I left.

And this is a fact that, due to the mysterious twist since the summons, a battle golem has always been very routine and familiar to me, so I tend to take it off my consciousness.

Grandma at the grocery store said this to me.

- Together, the thieves and others can be exorcised.

This statement is naturally considerate of me trying to make it to the woods alone. But at the same time, it is also a complete objective truth.

Inside the Golem, the level of power is high compared to the cities and settlements in the region that I have ever seen in this world.

Probably, overwhelmingly.

Inside the Golem, it's not just a rural settlement.

Perhaps it is in such a way that it partially inherits the power of its predecessor, the Imperial Earthly Demon Soldier (Golem) Division. The essence as a settlement is rather close to a large base of a group of powerful magicians, so to speak, with a large number of golem uses.

Think about it. The battle golems feel like pets to the average family, don't they? I've never seen a city or settlement like that before. A combat golem is not what it should be.

Besides, earlier in this room, I even pulled out a heavy golem that would be a state of emergency or no, as a matter of course. That is unmistakable and probably a complete military golem.

Honestly, excess armaments is a good place too.

As you know, a golem is resistant to witchcraft and resistant to flesh and bullet warfare. Besides, some aircraft even have topsoil enemies with modern weapons. So the dull appearance is backwards, and the difficulty of striking unintentionally is as high as an asshole. It's not supposed to be a place in the Golem where eight infantry fighters can do this.

The people inside, they're all probably sweet. It's hard to pin because of that, but maybe it sucks to piss those people off for real.

Perhaps if they allocated the full potential fighting force inside the Golem to the attack, they could destroy the interior in a matter of hours by smashing the defensive force slightly from the front of each of the exterior walls, even in a regional city the size of Tibura or so.

The walk of the Golem cannot be stopped by a concurrent sorcerer or swordsman.

After a lot of angry golem passes, all that remains is a pile of rubble and a chunk of meat.

If you think normally, it is likely that the suspicious will not know this terrible truth.

If you knew about the reality of the inside, you would never think of putting a little bit on a place like this, and a small number of people. Unless you're also a suicide candidate.

That is somewhat less abundant in the golem. But it honestly doesn't seem like a match for the supposed risk of a harsh counterattack.

If the other party can account for a decent loss, there are enough formulas to avoid useless disputes.

And then I put my thoughts together, and then I looked out into the surrounding woods.

"... so. Where in the woods are the suspicious people at the heart of it?

From Acetu, I've only heard their rough position.

Maybe she thinks I can share enemy intelligence by telepathy with Gore, too.

But of course, we can't have such clever craftsmanship in the combination.

A considerable amount of time has already passed since I left the interior.

Perhaps the suspects are moving quite a bit, just like us.

It doesn't taste good when you accidentally go wrong.

"Hey, Gore. Do you know the exact location of the suspect?

I asked Gore.

If you can't use telepathy, you can ask directly like this.

Because I can read the subtle changes in Gore's expression that no one can understand. We don't need telepathy for friendly combinations. Approximately, we're home. I'm not jealous of anything telepathic. Nothing at all, I can't believe I'm flattered...

Not flattered by telepathy or anything else, I tried to look back at her walking diagonal back to get an opinion from my partner's expression and gesture.

That's when I realized.

Gore, who was called by his name, is staring at me from next door with tender eyes.

Yes, Gore is walking next door.

Right next door. The Gore one, he's changing positions.

Her absence from her favorite diagonal rear position as she moves is a sign that she is on alert. My partner always stands in a position to cover me.

I mean, there's something to the right.

Hey, are the suspicious men close?

Should I be ready?

Even so, when it comes to what I can do, it's enough to generate it even in the "Battle Axe of the Earth" just in case.

"Speaking of which, I'm not wearing a magician's robe this time..."

I am currently dressed as I was when I was paid in the morning.

What I'm wearing right now is a rare, tannic design garment that Grandma Tete gave me. It's kind of an ethnic costume taste, but it's like a hunting people, and it's pretty cool. I like it a lot.

I don't wear my favorite dark brown luxury robe, which always hides itself in a good way when generating the "Battle Axe of the Earth" to prevent me from finding out.

Well, this is natural.

In the first place, there's no one in my everyday life who weaves robes, including me. Here, the Alavi clan is a warm land.

Of course there was no time to go back to Leo's mansion and get dressed.

Speaking of my current gear, it's like a green knife made of mesel that I've lowered to my waist and a shoulder bag that I bring to store sweets.

In this poor state of equipment, the activation of the magic guide in public is not possible.

"Maybe I'm glad I noticed earlier. If you're going to generate a Battle Axe of the Earth, it's not going to taste good unless you do it before it hits the eye."

Whimpering, he aligned the coordinates of the generation on the ground in front of him.

Put your right hand gently on the ground and start the usual chant, which you are no longer accustomed to at your usual salary scale.

"... of the earth..."

But here, my chanting stopped perfectly.

I noticed a serious problem.

The culturalist part of my heart sounds a strong alarm.

Hey, it's Nemaki.

You, pulling the axe and negotiating, can that really be called negotiating......???

I did...... My inner voice is right!

I hit the biggest dilemma in Battle Axe generation.

'Cause no matter how you look at it, it looks like the Demon King's Riesal Weapon. It's a crummy, black, super vicious axe, right?

My pride and career as a proud culturalist would be scratched if they thought I negotiated while flirting with the murder weapon.

That's a completely bad thing to do.

If I can, I don't want to imitate that ugly.

No, before that, you'd be mistaken for coming to the couch and the negotiations would be broken.

God, what the hell am I supposed to do...

As I thought about it, I walked forward again with inertia.

At this point, suddenly the light came out in front of me.

The trees in front flickered and went out into a vast space.

"This place..."

Apparently, it doesn't mean he went out through the woods.

It seems to me that this is the only place in the tree sea where no trees grow, so to speak, a blank zone. Land roughly the size of a small children's park is covered in moss on one side.

Wow. Green space.

Here everything in the eye is stained with beautiful green.

The sunlight that plugs through the gaps in the green ceiling is bright. In gentle wood leaking days, mossy feet look slightly radiant. Even the thick trunks of the surrounding trees are green, tangled with moss.

It is a green forest square, made by nature.

It's a really nice place.

If I had a girlfriend, you could come on a date on holiday with lunch.

And while I have a warm cup of coffee or something in my water bottle, I want to lean in with her and do some reading and stuff slowly.

Fortunately, there are coffee-like drinks in this world.

Unfortunately, there's no sign that I can do her in this world.

Ha......

The guy who leans next to me every night to do his reading is about as good as Gore.

I have no choice but to take this place for a walk with Gore.

Oh, by the way, there's a trick to making hot coffee taste good and last longer with it in the water bottle. Before you seal it, just let the coffee cool down a little. By doing so, the oxidation is delayed and the flavor of the coffee -

"… - Huh! What the hell!?"

All of a sudden, my thoughts were blocked.

The voice of a wild man echoed around him, unlike a romantic lover's space.

What the hell is going on?

Turned right.

It was in the right direction of vision that a man's voice sounded.

If you look, there are several men standing in the diagonal position of the green square.

Apparently, it was just after he stepped into this space, just like us.

A group of mysteries standing in the woods.

It's just bastards. For a group date with a rear charge, I don't see it a bit.

Most of them carried swords, some carrying arrows on their backs.

The person in the silver metal armor that stood at the center had a large shield that stood out once and for all.

The number of people is six, seven… eight in all.

Oh, definitely. These are the suspicious ones in the example...