10 days to be shaken by carriage from the Imperial Capital, Quinn Brand Empire.

The journey from town to town eventually turned from village to village, eventually using a traveler's accommodation for self-catering.

Nevertheless, Lavia and Paula seem to be having fun because the world's "journey" is obvious, so they don't care about the environment, but rather the joy of having a proper "journey" wins.

Many people were aiming for the Potterat mountains.

Some adventurer parties employ a dedicated carriage as well as a carriage, while many merchants carry large luggage.At night, several fires appeared in the vicinity of the accommodation, creating a circle surrounding it.Hikaru buys and eats food because his soul is strong and there are people who sell alcohol and meals.

"Nnnh ~ It's spicy and delicious!"

Ravia is delighted as she trembles.

The soup in the wooden vessel was stewed with lamb.

There is a lot of fat floating around, but the soup is bright red and is refreshing because it is full of tomatoes and spices.However, after that, the spicy feeling came to me.

(It looks like Pakchi....)

The chopped white onion and blue vanilla with accents had the same aroma as Pakchi.

I'm sure the altitude is getting higher and I appreciate this warm soup because the temperature drops considerably at night even though it's summer.

Adventurers are good to run.

Stardust is scattered in the sky that I looked up.Even on Earth, you can see the beautiful night sky that can only be seen in places like the observatory.

"Ugh... are you girls playing adventurers?It would be cold to be here.Come with us! "

If you're in trouble, it means that if you take Ravia and Paula, you get caught up in this drunken adventurer.

"Come here, come here... eh?"

When this happens, silently perform "group blocking".

Most night-time adventurers are drunk, so they go home drunk and wonder if they've even seen a phantom.

It was troublesome after many times, so when eating, it was a hikaru to sit tight and perform "group blocking".

It was fun to move around, but after 10 days, I got tired - that's when I finally got there.

The mining city Gordon is a town built for Quinn Brand's leading gold mine Gordon and is still in operation.

The Potterato Mountains, rising at an altitude of 4,000 metres, are exposed to brown skin, one of which is the Gold Mine Gordon.

The river, which harvests sand and gold, is still used as a water source in the town, and there was a gold pulse upstream of the river.

At the foot of the mountains, the altitude is close to 1,000 meters.There was no greenery around the town, and a little down from here the forest was spreading.

The path along the river was the only one leading to the mine, and it was also the aorta that penetrated the city.

"It's so busy...!"

There's nothing there. There are no walls, no enclosures, nothing because Gordon is far from the border, and there are no factors like monsters approaching.

The city of free access is the first hikaru to be seen outside the surrounding villages.

The city was on a gentle slope, and a wide variety of people were disturbed when they left the spacious carriage stop.

Adventurers, merchants, city dwellers, children...

There are many races.

Not only the human race, but also the elves, the beasts, the dwarfs, the half-rings —— people who have plants in their bodies, people who have minerals in their bodies, even reptiles.

People in colorful colors walked around in stone buildings, making them less and less unified.

Naturally, the road is not paved, so sand and dust dance.Many of the inhabitants covered their mouths with cloth, and the walls of the houses were rubbed, probably because of sand and dust.

"It's good to have a room!"

Every inn was filled with adventurers caught by golden rabbits.However, Hikaru and the others did not aim for what the so-called adventurers wanted, but for luxury lodgings such as those used by administrators and wealthy merchants who came on business trips.

Hikaru was satisfied with the interior, which was so elaborate that it seemed… in this remote area, and the clean room.I found myself in the back of the bathroom wanting to remove dust and dirt from the journey.

"Wonderful...!"

When you twist a well-polished silver faucet, the water is warmed by magic tools and poured into a shaved stone tub.The size of the tub is like, "Machine wash?I decided to close my eyes when I was small enough to say.

"Wonderful...!"

At that time, there was Ravier speaking up the same way.

Wind-soaked dust builds up across the cloudy window-glass - this room overlooks the main street from the third floor.

There were several stalls lined up, one of which she kept an eye on.

Familiar signs. The letter written there is "Pond Hot Dog".Another sign is "Spicy sauce, Gordon's original sauce".

How dare that hot dog, who originated in Poland, reach Gordon?

Celica at the Adventurer Party "Oriental Four Stars" -- Celica from Japan like Hikaru said, "I want to spread more!Hikaru also invested in a hot dog chain.

It is also an adventurer support business that actively hires adventurers who can no longer continue adventures due to injury or aging.

I'll definitely eat it once a day, because I'm going to buy it now. Why didn't I notice it when I entered this inn? - What a thought. Ravia held her hands and swore to herself with a fluff and a rough nose.

"You're both kind of tense..."

While making tea, Paula thought so.

After a day of slow traveling tiredness, Hikaru and the others started acting the next day.

Start by gathering information from the Adventurers Guild.

The Adventurers Guild was a stone building that blended into the city, but it was big enough to have a few houses.

The dusty city is full of dust for adventurers.In the meantime, the tidy Hikaru arrived, so the adventurers' eyes gathered here.

Originally working with boys and girls, it tends to attract attention, and this level of gaze is a hikaru that I am used to.

(Hmm... "Golden Climbers" and "Originally Active in this City", about half.)

Hikaru thought that the atmosphere was completely different from the adventurer who had Gordon as his roots and the adventurer who had heard the golden wasabi.

(There are many beasts in this city.)

The adventurer who is going to climb the mountain, that is to say, the 4,000-metre mountain, is easy to understand and has a cold shield.

But adventurers who don't have to climb mountains are light.

Lightweight adventurers had many beasts.

Some beasts had only rats and dogs, while others had completely leopards and beasts.Gu ○ Nsaga? I thought that the leopard-headed king was a woman.

Protect only important parts of the body, otherwise lightweight style.

It will be cold at night, but it will be covered with cloaks and jackets.

"... boys, it feels good to see this kid, but if you're going to climb the mountain, it's time to stop."

It was a cat beast with two ears standing up, and Hikaru looked up.

He had two swords hanging from his waist, apparently a double sword.

The burnt brown short hair is crisp, and the eyes staring at Hikaru are slightly hanging.

Leather armor (leather mail) was well used and she looked like a skilled adventurer, even though she looked in her early 20s.

"May I ask why you're stopping us?"

"Why? I don't know why, so I'm telling the kid I can't do it.The other day, a bunch of kids arrived, stormed the mountain, half of my friends were dead, and came back crying. "

"Really? Thank you for your advice."

Hikaru ignores her and tries to go to the counter.

"Hey, if you want to die, don't die alone!Don't bring your lovely friends with you! "

"Are you talking about us?"

"Yes, I think so!"

"Then it's okay because I'm not just a sidekick, I'm an adventurer."

When Ravia and Paula reacted, the cat beast obviously looked uneasy.

"It's annoying! Joso came all the way and made a lot of noise."

The same "Joso" adventurers reacted twitchily to the cat beast's words, but Hikaru had a cool face.

"Then you should leave us alone.If we find the site of Posi, all the Yozos will be gone. "

Then -- silence fell into the guild.

But soon afterwards,

"--Buhahahahahaha!"

Surrounded by a vortex of laughter.

"Ahah, ahahaha, ahahahahaha!I'll make you laugh! This boy has half a gag sense! "

"How many adventurers are here and no one has found it yet!"

"That confidence is all you need! Hahahaha!"

The adventurers here and the adventurers from all over laughed equally.

However, Hikaru's expression remained the same, and he quickly turned to the counter.

"I'd like information on the current adventurer's exploration of the mountains and the distribution of monsters."

"Ah, eh...."

All guild receptionists were young women, but Gordon's guild was a young man.

"Um, is that it? Are you sure you want to go for the mountain?"

"If there is no problem with the advance information, I will."

"... there's a lot of information fees.The monsters in the mountains are tough.... "

"How much?"

"10,000 guilans."

It's worth about 100,000 yen in yen.

Perhaps it means that only adventurers who are so willing to pay will be allowed to enter the mountains - Hikaru guessed.

"Ten thousand guillains is a lot of money, kid. You can't afford to spend it. Go home as soon as you get it--"

"Please use kingdom gold."

Hikaru ignored the cat-beastern tea and offered the gold.

"You kid! Don't give away money you didn't earn yourself like yours!"

Hikaru grabbed her hand as it stretched from the side.

"Nah... let go of me!"

I was grabbed by my wrist, but I couldn't leave without trying to escape.

"... if you're done talking, can you go away? I'm in the way."

Hikaru is shaking "Strength" 3 on the soulboard.It's stronger than a big adult.When I glanced at her soulboard, I found that there was only one "muscle strength", so from Hikaru's point of view, it was not a big deal.

She blushes her face and as soon as she releases her hands, her upper body is about to swim and fall.

Should I say the adventurer didn't make the butt mochi there?

"Give me information."

Hikaru turned to the man at the counter.

The file reading room was in a room that went further from the Alliance Lobby, which was clean and quiet.

There were a few other users, but they seemed busy copying the materials and Hikaru didn't notice.

"... the Potterato Mountains are so big."

Looking at the map, it stretches west of the Quinn Brand Empire and leads to the Forestian Union.

"I wonder how long it will take me to find out all of this...."

"No, Ravia, you don't have to look into everything.I think we can narrow down the survey to some extent. "

This is where Hikaru's index finger pointed —— Gold Mine Gordon.

"I think it's within 50 kilometers, no matter how far from here."

"Why?"

"Simply put, where did Golden Nation gold come from?There are no gold mines around here other than this Gordon, and I think we found the sand buried in the river at first.When I think about going through the mountain road, I think it's a limit of about 50 kilometers. "

"I see...."

The means of carrying it is to carry it, or let the goats carry it.

"That may sound easy, but given that it's a settlement that hasn't been found before, you have to be prepared for a pretty steep path, and it's possible that the road is buried in a landslide.It's hard to climb because the trails aren't built yet. "

"That's why you've been spending dozens of days exploring adventurers so little."

"I think so."

When I asked the guild staff, it was only 20 kilometers away from the path that the Adventurer had been able to explore.

Also, the appearance of monsters is characteristic.

"You said to the Wyburn species, 'Flame Goat.'"

Paula said.

"Certainly, there are more and more Wyburns without natural enemies, and the ecosystem is on the verge of collapse... Flame goats, that is, goats in flames, are surviving to avoid being preyed upon by Wyburns."

The Alliance seemed to remember the sense of crisis.

Wyburn is a dragon species and a giant lizard flying in the sky.Troubly, the scales are stiff, most blades don't have teeth, and even spit out fire.

Hikaru had previously fought the Lower Wing Dragon (Lesser Wyburn) in the Forestian Union.It was the first time I met Sylvester, a royal from Tubra, the United States.

Most of them are Wing Dragons, but there are rare species that crawl on the ground, which are called Field Wieburns.Incidentally, the adventurer party that specializes in traps, "Happiness and Pain", was promoted to Rank A by the fieldway burn.

It's such a threat.

And where does Wyburn go when he runs out of food in the mountains?

At the foot.

At the foot is a forest area and a city.

Flame goats also go down from mountainous areas that are not said to be lush to the forest at the foot for dinner and return to the mountains in the evening.

If that comes down from the mountain, even a few will cause catastrophe.

"... while there are such dangerous monsters, adventurers go looking for positions."

"Anything except Wyburn is being sold.When Hikaru was talking to the receptionist, he heard the adventurers talking. "

"Bell...? Such an idiot. It's not a bear."

There was a story about going into the mountain with a bell on the bear, but that was another story.

(Bears have the nature of avoiding people, so take it with an appeal to "here we are." Sure.It doesn't matter if you make a sound or not a bell.... Conversely, it's counterproductive for bears who have attacked people, and if you appeal "Here we are", they will come closer happily)

If we find out where the Adventurer is, will Wyburn be attacking?The Wyburn I saw before didn't seem to be afraid of humans.

"A bell without Wyburn...."

If you think about it carefully, Hikaru and the others have "secrets" so you don't have to wear them.

"... I want it."

"Eh, why?"

"No, I was just wondering.I wonder who made it. "

"Who...?"

"All right, let's get started.To start exploring, start with gathering information. "





Ravia and Paula look at each other like they don't know.

I was wondering if it was "information-gathering" to come to this Alliance.

"Fufu... well, it's just an idea, but it shouldn't hurt to check it.Even if I say so. "

Hikaru's "Magic Detection" reacts.

The Cat Wesen involved in the Alliance Lobby earlier are no longer in the Alliance.

Inside.

"Looks like everyone who's ambushing us is ahead."

She fought alongside her allies on the guild's front.I wonder what to do with my crushed belly.