In the end, I didn't know what it was like to be a demonic device that could exit certain sea monsters.

Because I'm not sure if the ship's route is changing, because it's the Great Sea Plains as far as I can see, and its magic gear seems to be constantly activated, and even Hikaru's "Magic Detection" couldn't capture any particular magic.

The route change seemed to be taking place while checking the position of the compass and the sky stars.

That's why the 12th voyage was boring.

We played borrowed card games and board games in advance, as well as fishing there with a threesome of soldiers (their names were Jin, Drun, Zun, I said).

That is boring when a smooth sailing journey continues without even being fortunate enough to undergo major temperatures.

Hikaru and the others were in the meantime being watched by Deena or by other soldiers.

Deena in particular didn't seem to favor the contact between Hikaru and Duinkler, but Duinkler talks to Hikaru with no regard for that, and during that time, Deena was kept away by his men. I'm obviously not willing to let you hear what the conversation is about.

Nevertheless, I'm not willing to easily divulge Hikaru or important information to my Duinkler opponents, and if you two talk about it that's not obvious,

"Ha ha."

"Ha ha."

and laughed empty-handedly.

(You raccoon)

He was the one who couldn't be alarmed, but couldn't even ignore him.

Deena like that should be reporting regularly to Grussell, but she didn't know by what means she was going.

It's just that at noon a little bird flies from each ship and flies to each ship. The soldier who received the little bird cleared his ear, nodded with a strange face, occasionally nibbled, and laughed in the ear at a colleague by his side.

I could easily imagine that this little bird would be a magic prop for communication.

That morning, Hikaru was out on the deck. "I get tired when I tanned," Lavia said, often in the room with Paula, but Hikaru burned a little on the day because he was out on the deck a lot. Although I wear a mask and wear a hood so it's not as good as that.

Hikaru finally saw what it looked like.

"--Land."

On the 12th day after I went on the voyage, I saw a black line across the horizon.

The line gets thicker and thicker —— you can see the shape of the mountain.

A green mountain.

"Who is it -- what did I say about 'doom'?"

Even if that meant "doom" for the settlers, the word was too unfit for Hikaru's eyes.

Green was there to make you feel so rich in life.

Wah —— and cheered.

The soldiers are happy too. For the first time in 500 years, they crossed the continent and came back. You'll be impressed.

"From here, down south"

Soon Doinkler will come and tell Hikaru.

"Over the next three days, the landscape will also change. I never get tired of it."

Still, sailing continues.

Hikaru was never tired of watching the continent on the deck.

Some places had long sandy beaches.

Some places the forest zone was coming to the critical point of the sea.

There were dozens of goats in the cliffs, and there were places where they were stuck.

There was a cave of nature.

Many fish passed the sea level.

But in either case, there was no shadow. It's just small animals and animals that look harmless.

"No demons?

And Hikaru asked Jin, who was fishing.

As Deena interpreted, Jin shook her neck to the side.

"Demons don't come near the sea," he says.

"Didn't 500 years ago settlers build cities by the sea?

Then Deena clouds her expression.

"... yes. Tomorrow, I think I see it."

What she said was "doomed city".

As the words put it, the next day it came to a place that was once a city.

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Hikaru, Lavia and Paula watched it side by side on the deck. No, not only they, but all the soldiers in their hands, came out and watched.

The only dock-like place by the sea remains the rock that serves as a pedestal, the others being eroded by the sand.

The city's exterior walls had collapsed and had been consumed by grass and snails.

Giant trees grow from the middle of what looks like a home —— distracting considering the years until this tree grew.

Barely, there are traces of people getting their hands on it.

But there were obvious signs of people living here.

It has never been in a landscape full of nature.

Guys, I watched it with a small mouth count.

Some of them were meditating.

Some looked bored and grumpy.

Hikaru was -- just overwhelmed.

"... as long as there's this ruin, what happened 500 years ago to the dreammakers is an unforgettable past."

The site of the city ends in less than an hour. Then the ship approaches land.

"We'll go back to the river."

Deena comes and explains.

"The river? Isn't there a dreammaker by the sea?

"It's close to the roots."

"Roots......"

"It's about a place where demons like to get together."

Hikaru was the first to associate the word where demons like to gather —— dungeons. But then you wouldn't use words like "root."

"Do you know where the roots are?

"There are magic props to discover it. We write the location of the roots on the map, and we don't come near them."

"--500 years ago, the colonists' city was close to the roots, right?

Deena nodded silently.

Demons stay away from the sea. The city by the sea was destroyed by demons. These two are totally inconsistent. But if there is such a thing as a "root" where demons come close, the contradiction is resolved.

"Right. If only 500 years ago there were magic artifacts to discover the roots..."

I guess he didn't perish, I thought, but Hikaru didn't say any more.

I can't help it.

The indigenous people should have lived on this continent for a long time. So there was also such wisdom. That would be the case.

"We're going to get to Dreammaker early tomorrow morning. You will soon be heading to the king's quarters. Get ready."

That's what I said, Deena left.

The next day, with the sunrise, Hikaru and the others were awake and ready to disembark the ship, in a room where after two weeks they had gained a little attachment, but if they could, they had a long journey to celebrate for a while. I was so bored.

I wish there was a "dragon path" if possible —— and Hikaru asked Kou, who also seemed to know this continent for the first time, meaning he had no knowledge at all.

It's just...

"Stinky."

Ever since I saw the continent, I've only been on the face of it. The wicked ones —— I guess that means that there are many monsters of some kind living there.

From Hikaru, I didn't see the presence of the monster, and I couldn't even grasp the extended "Magic Detection" though.

"Is it time to see —— hmm?

The hallway became noisy. Soldiers rise to the deck.

At first I wondered if those were their fair pleasures back home, but I hear a lot of anger.

"Looks like something happened."

"Mmm."

"Right!

"Stinky."

"Let's go. Kou says hello to Paula"

Hikaru and the others exit the room and head to the deck.

There was a loud noise on the deck.

I knew why.

Forward, along the Great River, the city is surrounded by forest areas.

Smoke was rising from there.

Huge, man-shaped monsters were attacking the city.