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"I'll accept your apology. We're on a tree together. I hate it when I'm in a mess.

"... thank you.

Donnate displays an unspoken and hospitable manners. When handsome people do it, for some reason they look good with that kind of trick.

... I still think the world is unfair.

"I told you why we're here, but what are you doing here?

As I said myself, this is a dangerous place.

"Well... I'm actually looking for someone.

"Someone?

"I'll follow you in order. First of all, we came here for a completely different purpose, a quest from the Adventurer Alliance called Investigating the Forest.

Many of these types of plants and monsters are useful. If you think about it, it's only natural.

"The very existence of this forest has recently been discovered. The Alliance didn't officially announce it either.

"Was it?

"There's no forest here. Not at least two years ago.

I thought it gradually changed in ten years, but apparently it's different.

Then… maybe it's because of the Greenman's abilities I saw earlier. The ability to grow plants rapidly… in two years, it would be easy to build forests of this size.

"We came here on a quest to recover this forest and its ecosystems and useful objects.

"So, what are you looking for?

"Actually, we're a five-person party. There was another woman of the tribe.

A woman of the brown hair and blue eyes wizard family named Tana was lost in the woods a few days ago.... "

Donnate looks at me after the first time she lays down.

"I'm sorry, I haven't seen anyone since I got in here.

"... I see..."

"So you were looking for a woman named Turner.

"When I was gone, the woods were shaking and the plants were growing explosively, so I've been walking around in the middle of the night for the last few days.

So you were looking for the Greenman...

If we were looking for the center of shaking and plant growth, we would be at that center....

The place itself was recently discovered, and I didn't expect anyone to be there. A man appeared there and his companions disappeared.

If you think about it in a streamlined fashion, you'll think that the person who captured the woman named Tana...

If you were an S-ranked adventurer party, you'd be with me for a long time, and that's why I was so vigilant.

"We weren't able to find it either, so I was very upset... but it was just an excuse..."

In the opposite position, if Nil had disappeared, I would have killed him halfway, but I wouldn't blame him strongly for thinking...

"No, I won't strongly blame you for that. Let's get this over with.

"Thank you."

So, do you have any clues to the woman named Turner?

"No... it's nothing..."

All four have dark faces.

Gone missing a few days ago, alone in these woods... the chances of survival are infinitely near zero.

"I... I'm sure he's alive. He is bad at giving up. I'm sure she's still grieving that she's hungry somewhere.

"That's right... We need to get him some food.

Saddle holds a dark green bag with a dark face, and promerte sees it with a dark face as well. Probably belongs to Turner.

They speak as positively as they can, but Petro stands still down and says nothing.

"How many days have it been since you deviated?

"It is seven days after dawn.

A week ago... a woman named Tana didn't have anything to eat. Water may be magically secured, but if you don't have anything to eat, you will suffer from a lot of hunger if you live.

I wish I knew what I could eat in this jungle, but if I put something grown around here in the darkness and it was harmful... desperate.

The most desperate thing is to be a magic specialist. Magic Specialists who fight alone in battle may be disadvantaged in these narrow places, but the most important thing is that they do not use magic to inform the four of them of their position.

Some of your belongings may contain a smoky object to let you know where you are when you miss it, but even if you lose it, the magician of the S-rank party should be able to use enough magic to let you know where you are.

If you're injured enough to use magic, or if you're in a situation where you can't use it... that's desperate.

"... are you still looking for it?

"" Nh!!

"Wait!!

Promerte, Saddle, and Petro were killed in an instant, and Donnate took control of it.

"Calm down, you'll see what Caidoo dared to say.

"... shit!

Saddle knocks his fist on the branch.

It seems that anger is blowing up the altitude.

"Kaidoo, I know what you're saying for us. But it's only been a week. There's no easy way to give up, is there?

…………

I am aware of what I am saying. But it's impossible to keep looking for a woman in this forest forever.

If we don't find it, the moment will come when we will definitely cut it up somewhere. But it is very courageous and very painful for them to decide that moment themselves. If someone else decided on that moment, it would be a bit easier...

Besides, a week is also a big period. In the original world, I have heard that police and fire searches will be stopped or scaled down in about a week after the search for the victims began.

A week like that is hopeless and difficult to discover.

Thinking about all that... to be clear, I don't think a woman named Tana is alive.

I think so calmly because it's not about me, but as human beings, I can't give up. I know that too.

And they know everything, and they're searching.

"... I see..."

I don't have any more words for them to call. I don't think there are any words for you to call me.

"... about shaking and plant growth, but I have some information.

"Really?! Tell me! Pay as much as you want!

"It's not much information, so I don't need a gratuity.

In the meantime, I'll talk about Greenman.

The Greenman characteristic we saw, the fact that the body was in the place we met earlier, and perhaps, the fact that plant growth is Greenman's ability, and the accompanying (fuzzy) shakes are also speculative, but it will be a little helpful.

Green Man...

"I don't know if it's a carcass, but if you want to find out, you can go back to where we met. I was human, so I should know right away.

"... I'm going to get mad at you for being so busy again... but can you help Kaidoo and the others...?

I've felt it since I was stopped, but you still wanted to help me... but to get out of here, did you kill Red Snake instantly...?

"No... we're in a hurry too..."

"I see... that's right..."

Donnate displays an obvious color of frustration.

Pickup!

Event Occurred!... rescue Turner.

Time limit… 3 days

Achievements… Rescue Turner

Rewards...????

Accept?

Yes, no.

It's time to wonder if we'll accept the event here... but there's almost no doubt that this event system is working in our favor. Should I...

Pickup!

[Event accepted.

"... three days.

Huh?

"I'll only go out with you for three days. If we don't find him, we'll move on. If that's all right.

I think I can hear Nil sighing from behind.

"... really?! Thank you! Thank you!

Donnate looks really happy.

Well, well, we met here on some sort of occasion. A little help will not hit the bee.

"I decided to do it, but I can't waste my time. First, when the sun starts rising, we'll go check on Greenman's body.

"Okay! Please!"

"... Master... no... that's why you're Master...

Nil's little voice from behind.

I know it myself... but it's too late after the event and I've taken it on.

"Where did you lose it?

"Around here. We've been shaking forever... no. They're after the Greenman. I'm groping around here.

"So Greenman is glueing around here?

"That's what happens. I've been following you for the past week, but after the sun goes down, I know that I'm starting to move from somewhere in the neighborhood and stopping in about an hour.

"From somewhere? Isn't that where you stopped?

"That's not true. It starts somewhere else every time. That's why I'm having trouble chasing them.

Petro knocks down both his ears and is depressed.

The Rabbit Beast tribe is sure to assume that she plays the role of a searcher. Cute long ears should be able to hear many sounds.

However, Green Man appears for one hour only and comes from a random location every time. Her ears will not be very helpful, though she may say it badly.

"The Green Man's ecology is almost mysterious... after all, we should investigate his body first..."

I don't know what that means, but I have no choice but to believe that I can get some kind of clue...

Seeing the morning sun as it began to climb, we decided to go down the tree.

You can imagine Saddle holding the rope and going down slowly with a pathetic voice.

Immediately after going down the tree to where Greenman's body was, Red Snake's body wasn't there, as if something had been taken away.

The core Greenman's body is sitting there with no change at all.

"Sure... if you look closely, it doesn't look like a human form either..."

"I don't even know if it's my nose. Nothing's different from the other trees, okay?

Petro smells the tree, but it doesn't seem to have any distinctive characteristics.

First of all, I try to look inside my body with a stick of wood, but there seems to be nothing soft and human like it.

"... I knew I'd have to cut it open once..."

All of a sudden, woohoo! Don't do that....

Grasp the thin sword and stand on the top.

"Phew... hah!

Zann!!

After one breath and slashing diagonally with a thunderbolt, the tree is cut into pieces.

With the dried sound of a pishi, the tree slowly shifts with the captured Greenman's body, and the pishi and the upper half fall to the ground.

Because it was cut at a sharp angle, the tip stuck to the ground, and the tree did not fall down, and it stopped until it swayed the leaves. Even the monsters that come close to the sound will not be able to sense it.

It seems unlikely that Greenman will suddenly start moving.

"Su, wow..."

"Even when I slashed the Red Snake... it's a terrible sword.

"This isn't just about the sword, is it?

"That's right. I think that's Kaidoo's arm, too.

The four of you will praise me very much, but I didn't want to be held separately. I'm not in a bad mood... but let's see what happens to Greenman's body now.

Closer to the cutting surface, white objects can be seen in the tree trunk and in the grass and cymbals that made up the Greenman.

"There's something..."

"I'll take it.

Donnate, whose face came out from the side, put on a leather glove and pulled out the white object.

Shit! Shit!

"... this is... bone...

"Bones?!

Petro shows an impatient expression.

"It's okay. It's probably not a human bone. Something... a biped monster. I'm sure there are three times as many bones as there are bones.

"I'm glad..."

Not only Petro was relieved, but Promerte whispered with a breath.

"Why is this stuff in here...?

"... maybe that's the medium.

Promerte turns his eyebrows into words of thought.

"Maybe Greenman is a botanical monster that parasites creatures, takes over their bodies, and moves freely.

I wonder if I could move even if I turned white... because I got magic from Magic Stones...

I was told it was creepy, but I came to the same conclusion.

Green Man is parasitic to creatures in some way or in their bodies. Is it nourishing it, or is it sucking up magic and growing the forest... or both?

"In that case, I wonder why the forest is growing...

"There must be something for Greenman to grow the woods.

"That's right. Cover-up or something to increase your chances of survival... to catch the next prey..."

"My nose and ears don't know the difference..."

Stream stones are S-ranked adventurer parties. Even without Nil and I, we will come up with opinions one by one, discuss the problem one by one, and draw conclusions.

"I understand the ecology of Greenman... if he's caught in this..."

I can't say that there is no chance of being helped. If Greenman steals his health gradually, it is possible that he is still alive while being manipulated. No, it may not even be manipulated yet.

If Green Man steals magic, it is highly likely that Turner cannot use magic herself.

"I suppose it's correct to think that the reason Green Man appears in separate places every night... is because there are so many of these individuals...

"Well then, let's go through the woods, what's the difference?

"I wonder... when a certain amount of time has elapsed since I was parasitized, or when the magic of the parasitic host runs out... I wonder if it will be the most fulfilling.

"Until then, you've been a prisoner?

"Well... on the contrary, I think it's possible that you're still alive until you reach your physical limit.

"Until I have strength....."

"The parasite will die in the sense of absorbing magic, but as a Green Man, I think I will keep him alive as much as possible.

If everything had been confined to Greenman…, it would have been a reasonable possibility now.

It is possible that she is already dead and cannot use magic, but there is a slight possibility that a woman named Turner is alive. But if you don't help me quickly, it won't be dangerous...

"What do we do? It's not the size you can easily find.

"... if I were to look for it, it would be the Greenman who hasn't moved.

Even if we leave it all to the four of us, it looks like we'll get there, but I'll keep my mouth shut.

The fact that four people have been walking through this forest for a week now and have not encountered Greenman is likely that they have not moved except when walking while growing the forest.

If you were in the woods with your whole body wrapped in grass and vines, you wouldn't realize it was a person.

Maybe there was a woman named Turner lying around in the grass where the four of them were looking.

"When that happens, there's no reason to get close to the Green Man at night..."

"Instead, we could be prisoners, and we'd better stay as close as we can.

"... alright. It's a matter of controversy, let's split up.

"Donnate?!

Donnate's proposal is natural. I can study this wide forest much more efficiently than walking around with six people.

But Promerte doesn't seem to agree at all.

"Promerte, Tana's life is at stake.

"Well, that's... that's right..."

There seems to be resistance to trusting us in such a short time. Considering the groove between the elves and the people, it may be the most natural (stroking at all), but I realise that not everyone in the elves will have ideas like Penetta.

"Can we both do this? We've come this far together.

If only one of you enters between us, it will be difficult to cooperate and so on, so it may be better for each other.

"But...."

"In the meantime, Tana must have been deprived of her health. We don't have time for this.

"... okay. Let's split up and find Turner.

Donnate, who was pushed back by my words, decided to break up with the four of us.

"It was characterized by a woman with brown hair and blue eyes.

It is not in order to avoid mistakes that we hear about her characteristics in such an unpopular place. If we don't get help in time, and only a part of our body is found... as you can see.

"Yeah, burnt brown robes and leather gloves. She's wearing dark green trousers and silver little hair accessories on her hair.

"Okay.

Petro seems to be watching a woman named Turner a lot. It taught me the characteristics in considerable detail. Unlike what I heard, I feel sorry for seeing her face, which I just wanted you to find.

"If you find anything, let me know by magic. I'll launch the magic as I can see.

"Got it. When do we meet?

"Let's go under the tree before the sun goes down.

"Alright, then we'll go from east to south.

"Then we'll check from the west to the north.

"Be careful.

"Thank you. You too.

Ah.

Rub Donnate and the required information together quickly and run east with Nil.

"Master. How do you find it?

Nil runs sideways and asks me.

"It's inefficient to check with your eyes, and I think you've overlooked a lot... and what about monsters?

Nil's most worried. It is difficult to find with your eyes only grass buried with people from among the trees and vegetation.

I have no idea about monsters, but...

"Well... let's use this to find Turner.

It was a small red purple seed that was opened and removed from the inventory.

"I'm sure that's the seed you received from your sister, right?

In addition to their knowledge of tree magic, the Peneta and Elves have received some interesting things. One of them is this species.

"This is a very rare species. It seems that planting and magically watering will produce pokopoko and golem.

"Golem?