Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

Ever since we left town, we've been walking all the way south.

The plains continued near the city, but after about three hours of walking, they gradually began to turn into rough terrain, and the number of broad-leaved trees increased.

Further south, by the time the sun rose, the surroundings were filled with trees and turned into complete forests.

However, the trees are pretty bright even in the woods because most of them have fallen leaves and the sun is not blocked.

"Hah... hah... fuu.

"Are you okay?

I've been walking for a long time, and since the ups and downs have become intense, it seems like a bit of a tough journey for Sena.

She is shortness of breath and is raising and lowering her shoulders.

"That's right... I don't think I can afford it..."

"The scaffolding in the dungeon was worse... Tiga, let's take a break. This pace will be enough in time for the night.

Tiga nodded at Gonzo's voice and lowered her hips as horizontally as she could see nearby.

"Hah! I thought you were used to mountain walking!

Sena raised her arms and said with regret.

"Normally I can't walk like this. Not that Sena isn't used to it, but the others are amazing.

"Ah, you don't have to do that. We don't like that kind of rigidity.

Senna flickers one hand.

"Oh, oh... okay.

Tiga has a more obscure attitude.

"Master. Would you like me to make you some tea?

"I see... I'll have breakfast as it is.

"I see.

Inventory is really useful at times like these.

After removing the appliances and ingredients, Tekipaki and Niru start making breakfast.

"Hahhh. Inventory is really amazing. As long as I'm actually jealous again. Even if I went to collect the materials, I wouldn't be able to come back here by hand... hey. Why don't you work for us?

Sena suddenly says such a thing.

"At that time, they'll find out too much about the inventory.

"Ahahah... did you find out?

"Sinya doesn't have to work for Sena because she makes magic tools herself.

"What?! You did?!

"Don't be mistaken because I saw it with my own eyes.

"I want to hear more about how you can do that on top of being strong... and how you can do that if you live your life.

"Magic equipment production is within my hobby. I can't do such a big deal.

"I can't say it's within my hobbies when I'm making magic tools myself.

"Ugh...."

I can't say anything because of Sena's opinion.

"Whoa, I have time to listen as much as I can, so let me hear it slowly!

"There's nothing to talk about..."

Because I have knowledge of a world that is not this world… I don't think you'll believe me, and if I do, I'm a god again! There may be noise.

Well... even if there's an adventurer who likes to make things, there's nothing strange about it, and if we go through with it, we'll figure it out.

As you rest for breakfast, the pleasant wind that runs up the mountain blows through.

Unlike the whole city, the mountains offer a pleasant tranquility.

It sounds like an incredible place in Senna's story, but I can't imagine it from the current landscape.

After all, monsters can be seen flying around, but there are only lower-ranking monsters such as horn rabbits and slimes. At best, there are only C-ranked monsters.

"Sinya, I'll keep an eye on you if you sleep.

"Thank you.

Rat keeps his guard down.

"Tiga. Let's take a nap while Rato is alert.

"Okay. Well... it won't be a problem for about two hours.

As Tiga instructed, everyone takes a two-hour nap after breakfast.

After getting up, I decided to move on immediately, but the scaffolding from here will get even worse, and it's a little bitter for Sena.

"Sena, get me a ride to Rato.

"What?! You don't have to do that, you can walk!

It's about Senna, I did it! Though I thought you might say something like that, there was an unexpected reaction.

"Sena, I'm going to let Lord Rato ride you.

It's not about walking on your feet, it's about getting the Dark Blossom.

I don't think you'd like to borrow someone else's help to find a cure for your mackerel. I don't know how you feel.

I don't think there's a problem with a one-day error, and I don't think there's any need to hurry... If the Demon Squads are also targeting Shiki Hua, it's better to hurry as much as possible.

"That's right... I'm sorry. We were wrong.

Mr. Rato, can I have a ride?

Yeah!

"Rato, give Tiga a ride.

Okay!

"Me too?!

Tiga points to herself in surprise.

"If you're just going to show me the way, you can still ride in Rato, right? I want to make a little distance.

"I see..."

Rato lay down and Sena and Tiga managed to climb up.

"Oh, it's higher than I thought..."

"Oh, I'm restless..."

"Hold tight to Rat's back, both of you.

I've been holding onto it for a while... for a while.

You can earn distance at once.

Even if we had a chase, we could shake it off.

"Gonzo, let's run.

"I understand!

We run through the woods at once.

The leaves fell one after the other, and as they stepped on their feet, the leaves of the broad-leaved trees that fell on the ground bounced.

There are few signs of people entering, and the road is unnatural.

I ran and looked behind, but there was no sign of anything in particular.

"Rato, what do you say?

There's no sign of a chaser in my range. [M]

"I don't suppose you're close..."

Even if we're not nearby, it's possible that they'll follow the trail we came through... and we won't be able to figure it out.

"Ha, fast!

"That's not how fast people run..."

The two of us on Rat's back looking down at us are surprised, but even though they used dirty hands, they killed a man named Shunlai, a four-demon like Genjiro. I don't think you'll completely lose sight of anything like this.

"Nil, are you okay?

"I'm fine. You can go a little faster.

"The awkward can also run a little faster.

"All right."

"What?! Still fast?!

"Are you kidding?!

"Hyahhh?!

As you increase your speed, you hear a scream that suppresses Senna's voice.

After running for a while, Nil and Gonzo finally stopped where they were breathing.

"That would have earned us a lot of money.

"Phew... I haven't run this far in a long time.

"There was a wall in the dungeon.

"Really... unusual people..."

Senna and Tiga are frustrated when they descend from Rato. It seems that the irritation was a little strong.

"Gonzo... was really in the dungeon for three years..."

The fact that Gonzo's movement had grown so much that he could see it made him feel like he was living in a dungeon.

From Senna, who knows when she was playing tricks in the Sakura Mansion, you can see the difference.

"You don't have to look so dark. The handicapped have returned.

"It's not good... it's not good!

Sena squeezes her hands and quietly meditates her eyes.

"Sena....."

"How worried do you think?!

The eyes of Senna, who opened her eyelids, were wet.

"... I'm sorry..."

"That's how I apologize again! No, you're not! It's not Gonzo's fault! There they are!

………

"How can you laugh like that?! Three years?! Three years in the dungeon!

Sena rolls and stands up to spit out what she has been enduring.

"It's not hard! And why are you laughing?! I'm not funny! That's... that's not funny..."

That's what Sena says, tears and wipes it off with her hands over and over again.

"... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to say this..."

When I first met you, and until now, I must have been very careful.

I think it's too sudden... but from Sena's point of view, the feeling that has been enduring and suppressing for so long... it's been decisive and overflowing.

Gonzo, who had been with him since he was a child, was trapped and left behind in the dungeon for three years. You can't imagine anger or hatred. Ning (Mushiro), I think I've endured this much.

"... haha... I'm sorry for suddenly! Nothing!

Sena forced herself to stop tears and laugh. Everyone sees it as strong.

"Dear Senna!

"Hmm?!

Nil, who saw Sena like that, rushed over and hugged her.

"It was painful... it was painful...

I can only imagine how Senna feels... but there's no need to put up with it.

Nil gently strokes his head while holding Sena in his arms.

"Oh no... that's what I was told... ah... wouuuuuuu!

Senna turns her hand to stick to Nil and weeps again.

The reassurance that Gonzo has returned, the hatred for those who have fallen into such a Gonzo... I wonder if various emotions have accumulated in my heart and become messy.

Gonzo himself was left behind in the dungeon and had a painful and painful feeling, but Sakura and Sena, who believed in Gonzo and waited for him to return, also had a painful and painful three years.

Gonzo sees it, hears it and looks painful.

I'm sure Gonzo thinks it's his fault...

"Gonzo, you don't have to blame yourself.

Sinya....

"All the culprits are Demon Squads.

Sakura, Sena, Gonzo, no one has to blame themselves.

"That's right. Never... never forgive.

Nil, who holds Sena, hears an angry voice.

It is unusual for Nil to be so angry about something other than me.

"We must cure Sakura-sama's illness and destroy the demons.

"... that's not true... I'll let you fix it before it falls.

Even in Sakura's story, Senna was always bright, connecting Gonzo and Sakura from the shadows and supporting them... that was the impression.

He must be a spiritual pillar for Gonzo, too.

The sena cried without even paying attention to the people.

I don't know exactly what that sight means to Gonzo. But, at least, seeing Senna crying the same way she did when she lost her father shouldn't be as calm.

Those who have fallen into ruin. Gonzo even hesitated to take their lives, but I don't think there's any mercy left for the Demons.

Gonzo looks like that and firmly grips the pattern of his new partner, Aoya.

"I'm sorry... it's a bit overflowing..."

Sena, who had been crying for a while, smiled bitterly at the same time as she stopped crying.

"Never mind. Sometimes that happens.

Nil smiles gently and returns it.

"Thank you... hey. Can I call you Nil?

"Yes, of course!

"Thank you! Call me Senna!

"Are you okay?

"I want you to do it! It's a decision!

As always, there are strong points, but Nil is welcome to have more friends. Now that I've heard from Sakura, I know that Senna's strength is also due to her kindness.

"Tiga. I'm sorry about that. Let's move on.

"Let us know if there's anything we can do! It may not be very helpful, but I'll do anything I can!

It seems that there was something resounding about Tiga. He is speaking with enthusiasm.

"I'm counting on you. First of all, the collection of Dark Blossom.

"Say it! I'll do it!

Now that everyone's feelings are renewed, head to the forest of everlasting darkness for their purpose.

Thanks to the distance earned, I arrived near the ever-dark forest after noon.

"You arrived much earlier than expected.

"Is this the forest of everlasting darkness..."

From the name of the Evergreen Forest, I imagined a place where trees were gloomy and raw, but the actual scenery was completely different.

Surrounded by roughly complete circular cut-out mountains, the valley has a circular diameter of several kilometers.

The valley is covered with bones as if they were a lid of a pot.

I don't know what kind of bone it is, but I only know that it is the spine and ribs of a very large organism.

We have to cross the mountain to get into the valley, but if we don't cross the mountain, we won't think that what we're wearing is some kind of bone.

Depending on what you see, it doesn't look like a big white tree, and you don't know the word forest.

The problem is rather the word everlasting darkness.

The inner part of the bone contains plants, but there are no plants large enough to create everlasting darkness, just trees as high as the waist.

"Where is it always dark?

"I'll know when I get there. The name comes from.

As Tiga leads down the mountain, the only tree that grows from the ground is a hedge that can only be used as high as the waist.

There are signs of monsters.

Monster?

Yeah.

Rat says so, but he doesn't look like it.

"Are you a monster smaller than a tree?

"Yeah, it's about the same size as me.

"Huh? Maybe an invisible type of monster?

"No, it's not. Down there."

"Down?"

I have no idea what you're talking about.

"This way. Come and get me.

Tiga pushes back the rusty and tall trees towards the center of the valley.

"This way.

As Tiga slowly checks her feet, she suddenly disappears from the front of her eyes.

"Huh?!

"Down.

"Down?"

When I scratched the tall tree apart and looked at the voice, I noticed that there was a huge hole covered with leaves.

"Nah, what is this?!

The hole lies in the center of the valley and is roughly 500 meters in diameter and runs almost perpendicular to the ground.

"Be careful. Because it is difficult if it falls.

"Say it first..."

If I thought I was stepping on my feet strangely... I'd catch my blood.

I think the area around Gonzo would have stopped me if I had to hit the boulder, but it was too much of a prank.

"The trees that grow on this ground have the habit of stretching branches wide to the side. Doesn't mean that it stretched and closed the hole.

"It's like a natural pit..."

"Why don't you mow a tree when it's so dangerous?

"As Sena said, there is really nothing ahead. That's why people don't stop by and are left alone...

"They used to mow trees because they were dangerous, but it seemed like they were growing very fast, and they were back in less than a month.

Even in winter, the leaves won't fall, and they'll come back to normal, whether they're cut or pulled out or burned... "

"I don't know if I can handle it anymore and leave it...

"Hey... I think it's time to move on?

Tiga hangs by the edge of the hole.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm coming."

Waiting in that state is so pathetic. I'll hang out just like that.

"So... what are you going to do? Almost perpendicular.

"Wait a minute.

Gah!

Tiga pierces the wall of the cliff with an iron pile taken from her pocket. It seems that the soil is softer than I thought.

Yoo-hoo!

Gah!

Ho!

Gah!

I've pierced the pile into the wall several times, pulled it out and repeatedly...

Rattling!

The wall that was piercing the pile collapsed and fell downwards.

"All right, here we go.

Tiga enters into the back of a broken wall.

Tiga disappears behind the wall, pulls one arm out of the wall, and invites her to come.

Looking behind the broken walls, it's a tunnel enough to let the Cricket through.

"What are you doing here? Did Tiga dig it?

"No way. This place was built a long time ago by those who searched under these holes.

However, the tunnel was originally from the surface, but the roots of the trees were stretched and the door could not be opened or closed.

So you forced me to go to the side.

"I didn't do this, either. Someone after that.

All I did was make a thin wall at the entrance to the tunnel and put a lid on it.

When the Demons arrived, they couldn't get down easily.

"It seems good to think that the Demons haven't sniffed this place yet.

"That's not true. This is a big expectation.

"When I found out, it was the bottom of this hole.

"Bottom?! How did you dive so deep?!

"I'm only good at running and hiding. I was running away from the monster, hiding... and somehow I got to the bottom.

"On the contrary, it's amazing..."

"Are there monsters coming out of these narrow tunnels?

"No, it's a different tunnel to this tunnel to be exact.

Then, to summarize what Tiga and Sena explained to me...

The tunnel is spiralling down a few metres from the wall of the hole, and it seems to continue down.

However, as it gets deeper and deeper, it seems that there are still signs of monsters digging holes and entering this tunnel.

And these monsters are troublesome, and they destroyed a tunnel and rebuilt it.

The original tunnel continued to the bottom, but now it is blocked, bent, and unable to go straight down.