Transported to a hyper-realistic RPG.

I thought there might be other S-rank monsters, but the worm is... a monster that Nil and I have managed to defeat, but I would like to avoid seeing each other again if possible.

"This big cave really has everything."

"Let's get out of this dangerous hole."

"I see...."

Exit the horizontal hole unanimously.

"But... I thought the worm was a creature that lived in a hot environment, but there it is."

Nil and I also met on Mt. Kuroumsan, the terrain where the magma was poking.Naturally, it was hot, and when it comes to worms, there is the concept of a hot place.It seems that Eagle Crow, a monster who often lives in hot areas, has the same perception.

However, some of the information during the game included sightings in areas like chills.I've never heard of sightings in the cold zone with boulders, but it doesn't seem like I can't live unless it's hot, which was a famous story among players.

This large underground cave is constantly hinted by the absence of any sunlight and surrounded by gray and black crystals, making it slightly chilly.I don't think it would be strange to have a worm at this temperature.

When playing games, you don't feel the temperature straight away, so it's just a numerical look at the temperature, but it's not a mistake because you were actually there.

After the worm hadn't noticed, we're heading northeast on the Great Cave.

Even though it has already travelled a few kilometers in a straight line, the Great Cave still doesn't feel the end, and it goes a long way.

Once in a while, the carcasses of monsters that Beta would have killed roll into the Great Cave.

"There's another carcass.Looks like we're still moving on. "

"There were a few horizontal holes, but they weren't looking."

"Is there a destination?"

"I don't think there's any intelligence like that.

He simply said it was a fight-only doll.If attacked, they will fight back. "

"... but you escaped, right?"

As far as my image is concerned, Beta was aware of the existence of robots, androids...I have the image of being a combat robot until it is destroyed.Because there is no emotion, and I don't remember the fear of being destroyed.

Because people are afraid of death, if they get disadvantaged or injured, they run away, but if they don't know the fear, they don't seem to have the option to run away.

As Petro said, if Beta doesn't have intelligence, it's just a simple existence to fight, and the option to escape shouldn't arise.

And yet he ran away the moment he lost a leg.

"Running away means Beta seems a little intelligent...?"

"Let's see... maybe we can remember the experience... or maybe we can record it and learn it."

Records...

If Promerte is right, it might be more like a bad AI than a robot.

When the five Eagle Crow fights, it won't be long before it starts.Equals no experience.

However, since falling here, while fighting monsters, I have gained more experience and acquired something similar to intelligence...

Since it is not a collection of gears, condensers, and so on, but a existence composed of magical magic, it is no wonder that an unthinkable wonder occurs.

"Then... you can take the beta if it's heading for something."

Is it an exit?

"According to Grandma Arten, there should still be a year's respite until she enters witch hunting mode.

Even though the monsters attacked me, I didn't want to leave this cave in the first place.In other words, it's unlikely that we're going to the exit.In the first place, it might be suspicious to keep track of the exit.

If there is a destination, there must be a reason for Beta to be there.No, it might be more accurate to say you're supposed to be here. "

"Are you... are you seeing someone?"

"My guess is, I'm not hostile to Beta, but I'm hostile to us.Besides, I think there are powerful monsters... "

"A monster that doesn't interest Beta, but does interest us?"

What happens after you run away from a beta where records accumulate and intelligent things are born that hurt you, meet someone you might lose?

Of these, only monsters can learn how to behave.When that happens, all the principles of behavior become monsters.

If you're fighting Beta and imitating the actions of an escaped monster, the answer is only countable.

The adventurers chased the monsters and ran away, but the actions that followed were broadly threefold.

One, hide.

When an opponent who decides that they can't win is coming after them, they breathe and lurk to get past them.

It's a lot of behavior for low-ranking monsters, and it's also a sight to see often.

However, Beta is not trying to hide.In other words, this is excluded.

Two, you lure the opponent to a place that is advantageous to you, and you take it back.

This is often what intelligent monsters do.

Especially for monsters like Arakne, who are good at trapping, and monsters like Salamander, who get stronger in special environments.

In this great cave, this possibility is possible because of the special environment of darkness.However, it is better to be alert to the third than to be alert to this.

The third thing is to cry at an individual stronger than you, or a monster of a species stronger than you.

There aren't many monsters of this type, but there aren't.

For example, monsters like goblins are often seen crying against top species when they are in danger.

I don't know if there are monsters in this great cave that do the same, but I can't say it's impossible.

When comparing the second reason with the third reason, the trouble is the third one.

When Beta becomes a favorable place, it's a bad scaffold, and it's like we're the only ones who can be inhibited in action, it's hot, cold, in the water... but I can think of all kinds of things in advance, and if you use magic, it's not that difficult to deal with.Even though Beta herself has no magic meaning, it has been confirmed that the magic effect on the environment is well reflected.

On the other hand, if Beta had a monster asking for help, it would be quite likely to be in trouble.

"But is there a monster trying to help Beta?"

"Even if the monster is not conscious of helping itself, it could end up being a form of help.

Beta is a magic tool wherever you go, and almost everything that makes up your body must be inorganic.

No matter how much Beta is moving, there are monsters that show no interest in inorganic objects and only interest people like us, organic objects... When I think about it, if there are such monsters before Beta escapes, Beta will not show interest, but will eat us after her.This can happen. "

"Ah... when I say that, monsters that distinguish prey from other things by smell and heat may be more or less like that."

"That means we might end up in a situation where Beta and one of our strongest enemy monsters are going to have to fight, right?"

"As long as my expectations are correct."

"Beta alone is troublesome..."

Beta doesn't need a break, and she has to stop to chase me.There is a good chance that such a situation will await before proceeding further.

"You're a troublemaker for dolls."

"I'm going to hate the Atashi doll."

"I already hate it."

I didn't originally like it either, but I think I'll hate it.

After a while, we didn't find any place or trace of it, and we decided to take a long break in a relatively safe place.

And when I was restoring my health while getting some sleep.

Zuzuzuzuzu....

"Huh, what?! Earthquake?!"

The shaking of the ground can force you to wake up from sleep.

"... has it settled down...?"

"Looks like..."

"Come on... earthquakes in the ground are bad for my heart..."

"Promerte, I don't think this is a normal earthquake."

Petro looks at the back of the darkness in surprise.

"What do you mean?"

"It's too short for an earthquake.And if it's an earthquake, you'll notice it before it shakes. "

Animals notice earthquakes before they shake.It seems that there are various theories about sensing electromagnetic waves that occur during the warning of an earthquake, but it seems that Petro also feels them.

"Sure... Tuco doesn't have many earthquakes, and Petro always noticed it first.

That means.... "

"Maybe something big is moving and I think it's the vibration."

"I just have a bad feeling...?"

Petro's ears are busy and oriented in various directions.

The eyes remain in the northeast direction, that is, the direction where Beta escaped.

"I'm calm now... but I think the Lord of this shake is probably not far away."

"I hope there's no beta there..."

"This kind of unpleasant prediction is mostly true..."

Take a good rest with the unpleasant air, the next day.

"Yes, let's go."

Ah...

Without knowing the cause of last night's shake, we continue to the Great Cave while maintaining our tension.

And a few minutes later.

"This is definitely where the Lord of Shakes is..."

"I'm sure I'm right..."

What appeared in front of her was a horizontal hole that slightly opened its mouth to the wall.

From the floor to the ceiling, from the entrance, which is dozens of meters wide, the horizontal hole is big enough to feel wrong.

"Why don't we go here later...?"

"Promerte, unfortunately there's still a trace of Beta here..."

Saddle showed gray-black crystals near the entrance with his fingers, and there was definitely a metallic sparkling fine powder attached to the beta.

"That sucks..."

A promerte that drops its shoulders.

"Can't you just lure beta out?"

"It's going to be hard. I'm already in trouble, and I don't need a meal or a break in Beta.Even if you've been in this for a year, there's no problem. "

"We have to go..."

"Petro, do you know what's going on inside?"

"I know there's only one thing... but it doesn't seem to be moving very much.Are you asleep...?

It's pretty big inside. Probably the biggest space I've ever seen. "

"It's a big fate boss room..."

Shall I check it out by myself?

"No, it's too dangerous. It's like you're monopolizing such a huge place.It will undoubtedly be at the top of the cave.

Just go to Petro, and if he finds out, it's over.Let's all go if we want to. "

…………………

Everyone on the spot swallows hard saliva.

"Here we go."

"Hey, let's go..."

Slowly enter the supermassive lateral hole, starting with Saddle.

If I go a little further, I immediately feel the unpleasant smell.

The smell that makes you want to throw up is the most pleasant expression.However, the smell of fish is slightly different.

All of the holes are made of gray and black crystals, but the surfaces of the floors and walls are quite uniform, unlike others.It feels like I've cut something and made it flat.

There are countless small scratches on the surface of gray and black crystals, all the way to the back.

For a few minutes, Petro signals Saddle to stop walking as he walks toward the smell.

Petro peeks into the shadow of gray and black crystals that remained on the wall.

"......!!!"

Petro looks blue and looks at us.

Looks like you've seen something you don't want to see much.

We go quietly to Petro's side and peek into the back.

At first I couldn't see anything in the dark, but when I looked closely with my eyes closed, something was moving.

But I didn't know why Petro looked blue, as if the walls were shaking slightly.

Just like me, when I look at narrow-eyed Saddles, I don't understand anything but Petro.

Petro asked me to look at it more closely, and I finally figured out what it was.

I didn't notice it because it had gray and black crystals, being in the dark, and it had a much bigger outline than we expected.

A snake, if you can describe what we saw in one word.

Super super big snake.

The terraced glossy scale is black and the torso is about five meters thick.The total length... I don't know how long my body is stretching everywhere, but according to the Guild records, it's about 50 meters.

It's too big to feel right.

There is a monster named Red Snake in the same snake monster, but even the Red Snake that I thought was big is six meters long.After seeing the snake in front of you, kid?It should feel as good as that.

Such a giant snake monster, as you can see from the Guild's records, is a known monster.

His name is Aytovaras.

It is registered as an S-ranked monster, but there are few sightings and the Alliance does not know much about it except that it is a poisonous snake monster.

However, Aytovarus is recognized as a strong monster among S-ranked monsters.

The reason for this comes from the fact that eight S-ranked adventurer parties went to the Eitvarus crusade, leaving one behind and destroying them all.

I wonder if the party that was destroyed was a fallen party, because the fighting style didn't suit me, and so on and so on.

Until now, I've heard in the Alliance that even among players, there was a party that fought Aitvarus and fled immediately to his strength, so it was said that those who had just risen to S rank were monsters that should never be fought.

The reason for strength is…

It is true that it is unusually large, but the poison of Aytovarus is super powerful and almost instant to death if it is poisoned.

The scales covering the body surface are stiff and sharp enough to cut off fingers when touched.Because of that, the surrounding floors and walls are smooth.Besides, the scales have the properties that magical species are difficult to work with, and they have to pass fairly high magic.

The Aytovarus now looks like a spine, with horns growing from head to tail.

I can't see what's happening to my face, but according to the story, long, sharp teeth grow from my upper jaw and look only at the teeth, it looks like that of a saber tiger.

However, in terms of sharpness, it seems that the sickle is closer, and the poison is injected where it was cut with its teeth.

The opponent is terribly strong, but the poison is non-volatile and completely liquid.It seems to be weak to heat and loses its potency if it evaporates.

The ecology is the same as snakes, and it's pretty bad for sight and hearing.Instead, it has a high thermal sensing capability and vibration.

Many individuals prefer dark and tight spaces and live deep in large caves.

"Aytovarus....."

"Worst opponent..."

"But Beta should be up ahead."

There were some traces left between them and Aitvaras, and they must have definitely gone this way.

It's dark and invisible, but is it hidden in the shadow of the Aytovarus, or is there a way to go further... Either way, we need to destroy the Aytovarus in front of us or kick it out.

Whispering doesn't seem to catch Eitvarus' senses, but if we get any closer, we'll definitely sense them first.

"I think there's probably about a kilometer square ahead of us. It's pretty big."

"Eitvarus can move as much as he likes."

"I wonder if they can beat us...?"

Quite a strong enemy, no doubt.

The scariest thing is the instant death poison.

If someone were poisoned, they would surely die.

To use the Holy Spirit Magic, the surrounding materials are too brittle to be buried alive.

"I know that poison is vulnerable to heat, but... it's not a weakness, is it?"

"That's right... even if the body is vulnerable to heat, I don't think I can use fire magic to wrap up such a giant body."

"If the ecology is the same as snakes, how about I use my ice magic to cool it down?"

"I don't think Nil's plan is bad... but I don't know how much time and magic it takes to cool this giant thing down."

A direct ice magic attack on the body should not be too powerful because the scale gets in the way.When that happens, we have to send a cold wind or freeze the surroundings, but when we cool the space in a kilometer square... it's not very realistic.If we can cool it down, we can hibernate it, and maybe at least slow it down...

Do you think Sinya-san and Nil's swords would pierce that scale?

"I don't know what I won't try, but maybe I can."

The cherry blossom knife has a slightly inferior sharpness to the Shimizu knife.If that's the case, you'll probably be cut...