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Episode 321: Goodbye Again
Few people have ever fought a demon race before, and it's normal not to know how much magic it is and what kind of magic it uses.With Eagle Crow, you can imagine how dangerous that is.
However, in order to win the war against the Holy Knights, it is an absolute condition that we side with one of the three major forces, the Demons, and it is my goal and that of Nir.For that reason, no matter how dangerous we are, we have no choice but to stick our necks in the demonic problem, but the unrelated Eagle Crow doesn't need it.
It has to do with the war with the Holy Knights, but if you succeed, it is also a delicate problem that can become a terrible situation by buying the grudges of the Demons.Therefore, if you do not know some circumstances and have no reason to come together, you should not stick your neck in.
In addition, if you know that the Demon King is being manipulated by someone and that the demonic world is a dangerous situation, more people will try to enter it.Especially dangerous is the Holy Knights.If the Demons are overwhelmed by the Holy Knights, our victory is near zero.Given that, it is better to have as few people outside the magical world as possible.
Grandma Arten, too, feared it and planned a discussion in the back of such a big cave where no one could see it.
It's a dangerous and delicate thing to be so careful about.Having the five Eagle Crows help you do that would cost you your life.That's why I decided to do it through Grandma Arten's feelings.
Katcha....
When fighting Aitvarus, a pendant characterized by bright red Shizukuishi-shaped gems fell from Grandma Arten's hand.
The string was entangled in Arten's fingers, and the bright red jewels swayed the sky with plastic, reflecting suspiciously in the light of lantern.
"Well then... I can't even complain..."
"... let's... let's be clear. I was cheating on you....."
It's like an unconfident, trembling voice.A voice like that comes from Petro.
Now that Grandma Arten is dead, even if she had something on her pendant, if it was magical, it would have all been removed.
If it's a physical trap, you'll find out somehow.But that doesn't seem to be the case.
I don't think there's a trap, but I'm still using appraisal magic on the slightly swaying pendant.
[The Queen's pendant... The pendant that Grandma Arten allegedly received when she left the magical world.It has been transformed into a magic instrument and has the effect of strongly playing certain mental interference system magic.]
Because the results of the appraisal magic will be changed by my knowledge, I can't say that what Grandma Arten said was true... but I don't have to worry about traps...
I reach out to the pendant hanging from Grandma Arten's hand.
Master?!
Of course Nil is worried... but it's probably fine.Grandma Arten died protecting Petro.If you think about it.....
"It's okay."
I'll grab the pendant and lift it.
It's not dangerous after all.
"I'll take this... okay?"
"We don't need anything, so you can do whatever you want."
Petro, Donnath, Saddle, and Tana are relieved to stare at the remains of Grandma Arten, who is still breathing in front of them, but Promerte is calm.
"Promerte is calm, isn't he?"
"I'm surprised at this.You saved Petro's life until he died. "
I only saw Grandma Arten once, but I looked back immediately.
"I'm an elf.It would be a lie to say that you are used to it, but I have experienced this kind of thing several times. "
A little far-sighted promerte.
Elves are a species with a lot of magic, a long life, but few and weak powers.They often turn to the exploited side.
It is not strange that Pro-Merte has experienced one or two unpleasant things in the past.Especially since I'm an adventurer in a place like this, it's no wonder I had such an experience.
"And... because I believed in Grandma Arten somewhere... I guess I thought so."
Promerte doesn't change how he feels just by not showing up on his face or attitude.I don't really want to see Grandma Arten.
I couldn't find the words to call the promertes, and I watched them silently...
"... let's go."
Donnate speaks.
What about the body?
"I think it's dangerous because the poison is circulating, so let's cook it here."
Donatee seems to have succeeded in depressing Grandma Arten's death in herself.
If you think deeply, you'll notice Grandma Arten's thoughts.It shouldn't be such a sudden story.
However, it is impossible to confirm whether it is true now that the person is dead.You're going to have a moody feeling, but now you have to put up with it.
When we're done with the demons, I'll send them a letter.
It feels a little pathetic to burn Grandma Arten's body, but it's not uncommon for an adventurer.
For adventurers wandering around different places, they don't bring their bodies home unless it's for quite a special reason.Because the reason is simple and it will be a luggage.The body of a person is much heavier and bulky than imagined.It is more natural to burn it to prevent it from becoming undead than to carry it with you and bring back only the artifact.
From what I've heard, knights like to serve the king of the clan still often bring back every body... but only when they have the manpower.
In this case, it has been poisoned by Aytovarus.You won't have a choice.
"No one will be waiting for Grandma Arten, and it seems good to do so."
Well, wait!
Petro is still not ready to sort it out, so he is still in tune with Donnate's suggestion.
"Wait, what do we do?"
"Well, that's..."
When Promerte asks Petro, he turns down.
"The hole that Aytovarus came up with is connected to the big cave in the back.We need to deal with it before the other monsters arrive.If monsters come out like this, it's important. "
"That's not what I'm talking about!"
"I know."
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"But I don't need to be here to figure out what it was like for Grandma Arten to be here.
What we need to think about now is sorting out this situation as an S-rank adventurer and as one of the inhabitants of Chuko.Petro should know that. "
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Petro nods slowly after putting up with something with his eyebrows raised.
"... yeah. I know. You were selfish.As Promerte said, we have to do something about this right now. "
Promerte relaxes his expression a little and strokes Petro's head.
I stored the body of Aytovarus in the inventory, and the holes in the gutter were magically closed.
I thought maybe I could store Grandma Arten's body in the inventory... but I didn't want to treat her like an object on a boulder, so I decided to bury her there.
With wind magic, the smoke is buried in a high temperature fire magic so that it burns as quickly as possible after escaping to the path it came from.
Five Eagle Crows listen silently to the crackling sound of human fat exploding underground.
I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm sure it's not as simple as asking them.
When Grandma Arten's body turned completely ash.
Pickup!
The system sounds. It's still a system sound that doesn't think about time and time.
[Event Complete... Destroyed the Magic Fighter Doll, Beta.
Reward... Activation of event "Demon King Castle".]
Keep your eyes on the windows that come out.Apparently, it was cleared within the time limit.
Still... a new event...? As long as it says "Demon King," I think it's a relationship with the Demon Clan... was this the trigger of the event...?
Besides, I've never heard of an event called "Castle of the Demon King".
Was it an event that was due to be added later...?No, the fact that there is already information about the demon race and the demon world is more natural to think of it as an event that appears when you gather information about the demon king.
In other words, since the creation of this world, the event called "Demon King Castle" has been buried.
If it is an event that does not occur unless it meets ultra-specific conditions, such as increasing the intimacy with certain demon tribes, obtaining the "Demon Queen's Pendant", etc., the operator will be impressed that it is a terribly cumbersome thing to do.
No, it's a super-real RPG.Events with overlapping special conditions may be more natural.
Pickup!
If you erase the window that exited, the system sounds again and another window appears.
[Event "Demon King Castle" has occurred!... solve the demon problem.
Time limit… six months
Achievements… Resolving Demon Problems
Rewards...????
Accept?
Yes. No.]
As you can imagine, we received an event notification.
Nevertheless... solving the problem of the demon tribe is very vague... no, it is not using the word "demon king" and the vague word "solve".From these two points of view, how to solve the problem and the consequences are not important.
In other words... even if you don't help the Demon King, if the current discord in the demonic world is resolved, the event will be achieved.
I am in a position to get a pendant from Grandma Arten and choose a route to help the Demon King, the Queen and Grandma Arten's daughter, but some people may take another solution.
For example...
A route to join a faction called Lampard and destroy the Demon King.
Join the Knights of the Holy Order to dominate the entire demon race.
Speaking of extremes, if you have any trouble, you should destroy the species and turn it into more land for each demonic world... The route may be solved by now.
In other words, there is not one solution or consequence, but anything can happen, which is really super-real RPG.
"This is an unbelievable achievement condition....."
I can't hear myself except Nil, who only reacts to pimples.
Also, while reflecting on the fact that your mouth was moving on its own, you can keep thinking about it.
With this level of freedom, it is likely that each action will be important in the future.
It is possible that casual actions will greatly distract you from the end of the event.
For example, now we are trying to keep five Eagle Crow members and Lenya away from the problems within the Demon Clan, but this could lead to the event failing later.
And the time limit is six months.
It is clear from the incident on Ouka that the limited time is not the time required for the event.There is no doubt that the time limit of five months has been cured in about two months.
However, there is no doubt that it is an event content that does not seem strange even if it takes time as a whole.
As long as you listen to Grandma Arten, you can see the trouble, and you have to prepare yourself to go to the magical world.
The original purpose, the ingredient to persuade the Demon King, the people of Ouka Island were able to join us.
All I have to do is talk to the Demon King normally.
Well, it's hard to put the demon king in a normal state...
Clear the window and give Nil a light smile back to his worried face.
After carefully packing the ashes into the bag and collecting some of the beta, she magically opened the exit that had been blocked by the fallen stone and headed to the front.
As Grandma Arten said, the exit is one way, and there's nothing to get lost.
Since you can see magically buried traces everywhere, it must have been a pretty intricate terrain.We don't see the whole picture, but there's a natural maze around the big cave that fills the whole perimeter.If that happens, the underground caves will be spread over a fairly wide area.
There may be no mistake in the image that this underground cave is buried throughout the Gegandar plain.
As you climb the steep climb slope, you'll finally see a place like an exit.All five Eagle Crowe were unusually silent, but when they saw the exit, Turner opened her mouth to see if she could afford it.
"It's finally the way out..."
"Fufufu. Well done, Tana. Good work."
"It wasn't just me, we all did our best!So, good luck everyone! "
Normally, Petro's role was to create bright air, but this time Turner played that role.
There is a rock-like thing on the exit, and when it is retreated, light enters.
It's been a long time since the sun shined.
"It's been a tough place..."
"I don't want to come here again... but if we find that much gray and black crystal and there's an unknown monster, we'll be asked to investigate."
"If we're going to take down those monsters without Shinya, we're going to need some more help... especially Hell Lights, Worms, and Eytovarus."
"I don't want to think about fighting them regularly...?"
"We're not the only ones, we don't want anyone.Well, let's think about the rest later.I want to sleep in bed now anyway. "
"I see...."
I finally made it out the exit....
"Whoa, whoa... did you walk all this way...?"
The place we came out was a distant mountain that looked northeast when we entered the Gegandal Plains. It was near there.
Time is around noon, and the sun is just above us.
It seemed accurate to say that there was no way to get underground in the Gegandar plains.The place where we came out is more the entrance to the mountains than the plains.
"Given the distance I walked, it might have been that far..."
It means he walked almost across the Gegandar plain.The size of the terrible underground space.
"Hmm... good. I was hoping that part of the plain might be lost, but I don't think so."
Because of that flashy collapse, I thought maybe a section of the ground was sinking, but apparently that's not the case.
The accumulation of groundwater means that there is a rock formation that blocks the water and accumulates it.Perhaps the collapse was halted by the bedrock formation.
"You're walking back to Chuko from here....."
"You look like you're crying..."
You can see the shadow of Chuko-city in the distance and far away from the sun.
"Do you want to go..."
Even if I drop my shoulders, I can't get close to Chuko.
When Donatelle tried to step out of her feet, uttering words with unpleasant tones.
"Nil and I are heading northeast."
Tell that to the five Eagle Crows.
"... is that the pendant?"
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"It seems better not to ask."
"I'm sorry."
I also thought about relying on the five Eagle Crows.Especially after the event appeared, I was quite lost.
However, he concluded that it was wrong to get in danger.
"Me too... yeah, be careful."
Donatee looked at Nil and me and offered to help, but she stopped.As the leader of Eagle Crow, I think it's the result of thinking about the other four.
I don't think you understand because I don't talk about the demons in detail.
Shinya-san!
Petro, who kept quiet, called out to me.
"... Auntie Arten... died laughing.I'm dead because of you. "
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"Sinya... are you listening to something?If you're asking something! "
"Petro, let's not listen to that."
It was Don Nate who stopped Petro.
"Why?! Don't you want to know?!"
"It's not the place to decide whether you want to know or not.
Think about why Sinya won't talk about it. "
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"I'll definitely talk to you one day.So it's better to stay out of this. "
"Even if it's a stick...."
"It's not because you don't trust Petro's arm.I'm glad you understand.... "
"... yeah... I know. That's why I'm enduring it now.
But when I think Sinya can talk, I want you to tell me everything. "
"Oh, I promise."
"Yeah... I need to grow up even more."
"I think everyone likes the bright side of Petro."
"... thank you! That's it! I'm going to change my mind!"
The air... may be fine, but Petro behaves brightly.I think he's grown up enough.Petro must have changed little by little.
"Please take care of Lenya and the others.It may be a little early, but if the five Eagle Crows are here, I can handle it. "
"I know. I'll take care of you."
"One more thing... could you tell Hülina to leave town?
We're going northeast on the mountain path. "
I'm sorry to hear from you, but I'm worried about the Hollows.I want to return to the magical world as quickly as possible.
"All right, I'll let you know as soon as I get back to town."