"In order to do that, let's head northwest for now."

"It was Janoya..."

"Such a big city means that a handyman named Rox will be near it.In the meantime, your destination is. It's Janoya. "

It was when we decided on our next destination, prepared something for the horses, and thought it was time to go.

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

They hear voices we don't know.

Huh?!

Heine and Pilte did not notice and were approached quite close.I've never been so close without the two of you noticing.

Immediately Nil holds his shield and pulls out his dagger.Naturally, we will also pull out our weapons and point them at the person who called.

"Ah! Wait, wait!I'm not suspicious!I have no intention of engaging! "

A man of the tribe shook his hands loudly.

"...... nh?!"

Because of my unique outfit, I remembered a certain person and unexpectedly made a strange voice.

He looks at my reaction, which I've never seen before, and wonders what happened to Nil.I realized that, but I couldn't cut my eyes off from the man in front of me.

"Maybe... Slatter?!"

The man I call Slatan is the blue hair of a bird's nest Kuruperma.Thread on round glasses. He is neither tall nor low, and he is a skinny man.Perhaps most characteristic of this is wearing white clothes that do not exist in this world.Yes, he doesn't know the world, he knows the original world… but he knows each other in Fanderge, that is, online.

His name is Slattan. "Slattan" is the name, not Slattan.

"Ah! I knew it was Shinya, right?!Wow! I miss it! "

Slatter is happy with a full smile.

Apparently, you know me.I don't know if that's the setting, or if there's another personality inside, just like me...

"Er...?"

I don't know anyone else, so I'm going to ask for an explanation of what the situation is.

"Nil. I used to know him.It's okay. There shouldn't be any danger. Maybe. "

By emphasizing the words in the past, Nil would have found out that he knew each other in the other world, not in this world.

However, I cannot lose my mind because of the case of the Holy Knight Lyle.Just be vigilant and tell them that it will be okay if the fighting situation is resolved.

This slate was a relationship that I knew after I started playing solo, and it was neither acceptable nor unavoidable.It's a friendly relationship, as we call it.Sometimes messages fly in and out, and I can't say I was so close, but it's not like being attacked.

"Maybe it's terrible... I'm basically out of combat, so don't be so vigilant."

From the top of the white coat, the belt is wrapped around and the dagger is stored on the left and right side of the waist.I know the white coat in a mix of intellect and wildness. From my point of view, it looks like it doesn't suit me.After all, there are many monsters around here, so I think they have weapons... but just because I used to know them, I can't trust them all of a sudden.Unfortunately, it wasn't such a gentle journey.

"My name is Slattan.I've done several quests with you, Sinya, and I've talked to you so much! "

Slatan remembers somehow calling me Mabudachi and talking to a lot of people.By the time I came to our world, it had been a long time since I had been in touch, but apparently they remembered.

Still... if you remember calling it Mabudachi or doing the quest together, is the content different...?

"I'm sorry to say this, but... you stink?"

"Wow! You're a slut, aren't you?!No, they often say... I'm studying slime, so I think I'm a freak or a pervert. "

"Study the slime...?"

"This guy calls himself a slime researcher.I'm studying the slime ecology in detail. "

There's a slime researcher, so I thought I might see him someday, but that's what this sludge is about.I didn't dream of seeing him...

"Well, dare you, if you think I'm dangerous, you can give me the weapon or you can keep it.Instead, protect the monsters when they arrive.Sinya-kun can afford it, right? "

No hesitation in saying that, Slugger tries to hand Dagger over.

Mabudachi is the only word you know about me.For now, it seems good to think that the contents are still the same...

It's not good to be too suspicious of others.

"No, keep your weapons.There are a lot of monsters around here.However, if you do anything suspicious, everyone will attack. "

"I won't! I won't!"

"Even though I might be held down by myself..."

"Heineken, this is Watanabe.And it's pretty strong. "

"Hmm?!"

A man named Slatter. Slime researchers visited various places to study the ecology of all kinds of slimes.

The unusual slime is because it is in a dangerous place other than the slime, or because the slime itself is strong, the person who goes looking for it must also be very strong.

I don't have the strength of a top player, but I have the strength after that.Of course, the Dagger you tried to give me is a super rare and powerful weapon.

If Slattan really tries to antagonize us, we can't all be intact.

Nil might be able to fight quite well, but Heine and Pilte couldn't keep up with Slater's speed, and if they found out, they'd be dead... what a surprise.After all, when I'm in this forest, I always use defensive magic, so I won't be killed instantly, but it means I'm a man of such strength.Don't be fooled by your appearance.

"I'm not stupid enough to reach out to Sinya-kun's people.

You're the one who made the decision to stay with me after all that time. "

It's just a researcher, and Slatan is really smart and smart.I understand that companionship is the part that deserves to be scaled back.

"I haven't noticed anything yet...

I should have known because I was so close to Pilte and me without being caught in the crossfire. "

"Slatan is a style of combat that is good at speed and secret magic.It's no wonder they didn't notice. "

"I have to get close without being noticed by a cowardly slime.Until then, it was pretty tough. "

"The Watanabe is dangerous to everyone..."

"I'm not dangerous!!"

Hmm? This includes me, right?No, I'm not dangerous, am I?

"I don't think there's anyone so harmless?!"

"Okay, okay. Rather, why are you here?Looking for a slime again? "

A sludge that appeals to your harmlessness.I have to talk to you now.

"Well... I've always lived in a lush forest.I saw an incredible explosion and a cloud of clouds falling out of the sky, so I came to see what happened. "

"Ah...."

Both of us... one of us is totally my fault.

There's a lot going on.

"After all, it was Shinya-kun's fault.Then I'm convinced. You're as hard to believe as ever.Sometimes you just keep trying the most difficult dungeons in solo. "

"Is this the most difficult dungeon?!"

Pilte is stunned.

It was only possible because it was a game, and I would definitely hate it if you asked me to do it now.In the game, the real you don't die even if you die.That's why you can be reckless and enjoy that recklessness.But in reality, you can't do that.It's just a suicide.

"It was a long time ago..."

Slattan's not lying, and the fact is, I'm here because I finished the dungeon the hardest.So I can't deny that it is different, and it is difficult to say that it is.All I can say is...

"More than that, what does it mean to live in a lush forest?"

Heine and Pilte turn their gaze at me and pretend not to notice.

"As Sinya-kun just said, Slime's research."

"I heard there are only botanical monsters in the rich forest?"

"It's about the outside world.Not much is known, but the rich forest has two faces.The outer layer is a treasure trove of plants, but if you go inside more than a certain amount, it becomes a treasure trove of slimes. "

"Slime's treasure trove?"

"You're right. There's a lot of slime, and there's all kinds of slime."

"I've never heard that before."

"I don't usually know.I wouldn't have known without the event. [M]It was a famous story in the slime researcher neighborhood. "

As far as I'm concerned, it's more surprising that there was such a neighborhood.

"Event?"

"Ah, are you NPCs..."

Slatter said with a small voice that Heine and the others could not hear.

"I went into the woods and I stumbled across them."

……………

Heine and Pilte looking suspicious...But this is a natural reaction if you think I know the other world.Let's change the subject here.

"You haven't introduced me yet.This is Nil. He's traveling with me.

This is Heine, and this is Pilte. Mother and daughter. "

"Mother and daughter?! Isn't that your sister's mistake?!"

"It's true."

"I really have everything... my name is Slattan! Nice to meet you!"

"Slatan... unusual name, right?"

"Well, that's what they often say."

Well, the names on the Internet are basically like that... do they realize that 'Tan' is a title or... a nickname...? Well, okay.

"I'd like to talk to you about something..."

"So you want me to come where I live now?It's not very wide, but I think we can talk more calmly than here. "

I'd like to go to Janoya, but I'm worried about this.Once we head north, we won't be back here for a while.I don't know if Slattan will be here all the time, and I want to talk to him first.

"I want to go... Heineken, are you okay?"

"I don't mind. I think it's within the margin of error for a few days, and I'm worried about a slime researcher."

"Thank you."

"Great! I'll talk to Mabudachi until morning!"

"No, that's not it."

"It's as bad as ever..."

Slatter attacking with unique tension and outfit.It's good because I'm not a bad guy, but it's hard to deal with when you actually come face to face like this.

Slatan said, there is a safe path through the rich forest, and if we pass there, the horses are safe, so we take the horses to the rich forest.

"Don't leave me here.If I slip away, I'll be attacked by botanical monsters. "

"I won't leave without being told."

We reach the rich woods and get behind the slaughter.

He said there was no road, but he scratched the grass and proceeded.However, as Slattan said, no monsters attacked me at all, and I went through the road without a fight.

"Why aren't there monsters here?"

"That's because there's a monster smell left on this road."

A monster?

"In a word, the lord of the rich forest."

Becoming the lord of such a dangerous forest makes sense to call him a bad monster.It would be a higher S-rank or SS ranked monster.

"Are you sure you want to go in where those monsters are?"

"Yeah, that's okay. Don't worry, you won't be attacked unless you fly."

"I don't know if I can fly... but from what I'm saying, maybe..."

"Yes, a monster is a rock."

Rock, also known as Rock Bird, is a bird-shaped monster.

However, the size is not the ratio of other bird-shaped monsters, it is an ultra-large bird that can reach nearly 50 meters when its wings are spread out, and it looks like an eagle (me) and an eagle (taka).Is it okay to say that it is as thick as an eagle and as shiny as an eagle?It may feel more like an addition than an intermediate one.

Either way, you'll know if you dare to say you're a super big prey.

I've only seen Rock once in my player life, so I know quite a bit about appearance, habits, and abilities.

The whole body is covered with pure white feathers and feathers, with green mouth (beak) and yellow eyes in sharp eyes.When the feathers are spread out, pale green feathers grow inside them, giving them a beautiful look that even seems divine.

The strength of Rock as a monster is so divine that flying is natural, and wind and tree magic are often used, especially wind magic is terrifying.The momentum to blow everything around you is almost the same as a storm or typhoon.Besides, if this attack doesn't work physically or magically, it's not a monster that can fight and win normally.

Locks with such performance are naturally SS ranked.It's a monster that only tells me to run.

However, a monster named such a terrible rock has a slightly interesting habit.It basically ignores monsters and people moving around the ground unless attacked.Conversely, what is absolutely unacceptable is a monster flying in the sky.

Rock is a territorially conscious monster, especially if you have a very territorially conscious monster flying around the sky, no matter how small it is, it will never be tolerated and it will be eaten.

Because there is no such thing as planes in this world, it is treated as a wonderful monster that can destroy flying monsters that are easily harmful to people.

I've never seen it, but it seems that in certain villages like Rock's, they are worshipped as guardian gods.

"So there aren't many flying monsters around here?"

We spent a lot of time in the woods, so I thought you wouldn't see too many flying monsters, but there wasn't one around here in the first place.

It turns out that there were not many anti-air installations even in small cities in the castle where Noble lived.I guess I didn't have to because I was in Rock's territory for a long time.

"I didn't know there was such a place in the rich forest..."

"Well, there's a rock's nest in the heart of the rich forest."

Eh?!

Getting to where the Rock's nest is is is like heading towards a blast site.

"It's okay, it's safe if we don't get close to the nest.I live quite far from the nest. "

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Ah. Is that what I'm always talking about out of common sense?I feel like it's the first time I've understood it.

"It's okay because it's enough to have a village in the territory.I've never been attacked before. "

"Well... if you say so..."

"Besides, it's time to get out."

As Slatan said, there are dense trees growing, and sunset lights are coming into the forest ahead of the forest, which did not even enter the light.

"The inner layer really existed..."

Beyond the bright darkness, there are no trees, grass about the height of a knee, and small unevenness in a continuous land.There are several tall rock fields, etc., and the terrain is rich in variety.

Such an inner layer, the sunlit grass is shaken by the wind, making it simple yet very beautiful.

Did you think it was a lie? It's terrible. "

"I don't see any animal monsters here, but are they lurking somewhere?"

The area called the inner layer is quite wide, and the terrain is complicated, so you can't see the other side of the forest.Even if monsters were hidden in places like this, they wouldn't be easy to find.

"No, there are only slime and equivalent small animal level monsters here.I don't suppose I've ever seen a monster that looks wary. "

The assumption that there is no need for vigilance may come from the strength of Slatter, but at least from what I've seen, there doesn't seem to be any large monsters.

"And what a place to hold the highest number and then the hegemony after the lock!It's a slime! "

Glittering eyes, the sludge pushes the slime.Because the name on the net is Slime, or Slime, you will somehow know how much you love Slime.

"Sure, there's a lot of slime around here."

I don't know, but Pilte and Heine seem to know there's a slime nearby.

"This is a paradise of slime!"

Slatter laughs with his hands wide open and his Kuruperma in the wind.

"I don't care, take me to Slattan's house."

"Nh! It's cold! It's not the wind, it's Shinya-kun!"

"Don't smile. Because it's disgusting."

"Duh... duh! Are you going to cry?"