"Is this...?

The destination was a small square, which was transferred from the magic formations that showed up after leaving the sealed ghost.

Looking around, there is a trail in the center of the square with one stone tablet leading in six directions.

"Hmm, this is another square with nothing."

"That's the only stone tablet that's going to be a source. Let's just check the stone tablet."

"Right. I hope you have some tips..."

It seems that the professors and the White Wolf, who were similarly looking around, decided to look first at the stone tablets that were likely to be sources in a square with only about a stone tablet.

We'll approach the tablet and find out what's written on it.

"... um, I can't read it. I guess it's because you don't have [linguistics]. How about the two of you?

"I can read"

"You can read me normally, too. I need to find out what level of [linguistics] skills you're going to need..."

"By the way, what's the level of two [linguistics]?

"I am 46"

"I guess I'm 30"

"... you're both pretty expensive"

"[Linguistics] 30 is mandatory at the Ketsey event. That's when I raised it to 30."

"Considering that we can't get this far without Ketsey's cooperation, it's not surprising that [linguistics] levels are demanded by 30."

"I see. So what's it say?

"Wait a little..." Ahead is a land of fairies and cocoons. Protect the cocoon that lies ahead of you for fairy protection. To the land where the fairy cocoon is located, you have to open six keys at the same time, so you don't have to move on. "

"" Fairy Cocoon "or" Fairy Protection "... I guess it has something to do with the fact that the Reid area name here is" The Sealed Ghost of Fairy Town ""

"The question is where are the 'keys'..."

"First of all, we're in the investigative phase today. Let's all go to one place."

"Right. Let's do that."

I agree with Mr. White Wolf's suggestion that we all move on to one of the six trails.

I walked out to the open place for about a few minutes and there was a bunch of monsters there.

"What..." The Sealed Kid "? Level 40, just like a sealed ghost."

As for the name, it is "Little Ghost" but it is still likely to be nearly 2 meters tall.

I guess that only means saying it's small against sealed ghosts.

"On a level, it's understated, but let's just all deal with each other"

"That's right. Even though there is only one HP bar, it is forbidden to be alarmed."

"Right. Let's really hit it first."

"Right. Then we'll let you go first!

This time Rik's party is going to be ahead of the line.

Rick's Taunt moves lead all the kids' Hates to Rick.

Rik's party members seem to prioritize and eliminate the approaching swords and axed little ghosts.

I would be trying to magically attack the Wand Kid with a black tooth aim...

"Charge shot!

Not my sister, but I'll try firing one bullet first.

Dimensions vary and the headshot was decided, and the little ghost I was after disappeared with all the loss of the HP bar.

"Hmm. Apparently HP is what it looks like."

"Then we'll join the war and get rid of it quickly."

"You are... well, it's almost over."

As the professor put it, all the little ghosts with melee weapons that were attacking Rik had already been defeated, and all that remained was one bow little ghost.

One of them has also been attacked by a Likparty Ranged Attack... and has just been pinned down.

"Oh, my God, that wasn't nice."

"Well, don't say that. I was just checking in."

"That's right. It was more of a struggle."

Rick and I came back to us talking about this fight.

"Good day. So, how was the attack?

"Hmm, it usually felt like you were being attacked by an enemy of about level 40. It didn't feel particularly weird to have an AI, and that would make it easy to fight at one party."

"That's right. Apparently, this trail is built to attack one party at a time."

"Sounds like it. So, you haven't got the kind of event items?

"... you haven't got it. And everyone else?

Looks like he's got confirmation from the other members, but nobody's got it.

"Ah, Twa. There's a chest over there, right?

Yuki was pointing near the center of the square, and when I saw it there, a treasure chest did appear.

"It's a treasure chest that wasn't there before, was it?

"It certainly wasn't. Probably a treasure chest that emerges by crusading all the monsters in the square"

"... it looks like there's no such thing as a trap for now. Do you mind if I open it?

"It doesn't matter. The lowest in combat is the Library party. There's no problem waiting here."

"Right. Twa, let me open it for you."

"Well then... yeah, it's the key that's inside, unmistakably"

It was undoubtedly the key that was inside the chest.

If you try to appraise it, it will only appear as a 'Fairy Key Event Item'.

"The key... no matter what you think, it's the key you use for that door over there."

At the corner of the square stands the gate full of 'use the key'.

Try plugging the key into the key hole at the gate.

Then the passage that came in sounding like a low ground was closed by the twat.

When I pulled the key out because it was unlikely to go ahead in this state, the twat that was blocking the passage disappeared.

"Hmm, this still sounds like a type of event to be split and cleared from party to party..."

"Sounds like it. If you have to, you can use your hand to leave only one person behind..."

"If you get into battle at the end of this door, you're usually going to get stuck."

"Right. Now, if we leave this door to you, Twa, let's go down to the other aisles and get the keys."

"That's right. So, Twa, I want you to wait here."

"Then you're coming. Brother."

"See you later, Twa, sister"

The other members, except our party, went back the way they came, and each went to attack another aisle.

We have nothing to do, so we'll take a break first.

"... hey, what do you think will happen next?

"Come on. It says," Don't protect the cocoon. "I can imagine there's some kind of defensive event, but I don't know the details."

"Right. But as far as the kids are concerned, I don't even think it's that hard."

"It is. It's really what we do here. There's nothing wrong with having some kind of twisted trick."

"Right. Be careful not to be alarmed."

That's less than 10 minutes to wait.

I finished sweeping the monsters at the end of all the trails and was told in Reid Chat that the keys were in order.

'Well, beyond this key is the unknown realm. Don't be alarmed, all right?

'Naturally. As long as things have been going so well, you can't be too cautious. "

'Yes, good luck!

"Well, we're all set, huh?

"We're ready, too."

"We're ready, too. Shall I open the door?"

It has just been found that just unlocking one location will not change anything.

But just in case, I decided to unlock it at the same time.

I'll try to plug the key into the door again.

Then the entrance door was still closed, but now the door in front of him also opened with a dull noise.

But there was nothing there, just something like a vortex.

"This... is a warp gate, no matter what you think."

'Right... does that mean we're going to be completely separated here?

"I guess so. Well, it would be possible to rendezvous ahead..."

'Hope will be faint. Anyway, let's go inside.'

I'll see you later.

We enter the door.

Then, after a light floating sensation - that is, remembering the metastatic reaction - we were reaching a circularly spread forest square.

"Well, where am I?

"I don't know. But the problem seems to be somewhere else."

"... Problem?

"Laid chat is becoming unavailable. That's a completely disjointed form."

"I see. In the meantime, we're gonna get through this for each party."

"Seems so."

"… oh, there's something in the center of the square"

"It's not true. Let's just go over there."

"That's right."

Basketball in all in the center of the square...... no, it's rugby ball because it's elongated up and down? Anyway, there were six objects standing in that shape.

Appraisal shows this is the 'fairy cocoon'.

"This is the cocoon... I don't know what the hell to do with this"

"Carrying... you can't. What shall we do?

"I don't know what to do, I don't know... Yeah, you said it was a quest notification?

"Uh," Defend the fairy cocoon from the little ones "?

I mean, you gotta protect this.

Here are the details of the quest.

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Defense Quest: Defend the Fairy Cocoon from the Kids!

Quest Goal:

Fairy Cocoon Defense 6/6

Defeat Kid Ghost Squad 0/12

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As far as the quest contents are concerned, it looks like the little one will be attacking you all 12 times.

We'll prepare each weapon for assault.

A few moments later, as far as the map was concerned, things sounded from the south side, and the little ones jumped out of the woods.

The formation of the little ghosts consists of six bodies: two swords, two axes, one bow and one wand.

"In the meantime, I'll aim and drop the wand kid first. Illis will take care of the Bow Kid and everyone else will take care of the rest of the Kid!

"Roger! Come on, I'll do it!

"I'll take care of it. Fighting between bows is unbeatable."

"Then I guess I'll go!

"Yeah, okay! Professional shield, please!

"Wong!!

We fight in the usual formation.

Enemy level is... 42 or higher than just now.

Anyway, let's take a hit first...

"Charge shot!

Add a charge shot headshot against the enemy wand kid, but he couldn't be stopped with a single blow.

However, since it was shredding HP by about 80%, the second shot is usually secured with an attack headshot.

In the meantime, the wand kid could be finished, so I weponed to the handgun and tried to join the avant-garde's four cover-ups...

"Damn!? He's not after me.

A bowboy, against whom Illis was opponent, was attacking the fairy cocoon directly without targeting Illis.

One shot of damage is about one-fifth of the HP of the cocoon, but it's not good to keep getting targeted!

"Cover! Charge shot!"

"Thanks - twa!

Bow Kid Kid Kid, who had his HP shredded by Illis, could be tailored with one charge shot.

The rest of the avant-garde...

"This is the last time! Powerbreak!"

Apparently, you're done without cover.

"Tired. How'd it go over there?

"I could take down the wand kid without a problem, but I have a bow..."

"No matter how much you hit the attack, you're not after me, you're after the cocoon."

"Hmm, the four avant-garde systems were usually after Prochion, who was collecting Hate."

"Perhaps only the rear guard enemy is loaded with cocoon priority AI. For now, heal to the cocoon. Can you do it?

"... yeah, I don't think so. But every little bit of it is recovering."

"Will you recover naturally as soon as you can see… Then let Wand Kid attack you once to figure out your behavior pattern"

"Right. If you just knock it down, it'll be easy to finish and let's do that...... is the next one coming!?

Looks like the next raid started while we were in a meeting.

Now it will be an attack from the east side.

We'll move to the east side in a hurry to set up an interception.

Unlike earlier this time, let the wand kid attack only once.

"Iris, I'm going to tail the Bow Kid so Iris can attack the Wand Kid. At least one attack."

"Rikai. Leave it to me."

"The others are just as responsive as they were earlier. Spread out, then!

I change the target from a wand kid to a bow kid.

Apparently, the bow had a longer range than the wand and was already trying to get into an offensive posture.

"Let it be! Charge shot!"

I immediately set a target for the Bow Kid and shoot a charge shot.

I just didn't have time to target the headshot, so it was the torso that hit me but still managed to shred about 40% of my HP.

Bow kid blown away by a charge shot gets up and tries to set his aim on this one again, but I'm faster.

Now he hit a charging shot in the head and succeeded in losing all his HP.

Apparently, Bow Kid's HP isn't too different from Wand Kid's, but Bow Kid is slightly more HP.

An explosion sounded behind his back as he first tried to target the wand kid to provide cover for Illis because he had finished dealing with the bow kid.

"Twa! Wand Kid's attack is Bomb magic with a range! Cocoon all HP is shredded!!

"I know! We're gonna take him down for one second!

"Yeah, I get it!

Priority is given to not letting the next attack take place before confirming the damage.

The wand kid attacked by two of us, me and Illis, was brutally defeated.

But now you have a clear priority to defeat.

"The damage to the cocoon is... roughly one-eighth of HP..."

"This, wand boy, hurry up and defeat or the damage will be terrible."

"Right, for now, from the end of the rest of the enemy."

"Yeah, that's right."

From there, we both joined the sweep of four avant-gardes and were able to defeat them quickly.

"In the meantime, it is certain that the wand and bow children who attack at a distance are dangerous..."

"Right. We have a lot of means of ranged attack, so we can do something about it..."

"The problem is parties with few means of ranged attack...... I hope everyone else is doing their best"

"Right...... you're restless doing this"

"... you don't have to worry about that. Enemy reinforcements!

"Now from the north side! If the pattern of emergence is constant, it would be easier!

"We'll talk about that later! We need to move fast and deal with this..."

And there was a metastatic reaction at this time, and we were returned to the starting point of the Reid area.

The system message showed the character 'Quest Failed' …