Vermillion

"Magic Potion" raw materials!?

The color of Holland's and the village chief's eyes changed. Two gaze concentrates on the girl's blue flower. A girl who unwittingly shouted "hi" in the eyes of the unusual enthusiastic adults and then retreated.

"Holy shit, this is the famous spiritual drug of rumors......!?

"Wait, wait, calm down."

Kay presses the mayor of the village, whose nose is rough and approaching the girl.

"It's only 'one' of the raw materials. Besides, it is mainly the foliage that has the pharmaceutical ingredients, and the flowers have only the effect of the wound drug."

The mayor turned his troubled face to Kay, who said so and flaunted his shoulders. In the pioneering village, where supplies are scarce, even "wound pills" are valuable enough.

"Even the wound pills, in our village, I want enough to get my hands off my throat... and if I process it, it would be awesome, wouldn't it?

"…… even if you say magic medicine (potion) in one bite, it can range from pins to chillies. Depends on the other ingredients."

For example, the few high magic drugs (hyppotions) that Kay and the others have are formulated with precious materials and advanced equipment, authentic psychic drugs that heal even the dying injured. but in a low-lying potion that hasn't taken so much effort, I don't want that much dramatic effect. For once, if you put a thousand severed hands and feet on the affected area and continue to expose them to medicine, it will be effective to the extent that they can be stuck like adhesive, so it is a big deal.

"… are you familiar with the potion?

Holland asks gently, stroking his moustache. Back to back with that slow tone, brown eyes have a searching light that keeps you alert.

"No. I know some ingredients………"

"I don't even know the formula. I don't specialize in boulders."

Kay and Irene both posed for you.

FACT. [DEMONDAL] The two were named as abandoned players in [DEMONDAL], but basically fighting and collecting was the main thing, and production (craft) remained untouched. [DEMONDAL] did not exist in other VRMMOs a general convenience feature, an automatic control system that assisted (assisted) players in their behavior, and all the processes required manual, realistic proficiency and dexterity, so without so much passion, they could not be artisans.

Not to mention areas where amateurs can get their hands on, such as the formulation of advanced magic drugs. Kay and I both remember the formula, but it doesn't cover all the complicated procedures, and we don't have all the other materials and equipment we need in the first place.

They memorized key raw materials to deliver to specialized players, but that's all.

"Wouldn't you know Wolvern's pharmacist better than us?"

Eileen, teasing with her fingers as she twirls her ponytail hair tip. Though difficult for the Kays, if you return the back, if you are a somewhat professionally educated person, you can manufacture without special abilities. Wolvern also has a library. It's hard to believe that that city, which emphasizes witchcraft and witchcraft, hasn't trained a pharmacist.

"Uhm... is that hand magic drug still the exclusive patent of noble holding pharmacists, and magic college experts,? It's a shame. I thought if you guys could handle potions, we could do good business."

"You expect too much. What do you think we are?"

Irene was laughing at Holland, who seemed so sorry.

With a bitter smile in tune next to it, and Kay adds in her chest. Even assuming they have the potion manufacturing skills, the Kays will keep it a secret. It's good for my own use, but it can only be a troublesome seed, such as a miracle spirit medicine.

Kay shook her head (wearing it) as she recalled one incident on the northern earth and shook off her bloody memories that had resurrected behind her brain.

Such a kay, for the surrounding calculation goes on.

"Well, in any case, it is a pleasure to find raw materials for the potion near the village. Hey, Elidoor."

"Well, that's right."

The village chief, who was called out to Holland - who, to put it that way, was named 'Elidoor', Kay recalls now - nodded back.

"Honestly, our village is poor and has nothing to do with it. But if you're going to find valuable psychotropic material, it's not the story! I'm sure everyone's life will be easier!

Later, the discoverer told me more about him, and his nose was rough, and the village chief (Elidoor). At first, he couldn't rely on the frowns in the shape of Ha, and all this time he was connected in a crisp way. The other villagers who heard the story were excited and looked forward to "now I can feed my daughter something delicious" and "we can use it for our own medicine".

…………

Kay and Irene stand up to them with such an approximate, indescribable look.

And to tell you how strange they were, the soonest I realized it was still Holland.

"…… What is wrong with you?

"Hmm? No..."

"Yeah……………."

Even if Holland asks, the two of them don't look well.

"……… Something bothering you?

Elidoor, who was about to make a small leap, also asks terribly with her eyebrows back in the letter (c). The hero who saved the village's predicament, it's not just bragging about his arm, he looks like a warrior of knowledge and a witch who can't float. I couldn't help but get anxious.

Kays staring at each other like they were staring at each other and looking at each other in trouble.

But there's no way you can keep your mind up to this point and do it with "nothing" now. At the time we both said it, it was like the two of us had already decided on a policy. Bad as it seemed to water where she was happy, Irene, who had a difficult face, switched to a tough look as she had reopened.

"Let's be frank. This is a rather dangerous sign."

Looking around the villagers, I tell them.

"This flower, it only grows near the [deep (avis)] boundary."

- [Deep (Avis)].

Deep in forests and alpines, the generic name for an area that is too dangerous for mankind to step into.

There, giant monsters such as "The Great Bear (Grandurus)" and "The Great Forest Lizard (Green Salamandel)" walk wide, inhabiting deadly poisonous flora and fauna as usual, and sometimes even "Feilong (Wyburn)" appears. If a regular person steps in, it won't last a day. Unlike the "Devil's Forest" of the northern earth, there is a dire danger of life rolling around, such a place.

But at the same time, it is also a mountain of treasure.

A beast wrapped in beautiful fur on a plant with powerful medicinal properties. Life-threatening monsters will also become valuable materials if they succeed in taking them away. Sometimes the magic in the realm is activated to find true magic items that hold the power of the Spirit.

This blue flower, the raw material of the potion, is one such 'treasure'.

"The name of this flower is" Vigrezia Grandfloro ". Great flower of life, it seems to mean something like that. The pharmaceutical ingredients are found in leaves rather than petals. When the flowers aren't blooming, I struggle to find them.... Apparently."

You reminded me of the game age, or I narrowed my eyes so Eileen would miss it. But tighten your expression immediately.

"... so, this flower, it has powerful healing and shiatsu powers, but this is not a very sturdy plant in itself. Magic activates reasonably well, and the influence is not too strong. It only grows near the boundary between [deep] and normal land. So there is also an alias' Abyss Pioneer '. And this time, it was found at a walking distance from the village..."

You know what I mean? And Irene asks with a glance.

"No way......"

Understand what that means and shake your mouth like Holland did.

"…… [deep] has spread?"

The upset spread to the villagers with whining words, deliberately.

Essentially, [deep] is far from a person's living area. Rather than that, people have to take a distance from [deep]. No one who likes it and approaches the residence of the "Big Bear" or "Forest Lizard" will.

but the fact is, the boundaries of [deep] are not invariable.

Sometimes, like crust fluctuations, or a kind of natural disaster, the area gradually or suddenly becomes uneven.

According to the setup of the game [DEMONDAL], there is something in this world that runs all over the place like what we call the 'ground vein' on the Yin Yang Road, which attracts spirits, activates magic, and builds a special ecosystem - [deep] that benefits from it. And the "terrestrial vein" can fluctuate due to crust fluctuations and other factors, and depending on the movement, it can also occur that a normal forest is transformed into a [deep] border on a certain day.

If that's what's happening near this village...

"- Shh, but! From this village [deep] there must be more than ten days on foot! That's what I hear from my lord! Let me get you a map that the sorcerer made for you. So, no mistake!

As I said to myself, Elidoor raised her voice so.

"… Indeed, the Principality has aggressively mobilized the magicians of the Dead Bird (Prague) to produce maps from the sky."

Kay, with his arms around him, snorts heavily.

"I think the lord's story was never wrong."

"Oh, yeah! That's what Lord Hero would think, isn't it? I'm sure this flower was found for another reason…"

"But it is. We did some research in Wolvern's library... but if I remember correctly, the majority of the current map of the Principality should have been created shortly after Lord Krause became the Duchy's ally. … is the map that its lord has up to date? Ten, twenty years is old, isn't it?

With all that time, the boundaries could change, Kay added, and Elidoor lost color this time.

"However…….."

"Honestly, the last time I was a" big bear, "I thought it was thin and weird. How much prey did you go after so deeply that [deep] chemicals emerge from such a fucking distance to 'by chance' people? Holy shit."

scratching her head, Eileen.

"For once," The Pioneer of Abyss "is another factor… for example, blossoming with a prank of a grasshopper fairy, but there's no chance. I think it's best to assume the worst."

To Eileen's advice in a strange way, Elidoor looked more and more pitiful and held her head intact.

"Why... why do you keep seeing our village like this..."

"I'm sorry..."

As for Kay, I didn't have to say that.

"…… Are you sure it's [deep]?

Creepy, and anxiously looking at the woods near the village, Holland.

"I can't say for sure. As Eileen also said, it is possible that the Spirit prank or some factor has disrupted the magic field or caused the" Avis Pioneer "to bloom because I had no idea."

Incidentally, the phenomenon of that hand was very rare in the game. The emergence of special grasshoppers, especially due to fairy pranks, often brought shelved benefits to players and was generally welcomed. In particular, even beginner to intermediate players may be sacrificed due to the blooming of poisonous flowers, and it was forbidden to be alarmed.

"Even for me, I would like it to be a fairy prank... this village has been attacked by a" big bear "before. I cleaned it up by accident, but this time I found this flower... I can't be optimistic."

You're absolutely right.

"Either way, I guess we need to hear a little more about the discoverer. Or should we send the lord as soon as possible and ask the magician of the Dead Bird (Prague) to confirm it from the sky?"

"Right...... Elidoor, what are we going to do?

Holland rocks the village chief who crouches down and squeaks on the spot.

"Whoa, hold on! You're a village wrapper!

"Oh, oh..."

Fluffy Elidoor stood up, but his eyes were dead.

"…… In the meantime, shall we speak to the discoverer?... Linda, where's Marc?

"Daddy would be home......?

Linda, the girl called, answers in a small voice. I guess I don't really understand what Kay and the others are talking about because of their childhood. Just anxious, he holds a beautiful blue flower in his hand - a spiritual flower with the power to heal and shine.

Kay and Irene were in a bad mood.

Everyone will visit the hunter's house, the discoverer of the flowers. The hunter who was generous while drinking herbal tea at the Marutai cabin outside the village - he said - seemed surprised by the sudden large number of visitors.

And when he heard the revelations of things from Elidoor and Holland, he turned bright blue.

"Oh, my God, I should have brought it back if this was happening......!

Kay and Eileen looked like they were having trouble laughing at the hunter man who moaned a little off. I just pretended not to look at it, and it's not like it wasn't.

"No, it's because you brought it home that I noticed. So, did the forest look any different?

"Oh, yeah… right………"

In Kay's serious eyes, Marc looks badly restless.

Says Marc found "The Pioneer of Abyss" around the beast path where he went into the woods and went west for about an hour, always hunting. He discovered it when he looked around the trap he had set in the woods. The forest itself felt quiet at this time of year, but nothing else was particularly unusual.

"Wasn't this other flower in bloom?

"I don't know, I don't know...... as far as I can see, I didn't notice"

"Is that so………"

If there was only one round of blooming, there was also a good chance that it was a fairy prank.

"... confirm, should I go?

Feeling Kay's silence, or the silent weight of everyone, Marc, sweating cold, looked like the end of the world had come to pass.

It is only if you are a hunter that Marc is well aware of the horrors of wild beasts. And the monster who slightly surpasses it knows how out of hand it is. If you can, you shouldn't want to get any closer to the [deep] where such beings usually wander.

"Lord Hero... Well, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be able to tell whether I'm [deep] or a normal forest by myself, but..."

Marc looks at Kay's complexion with a worshipping attitude, whether it's a straw feeling.

"... Uh-huh, I'm not specialized in exploring [deep] either..."

Within the game of [DEMONDAL], indeed, [deep] exploration was one of the end content, and Kay also collected materials and equipment from time to time.

but it was possible to resurrect even after death, so in the present situation, where there is only one life, you are excused from stepping in unless there is so much.

"No, do it! I'm going in [deep] too, hairless!! If you could just follow me to see it for a second, and...!

In a hurry, the boom and the marc waving his head. I don't know how scared you are to go alone, I know exactly how you feel... Kay got worried that this guy could do it as a hunter from now on.

Aside from that, it is also true that Marc alone is having difficulty ascertaining whether the [deep] erosion is progressing.

"Sir, what's going on with your plans after this?

Eileen points the water at Holland. If I remember correctly, the caravan should do a little business in this village before proceeding along the streets along the river to the Eurian city with Lake Schnapeia.

"……… Things are happening."

Holland, the head of the caravan, roared in a low voice. Assuming Kay accompanies Marc, he won't make it to the caravan's departure because it will take more than two hours to get back and forth. As it stands, Kay is just a customer, so leaving him alone won't interfere with the caravan, but considering the future of business and the public, there is a big problem. Above all, Holland himself had a great deal of interest in the matter.

"... All right, let's fit Kay here. If you say you will accompany him (Marc), reschedule the caravan. Let's talk to everyone from me."

Um, nod loudly, Holland. Kay thought it was a good way to put it around the beginning of the rescheduling.

…………

Look at Eileen by her side. Irene, who moved her eyebrows, pulled her lips together and stared straight back at Kay.

Unstrayed, clear blue eyes.

"Okay. Let's accompany you."

Kay nods as she grips "Dragon Scale Through (Dragon Stinger)".

Kay had a dream when he saved the village from the Great Bear. "I want to be a hunter that protects people from vicious beasts," he said.

Now is the time.

"If Kay's going, I'm going with him."

Don't let your hair in, Eileen. I am checking the condition of the back servel without worrying about it.

"... me too, let's go. I might get my feet together, but I'm talking about this village. As village chief, I need to make sure with my own eyes"

With a rugged face, but an expression of perseverance and determination, Elidoor.

"Ah, then I'll go, too."

but the sober voice sounds out of place there.

At the edge of the wild horse, the bard's young man, who had remained silent until now, raised his hand here.

"I'm used to walking in the woods looking like this. I won't interrupt you all, in case you want to leave me alone.... Nice, right? Right!?"

Joaquin shines his eyes with curiosity.

Kay and Irene looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders like they were frightened.