Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

Deep in the blue sea of swordfish, in the dark water full of silence and mackerel, a large hole was opened up on the slope of a cutting trench. "Wadatumi Deep Cavern" was known as a dungeon-style field due to its intricate interior and inability to receive support from the communications monitoring satellite constellation Tsukuyomi.

If you lose your mind slightly, you will lose sight of your current location at that moment and continue to wander until all your measures are exhausted. The means to advance through such a demon realm had already been established.

In the first period, only four players were allowed to use special protozoa, and now you can enter into a contract with a protozoa called the Shirakami Beast by capturing the "temples" that exist in various places, and you can follow their guidance. The white beast cubs can withstand this harsh underwater cave environment and navigate the paths of intricate mysteries without getting lost.

However, there are a number of drunken investigators who dare to advance to the branch of the cave, ignoring the means already discovered. Still today, they were wearing high-pressure submersible equipment, fitted with a cage on their lower body, and diving under the sea cavern with water-resistant lights.

I punched a marker in!

"Roger that. Topographic exploration."

Blue light rushes through the dark cave. A small pin punched into the hard stone wall reacts to it and sends detailed data such as angles and coordinates.

The undersea cavern is three-dimensionally stretched from top to bottom. Therefore, their cartographer (mapper) also needed to collect not only the usual two-dimensional coordinate data, but also three-dimensional data.

"[Transcription of information] Okay, let's go next."

The rusty golem man records the terrain data from the markers and calls out to the girl in front of the dog-like lycanthrope.

Roger that!

The girl replies cheerfully and pulls the finished marker from the wall.

The golem singles and lycanthrope scissors in matching yellow helmets were veteran cartographers for a long time after the party.

Normally, they are used to acting as unaffiliated tactical teams, but they rarely go to the forefront. The current front line is the deep section of Oshima, where the Knights of the Great Eagle is developing a large-scale operation, but the two of them are not interested in it.

Xingo and Ishimi were set up on the main axis to investigate the industrial location of the gap, which was not far from the main stream.

"You're really in the middle of something, aren't you?" This aisle is 20 meters higher than when I entered it, and it's spinning at 1,260 degrees. "

“Absolutely. Because of that, we can only measure two meters at a time.”

Xingo nodded while fixing the standard tripod to the blur of the scissors, which pushed the pin a little further away.

Randomly meandering, thin undersea caverns are so narrow that they feel a little cramped in a type-golem. Because of this, it is inevitable that the work will become small, and the progress will not slow down.

On top of that...

Cingo!

"Shit."

Suddenly, the scissors shaking their nose jumped into Xingo's chest. Cingo grabbed her firmly, holding her back close to the wall of the cave, holding a small cylindrical device in one hand.

[Activation (ignition)]

As Xingo pushed the switch at the apex of the cylinder, a circular field unfolded that enveloped the two bodies. It gradually changes like a rough mosaic on the surface and becomes transparent again. However, the singles that were supposed to be inside had completely disappeared.

This is a disposable emergency evacuation item called an optical camo field generator. With this, a field like a transparent cloak is developed that blends into the surrounding environment for a certain amount of time.

If you move a lot, the cover-up computation process will break down, and the figure will be exposed, but if you don't move, you will endure a long time of concealment.

The two of them hold their breath in close proximity.

At the end of their gaze, a moon appeared slimy from the depths of the cave, an abnormal centipede whose lower half was replaced by a giant octopus leg.

It slowly moves its eight legs through the cave. It slowly crosses the camouflage field as it sweeps through the eyes and tip of the nose of Xingo and Ishimi.

The huge, intimidating fish body headed deeper and disappeared.

Puah!

After losing sight of herself, after a few minutes, the scissors finally resumed breathing.

"Hey, Isami, what happened to the sabotage marker?"

In contrast, Xingo's face is grumpy. And he sharpeneth his lips, and pursueth after Ishimi.

"Oh, oh my." I should have put it away properly....... giggle "

The sashimi swam deep into the cave with a dry smile and noticed that the marker that was supposed to light the red lamp was halting its function.

This is called a "specific protozoa evasion electromagnetic wave deployment marker", and it is a marker that keeps protozoa away by generating electromagnetic waves at a pre-set frequency. This allows two incompetent players to take measurements in the field.

However, if it is not activated, the effect will naturally not be achieved.

"Hey, you're not going to say that the battery is dead, are you?"

"No, no, no, no, no. That's not true...... Shyumiwa"

Thing that makes the harsh face even more harsh, the sashimi is sloppy.

But her haphazardness has never begun. Xingo took a deep breath and quickly resumed the survey.

"New markers and stabs." Batteries should be checked. "

”Ahhhh!”

As Xingo instructed, the scissors begin to swim like a doggy. It's not that she can't breaststroke or crawl just because she's a dog lycanthrope, but she seems to like the way she swims. Shaking her round reddish-brown tail, she was in a good mood and punched in a pin-shaped marker.

"No way. If this is an empty gesture today, you can't do it."

"Oh no! Today is the day to find a huge treasure!"

In the first place, why do they continue to explore the undersea caves even if they are not capable of fighting at all?

It's simple and straightforward. In this cave, treasures such as rare ore and mysterious artifacts can be found.

Xingo and Ishimi are also active as mappers in the conquest team, but their main source of income is the collection and sale of such rare items. After all, they're treasure hunters.

I'll take a picture.

Roger that!

A blue flash runs through the dark water.

The purpose of the two of them making maps in this way is originally to go to places where ancestors have not yet set foot, and it is a by-product of this. There is no hope for undiscovered treasures in places where maps have already been made, and vice versa.

In fact, they had already discovered and sold some treasures.

Hmmm?

Xingo's eyebrows caught a glimpse of the level-a multi-purpose surveyor that was actually similar to it.

When she noticed the unusual reaction, Isami approached her, shaking her triangle ears.

Is something wrong?

Yeah. It looks like the wall near the C-marker is a little thin.

This is it, isn't it?

In response to Xingo's words, Ishimi confirms one of the markers stuck to the wall.

The marker receives light emitted from the level and investigates the surrounding situation. Basically, only the angle and coordinates are calculated, but a simple light waveform reverberation survey of the surroundings can also be conducted. It turns out that the walls around one marker are brittle compared to others.

Hmm. Can we dig it up?

"I see.... let's hope it's not an object."

When attacking a non-destructive object, the impact bounces back to itself. The feeling of tingling and numbing was not something I could really like.

However, as a team, I couldn't leave a suspicious place behind. Xingo pulled a giant vulture from his inventory and headed back to the wall in question.

[Rock crushing!

A sharp-angled metal that swings down with care.

A blow so powerful that it makes you forget it's underwater, slammed into a stone wall.

If this is a non-destructive object, Xingo will be stunned. But...

Oops!

Isami cheers.

The stone wall crumbled in the water as it spread a smoke curtain, revealing a new cave behind it.

Surroundings alert. If there's a native creature, we'll escape!

Roger that! [Sound appraisal]!

The scissors quickly pull the bell from the waist belt and slap it with a metal stick. Heavy bass echoes through the water, and the acute hearing of the lycanthrope scrutinizes it.

"There are no protozoa around." It's narrow and rocky. "

I see. Now, let's explore.

It turned out that there was no danger for the time being, and Xingo and Ishimi loosened their mouths.

It was a small room that was purposely physically isolated by a wall. I don't think there's anything left to do with this.

Without waiting for the smoke curtain to clear, they raise the lights and rush in.

"This is...!"

It was a pile of rubble.

Singos are not discouraged by the fact. In the first place, at a time when there was obviously something artificial in a place like this, it was strange.

"Xingo, Xingo! This is an uncivilized legacy!"

Isami said in excitement. In her hand is a fragment of a tablet engraved with complex characters.

With a high level of [appraisal] and [decipher] skills, the scraper usually travels to the Information Resource Management Vault, where he gathers a variety of knowledge. Seeing how excited she was, Xingo also indirectly understood the value of this place.

"For the time being, I'll film it." First, the panorama, then the details. Put the jammer marker in front of the entrance. "

Roger that!

The two act calmly with excitement.

First, ensure personal safety and record the condition at the time of discovery. After that, for the first time, we will conduct a more detailed appraisal.

What's written about this?

"It's so worn out, it's hard to understand."

Xingo will put all the rubble that falls around in the photo, but she cannot understand the meaning of the patterns and letters.

Such intelligent work is rather the work of the scissors.

Scissors wearing thin silver-framed glasses that assisted in the "glasses of general knowledge" skill had already begun deciphering.

"Bubbles, bubbles... One big bubble." The castle. The walls. My guard. Staining. Hmm. "

However, all the debris is weathered severely, and even the level-80 [decipherment] skill can't read sentences easily.

Nevertheless, while roughly overlooking the various sentences scattered around, the scissors guessed the rough meaning.

"It's not an island, it's an island? Green walls, dreams... black. A great flow?"

I see, I don't know anything.

"Already! I'm working hard, so don't tease me!"

Just looking at each piece of rubble doesn't make sense, but they sometimes match up like puzzle pieces. A sentence emerged from it, which could have taken on a clearer meaning.

"On the island, within the walls. The river flow? Where it connects, the guards get dyed?"

"What do you mean?"

"Hmmm..."

Having managed to decipher a sentence, they tilted their necks.

It just became a meaningful sentence, and I don't even know what it means. In the first place, there are even people who say that it makes sense to know nothing.

"Fine. For now, let's collect all the rubble." You can fry it on the shore and then slowly investigate it. "

"That's true, too." Well then, let's go home soon. "

If you are worried, switch it once and for all. It is on the basis of such beliefs that Xingo makes his judgment. The scissors gently accepted it and packed the rubble into the backpack they were carrying.

"In the meantime, all the image data has been uploaded to the" Homo sapiens "." The Knights will soon buy it for you. "

That alone is a great achievement today, isn't it?

Upload the photographed data to the information trading system, as well as returning the actual product. This ensures a minimal income even in the unlikely event of death on the return journey and salvage is not possible.

Both of them were skilled tacticians, and they knew the area very well.

Xingo and Ishimi quickly completed the loading and unloading, after which they left the undersea cave.