406 Chapter 358
Returning to where Nea and the others were, they completed their perimeter alert and the returning men were preparing for the camp.
I wonder if it would be better if I did it for a few days, and Elle and I didn't have to help them out.
Amako, I'll talk to Nea and Hannah, and you tell Nagi and Koga there's a river.
"Yeah, I got it."
When I split up with Amako, the sight of my men magically consolidating their defenses around the camp is reflected in my sight.
Wall builds walls to enclose camping sites with rock magic to prevent monsters from coming in, and then Kevin strengthens and barricades them with tree magic.
Mr. Sein uses mud around the barricade to prepare for monster raids.
Simple, but a robust defense.
With that in mind, I give my men words of hard work. [M]
"Rest after the installation.I'll apply healing magic later. "
"" "Ha!" "
Rika
"I understand."
I nodded at the replies of my men and saw Vina searching for the enemy with magic sensing earlier.
May I take a rest, too, Vina?
"No, I can still work on it. A demon like me---"
"... you disobey the orders of your superiors?"
"Hyun, I'll obey...."
I don't know. Every time I learn how to handle this guy, I feel like a powerful boss.
It's not like that at all.
As I sighed, I approached the ruins Nea and Hannah were investigating, and Hannah looked at the ruins' walls and twisted her neck.
Hannah, what's going on?
"Oh, is that you, Usato?"Something interesting happened..... "
Interesting?
Looking at what she was looking at while tilting her neck, there were only old walls there that were invisible.
Er, what's interesting?
"This building was built."
Build?
If you take a serious look, you can see that the structure of the visible part of this ruin is close to brick making.
That's all I know.
???
"Haah... I'll explain it to you, you stupid bitch.I really can't help it. "
Oh dear, there was such a reaction.
"The structure of this ruin is quite close to that of the Demon King's domain... our demon tribe."
And that means that this was made by the demon race?
"Normally speaking, this incorporates a different architectural approach from that of the Demons."
Another, huh?
"Look up."
As Hannah put it, look up--- amazing.
After all, there were remnants of another building, like a treehouse, on top of the ruins built adjacent to this large tree.
It's almost completely destroyed, so I wouldn't notice if I hadn't looked at it carefully, but it does have a house in the shape of a tree.
"Demons rarely build houses on trees."
"Did you build it to live in this environment?"
"It's unlikely to happen.However, creating an environment on this tree is similar to that of elves... so I remember catching myself there. "
"Elves?"
... the Demon King did say that the Elves lurked deep in the woods to avoid the damage of the war.
"The Elves are subpopulations living in deep woods.Their settlement was built on trees, not on the ground, and is said to be alive while protecting themselves from monsters.Rather... you know Usato-kun, don't you? "
"Yes, she had the same magic as Hannah, and she was an Elf."
My friend's elf would be Mr Frana. [M]
I met Frana's father a while ago.
You had the same magic phantom.
"If I may say the other thing, I am the only daughter of the chief."
"Why is one of the chiefs' daughters on the battlefield of the Ringle Kingdom...?"
... No, wait, why are the Elves out here anyway?
From that time on, the Demon King's army, led by the Demon King, would have been quite dangerous.
And yet, why build a building stained with joint architecture?
"How many years have passed since this building was built?"
"According to Nea, who is in the ruins, it was built about 100 to 200 years ago."
... was built hundreds of years after the battle between the Demon King and Hisago ended?
I don't understand the meaning of grace anymore.
Was the Devil and Elf coexisting in this monster realm?
"Mr. Usato."
Yes?
Hannah calls out as she sketches her notebook.
... isn't Hannah's eyes alive, always looking tired in life?
"I'm on an important mission... but I'm getting a little excited."
Eh
Keira leaked a stunned voice at Hannah's words.
I see, the strange relationship between the Demons and the Elves that could never have interacted with the mysterious ruins found during the expedition...?
"I understand."
Eh!?
It would be strange not to be interested in mysteries like this...!!
I'll regret not having senpai here...!! I'm sure he would have exploded at some level that wasn't exciting.
"Now, please continue your investigation with Hannah."
"Okay, I'll take care of it."
"Okay... well, Hanna-san, is Nea in the ruins?"
"Yes, I think we should talk to her.They were discovering something different from me. "
Another discovery. Then you should go and talk to him.
Stay away from Hannah and step into the ruins from the half-destructed entrance.
The ceiling collapsed to barely function, and Nea was in a place large enough to barely secure a place to sleep.
"You're here. Did you find the river?"
"Oh, it was a fairly large, gentle river, so I could bathe in the water."
"Good news today."
"Did you find anything?"
Just in case.
There seems to have been a harvest in this short time.
Nea, who was already a red-eyed girl with black hair, pointed to the ground with a stick of wood in her hand.
"Look at this."
"... it's a sign of fire."
Burning tree branches on the blackened ground.
If it were a fire, there would be traces of fire burning around it, and it would still be new after this fire.
"It was over three days ago."
"Is it so new?"
"Yes. Recently, I'm sure someone here is taking the same rest as us. And..."
I'll show you something like a cloth the size of a handkerchief Nea had in her hand.
Is this a wrapper used for preserving food in the Demon King Realm?
"For now, let's check it out.Keira, may I have the preserved food in your cape? "
Of course!
That means Keira immediately takes a rectangular preserved diet out of her cape.
Compared to Nea's holding it while receiving it, it can be seen that the material of the cloth is almost the same.
Absolutely, I'm Shia. I gave Shia-san a lot of preserved food and blankets, so I think he probably ate them here! "
Relieves food from passing through your throat.
Keira wasn't right to give food to Shea because it would be a big deal for her to raise food in this place.
"Maybe you can't be optimistic."
Eh?
"Why?"
"There's rubble placed around this fire.Just the right guy to sit on. "
Probably the size of the rubble that Shia would have prepared to sit on.
It is arranged two so as to sandwich the fire.
It can be seen that the other debris was moved to the wall, and that these two were intentionally left behind.
"Shia was here... with someone?"
"I have no idea who that is.Look, the footprints are different. "
One is shoes and the other is... barefoot?No, it looks barefoot, but is it wearing something?
I can tell that the shoe belongs to Shea, but the other one is about her size.
"Is Shea with a child or a woman?"
"It's very likely."... it's just a prediction from here, but eating food here doesn't mean you're quite off guard? "
I want to think of someone who could help Shia.
Maybe the one who was watching us in the river... no, I don't think so.
But let's just tell Nea about this.
"When I went to the river earlier, I felt someone's gaze."
Hee, so what's the matter?
"In the meantime, I threw a healing dispersal bomb into the sky and tried to detect it indiscriminately to find out who it was."
Nea beat me in the chest silently. [M]
Did my chest muscle hit her with a painful hand? I used healing magic on her while holding her wrist with tears.
"Nea, the healing spreader was a sudden move, and I didn't hide it from you.So don't be so angry. I'm sorry. "
"Don't you understand perfectly what caused my anger!? And you know how to apologize!"
That's so rude...
I can't help it because it's done.
Well, I know Nea isn't really angry, so I'll explain the rest.
"As a result, there was someone... but they quickly disappeared and ran away somewhere."
"... it's not like you're a person anymore."
"Somehow, I can't say exactly with healing sensing either, but somehow it feels like another creature has swelled up?"
"Is it a humanoid monster like me?Observation, I suppose, was an opportunity to attack. "
To be honest, the only information I have is that someone is aware of our existence.
If they're not enemies, that's fine, but if they're coming, we'll have to deal with them.
"I'm going to share this information with everyone."
"That's better.Ah, and if we look around, we might be able to find traces of where Shea's headed, so we'll have to look for it. "
"Shall we do that tomorrow?"
The movement of monsters is also activated at night, so they can't move.
We need to rest until the next move.
"Is it true that the captain is an alien?"
Before dark.
Kevin, one of my men, asked me such a question while the women were taking turns to take a bath, while I was resting at the camp in Brulin.
I am here with only a male group and a large demon, Mr. Wall, silently stirring up the soup for dinner today, and Koga was just as free around the fire as I was.
"Eh, Captain, you're from another world!?"
What surprised me about the question was Mr Sein, one of the members, who was close to the newcomer.
Unlike other faces, he seems to come from a country that has nothing to do with the Demon King's army, so he doesn't even know the word "alien".
"That's right. After that, the captain is Koga, not me."
"Say it more, Rabbit....."
In the case of me and Koga, my position as captain and deputy captain is almost irrelevant.
"Are all aliens as strong as you?"
"No, I was totally normal.Instead, I trained here, so it's like I am now. "
"What's really going on here in about a year?How long have you been in this world since you first fought me? "
Mm-hmm.
The journey to give the letter is about three months...
"It hasn't been six months."
"It's too much."
"Well... I've slipped through that hell..."
I only have a fragmentary memory.
Perhaps he was forced to keep moving beyond his full capacity at all times.
The extreme training of Rose was a result of such indifference.
"But the two brave people who were different worlds were immense people, and it is natural to think that different worlds themselves have some kind of cultivation?"
"They were truly found to be brave.The first thing I did was... I was just a student with the qualities of healing magic. "
"Kevin, he has no talent for magic."
That's what Koga says, laughing funny.
Do you think you can follow me?
"Simply crazy!?"
I was not lost by the guy who occasionally wanted to do that, and it was avoided to release the healing finger bullet.
"What's wrong with me, you son of a bitch!"
"Don't you realize, you bastard!! Have you forgotten your usual work for me!?"
Profession...?
There are so many things that I can't remember the other way around!!
"This is my dialogue!! I think I've been bothered by your raid many times!! I don't know!! I've been stabbed twice!! If I were a normal person, I'd be dead!!"
"You used me as a weapon to swing around and knock in weird tricks!! You're not a normal person in the first place!!"
What the fuck!!
"There's nothing I can do for you!"
"Don't tell me like a good story!!"
Koga and I hold each other's breasts and gaze at each other.
"Wall, Sein. I knew you two were alike..."
"Agree"
"Even what I'm saying is a mess....."
Honestly, both of them are aware of each other, so they both sigh and return to their original positions.
You're barren.
"Oh, let the past go to the water."
There was a corrupt cause, but it changed after the battle.
Maybe he's a bad friend now.
"So, what do we do tomorrow, Usato?Do you want to keep exploring? "
"As for me, I want to follow Shea's trail.If Shea's goal is a fragment of the Devil's power, we may be able to follow her to fulfill one of our goals. "
We must definitely recover the undesirable product of the Demon King's power fragments...
"But, can you follow the trail?"
"We'll have to find the footprints and move in that direction for now. And then....."
I slapped Brulin's back, where I was keeping her.
It's time for his nose.
"Guruu..."
"I see. Blue Grizzly smell."
It's been days and I don't know if I can track it, but Brulin's nose might be able to track it to some extent.
In the first place, Brulin's sense of smell can tell the smell of the magic itself apart from the ordinary smell.
"I finally found a clue. We need to find her quickly...."
There has been a lot of harvest today, but what bothers me is who was watching us.
... next time you notice, you should be on your way to contact.