For adventurers searching for a dungeon is not as easy as heading for that day we decided to do. It is a harsh environment for human beings, such as rushing into a place that is also a den of the demons, no matter how much preparations are made in advance, it is not excessive. Preparation of the camp is also indispensable as well as arranging equipment and buying chemicals as a basis. In any case, most dungeons are not in the distance that you can go on a day trip (the city will be attacked by demons soon), you can explore in a day when it becomes a vast thing like "the big trees of the dark" Is impossible. So you need to do a dawn during the move or search. In some cases, for days.

First of all you need food that you can live, and drinking water. If it is a magician to some extent you can also drain water with magic, but it naturally consumes magical power. Magic is one of the trump cards in adventure, the moral sense of existence itself. It is abominable to waste it, and magic is enough to cover all the party water, no matter how much magical power is there, I do not miss it. So, securing the necessary amount of drinking water from the beginning is one of the iron rules of adventurers. Of course, if there is a water supply point such as spring water in the dungeon, that burden can be somewhat reduced. Fortunately there are several draining areas in the ocean, so rather than increasing the amount of water you bring, it would be easier to bring a pot for boiling, it would be reasonable.

Do not forget tents, sleeping bags, blankets for sleeping safely and comfortably. As fatigue and stress increase, concentration is interrupted, making mistakes that you do not usually do during battle, and increasing the possibility of overlooking seriously during exploration. You can also reduce the risk of being stabbed by poisonous fowls while sleeping. Especially for sorts of mosquitoes that mediate diseases, attention is necessary, so you can say that a tent that also functions as a mosquito net is indispensable. Even when you receive a monster attack during the camp, the tent cloth becomes a simple barrier. After all it is a cloth, but in order to tear it still will certainly waste one behavior. There are surprisingly many cases where one behavior separates light and dark. Also when you adventure in the hotest provinces, it is not safe to let go of the blanket. In the evening, the cold ground takes body temperature and the physical strength is consumed to regain the lost body temperature. Originally the ground is hard and sleepy, just lying down makes me tired. When entering the sleeping bag, just filling in the blanket on the back can dissolve it to a large extent.

Besides, although it is surprising, I can not change clothes – especially underwear and underwear. There is a question of whether there is room to care about such a place, but this is unexpected. Adventurers are always in constant service of injuries. What would happen if it was wearing unsanitary things? The concept of bacteria etc. is known only to a part of St. Gallen 's magic academy, but what happens if the wound dirty arrives? Everyone should have brains that can imagine it. It is possible to considerably suppress the onset of tetanus etc. by keeping the circumference as clean as possible. Nonetheless, during adventure where a drop of water is a drop of blood, you can not do bathing or washing. That's why I was notified that at least it should change clothes.

In this way, adventurers heading to the dungeon must prepare a huge amount of supplies. It costs money even if it makes use of it, and it is hard work again as it carries. Of course, no matter how strong a fiercely one, you will not be able to fight satisfactorily with your luggage. So, most adventurers

Load carrying

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Porter

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Hire, leave it to it, and concentrate on adventure as much as possible. It is often the adventurer of other low-ranking party to serve this, but there are cases where it is a volunteer of a city with a guild or a slave who belongs to a party.

In the case of this "balance of guardian", I adopted a system to hire another adventurer in Orthodox. All of Joels are characters that do not like the way of using slaves, and "Dark Seas" of the darkness is not a sweet dungeon that the level of arms of the town is dive and goes down safely.

"Oh, of the balance. We only have to stretch around here? "

A corner of the tree sea which cleared the obstructive shrub and was well-leveled like a vacant lot. The interior flavor raised by adventurers of middle-aged echoed.

This is the boundary between the crossing of the large trees and the undeveloped section. It was a point to say also as the end of the entrance of the forest which spreads to anywhere.

Yeah. We will proceed to the back so please hold the campsite during that time. I will return home as much as possible. If you do not return for more than two days, we will ask you to report to the guild. "

"Ha ha ha ha!　Well, if you do so, pray as hey, the husband of the priesthood "

We negotiate with Mariano, two pairs of D rank parties who requested to keep baggage and temporary base, one of them. It is unsuitable for every negotiation in a young and straightforward Joel, so in that case he will be the turn. As a matter of course, it is not nice for the schedule to keep throwing anything to Mariano, so Joel was trying to put out only the face without having his mouth caught.

But the story came flying from the other side without knowing whether it knew.

"Come on, boy. Is all the prey so far good with a pair of us here and we? "

"Oh, is not it …?Gohon. Well, I do not mind. "

Reply while erroneously becoming a way to speak legibly talking. It was a contract condition that all parts and material of the prosecution of the monster killed in the road were to be handed over to two pairs of part who took charge of luggage carry. Thanks to that, the reward has also been widespread, but most of the profits of the "balance of guardian" are erasing. The adventure of this time will result in considerable feet unless you have to take down big tits at the outback of the tree sea heading from now.

As for that, I am prepared in advance, and I am not wastefully wasting my time not to destroy it with a single fracture. I also devised measures to regain it in case of damage, but I felt happy again when I felt overshadowed, I felt sick.

"I was relieved to hear that. You know the unexpected story, are not you expecting New Star? "

The adventurer will strike a shoulder with a handsome hand, strengthening the color of the fierce fight or the derision. Clearly, it was the wind that made me a little stupid. Often, you probably are laughing at the "balance of guardian" that will raise your blood flow to an adventure that you do not even know whether you can make money.

There are two kinds of ways to earn adventurers. One will do the quest which the guild asked. Evaluate the part of the monster voluntarily suppressed by the other side and sell the material. Actually speaking, the latter one is not profitable. In any case, since the material of the monster that has been killed by the request can also be sold, the former is better. Of course, if it can monopolize the hunting grounds as Raymond's plot is doing, it can earn considerably even in the latter. But in the case of Joel this time, I gave up all the seeds of rice that I can get in the street. It is impossible to obtain a satisfactory reward with this.

Certainly, from the point of view of pursuit of actuality, it is a foolish business. Because I have thrown away the rewards that can be fought by keeping my life open. The leader who set out such imitation, the party going along with it, was a soldier hunger.

(Did you know?)

But for Joel it is not something I knew. Within the party it was the best from the opinion. And from the beginning this time the objective is to bring in the information of the deep part of the trees even slightly, to move the upper part of the guild and higher adventurers. I believe that doing so prevents the crisis of Marlan from happening. Joel believes it is the right thing, not to ask anyone.

There are some jinxes in the adventurer guild, but there are such things among them.

- It is all crazy to be a top adventurer.

Joel certainly fulfilled the prestigious qualifications if we call a strong belief not dependent on interests a madness.

"I am honored to be praised … …i

He cuts out according to the tone of a boy who is a passion.

"The fact that payment is good means that certainty is required for work. I think that it is not a thing to say to veterans, but please keep in mind what? "

Especially not a terrible translation, talk about talking about common things in public opinion. However, the adventurer who saw that eye of Joel was half way back in unconscious.

"To Hehehe……Naturally, I'm even older than you, you work older, I will do it. "

If you say excuses quickly, the colors that turn around and smile are mixed.

The adventurer was breathtaking by Joel. The glow that lives in the eyes of a boy who has a sweet face of medium meat back. Rosalie was attracted, Mariano gave a trust, and that light, which Silann had opened his heart, was too dazzling for the man to burn. That feeling was expressed as a threat emotion.

"What are you doing, Joel!　I will go quickly, otherwise the sun will crawl! "

「……Mariano also. Exchange with strangers is also important, but the time is finite. … ….I think that we should hurry. "

"I know, I'm going now!"

"So, in this neighborhood ……May God bless you all. "

Hurry up by the women's team, Joels will hurriedly leave the camp.

An adventurer who was swallowed rather than an intimidated translation, stared daringly.

Having suspicion of that situation, the leader of the other party hits the shoulder with a stupid face.

Hey, guys. What's up?　It's been dirty. "

「……Ugly little bastard.

/(int) (1) yes/indeed/well/(2) ha!/(3) what?/(3) what?

"Once in a while, I have seen a man who looked like an eye in the past … …I am the same as I am now, no more, hey eyes ….Are they really the same adventurers, no people?　Damn it … damnMonsters and beyond monsters … …. "

Continue such a phrase without entering consciousness of the surroundings.

Another party leader who calls out to a friend of the man when he touched his eyebrows.

"Hey, what have you done with your head?"　If it looks like this you do not have to work "

"Ha, … huh. But, also to us, Tennis – Oh, that's right. "

"What, do you have the idea?"

"Oita There was something similar in the past, so I did it. It is certainly when the leader went to take a request alone when he was in Broussonne. I ran away to the inn that they were caught up in the trouble of adventurers, but everything, I saw a monster who did a terribly sluggish eyes. Surely that – "

Two hours have elapsed since I stepped in to the back of the unexplored seas.

"The Great Dark Sea of ​​the Darkness" is an unexplored forest covering the mountains that are said to contain the vein. There is nothing like a shallow place, but as you go to the back, you will climb the mountain slope by bypassing trees that block the go. At that time it is not easy to know whether or not you are going straight ahead and your physical strength will be cut without mercy.

Branches and leaves were growing like over the head above the sun, and the dark enough to forget that it is daytime now dominated the forest. The surroundings are quiet. Far from the signs of demons, even the birds' ears are constantly out. Only the footsteps of the facefold of the face of "guardian balance" that goes in part with the vegetation in his ears hurting, was a living sound.

"We are going smoothly so far -"

I know. It's a bad feeling, this "

To Mariano 's speech, Joel responds.

It is too quiet for the zone where it is supposed to be the monster's birthplace. Indeed, here is the "big trees of the dark" where the subjects to be suppressed are overflowing even in the vicinity of the entrance. It was to be able to see how much silly this silence is.

Although it is quiet, there is no gentleness. Only the sinisterity that surrounding creatures died out is there.

"Even though there is no living thing, only the magical power of the air is dangerous ……My feeling is going to be stupid. Silan, how about you?　I can hear something.

「……NothingSurroundings 200 meters, quiet silence at all. … ….Here, really forest?　There is no sign of insects. "

Rosalie who was good as a magician for magical power detection, silence of hearing who is also a shooter and ambassador was also confused in this environment.

"Be careful. Even among the monsters, big bodies – especially when there are types that do not make flocks, the forest seems to get back to such a feeling like this "

"I will destroy other monsters and animals, is not it?"　Even then, it is strange that it will not take anything to silan's ears. "

It was as Rosalie said. If it is a powerful monster's territory where other living creatures have been eradicated, it will be the sign of the monster and the sound of life. It is strange that there is no such thing.

While four memorize the puzzle, they proceed back to the back without stopping their vigilance.

The formation was an orthodox form that two men advanced and the female group solidified behind.

Joel wears herself in a banded armor that emphasizes mobility, and holds a good handling buckler on her left arm. Not only to attack the enemies as swordsmen but also to protect the friend of the rear guard is to be a role.

Mariano says that she wears a sur coat embroidered with a sacred embroidery from the top with a plate armor, and is firmly securing the defense. It is because you do not have to move as much as a swordsmen. The priest who can also use recovery magic for himself is also a tough shield role.

On the other hand, Rosary and Siran were less dressed than men. As Rosalie is like a silan wearing a leather armor, Rosalie is the same as wearing a thick robe with a cane and wearing a thick robe. As a troublesome point of a magician, unlike a priest who uses legal force, it is chemistry incompatible with metal and animal materials that scatter magical powers. So most protective gears are made of cloth. Metal armor for the magician is very high from the scarcity of the material, and in the rank of C rank, the load is too heavy for purchase and maintenance. So, adventurer parties are asked how to defend the magician who is inferior in defense ability.

「……One hundred steps "

When walking a predetermined number of steps, Silane took out a knife to mark a mark on the tree trunk nearby. It is a search line in the forest where there is no map. It was devised that it should not be disturbed by losing the way back.

I will scratch trees by making dry sounds with lumps.

「……？」

A suddenly strange sensation hit Silan.

I trembled. Fine vibration was felt from the left hand hitting the trunk.

She unexpectedly jumped back to herself.

「……Did you tremble now? "

"Have you trembled that tree?"

"Maybe Torrent?"

Mariano says monsters close to the spirit species whose trees have moved with intention. It is also called the guardian deity of the forest, which is a relatively warm one among the monsters, but it attacks men who threaten the living habitants such as loggers without mercy. In fact, if he had scratched his body, he must have been raging and raging.

"But it will not work?"

"Is not it a matter of mind?　I have never heard of torrents that have been put in knives and will not move "

「……I wonder if that's true"

Silan leaning his head, remembering indecisive things. To such a girl, Joel made a suggestion.

"How about lightly bringing the fire closer? Because tree honor dislikes fire, it reacts, does not it? "

「……No, let's stop it. … ….There is no way you can force yourself to get angry. "

If it was torrent, it would not be nice to stimulate badly to become a battle. Because the whole body is made of hard wood, the silk arrows are bad for the street and Mariano's Mace will have another effect. Still it will be able to communicate with Joel's sword and the magic of Rosalie, but I wanted to avoid the sword's blundering and magical power consumption. It sounds bad to forest the trees of the tree with the power to set the forest environment to mischief. Although it is a prey that is tasty because it can peel off the upper wood, this is the back of the dangerous zone "the big trees of the dark". You should avoid fighting that does not contribute to your purpose.

「……The first, if it was out, torches are wasted. "

"That's right. Let's hurry ahead here. "

[Alright. In the first place, it is not about enough to silence monsters around here in torrent. Are the big birds still ahead? "

So when we draw a conclusion, the party rushes ahead.

But silan was concerned about the tree.

The feeling of tremors transmitted to my hands is still vivid and still in my hands. Sticky sap which oozed out when it hurts from the wound. It surely reminds me of blood. Even though I thought that it was the tension to explore the unknown territory, I did not leave my head. Should I have surely confirmed it?　No, if it was really torrent, useless battles – thoughts would be circulating in a dignified manner.

Do not do this, the moment you shake your head lightly,

"Huh?"

Rosary, who was in the middle of the row, jumped up to Bikri.

"What's wrong?"

"No, something cold on the face ……It's raining. "

And they don't. I will not rain. "

As Mariano says, this trees has tall trees stretching long branches like a ceiling and covering the sky. If it rains in such a place, before you hit the rosary walking on the ground, you had to first hit the overhead branches and leave a sound.

"Please do not surprise me. Okay, even the rest of the morning dew had fallen from above. "

Joel watching over while making jokes with such as. That face was stiff as if frozen.

"What, Joel. What on … …Hit! What? "

Rosary also bite small screams. Both Mariano and Silan gazed at the sight of it.

Something of a humanoid is caught between the branches' crotch on a tree about 3 meters above the head.

Really? No… A ghost leaving the intestine scooped and exposing the face of death that froze to the expression of terror is reversed, as if it were drooping in the void.

Of course, the corpses are not of human beings. For the example mountaineers and adventurers of corps, corruption has not advanced and it was new, and even if it says how much changed, its appearance is too far from human beings.

「……Troll demon "

Even monsters that take the same humanoid type are monsters boasting a body and physical abilities that exceeds that of inferior to augers in intelligence. The subjugation grade is top rank even in the C rank, and if it is a group, B rank adventurer is also strong enough to call.

It is an abnormality that it is hanging a tree in this way in this way. It is not even one or two. Even if I looked around it, the trolleys of the five bodies were suspended from the branches. A line of "balance of guardian" on a spectacle wields him as if he was in a tie-in. From the case of the annihilation of the example alliance, I understand that there is no easy thing in the back of the tree. But what kind of monster is lurking that even a ferocious troll will become this?

"It's like a haze of moses … …."

"So, does this troll feed?　To save it, this is – "

「……Dangerous You should leave early. "

Everyone quickly replied to Silan 's claim. Since bait is secured, this is the stone of those who eat it, or the immediate vicinity. It is also an unusual monster,. No wonder what time the raid is taken.

I could no longer say that I will grasp the evidence of exploration. No signs were felt until we stepped into the feed station, and even traces could not be found. It was such a cunning and danger of fighting with a powerful monster, it was not supposed to be able to take effect.

There is no choice but to retreat.

However, the judgment was lost late.

- It is irksome.

From the overhead, the sound that pushes the live tree and folds comes closer. A thick branch that blocks the sun was screaming that a hard branch that also supports the troll's dead body still can not bear this. Something big and heavy, descending from above with tremendous momentum.

- Susin.

The giant, which also surpasses the cattle horse, lands earthing and lands.

What appeared was a variant monster. The thick four legs with nails resemble a tiger, and the film-like huge wing reminds me of a bat. The long tail swung up in an intimidating way is like a scorpion that produced innumerable thorns, with a thick needle stretching from the tip to drip poisonous mucus. The head is equipped with a stiff gauze. It is like a lion when expressing so, but the impression actually received is different. Evil shining with evil happiness, good nose shaping with greedy, good mouth distorted from ridicule and appetite … …Everything looked like a man by its blasphemy.

"Manticore …"

Someone at the party quietly talks about the name of a monster.

Manticore. A monster combining multiple beast parts and human face, lurking in the forest. That name was a long way ago, meaning "human eating".

Intelligence, intelligence, magic, traits, all of which are dangerous zones for humanity. The subjugation grade is located at the high level requiring B + and the outstanding human army.

"Sai … …!!　Scream …!　Give it up, give it, let me eat … …！！」

A monster with an ugly man's face manipulated the words of a man like a matter of course. The atmosphere trembles, the leaves tremble as the leaves tremble. A malicious wave caught four C rank adventurers and deprived liberty of mobility.

In other words, they can not escape anymore.

「……There was no sign in the forest. … ….Perhaps from the sky – '

"This is not the case you are thinking, silan!"

"Hold up everyone!　I'm coming! "

"Yes, I know!"

Joel and others were respectable only because they were able to quickly shake off rigidity and get in the position of interception. Even C ranked adventurers are mostly motivated to be unable to fight with just one threat. First of all, if you can not resist it, there is no qualification to fight. Those who were unbearable can not eat anything and are eaten. That is what challenges the high ranking monsters.

Manticore laughs at the pretentious resistance of prey.

In the next moment, if I think that big body is hazy,

"Gowa!"

「……Cow! What? "

Joel flew away and Mariano retreated with the trap. A monster breathlessly stretched the distance, and both of his forefoots hit two guards.

But that is not the end.

"Mariano, san!　Jump! "

"Joel kun? ……Ugh! What? "

At the same time as the groaning sounds like gobling, the tail with poisoned needle approaches Mariano. Two stage attack. It is not because Joel was blown away, he never took a sensation. He was consciously or unconsciously aware of the pursuit of the tail. On the contrary, Mariano, which was steadily stopped, is not separated from its attack range.

Magliano jumped backward according to Joel's instructions. As you stumble across his chest, armed armed with a needle and thorns passed by.

I succeeded in avoiding it. But

"Yo, armor … …."

A scorched hole is empty in the circle, erosion reaches to the chest upper beneath it, and raises Busbus and poisonous smoke. It was the work of venom dripping from the tail of Manticore. Sarcoat with a holy seal and metal armor are like this just by taking a little bit. What will happen if this is hitting the skin or being directly driven into the body with a poison needle? There is something terrible to imagine.

"Silan, please stop with a bow!　«Precious of Flames -»

「……Come on "

Silane releasing arrows to support Rosary who casts magic for counterattacks.

To the healthy resistance of the two girls, the monster thinly distorted the evil twin.

"Sorcerer, a child of a man. Stupid and a person's son! "

One swing of the tail. Three arrows silane shoots in one breath are played empty and dance in the air alone.

And

"Despair!　«God of darkness, we are the parents of our demons, lie down and pray and be profitable ->! "

"If it's magic?"

Having a human head and talking with people's voice, I began to cast spells as much as told that this would be natural as well.

Moreover, from the sinisterity of the singing like the Buddhist songs and the denseness of the swirling vigor, the power of the magic to activate can be determined.

If it hits you, it is awkward.

That premonition spurred Joel offensive.

「……Demolding defense preparation ies!　Even silan is good for me, shoot! "

Shouting the instruction instead of cheering the assault, I will just slash the sword with one hand.

“OK.　«God as the grandfather of all things, the Holy King as the father of human beings -»

「……Avoid it as much as possible "

Mariano enters my heartfelt feelings and advocates a scripture, and silane also shoots a bow with a tragic look. Rosary also continued to cast a magical chew with impatience.

(Please do it quickly, quickly, and quickly Stupid magic!　Joel, Joel is not in danger! )

"Oooh oh!"

Joel keeps attacking boldly by raising a shout while accepting arrows as it says to strike regardless of their gaze as well as striking.

A sword that aimed his head on a bamboo bamboo was paid with a nail. Yokonagi delivering to restrain is prevented by the spine of the tail. The thrust after going down one step was also diverted with a head butting like a fool.

Once again, the whole body of Tang – bamboo -,

「……Haha What? "

Before pushing it out, I was beaten my chest with my forefoot and blown away.

Joel bouncing the ground several times and hitting the tree trunk. Even though the air in the lung is empty, for example, due to the continuation of an apnea movement, the body that responds to pain to the thorax does not mean to percolate irresponsibly to expel exhaled breath.

/(int) oh/oops/Ggh…

Still, if the leader, who is a leader, can not be translated, he will rise up with a sword that stood on the ground.

In the sight which makes it stunned, there was the appearance of Manticore laughing like to win.

The spell which I was sending while dealing with Joel's attack was completed.

"« – Draw the soul of a living person here in its fire!　Ignis Fatas »Let's Go! ! "

At the moment, a supernatural flame spread from the feet of monsters.

At the same time, the members of "Balance of Guardian" also move.

「……Joel! "

Sillan threw the bow down and covered him as if to cover him,

"« ___ to give us the protection of the shields!　Holey Protection »っ! "

Mariano exercises sacred magic of protection,

"« —- »

Rosary also turned some magic towards the subject.

But the mantra «Ignis · Fatas» that Manticore spoke swallowed everything on the spot. An evil flame with unnatural brightness like forcedly combining the light of countless candles, unlike normal flame attribute magic. It burns out only the body and spirit of the wrapped person, without burning even a single tree of plants in the woods. It was an unclean flame with a taste of color, suitable for the demonic family.

"Oh, ah ah ah!"

"Huh, ah, ha ha ha …"

！」

Flames blame the adventurers as if they knew sacred guards brought by the priests.

Rosalie, while suffering deprived of burning pain and breath, was silenced by Mariano hugging Joel spasmodically.

As soon as all four people were exhausted and looked down on the ground, Manticore raised a victory laugh.

"Saga!　Sacrifice, Scep! !　Heh, heh!　Hahahahaha! ! "