Isekai Cheat Magician

"Yeah, it's just uncomfortable whenever you see it"

Taiichi, who was floating in the air, looked up at heaven and snapped so.

The sky is still orange and purple marble pattern.

During the day it will remain bright in this color, and at night it will remain dark in this color.

I knew that if the world changed, the environment and common sense would change.

The color of this sky is normal for the inhabitants of this world.

It must take some time to get used to knowing it's a difference in common sense.

"All the way over there."

I can see as much cut out place as I can in the woods.

You can see the wooden walls built there, which are loose and tall.

Even if not, that would be the base we are currently exploring.

They are also tall there, but since the trees themselves are on average high and quite behind the woods, they cannot be seen from the ground, I guess.

It is also arguable that this is why it was necessary to fly through the sky to confirm.

Stop floating and land.

"There was?

Less than four hours after leaving the stronghold where the fort is located.

I've made strengths so far to move on.

Proceeding on foot is roughly two days' journey.

If this is just a journey, I've taken it easy, but this time I can't take the time to travel.

Half the itinerary would already be in progress.

I've already seen the woods on the map.

The Tai Chi could have traveled faster, but this time there are guides and intermediaries, so we can't get that far.

It's just the Taiwanese.

What you get done is a perimeter survey.

It is accompanied by someone who considers it to be a state of emergency and is in some position from the fort.

"Oh, there it is. Over there."

Taiichi pointed straight at the corner of the woods with his fingers.

I guess there's a hub ahead of us that divides the woods.

"Have you seen anything strange?

"No, there wasn't smoke up or anything."

"Right."

"It's a superimposition. Let's come."

Adriano Gendel, a middle-aged man serving as a guide, the fort's defensive captain, nodded in relief at Taiji's report.

It was in the middle of a break that Taiichi flew into the sky like this.

So did the Taiji, but they needed to take particular account of the guiding man's stamina.

It was visible that without him it would be a hassle upon arrival at the base.

Start moving again.

Step on the reddish soil, sew between winds with various scents of nature, and go before the forest.

It's always been wilderness, but from here on out, the plants that can be seen below also grow.

There is no doubt that it will be difficult to walk.

I can step in and move on.

"Should we stop making it easier to walk here?

With the help of Mi, there is no waxing around the ground.

I just don't know if I'd do it on my own.

The thought came out with a mouthful.

It was just a grunt, but Adriano was picking it up.

"Right. Sure, it's hard to walk, because they're also making it a barricade against demons living in the woods."

"Is that what you mean"

When they do chase you, they don't want to chase you with a four-legged demon at a straight distance, naturally they think so.

If I recall where Tai Chi didn't possess any magic either, I'm sure he wouldn't have been upset.

"Plus, they say regular liaison units are securing a number of routes to avoid beast roads being possible,"

It will be easier to get through as long as the road is cleared. That's the same for people, not just people.

Okay, let's go.

The guide man moves to the right for a while before entering the woods.

Looks like this is one of the roads.

It won't be possible to tell this instantly, I think Taiichi.

I don't know the difference right away.

Well, you can leave that alone for one second.

About Adriano, we split into the woods.

The fact that it is not difficult to walk, but the unexplored exploration of the forest has already been carried out many times.

Here too, previous experiences come alive.

Proceed while being careful with your surroundings.

Exactly. Travel speeds dropped extraordinarily compared to when in the wilderness, but that's also something we can't help.

That's how you keep walking for another three hours.

It's not a big deal at the distance we've moved on, but it's in the woods, so we can't help it.

You can't go on like a flat ground.

Still faster than average for sure, the trip through the woods ended.

Before the Tai Chi appeared a wall built by felling the surrounding trees. The height would be lightly close to ten meters.

How much effort did it take to build this?

There are no heavy machines, but those who can use fortified magic must have built them instead.

Adriano stood at that entrance and raised his voice.

"I'm from the fort! Captain Fort Guard, it's Adriano! Open the gate, please!

"... confirmed! Wait a minute! Open the door!

A voice was heard from a scaffold set on the gate.

I guess I was looking down at this one and checking, but I don't know who was there because I already seemed to have pulled in.

Eventually the gate opens.

The gate is about three meters high, with both openings. It's the size that you can't get through with a tall carriage, etc., but I guess it was a decision that you don't have to consider the area because you can't currency this forest with a carriage.

"You've come so well!

"Tennis!

Apparently Adriano and the man waiting in the gate were acquaintances.

"Glad you're safe."

"I couldn't make a regular report. After all, have you been sent from the fort?"

"That would be so. We were talking about what happened over there."

"I'm sorry to bother you. Couldn't get a regular reporting unit out, or the base is safe."

"Sounds like it. Above all."

The two were smiling and shaking hands, but Fu and Teniz put them back on their serious faces.

"Hey, that'll be fine later."

Dennis turns his gaze to the Taiwanese standing behind Adriano.

"Oh. I want to explain them too. Is there a Commander of the Stolph Battalion?

"The battalion captain is by the tent."

"Right. That's a smooth story."

"That means you're on your side, okay?

"Absolutely. Explain to the captain, including them."

"Okay. Guests, I'm Tennis Johnson. Captain of the second unit."

"Oh. I'm so sorry."

Guided by tennis, he walks inside the stronghold.

Looking over, it's all tents, and from time to time something like a cabin is built.

Apparently, most importantly, the fence, no longer. You could say that was a wall. This forest is full of demons, so above all, it seems to have emphasized the walls.

Well, of course they are, but more than that.

"... that's a lot of bitterness"

While walking in this stronghold, that's the sentiment I had.

Everyone has a tough look on his face and walks fully armed.

Of course, you are right to remember the constant battlefield consciousness given the danger and neighboring strongholds here in the woods.

But that's too much tension.

Isn't it good mental health to keep this tension so that no one can stay focused at all times?

She nodded to say she agreed when she also hit Rin walking next to her with the raised questions.

Apparently, Taiichi wasn't the only one who thought so.

The tent guided is a lot wider than the other tents.

Well, this is where this tent sets the course of action for those who work here.

Besides doing it with the Captain General, I'm guessing there are a number of workers.

"Oh, isn't that Mr. Tennis"

"Thank you"

In front of the tent, a defensive soldier standing at the entrance smiled and spoke to the tennis.

"You're the Captain General, aren't you?

"Oh. If I didn't have an urgent case this time, I'd be working on paperwork."

"Right. I'm here."

"Right. Fine. Captain of 2nd Squad, Tennis Johnson, excuse me."

That's how the tennis passes straight next to the gatekeeper youth and goes inside the tent.

"Please wait while I set up the steps"

Adriano let the Taiji wait outside and went into the tent.

Tennis follows that as well.

As for Adriano and the others, I just want to keep the Tai Chi waiting where they should be, but it's obvious that there's no room for that when you see how they're stuffed with chopped wings.

Then, even if it was a little inappropriate to keep customers waiting, it was the decision that they should wait on this occasion.

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As always, it's a killing landscape inside.

Well, I guess so. This is a place of work. I can also understand the decision that decorations and other items are unnecessary.

If there were more external work than taking on the role of Commander-in-Chief, it would have been necessary to decorate some of the tents for this camp as well.

"Tennis."

At the desk in the deepest part, there was a man buried halfway in the paperwork.

"There are no meetings scheduled today. You know it's not the other way around."

That's right. The reply flew in.

There is no time.

"I don't have any plans, and I know you're in the mood. But as captain of unit two, I'd like to make an emergency report."

"What?

You cared about Teniz's words, where the man finally looked up.

And it solidifies for a moment.

"... Teniz, and Adriano"

The captain of the second unit, who knew his face well, and the defensive captain of the fort, who hasn't faced each other in a whisper.

From him, a terrible face was brought here by the second squad captain in this stronghold.

"There will be doubts and jobs I can't let go of, but once you've got it all sidelined,"

After some confusion emanating from the man who is the captain in chief, Teniz nods and says.

"Adriano"

"Oh.... before anything else, I want you to look through this writing"

Without greeting or warming up the old relationship, Adriano takes out the writing and gives it to the General Captain.

When he received it and looked through the street, he roared one.

"Right..."

The captain's man put down his pen and stood up, snapping his neck.

"On the couch there. Hey, get me a drink for the number of people. Then show me the guests who are waiting outside."

"Ha!"

Give orders to the young squire who was on your side.

The samurai rushed out of the tent.

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Everyone sits back on the couch for a little while.

"Again, I'm Philip Sturff, the person in charge here. It's called the Captain General, but it's not an army, so you don't have to be more afraid than you need to be."

waiting for the tea to be brought, Philip greeted

The tennis, of course, Adriano seems to know himself, so it's mainly geared towards the Tai Chi.

When the Taiwanese have finished greeting each other, the meeting begins abruptly once again.

"I read more or less in writing from Commander Cayenne."

"The purpose is to look directly at Celtia with this eye. And with that, you're going to help us do our job."

"... I see"

With Philip's words, Teniz nods with a strange look on his face.

"I know you're an important guest. But..."

Adriano opens his mouth all the time when he understands his tennis concerns.

"That's their strength, isn't it?

"Oh."

It's not like I doubt it.

At the point where we can get here from the fort, we seem to know that we have some strength.

I just can't make a decision because I didn't actually see it, I guess.

"At the average level of a knight, you don't get to deal with him. Commanders Cayenne, Zyrus and Ugo have been confirmed, and of course I've seen it with these eyes."

"Right."

With that in mind, Philip turned to the Tai Chi to change.

"If it's true, what we wanted you to do would be to investigate the forests around the southern position, and the mountains."

Heavy labor.

It's quite a big job.

Exploration of the forest around the southern position is said to be examined by the exploration team up to that position.

However, you really think it's more dangerous to break in deeply and not get that far?

"Growing plants, animals, that sort of thing."

Where and what is growing. They want me to pick the area from scratch.

Some vegetation is not found in Altia because the world is different. Since those studies are carried out by experts from the position, we should only collect them first.

Also for demons and animals.

What demons and animals are there? Species we encounter often, species we don't. Strong seed, weak seed. its distribution.

Does that mean a lot of investigation first?

What needs to be done is not so difficult in itself.

"Yeah, you're right. But..."

That's if there's not a big problem.

We're talking about a normal state of business.

"The current situation where we are not in a position to communicate regularly once a week, they will fall behind"

An anomaly where routine routines cannot be performed.

We have to do something about it first.

Philip said he is currently issuing a first-level state of emergency declaration at the second base.

"That's why, it's poison"

"Poison, huh?

"That's right. It turns out that poisonous organisms are in this neighborhood. Every now and again, we've also found ourselves close to this second base."

He says he doesn't know exactly what he looks like yet, but he knows the type of poison.

They say it helps your body numb when you get poisoned.

How did you figure that out? Someone observed him hunting in the vicinity of second base.

Venom popped out from beyond the growing grass and hit deer-shaped animals. The deer jumped in surprise, but soon his movements were dull and he fell on the spot.

The deer didn't seem to die for a while, but it was completely immobile.

After quite a long time considering he was poisoned, the deer finally died.

I guess I was waiting for that, when a sharp tongue stretched out of the grass and stabbed the deer, the creature dragged me into the grass I thought lurked.

From that, the poison of the organism is paralysis poison. It doesn't seem like an instant death poison, but it does seem pretty powerful.

Rather, given that general paralysis prevents immediate movement, the presence or absence of an immediate death effect on the poison itself does not matter.

"You call it an organism because you didn't see who it was. We believe that demons are likely."

"Right. Demons and animals don't mean that creatures are a threat."

"That's what I mean"

In addition, the unit responsible for regular reporting was a scout group with excellent physical and stamina, detection, and combat capabilities.

Therefore, Captain Philip's on-site judgment is to stop reporting regularly and dispatch him to investigate the poisonous organism.

You can't cower off a demon who doesn't show up.

There are also possibilities of a cautious and cunning nature.

It is possible that instinct understands that if we show ourselves and our hands, measures will be taken from them.

And.

"It was only the other day that I noticed this biological anomaly. So I couldn't contact the fort by means of regular reports"

Currently, the primary emergency without regular reporting was due to the fact that the organism caused abnormalities in the forest ecosystem and was alert to changes in demon and animal movements.

Demons, as well as animals, exist as threatening species. Yes, a more dangerous creature than a lousy demon.

What if they see poisonous organisms as a threat and change the scope of action?

It's not like I know when or what triggers the unusual behavior of demons.

A poisonous creature hunting heavily now, if only it had come to the land in large numbers.

"Worst case scenario, we have to consider the possibility of stampede."

Philip seemed pretty threatened with the poisonous organism and its effects.

That doesn't happen.

That assumption is unlikely.

Philip is in a position to take responsibility for the lives of everyone in this second stronghold.

I guess I can't be that optimistic.

I see, in such circumstances, it cannot be possible to report regularly, etc.

"Is this the stage where we are waiting for that scourge to return?

"Right. I think I'll be back soon."

I crave information.

That we have chosen a measure that gives priority to those who are now in the land over contacting fortifications that are distant and cannot be readily responded to for help.

I don't suppose you're going to ask anyone about your choice.

If this situation converges, it will be discovered every second.

More than that, he said now, it's about getting through this crisis safely.

"Then I want you to use us well for this emergency"

"Are you sure?

It is a request from Cayenne or a request. There is no denying it.

"Whatever. Through problem solving, we came to see the land, Celtia. Even so, if we don't know what we can do, it can't even be extractive,"

What Remia said is plausible when it comes to the obvious.

You can't ask a cook for a carpenter, and you can't let a blacksmith do medical work.

What can and cannot be done?

If you know that, you can't even extract it.

"It's easy, but I'm going to explain it. May I?

"Please"

Even as Remy, it's easier to get them to shake jobs related to their area of expertise.

Fool, honestly revealing what's in your hand is something you should have avoided, but you've already broken up that area more than you're in this land.