Log Horizon

◆ 11

"Iggy?"

Yagud nodded at Kanami's words.

"What's that?

"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen it. The merchant told me..."

Yagud, the village chief and de facto village chief, shook his head on top of each other. The expression was heavily fatigued in color.

Yagud houses made of sun-dried bricks are well ventilated with openings and windows squared open. In this village with an intermediate culture of nomadic and settled grazing, half of what can be called houses were simple made of sun-dried bricks, while the other half were tents made of thick fabrics.

Some of them are reinforced with wood or houses that have built floors. Yagud's house also means a place for the entire village to meet guests from outside. As a result, it was twice as large as the surrounding house, and consisted of several square rooms surrounding the place that touched the courtyard.

In the house of Yagud, in a hall about five meters square, Leonardo and the others were talking about the noise earlier with Yagud.

"What kind of stories did you hear? Lord Yagud."

Whoever they are, don't be casual, and that doesn't change the tone of Elias, who makes a polite impression of being there. In answer to that inquiry, Yagud began to speak with remembrance after having shaved his goat-like beard two or three times.

"In the wilderness of Aolsoy, strange out-of-change possessions appear recently, they say. I heard you call that a plague."

"Yeah."

About time, outside the window is dyeing the Akane color.

In the room, he set fire to the enclosure as early as possible, and also saw the old wife of Yagud boiling the water.

"The plague says it goes out into the wilderness. Survival of a doomed village, touching my mind, or being possessed by demons. I'm talking about grazing and they take away the sheep. Kill the sheep on the spot and eat them. I call it evil, plague from its appearance."

Yagud's voice sounds low and squeaky.

"But they say the villagers are not attacked. Pass, as if you can't see people. But I'm not saying it's unravelable. Sometimes I hear that you see blood intoxicated in the wilderness, like it's just crazy. And when I found the Adventurer, I heard he was going to attack."

Leonardo nods faintly.

If the display seen on the status screen, "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" (Knoll), is true, it is not an unexplained situation.

The "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" is certainly an evil subhuman, but the "Earthlings" do not strike. Not out of otherwise good intentions, but because of cunning and cowardice. This is because we know that if we attack the "Earthlings", we will adopt defensive measures in the collective. "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" is a better aim for its cattle than the "Earthlings" themselves.

On the other hand, if you see an "adventurer," you will be aggressively attacked. The "earthlings" know they will escape if they miss it, but they recognize that the "adventurers" are the 'enemies' who have come to drive themselves away.

If that boy was a "grey spotted dog ghost," it's also convincing to Kanami at first, and then to ourselves. The Earthlings are worthless insects for the Grey Spotted Dog Ghost.

But that didn't explain what it was like to have a human face, even if it was an explanation that attacked the Leonards.

"Lord Yagud. I have never heard of an epidemic ghost, but is it something that has long been spoken of in this part of the world?

"No, that's not it. It has not been three months since we first heard it either. He showed up suddenly."

The old man responded to Elias' words.

"Well, that boy, that"

"You're from this village, Ka?

The answer to Kanami and Coppelia's question was' No '.

They certainly have the characteristics of the "earthlings" who make up the region, but they're not from this village.

The boy sleeps wrapped in a blanket in the corner of the same hall. The spell treatment applied by Coppelia, following the condition anomaly, had also restored the torn right arm, but had not led to a return of consciousness.

From Leonardo's point of view, the boy doesn't look dangerous anymore.

Above all, its status is the name Sejin, the level is two, the profession (pioneering people) and the notation is stable. Watching him sleep like this doesn't make him any different than the "Earthlings" boy walking there. That notation with the bug is so much better that I just think it was a bad dream.

"... this boy"

"Coppelia assures me this boy is normal, Mass."

Yagud looked down at the boy's face.

On that face, I don't see any disgust. They just come in colors like labor.

"Are you saying it was stripped from some village or is it missing"

"You don't know that. This boy's boot was quite damaged. Clothes are also slit and blurry. Looks like we've been traveling quite a long way. I thought you'd been wandering for months."

Kanami is nodding at Yagud's words.

Leonardo was surprised to see that Kanami's attitude matched and convinced him with some handheld information, but he didn't even say so when he looked at Elias with shrugged shoulders. In short, he's just nodding.

Even then, I asked some detailed questions, but I did not get any further information from Yagud.

As a result of Kanami's loving request in front of him, Yagud was carried to share the food with pleasure. Of course, it was in exchange for some gold coins, but that wasn't a huge amount for the Leonards, the 'adventurers', and it was just gratifying to say that they could share food in such a peripheral village.

However, after discussions with Kanami and his colleagues, Leonardo and the others decided to stay in the village for a few days.

Because the story of village chief Yagud was that in a few days, a trader would visit.

More than I've heard about Kanami, my desire to go for a Japanese server is also sprouting as a Leonardo. The story of solving the mystery of "The Catastrophe" is too absurd to be here yet, but the new patch is still a fascinating story. If you acquire a higher combat capability now, you will be more secure. That should also come in handy when you get back to the Big Apple.

But this land of Aolsoi is an untapped wilderness. Not necessarily without examples like ruins in the meantime. It would also be a sweet idea to say that without any information, if you just go in the direction of rising sun, you will reach Japan, etc.

Nothing, Sequek is a small village. The villagers rarely travel. The information at their disposal will be limited. It was obvious that travellers also had more information about the purchase of consumables and the state of the streets. That information is more valuable than food in travelling this vast continent.

If a trader were to come, he said it would be better to stay informed even if he waited a few days, but it was a one-line decision by the Leonards.

To make this decision, the line even went to the stable to consult. Of course, to get KR (Kayar) to participate in the discussion. KR seemed to have a good hearing and also grasped the contents of his story with Yagud from an adjacent horse house.

Keeping track of the story is convenient when discussing it, but the KR himself was in a bad mood for a long time. They don't like the horse house. He says that a horse in the same room will use his eyes.

"KR too."

"Hey Kanami. It's a much nicer strawberry. I mean, I don't want Kanami to tell me."

After leaving Kanami pointing her mouth to argue further back and consulting her, she still solidified by saying that she would stay in the village for a few days. It was also significant that Yagud offered me accommodation on one line. One room in Leonardo and Elias. I was alone in Kanami and Coppelia.

KR naturally became known as the horse house, and as you can see, we managed to convince him without Leonardo and Elias. Even though Kanami said it was "Rabu" and he almost ate a kick in front of KR for a while.

"Nevertheless, I wonder what you are"

……

My people keep their mouths shut on Leonardo's words. I just made it Leonardo, and I didn't think the answer would come back. Leonardo had never seen such a status display. I just think it's a bug.

"I'm a first glance phenomenon."

"Even in fairy inheritance, you have nothing in mind."

- Unknown bug.

Leonardo is relieved by the idea.

Sezin was a "Earthlings" but who can assure me that this bug will not occur unexpectedly? Indeed, the Adventurer seems immortal in this world. Even if he falls in battle, he is transferred to the temple and resurrected.

But when you become like that boy. Even if it becomes something like that, can it be called 'immortality'?

Suppose there is a presence like that that that doesn't just die. Its existence will be a disaster in this world, a nightmare not to be remembered for its contemporaries, a purgatory that falls alive.

"If so, is it the kind of 'something' you can deal with with with with a state anomaly recovery spell?

Coppelia answers KR's question.

"Coppelia decided not, Mass. Because at the stage when Coppelia chanted the applicable spell, the status display was already back to normal"

"Then he said Leonardo's paralysis attack helped remove that symptom"

"Don't think that's out of your mind either."

Leonardo thinks with his hands on his chin.

"My weapon is pretty good, but it only does additional damage to the flames. The stunts used are also" Paralysis Brow "and do not have any special collateral effects other than paralysis"

……

I also silence Leonardo's voice with so much KR that he usually has a bit of a mouthful. Naturally. Nobody wants to be like that.

If you just respond, the story is simple.

Indeed, the monsters of the subhuman species are wide in their levels. But no matter how wide it is, it is a "grey spotted dog ghost". That level would be high and 70 would be a good place. I'm not a horrible opponent for the Leonards.

But there was something about that creepy symptom that awakened the primitive fear in the depths of my heart, unlike my ability to fight.

Eyes that opened and lost their glow. A stretched mouth of dog teeth that spills blood mixed saliva endlessly. Limbs bent on snoring and trying to force the beast to recreate its movements in the human body. All of them haunt the ominous unconscious aura.

Even Leonardo doesn't want to deal with them.

"Ma, ma. But there's not a whole lot of them."

"That's right. This is the first time the people of this village have seen it. If there's a lot of them, it makes sense to see more examples."

KR took on words like Kanami's recapture.

Leonardo was snorting at the words, but he felt unintelligible. I had a feeling we'd have to get involved more deeply so that the case wouldn't end like this.

And it was right.

◆ 12

This is the case everywhere in this world, but the night of Aolsoi stretches clear skies besides things. For dry air, or heaven is high and clear everywhere, and stars like crushed white sand blink.

Unlike a dirty night sky in midtown smoke and neon, even tiny stars emitting tiny amounts of light boast of their presence in the heavenly veil.

It was Sequek night.

From somewhere, there is the sound of a bug waving a silver bell.

Two hours after sundown. The village was already secluded, even though it wouldn't be long enough to say it was still night. Orange light is leaking out of the windows that just squarely opened the sun-dried brick and mounted the wooden lid.

It would be time to see if every house had dinner.

Leonardo walked out of the lofty cabin and into the sobering wind of the night.

The night sky of the stars stretches over Leonardo's head out on the road just to be stepped on.

Even though it is September, on the night of the plateau of Aolsoi, a cold breeze blows.

But that's not as cold for Leonardo the Adventurer. It's rather sober and comfortable enough.

Leonardo walks across the village that night in the atmosphere. I'm not up to anything else, but I can barely stand footsteps. It was the result of the physical movement worn by Leonardo, the "assassin," and another was the desire not to disturb this seemingly peaceful village and a silent night.

The village is not equipped with otherwise robust walls. Stretched out is about a fence to keep animals out and keep sheep together. An area like a plowed field extends outside that fence as well. Even though I said I plowed the most, the soil was coarse and dry, and there was even a feeling of anxiety that the amateur might not be very suitable for plowing.

Leonardo climbed from the village to a large rock on the road that stretched south and sat down.

The rock was huge. In height, about two meters. The whole thing looked polished, cornered and humorous, but its top is flat and looks bigger than the bedroom.

The rock also seemed to be a watching place for the shepherds, and around the upper plains lay a shredded cloth.

Far out of sight, the mountain range is like a screen.

I can't say from anywhere to anywhere and in one bite. The mountain range that runs to the other side of sight is exactly what the world's walls deserve. And Yagud the elder taught me that the mountains were to be called Shammai, eating supper. They say it means' heavenly throne '.

The ridge, illuminated by the light of the moon and slightly shining snow in the night, had, I see, a divine atmosphere of heavenly chairs and snorts.

And it is the wilderness of Aolsoy that extends to its mountain hem. There are bushes and woods everywhere, but it and this are now sleeping in the moist night breeze.

Coppelia approached with sakuri, sakuri and the sound of treading on its dry ground.

Leonardo, who had noticed long before she entered her sight, looks down at her small from the rocks as she swings at her leisure. Coppelia looked up at Leonardo as he came to the great rock with a sober stride.

"Is it a sentry?"

"No, I'm not."

Leonardo answered Coppelia's question.

This is the village of the "earthlings", even if it is. It doesn't translate to taking a hypnotic sleep deep in the dungeon. I'm not going to be alarmed, but I won't even need to be alarmed enough to keep my sleeping shift.

Leonardo just came out of the room because he couldn't sleep this early. Being a born New Yorker, he loved staying up late.

Besides, Leonardo needed time to think.

I enjoy talking to my friends, and I don't hate doing my job with colleagues, but I shrivel when I don't have time to be alone. Leonardo knew that to say it was a geek was to have that part of his mind that said it somewhere.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

The conversation broke off.

And as it is, Aolsoy's September night wind passes as it strokes the two of us.

Low horse chirping. I heard bugs - clouds covered the moon, and passed by.

It must have been quite a while, but Coppelia, just stood there quietly. The gaze seemed to stare at the distant mountain that Leonardo had seen until earlier.

"Climb?

"Yes."

Listening to Coppelia's reply, Leonardo reaches out.

She arrives on a rounded large rock, drawn by Leonardo. He then paid off some dust at his fingertips and sat with a neat, spine-stretched trick to avoid wrinkling on his skirt.

Leonardo didn't speak, and Coppelia uttered extra words, and nothing annoyed Leonardo. The night was quiet, and there were only lowly bug sounds and wind sounds around them that would rather protect their tranquillity.

Quite a bit of time passed again.

The stars blinked, and the sound of the fallen sheep was heard far away.

"Aren't you bored?

I'm not bored. I'm not bored.

Leonardo, I'm in a little trouble.

Being a geek, he lacks conversational experience with women. If you're in the middle of doing something as a game - that is, fighting, training skills, production activities and quests - there would be talk, but such situations were out of specialty.

But on the other hand, I didn't feel uncomfortable.

Even though it's a good time to be alone with a woman, Leonardo himself was calm and uncomfortable.

"Coppelia, what are you doing out here?"

"hunting des"

"Hunting?"

Leonardo listens back.

The word 'hunt' is not uncommon in itself. It's more of a term commonly used in MMOs. What that means is broad and refers to crusading monsters in battle. In a narrow sense, it was not a word to defeat the monsters needed in quests or anything else, but simply an act to defeat the monsters in search of loot.

"Yes. We were going to move to the southern plains of this village and look for prey, Ta."

"It's night, huh?

"Coppelia decided it would be more convenient given the presence of nocturnal monsters"

"What about sleeping?

"Coppelia doesn't need a lot of sleep"

Leonardo was somewhat surprised, but he reconsidered whether that was also the case. In Elder Tail, players of this kind can still be seen. As long as you're wasting your time, it's a style like crusading and trying to get some gold because even miscellaneous fish monsters are good.

Coppelia didn't look like a battlemania that far, but Leonardo was learning from experience that a player doesn't necessarily mean that his appearance or profession matches his personality.

So I said, "Shall we go out?" The word also came naturally.

The average level of monsters encountered several times from the ruins of Tekeli to moving to this village was around twenty. Even though he lacks the ability to attack in his recovery position, he would not be the enemy of Coppelia at the 90th level.

But if the emphasis is on efficiency, it should be much better for the two of us, ourselves and Coppelia, who are offensive positions. That's what Leonardo thought.

"You don't have to do that. Coppelia has been rescheduled."

"Yes...... is it?

"Yes."

Coppelia answers pale. I could not feel any particular emotion in the sound or expression of the words.

If you don't need it, I guess you don't need it. Leonardo abandons his will to pursue lightly. Buying money and killing time should make players free. I'll go out with Coppelia if he wants, but I'm not going to make a friendly push.

Leonardo, get up.

The girl with blue hair nodded as if convinced when Coppelia's gaze kept following but she said, "Never mind."

Leonardo ascertains the feel of the rock with his toenails. A firm, heavy, hard feel. Rest assured that this will be okay to jump somewhat, and set up the knife slowly.

"Deadly Dance" is the move that starts with the icon floating behind your brain. Stick your left hand out sharply. From its structure (foam), the right hand knife flashes with a sharp sound that wraps around the cold air. The "Reuse Regulation Time" for this move is one second. An image that selects the icon again after a second. My right hand waved again. The next attack is sharper than earlier.

Deadly Dance is a special move. If used continuously, its power gradually increases. The final raised cap is on the eighth attack, when the damage is roughly three times the damage of the first attack.

Damage efficiency is pretty poor because the form of sticking your left hand out and sinking your hips exists for the first attack to only have the same amount of damage as a normal attack. If you intend to end it in one go, you will be more effectively damaged by using other stunts. It's only an attack stunt based on the assumption that it attacks in a row.

Leonardo repeats himself several times to see how his body moves. The sharp movements are completely familiar over the past few months and not uncomfortable. But there was a feeling that this was a breakthrough.

My elbows and knees were sore from unfamiliar manipulation.

The body itself has become an "adventurer", greatly increasing both muscle strength and endurance. That's more of a feeling of being someone else altogether than an ascent. Because the Adventurer's body is the very hero Leonardo admired.

But when you load your muscles at an angle you don't normally use, they also cage a lot of heat.

"Healing Lights."

Coppelia cast an immediate recovery spell on Leonardo, who was stroking the elbow area. The "Adventurer" s bent flesh would heal if it had enough of this degree of glitch, but it was nevertheless a comforting feeling that the fever would draw with the healing spell.

"You want a cure, Death?

"No, it's enough now."

To Coppelia's words, Leonardo gives thanks as he extends his body muscles. Leonardo asked Coppelia as he opened his legs again and sank his hips as he stood.

"What do you think about the new patch?

"I hear Coppelia is being introduced on Japanese servers"

"Uh. So, what about going to the Japanese server?

"It is plotted with a high level of primacy as the hope of the master"

It was Leonardo who felt the story was not engaging.

It's called Elias and a good Coppelia, a party with all the participants of a strange character. Well, to be precise, Elias is not human, and that oddity is convincing. Besides, the biggest source of confusion can be Kanami. It's also a little unusual to be a noisy (looney) over there. That's the talent that Kanami gathered, you can't help but change, Leonardo thought.

The fact that I am included in the selection is not a one-handed mistake that I have not thought of.

"The master."

"Yes, Kanami, it is"

According to stories heard during the day, Coppelia was found by Kanami during the battle in the meadows and joined his companions. Maybe even his life was saved at that time. I found out in the last few days that Coppelia has a different attitude towards Kanami than towards the rest of us. Complimentary, as if you were a real maid.

Leonardo is tolerant of others' playing policies, especially tone and fashion. In the first place, I always use a cartoon hero costume called a suit on a green food mask from Leonardo. Everyone has the right to be a hero in the game. What do you want from me?

So I have no objection to that attitude of Coppelia either.

"What's Kanami like?

――

Coppelia, who had so far responded to Leonardo's question, showed herself for the first time as she had conceived. Leonardo waited relaxely for Coppelia's words as he stretched his body and slowly waved his sword.

Even myself, I don't know why I can be so calm.

I don't think I've seen much of a pretty girl around my age since high school, and there's no recomenda system out there that remembers talking intimately at such a distance. And yet I'm only as nervous right now as I was when I was redecorating my PC graphics board. If the terminal gets scratched, no. So we have to be slow and polite without hurry. Relax to that extent. Or I felt like compassion, which was weird.

"Master is like dawn"

"What?"

Coppelia pointed to the east sky.

"Right now, across that sky, the sun is running. It's just sunk now, but tomorrow morning, in 0438, the eastern sky will begin to whiten."

Coppelia's gaze was limitless deep blue, reflecting the night sky, where the moon had just risen.

"At night, the sky is darkness. Unknown, the eastern sky gradually begins to fade into dark purple. Next in purple, purple blue. And the herd blue. There is still no light in the great sky, which is gradually becoming more pale. But because of its paleness, no one doubts the morning visit. - The master is such a person."

The meaning of Coppelia's words was not well understood by Leonardo, but I only found out that Coppelia seemed to acknowledge the value of Canami.

Remembering only that, Leonardo began to glimpse the movement of Deadly Dance again.

◆ 13

There was a bunch of people roaming the bottom of that same night killing their breath.

It is the scout unit of the guild Raku Wolf Cavalry.

There are three constituents. All are "Adventurers" with 90 levels of training.

"What do you say?

- It's south.

The thief swordsman, who was looking into crawling on the ground, answered with few words, closed the shutter of Cantera for his phone. This product was recently created by the production unit with a combination of a mirror for light amplification and a shutter as a cover, focusing on a magic item that emits permanent light, Hunan's Rainbow Pearl.

A line reconfirming traces of footprints spanned the "Big Wolf for Riding" (Great Wolf), which was waiting nearby. This creature in its wolf-like form, which reaches three metres in length, was a riding creature found on Chinese servers.

The three, spanning a saddle made of leather, run south through the meadows at night as they were.

Traveling at night is difficult on horses.

Tonight is the moon night, but the ups and downs on the ground are still easily lost in the shadows, and if you make a mistake, your horse's ankle will be easily broken, etc. In such an environment, the "Big Wolf for Riding" had an overwhelming advantage over horses.

But it's not like they chose to ride "The Big Wolf for Riding" because it's a night chase.

In the first place, all members of the Guild "Large Wolf Rider" are on board. For the Raku Wolf Cavalry, the giant riding wolf is a trademark.

They were originally a guild based in Metropolitan (Daadon), the central city of Chinese servers. But since the Catastrophe, security in the metropolitan area has only deteriorated. Three guilds named King Hua contend with each other, each of which is transformed into a chaotic capital that takes over important facilities of the city and tows each other.

Zhu Han (Juhan), leader of the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" overflowing with foresight, decided to escape the Metropolitan City early. You were also fortunate that all the members who did not suffer the long haul, mainly the "Big Wolf for Riding," all four hundred and eighty of them packed their property in bags and also took out the guild hall.

Then we moved west to west. A month to calm your back to the meadow capital, Sheemanaiki. So it took a month to open and stabilize the guild hall, but the Raku Wolf Cavalry got a reassuring place to live. On the Chinese server, it would have been a relatively lucky guild.

At present, the work being carried out by Raku Wolf Cavalry is that of a sergeant.

In the Qing Dynasty, it was said to be Byaojuy's job. Travel as an escort to the Transport Unit of the "Earthlings" to protect their luggage and property life from monsters and pirates. If, on the other hand, that mandate fails, money is paid to fulfil the liability to the consignor.

From the time this world was a game called "Elder Tail," the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" commercialized itself in the form of a sergeant, having been asked to do it every now and again in the form of a quest.

"Sheemanaïqui" … The city, which is said to be the capital of horse milk locally, was never small. In terms of population, it is also at the heart of a local transaction in which about 15,000 people live.

Originally flourished as a base for relaying merchants' brigades, the city's prominent streets are quite wealthy cities lined with shops that handle dry goods and East and West delicacies.

But naturally, there are few Adventurers because they are not player towns. The presence of the Temple is the biggest reason the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" chose it as its home base, but there were no banks. Therefore, members of the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" keep most of their property in the Guildhall vault and have it protected.

Due to such constraints, the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" was more familial and has stronger lateral connections than other guilds, and it also led to an assessment that it could be trusted when viewed from the "Earthlings".

In Raku Wolf Cavalry, one party is usually sent out in response to a request for an escort. That is to say a warrior position that should serve as a shield for the avant-garde, a restoration position that restores the warrior and manages the entire party, plus a six-member group that has placed an attack position with a good balance of physics and magic.

The route through the caravan varied depending on the request, and the members selected by their difficulty were adjusted, but as long as they traveled on the ground on the trading route, there was little threat in the region that the six members of the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" could not leave.

While carrying out such escort duties, guild leader Zhu Huan was also known to send out many scouts on all sides.

The Adventurer can be an excellent scourge if he cares about it. Weapon attacking positions, such as "Assassins" and "Burglar Swordsmen", wear sneaky moves, and if you are in a magical position, you can often use a convenient summoning creature for long-range reconnaissance with lights and special vision in the dark.

The fact that all members were riders of riding creatures (large wolves for riding) resistant to wasteland and mountainous areas also worked very positively.

These scouts, which were conceived as a plan to keep Alliance members from losing their arms while they were not being requested, had the Gospel effect of improving security around the "Sea Mayanaiqui" and also bringing a lot of information to the "Raku Wolf Cavalry".

By the time a month had passed, the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" had become recognized by the Earthlings as an important part of the city.

The three horsemen, who had been sick for a while, smelled the water in the darkness of the night.

It would be a tributary of Reul North.

A short while after hitting the tributary, the three acknowledged traces on the banks of the river. The trampled, rough riverside grass is black and wet.

It's animal blood, not water.

"That's a lot."

The leader's burglar swordsman shrugged as he stroked the neck of the riding wolf, who nodded and voiced at the smell of blood. Blood stains are already drying out. Whoever left this place should have left a long time ago. One line, however, cautiously did not use large lights, and continued to use shuttered canteras.

One line was a member of the specially organized scouts.

The scouts are a battalion aimed at gathering intelligence in the southwestern direction, with more than sixty members participating if all squads are totaled. The unit should be slowly moving to the True West, while integrating information.

The leader examines his surroundings further beside the therapeutic cleric's boy giving his remarks to the main unit. Flipped stones, tread solidified mud. Apparently, the one squad that was chasing us made a rendezvous with even more of our people here - the "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" (Knoll).

Slaughtered here would be sheep or deer...... such creatures. After a bloody meal here, the line traveled to make further moves. The number of "Grey Spotted Dog Ghosts" across tributaries is over twenty or less.

That's what leaders with "trackers" say as suboccupations and tell therapy clerics.

The contents reported to the main unit will be shared with the surveillance system scattered over a 20-kilometer radius from the main unit, as will this three-man platoon.

What they were after was the Grey Spotted Dog Ghost Traveler (Tribe).

The Catastrophe also seems to have had a major impact on monster habitats. The Raku Wolf Cavalry has seen many tribes of traveling monsters on their journey from the great capital of the eastern shore of the continent to this region.

Is a bunch of "Grey Spotted Dog Ghosts" such a kind? About two weeks ago, with the devastation of several caravans, the Raku Wolf Cavalry, which sensed their movement, carried out a massive reconnaissance.

If there are hundreds of Grey Spotted Dog Ghosts, it is possible to destroy this scout unit alone. When it comes to reconnaissance units, their members were only selected by adding tracking skills, and their combat abilities are no worse than those of escorts and combat units.

"Raku Wolf Cavalry" is a hard-line guild on Chinese servers with many light users, and the majority of its members are at ninety levels.

If the "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" population was enough to require a massive battle, then the dedicated Crusade Squad dispatch was also in view. In that case, Zhu Huan, the guild leader currently waiting in the "Sea Ma 'anaiqui", will also be in formation.

"- Huh. Copy that."

Tensions ran into the attitude of a suddenly pressing therapeutic cleric youth.

"What's up?"

I can't seem to hear from Squad Four, which was ahead of Southwest.

"Ahead."

The swordsman stared into the darkness. Were you in some kind of trouble? According to the last contact, Squad IV should be a few kilometres west of them.

"The unit is requesting confirmation."

I don't have to worry about it. We'll need to investigate because we're the closest. At the behest of their leader, the Swordsmen of Thieves, the three rode.

"The Big Wolf for Riding" hung his masters into the darkness of the night without even waiting for a signal when they were on their backs.

Riding in the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" is no longer family friendly and in an area that does not require rider instructions. They felt their husband's nervousness and ran through the dark night without even leaking a groan.

The wind that cut off his ears was painful.

The season is still September, and it can be called summer.

But the wind blowing down from the alpine mountains is sharp, including cold air. Late at night, it would have been all the more so if I had been to walk through it.

Familiar with such a task, the "Raku Wolf Cavalry" buried his face in the neck of the rider with the collar of his furry jacket. The temperature of the beast moving in their arms was warm, and if it was buried in its fur, it wouldn't bother them a little bit with the cold.

Eventually, by the time the moon began to descend above midpoint, it was the giant pillars that had appeared black on the horizon.

That, for the extra distance, looked tiny, but had a tremendous height when considered calmly. I don't know exactly because I don't have an object, but thirty meters is likely to be superior.

In this world without modern architecture, and also standing in the heart of the wilderness, it had such an unrealistic enormity that it was visible even from a far distance.

As we approached it, it finally began to show its beauty.

Is it made of steel, and its structure, like putting together three columns, did not appear to have an interior? Architecture - I mean, that's why I described it as a pillar, not a tower. The thorny appearance, like ancient martial artefacts, even seemed to intimidate the surroundings.

"Column Ruins Tones Grave".

The leader of the scouting squad whined only small in his mouth.

There is no precise map of the region.

A detailed map of the entire area is not necessary to follow the route, which is everything for dealers in the "Landlord". The more accustomed merchants you are, the less alarmed you are about putting the knowledge and experience that is your property out of your head.

Adventurers need maps and actually create them, but this Aolsoy region is an undisclosed land with no extra hands for adventurers. I haven't gotten enough information to make a map yet, or at least there's nothing I can say is a finished map right now.

However, the gathering of information leading to the map was also one of the usual roles of this reconnaissance team. The scout squad leader, Swordsmen of Thieves, has also done numerous tours of the area while sub professions, and is familiar with local rumors. I also immediately understood that the sight I saw for this purpose was the "Column Ruins Tone's Grave", which I hear about ancient stories.

"Stop."

To his words, the two companions cease immediately.

In the direction of travel I saw a slightly moving shadow on the ground on my right hand side.

When I stared, they were "Grey Spotted Dog Ghosts". More than a hundred, possibly more than a thousand, "Grey Spotted Dog Ghosts" do not speak one voice, and they are advancing through the land.

The three of them had been lurking their breath behind the wolf's back for a while, but apparently there was no sign that they had been found. "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" has the nature to attack you as if you were distracted when you discover an adventurer. As long as you are on the Big Wolf for Riding, the danger is not so great.

Patrol travel at different speeds. Surrounded by them. You'll be able to escape. In that case, however, the disadvantage of saying that it will be difficult to continue the reconnaissance exists. If they didn't notice, it goes without saying that it would be more gratifying.

"Why are they so swarmed?"

He swoops his neck left and right to the young sorcerer who speaks in a whisper.

There's no way I know that.

But for now, there seems to be no mistake that the fourth squad that came into contact with these guys ran into some trouble. After a short tour, the leader sent a signal to the therapeutic cleric. It will be fine, but you should put in a report first.

"Report as you see it, then, 100 meters or so, back off."

The leader jumped off his ride as he watched his colleagues in the "Big Wolf for Riding" sink low. Gently tapping his loyal partner's wet nose tip, he begins to crawl forward.

I just want to get a little closer and see what [Grey Spotted Dog Ghost] is doing and where he's aiming. I find it somewhat uncomfortable that all those large groups are progressing without standing one shiver in the first place.

When he activated the "Tracker" stunt and blocked the signs, he carefully proceeded not to appear on the ridge of the hill.

Spend less time approaching the Grey Spotted Dog Ghost.

The hyena-skinned subhumans who spilled who seemed to be just staring at the other pillar with the look of a burning desire for something. The figure was like an opium addict, giving the leader a sense of creepiness with frozen spines.

My instincts scream that I want to escape.

But he twisted it down and kept approaching. If you go another ten meters, you can step into a distance where your status can be confirmed.

Stats confirmed in close proximity while sweating were still monsters such as "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" and "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost Dark Mage". Subhuman monsters are often divided into several professions within the same race. Tribes are also made up of warrior and priestly ranks, including Green Kid (Goblin) and Ugly Pig Ghost (Oak).

The "Grey Spotted Dog Ghost" in front of you consists of Dark Mages, Assault Troopers, Wolf Tooth Captain, etc., the level of which is roughly between 60 and 70.

The leader decided he got the information he wanted.

Any more reconnaissance is just useless or dangerous. If you were to fight a group of enemies of this size, raise your Alliance - at least you would need the power of the Legion Reid class. Three scouts can't do much.

He thought so, looking back slowly, to announce the withdrawal.

But what he saw there was a moon as sharp and pointy as the sickle of the reaper and a giant black dragon dancing down against the background of that moon.

In a raw, warm fountain, his vision was stained with monochrome and instantly interrupted.