Shinka no Mi

That was sudden.

"Huh!? What the fuck?!?"

Captain of the First Unit of the Kaisel Empire, Aulius Fencer suddenly jumped to the shock that struck the perimeter.

It was Aulius who drunk last night in a good mood and slept well as he did, but such a shock struck the soldiers of the Caesar Empire that he jumped in an instant.

Furthermore, the impact lasts not only once, but twice, three times or so, with a slightly weaker impact at the end.

"Hey, what's going on!?"

"So, enemy attack?!?"

"Dude, it's from the morning!

Everyone desperately moves their dull bodies over drinking and moves to gather information.

However, the movement was not cohesive and it was more and more confusing as it was.

"Hey, calm down once! Listen, follow my instructions!

Then under such circumstances, Aulius raised his voice, and the soldiers eventually regained their composure in that voice.

"I don't know, but you've all felt the shock now, haven't you? Exactly. You can't march with your current shock. Come explore east from Platoon 1 to Platoon 3, west from Platoon 4 to Platoon 6, north from Platoon 7 to Platoon 9, and south for the rest! Meet me here in two hours!

"Ha!"

The first unit, whose only reply was to serve, was divided into platoons and began exploring in the direction indicated by Aulius.

However, the movement still lacks glory and doesn't look very highly skilled.

Still, there was nothing wrong with it from the Aulius now.

"... well even if this shock was a demon or a soldier of the Varsha Empire, we have the power. Because even one sucks. 'Transcendental' is everyone. Anyway, now I need to know who the shock was earlier. -"

At the moment I was about to say that, such a loud swing struck the first unit, as if the ground were being lifted.

Though the shake was momentary, it was definitely huge, and Aulius wouldn't happen to roll to the ground.

"Hey, what the fuck!

Crawling to the ground, alert to earlier swings, but no shaking again.

If you look around you in that position, you can't see anything unusual.

"Shit... this shouldn't have happened until yesterday!? What the hell is going on...!

I manage to get up and guard my surroundings, but I still have nothing.

"I don't know what that means..."

To put it that way, now instead of shaking, suddenly heavy rain and lightning struck all over the sky.

"What's going on? Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Suddenly it gets a lot wet and I try to get a tent for the camp in a hurry, but the rain is too strong to ensure my vision and I can't assemble the tent successfully.

"Chicken, chicken, chicken! Why me? Why me? Aah!

In a wet, desperately assembled tent, Aulius rolled in and threw off his wet and heavier armor and clothes.

"Ugh... it's cold..."

And partly because of the wetness in the rain, Aulius almost froze in the cold too much.

At this time, Seiichi had already floated in the sea some of the first units led by this Aulius in the center of the vortex group, as well as the [Forest of the Sealed Demons] where the [Demons] 'Apostles' were located.

And Makoto himself didn't notice at all, but in fact, the climate around that vortex was getting extremely cold, to the point where he usually felt chilly even wearing clothes.

Aulius' body is terribly cold because he got wet in such a place.

"Hey, why are you looking at me so..."

In an attempt to ignite the fire, the surrounding trees become wet with rain and cannot even light it properly.

On the contrary, in relation to the [sealed demon forest], there was little means to ignite the fire because magic could not be used either.

One soldier returned in desperate shape, not knowing the cause of the numerous events currently taking place and being able to only wait with tremors for his men to return.

"Ha, captain!

"What's up, you figured something out!?"

"Well, that's..."

My men, who were similarly getting wet and looking cold, even ignored it and reported it as it was.

"For some reason... we are on the ocean now!

"What?"

Aulius didn't understand the meaning of the words his men were saying.

"The sea...... the sea!? Don't be silly! We should have been in the [Sealed Demon Forest], right in front of the Varsha Empire! That's definitely also from the fact that magic can't be used here!

"So, but as soon as we get through the woods, the ocean is spreading! It's also surrounded by powerful vortexes!

"Ha!?"

No matter how desperate his men may say it, Aulius could not believe the word.

- It is, however, a story if there was only one subordinate making that statement.

"- Yes, Captain!

"What!?"

One of the platoons, who was also exploring another direction, reported in an equally impatient manner while still wet.

"Ugh, it's the sea! We're on the ocean now!

"Hey, why? Awwwwww!

From the position where the soldiers of the Kaisel Empire originally formed themselves, even though they are 'transcendents', an hour or two is not enough until they reach the sea. Moreover, it is all the more so when it goes home.

But in less than two hours, the soldiers are returning to this point, reporting that there is thus an ocean.

Aulius didn't know what was anymore.

"Duh, what's going on!? Tell us what's going on!?"

No matter how desperate you are to look for answers, the men who come back only say that there is a sea, a vortex.

Aulius, who finally couldn't stand so many of those words, ordered the returning soldiers.

"Ya can do it! Hey, do your homework now! Look, now!

"Ha, yes!

The ordered soldiers hurried to pack their bags, and when the remaining soldiers also returned in the meantime, they carried each of the packed bags.

"That's right. I'm going home... you just have to go home... then everything's with you..."

Having lost his cool to the cold and unexplained circumstances, Aulius takes the soldiers and begins the journey.

And...

"Ugh... right...?

On his knees, in the sea that stretched out in front of him.

I thought I was out of the woods, and there was no more sandy beach, and there was an unexplained sight of the sea right in front of me.

There are no meadows or paths that should be on the way home, and the vortex is making intense noises.

"Ha, captain, that!

"Huh?"

Turning his gaze in the direction indicated by one of his men in a dazed manner, a certain demon appeared as if it did not pass through the vortex or other means.

It was a blue and white dragon, huge enough to lightly roll through some of the [Sealed Demon Forest] cut out by Makichi.

"Oh, oh..."

Besides, the dragon is not the only one.

"Grrrrrrrrrr......"

"Gaaaaaa!"

"Ghuaaa!"

Its face and tail appear from all over the ocean with a whirlpool view.

With his face blue, Aulius' appraises' the dragons in front of him.

Then...

"Sea Dragon King LV: 1332"

――――

Guys, I can't say anything, I just have to be stunned.

Even the Aulius, who became so strong and thought they were no longer enemies, were a little over 500 in level.

Multiple demons boasting more than twice that level.

Besides, we don't even know if we can get off this island in the first place due to the intense vortex around us.

But even if you leave, you can never go home without doing something about the dragon in front of you.

And metastatic magic, which is also a favor to return to - can't be used in this place.

"Oh, oh... Oh, oh...!

Aulius and the other soldiers were completely heartbroken by a reality that was too unreasonable.

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"That's crazy... that's crazy...! What the hell happened!?"

When the soldiers of the Kaisel Empire were investigating causes of shaking and so on, the 'apostolate' of the [Demonic Order], who was also near the position of the Kaisel Empire, was in a hurry for the same cause.

"Why, what can I do to spread the ocean in front of you?!? I'm not even close to the ocean!

In order to gather information, as the Aulius did, if they had been in the original Varsha Empire, they would have gone in the opposite direction of the sea, but for some reason there is an ocean in front of them.

"Damn! That sucks... I haven't brought [the treasure of metastasis]... I can't even use metastasis magic in this place..."

Originally, the Hood figure thought that if only Destra were certain to knock the Varsha Empire down to confusion and despair, so he didn't bring a single item of the mobile system, such as [the treasure of transfer].

"Now you can't even rely on Master Destra..."

Besides, it doesn't look like we're anywhere near the Varsha Empire right now, so if Destra had transferred now, it wouldn't be this place, but Makoto would have moved it into a perfectly empty place.

"... okay. If you can't use the item, you'll have to go home on your own."

That is what the Apostle decides to do while the heavy rain prevents him from successfully securing his vision.

In fact, now that you can't use magic and you can't even use your skills to travel, the only way to get around is to swim, build a ship, etc.

"That vortex is pretty nasty, but even beyond that -"

"GOOOOOOOO!"

The Sea Dragon King roared, swimming a lot in the sea in front of him, so as to block the Apostle's words.

……

Moreover, that number is not only united, but multiple bodies raise their voices in a way that follows their roar.

The apostle, who sees such a sight in front of him, turns his head white.

"What? What's going on? What, what about that demon? How could there be more than one such demon? What?"

To an overly irrational reality, the Apostle finally began to evade reality.

"Ko, this is a dream. Yes, it must be. Otherwise, they wouldn't suddenly show up in the ocean where such legendary class demons spread. Heh, heh. hahahaha"

When the apostle laughed like crazy, he meditated on turning away from reality on the spot.

◆ ◇ ◆

"Oh, I see the gate"

Having abandoned some of the lost [Sealed Demon Forest] to the sea, I have returned safely to the Varsha Empire without being attacked by any particular demons.

"Oh, I knew I'd slipped through a lot of breadth when I tried this"

And when I looked in front of the imperial capital, which was like a hole in a hole, I put my head on it.

"Yeah, I knew I had to put it back. Not all the trees in [Sealed Demon Forest] are gone yet, but can you use magic?

The brain announcement answered me that I was worried about that even more now because I was acting completely on the go.

'Noisy, but it's all right because of the magic'

"Oh well. Then no."

Having already gotten used to talking to Mr. Brain Announcement, I headed to the front gate satisfied with the answer.

Then...

"What do you mean, whoa, whoa, whoa!

"Ha, yes!?"

We get to the main entrance. No, not long after I called the gatekeeper, the main entrance suddenly opened and Amelia grabbed my chest.

"Why! In front of me! [Sealed Demon Forest] But! No Wake!?"

"Yep..."

"Fine, you don't have to say anything. Because I asked all the soldiers...! What the hell were you thinking about going through some of the woods? Why did you slip out?!?"

"I only think I slipped out because I slipped out..."

"I don't know what that means. I'm telling you, ahhhhhh!

Amelia holding her head and screaming like that. I'm sorry about something.

If it's true, I was going to get the woods back on track while Amelia and the others were asleep, but if you just move so flashy, then the soldiers are going to report it, right?

Behind Amelia, desperately trying to handle the reality in front of her, Mr. Riel and Mr. Swine, with dead eyes, were talking.

"... swin. My common sense keeps breaking."

"... that's an odd encounter. Me too."

"Did you hear that? I think he slipped out because he slipped."

"Yeah, I heard that. Normally, there's no way out of the woods."

"No, on the contrary, I wouldn't imagine it creeping out, normally..."

But you do.

"... it's still a chunk of insanity. Rather, it would be God. Yeah, I decided to think so. If you don't think so, you can't do it. It's rude to call such a being the same person."

"Don't you have to say that!?"

I know you can't help but tell me this time it's not normal to be a chunk of insanity or something, but being rude to humans is rude to me!? I'm a race 'human' for once!? Me!

With all due respect, Amelia grabs my chest again when she realizes something.

"Oh my God, what a wack!? I could tell you that the forest that was here was stopping the soldiers of the Kaisel Empire...! Why did you do that?"

"Uh... I didn't do it because I wanted to crawl through the [Sealed Demon Forest] in the first place, but because I thought to myself that I could do something about both the soldiers of the Kaisel Empire and the 'Apostles' of the [Demon Church] at the same time, I crawled through where those two are and dumped them in the sea..."

"What shall I do? I don't understand a single thing you're saying."

Finally Amelia looked at me with dead eyes, just like Mr. Riels.

"What, did you really think you could do that idea?

"So, you made it..."

"Why?!

No, as much as I'd like to hear. I really don't know what I could have done. I somehow thought it would be handsome, but when I actually tried it, I was hiccups myself.

Well, it turned out good, didn't it? You don't have to fight anymore.

See, the amazing swordsman on Earth also says, "Don't fight and win, this is unscrupulous" and he left the opponent behind? Such a nori.

"That's crazy... well, I'm not crazy, am I? Is that it? Could they all crawl through a part of the woods or carry it? Oh, I'm starting to feel like I could!

"Your Majesty, oh, my God! Cheer up......! I can't, we can't! Instead, we can't scratch our feet!

"Oh, yeah? But Makichi said you could do it, right? Yeah, why don't you show him around? We just didn't."

"Your Majesty, oh, my God! Oh, my God! Because of you... Your majesty assumed that your insanity was common sense. Ahhhhhh!

"Hey, don't you actually get handsome?

"Do it!

That's right. I knew.

Next to me and Mr. Riel interacting like that, apparently Mr. Swine managed to get Amelia back to her sanity, and she shook her head and spoke to me again.

"Oh, don't... with you, my common sense breaks... I was surprised at your too irrational and insane behavior, but maybe... I'm glad I don't have to deal with the Kaisel Empire and the [Demon Order] anymore...?

"" Ah. "

To Amelia's words, Mr. Riel or Mr. Swine. Besides, the soldiers who were watching what happened around them opened their eyes and solidified, staring at me.

"Yeah. That's what you're gonna say."

……

All, silenced. Is that it?

Then a tree came through the main gate, and after seeing the sight in front of him and opening his eyes, he started laughing out loud.

"Buh... ahahahahahahahaha! Seiichi! What the hell can I do to spread this sight?!?"

"Uh... both the Kaisel Empire and the [Demon Order]... and then the [Forest of the Sealed Demons] are depressed, so throw them into the sea. Eh..."

"Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

You bumped it with my description, and the tree twisted its body and laughed.

"Shh, wow......! Wow, what I was going to ask for... I can't believe I solved this in such an unexplained way...! Ooh, my stomach hurts...... I'm not exactly hungry because it's a tree......!

"Oh, yeah. I'm sure you were about to say something yesterday, but what were you trying to say?

When I ask him that before I forget because I remember, the tree answers still dragging the laughter.

"What... I was just going to ask you to do something about the Kaisel Empire and the [Demon Church]..."

"What?"

"'Cause you do, don't you? Makoto's healing pills and healing magic have restored all the soldiers. But if we don't do something about the Kaisel Empire, the cause of that wound this time, we won't solve the problem. So I was trying to ask Makoto for that... no way, before I tell him... well, that too... this way... ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

The tree in the laughing bump again finally laughed off to the ground, couldn't stand it anymore. Really, it's a human stinking tree!

But the tree's right, it's the way I wonder myself, so I can't say anything back.

Then Amelia, who kept her mouth shut, had a pulling grin.

"Oh, in all that desperate circumstances, we've all decided to be ready... what that readiness means..."

"I told my lover I might die..."

"My God, I transferred all my property to my family as a neighborhood organizer..."

"You idiot. Me or something - I had no one to do anything with..."

"" "Hey, don't be sad!

When they are all talking with an indescribable look, Mr. Swine speaks to Amelia.

"Your Majesty, let us rejoice for a moment!

"Huh?"

"Whatever the reason or process, this is how we win unharmed... Hmm? Victory? And anyway! We didn't have to fight, so now we have to be happy!

"Yes, right... right!

Amelia, who regained her brilliance in her eyes again with Ms. Swine's words, raised her voice with momentum that, looking back, allowed her to reach the soldiers and those beyond the gate.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Right here, now! The war is over! Our... victory. Ahhhhhhhhh!

'Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

The roar that rises in unison.

Gradually, the soldiers fully expressed their tears in their eyes, their hugs, and their joy of being alive, when they were able to recognize the actual feeling of victory and that they were safe.

"Makoto"

"Hmm?"

Watching the soldiers like that, Amelia calls out in a changed way.

"I wouldn't have ended up happier without you this time. Really...... thanks so much......!

That said, Amelia bowed her head on the spot.

A little bit in the act, I still mean, Mr. Riel rushes over to Amelia.

"Heh, Your Majesty! You shouldn't! Keep your head down so easily -"

"Liel. If you don't bow your head here, when do you say you will? If you don't lower it, you don't need a head like that."

"It's..."

"You're the one who's bothering Makichi, and apologize properly."

"... Yes"

That said, Mr. Riel turns to me with that look on his face at first.

"Well... I'm sorry I scolded you. Makoto has... really helped me. Thanks."

"Me too. It is thanks to you that I can be with the soldiers, Your Majesty, and Liel in this way. Thanks."

Not only Mr. Riel, but Mr. Swine also bows his head to me.

"" "Makoto. Ahhh!

"What!?"

They said it was full of Amelia and Riel's responses alone, but when they spoke further from it and turned their faces in that direction, a lot of soldiers were looking at me side by side.

"Thanks to you, we can meet with our family again!

"Me too, I can see my lover!

"I... wasn't there..."

"" "You keep your mouth shut for a second!

Around one person, some of them would lose their minds, but when they all said that to me, they lowered their heads simultaneously.

"" "Thank you so much. Thank you so much!

……

As far as I'm concerned, I can't really look at it, or I can't overlook it, and I didn't want to thank you for anything.

But when you're happy with this... I'm glad it helped you right. I thought so.

Amelia, who watched us interact like that, looks at the site that I slipped through in the way I remember.

"Speaking of which... I don't know what to do with this ground..."

"Ah..."

Everybody's just saying it's true, but I want you to feel safe there.

"I'm fine. I'll undo it."

"Huh?"

"Well, if I say undo it, it won't be the same as the tree in [Sealed Demon Forest]..."

"Uh... what are you saying-"

Sooner or later, I activated dirt magic for once.

Then a supermassive mass of dirt appeared over the site I had crawled through... that's the same amount of dirt that I had crawled through.

It drops onto the site as it is and magically neatly tidies it up.

"Hmm, here's the plant"

Producing even more magically appropriate plants from there, I placed them in some good way.

"... how about more like this?

………………

Turning around, you all open your mouths so much that your jaws are going to come off.

And...

'Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep!?'

"Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Everyone screamed and the laughter of the trees echoed.