The Road to One Day Be the Strongest

I stare into the forest in front of me and inadvertently drink my cockroaches and breath.

Elf Forest.

The name is quite famous, a forest of death that a long time ago was told that once you step in you will never be able to leave again.

However, recently - since Silver visited Forest Country, it has also improved and has become abhorrent in a different way.

"- You're scared I don't feel any signs."

Rin, who was nearby, reacts to the potpourri and leaked words.

"... it's obviously weird. There's supposed to be wildlife in this forest, but I can't feel any signs at all. On the contrary, it doesn't even show up in my moonlight eyes"

Silver eyes shine in her left eye, and she exhales loudly to release those eyes.

Her ability is to copy the whole silver ability she saw at the end. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Shadow God, in addition to the Moonlight Eye, was almost usable in his abilities at the time.

However, the amount that I am not used to using from time to time is severely depleted, and the moonlight eye is not strong enough to use it so many times.

But its performance is almost no different.

"If you can't catch it with your moonlight eyes, there's really nothing in this forest, or..."

- Brother, someone in the class is covering up.

- Of the silver class, someone.

Take another breath in the words.

Gin-Crashbell is already dead. If so, there will also be a limited number of beings who can cover up this level.

"Is it Mr. Loki, the cunning god, or Mephistopheles, the devil?

"Yes, you can only think of it..."

Hanada leans her neck, and Kyoko takes the lead on it.

Hanada is a tall tank, and his strength as a tank once admitted silver, and would be of considerable standard.

Kyoko is the oldest of us, and he usually puts together our party alongside your cook. It's a pretty good guard, too.

"... I mean, weren't those two hostile? Mephistopheles killed silver in the first place."

"No, slightly different, I think"

Rin opened her mouth so she could cover it.

Her eyes are narrowed to the limit.

"- Both (...). Loki, the cunning god who should have been unfriendly, and Mephistopheles, who should have been hostile to his brother. Both of them are involved in this forest. And - maybe something even higher than those two (...) is elevating this forest to a super-high junction."

"Nah..."

Ugh, no words came out.

Sure, it's weird that I can't feel any signs - but I can't believe the two of us who are supposed to be hostile are hands on each other, plus something superior is involved in this forest.

That too - the juncture, huh?

"What is the kingdom..."

"I can tell because I saw it with my moonlight eyes. This is not just a forest. As soon as we set foot, we are taken to a different place. And if we don't attack there, we can't reach the forest country."

- Moonlight eyes.

One of the three largest demon eyes in the world.

The solar eye, the most powerful demonic eye alongside the destiny eye and shoulder, and the all-powerful demonic eye that sees it all.

Because she says with that demonic eye - I'm sure it is.

"... so you know where it leads?

"... no. Somewhere with a deep mist, I could only tell."

- Somewhere foggy.

That's too little information.

I mean...

"... in the end, you mean you have to be ready to go"

Put your hands on the black knife pattern on your hips.

Received from silver and artifact - Black Knife Behilgar.

Strike and slay everything, the strongest knife.

I don't see why he gave this to me.

Besides, why did he say that and leave? I don't know that either.

But...

"If I can get to that answer by moving on, I'm not lost, I'm just pushing on."

I step into the woods.

Out of me, the stray was already gone.

Right into the woods.

It was - it was a thick fog - spreading in front of me.

"Ko, this is..."

Squirting - Immediately after that, a strong discomfort strikes my chest.

When you squat accidentally and exhale rough breaths, you learn the feeling of being able to put your hands on your back from behind.

"Kuse, are you okay?

Aisa Kouri was there.

My childhood friend, the chairman of the lowered glasses committee.

She frowns anxiously.

- Does she not have this discomfort...?

Unexpectedly, looking around, there is no sign that the other fellows who manage to be within sight are suffering.

- Except Rin.

"Something......, just sucky, disgusting"

"Ah, ah..."

Just a little in my case, not to much, but still, Rin and I are the only ones remembering some malaise right now.

Speaking of that common denominator...... what.

It's for me and Rin.

Something no one else has.

I was uncomfortable, but desperately working my head off.

"... hey, to the god of the shadows... his artifacts? I thought you were attacking even the devil again, but this time it seemed different '

My voice sounds, and the swoo and the thick fog disappear.

And the discomfort that was squatting behind my chest.

I looked around, bewildered by that unfamiliar woman's voice - and opened my eyes.

"This is..."

It was - unmistakably - hell that was spreading in front of me.

Metal walls installed to enclose.

Lava is blowing up from the ground, and as soon as the fog is gone, the fierce heat pierces my skin.

And in front of me - there was a huge, black door.

"Ko, this is - Huh!?"

Raise your voice as if your chef noticed something.

"Duh, what's up, chef...?

"Ko, isn't this... Kuse, too, you know?

The voice was trembling.

His body is trembling in small pieces and represents that fear with his body.

"The place is covered in thick fog. Bronze walls, with bronze doors - filled with abominable precipitated air by gods"

Somewhere, that's the phrase I heard.

Well, remember where you heard...

"- Huh!? No way -"

I remember that 'myth'.

It was portrayed in that myth, what your chef said.

That didn't differ in dimensions - it matched the status quo.

Unexpectedly pulled my cheeks and turned my gaze to the door in front of me.

"- Welcome to [Nara (...)]. I am Tartarus, the god of prison."

- It's everywhere, hiccups.

Uranos the Divine King. Eloise, the god of love.

And the prison god Tartarus.

I couldn't possibly mistake these three corners for being everywhere.

"Prison God......, Tartarus,?

'I thought you were right. My God... You've heard of me. I'm sure he said something about a different world, Kuse. Although I'm not interested.'

- I'm not interested.

My cheeks snap unexpectedly at the words I'm told quickly.

'I'm basically not interested in anyone else. Uranos, Eros, this time they're asking me to move, but honestly, it's a pain in the ass to move. "

……

I don't know what to do, if it's not intimidating, it's just a drawstring.

'I told you, I'm just a hiccup. I don't like it this time either. "

"... mind, can you read it?

I want to hold my head unintentionally to her, who keeps saying 'I see ya'.

I was losing my mind......, the gods were a generic name for people who would be fine and read things in their heads.

"That's a masterpiece. Loki and Zeus, as well as the god of death, have acquired such skills lately. Even so, recent for me was before you were born. '

- Tartarus, the god of prison.

He said if you were talking to people, they'd be big and small, and they'd be like this.

Learn the senses.

But she's not. It's like I'm trying to catch a cloud, I feel like I can't grasp it.

She's going to change the subject sarcastically, even though she must be reading it in my mind.

'Now to the point. You guys stepped into my realm. All kinds of guys bowed their heads and gave permission to send anything that went into that forest to this place - but still, I can't just give it back'

To that word, I hold my fist by accident.

"... you know we're not enemies"

'I don't know. Maybe he's being brainwashed unconsciously. They could be like Loki covering up even in his heart. Thinking about it, putting you guys in that country for free means I'm breaking my promise to my friends. "

- That's no good.

She continues to laugh a little.

And... I guess I said Gin-Crashbell. I haven't crossed it because I wasn't willing to cross it from the start, but still, I admire just the fact that humans have crossed the wall. You can say that for the first time, I'm interested in humans. '

"... walls?

What the hell is a wall?

I learned that question, but for now I can only tell what she knows about Ginn.

"What the hell do you... know?

Everything. I know everything. Nara is the most endless world that leads to all places. Endless prison. I know everything that happened in all places. Everything that happened in that place that day. "

She said that without getting lost, I guess it's really almighty - and most importantly, I could be sure from the bottom of my heart that the man did something 'enough to interest even someone like this.

That's why...

"... I have to work hard, too"

Yes, I can't help but think about it.

I hear laughter from somewhere.

A loud 'darkness' blows out of the front door, making a loud noise and slowly opening the door.

"Come on, it's a trial, O God of the Hood. The fact is that I haven't expected anything at all, but it doesn't mean it's not possible. I pray that you will be the [fourth], and I will give you this test '

- The fourth.

I didn't know what that meant.

Still.

"Waiting ahead is a replica of that, a mighty enemy who thinks the challenger is stronger than anyone else in this world, who wants to fight the least. Now, god, who the hell is the man you think you're the strongest at?

I'm sure she only knows about its existence.