Trinitas Mundus

Returning from Luna's home, Ray and Stella were silently preparing to leave.

Stella was flirting with the wild emotions in herself as she looked at Ray, who silently prepares beside her.

(How can this person... what can I do... to convey this thought? I don't know that this relationship breaks down right now... What to do......)

Ashley was aware of Stella's change.

(What happened? Things have been a little strange since I got back from Luna's house. What happened to you?

And Ashley says, "Stella, give me a second," and takes him behind the house.

"Is something wrong? Things have been a little strange since I got back?

Stella replies, "No, nothing,"

"Just a little bit, I had an argument with Luna and Ryan. Lady Ray is in between and working it out."

Ashley tries to hear more about it,

Stella said, "I'm okay with that matter now. I won't bother you," he said, just bowing his head and not trying to answer anything specifically.

Ashley tapped Stella's shoulder gently,

"Well, you can always talk to me if you're worried. I can't give you good advice like Ray, but I can do as much as I ask."

That's all I'm saying, I'm going back inside the house.

The remaining stellars are:

(I can't talk to you about this. I need to think for myself and come to a conclusion...... but I'm going into a dangerous forest now. We need to tighten this thing out of consciousness......)

When she muttered as if to hang a self-allusion, Ashley followed her into the house.

Everyone was ready and the investigation team left from the village of Thysek for the south.

The footprint is lighter than yesterday because the camping tools and the like were left in the private house where we stayed.

Suggests Stella go out to scout, but Ashley shakes her neck to the side.

"We all act today. I don't want to disperse my power because I don't know where it's coming from."

She said Stella still said something.

"You'd be fine, but it would be better if you stayed here."

When Ashley told me that, Stella couldn't say it any stronger either.

The forest south of the village is a beautiful natural forest with birches and trees. But because men would not enter, there was not even a path like the beast path, and it was necessary to proceed with scratching the seedling grass.

It went on for about an hour, but there was no demonic appearance in the woods, and from time to time, it was so peaceful that wildlife such as deer crossed the front.

"There should be a cave entrance on the other side of that hill," Luna approaches Ashley and tells her.

Ashley called Stella and Aldo and ordered a reconnaissance near the entrance.

"I need you to look near the entrance. I want you to go back as soon as there are signs of people, demons."

As soon as they nodded, they headed for reconnaissance.

In about thirty minutes, the two return and are reported by Aldo to have felt no sign of anything.

Ashley decided to head to the cave after hanging the words of labor on both of them.

About enough to reach the cave entrance.

The cave is a rift of rock about 1 m wide and 2 m high, hidden in the trees that grow on the hills, so much so that if you don't know it exists, you'll pass by.

Ashley called Luna,

"Anything you know about this cave is fine, can you tell me"

When Luna nods small, she slowly explains to trace her memory.

"Sure...... the entrance is narrow, but it should be wider as we go inside. They also said there was a rift in the ceiling, some light coming in, and smoke coming out of burning the fire... I feel like that's what my father said. I've never been inside, so I don't know if it's true."

Ashley said, "Thank God. If you remember again, you can tell me anything," I say, lowering Luna.

He then decided to consult with the leaders and let Stella, Aldo, the fans and Milene, the Elf, the Beast Man, confirm inside, even in the dark, with few impediments to action.

"Aldo, I'm sorry, but could you and Stella, Fan, and Milene look inside? Call for help right away if you need anything. Don't push it."

As Aldo laughed and nodded, the four carefully entered the cave.

While the four of them are checking the cave, let the unavailable check the perimeter.

"The Chester and Hazel squads need to check the perimeter. Boris' squad is waiting here. If anything happens, you're gonna cave in with me."

About twenty minutes later, the Aldos returned.

Aldo started talking about the situation inside, not with his usual cheerful expression, but with something to think about.

"As Luna said, it's pretty big in there. Right, seven, eight meters wide, about 15 meters deep."

Ashley said, "Did you ever care about anything?," he asks.

"There it is. There were traces of someone. Probably four or five people. There was no trap, so you want to go check it out once?

"Okay. Ray, Boris, follow me. Aldo and Stella need guidance. Hazel, keep your perimeter alert until you get back."

Though the entrance is narrow inside the cave, it soon grows wider. Apparently, the rock is blocking the entrance with a fall or something.

A few meters further, the light is inserted from the back ceiling.

Going in the back, the burning cusp and ash of firewood, which appeared to be traces of incineration, were left to feed further, and the animal bones were also discarded.

Ashley said, "Do you know how long ago this was?," asks Aldo,

"It's been a long few months, but I don't know. Stella, what do you think?

"I think it's been about two months since they stopped using it"

"Well," Ashley murmured, "maybe it was used by adventurers passing through the area," trying to put an end to any further investigation.

"Dear Ashley, may I look into it a little more? Something's bothering me a little."

When Stella said that, Ashley said, "What do you care?" and lean his neck.

"Yes, I feel the wind flow is slightly unnatural. I also feel that the wind flowing from the ceiling to the entrance is flowing in different directions..."

Ashley asks Aldo with her eyes, but "I don't know," she flaunts her shoulder.

And I said, "Okay. But it's only thirty minutes," he tells Stella.

Stella stays and starts checking on the wind. Ray said "I'll help too" and started walking along the wall.

(Wind flow or... you can watch the air flow with smoke. But don't get caught in smoke when it's a confined space... if you fog it out with water magic...)

"Stella, magically fog out. So, can't you confirm that?

Confirming Stella snorts, Ray imagines a humidifier, which magically produces fog with water attributes.

A white mist erupts from his left hand. In about five minutes, the fog fills up, and the light that plunges from the ceiling starts to look like a shining column.

Gradually, the fog moves clearly.

Apart from the flow towards the entrance, we were able to confirm a slow but small flow towards the back.

Stella says, "There's a stream going back" and goes back.

She starts knocking the back wall with a knife pattern.

And then I noticed that one place sounded different, and I said, "This is the only place that sounds different. There seems to be a small gap too," he explains to Ray.

Ray will check the location. At first it looked like the same rock, but when looked at well, I realized that only the place was subtly embedded with different rocks.

"Only this place is a different rock. Stella, I was wondering if you could get Ash."

As soon as she goes to call, Ashley and the others show up.

"I heard there was a different rock in it?

Ray says, "Here it is," and points his finger.

She was also "sure don't feel different," slapping the rock with a knack.

"I'll get this rock out of the way, so why don't you all stay out there? 'Cause if there's a trap, I'm in trouble."

Ashley thought about making it stop for a moment, but soon he said, "Everybody, go outside," and he goes outside himself.

When I leave, I say to Ray, "Don't push me," with a worried face.

"I'll stay and help," Stella tried to stay.

"I'd rather be the only one. Because if you're buried alive, you can do something magically."

Stella tried to insist on staying, but reluctantly went outside.

(I told Stella, yeah, but you're not sure you can do this magically. Well, I wonder what it is)

Ray will check around the rock again.

After looking at it several times, I find another uncomfortable place. The place was unnaturally decided and felt like a handle.

(You obviously have artificial craftsmanship. Something's going to happen if I pull this off, but there's a chance of a trap. Well, I don't know what to do... I can't help thinking about it. Ready to pull it off?)

He decides to be ready, grabs the rock, and pulls it slowly.

The rock, like a heavy door, opens slowly, making the sound of a gigigi.

(All right, looks fine. It's... it's dark in there. Yeah? What, this smell!

As the door opens, the damp air flows backwards. The smell of herbal medicine drifted on the wind.

Ray immediately called the Ashleys.

"It's a hidden door. I smell like herbs from inside, what do we do?

Ashley called the magician Ginny,

"Stella and Ray are going to look inside. If you'll go, I want you, the magician, to look inside too."

"Okay," Ginny replies, without any particular hesitation.

The three turn on the magic props of the lights and carefully go inside.

At the end of the concealed door is a passage about 1 and 5 m wide and about 1 and 8 m high to the ceiling, the ray must bend its hips and proceed. Stella takes the lead, Ginny, proceeding in Ray's order.

If you go on for a few minutes, is the aisle bent or the light from behind will not reach you?

(How far along are we? It feels like there's something wrong with the direction.)

I don't know why, but Ray noticed something wrong with his sense of time and direction.

He doesn't fully know how far he's gone and often looks back anxiously to see if Ginny feels the same way.

Stella raises her voice when Ray's body feels good enough.

"It's a dead end. No, it looks like another door."

Stella carefully examines the rock door and finds a dent like Ray found.

Stella says, "I'll open it," and pushes the door.

At the end of the slowly opening door was a small room like an ancient graveyard stone room where people's hands seemed to have been applied.

Stella says, "I'm going in first" and goes inside.

Soon he heard "no trap," and Ray and Ginny walked into that little room.

The room was about five metres square on one side and about two metres high to the ceiling.

Ray stretches out his body, which was forcing him into an impossible position, and then looks closely into the room.

On the front of the door that came in is placed something like a square box on a table about fifty cm high, one m long and two m wide. There was a metal jar like a perfume furnace, and it smelled like that herbal medicine from there.

Upon further investigation, a carpet-like vermilion cloth was laid on the floor, and a short desk, Fumizuke, was placed on the edge of the room.

Ray asked Stella and Ginny for their opinion.

"What do you think this room is? It doesn't seem like the room where people live."

Stella shook her neck sideways and said, "I don't know," but Ginny thought,

"I think the back of the temple was built like this... yes! This could be a temple."

Ginny approaches the box in the back and begins to look carefully into it.

The box is a simple one made of wood and contains nothing inside.

I left the box to Ginny, and Ray and Stella started checking the room to see if there was anything else.

Ginny points to the black pattern on the back of the box that says, "This is the temple site of the Dark God (Noctis)." I'm not sure about Ray, but it did have a black tone in it with a magical pattern.

When Ginny tried to explain, Stella said, "Master Ray! Under the cloth!" Raise your voice.

When Ray looked at Stella, she was rolling the cloth, pointing to the floor.

There was a magic formation painted about three meters in diameter.

Ginny turns her eyes round to that magic formation.

"I've never seen such an elaborate, big magic formation. I have no idea what kind of magic team it is."

Ginny takes the writing equipment out of her own back sac and begins to copy the magic formation.

Ray asks Stella to "report to Ash".

Stella nodded small and left the room.

Ray starts looking elsewhere while Ginny writes. The walls are one rock like a rock scraped off, and you can't find any particular hidden doors or other spaces when you tap them. I looked at the desk again but couldn't find anything without a drawer.

Around enough Ginny seemed to have finished copying, and the two of them left the room.

Return to the original large room and report what you find.

Ashley, who heard the report, was worried about what to think of this fact.

"The temple of the Dark God (Noctis), the magic formation with no known purpose of use, the smell of medicinal herbs I've never smelled... I'm hiding it on purpose, so it must be something for a dark purpose behind me. If there is a Dark God involved, there is also the possibility of the Demon Clan...... Ray, what do you think?

"Right. I wonder if the Demon Sorcerer was, or is, based here. The magic team doesn't know what the purpose is, but it's all so strictly hidden, so I guess it's important..."

When Ray was explaining, I heard Hazel outside, who was on guard.

"Here comes the demon! Killer Hornet is roughly twenty!

Ashley and the others quickly ran out of the cave.