178. Jukai Forest (3)
“First of all, senior Gaeul. “Take out all the things Shin Se-hee gave you separately.”
“To? Uh······? Me!? Ah, yes! Ah, I understand!”
Lim Ga-eul seemed embarrassed and did not know that Lee Yu-ri would suddenly point out her, and hurriedly poured out the items from the subspace tattoo.
Patter-patter─
And the things taken out were ‘applied water paste.’, ‘Pepper spray,’ ‘self-defense electric shock device,’ and ‘suspicious-looking ornaments.’
The party members couldn’t help but frown when they saw that.
No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t find anything in common between the items.
“······The only thing that makes sense is this water spa.”
Kang Do-hee touched her chin and picked up the moisturizer to apply it.
“Isn’t that strange? This is not a hunter-only item… And we all carry around muscle relaxant sprays, which are basically much more effective.”
“And, I understand that these electric shock guns and pepper spray are usually carried by men for self-defense. “Is there a monster inside that has a sensitive sense of smell or is weak to electric shock?”
“······Hmm, I still know what they are, but I can’t even guess what this is.”
Yu-ri Lee lifted the suspicious-looking ornament and frowned.
A net tangled in a round ring, decorated with beads and feathers,
It looked like something a goblin shaman would carry.
“Is this an object used in some kind of ritual?”
“I don’t know. It’s my first time seeing it.”
“······Me too.”
It was a time when everyone looked at the strange decoration and showed disapproval.
“What? This······. Isn’t that it?”
That voice is the most unexpected person.
“Me, something similar to this.” “I’m in my room?”
It was Lim Autumn.
“This is… “You say it’s in the room?”
As everyone looked at the suspicious person, Lim Ga-eul was embarrassed and waved her hands.
“No, no, no! Juniors, this is not strange! “Don’t look at me like that!!”
“So, what is this?”
“Hmm, this is something called a dream catcher.”
“Dream catcher?”
“Yes, if you hang it in your room, it will stop your nightmares… It’s an item that is said to help you have good dreams… Don’t look at me like that!! Boo, it’s definitely a superstition! “I’m famous in some way!!!”
“Nightmare…?”
Anyway, thanks to Lim Ga-eul’s performance of her, we were able to figure out the identity of the decoration.
And as soon as she heard that, Sophia looked at other items with serious eyes.
At that moment, a look crossed her eyes
Mate─!
“Ahhh! I understand!”
Then he pointed to other objects and said.
“All of these! “It’s something related to sleep!!!”
“······Sleep?”
Kang Do-hee tilted his head, not understanding why these things were related to sleep.
“Yes! This water pas! I was famous even when I was a model! It was so spicy that there were quite a few people who applied it under their eyes. And pepper spray, and a stun gun! It’s not particularly dangerous for us who has awakened mana, but it’s effective for keeping us from sleeping!”
It seemed plausible.
Kang Do-hee touched his lips and remembered Jin Yu-ha’s words.
“Nurung said this is a dungeon that confuses the senses and destroys common sense. If it’s all about confusing dreams and reality… An enemy that uses dreams… Yeah, that definitely makes sense.”
“Yes, I think that’s right. “I guess the theme of this Jukai Forest is nightmare.”
Yuri nodded with a serious face.
“······Now that we have a theme, we need to come up with a plan. “If there is a device inside here that forces you into a dream, then you need to think about how to deal with it when you fall into it.”
“Well, juniors, how about something like this?”
It was Lim Autumn again.
When everyone’s eyes turned to her again, she looked burdened for a moment.
He continued to speak steadily and fastly.
“So, it’s from a movie I saw before… There, the main character turns the top to check whether it is a dream or not?”
“······Top?”
“Uh, so. When she spins the top, if she doesn’t stop and the top spins, that means it’s a dream. “If you stop in the middle, it’s reality.”
“Oh, that makes sense! Therefore. No matter how elaborate a dream it is. After all, it’s an illusion. Does this mean that the expectation that ‘the top will spin’ has inertia!?”
“Uh, uh, that’s right! As expected, Sophia is a junior. “You captured exactly what I wanted to say!”
Lim Ga Eul nodded her head and bluffed.
“So, let’s spin the top too?”
Kang Do-hee said that he was slowly running out of patience.
“No, that doesn’t exist now. Instead…”
Yuri Lee comes up with a plan based on a thought that suddenly occurred to her,
It took only a moment for everyone to nod their heads.
After taking such measures.
Everyone completed maintenance quickly.
Yuri Lee looked back at the party members one last time.
“From now on, we will begin our invasion of Jukai Forest. The first goal is the search and rescue of Jin Yuha. And, as I’ve emphasized several times, never assume anything here. Then, let’s leave right away.”
The Utopia party without Jin Yuha set out to attack Jukai Forest.
* * *
It was a mysterious scenery.
Black shadows sway around a place as if guarding it.
And in the midst of them.
There was one person.
Pale skin.
Deep dark circles.
A girl lying curled up on her side, covering her long blue hair like a blanket.
Ssam liquid─ Ssam liquid─
The breathing through my mouth was weak, as if it would break off at any moment.
It was a familiar face.
Because she was a character who always greeted players in a dead state during the Jukai Forest quest.
In the original game, if you find her lying down like this and approach her,
[ ‘Suspicious Girl’ ─ Doesn’t seem like she’s been dead for a long time. ]
The text is displayed.
Here, the old players of Velvetsra paid attention to the fact that ‘it is not old.’
Therefore, there was a time when the community was on fire for a while with the goal of speedrunning as fast as possible and saving the girl.
However, it lasted less than a month, because all attempts ended in failure.
No matter how quickly she reached by strengthening the speed of a speed-specialized character with gacha pull-ups, ignoring monsters, and cutting route after route, she was always dead.
In the end, it became established that this character was ‘unsurvivable’.
‘And it also has the role of helping the player in the form of a ghost at critical moments when fighting the boss of this forest.’
However, I never thought that just because my charm exceeded 100, I would skip all that process and meet the client while he was still alive.
More thoughts passed through my mind, but there was no time to waste.
‘Well, I’m going to die soon after all…’
There was a reason why the root could not be saved no matter how much it was cut.
Even though she was lucky enough to come in through the Easter egg, she looks in critical condition right now.
First of all, I had to save this woman.
‘It would have been simpler if Sophia had been there…’
Is there anything I can do since I came alone and separated from the party members?
I took out the emergency medical kit from the subspace tattoo.
And a potion as red as blood taken from there.
‘Potion.’
In this world of Velvet Sra, there is a potion that restores her stamina.
However, the format is a little different from that used in other games, perhaps as a device to emphasize the importance of healers.
Using this does not immediately heal wounds or restore stamina immediately.
A feeling of only focusing on prolonging life.
I lifted the fallen woman’s head onto her lap and brought her recovery medicine to her mouth.
“······.”
However, she was unconscious and could only break out in a cold sweat and could not open her mouth.
‘If you pour liquid quickly on an unconscious person, the airway may become blocked. Well, I can’t help it…’
Soouk─
I put my finger into her mouth and forced her mouth open.
Next, he took his time and poured out the recovery medicine little by little. The healing medicine flowed through my fingers and into her mouth.
How long has it been like that?
“······Ugh.”
A woman frowning as if in pain.
Slowly her eyes opened
Her empty gray eyes captured my face.
As soon as she saw my face
Hijuk─
She raised the corners of her mouth.
Muttering.
I was chewing my finger that was in my mouth
Wow─
I spat it out.
“How dare you touch me?”
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She spoke in a pitchless voice.
“Ah, it looks like he’s in critical condition, so I have no choice—.”
“Give up now. No matter what you do, you can never tempt me.”
“······Yes?”
“What are you pretending not to know? “It’s time to get sick of it.”
“Well, aren’t you the client? You requested treatment for insomnia…”
“Ah, now I understand. An adventurer who received my request and came to find me. Sure, this concept was a bit fresh. I guess he paid some attention to his appearance as well. It’s better than usual. A dream.”
“No······. That’s not it. First of all, I’m not a dream demon, am I?”
“At least, if you wanted to deceive me, you had to do something plausible. Does it make sense that the hunter who came to receive my request has a face like this?”
She shook her head as if she was dumbfounded.
“Well, it’s no longer fun. Just turn it off. Take off your clothes and dance like you always do. Do you know? “If you do a striptease with that face, maybe I’ll be moved and give you my body?”
At her words her, Jin Yu-ha’s face was colored with bewilderment.
i guess she’s past that line