Dodging the attack and barely stepping back, the man looked down at his sword with a stiff face.
Then the woman who came close to me prepared a spell and yelled at me again.
【Lv. 59]
“What are you doing alone in a place like this? We’ll fight you, so run away!”
“no······.”
I tried to speak, but she also ignored me and looked forward again.
What are these, all of a sudden?
***
Aww!
Seeing the man struggling, the woman bit her lip.
A huge bear that made all the monsters I’ve encountered so far feel like cubs.
I had never encountered such a absurd monster when I was walking around the demonic landscape with my colleagues in the past.
Even the man who had easily dealt with monsters until now was barely avoiding attacks.
She raised her wand and raised her magic power to prepare the most powerful magic she could unleash.
But at that moment, the bear suddenly changed direction and aimed at her.
“······································································!
The man who flew away from the car with a short shot rolled down the floor with her.
I tried to get up in a hurry, but the bear was already too far away. It was an unbelievable speed for its size.
‘······ah.’
so stupid?
He didn’t even have time to unleash his defense magic. No, it would be shattered even if opened.
It was the moment when the two of them sensed death as they saw the huge front feet that slash their entire body.
At the same time as something appeared in front of it, the ground around it exploded in a shock wave.
“···········?”
The two looked at the scene unfolding in front of them with bewildered faces.
A man I had just met was standing right in front of me.
And the bear’s front paws stood tall in the air. It’s like being blocked by an invisible wall.
The bear grunted in bewilderment and then backed away.
‘What is this…?’
The man’s figure vanished from his sight once more.
At the same time, there was a roar and the bear’s body collapsed.
woohoo!
The two stared blankly at the man standing on the back of the fallen bear.
He looked down at them both and opened his mouth.
“Listen when people talk.”
Hallumenta (4)
After looking down for a while, he made a space leap and came down the road.
When I suddenly appeared in front of them, the two who had been standing up were startled.
“Te, teleport…?”
The woman muttered with a look of astonishment.
I asked them.
“Who are you?”
A woman who is a wizard and a man who is a swordsman.
In particular, the level of the male side was quite high at 73.
I never thought I would meet people like this in the middle of the magic world. what are they doing?
The man drooled, looking at me alternately with the Vulcantier who had fallen behind him. I saved him at the best, but he seems to be on the fence.
Instead, the woman answered with a bewildered voice, wiping the dirt off her head.
“Yes, yes. We are just adventurers.”
“Adventurers? Were the two of you roaming around like this?”
“Yes, by the way….”
“why?”
“Hey, you’re an adventurer, so you want to go on an adventure…?”
She smiled awkwardly and glanced at the man.
He still opened his mouth with a sign of being wary of me.
“Thank you for saving my life. May I ask who you are?”
I thought about what to answer and answered.
“adventurer.”
“…why is an adventurer in the Demon World?”
“Do you want to go on an adventure?”
Silence fell for a moment.
Well, I think so.
A stranger I ran into unexpectedly in the middle of the magic world.
There was no need to explain my circumstances one by one, and just pretending to be an adventurer was an appropriate answer.
I decided not to pay any more attention to them, thinking that they might have their own situation.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but please be careful.
Saying that, he tried to turn around.
“Ah, wait…!”
“Sir, wait a minute.”
They both caught me at the same time.
When I looked at why I was calling, the woman spoke first.
“Hey, if it’s not rude, just for a moment…”
“Excuse me.”
I wanted to ask you something, so I hung up right away.
The life or death of Ashel was also unknown.
I needed to find her as soon as possible, but I didn’t have time to worry about anything else.
“Oh, I haven’t told you yet…?”
The man left the woman behind.
“There’s a monster I’m looking for, and I want to ask if you’ve ever seen it.”
“······monster?”
I shook my head.
“I’m sorry, but I’m too late right now…”
I hung up while talking.
I don’t know what they really are, but they were wandering around the central area of Helumenta alone.
When I explained the situation, I thought I might know something.
“There is something I want to ask you first.”
“Yes?”
“My colleague suddenly disappeared.”
Without high expectations, I told them quickly and concisely about my situation.
Even the fact that Ashel disappeared while she was away for a while, that there was no trace of the battle at the scene, and that she is currently wandering around this forest in pursuit of the traces.
They all silently listened to my nonsensical explanation.
“Can you guess what happened?”
When the explanation was over, the man looked at the woman.
“Well, I’m fine too… Ah.”
She tilted her head and let out a small sigh.
“Maybe it was something that put the opponent to sleep, or caused hallucinations, or was it captured by a monster with that kind of ability?”
That was part of my guess.
However, since Ashel’s level is her level, I thought it would only make sense unless she had strong abilities.
And if that’s the case, I don’t know why they dragged me out instead of dealing with it on the spot.
Above all, according to my game knowledge, there were no monsters specialized in hallucinogenic abilities in Hallumenta.
“Oh, come to think of it, there are monsters that I can guess…”
But the woman seemed to have something to stick with. she said as if groping from memory.
“Until a few years ago, there was a time when I was in the middle of walking around Hallumenta with my colleagues. I ran into him at that time, but he almost died.”
“What kind of guy are you?”
“Well, I still don’t know what it was actually. I just lost my mind at some point, and when I came back, I found myself tied to something like a plant stem.”
······Plant stem?
I looked back at the traces of the floor I was chasing.
It was a description that somewhat coincided with the image of something I was imagining.
“But while I was tied to the stem, I and my colleagues later asked me that they all had nightmares. I have to say that I was lost in memories that are painful to recall. In the end, one person woke up and saved all the others, so I barely survived. but.”
nightmare······.
I narrowed my brow. For some reason, I was slowly getting the hang of it.
Many of the monsters in the Magic Kingdom have all kinds of bizarre abilities.
And among them, there were those who dig into the weak part of the other person’s heart and use that pain as their own food.
In particular, it was the kind of ability that people with weak mental power or great trauma were more prone to.
‘Is this guy like that too?’
As far as I remember, there were no monsters like that in Hallumenta, but since it’s in the past, there could be any number of monsters that I didn’t know.
What if this guy was a monster with that kind of hallucinogenic ability, so he easily subdued and dragged Ashel away?
I followed the trail again and started walking.
The two hurriedly followed me.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m chasing the trail he left behind.”
“trace······?”
The man narrowed his eyes and looked down at the floor where my gaze was directed, then opened his eyes wide and muttered.
“Were you chasing this faint trail?”
“okay.”
“Uh, what do you see? Can’t my eyes see anything?”
The woman looked around the floor, nodded her head, and said.
“Anyway, if you’re going to rescue a colleague, we’ll help you first.”
“Thanks for the information, but I don’t think I really need any help.”
“Uh, you look really strong, so it’s true… But there might be something that might be of some help, right?”
A woman asked a man for consent.
He looked like he was going to say something, but he just nodded.
So, I also attached two unexpected strangers and started the chase together. There was no need to refuse to help.
“You turned that way.”
And the man was quite well versed in tracking, so whenever the traces were confused, he correctly identified the direction and pointed them out.
Thanks to this, I saved time and gained speed. The traces are getting clearer as if the distance is not far.
“············”.
And it didn’t take long before I finally found what I was aiming for.
I looked at the landscape unfolding in front of me, lost for words.
【Lv. 70]
A plant stem that wraps around the surrounding trees and stretches into the air. In the middle of it, a person is tied like a prey caught in a spider’s web.
It was Achel.
“Hey, he’s right! That’s him then!”
The woman, who had been in awe for a moment, shouted that, and the man immediately drew his sword and prepared for battle.
woo woo.
At that moment, a wave spread like a force field around the plant for an instant.
The two men, exposed to the waves, staggered precariously and collapsed to the floor.
I looked at those two with absurd eyes, then moved my gaze back to the plant stem.
‘what?’
Is this his ability?
But thanks to the spirit of the king, it didn’t seem to work for me.
From the moment I heard that his ability was a hallucinogenic series, I expected this to happen.
I took a step back.
As soon as I was fine, he started wriggling as if in bewilderment, and then shot out waves one after another. But there was no way to get through.
As the mental attack failed, he swung the few remaining stems like a whip at me. But he too was blocked by a floating veil.
The high level was all due to the hallucination ability, so it was a terrible destructive power.
Pete.
Drops of blood from my fingers hit his trunk.
The lifeless, limp one no longer writhes annoyingly.
I teleported to the upper stem where Ashel was tied and stood in front of her.
“············”.
I had to pause for a moment.
It was because she could see Ashhel’s face exposed through the stems, and the tears that were constantly flowing down her cheeks.
It was roughly guessed. What kind of nightmare is she having now?
I silently began to tear off the stems tied to my body one by one.
Her whole body was tangled up in the stalks, so it looked like she would have to struggle a bit to get it out.
***
“What’s your dream sister?”
Ashel stopped the sword she was wielding and turned her head.
It was the question of my younger brother, who had thrown away the water lily and was lying on the grass.