Episode 99.
After the remaining two days, I thought I would return to Sanctuary.
But contrary to my thoughts, the ordeal did not end.
“What is this…!”
The snow-covered space melted in an instant, and now the tremendous heat came.
My body, which had adapted to the cold for a while, seemed unable to overcome the sudden heat.
“As expected… mana in the bracelet… no, it will be hotter inside the armor.”
After the cold that cuts through the skin, the sweltering heat.
I looked around and realized the identity of the heat.
“Lava and the sun.”
Lava was spread below, and the sun was insanely high above.
These two are probably the cause of the heat.
“It will be the same this time.”
It will be the same as the situation you just experienced, only the temperature will be different.
that is so.
“I need to get food and shelter.”
In the cold, I made a house out of snow.
But there was no way to make a house here.
“You can’t even make a house out of lava…”
Rarely confirmed that the ground was on fire.
Originally, I would not have been able to stand.
At least he could stand like this with mana wrapped around his feet.
The soles of the shoes have already melted.
“Even if I give up a place to rest this time, I have to find food first.”
Even if you build a house in such a hot place, you won’t be able to sleep comfortably.
As a sword master, and with my mental strength, having endured a hundred or one hundred deaths, I wouldn’t have to sleep for a week.
“There must be a prey, right?”
For now, I started walking aimlessly like I had done before.
***
Diarrhea? Bingsajo?
Anyway, I was able to find a bird like the blue bird I saw before here too.
The difference from the blue bird is that it is red.
If a phoenix were real, it must have looked like that.
but.
“If there’s a difference from a phoenix, it’s because it has red feathers, not burning.”
The red bird was captured in the same way as the blue bird.
First I tasted the meat of a red bird.
“Write.”
It tasted close to burnt.
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No, it must have been burnt.
However, this may not be the original taste of the bird.
“As expected, I don’t have any talent for cooking…”
Dipped the bird meat into nearby lava.
And the result of eating it was a burnt taste.
But I got something more important than this meat.
It was the skin covered with the feathers of a red bird.
“You are resistant to heat.”
As if it had the property of repelling heat, the heat went away just by covering it with leather.
“Anyway, I’ll have to find this guy again…”
They had plenty of meat.
This one bird will feed you for a month, not a week.
But that was impossible in this environment.
“Yeah, it’s hot.”
storage was impossible.
In a place like this, it will quickly rot or burn in the heat.
“wait for a sec···?”
Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.
“Why did you want to give up?”
Isn’t there a way to preserve it in this environment?
I can’t cook
However, this method was possible even for countries who cannot cook.
“Beef jerky!”
Convenience food beef jerky that I ate until I got tired of it when I was an adventurer.
It was a way to make this bird meat into jerky.
It was my first time making beef jerky, but it didn’t matter if I failed a few times.
“Yeah, the meat is overflowing!”
I started working on making the red bird jerky.
***
I was able to make perfect jerky, except that the liver was a little bland.
He made a house using the skin and bones of a red bird.
The hot floor was able to block the heat by covering the skin.
“Is it over soon?”
To be honest, the cold situation was more difficult than the heat.
I thought this ordeal was over.
“It’s cold, it’s hot, so there’s nothing to do anymore.”
That meant the end of the ordeal.
“Couldn’t it be underwater or something like that this time?”
An ominous feeling came over me, but it seemed like it wouldn’t be as much as in the water.
Ordeal is also an ordeal when you can overcome it.
[00:00:30]
The time to end the ordeal had come.
As soon as I returned to Sanctuary, I thought of what to do.
First I’ll wash, then I’ll eat a lot of food prepared by the sanctuary.
“Now I’m tired of red bird jerky, so I can’t eat it anymore.”
[00:00:00]
The ordeal is over.
I opened my arms and rejoiced.
The surrounding environment gradually began to change.
I didn’t mind it and continued to rejoice.
And the moment the change around me ended, I was frustrated.
[719:59:58]
The ordeal isn’t over yet.
Moreover, this ordeal was a month-long ordeal.
“Heh heh, I’m going crazy.”
After a moment of frustration, I immediately started exploring my surroundings.
This time, it would be an extreme environment, so I had to find a shelter as soon as possible.
***
Looking around, there was no element that could be considered extreme.
“what? Did I accidentally give you a strange ordeal?”
It was a difficult environment to see as extreme here.
I looked around and realized it was an island, but that was it.
There were also valleys with drinking water and edible fruits around the valleys.
“Besides, there are only animals that are gentle.”
Maybe it’s something I didn’t find, but there were only animals that wanted to be non-aggressive.
meat, fruit and water.
Everything was a perfect place.
“It’s been a month here…”
I thought it would be pretty easy.
But it wasn’t until nightfall that I realized I was wrong.
***
He was cutting down trees and building a house.
“The day has gone.”
The day had gone, so no further work was impossible.
It was dark, but I had to replenish my energy as much as possible at night because I didn’t know what was going to happen next.
So I went to sleep in an unfinished house.
Something attacked me while I was struggling to sleep.
“Yes”
What woke me from sleep was an ordinary goblin I hadn’t found when scouting the surroundings.
However, the armed state of the goblins was not normal.
The armor and weapons of the goblins were not in a state that goblins could have.
Even if you look at it, it was a very good quality equipment.
“Are you goblins?”
“Keruk! Kerruk!”
“Kekereukreuk!”
Dozens of goblins surrounded me, each holding a sword and spear.
I started dealing with them.
And I definitely realized.
“You are no ordinary goblins.”
Goblins had skills.
It was a systemic swordsmanship and spearmanship, not wielded according to instinct.
In addition, a well-organized joint attack was poured on me.
“It’s really amazing.”
I raised my mana.
After putting some mana on my sword, I started fighting the goblins.
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No matter how good a weapon or armor they wore, a goblin was a goblin.
It was judged that it would be easy to cut if mana was wrapped around it.
But my judgment was wrong.
“I never thought a goblin would even use mana!”
The goblins’ weapons also began to glow blue.
This was obviously a reaction that only came out when using mana.
“I thought it was easy.”
Mana was raised stronger than before.
I was thinking of conserving my energy as much as I could because I had to stay for a month, but it didn’t seem like the right time.
I ran into the goblins.
Even if goblins use mana, I am a sword master.
Those goblins were only at the level of beginner level sword experts, so they slaughtered them at once.
“Whoa…”
Leaving the corpses of the goblins behind, I looked around.
There was still an ominous aura in the air.
It was said that these goblins were not the end.
“I’ll have to check it out.”
I climbed the tallest tree among the trees around me.
I arrived at the top at once, and jumped up from the top with all my strength.
Although not all, it was possible to confirm the overall situation of the island.
“Ohhh… is that so?”
Goblins appeared all over the island.
It appeared as if teleportation magic had been used.
I thought as I landed on the floor.
“Perhaps it only appears at night.”
If so, I wondered if it would disappear in the morning.
Still, it was necessary to sort out the goblins around.
“Still, it’s good that there are only goblins.”
If the ogre was an ogre using mana, it was obvious that it would be a difficult opponent.
Anyway, it was possible to roughly guess what this extreme environment was.
“It’s an environment full of enemies where you can’t rest comfortably.”
It doesn’t matter anyway.
I’ve had this experience once before.
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Not exactly my experience though.
Through the memories of Cassias, I tried to fight a battle that I couldn’t rest in the Pandemonium.
If it’s a goblin, it’s not too difficult.
“I guess I’ll have to clean up the surroundings by morning.”
I started clearing things up one by one, starting with the nearby goblins.
***
My expectations were missed again.
“Really, how did you get nothing right in this ordeal?”
I expected it to be a mana-related ordeal, but I was wrong.
The extreme cold thought the ordeal was over, but the extreme heat came.
I thought the extreme heat was the real end, but another extreme came.
I thought the goblins that appeared at night would disappear in the morning, but I was wrong again this time.
“It’s daytime and you’re still there.”
Morning came and no additional goblins appeared, but they were still there.
I had to sort everything out.
Fortunately, the size of the island was not that big.
That’s why it wouldn’t take long to wipe out the remaining goblins.
“Come, come, let’s finish quickly and rest!”
I wanted to quickly clean up and take a break.
I started subjugating the remaining goblins.
***
After arranging the remaining goblins, one change occurred.
[710:32:21] – [0] – [Enhanced Goblin]
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Numbers floating in the air were added.
The number of remaining monsters and the names of the monsters were clear.
“But it’s a reinforced goblin…”
There were still many days left.
Even so, if it’s a goblin that has been strengthened from the beginning, I don’t know what will come out at the end.
“Could it be that monsters that appear only in legends appear?”
There were monsters that existed only in ancient times that had never been discovered in the present age. Such monsters were treated as legends.
The fact that it actually existed was that equipment made from that monster was left behind.
“If there is something representative…”
There were many legendary monsters, such as the phoenix, which can be said to be the motif of the blue bird and red bird seen in extreme cold and heat, and Turtles, which took on the appearance of a giant tortoise.
And among those monsters, there was a monster that could be said to be the strongest by far.
“Ancient Dragon.”
Ancient dragon refers to a dragon that has become an adult.
Its strength was said to be unmatched even by sword masters.
“Couldn’t it be…?”
I wanted to believe no.
How can I deal with the existence of the legend?
Honestly, I believe that monsters in other legends, except for the Ancient Dragon, will be able to compete against it.
However, it was not an Ancient Dragon.
“No, it hasn’t even appeared yet, so why are you worrying about it?”
Was it because I was too afraid?
I became worried for nothing.
“Since this ordeal was wrong every time I predicted it, it will be wrong this time too! Cancer, that’s how it should be.”
I felt relieved for some reason when I was comforting myself like that.