Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: Please Give Up On It

『…Eh? In other words, humanity has confined itself behind a wall and live round? What the hell I was only stuck in a castle and I already found it unbearable!』

Colony

It was a cylindrically shaped structure where humanity resided

Its rather lengthy structure was the result of digging further down into the Earth whenever the colony expanded

Thanks to the existence of food production plants within the colony, there was no need to cultivate fields outside

Even so, the living space for hureatly reduced

Co with a pale expression in front of Leo「I was confined for a month by my wives What the heck… Why couldn’t I leave?」was【Lyle Walt】— once known as the founding father of the last empire that ruled the continent

Referred to as the Divine Emperor, he became the subject of many tales and epics

And to Leo… he was a distant ancestor of【Leo Walt】

Although the lineage was considerably distant, Lyle still considered Leo to be a successor

The biggest reason was the pendant that hung around Leo’s neck A blue gem— the【Blue Jewel】embedded in a silver pendant was proof of Lyle’s successor

「Uhm, Emperor-sama?」

Unsure as to how he should address hi However, Lyle rejected him with a carefree wave of his hand

『It’s usually Your Highness, Your Majesty, or soht? But you’re my descendant so you don’t need to use any honorifics Actually, you can use my nickname! How ‘bout you call me Lay-chan?』

「…There’s no way I can call someone that looks to be in their late 20s Lay-chan」

Lay-chan— Lyle’s figure appeared to be a man in his prime, somewhere in the early 30s

Yet Leo got the ier than that

It could be said that he had youthful face

『Good comeback! Leo-kun has the tsukko to be lonely inside this gem by myself but that’s not the case anymore!』

「…soe I had has been shattered」

His Imperial Majesty— Leo was surprised to learn that he was a descendant of such a great person, but carefully thinking it over, he realised it had been over 2000 years since the E Surely there must have been many descendants who have inherited his talents

Sitting on the chair, Lyle crossed his legs He leaned back and put an elbow on the ar his body a bit, he rested his face in his hand

『Now then, how about we stop with the jokes here? I was quite surprised to hear the current condition of the world but the hu』

Mankind once ruled over the entire continent However, with the introduction of ic tools and the completion of the colony, humanity was ironically deprived of their land by demons

『However, when huic tool development, they confined themselves in labyrinth-like structures It’s the reason how the demons were able to reverse their positions』

Labyrinth

Nowadays, the nu them had decreased

Only high ranking hunters aric tools dared to tackle them

Yet, to Lyle, the colony resembled a labyrinth

The sky could not be seen from any layer below the middle layer

The colony stretched down into the ground

The narrow passages were no different from a labyrinth

『Oh well, now it’s ht?』

When Leo finished explaining the current circuan his explanation about the jewel and how Leo was able to dive into it

The jeas a tool capable of recording【Skill】but have been ic tools in the present era

To pass on the skill, Lyle as a skill user could teach Leo how to use it

「B— But, I… I have barely any proficiency with ic tools」

To the Leo ave him a puzzled look

『…Hm?』

「I can’t even use ic tools embedded with a skill I’m incompetent…」

『Hm~?』

Maybe, even if Lyle teaches me the skill, I still won’t be able to use it Leo’s current train of thought was as such

Leo opened his mouth

「Even though you’re willing to teach me, I just don’t have any talent for it My proficiency withskills…」

Lyle straightened himself

『An adventurer No, you want to becoht?』

「…I do But, I don’t have a suitable ic tool so I don’t know if I can possibly beco Otherwise, I can’t prove that 」

Listening to Leo’s circuusted look

『That… even though I had an idea, it’s worse than I thought』

「Tha— That can’t be! Do you ive up!? There’s no way I ca—」

Lyle quickly waved his left hand

『No That’s not it To regain your father’s honour That, well, I personally don’t agree with it but it’s ad a fundamental mistake』

「A— A mistake?」

Lyle stood up froht hand aside From within the jewel, many memories were projected

『I was also involved in the developic tools you know Actually, it became my past-tiuess you could say the advanceic tools were because of me』

In the era where Leo lived, the perforreatly outstripped those of Lyle’s time by leaps and bounds However, Lyle continued to speak,

『First and fore ive it up』

Gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, Leo hung his head down

「I refuse」

『Eh?』

「NEVER! Even if that’s the case, I won’t give up Just because I can’t usetreated like a fool!? Father… Father fought to defend the colony… he’s not an underdog」

Lyle watched Leo while putting a hand to his chin When Leo finished his outcry and was trying to hold back his tears, Lyle called out to hientle voice

『Will you hear ive up becoic tools is bad so I wanted to show an alternative』

「Not using ic tools?」

Leo was not able to comprehend those words A hunter was soic tools It could even be said that【Hunter = Magic Tools User】

Lyle caught Leo’s attention and directed it at one of thearound the room

『Magic tools in this era are really aht? It’s quite a difference when compared to my time But you know…? That’s why the people of my time weren’t so weak Look』

The figures of ainst a deic tools and their equipic tools

And yet… the hunters… no, the adventurers, how did they defeat that huge【Land Dragon】?

「A-a」

『On the other hand you guys have aic tools, and yet why do you live in a labyrinth-like… co— colony? I find it very difficult to understand why hu I ic tools Isn’t that what a hunter is? One that defeats deht? Then, they’re not any different from adventurers in my time It’s not like they suddenly became experts It’s easy』

「That is…」

Lyle s eyes

The possibility shown to Leo