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Day 5 of the event. After the usual production activities, Aeon, Chess, Puyosuke, Seguro and I have been exploring the lake since the morning, but nothing has come of it.

I knew it was on a floating island but not in the lake in the same location...so there should be a base area for Berserk King Kong and maybe one more.

I started exploring the forest in the afternoon. The members of the team are Lily, Setia, Grey, Ricule and Darley. Then Lily says she's going to take the controls.

''Please take your sister Lily's feelings into consideration. Master Tact.

Geez... the escape route is blocked...

The usual outbursts begin when I ride Darley.

I know what it's like to be a rodeoer... but it wasn't going to be like this.

'Lilly, we have to stop.'

You'll have to wait!

No good. I gently tighten my grip on Lily's reins from behind and slowly loosen the reins. Then Darley calms down too.

'Oh...'

”First of all, if you want to calm him down, don't pull the reins too hard. If you pull too hard on the reins, Darley will suffer. Now, give me the go-ahead.

Uh-huh.

When Lily gives the order to move forward, she grips the reins tighter. That's what this is all about. I support Lily and try to keep her from pulling the reins too hard.

Then Darley runs as usual.

'Wow!'

Lily looks pleasant.

'Remember what this feels like, okay?　When you pull the reins hard, it's when you want to make a sudden change of direction or when you want me to stop because it's dangerous. That's about as good as it gets under normal circumstances.

'Yes!　Thank you!　Tact.

After that, even without my help, Lily's control was steady. So much so that she easily knocked the Wolfman out of the air while riding the Darley.

'I'm glad to see that your sister Lily is no longer a marvel, but I'm not convinced...

What's the matter with Setia... it's good to be able to fly it properly.

Once again I head to the next base area. I have a pretty good idea of where the base area is.

The first base area we found was southbound from the north, and there were two base areas to the east and west. The first base area we found was south from the north, and then two base areas to the east and west. There's only one left in the south.

But what we found down south was not a base area.

This is... ruins?　Setia, is it poisonous?

Yes.

So it's not the base area...but it looks like there is a stone tablet. I'll call Mr. Lewin anyway.

I'm sorry to be so busy. We've found a different ruin south of the first base area.

'Well, it's in the south. But not in the base area?'

'According to Setia, there is poison here. Perhaps not.

I see. It's too far away for us to go, so you'll have to explore. I'll tell Mel and the others.

Please.

There you go. Now that we have clearance, let's explore.

Liqul, I'll call Aeon and Koibei instead of Darley. Now, let's go explore the ruins, shall we?

The inside of the ruins are full of traps. There are many arrows and spears coming out of the pitfalls and walls. Well, it's easy because Koibito detects it.

And monsters came out too. That's it!

Ghost Lv 4

Summoned Monster Target Active

This is the ghost I saw in the wilderness. I killed him with Setia and Magic Bullet because he's a bad member of the team if he gets possessed.

That's why Setia and I are very active in the ruins. In the middle of the battle, an information will be played.

'Your staff level has reached 20. The martial arts 【Trident Magic】 and 【Shift Change】 have been acquired.

Hmm. I used it. First of all, Trident Magic. It's like a technique that shoots magic bullets at up to three targeted enemies. It's also possible to fire three bullets into one body. It's a bit of a convenient technique.

But even more useful than that is the shift change. The shift change is a move that allows you to swap out party members. For example, if I'm targeted by an enemy, I can swap places with Lily and leave the battle to her.

There are many other strategies that could be used. For example, I could change the biting Gray and Puyosuke, or I could change Hiyori and Kurotetsu.

The problem is that you can only replace one pair. And it seems that you can only use this martial skill once in a battle. They don't let you swap out as much as you want, do they?

We explored safely while using the light and apparently arrived at the end of the line. It was a large hall.

And something appears.

A phantom?

?　?　?

So there is a boss after all.

The meaning is the same ghost, but this guy was like a ghost. And he had a scythe as a weapon. Pre-Reaper Evolution, you might say.

Well, what to do... a ghost boss is not what I expected.

As I was thinking about this, the Phantom possessed Lily. Lily, under the control of the Phantom, attacked Aeon... you were aiming at the wrong person.

As a result, Lily gets beaten up by Aeon as usual. The Phantom is so merciless that it moves over to Ion, this time aiming at me.

As a result, the Phantom leaves Ion. No, because it's the same as the usual training. In fact, it's much weaker than the training. It's only natural that this isn't working according to Aeon's thinking.

And then it comes to me next. This guy....he's so dumb. You have a natural enemy in this place, you know.

''I'm sorry, love fire. Blood Awakening, can you take care of it?

'Yes, sir!　I'm going!　Blood Awakening!

Koibito wears a silvery white aura and chants a spell.

”I purge and cleanse you of all your sins.

The Phantom sees the shining sword and rushes away, but it's too late.

''A flash!''

Love Fire has a momentary pause and Phantom cuts both ways. Then comes Info. Huh? A blow? Maybe Love Fire's Blood Awakening is worse than I thought.

''You have cleared the 'Ancient Ruins'. I've gained 3 skill points.''

'The level of the sword of love fire has reached 10. I have acquired the martial art [抜打].

Get skill points! Now I have 39 skill points left.

And then Koihi learned Nukiu Uchi, which is one of the Battoujutsu techniques. It's a technique to check with the first battou and kill with the second sword.

The reason for the low skill points is because... the boss was weak? I guess it's because this is not the base area after all. So what is this place then?

”Oh, that was awful...

Well, I'm sorry to hear about the two possessed.

Now, I'm going to dismantle the raggedy Phantom. Here are the results.

Rags: rarity level 3 Material Item Quality E

An ordinary piece of cloth. Flammable.

Darkness Stone: rare degree 3 Material Item Quality E

A stone that possesses the attribute of darkness. It is used to make weapons and magical stones.

I don't know what the use of a piece of cloth is. What would you use a piece of cloth the size of a handkerchief for? Alright, I'll give it to Mew.

But more importantly, I've got the Darkness Stone! This is going to be fun.

I knocked it down in a daze, but when I thought about it, if it wasn't for the love fire, I'd be stuck.

I lit up the area around me to see if I could find the stone slab I was looking for and found the spot on the wall where the mural and stone slab would have been. The text and the indentations make it clear.

The mural looks like a mural from ancient Egypt. It depicts the entirety of a battle that once took place.

First, an iron ship comes from the sky. Then, a huge female entity astride a dragon and using small demons as her messengers invades the island.

The island is poisoned and finally the dragon and the giant woman attack the iron ship.

Then Lobo appears, and Lobo, the dragon and the giant woman fight, and Lobo wins.

The people of the poisoned island honored Lobo until his death.

It's rough, but it sounds like the story goes like this.

I immediately contacted Ruin via communication.

'We've captured the ruins of the example. I found the original murals and stone tablets there.

'You gave me a quick and awesome report. 'Can you send me a squash of the mural?　How was the writing?'

”'Come from the sky' is the first word. The next word is unknown, followed by 'the one who brings misfortune' and the last one is 'and fight and destroy it.'

'From the text, the being from the sky and the rathboss fought, and the being from the sky won.'

It looks like. The mural describes the scene. There's a mural of a demon-like thing the size of a robot fighting.

'I see. I'm sure that place was meant to give you a strategy without the hint of a stone tablet. 'Was there a boss?'

'I was there, but it was weak. It was a phantom, but it was a blow with love fire.

''If you're dealing with ghosts, it would be easy to attack them if you have a priest. I'm told that the purification magic is a special magic against the undetected.

Hoh. I didn't know there was such a thing as magic. It would be easier if you had it.