640 Elf Ranger (2/2)

Heita's testimony, video cameras from the destroyed base, and a certain type of scene replay magic spell all confirmed the details of this attacker. However, it was impossible to determine who this person was or what faction they belonged to.

Due to the physical characteristics of this person, the organization decided to code-name them ”Elf Ranger”. The organization assessed this person as an ”above average” threat based on the damage this person inflicted and the power level displayed.

The next morning, Seiji contacted Hana and told her about what happened last night.

”In the future, you should pay more attention to this person named Hoshi Amami,” Hana told him.

”Of course.” Seiji nodded. ”This was his first time visiting an Inner World. I suppose that he had a lucky miracle of sorts for something like this to happen to him.”

The youth on his first adventure who met a mysterious and powerful golden-haired girl. This seemed just like the classic beginning to a novel or manga. However, Seiji had no clue if this story would turn out to be good or bad for Hoshi.

”I would like to request an analysis of the damage inflicted upon his combat uniform. Is it possible to determine what types of attacks caused such damage? It also needs repairing… Could I ask you to do that?”

”Yeah. Mail the combat uniform back to me,” Hana agreed.

”Also, I'm concerned about that group who suddenly attacked us for no apparent reason… None of them saw any of our real faces, but since we killed three of them, we need to remain on guard,” Seiji continued. ”Could I also ask you to investigate those dual daggers?”

Hana agreed to this as well.

Seiji didn't request Natsuya's assistance, because this incident was unrelated to her. This was related to his knight order. Seiji considered it alright to have Natsuya of the Yoruhana Family help him with smaller matters, but this was something related to him and his friends' lives, so there absolutely needed to be concrete results.

After finishing their video chat, Seiji immediately mailed over the items.

He didn't use any normal mail delivery. Instead, he used a mystical service that he wouldn't have to worry about reliability or speed of. However, the price for this service was rather expensive.

This matter had now temporarily come to an end after Seiji mailed the items.

The greatest lesson he learned from all of this was that Kazuko's Domain wasn't nearly as safe as he'd thought it was.

Seiji understood that training in an Inner World had its risks. However, he mistakenly underestimated the risks. He didn't expect that the controller of the Domain herself, Kazuko, would also meet with a problem.

Taking advantage of Kazuko's ability to easily train in Inner Worlds on a daily basis… Well, after all of this, Seiji could only say that dreams were beautiful but reality was cruel.

Inner Worlds possessed even stronger existences than Kazuko that could even overrule her control over the Domain! Meeting any such existences would cause even Kazuko to meet with danger. In an even worse hypothetical scenario, everyone could die there!!

At any rate, Seiji felt that he had underestimated Inner Worlds far too much.

Inner Worlds weren't the same as dungeons in games. There was no fixed path to take through an Inner World, nor was there a story plot. Entering every time was a true adventure with associated risks. What one met inside would be unknown. In fortunate circumstances, an Inner World would provide excellent training. But in unfortunate circumstance, it was also possible to die within just a short few seconds.

Even if Seiji had the ability to save and load, he didn't dare to allow himself to die.

He now had a new understanding of how dangerous Inner Worlds were. This caused him to reassess the value of his [Spirit House] from his system.

His system's products were truly extraordinary… A place where he and his friends could cultivate safely was far more valuable than he'd originally expected!

System: ”Heh heh heh, now you understand how it is, dear.” Seiji imagined his system saying that.

But, the [Spirit House] was truly an option!

It wasn't that he didn't want it to begin with. It was that he was poor in points. Seiji sighed.

He needed to earn more points. Seiji figured that he should first hurry and finish the second volume of Brother Monogatari as quickly as possible before thinking of other ways to grind points.

Although he was working on the dating sim game as a side project, this wouldn't possibly be finished anytime soon. He needed something that would give him many points quickly… No, he needed a project that would give him rewards as soon as possible.

Seiji then had a flash of inspiration that caused his eyes to light up.

He immediately went on the internet, and created an account on Sakura Island's most famous website for light novel artists, Whiteboard!