Chapter 44 Part1 (1/2)

I saw soht…? I saw thedom The country itself was situated on a landmass southwest from the Central Continent that seemed to be unsure whether it wanted to be a continent or an archipelago

Looking at the guidebook, the countries here seemed to have quite the South Ae country Soixansept Kingdom reminded me of the tropical paradises back on Earth It was also one of the most fa countries weren't much different with their resorts and developed touriso to Soixansept I had wanted to ride the World Tree network to the neighboring country, Sanhuit Just as always, I bounced off its barrier, but in a way that put me on a trajectory toward a reef near Soixansept

…No, I'

Blobsy cleaned off the seawater and seaweed onspot, I had thought to ht as well take the chance to look around the nearby country Some time later, on a beach so against several monsters

The adventurers were a party of three Their combat poere all below 100 They all had si equipment, and their movements were somewhat aard Maybe they were players

Their opponents were three oat, and a rooster with a snake for a tail They were standing on each other like the town musicians of Bremen

…monsters? Were they really just normal monsters?

All three only had around 60 to 70 co the floor with the players

Yeah, they were totally players using ah with it Still, theirthe sa the avatars in seroup of ex-beta players bullying the newbies, really… Well, whatever Not like they were harot ready to leave them to their business

Suddenly, an unexpected breeze blew past I instantly held down le beat later to do the same with my skirt

”Eep!”

The skirt was just reflex, really When materialized, layers of cloth filled the inside to the bri

I looked around Dozens of er fighting each other All of theazes fixed on my direction

”…”

”…” ”…” ”…”

In a blink of an eye, that particular part of the beach and the blue ocean behind it froze over

…I had s to worry about than such frivolities anyway I was quite sure I didn't show ht suspicions ht away Unfortunately, the World Tree netas unavailable to , and so I could only rely on my oer I departed before the watcher drones could flock to the scene

I stayed hu the western coastline and ignoring Santseis, a sed, uneven forest to the north, I turned fullto the sea

Twenty thousand combat poas no joke I wasn't as fast as an airshi+p, obviously, but I could keep pace with an express train This continent was really more like two sh the sea, I could save a ton of travel time

It still took three days without rest I came to the upper half of the continent not just to escape, but also because there were two large countries there

Wartos, the City of Pleasure

Sautonn, the City of Ga

As you could see from their titles, the two countries weren't exactly wholesome Similarly, the word 'City' reflected the fact that these two nations' government and population were concentrated in their capital cities The countries the

Still, they were a the richest countries in the world And in both countries, the mafia held uidebook recommended the unexperienced tourists to never stray from the main streets

Wartos had shops where you could buy and use soine a Las Vegas without huht most nor that since the place was full of bad people, people who didn't like being watched or observed — one of the more decent preconceptions I had — then that probably ilant Which meant less watcher drones Maybe Hopefully

In other words, it was just another one of my harebrained plans

Well, those weren't exactly the only reasons, though…

Three days later, I arrived at the coast near Wartos I turned human, wore my cloak, and headed toward the City of Pleasure First off, I'd need to find a way to get in

To be honest, I was nervous trying to attack a large country Still, considering the current situation, I had a chance of success

Soe city showed up in ether like a erously-colored cloud of sination

There was a line ofeither to buy or to sellti careful of foreign ilance, the security itself wasn't all that tough

People in other continents were still not taking what I was doing seriously They thought it wasn't their proble about spies, not about existential threats to their nations