Volume 17 Chapter 4 (1/2)
on Monday, February 25, 2019 ein zwei
17-4 Purple MoundSatou here Although not to the point of like a bolt out of the blue, I re up at unknown places after a night out drinking aith friendsup to a Death Valley-like scenery only happened that one tion”
Hei that looks like a purple hts forht me to capital's outskirts
We headed to an area barricaded by the capital soldiers to find the afore?”
Crisis Perception isn't reacting, it doesn't see says, a [Soil Structure]
I got off ht who led us here, and walked toward the purpleat the center of a field that has been fully harvested
It looks like ruins from Lalakie era so his rounds in this area”
”Youto testimonies of harvesters, this mound was not present up to sunset the day before”
Fumu, not a Mystery Circle, but a Mystery Monument huh
I noticed that the maker's name is blank when I check its detailed info Either this was made by someone with a blank name like I could do, or the name was erased with some kind of mean
Well, you'd normally think it's the latter, no doubt
”Perhaps soht?”
”I would not have called for Earl Pendragon so early in theif it did”
Heiround and threw it at the purple h the mound?”
The stone Heim-shi+ threw disappeared into the purple mound, and came out on the other side
”Is this an illusion?”
I kneas not despite h the illusion if it really were
”It's not”
Hei to reach out to the roup of people that was already in the area around thea blue sash on top of his robe--Blue Sash of shi+ga 33 Wands stepped forward and began to chant a spell Judging froician sueon nested on one of the buh it but it appears that living things can touch it just fine
”Magic passes through it as well, but not living creatures”
According to Heiic just went through the on”
Heieon started to cry out in pain, so I checked the AR and saw its HP gradually decreasing
--It's Drain
Looks like the s after they come into contact with it for a certain period of tierous bit when I checked the mound's detailed info on the AR
I stare at the purple ain
There's a complex mana flow inside the purple mound I can't read its effect, not sure if it's because it's not ic
At the very least, it doesn't seem to be a spell formula for Life Drain nor Mana Drain
”As you can see This s”
The pigeon fell on the ground before Heim-shi+
Looks like it's only fainted
The sueon up and unsuon who has traveled all over the world would know about this mound, no?”
Looks like that was the reason why he picked me
”I think it kinds of resemble ruins left by Lalakie Civilization, I suppose?”
”Fumu A relic of an ancient civilization huh Even if it has only enough power to kill insects, for so next to the suician nodded, like 'I knohat you mean'
Looks like he's a researcher from the Royal Research Institute
Nuround around the purple mound indeed
”--In ht”
”Why not just say it straight? Like, this is the denoring their feud, I walk around the e and holy dagger on it, but they all passed through the mound all the same
I probably could intervene with the torrent of th into it, but since it's dangerous as I have no idea what the formula is about, I refrained myself
”Usasa, lookf at thatf woof”
--Woof?
”It's likef the thingf at the villagef's squaref!”
”It even gotf the samef colorf too”
I turn around at the source of accented words and found the dogkin boy, Gaugaru, a graduate of the labyrinth city's Explorer School, [Pendora]
He's together with his friends, the bunnykin Usasa, Rabibi and the others
They were a a crowd that had fore
”It's the youngmasfter!”””
The Pendora members waved at me
With that as an impetus, the croere here to look at the purple s or is that--”
”It's the Dean to call out for !”
People at the end of the crowd began to push at the barricade to look attheonna crash here if this keeps up
These people would go straight to the purple ood
”■ Clay Wall!”
Field soil rose up 30 ic was aa red colored sash which signifies her position in 33 shi+ga Wands, she must be a subordinate of the blue sashed suon?”
The beautiful ician turned around and let out a smile
”Why yes, thank you”
When I frankly thanked her, the ician had a complicated look on her face
Looks like my reaction didn't live up to her expectations
I check her AR reading
She's called Athena, with [Sakura Guardian] title, I kind of ree sakura tree at the royal castle when I first visited the castle right after I becaht, she had a little feud with Mia due to her sense of rivalry against Boruenan Forest elves
Since it's a story long past and not like it's got anything to do with me, I nod at her to end the conversation and ask one of the soldiers to fetch Usasa and the others
Not because I know the curious
”””Young ratulationsf for the forhts!”””
I proet to the point
”Everyone, have you seen so like this before?”
”Un, we have”
”No idea what is it, but that thing sprouted up in the village's square thisup like nyoki-nyoki-nyoki woof”
”It shone bright before it did, didn't it”
”Right right Was doing a night watch, then suddenly a round, that surprised me kuma”
”Kubea's scream woke us up”
”I didn't scream kuma! I was just a bit startled ku their words and the content of their testiic circle showed up?”
”I didn't kurating sound like 'kiiin'”
Rabibi added ht duty
”The ht ku?”
”Yup, I think it was And since the ic circle's color, I think”
In the ic circle e's square, and then soil rose up to for purple
”We tried to poke the h”
”Touching it th, it felt yucky ku master”
And then they h the field fro therateful for the valuable information”
I convey their testiht Swords
Information about the appearances of purple mounds in other place and that it was created by soic was a major one to Heim-shi+ and the researchers, he smiled broadly and clapped the kids' shoulders, ”Well done!”
”Uwaah, it's a shi+ga Eight Sword in the flesh”
”Awesoht woof”
The [Pendora] kids seeht Swords, they were elated to receive a thanks froood job Since it'd be a struggle to reach my mansion, you should take some rest in one of my villas instead”
I took a paper out, drew a map on it and handed it over to Usasa
It's close to the market, so it's an ideal spot if they want to tour the capital
”Oh right, this is for you, young master”
Rabibi fetched a bundle of letters from his knapsack and handed it to me