Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 18
Chapter 12: The abandoned continent
Miasma.
That is the name given when the power of destruction condensed to the extent that was visible. If you are exposed to it, you will take damage, so you have to take countermeasures to even move in it.
And although miasma rarely occurs in dungeons… when it comes to this scale, there is only the final destination in the story of the game the ‘Abandoned Continent’ and its surroundings.
In other words, that other side……That place is, even within the realm of the God of Destruction, it’s a place with a particularly strong power.
“Huh? Huh? In a place like this!? Are this okay!?”
Wait, this is the land of beginning and the final realm of the Creator God, right?
There’s already an area where a large amount of miasma accumulared right next to it, which means…
…this world is in a serious danger?
“Fortunately, I don’t know if I can call it… it doesn’t seem like it is expanding. As long as you don’t get too close, there’s no problem. For now, though.”
I was overwhelmed by the growing sense of danger, but with the continued explanation, I decided that there was still time.…… Of course, I still can’t let my guard down and I can’t waste my time.
Did she take notice of my impatience? Uru quietly asked.
“Rion. Are we going there?”
“… No, we can’t go here for now.”
There is a lack of everything.
There is no ship. There are no anti-miasma items. No equipment. I can’t even enchant holy attribute and I don’t have the blessings of each god.
Even with all my present resources, if I go now, I’ll just be eaten away by the miasma and die as soon as I enter the sea area. No matter how you look at it, it will be a vain death.
And most importantly??I didn’t have enough resolve.
“I will have to go there?” Just thinking about it made me shiver.
I will definitely have to go someday, so until that time i still to acquire more skill levels and more importantly, more strength of mind.
I don’t know what she thought of my answer, but Uru only replied “I see” and didn’t say anything else.
Come to think of it…Uru was washed up on a beach near here…maybe she came from the abandoned Continent…?
…… No no, no matter how strong a lizard body is, the miasma is another matter. Only monsters can live in it and even those monsters, the ones that are weak will die out in no time.
She must have been swept away by the ocean currents from other place.
Ah, speaking of monsters, the sharks with legs.
I’ve never seen anything like that before, even in my gaming days…I wonder if something strange is happening inside the miasma zone…
Let alone supplies, there is too little information. I think it will be a while before I go there.
After that, I continued to work without saying a word, but I realized something when i picked up the harpoon.
“This harpoon… the tip is made of iron…”
Metal, it’s a material that I can’t stop looking for now.
Just by having it, I can upgrade various things, so it is necessary to obtain it as soon as possible.
I’ve been frustrated because I haven’t been able to find it for a long time, but is it finally possible to get a hint?
“Do you know where iron can be mined around here?”
“That’s not a thing that we collected, so I don’t know.”
I asked the fisherman about it, but my shoulders dropped at the disappointing answer.
However, it seems that the light of hope was still there.
“We got it from trading with another village… Come to think of it, I haven’t seen them for a long time…”
“Other village? Where is it?”
“I don’t know the details, but it’s over that direction. If I remember correctly… I remember they saying that is in inland, a day or two after crossing the river.”
The fisherman pointed out the direction we had walked to this village.
Hmm? Maybe it’s beyond the broken bridge…? Did they just stopped showing up because it broke, or there is a reason that they can’t fix the bridge… I think it’s the latter.
Anyway, it seems that the next destination to have been decided.
“Miko-sama”
On the day when all the work was completed, the day that I decided to return to the base for the time being to prepare for the next journey.
Many of the residents, including the village chief, looked at me with clinging eyes, but I shook my head left and right.
“I’m sorry.But I have to travel around the world at the request of the Creator God. I can’t stay in one place for too long.”
“That’s… right……”
“I will come to check on you from time to time. In the meantime, I would like to you all to make a lot of things so that the Creator God can recover it’s power even if a little.”
I made a return stone, so I can come anytime, but my presence may make the residents spoiled and loosen their hands on making things. That’s no good.
Miko’s creation is the most important thing to recover the creation god power, but if the number of residents who make things increases, the power of creation will increase with it. Even if each power is small, if the quantity of makers increases, it will become a power that can’t be made light of.
That how they say: There is strength in numbers.
In addition, when Uru tried it before, it turned out that only Miko can use the return stone. People who had been selected beforehand can move with me, but for now I have no intention of letting the people of this village live in my base. I’d like some help in there, but it just felt that is not the right choice for now.
By the way, holy water is just water infused with the power of God, so anyone can use it, but it might be necessary to verify the difference in effect between me and other people using each item.
“Then let’s go home.”
“Umu”
The people who bow their heads to me, the people who wave their hands. While keeping them in sight, I held hands with Uru and used the return stone.
“Hmm… My base after six days feels good!”
The teleportation light subsided, and seeing the familiar God of Creation statue and altar made me breathe a sigh of relief.
I don’t feel sick physically, but I wonder if my heart was tense for some reason. I raise both my arms and stretch.
“For now, let’s go inside and take a rest.”
I called out to Uru, who was standing by my side, but…… Uru’s gaze was sharp for some reason. She snorts her nose and looks around.
“Uru, what’s wrong?”
“… It’s slightly, but the air is mixed with an unknown smell. Maybe there’s an intruder.”
“Eeeee!?”
How such thing could happen!?
Has the automatic holy water spraying system broken? Or did monsters started to appear in the Creator God’s realm during the time of the Creator God(The daylight time)?
If it’s the former, it’s fine, but if it’s the latter, it’s will be fairly strong monster. And at the same time this means that the degree of erosion of the power of destruction increased??
A chill ran down my spine.
“It’s okay, I will protect you. Well, at least you should wear your equipment.”
“Uh, yeah. Thank you.”
My body that seemed to be cold and hardened was loosened by Uru’s reliable lines. When I returned to a normal state of mind, I pulled out my equipment from the item box.
There are no monsters during the day, and at night they are repelled by the sanctuary, so I often remove the equipmen. It’s a hindrance when making things.
But monsters may appear unexpectedly in the future, so I have to make it possible to switch between them quickly.
“I will go ahead of you. Never go ahead. And just in case, please continue to guard the rear.”
“All right”
Uru sniffed the air again and then walked without making a sound in the direction where the intruder would be.……I don’t know if it’s effective because I’m useless and I’m making a little bit of sound…… I’m sorry for being useless.
Still, as quietly as possible, while being nervous at the situation I followed Uru searching for anything suspicious.
“The field is ragged… I wonder if they invaded from that area.”
“Maybe. The footprints… are heading that way.”
The fields are definitely ragged. It’s ragged, but… there’s something odd with it.
Before I could give an answer to that discomfort, Uru started to advance again. It seems that the target is close, because of that she is being especially cautious.
“… Over there”
In a whisper, Uru pointed her chin and indicate me to… the warehouse. The door was slightly open.
“There’s something in there”
“…!”
If I listen carefully, I can hear a faint sound. Are they breaking something?
No…That is not ‘something’ in the warehouse there is only materials. They, in order not to let me, the miko, make things??
“I will rush in. you come a little later.”
“… I… leave it to you.”
After showing a grinning smile that seemed to say “Leave it to me” Uru ran off.
Dookaan!!
We reached the front of the warehouse in one breath. Kicking down the door, I lifted my arm up to kill the monster inside?
“Uwaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
——I heard a scream.
A person’s scream
And of course it’s not from Uru.
“……Eh?”