Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 86

Chapter 21: In place of the clues

Since the time was late, we decided leave the cleaning up to the next day (I honestly want the residents to take responsibility and do it, but it’s probably faster for me to clean it up), I borrowed a horse because I wanted to at least sprinkle holy water (I was worried about leaving her behind, so I put Uru behind me, and since he was there and didn’t have anything to do, I took Regulus together) and we went around the village. I also made a return stone that I forgot because all that fuss.
By the time we came back, dinner had been set up in the village square. It looks like yakiniku, but… It’s all meat and no vegetables. If I eat like that, it would be heavy on my stomach, so I offered my own vegetables. Well, I don’t know if anyone will eat them other than me.
Because Uru developed a little trauma, I asked that people other than executives to refrain from it, and held a meeting with several people around a bonfire. Occasionally, there are people who came to take a peek and fall prey to Tigar-san’s stone throwing, but I’ll leave them alone.
Eris was there too, but she’s as quiet as a borrowed cat. According to what I heard later, she got scolded by picking a fight with me. …… Well, she didn’t know, and in the first place, it seems to be the custom of the whole village, as someone who has been involved twice, with this incident as the start I would like to you guys do something about it. Desperately.

“Thank you for protecting the village this time. And my place’s idiots did something that I’m sorry for. I don’t know if that serves as an apology, but let’s all respond to Miko-sama’s request.”

“Well, I’m fine with that, but…”

Even though I nodded at Tigar-san, who was sitting cross-legged and bowing his head, I couldn’t say yes because Uru’s condition still looked bad.
Sitting in a position that hides her body behind me, I feel like she’s about to start growl while hugging my arm. Even if she is a child who boldly rushes into hordes of monsters, it is quite surprising. Well, basically, I dealt with other peoples wherever we went, so I guess that her interpersonal skills aren’t much high. In my case the other party show reserve because of my status as a miko, and It’s not like my interpersonal skills are particularly high or anything like that.

“Uru~?”

I tried calling her, but nothing changed. She seems to be hearing and the sound of her tail hitting the ground stops for a moment, but it restarted soon.
…… For now, let’s give up for today, have her eat a lot and sleep well.
When I put out the cooked meat in front of her, she began to eat it quietly, so I patted her head and returned to the conversation with Tigar-san and the others.

“Well, my request is as I said before the attack, I want information about the Gods. After that, if possible, I would like a pair of male and female livestock.”

If I order it, they will probably give it to me, but the village chief’s daughter had to go out in search for the horses. If they don’t have much to spare, I don’t want to force them.

“The horses is a little tough, but otherwise it’s possible.”

“That’s okay. Ah, I would be happy if you could provide me with other materials that you can afford. I will repair the village instead.”

“No, even having you repair is…”

Even though he said that they would listen to my request as well as a nuisance fee, when I said that I will repair the things in return, he tried to firmly refuse, but helping the residents is one of my duties. Well, one of the reasons to that is that leaving broken things alone make me feel uncomfortable!

“… Thank you.”

Tigar-san bows his head again before returning to the topic about the Gods.

“We are the people of the wind, but it’s been a long time since the god of wind disappeared, so unfortunately we don’t have much information.”

With those words in mind, most of what he said, I already knew from the game, including the supplementary information from the executives.

The Wind God has the appearance of a handsome boy, and his personality is just as free-spirited as the wind. To be frankly, he’s just a light-hearted, whimsy god.
He has a strong sense of curiosity and interacts with the residents quite often, and seems to give blessings to those who do interesting things (by The Wind God’s standards). On rare occasions, It seems to have people who touched his nerves and had been struck by thunder.
Receiving the blessings of the god of the wind will give a positive correction to wind magic (creating wind-attribute items in the case of a Miko), and the body will become a little lighter. Perhaps because of this, there are many people who can use wind magic in this Bartle Village.
The main feature of this blessing is that it leads to the development of movement items. You can move quickly with Jet Boots, and you can fly in the sky if you combine it with the Sky Wing.
In this Asteria that has no game limits, I could make an airplane if I feel like it… No, as expected it’s impossible. I don’t have the slightest idea about how aerodynamics works.

… I lost my train of thought.
The Wind God was in charge of this wilderness… Of all these plains. He carried seeds with the wind, called rain clouds, and sprouted life everywhere. It seems that his work was neat even if he looked light-hearted. Well, he’s God, so it’s natural, isn’t?
However, one day he disappeared, and the Creator God became very busy and couldn’t give a follow-up, so the earth gradually became rough and reached the current state.

“… But, it’s really good.”

“Huh? What is it?”

At the end of the story, Tigar-san muttered so, and when I asked him what was ‘good’.

“Didn’t Miko-sama say ‘Release the God’s seal’? The fact that he was sealed itself is painful… But I’m relieved that the wind god-sama hasn’t abandoned us and gone away.”

“…”

Not only Tigar-san, but also the executives are holding their tears.
…… Although it’s a feeling that I can’t really understand because I’m originally a non-religious person, but I can guess it’s a big deal that the one pillar that sustain your heart is lost.
Ah, no, if I were the current me, I might be at a loss if the creator god disappeared.

“… The God of Creation, didn’t she said anything?”

“? In the first place, I didn’t even heard about that someone saw her.”

…… I wonder if the God of Creation didn’t give a follow-up. Or was it a situation where even that was not possible, or was it simply failed in give an oracle…?
Anyway, it seems that they themselves want to know by all means about the whereabouts of the wind god. Hmm, I was expecting a bit, but I wonder if I won’t be able to find any clues soon.
For a while, I could only hear the sound of people eating dinner and the crackling of firewood in the crisp air.
It was just a coincidence that the wind blew slightly at this time, but I wonder if the god of the wind had being considerate.

“Ah, that’s right. It’s about the monster attack.”

“What?”

“I heard that they attack in roughly from the same direction, but what is beyond that?”

“… About that it?”

Although it should be difficult to understand because he has a beast face, but Tigar-san made a face that is clearly frowning. I wonder if it’s such a difficult situation.

“We weren’t just standing around. We went to attack the monsters base in an attempt to cut it off the roots, but…”

When he said that, Regulus, who was on the opposite side of Uru, reacted with a twitch.
…… The situation is a bit similar to Grosso Village. So I wonder if it bothers him.

“Speaking from the conclusion… Well, you can guess from the current situation, but it was impossible.”

“Um… The enemy was too strong?”

“No… We couldn’t get there in the first place.”

Was it too far away or physically inaccessible? That’s what I thought, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
In terms of distance, it takes about two days by horse. Considering the distance in this world, it’s close enough.
As for why they couldn’t get there.

“In first place, there was miasma around the entire area.”

…… Ugh…… That sounds painful. I don’t want to go either. No, maybe I’ll end up going there after this.
With further words, this time, Uru, who was silently eating meat no matter what was said, reacted.

“And then… From the depths of the miasma, a dragon’s roar echoed.…… As expected, it is impossible to deal with dragons in addition to miasma.”

It felt like the air next to me had exploded.