Following the pale blue light of the sealight, we continued onward without resting in the night on the sea.
“It’s an island! I see an island.”
Around when the sky began to get light, Merumo called from on top of the mast.
Looking in front of the ship, I can certainly see black land on top of the sea.
As we got closer, we could see how large the land was. It was large. It’s surely the continent.
There was a belt of reef when we approached the continent. The sealight’s light stretched out as if weaving through the reefs.
We operated the ship according to the sealight’s indication.
There were seabird monsters calling in the sky.
We pulled in safely and dropped anchor. There was a forest immediately ahead of the beach we had landed at. I stretched a rope from the ship and wound it around the nearest large tree in the forest.
“Thank you. Capatain.”
“I’m glad the waves were calm.”
Seth replied to my thanks. The others took turns napping in their breaks, but Seth pulled an all nighter steering the ship.
In order to rest, we spent some time on the beach.
We strung a hammock in the space between the trees in the forest, and Seth fell asleep quickly. I reinforced the ship by drawing a magic circle, and drew a locking magic circle on the rudder to prevent it from being stolen.
The women split up and went to search north and south for whether there were any port towns or fishing villages. What we’ve arrived at is the continent’s western coast. We’ll have to leave the ship if we want to move inland.
When I deployed the Search Skill, I could see that the forest was full of monsters. However, they were all small monsters, and the larger ones weren’t any larger than the size of beasels. It seems like won’t have any trouble if we watch out for poison.
<t/n: venom?>
Right when I was finishing drawing the magic circle on the ship’s hull, the women returned.
“There’s an abandoned village a little ways to the north.”
“There is only the beach if you go south a ways. There weren’t many signs of people.”
At Velsa and Ayl’s report, we made the decision to stop at the abandoned village with the ship for the time being.
Merumo grilled the meat of a large snake monster, fenake, that had come out of the forest, for a meal.
While the meat grilled slowly, Velsa and I lightly explored the forest. I noticed that there were many monkey type monsters, and many colorful bird monsters. There were also many poisonous looking mushrooms and thorny plants, and I harvested those that looked like they could be used for poisons. They were all things I’d seen for the first time, so I’ll have to experiment with them later.
Returning to the beach, we woke Seth and ate the fenake meat.
“It seems like the country the Water Hero is in is past this forest, so let’s head inland as much as possible. We’ll leave the ship at the abandoned village.”
“OK-ssu!”
Seth nodded.
“I saw it from the sky earlier, but this forest is pretty big.”
Ayl said.
“There is also a variety of poisonspider.”
So saying, Merumo had a hairy spider monster crawling on her arm. It seems she’s tamed it at some point.
“I see. Velsa and I went into the forest to take a look, and there seemed to be a lot of nasty plants too. There’s also the possibility of unknowingly being pricked by monsters with venom, so everyone should wear the coveralls and avoid showing too much skin.”
Everyone nodded at my words. Bori-san had also known and told us that there were venomous monsters in the jungle.
After the meal, I released the locking magic circle and we headed the ship north.
Reaching the abandoned village with the ship, we landed again. Dropping the anchor, we tied it to the pier with a rope, securing the ship. I was going to brand on the locking magic circle, but I thought of unfastening the steering wheel for the rudder and putting it into the item big. After, let’s draw on reinforcing magic circles all over the ship.
Of course, there wasn’t a single person in the abandoned village. The stone buildings were overrun with vegetation. But the wooden doors weren’t that old, so it might have become an abandoned village not too many years ago.
“The plants grew fast.”
Velsa said.
It seems like we’ll be spending the night in the forest, so Ayl and I checked the insides of our item bags, making preparations. Seth and Merumo checked the village’s well, and since the water seems usable they refilled our water skins.
“They really are here.”
Velsa was clasping a gigantified mushroom that we had seen at Marcus-san’s place in her hand. Velsa seems to have been searching for it.
“The fast growth of plants are the fault of these mushrooms.”
“If that’s the case, then it seems there will be gigantified monsters in this forest.”
I responded to Velsa’s words.
“Yeah, most likely.”
“We probably won’t have any problems if they’re just big.”
Ayl said while sharpening her own sword with a whetstone.
“You’re right. A stampeded of monsters is more troublesome.”
“We are also different from back then.”
Just as Velsa said, if we think of countermeasures beforehand, we’ll be able to deal with them. Confusion bell, sound bomb, smoke-type sleeping drugs, hallucinogens, poison. There are also all sorts of drugs that can be put into the pumps. And now there’s also the possibility of making a defensive wall since Velsa can mature plants instantly.
Seth and Merumo had drawn enough water that our waterskins looked like they’d explode. They won’t be a hindrance if we put them in the item bags.
“We’ll make do somehow, it seems. Ah, it’s also possible that the Water Spirit will be ahead. Everyone, don’t just wear the revival misanga on your wrists, but put them on your ankles too.”
“Roger.”
“Understood.”
“OK.”
“OK-ssu.”
Everyone was in their blue coveralls.
“Then, let’s be off.”
We entered the forest in our trader outfits.
Even though the weather was pleasant, all the trees were casting shadows within the forest so it was extremely dark. There was moisture on the fallen leaves on the ground, and it had a peculiar smell. It was hot even in the shadows. Rather than a forest, it’s a jungle.
Even though I’m looking around with the Detection Skill, there are monsters everywhere so it doesn’t mean much. Their presences are also everywhere, and I have the sensation that we’re being watched. Of course we don’t mind the monsters that don’t seem like they’ll come towards us.
We encountered a group of larger monkey monsters, but they weren’t coming to attack us. A tree monster called terent also wrapped roots around Merumo’s leg, but it took Ayl a second to pulverize it. Mosquito like bug monsters also dropped by, but once I sprayed everyone’s bodies with dark colored bug repellent with the pump, they pretty much stopped approaching.
When the sun set, our surroundings become completely black. The starry sky was also hidden by the trees.
The spot we’d reached became our campsite. We heard the howls of monsters and the calls of bird monsters, but it doesn’t seem any are coming over.
We set up a simple tent.
Grilling dried herringfish on the compfire, we sat in a circle and ate, deciding the order for the nightwatch.
“It will be tough to get their if we walk randomly.”
Ayl said. We only know that there’s a country on the plains past the forest.
“That’s right. We’ll take a look from the sky tomorrow, and try going towards the location that looks like there’s something there.”
And so it was decided.
Early in the morning, Ayl and I climbed a tree and leapt above the trees.
The jungle continued without end to the east, and to the north I could see a tall mountain.
“Should we try heading towards the mountain?”
“Yeah, sure.”
When Ayl and I descended to the ground, Velsa was eating a fruit.
“What are you eating?”
“This is a bit tough, but it’s delicious. Merumo and Seth found it over there and picked it.”
There was a fruit like a papaya in Velsa’s hand.
Seth and Merumo are also eating it like it’s delicious. Tough? It doesn’t seem that hard by appearance though……
“It’s fine. There wasn’t any poison even when I looked at it with the Microscope Skill. Here.”
Velsa threw me that papaya-like fruit, and I snatched it out of the air.
And then I took a bite out of the fruit in my hand.
“Ow-!”
It didn’t actually hurt much, but it startled me a lot. I opened my mouth to split the papaya like fruit like an akebi (chocolate vine) and bit my hand.
The other three watched me while laughing.
“What is this!?”
“I don’t know, but it’s delicious to eat.”
Velsa said while laughing.
When I tried eating it, the flesh of the fruit was juicy, and very sweet.
“Yeah, it’s delicious.”
“It certainly is delicious.”
Ayl also took one from Velsa and ate it.
“But why the heck is it so tough!?”
“I don’t know, but didn’t it evolve this way to protect its seeds? This is the first time I saw it too, this fruit. Let’s call it the kamumi.”
<t/n: bite fruit>
We ate a mysterious breakfast.
“There’s a mountain to the north, and we were thinking of trying to go that direction.”
“But the country is in a plain, right?”
Velsa asked at my words.
“That’s true, but the forest continues on without end if we continue east.”
Ayl explained.
“Then should we combine it and head northeast?”
It was pretty sloppy, but everyone agreed to head northeast. West is the sea, east is the jungle. If there’s nothing there, then we’ll return south. If there’s nothing there, I’ll apologize.
Our actions were quick now that we decided to head northeast.
Spitting out kamumi seeds, we thrust all of the tents and bedding and the like into the item bags, did some light exercises, and set out walking.
I can see that there aren’t any monsters that seem like they’ll be much of a threat, so let’s run out of this forest in one go.
Ayl will clear away the brush and branches that are blocking our way in front of us with her sword, so we can run without any problems.
Even when we came across rivers, with Ayl and I throwing the other 3 to the opposite shore, our speed won’t fall. We weren’t trained to stop for each and every river.
Even when monkey monsters fell towards us, everyone avoided them by jumping over them. I picked up some giant monsters with the Search Skill along the way, but they don’t seem to have noticed us so we’ll ignore them.
Along the way we stopped for a meal break and nap, then continued running.
Around when we started seeing the mountain on the left in the gaps between the trees, I found an animal trail. We raised our speed.
Suddenly, there were no trees in front of me. Not just trees, there also wasn’t any ground. It was a cliff.
I, who was in the front, suddenly stopped, so everyone who was running behind me stopped and looked at the sight in front of us.
Below the cliff were plains stretched out towards the horizon.
We could see a giant mountain range that continued on indefinitely to the west. The plains continue onwards to horizon in the north and east.
“Ain’t this a huge plain……”
It was such a sight that we were dazed.
The sun sank behind the mountains, and the shadow spread across the great plains.
While watching the sight, we descended the cliff.
Following the pale blue light of the sealight, we continued onward without resting in the night on the sea.
“It’s an island! I see an island.”
Around when the sky began to get light, Merumo called from on top of the mast.
Looking in front of the ship, I can certainly see black land on top of the sea.
As we got closer, we could see how large the land was. It was large. It’s surely the continent.
There was a belt of reef when we approached the continent. The sealight’s light stretched out as if weaving through the reefs.
We operated the ship according to the sealight’s indication.
There were seabird monsters calling in the sky.
We pulled in safely and dropped anchor. There was a forest immediately ahead of the beach we had landed at. I stretched a rope from the ship and wound it around the nearest large tree in the forest.
“Thank you. Capatain.”
“I’m glad the waves were calm.”
Seth replied to my thanks. The others took turns napping in their breaks, but Seth pulled an all nighter steering the ship.
In order to rest, we spent some time on the beach.
We strung a hammock in the space between the trees in the forest, and Seth fell asleep quickly. I reinforced the ship by drawing a magic circle, and drew a locking magic circle on the rudder to prevent it from being stolen.
The women split up and went to search north and south for whether there were any port towns or fishing villages. What we’ve arrived at is the continent’s western coast. We’ll have to leave the ship if we want to move inland.
When I deployed the Search Skill, I could see that the forest was full of monsters. However, they were all small monsters, and the larger ones weren’t any larger than the size of beasels. It seems like won’t have any trouble if we watch out for poison.
<t/n: venom?>
Right when I was finishing drawing the magic circle on the ship’s hull, the women returned.
“There’s an abandoned village a little ways to the north.”
“There is only the beach if you go south a ways. There weren’t many signs of people.”
At Velsa and Ayl’s report, we made the decision to stop at the abandoned village with the ship for the time being.
Merumo grilled the meat of a large snake monster, fenake, that had come out of the forest, for a meal.
While the meat grilled slowly, Velsa and I lightly explored the forest. I noticed that there were many monkey type monsters, and many colorful bird monsters. There were also many poisonous looking mushrooms and thorny plants, and I harvested those that looked like they could be used for poisons. They were all things I’d seen for the first time, so I’ll have to experiment with them later.
Returning to the beach, we woke Seth and ate the fenake meat.
“It seems like the country the Water Hero is in is past this forest, so let’s head inland as much as possible. We’ll leave the ship at the abandoned village.”
“OK-ssu!”
Seth nodded.
“I saw it from the sky earlier, but this forest is pretty big.”
Ayl said.
“There is also a variety of poisonspider.”
So saying, Merumo had a hairy spider monster crawling on her arm. It seems she’s tamed it at some point.
“I see. Velsa and I went into the forest to take a look, and there seemed to be a lot of nasty plants too. There’s also the possibility of unknowingly being pricked by monsters with venom, so everyone should wear the coveralls and avoid showing too much skin.”
Everyone nodded at my words. Bori-san had also known and told us that there were venomous monsters in the jungle.
After the meal, I released the locking magic circle and we headed the ship north.
Reaching the abandoned village with the ship, we landed again. Dropping the anchor, we tied it to the pier with a rope, securing the ship. I was going to brand on the locking magic circle, but I thought of unfastening the steering wheel for the rudder and putting it into the item big. After, let’s draw on reinforcing magic circles all over the ship.
Of course, there wasn’t a single person in the abandoned village. The stone buildings were overrun with vegetation. But the wooden doors weren’t that old, so it might have become an abandoned village not too many years ago.
“The plants grew fast.”
Velsa said.
It seems like we’ll be spending the night in the forest, so Ayl and I checked the insides of our item bags, making preparations. Seth and Merumo checked the village’s well, and since the water seems usable they refilled our water skins.
“They really are here.”
Velsa was clasping a gigantified mushroom that we had seen at Marcus-san’s place in her hand. Velsa seems to have been searching for it.
“The fast growth of plants are the fault of these mushrooms.”
“If that’s the case, then it seems there will be gigantified monsters in this forest.”
I responded to Velsa’s words.
“Yeah, most likely.”
“We probably won’t have any problems if they’re just big.”
Ayl said while sharpening her own sword with a whetstone.
“You’re right. A stampeded of monsters is more troublesome.”
“We are also different from back then.”
Just as Velsa said, if we think of countermeasures beforehand, we’ll be able to deal with them. Confusion bell, sound bomb, smoke-type sleeping drugs, hallucinogens, poison. There are also all sorts of drugs that can be put into the pumps. And now there’s also the possibility of making a defensive wall since Velsa can mature plants instantly.
Seth and Merumo had drawn enough water that our waterskins looked like they’d explode. They won’t be a hindrance if we put them in the item bags.
“We’ll make do somehow, it seems. Ah, it’s also possible that the Water Spirit will be ahead. Everyone, don’t just wear the revival misanga on your wrists, but put them on your ankles too.”
“Roger.”
“Understood.”
“OK.”
“OK-ssu.”
Everyone was in their blue coveralls.
“Then, let’s be off.”
We entered the forest in our trader outfits.
Even though the weather was pleasant, all the trees were casting shadows within the forest so it was extremely dark. There was moisture on the fallen leaves on the ground, and it had a peculiar smell. It was hot even in the shadows. Rather than a forest, it’s a jungle.
Even though I’m looking around with the Detection Skill, there are monsters everywhere so it doesn’t mean much. Their presences are also everywhere, and I have the sensation that we’re being watched. Of course we don’t mind the monsters that don’t seem like they’ll come towards us.
We encountered a group of larger monkey monsters, but they weren’t coming to attack us. A tree monster called terent also wrapped roots around Merumo’s leg, but it took Ayl a second to pulverize it. Mosquito like bug monsters also dropped by, but once I sprayed everyone’s bodies with dark colored bug repellent with the pump, they pretty much stopped approaching.
When the sun set, our surroundings become completely black. The starry sky was also hidden by the trees.
The spot we’d reached became our campsite. We heard the howls of monsters and the calls of bird monsters, but it doesn’t seem any are coming over.
We set up a simple tent.
Grilling dried herringfish on the compfire, we sat in a circle and ate, deciding the order for the nightwatch.
“It will be tough to get their if we walk randomly.”
Ayl said. We only know that there’s a country on the plains past the forest.
“That’s right. We’ll take a look from the sky tomorrow, and try going towards the location that looks like there’s something there.”
And so it was decided.
Early in the morning, Ayl and I climbed a tree and leapt above the trees.
The jungle continued without end to the east, and to the north I could see a tall mountain.
“Should we try heading towards the mountain?”
“Yeah, sure.”
When Ayl and I descended to the ground, Velsa was eating a fruit.
“What are you eating?”
“This is a bit tough, but it’s delicious. Merumo and Seth found it over there and picked it.”
There was a fruit like a papaya in Velsa’s hand.
Seth and Merumo are also eating it like it’s delicious. Tough? It doesn’t seem that hard by appearance though……
“It’s fine. There wasn’t any poison even when I looked at it with the Microscope Skill. Here.”
Velsa threw me that papaya-like fruit, and I snatched it out of the air.
And then I took a bite out of the fruit in my hand.
“Ow-!”
It didn’t actually hurt much, but it startled me a lot. I opened my mouth to split the papaya like fruit like an akebi (chocolate vine) and bit my hand.
The other three watched me while laughing.
“What is this!?”
“I don’t know, but it’s delicious to eat.”
Velsa said while laughing.
When I tried eating it, the flesh of the fruit was juicy, and very sweet.
“Yeah, it’s delicious.”
“It certainly is delicious.”
Ayl also took one from Velsa and ate it.
“But why the heck is it so tough!?”
“I don’t know, but didn’t it evolve this way to protect its seeds? This is the first time I saw it too, this fruit. Let’s call it the kamumi.”
<t/n: bite fruit>
We ate a mysterious breakfast.
“There’s a mountain to the north, and we were thinking of trying to go that direction.”
“But the country is in a plain, right?”
Velsa asked at my words.
“That’s true, but the forest continues on without end if we continue east.”
Ayl explained.
“Then should we combine it and head northeast?”
It was pretty sloppy, but everyone agreed to head northeast. West is the sea, east is the jungle. If there’s nothing there, then we’ll return south. If there’s nothing there, I’ll apologize.
Our actions were quick now that we decided to head northeast.
Spitting out kamumi seeds, we thrust all of the tents and bedding and the like into the item bags, did some light exercises, and set out walking.
I can see that there aren’t any monsters that seem like they’ll be much of a threat, so let’s run out of this forest in one go.
Ayl will clear away the brush and branches that are blocking our way in front of us with her sword, so we can run without any problems.
Even when we came across rivers, with Ayl and I throwing the other 3 to the opposite shore, our speed won’t fall. We weren’t trained to stop for each and every river.
Even when monkey monsters fell towards us, everyone avoided them by jumping over them. I picked up some giant monsters with the Search Skill along the way, but they don’t seem to have noticed us so we’ll ignore them.
Along the way we stopped for a meal break and nap, then continued running.
Around when we started seeing the mountain on the left in the gaps between the trees, I found an animal trail. We raised our speed.
Suddenly, there were no trees in front of me. Not just trees, there also wasn’t any ground. It was a cliff.
I, who was in the front, suddenly stopped, so everyone who was running behind me stopped and looked at the sight in front of us.
Below the cliff were plains stretched out towards the horizon.
We could see a giant mountain range that continued on indefinitely to the west. The plains continue onwards to horizon in the north and east.
“Ain’t this a huge plain……”
It was such a sight that we were dazed.
The sun sank behind the mountains, and the shadow spread across the great plains.
While watching the sight, we descended the cliff.
