5 – Episode 5: The Damn Wasteland – 3

Today, it is called Daybren’s Wilderness, and even in this infamous place, there was an empire that prospered hundreds of years ago.

Kailashir Empire.

By clearing the wilderness and laying roads to promote trade with neighboring countries, the Kaiyashir Empire was a mighty nation that made huge profits as a middle channel for world trade.

However, the Kairyashir Empire, which had been so prosperous, disappeared at some point.

The reason was the appearance of demons.

Demon forces appeared in the border area adjacent to the empire, and from then on, the number of demon beasts in the wilderness began to increase exponentially.

After that, the empire naturally declined and collapsed.

Hundreds of years passed, and the people of Kairasir were scattered across the continent.

Only a few descendants left in the wilderness continue their nomadic life.

…

– That was the man’s explanation so far.

A middle-aged man who introduced himself as the village chief, Kayaman, was kind to us.

“By the way, after we’ve been walking around for two days, we can’t even see a beast, let alone a small animal. What happened to this?”

Feeling doubt about the explanation, I asked back, and Kayaman’s expression darkened.

“Yes, there is only one Witchbeast left in the present wilderness.”

“What do you mean by that…”

“About 10 years ago, a huge monster appeared in the wilderness where demon beasts were infested.”

“A huge demon…?”

“Yes, that’s right.. The guy named Earth Demon ate all the creatures in the wilderness… Of course, our village of Calper couldn’t escape the disaster…”

With a serious expression on his face, Kayaman brought up the story of the monster called ‘Tokai’.

“My daughter’s mother and my wife also lost their lives to that tombstone. At that time, even though I was with my wife, I could not save her life. If I had the strength back then… my wife would…”

This seems to have touched a sensitive issue.

As I put on a puzzled expression, Kayaman hurriedly continued.

“Oh, this is nothing to worry about. As long as you don’t feel even a vast amount of mana beyond the level of a human being, the togae don’t reveal themselves.

The clay comes up out of the ground once every three years. It’s been a little less than two years since I last showed up… so I probably won’t show up for about a year.”

Kayaman scratched the back of his head, as if saying something useless.

I shook my head and told Kayaman that I was sorry for asking something pointless.

The words were long, but what Kayaman wanted to say seemed to mean that there would be no big problem in getting us out of the wilderness.

“I know that Mr. Kayaman is rude, but can I ask you one more question?”

After hesitating, I made a big decision and asked Kayaman.

“of course. Anything I can answer, I will answer.”

“Could you tell us about the situation when you met us in the wilderness?”

I felt like I would feel refreshed only when I heard the answers to the questions I had been curious about since dawn.

There was only one question.

How do our words sound to the people of this world?

When we first met Kayaman, his reaction to our conversation was obviously strange.

“Are you talking about the situation this morning…?”

“Yes. I want you to explain what we said exactly as Mr. Kayaman heard it.”

Kayaman made an expression asking why he asked such a thing, but he opened his mouth and began to explain.

…

That day, I was on my way back to the village after buying livestock from another village a day away by carriage.

If I ran all night, I could have arrived around noon today, so I was heading to the village with a bit of force.

In the meantime, I noticed a small bonfire was being lit in the distance.

Sure enough, as I headed closer to the light, a man ran towards Kayaman with a heavy breath.

Parked the carriage, took a lamp and approached him.

Behind him, two women were staring at Kayaman curiously with expressions as if they had just woken up.

“You are here at last!”

The blond woman ran out to Kayaman and said something with a happy expression on her face.

“I sincerely apologize for the rudeness of stopping your carriage this late in the morning.”

The dark-haired man, who lowered his head and spoke politely, spoke in a more formal style, far from the tone of a commoner.

A man in the middle of the wilderness.

At first, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was suspicious, but after listening to their conversation, I gave up on that idea.

“To think that there are people like you in this world. Your head is as if you are looking at a masterpiece that has moved the twinkling stars that fill the night sky!”

The blonde woman suddenly started complimenting Kayaman for no reason. Her tone was very noble, and the words she spoke to Kayaman were as noble as her tone.

I’m not sure exactly what it meant, but judging from what he said as he pointed at his head, it seemed like a compliment related to knowledge and learning.

“Let it be. Kyoko! I’m really sorry. A colleague has disrespected me. Weren’t you offended? I apologize on behalf of my colleague.”

The man suddenly bowed down to Kayaman and began to apologize.

Only then did Kayaman realize.

That these people are not ordinary people!

I don’t know why they were in this wilderness, but they were definitely high-ranking people somewhere.

As proof of that, don’t you use such a dignified tone?

When Kayman was young, he remembered the young aristocratic lord of the kingdom who came to the village to inspect the territory.

It was a vague memory, but the archaic vocabulary he used and the tone they were using were surprisingly similar.

So Kayaman made up his mind.

We want to help these people who are in trouble.

…

I sat there, blankly, without saying anything.

Did I say something like that?

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t believe it.

“Then, is there anything else you are curious about?”

“Ah yes. That’s fine now. I just want to thank you for kindly letting me know.”

“Yes, then, why don’t we take a good rest in this town first and then depart tomorrow around dawn?”

“No, even with that much help…”

“it’s okay. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the village. All the villagers will like it.”

Kayaman said with a benevolent smile.

Even when I shamelessly waved my hand, saying that I couldn’t get help that far, he desperately sought my permission.

“To treat us like this when we first met… How should I repay this gratitude…”

“no. I have not done anything commendable to that extent. Please do not feel burdened. I hope you are resting comfortably here.. I will go to perform the duties of the village chief.”

Kayaman, who still spoke in a kind tone, soon left the house. It was still daytime outside, so I headed outside to see the town at least.

“Hey, this guy is suggesting to play with me now, www”

“Then your sister is the tagger!”

“Hey, wait! Quit the naive nomadic way of making decisions right now!”

“Start now!”

When she came out, Kyoko was surrounded by the village children and had a puzzled look on her face. But he seemed to be playing pretty well with the kids.

“Listening to the innocent laughter of children, it seems that my worries and worries disappear. After all, children are innocent and cute regardless of whether they are large or small.”

Rin’s expression, looking at the village children with her mouth raised, seemed normal enough to be hard to adapt to.

“brother! I’ll show you around town!”

Behind my back, Lina, the village chief’s daughter, spoke to me.

It was a bit embarrassing that he first pointed out that I smelled bad, but it was so cute when he said he would show me around the village himself.

When I nodded, Lina started dragging me around town to show me around.

It was the pronunciation of a child who had lost her childishness and was still inaccurate, but it was nice to see her working hard, so she just pretended to understand and agreed.

As we headed toward the entrance of the village, Lina pointed to the outside of the entrance and asked me.

“Brother, what is that wriggling thing?”

“uh?”

When I looked towards the entrance of Lina’s village, my face began to turn white.

From far away, a caterpillar of gigantic size was crawling towards the village at terrifying speed, with its sharp mouth wide open.

“f*ck! What is that!”

I’m not going to lie, it was gross enough to count on one hand among the things I’ve faced since I was born. It seemed clear that this was the ‘earth’ that the village chief explained to me earlier.

No, they said it wouldn’t come out for another year!

I grabbed Lina and quickly started running away.

“f*ck Kyoko, Rin is f*cked now! Don’t just stand there, take the kids and run!”

I pointed to the entrance of the village and shouted at the girls who were looking at a strange person.

Then, they were all startled, picked up the children who were with them, and started running after me.

No, why the hell did the earth that was supposed to lie dormant for a year appear now!

Didn’t they say that they shouldn’t appear unless they feel even vast amounts of mana beyond human level!

for a moment.

Enormous magical power beyond human level…?

A memory popped into my head.

It was unnecessarily holy and emitted a bright light.

It was created to bring us back to earth.

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Just looking at it, a golden pillar that seemed to have been created with tremendous magical energy suddenly emerged.

“You f*cking goddess bitch!!!”