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When the situation was settled, Farseer cautiously opened his mouth.

“The terrain here is not stable. Specifically, various magics are intertwined.”

“Magic?”

Certainly, numerous auras were overflowing around here. However, I didn’t think it was magic.

“This whole place is a kind of magic circle. What we didn’t notice… is because this is magic without a caster and without a purpose. From that point of view, it’s irrelevant to call it a natural phenomenon.”

If it was a magic with such a huge change, it would be better for a human to handle it.

There are clear rules and causal relationships, and you can break them if you decide and press.

“Can’t you stop or something?”

“I’m thinking about it. But, it will take at least ten years. In terms of efficiency, it might be faster to just pour tens of thousands of workers into this mountain.”

The entire huge mountain range covering the entire middle ground was a sorcerer. Inside, everything was like a barrier.

“How could a place like this go unnoticed…”

“Because profitability was lacking. There were rumors that hard-to-find magic materials and valuable items could be obtained here, but…”

Farseer carefully blurted out his words.

“Normally they don’t do that. If you have common sense, it would be a wise choice to find alternative materials rather than crawling into a place like this.”

“Was that something that could be replaced?”

“Most magical materials can be replaced. As long as there is no problem with the output, most of the properties of that material are also found in other similar materials.”

Thinking deeply, I gazed at Farseer.

“Then wouldn’t we have to go through all these hardships? Do we really need to get unicorn blood?”

“Theory and practice are always different. After processing the blood of a troll, adding the essence of fire, and mixing some more ingredients, you can recreate the corpse of a phoenix quite nicely. do.”

“ah.”

“Returning you… the resources required to activate the dimension shifting spell are enormous. Aside from that, you can’t gamble with your life. After all, you have to find the original.”

I couldn’t help but nod my head. Well, usually, I wouldn’t even think about going back after doing this.

However, this wasteland was not endless.

“Anyway, it looks like you’ll have to plan thoroughly. It’s a much bigger place than it looks from the outside.”

“Maybe.”

However, the view extending upward did not seem to be blocked by anything. If that were the case, the sun wouldn’t even come in.

And as long as I was certain that a unicorn lived here somewhere, I could eventually find one.

“Anyway, where the unicorn lives… a forest? There must be at least a tree, right?”

“Yeah…”

Nerwen’s gaze stretched out into the distance.

“Do you have anything to grab?”

“I think I’m starting to get a feel for it. I can’t see what’s beyond it… but at least I think I can see where the boundary is.”

I intuitively guessed the direction through the movement of magic, but compared to Nerwen’s vision, it was a clumsy level.

“Besides, it’s very shallow and subtle… it smells. Well, I don’t know if it’s a forest at the end, or an oasis with a tree.”

The meal is over. After arranging our seats, we climbed back into the carriage.

The horses groaned as if they were still tired, but nevertheless moved slowly.

We must move on.

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“Certainly, it’s heterogeneous.”

As if passing through a thin film, at some point the wasteland disappeared.

Immediately, only pale grass was visible on the land, but I could see a forest full of trees in front of me.

“You’d have to think that a terrain of this size would move depending on the situation.”

Farseer’s voice mixed with sighs made my heart suffocate.

“Ah. I didn’t tell you this beforehand… It was my negligence. Are you listening to the maid over there?”

“Yes! Speak!”

Ceres, sitting in the coachman’s seat, responded vigorously, but the atmosphere was strangely subdued. Perhaps she is tired too.

“Just in case, does anyone have experience here?

A unicorn is a divine beast that is not approached unless it is a pure woman. It was somewhat of a privacy thing, but it was a legitimate question to ask about whether she had ever had s*x.

“There is not.”

“Me too, since I’m an elf. Of course not.”

Eleanor and Nerwen said firmly.

“Me too… The church doesn’t deny the relationship itself between priests, but it’s impossible until you’re married.”

“Maids are always chaste!”

When I was the only one left, I slowly shook my head.

“Then I guess I can use the regular method.”

“The regular method?”

“Nothing special. The most widely known method of taming unicorns. It is to gather virgin maidens and slowly appease them.”

“I feel bad…”

Farseer shook his head.

“As long as Nerwen is there, this is the fastest way. Her hair is white, and since she is a saint, her heart is guaranteed to be clean.”

“Does hair color matter?”

“I don’t know. Usually, no attempt is made to tame a unicorn in this way. Normally, a unicorn chooses a maiden.”

It was an incomprehensible creature. However, I had to understand somehow.

“A unicorn that sacrificed its own life… It has to die, right? That unicorn.”

“In this case, it would be better if the dead body remains alive. However, the ritual cannot be performed while alive.”

it’s just an animal The same goes for being a god.

But I couldn’t force it. At least an animal with self-awareness had to be tricked or persuaded to be sacrificed for my return.

Killing itself wasn’t scary. If I was afraid of that, I wouldn’t even be able to eat the pork in the stew I ate today.

But I don’t sympathize with the pigs I’m about to kill and persuade them to come to my table.

Nothing was different. It just makes me feel even worse.

“First, let’s start by finding it.”

He walked with a heavy heart, but Nerwen’s attitude was relaxed.

“It won’t take long.”

“really?”

“Traces of divine beasts are scattered here and there. At best, hair or footprints… Whatever we are looking for, we will find it soon.”

I thought those words were simply given to give hope to the tired party. ‘We’re almost there.’ Same words.

Before long, I had to come to the realization that Nerwen could not have said such ‘social’ things.

“Uhhhhh!!!”

The low-pitched cry of the tiger sent chills down the spine.

“What is that monster again!”

A gigantic tiger whose entire body glowed in green light attacked us without warning.

I was a little embarrassed, but it wasn’t to the extent that it was difficult to deflect it with a sword. I slashed the tiger’s front paw with my sword and breathed heavily.

I thought it bounced off right away, but the sharp pain in my shoulder remained.

“How did I not see that on this street?”

Although the forest is said to block the view, it cannot cover the energy leaking out from that gigantic size.

“It was natural… I knew there was something, but I didn’t think it was special!”

Nerwen’s arrow flew from behind. With an arrow lodged in its eye, the beast lunged at it screaming in agony.

She was right. Even in the huge raindrops, magic was shaking everywhere, including the wasteland and forest.

If a cow passes by in the middle of the city, it will immediately become the center of attention, but even if a cow passes by in a quiet countryside, it is only accepted as part of the natural scenery.

“It’s a little hot.”

The beast’s claws were incredibly sharp. In an instant, he aimed for a gap in my armor and cut deep enough to bleed through my flesh.

But it wasn’t a deep wound, and there was no hindrance to movement. Celia’s healing spell will make you feel better.

The fact that it was a surprise attack itself was surprising, but it was not powerful or powerful. It was just an ordinary divine beast that Eleanor could have won even if she fought alone.

“Celia, Chi…”

But before I could finish my words, her recovery spells poured in.

“Oh, no. I was wrong. I can’t die. Please, please!”

I thought I was making a fuss, but as time passed, I learned that Celia’s condition was much worse than I expected.

The divine light that leaked from her hand created a pillar of light right behind me.

“this…”

Not being able to cast a recovery spell on a person in need of a cleric was a very basic yet serious problem.

It was a problem that had nothing to do with that divine power. It was not unusual for this to happen to the saintess.

However, Celia was not a new cleric who had just joined the battle. He was a proper cleric who played his part in the battle against the Demon King’s army.

“What’s up?”