By the time Akira recovered from his gaffe, the sound of shelling from outside had also died down.

Based on the outside and Akira's self-spawning situation, Alpha now decides whether to resume the mission of exploring the ruins.

"It looks calm on the outside, as if it's settled down, and it's almost time to return to the hunter's quest. Akira. Please, this time?"

Akira nodded earnestly.

"It's okay, I'll do as instructed this time. I will promise you. ”

"Okay, let's go. ”

Alpha replied with a satisfied smile before leading Akira forward again.

Akira also followed with a serious expression.

Walking out of the building, pass by the place where you just encountered a giant mechanical monster.

Walking past the collapsed building, walking through the rubble.

Then go through the place where the traces of the battle were left just now, and continue on your way.

Of course, you can't use your own cheap pistol to fight these mechanical monsters, and even if you have some kind of anti-monster weapon, you won't stand any chance of winning.

They are in an unseen state, wandering nearby.

This experience, for better or worse, had a strong impact on Akira.

Naturally, his expression became serious.

However, Akira erased the fear that welled up in her heart with a firm awareness.

I believe that as long as I follow the instructions of the alpha, I will move forward cautiously.

Alpha, on the other hand, is satisfied with Akira's appearance and continues to guide the monsters lurking in the ruins with such precision that Akira will never encounter them.

After a few more pauses, move on.

It has reached a place other than the exterior of the ruins.

Alpha then pointed to one of the buildings on the site.

"Akira, where you can collect relic items. ”

Akira was on the designated ruins, looking up at the building there with interest.

Risking his life, he came to the depths of the ruins.

In any case, I look forward to such fruitful results.

But in Akira, the ruins that have been passed many times so far seem to exist just like the rest of the place.

At least Akira doesn't think it's a meaningful building.

"May I ask you why you chose this place?"

After Akira inadvertently asked this, she felt that the question might be suspicious of Alpha, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and her expression seemed a little anxious.

But Alpha's smile was full of confidence.

"It's okay, I'll explain the situation while looking for relics inside. ”

I'm really looking forward to that.

Akira thought so about Alpha's smile and followed Alpha who took the lead, and walked in in a good mood.

The building designated by Alpha is a commercial facility from the Old World era.

Akira was in the middle of it, looking at the traces of the past as she kept moving forward.

There are holes in the walls near the barbed shelves, and the remains of mechanical monsters are scattered on the floor with the blood stains of the attack.

Next to the large bones of the bio-type monsters, human bones are scattered on the ground along with pieces of equipment.

A remnant of the situation that was once flooded with various goods.

There are a lot of hunters here in search of evidence of relics from that old world.

This is a trace of the battle between the hunter and the monster.

The existing Old World buildings are sturdy.

There was a hole in the wall of that building, and the ceiling was charred.

Here is a clear and understandable indication of the fierceness of the battles that were fought on this occasion.

Hunters with such powerful weapons kill each other with equally powerful monsters.

It's all about getting the relics of the old world here.

The many corpses scattered here prove that there is value in taking risks.

Or the end of the world for people who can't resist the desire for relics of the old world.

'There are many reasons to choose this place, first, from the safety aspect.

Most of the mechanical monsters in the ruins are security devices for defense facilities.

Due to the broken control device, there are many individuals who go berserk, and these are just guards, and there are many things that continue to be used as part of the security system to eliminate foreign enemies.

In the work of guarding mechanical monsters, there are many places where biological monsters are excluded from the list of guards.

In other words, in buildings protected by such mechanical monsters, the threat of biological monsters will be reduced!'

"But in this case, isn't it just being attacked by a mechanical monster?"

"Mechanical monsters are strictly followed by the set guard path and a lot of guards.

So if you master its alert mode, the likelihood of encountering them is significantly reduced.

On the contrary, bio-based monsters change their habitat according to the situation, and can be capricious or mobile, encountering unpredictable and random.

So if Akira and I are with me, the proportion of mechanical monsters in an area with more buildings is still safer!'

Akira listened with interest to stories that would not have been known in the alleys of the slums.

"I see. Do you think that way, too? But how do you grasp this pattern?"

"There are all sorts of ways to do it. However, if these are explained in detail, it will take decades until Akira can properly understand and accept them, so they are omitted. ”

There, Alpha smiled mischievously.

"Or, do you want to listen properly? As I said, if you ask me more later, I'll answer until Akira agrees. Well, I say. ”

"Ah, well, you're welcome. ”

Akira thinks Alpha's story is a joke.

I didn't feel like I was talking at first.

However, when I joked that I wanted to hear it, I felt as if I was going to hear endless conversations, so I put the topic out with a slight movement.

Alpha smiled at Akira's reaction.

"If you change your mind, please let me know.

Another reason I chose this place as a place to collect artifacts was to be rigorous in the selection of artifacts. ”

"Yan Xuan, are there still such valuable relics here?"

"The value of the artifacts is also important, but before that, Akira can bring them back or more.

If you find that you can make a lot of money selling these things, but its product weighs about 10 tons, what can Akira do?

On the contrary, if you can take it lightly with one hand, then it will be easy to take it here! Of course, they can't be around monsters. 》

"Well, that's true. ”

"So choose a place where Akira won't die, and he can take it back with him, and he can find a relic of relatively high value.

The choice here is the result of taking into account the balance of this area. ”

Akira listened to Alpha's explanation and understood the value of risking her life to come here.

And then think the other way around from there.

“...... So, the place I was looking for yesterday doesn't have any relics that I can use to take away?"

The artifacts in that area have been burned.

If even a child like Akira could go to a place where artifacts were collected, and there were many expensive relics, there would be a lot of hunters who knew about it. But that's not the case, is it?'

“...... That's true. ”

Yesterday's Aguira gambled with her life in vain.

Akira thought so, and her body suddenly felt even more tired.

"I thought I could find a high-priced relic by trying to go to the ruins, but was it too naïve?

Akira, who was a little frustrated, smiled as if Alpha was encouraging.

"It was because of this recklessness that I met me, so I think there is a very good reason to risk the value of risking your life to go to the ruins.

What a fortunate thing this is, and I will fully realize it in the days to come. Stay tuned. ”

Akira seemed to pick herself up and smiled softly.

"yes, I'm looking forward to the next few days. ”

"I'll take care of the rest. ”

Alpha has maintained a confident smile all the time.

In addition, in the outer part of the ruins, only cheap relics can be found, but there are actually a lot of them.

The value of these items is only impossible for hunters to see, but they are very expensive by the standards of slum children.

That is, Akira did not work in vain to that extent.

Knowing this, Alpha consciously took Akira to the depths of the ruins.

It's not just hunters who visit the ruins.

Major companies have also invested heavily in sending troops to the site.

And these people, sometimes helping each other, sometimes fighting each other, continue to collect relics.

Exploring the site is not cost-effective, as is the case with all those who visit.

Even so, the criteria for judging whether it is a good deal vary.

The first is that the business has opted out.

The soldiers of the enterprise invested a lot of money in their use, so the equipment and strength were at a very high level.

Therefore, the losses at the time of personnel losses are also very high.

The current technology is a production equipment made in the old world that cannot be reproduced, and it is extremely difficult to obtain relics and equipment.

(e.g. old versions of production equipment that cannot be replicated with current technology, and this will be a competitive battle involving the company)

Therefore, in the battle of force between enterprises, if the relics are extremely difficult to obtain, or if the relics are not of high value and they are not risky to obtain, they will withdraw from the competition early.

Because, ordinary artifacts can be bought from hunters with money.

Organizations with sufficient funds, such as corporations, can buy them with money.

Then the average hunter doesn't explore.

Calmly analyze the rewards from the relics brought back and the threat of monsters, calculate the stakes on the scales, and choose the area of the relics to explore with full and calm.

Finally, the powerful incompetent faction chose to withdraw.

Those who use their abilities to knock monsters back until the end and continue to collect relics, as well as those who are bewitched by greed and die by mistake.

As a result of both, the high-priced relics in the ruins are constantly decreasing, and instead the corpses are piling up.

Judging from the number of relics found and the number of corpses piled up, it was only when the two judged that the ruins were inappropriate, and the ruins gradually became deserted.

Akira was exploring the deserted ruins, there were few powerful monsters, and for some reason, the deserted place in advance should have been a realm that he would never be able to set foot in.

The ruins that the heavily armed hunters found unsuitable were still relics of great value.