In the area around the fortress of the undead, somewhere in the Forest of the Dead. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Centuries ago, the Lords of the Dead came to an agreement to disperse their forces and withdraw from the Undead Fortress.

Forest of the Dead.

This forbidden land of the undead partition, which is said to be torn apart by the high-ranking undead who can be seen everywhere even if the undead set foot, is no longer as frightening as it once was, but gradually silence and cold.

After the deduction of time, this once legendary forbidden land was gradually occupied by wandering demonic beasts and weak beasts.

"Babble. ”

A certain blurry deer, which was chewing its leaves with its head down, seemed to notice the movement in the surrounding grass, and reflexively raised its head to observe the movement in the dark grass nearby.

As creatures at the bottom of the food chain in this forest, being alert is the only reason they can survive.

After waiting for a moment, and feeling the strange sound completely subside, the blurry deer leaned over to the grass again, ready to continue filling its stomach with the dry leaves.

Then.

"Kiln". "Kiln".

There was a strange sound in the surrounding grass again, and the wild nature that had lived in this dangerous jungle for many years told it that something was approaching it.

Sensing the crisis through animal instinct, the deer did not hesitate to retreat in the opposite direction of the sound source.

However, shortly after it started running, the ground collapsed.

Obscured by soft dirt and littering leaves, the edges of the cavity are so similar to their surroundings that even the most familiar beasts of the forest are hard to notice in the already gloomy Forest of the Dead.

In other words, it's a man-made trap.

"I'm going to go to Uncle Bone's lab and get some of that, well, it seems to be a powder called 'salt'. If you bake it a little, you can eat it for many days. ”

At the same time, a slightly excited voice suddenly came from a large tree near this trap.

The beast's eyes glowed golden in the darkness, and its eyes fixed on its prey firmly locked on the misty deer that had fallen into its burrow.

Leaning back slightly, he made a gesture of exertion, and with the help of the shock force of the branches, the figure shot out like an arrow, and swooped towards the location of the trap at an astonishing speed.

In the frightened eyes of the misty deer, the sharp claws easily slashed its neck, and the blood slowly overflowed.

In a flash of light, the old deer that had lived in the Forest of the Dead for many years ended his life like this.

"The hunt is over. It seems that Alice is stronger than you, which is why you will be eaten. ”

Werewolf Lori looked at the prey that was no longer breathing, and said regretfully.

With a cold gaze sweeping over the dead blurry deer, Alice closed her eyes, put her blood-soaked claws into the meat pad, and did not hurry to do the action of the Moon Wolf Clan's sacrifice to the souls of the dead.

This set of moves was taught to her by Alice's grandfather, and the Moon Wolf Clan, who respect nature, also respects the life of each prey.

However, in fact, this kind of matter is already dispensable.

For the Moon Wolf Clan, the last remaining heir, this ancient tradition has effectively long since died in name.

"Whew. Alice's luck seems to be good today, so easy to capture these days' rations. I just found a new [Challenge], so why don't you give it a try? ”

After wiping the sweat from her forehead, the werewolf Lori muttered to herself in some embarrassment.

Her original plan was to catch her rations before evening.

But it seems that she is lucky, since she went out in the morning, Alice, who has long been familiar with hunting, only spends very little time making traps.

And it didn't take long for some prey to approach on its own initiative.

Taking advantage of the confused deer's worried nature, he struck the grass with stones to intimidate his prey, and succeeded in killing the unlucky deer.

"Well, it's boring to go back now. Paul's brother is gone, and Felicia's sister is busy. Then Uncle Bones will definitely say "because I'm usually working hard, so what's wrong with lying in the sun all day like this], and do nothing while lying on the balcony of the library. ”

After staring at her prey for a short time, the werewolf Lori muttered to herself.

As if she had a premonition of returning to the Undead Fortress, Alice sighed helplessly.

Taught by Warthirsty Grandpa Warlif from a young age, Werewolf Lori was able to hunt adult lightning lizards alone at a very young age, and even among the werewolf clan, there is no doubt that she is an extremely good hunter.

Even so, in this vast forest, there are many terrifying beings that she dare not provoke.

But......

"Well...... it doesn't matter, it's boring anyway. Grandpa Warliff also said that he was successful at a very young age. So as long as Alice is careful, there should be no problem!"

As if to convince herself, Alice clenched her paws into fists and held them to her chest, cheering herself up.

Nodding to herself, Alice covered up the dead Blurry Deer and vanished deeper into the forest.

- Twenty minutes later, near the mouth of a cave at the base of a cliff.

"Well, I don't know if it works. But seeing that Uncle Bones cherishes these books very much, it should be very effective, right? Anyway, Sister Felicia let me dispose of it casually after reading it, it shouldn't be an important thing. ”

In the grass near the cavern, Alice lowered the package she carried behind her back to the ground.

After carefully unwrapping the package.

Inside, there are stacks of classical books, most of which have old classics written on the covers, such as "On the Practicality of Ultra-Ancient Magic", "Inference to the Essence of the Elements", and "Experimental Manual of the Lost Alchemy Civilization".

It is an extremely rare and precious document in every way, but at this moment, it was casually thrown to the ground by Alice.

Nodding her head secretly, Alice picked up the package again, and like a bait, she pulled out a book from the package and threw it on the ground at intervals, just like that, setting it up inside the Forest of the Dead.

- At the same time, inside the library of the Fortress of the Undead.

"Nope!"

A certain skeleton was frantically rummaging through the bookshelves at the moment, and his mouth was reading:

"No, no. How could it not be! No, I remember putting it here! Those were purchased from Marsiuna at great expense, the only beauty in another world. It's all the best of the best!"

While frantically throwing those quaint books on the floor, he seemed to be looking for something.

"Damn, damn it! Who did it, don't let me find out! It's Spendham, it must be Spandam! Only it knows about it, that bastard dares to steal all my precious collection because he's going to disappear for a while! How dare you do this to those kids!"

As if he had found the culprit, the skeleton Essioin was furious and lifted the desk in the library.

…………

"Hap, please. ”

I don't know why, Alice, who suddenly felt a chill, kept sneezing.

Alice, who was originally very good at setting a trap, accidentally dropped the quaint books in the package to the ground because of a sudden sneeze.

Because of this, those precious texts seem to have been accidentally damaged.

The cover of [On the Usefulness of Ultra-Ancient Magic] has fallen off, revealing a brightly colored collection of paintings inside.

When [Elemental Essence Inference] collided with [Lost Alchemy Civilization Experiment Manual], the surface of the book seemed to distort, turning into two other atlases that were completely different from before.

"Hey, what is this? It seems that the elves and the sea clan sisters are taking a bath together, hmm. Whatever. ”

Curious as to why these books had suddenly become completely different from before, Alice pulled out one of them and flipped through it, hoping to find some clues.

But after discovering that she couldn't read it, she didn't pay attention to it anymore.

After hurriedly picking up these books, she continued to spread them out at intervals as she had just done.