"Wow, the ground here is too soft!" I walked cautiously while stepping on the wet dirt. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After a short journey, we walked out of the forest and came to the edge of the swamp as described on the map.

As the name suggests, walking on the swamp is quite difficult. The soft soil made us step on it, and we were always worried about whether we would suddenly fall into the pit.

The ground was covered with moss and was slippery due to the dampness.

"Hmm~~~" Shaking my body, I lowered my center of gravity a little, the ground was so slippery that I almost fell to the ground.

"I said, is anyone really going to live here? This place is so difficult to walk! Akai couldn't help but complain, it seems that he has a big opinion of this place.

"But that's what the map says, there's a house here."

"I'll take a look." As he spoke, Akai lifted his head.

Although the swamp has all kinds of inconveniences, the only thing that can bring us some convenience is the wide view.

I waited for Akai to give me an answer.

After a while, Akai lived up to his expectations and found the house shown on the map.

It was the same style as the house we had seen in the forest, but it was larger than the one.

“ok！ So let's go. "Taking a step, I struggled forward.

"Whew, it's great to let Xiaobai stay at home and watch the house! It certainly doesn't like this kind of place. ”

"That Xiaobai is really lucky・・・・・・"

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It was a faltering journey, but after a long (for us) swampy walk, Akai and I finally arrived at the cabin.

"Do you think there's another iron golem in there?" The way Akai was smiling now made me feel the urge to smoke him.

I twitched my eyelids, "Spare me, one is enough of annoyance." ”

"Of course, it's not up to me in the end~~" triumphantly voiced.

"Yes, yes, it's up to you." I'm spreading my hands, who made most of my current magic life and control magic.

When I get back, I must study the destructive and powerful magic so that Akai will stop laughing at me.

"Let's not talk about that, haven't you noticed that it's getting dark?" I looked up.

The darkness of the weather was getting closer to dusk, darkening the bleak swamp. This suddenly made me feel a very depressed feeling in my heart.

"It's an uncomfortable place." I frowned and looked around.

There are many swamps and ponds, and the reason we move so slowly is because we need to avoid these ponds a lot of times. God knows if there will be dangerous creatures living inside, and safety comes first.

But since we had forgotten to think about the time, we had no choice but to bite the bullet and hope that the owner of the cottage would let us stay overnight.

Of course, if we could, we would be able to find a second person after the King of the Jungle who could communicate.

Walking around the hut, we found that it was the same as the hut in the forest, a house without stairs.

"Hey, how the hell did the people who lived in this house get there? Don't even have a ladder? I took out the little material I had left from my backpack and walked to the front door to set up the ladder.

This house was much higher than the hut in the forest, presumably to protect against the large beasts that might live in the swamp?

"Anyone?" Coming to the main entrance, I shouted.

Akai stood behind me, watchful of all around.

Before you know it, it's completely dark.

Suddenly, as Akai and I were waiting for the owner of the cabin to come out to meet us, I felt a fluctuation in magic.

"Akai." I lowered my voice.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that my voice was so low, Akai also cooperated with the whispering.

"There are fluctuations of magic coming from inside, it seems that the owner of this house is not simple, if possible, be ready for battle."

Just as Akai and I were discussing in a low voice, bursts of laughter came from the cabin.

"Quack quack, that's you, right? Kill my iron golems! ”

A strong air force pushed the wooden door open, and a fierce-looking old woman stepped out of the house.

The old man's face was full of wrinkles, and his skin was different from normal, and his blue skin made people shudder. He wears a purple robe and an old-fashioned black magic hat with an emerald-like ornament on it.

Now, the old woman was staring at us with a pair of purple eyes, surrounded by green star-like particles.

That's a witch!

"Not good! The comer is not good! "In an instant, Akai and I judged the form.

"Giggles, since you're here, let's stay here forever!" The witch's fierce expression made her look hateful, and her hands hidden in purple robes held two purple glass bottles containing an unknown liquid, which did not look like something to provoke.

With the voice of the old witch, the glass bottle filled with an unknown liquid in her hand was thrown towards us.

"Throwing?" Akai turned his head and dodged the glass bottle.

The glass bottle fell to the swamp and shattered, and the liquid in the bottle was scattered all over the ground, the ground screamed, and the surface of the liquid was full of bubbles.

"What a strong corrosive force!" It's over if you're smashed! Akai pulled me down the stairs and into the swamp.

"Want to run?" The old witch stared at the small purple eyes, and for some reason there were a few more bottles in her hand.

"Run!" Akai and I immediately decided to keep our distance!

But this swamp is too difficult to walk, and even if you want to run, you will be weak, and you will fall if you are not careful.

Agility is not suitable for this time, because a sudden acceleration will cause you to fall to the ground 100% in this place.

Luckily, the witch wasn't fast, or because of her sickly looking body, it was quite difficult to catch up with us.

"Do you want to fight?" I asked Akai, although the other party is not kind and does not seem to be a friendly old woman, but since it is a intelligent creature, if we kill the other party, it is considered murder?

I have always advocated the tradition of respecting the old and loving the young, and I was quite hesitant at this time.

"You can't escape !!"

"Catching up so soon?!" Akai and I said in shock.

Looking back, we saw a startling scene.

The witch's feet were not on the slippery mossy swamp, but on a snow-white place.

【Frozen Path】!

I called out the name of the magic the witch used.

"Oh quack, it seems that the child is also a magician, the magician I hate the most! It's decided, I'm going to be the first to kill you!! As she spoke, the witch smashed the glass bottle in her hand at me.

"I'll go, lie down and shoot, why are you targeting me?" I couldn't think about it, and I got out of range of being hit by the glass bottle with a [flicker].

Akai jumped away at the critical moment, didn't care about getting dirty, and rolled around when he landed.

"Ahh My clothes! Damn it! "The ground of the swamp is quite dirty, but in front of his own life and clothes, Akai decisively chose to save his life.

"Damn, dead old woman, I really won't fight back, will I!" Even if I have a good temper, no matter how much I respect the old and love the young, this hateful old witch will obviously not be within the scope of my respect for the elderly.

Throwing that shackle behind, I began to fight in earnest. Akai also took out his bow and arrow from his backpack.

They glanced at each other.

"Up!"

"Please." I nodded.