［...... Who else is talking to you? It's this mask in front of you!]

Just when my heart seemed to be full of doubts, the voice that had suddenly passed through my eardrums and reached my head sounded again, and it was the same voice that was said in the words...... An ominous mask floating in mid-air not far in front of me, glowing blood-red.

(The voice just now was... It's coming out?!really, fake, hey?!)

Standing next to a corpse, I subconsciously swallowed my saliva, and it seemed that my heart was filled with shock at what the mask had just said, and at the thought of this, my right hand, which was holding the hilt of the Lost Black Talisman, clenched even harder.

"You... What the hell is it?"

[First of all... Let me introduce myself. ］

I cautiously opened my mouth with trepidation to ask questions about the mask, but when I asked, the masks spoke almost in unison with me.

[Oh ~ It seems... We have a tacit understanding!]

The mask that heard me say the question, floating in the air and glowing blood-red, spoke to me again with its voice that had penetrated my head.

[As you can see, all I'm talking to you now is a very "ordinary" mask, ah... If you're wondering why I'm making a sound, I'll explain it to you. ］

The metal mask glowing with blood-red light stood still on my side, and began to talk to itself, introducing itself.

[I am a being who died a long, long time ago, for my personal reasons... I can't tell you what kind of race I was when I was born...... Why does this mask speak? It's because my soul exists in this mask, and my soul is not like a special 'elf' that is lodged in a special hedron, I am sealed by someone else...... ］

Standing in place, holding the sword in one hand, I was patiently listening to the mask's self-introduction, which was muttering to me... It sounds more like an incredible story to me.

"Sealed... Printed by others... It's sealed......" I muttered as if I had heard something terrible.

(That said...) Is this guy actually an extremely dangerous being?!)

[Yes!ha~ It's sealed!!]

The mask seemed to hear what I said and laughed, even though it was laughing, but for some reason, as I listened to its self-introduction, I could clearly hear the loneliness, anger, unwillingness, and sadness in its voice......

Standing next to the corpse and quietly looking at the mask, I didn't say anything unnecessary, but cautiously stared at the mask in front of me that emitted a blood-red light, and to be honest, the blood-red light emitted from its body made me have to put on a defensive posture that could respond to all kinds of sudden attacks at any time.

[Then I say, can you tell me... Why are you here... What the hell is this place to come from?]

As I was concentrating on my preoccupation, the mask that was still glowing blood-red seemed to break the boredom between me and it.

"Me?"

Hearing the sound of the mask, I pointed at me with the index finger of my left hand and asked.

[Huh, of course, asking you!Do you think I'm asking someone other than you?, really, why do you have to make such a reserved face?] The mask heard my rhetorical question, and said to me in an angry voice.

After hearing what I said, I sighed as if I was relaxing my tense spirit, and I told myself why I came to the ruins of "Lesa Yaga" and the reason why I came to this ghost place, from the crimes I committed in the orc race in the beginning, to the purpose of being judged and exiled here to seek something......

“...... In short, the reason why I am here is that the orc patriarch wants me to find the treasure that their clan left in this ruin, the Brute Breath Horn, and only when I find that thing will I be forgiven by the orc patriarch. That's why I'm here, do you understand?"

Standing still, I looked at the mask that I didn't know if it was listening to me, spread out my left palm, and said patiently.

[Understood.] Looks like that's why you're here...... ］

As I finished speaking, the mask that glowed blood-red not far in front of me took over the gap I had just finished speaking, and responded to me.

[But alas...... There's nothing you're looking for, goblins, you've been in the wrong place since the beginning, this underground cavern is all but the dangerous creatures... There is only 'me' as a more valuable existence here...... ］

The mask that glowed with blood-red light said something to me unhurriedly, and I subconsciously frowned after hearing what it said.

(Tsk...) Sure enough, I got the target wrong from the beginning?)

Thinking of this, I put my left index finger on my lips and bit a little hard with the teeth in my mouth, but... If you think about it, I have other questions that I would like to find answers to... For example, why did the former mining city of "Raisajah" become what it is now?

"I have a question, I wonder if I can ask you?" I asked, tentatively, as the mask floated slightly in mid-air with a blood-red glow.

[What's the problem?]

The mask asked me in a crisp voice, and it listened to my questions like a patient answerer.

"Why is this city like this?"

I pointed to the top of the underground cavern with the index finger of my left hand, as if to indicate why the ground was originally a ruin of the city, and "Lesa Yaga" became a ruin.

The mask fell silent when it heard my question, and I wonder if it would ignore my question at this moment, and it would be best if it answered me, but if it didn't want to tell me, it couldn't help it......

"Why did the orc mining city of Lyzajega become like this, and what caused the once thriving city to be in ruins? Can you tell me, Mask?"

After only about a minute of no response, I looked at the mask floating in mid-air and fell silent, and asked a barrage of questions.

［...... Maybe it's because of the 'breath' that 'overflows' from my body that was sealed here...... ］

Only a moment later, the mask that had fallen silent finally made a strange voice again, very vaguely explaining to me, and from its strange voice I could faintly hear what seemed to be an apologetic emotion......

(The overflowing breath ......?)

Does it mean......

Its own aura was uncontrollably spilled out of the sealed cavern, and the so-called 'Underground Guardians' in this underground cavern were the first creatures to be transformed by this breath. Followed by... In the ruins of "Lesa Yaga", the only indescribable thing that haunts at night is the second group of "creatures" that have been affected by this breath?

...... Wait a minute... If so......

After the diary recorded: "The miners dug a cave in this high mountain...... many strange things happened, which means that the cave connected to the underground cave was dug in the event of the cave being excavated...... Could this be the reason why the mining city of "Lesa Yaga" has become a ruin?!

Knock [the sound of swallowing saliva]

(Oh no!!) This guy ...... I can't stay here anymore, and if I continue to stay here, I may also be affected by the aura that overflows from its body, which means that I have to leave here now, I have to leave here!)

Thinking of this, I subconsciously turned my back to the mask floating in mid-air, looked at the 'Underground Guardians' who were still blocking the entrance to this underground cavern, and when my eyes met the eyes of one of the 'Underground Guardians', I strode towards them.

[Hey, Goblin!Are you going to get out of here?]

As I took a step forward, the mask asked me disapprovingly in its strange-sounding voice.

"yes. I don't have time to spend here, my goal is to find the Horn of Savage and go back. Since there's nothing I'm looking for, there's no need for me to stay here......" Hearing the words of the mask who was slightly dissatisfied with me, I simply said the reason why I didn't need to stay here and waste my time.

[That being said...... But it seems to me that you don't have any hope of leaving here, and you should be well aware of the difference in strength between yourself and those 'Underground Guardians', goblins?]

The mask seemed to echo me when I said the reason, but it also made it clear that the chances of me leaving this underground cavern now were close to zero.

"This kind of thing... How do you know if you don't try it?" I said, turning my head slightly, barely squeezing out a smile, looking at the blood-red glow of the mask.

After speaking, I looked back in the direction of the hollow exit in front of me, and after taking a deep breath, I walked forward step by step. When I was still about five meters away from the exit, I stopped, and looked at the 'Underground Guardians' who had opened their mouths wide open to me, and my right hand holding the hilt of the 'Lost Black Talisman' subconsciously increased the strength of my grip.

Energy Storage――

When I held the hilt of the sword with both hands and made a gesture of slashing, little by little pale white light emanated on the black sword body of the "Lost Black Talisman", and with the continuous accumulation of sword energy, the pale white light on the sword body finally turned into a pale golden light, and when about ten seconds passed, the pale golden light turned into an incredible golden light that exuded an incredible aura, and after seeing the brilliant golden light on the sword body, I hooked the corners of my mouth and showed a smug smile.

[Sword energy? ］

Noticing some kind of presence coming from the sword I was holding in my hand, Gu said in a little surprise.

"Look at the move!"

Looking at the 'Underground Guardians' standing at the entrance in front of me, I decisively slashed this long-stored sword!

[Even so...] You're probably still low from here...... ］