After Chu Xuan's enlightenment, Asuna found a new purpose in life in "The Realm of Gods", and also restored her "original" cheerful surname.

Although Asuna seemed to her friends in the "Knights of the Holy Black Cat" as if she had suddenly changed as a person, because she was changing for the better, everyone happily accepted the "new" Asuna.

In the rest of the day, there was still no progress in trying to beat the game, but Asuna was no longer restless, and she began to try to make her life more leisurely and happier in this magical magical world.

Perhaps because of the mapo tofu she ate at Chu Xuan's house, she was deeply impressed, and Asuna chose to fill the time she had freed up after reducing her combat training with learning cooking, while Chu Xuan was "honored" to become her cooking master, responsible for helping the eldest lady learn to cook from scratch.

This hectic and pleasant life lasted for more than half a year, and when Chu Xuan entered the world of the "Divine Realm", which was also a year and a half into this "mission world", he finally found one of the key characters who could allow him to successfully break away from the game......

"Shalala...... Shalala......"

In a forest reminiscent of Fuji's sea of trees, the summer wind shakes the treetops vigorously, causing clusters of emerald green leaves to rub against each other, making a majestic and continuous sound like real ocean waves.

"It's so cool...... It's much more comfortable than outside, the air is exceptionally fresh, and it's really great to come to the mountains in summer! ”

At the edge of the sea of trees, Asuna said to the other two people beside her as she listened to the symphony of nature with a happy expression.

"Hey...... We're not here to play......"

Even in the hot summer, it seems that she deliberately dresses up as if she is dressed in black, and she reluctantly reminds Asuna, who seems to be getting more and more leisurely recently, and even a little too leisurely.

"Speaking of which...... Chu Xuan, are we just looking for someone here?

How do I think this is a big project, if there are only three of us, by the time we find that person, maybe that person will already be starving to death!

- Don't say 'earthman', even the player could theoretically starve to death if they don't carry enough water and food in the storage space. ”

Kiriko glanced into the deep woods, and a cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"It doesn't matter, what we're looking for can be said to be people, or we can say it's not people.

It is said that someone in this nearby village saw the ghost of a girl deep in the forest, and we came to find this rumored NPC. ”

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and answered Kiriko's doubts in a flat tone.

"Ghosts, ghosts!"

Hearing that the target of this mission was a ghost, Asuna's face suddenly turned ugly.

Well...... Every time she fights with an undead creature, she's basically like this, this girl who looks very stable, seems to be unexpectedly afraid of these terrifying things that have been turned into reality by human imagination, and the ghost seems to be her death hole, even if there are many teammates around, it still can't make her alleviate the fear in her heart.

"Ah...... Speaking of which, the primeval forest, which looks like a sea of trees in Fuji, really looks like a place where ghosts live.

For example, a young girl was robbed into this forest by a ** murderer, and then brutally killed.

As a result, the little girl's resentment remained condensed, and she turned into a ghost and wandered through the forest, cursing ......"

"Ahhh——!hhh

Say no more! Say no more!

Kiriko is really bad-hearted, and she knows that I'm most afraid of this! ”

Asuna, who had tears in her eyes, covered her ears and interrupted Kiriko with a scream, and Kiriko, who "succeeded in the conspiracy", smiled evilly, as if she thought it was a very interesting thing to scare this beautiful girl who was so beautiful that people were envious and jealous.

"Ah...... This kind of task is normal, right?

It's not like you've never seen ghosts and other monsters, and I don't understand why you think they're so scary. ”

Kiriko shrugged her shoulders helplessly, then let go of Asuna, who was trembling with her hands wrapped around her chest, shrunk her shoulders, and seriously discussed this task with Chu Xuan:

"If it's a ghost...... So she appeared randomly in this forest?

That's a trick to find...... And it's still daytime.

Is there a general location?

For example, the location where the ghost was sighted, or...... The burial place of the little girl who was killed? ”

Kiriko squinted her eyes and stared at Asuna, who had quietly hid behind Chu Xuan, and continued the prank just now, which made Asuna, who had listened hard, shiver again.

"It's not sure if it's the little girl who was killed, and it's possible that it's not even a ghost."

Chu Xuan seriously corrected Kiriko's speculation, and then directly assigned the task to Kiriko and Asuna:

"According to the information received by Argo, that NPC is in this forest, but the location is uncertain, the three of us are looking for it from the left, middle and right directions, and whoever finds it will give it to the other two.

There are no monsters in this forest, and it is specially used for production players to cut wood, so you can rest assured in terms of safety. ”

"Hmm...... Search mission......"

As a veteran player, Kiriko's face became embarrassed, and a task like this that is just a waste of time is definitely a conspiracy of a game company!

"Huh—do you want to search separately...... Too, too dangerous, right? ”

This time, Asuna had a rare objection to Chu Xuan's order.

Her face was very pale, a large amount of cold sweat broke out on her head, and the corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily, if the ghost of that little girl appeared in front of her eyes right now, Kiriko wondered if she would faint all at once.

"Didn't Chu Xuan say that there are no monsters in this forest......

You don't have to be so scared, do you? Haven't we fought a lot of undead monsters together before? Among them are not only ghosts, but also resentful spirits. ”

Kiriko sighed softly and walked over and patted Asuna on the shoulder, trying to pass on her strength and courage, but Asuna's body became more stiff and her face began to turn blue after recalling the scene of the battle with the terrifying spirit.

"So, there were more than a dozen of them, right? But now there are only three of us.

And ......"

Asuna turned her head like a rusty robot and shivered even more as she looked into the deep, dark depths of the forest. (To be continued.) )