Brunei is not entirely right. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 It was true that he wanted to climb the mountain because he was not familiar with his surroundings and needed to observe the terrain and have a general understanding, but the reason why he made up his mind to climb this mountain was that it didn't seem so high and unattainable when he was down.

As a result, due to a miscalculation of time and his own physical strength, it was already dark, and Brunei was still halfway up the mountain.

Brunei let out a long sigh, grabbed the wooden stick that had been prepared a long time ago, and used a level 0 spell to ignite the flames. The stick with the flame burning at the front was pressed into the pile of branches and leaves that had accumulated earlier, and a smoky smoke rose. It took a long time for the branches to be lit in the early summer, making a "crackling" sound, and finally a flame rose.

He took out the kettle and drank the last bit of water, opened the baggage, shook his head, and took out the dry food and ate it.

He didn't have much baggage with him, except for a few small things, mainly a few magic books that he had saved up to buy in the past. This meant that he couldn't carry much dry food, and his day-and-night journey had increased his appetite. In short, the dry food he had brought with him for ten days was now running out.

At the moment, he couldn't find any other food source except for the few tree fruits he knew he could eat. None of the small predators or herbivores that had no interest in humans could be caught by him. He had even begun to look forward to the various man-eating beasts that were said to be active in the Endless Mountains, but for so many days, he had not found any trace of them.

Although there is no problem yet, he has to think about how to make ends meet.

Save some of the dry food in your hand, go out of the mountains, find a village, and pretend to be a traveler to eat. No matter how stupid this plan is, it may be the most reliable one. Compared to hunting deep into the forest, the dangers that may be encountered are known. And it's not exactly death.

First, the news may not have reached that village, and second, if you find some reason to cover the wound on your face and behave calmly and naturally, it may not be so easy to be seen as a wanted criminal.

Thinking about it, Brunei suddenly grabbed a stone in annoyance and threw it hard at the tree next to him.

[......] There was a murmur in his head, and somehow, Brunei knew that it was the sound of the system. But there is no meaning in that, and the system has been like this for a long time today.

"If you have something to say, what are you doing there?" said Brunei hatefully.

[Oh, didn't you tell me to shut up?, so I just put up with it. 】

Hearing the system's words, Brunei laughed coldly: "Okay. Tell me, what did you just want to say?"

[uh...... If you complain about this kind of thing, it will be very cold if you don't say it immediately. My main point is probably to greet you, and suddenly there is some kind of wind. 】

The way the system speaks is strange no matter how it sounds, but Brunei is also a little used to it, and shook his head with a wry smile: "I reviewed the previous events, to be precise, after I met you." Then, the mood was a little irritable. ”

[Hey, hey, you're not insinuating anything, are you?, why are you upset?]

"Because, after that, I was so passive. Being forced to go, and everything I wanted to take the initiative would fail, would lead me to fall into greater passivity. Why, you say?"

[Ah, this...... This doesn't have anything to do with me, does it?]

"yes. I thought, maybe, this is what fate is called. Brunei said, suddenly feeling that something was wrong, squinting his eyes and smacking his lips, "By the way, what did you mean by what you just said?"

【...... How is that possible!]

"You hesitated, didn't you?

[Ahem...... This one...... I recommend you to use an observation now?]

"You're too clumsy in changing the subject, aren't you?" Brunei was a little relieved to say that, and glanced around, "And I've long wanted to say what it means to 'use an observation'—"

[I see, then, use observation.] 】

"Wait, hey!" Although Brunei himself didn't mean it at all, as the sound of the system became mechanical, the phantom of two spinning dice appeared before his eyes again.

[Observational verification: 61>60, failed.] A breeze blows, the surrounding leaves dance and rustle, and a dim glow glows in the light of the campfire, and you don't see anything special in the criss-crossing shadows. 】

“...... Why did you force me to make this observation, and it failed?" Brunei completely broke free from his previous depression, and his heart was only annoyed and unhappy, "Are you suggesting that there is something around me that I can't find?"

[Nope.] Failure to observe only means that you really don't see anything, not what he has. 】

Brunei let out a loud grinding sound: "Ha, then what the hell are you trying to do?"

[I want to use literary descriptions and poetic language to soothe your manic mind. Don't you think that after listening to the beautiful description of the environment just now, the whole person has become relaxed? I also saw that you were so uncomfortable before, and I really couldn't bear it, so I wanted you to be more comfortable. You must understand my good intentions. 】

"Get out!" Brunei roared, but before the system could say anything, he said inwardly, "'Listen.'" ”

But listening is a skill you haven't even clicked, with a 25% success rate...... Well, I see. 】

[Listening verification: 03<5<25, great success. In the small forest behind you, you can clearly hear the sound of branches breaking and moaning that is unusual to normal, and the faint sound of human moaning. The distance from you is about forty or fifty meters. 】

With the system's words, Brunei felt as if he had indeed heard a crisp "pop", and a faint sound mixed in with the wind that had become very slight, and after the system said, it seemed to be indeed a human voice.

"Forty or fifty meters? That's an exaggeration, isn't it?"

[The effect of great success will be unusually good.] From a practical point of view, maybe it's easier to accept that the wind is blowing this small sound into your ears? All in all, well done. Little Bruneith, you are becoming more and more skilled in using me. 】

Although he was still saying some innocuous things to the system, Brunei was actually nervous. Now the situation is very clear, there is a man hiding in the woods forty or fifty meters away, observing himself, because when he hears himself suddenly shouting "Get out", he reacts to it obviously.

Now that it was dark, the bonfire was swaying in the wind, it was really not bright, and with the block of his body, it looked like it was pitch black at a distance of forty or fifty meters, so he was at least a person with five senses to be able to observe himself under such conditions.

In addition, it is true that Brunei has not encountered any man-eating beasts in the past few days, but this does not mean that it is really that safe here. Brunei has heard the saying in the past that many of the beasts that pose a threat to humans tend to move at night, which makes them even more dangerous. It's just that these creatures tend to be afraid of fire, and Brunei can stay safe.

That man was hidden in the middle of a pitch-black jungle, which meant that he was not afraid of possible beasts, and combined with his anomalous visual and auditory abilities previously analyzed, he was eighty percent a mage, and moreover, he was still a strong one. At least, in the opinion of Brunei, who has become a mage apprentice, no mage apprentice can meet such conditions.

A one-turn mage, or even stronger, hid in the woods forty or fifty meters away to observe himself......

Now Brunei hopes that he has only encountered a few tigers.