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The Crawling Dark_3 ”Oh, that’s a good point.”
The coachman ca to his senses under the emotionless gaze of several guards and hurriedly said.
“But since that’s the case, you should also know that they almost never appear now, sightings are extrely rare.
“Although these sightings are indeed concentrated in this area, finding one would take an indeterminate amount of ti, in my opinion—”
The coachman looked at her as if she was a naive girl engrossed in fairy tales, trying to dissuade her.
“No, just being sure it’s this area is good enough, I have a way,” Hero interrupted him.
She looked at her luggage.
She hurriedly ran over, pulled out her backpack, and started rummaging through it; soon she took out a crystal bottle filled with a splendid Magic Potion.
This was a gift she had received from a kind-hearted person she t by chance.
[Special Item: Monster Attraction Potion R5 Treasure Level]
”If it’s used all at once…
as long as it’s nearby, it’s guaranteed to attract them.” Hero’s gaze was firm.
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This legend was told to Hero when she was a child by [Extre Failure].
1.
The Fair Trade Demon
2.
A girl who looks just like the Hero
3.
The writhing darkness in the hollow of a tree♛
4.
The gentle big brother(?)
5.
The decaying old tree
6.
Dragon
7.
Grandma’s ghost
8.
Succubus
9.
The passing Spiritual Dark Mage(?)
10.
Critical Success/Extre Failure
D10=d10(3)=3
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After getting confirmation from the coachman, Hero revealed her plan.
Use the potion that attracts Magic Creatures to cause a disturbance in the forest, then strike at the Elf Rabbit that cos, and use the gemstones that drop to treat the Little Girl’s illness.
And they could also gather so ergency herbs from the forest.
Hero’s strategy was very clear and suited the taste of guards as well.
They were originally soldiers from the Border and had been raised as officers since they were young.
They might not be skilled in other areas, but in dealing with Magic Creatures and carrying out tasks, the guards’ experience could be considered extensive.
Once they confird the authenticity of the legends and the Magic Potion, they brought out their decisiveness as soldiers and started to discuss the specifics of the plan.
Hero looked sowhat guiltily at the potion swaying inside the bottle.
The legend of the Elf Rabbit itself had no issues, and the response of the coachman confird its veracity.
But she didn’t hear this legend from any ‘person.’
When she was a child, her family returned to their hotown, and around that ti, due to [] reasons, she would often run around the village.
1.
Being neglected since childhood
2.
There were no peers in the village
3.
Pure chance and curiosity♛
4.
Mysterious guidance
5.1
6.2
7.3
8.4
9.
Forgot already.
10.
Critical Success/Extre Failure
D10=d10(7)=7
To Hero who grew up in the city, the village might seem quite boring now, but to her younger self back then, it was filled with novelties.
Places she was warned not to go, paths she was told to avoid, or even paths that no one knew about.
Driven by curiosity, Hero explored the entire village, and during one wandering episode, she stumbled upon “that thing” in the forest.
A mass of naless dark, writhing within a tree hollow.
It could still speak.
Perhaps it wasn’t language, but Hero at that ti could understand the whispers of that dark mass.
Looking back now, it was a very bizarre and eerie encounter.
But at the ti, she regarded the dark mass simply as yet another novelty of the village.
And it was the most novel existence she discovered.
That existence occupied the hollow of a large tree, and at first glance, it appeared no different from other tree hollows, but upon closer inspection, one could see it wasn’t simply a shadow, but a substantial dark mass, actively moving.
Hero wasn’t sure if it could be called a friend, but when in the countryside, she would often go and chat with the dark mass.
It knew many strange and eerie pieces of lore and stories not known to others, and every ti Hero went to chat, it would generously share them with her.
This legend was heard during those tis.
And until leaving the countryside and recalling it now, she never learned the true nature of that dark mass.
The stories she heard from it had been regarded only as a kind of wild tale by Hero, long forgotten with the passing of her childhood.
But as she found herself in trouble now, its words, the knowledge it shared, seed to have their own life force, surfacing from the depths of her mind, reminding her.
“…not sure if it is still there, but I should visit it when I have the chance.”
Hero murmured.
But the current pressing matter was helping with the treatnt of the Little Girl.
[Special Event: Unknown Whispers, The Wriggling Darkness in the Tree Hollow LV??]
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