Onward to Raratoiapart 1
A group was moving through a forest filled with tall and thick-trunked trees, trying not to stumble on the roots covered with moss.
The sky in the east had already started to brighten and little patches of sunlight were seeping through the foliage.
I was carrying three sacks filled with gold coins over my shoulder, and a clang clang sound was mixed in with the whispers of the tree leaves.
We were in the center of Canada forest, the ho of the elves.
In this world that I was dropped into, I was given the form of my ga character, and as I went about in a dizzy I sohow wound up helping the elves in their mission.
Yet, I had not even an ounce of regret for my actions. Its only natural for a Japanese person to want to help the disadvantaged elves and beastn in this world.
Probably.
The elven woman walking in front of
was a rare dark elf. She had smooth lilac skin, long white hair, and her ears were shorter than those of normal elves. Her tall fra was wrapped in a leather corset over somber clothes and her limbs overflowed with enough sex appeal to attract the eyes of any man.
Her na was Ariane Glenys Maple. She was one of Maples warriors, which was the capital of Canada. A thin sword hung at her waist, and she also possessed strong spirit magic.
Her chest bounced up and down with every step, her buttocks bobbed with every movent, and I had a perfect view from behind but all of a sudden she stopped and focused her brilliant golden eyes on .
Sohow, she seed to have noticed my stare
Like I said, the body I got when I ca to this world was the sa one from the ga I had been playing.
My whole body was covered in detailed, white, full-body armor that wouldnt be unusual for a mythical knight to wear.
A pitch-black mantle fluttered in the wind and the inside of the mantle looked like a starry night sky.
On my back, I carried a large, heavily engraved round shield and a two-handed sword that emitted a divine aura.
However, inside this suit of armor was only the body of a skeleton.
Therefore, this body had no eyes. Only the pale blue light of the dead existed in my eye sockets.
For her to still be able to sense my stare, the senses of a woman were truly frightening.
While thinking about such things, the voice of two other won was heard from behind.
Ive used too much mana. I wont be able to use spirit magic for a while, would you happen to have a weapon I could borrow?
Im tired. I need to take a rest sowhere
The two won were covered in a gray and black cloak respectively and were bringing up the rear. They had straight blonde hair with a greenish tint, and the characteristic long ears peeped out between the strands. Ones skin was opposite of the dark elf Arianes pale complexion, her na was Senna and she had an overall slender figure and sharp eyes.
The other one had a tender expression that Senna lacked and short cut hair. Her na was Oona.
A short while ago, both of these elven won had been the prisoners of Dientos feudal lord. Because the two barely had any clothing on, Ariane and I had given them our cloaks so they could cover themselves.
We got a heap of gold coins from the castle of Dientos lord, and I was carrying all three bags worth of it over my shoulder. Since I had my hands full, the two of them were on guard for the monsters that road the forest.
Well reach the river Rydell soon. Once we reach the riverbank well take a break. Afterwards, our destination will be only a little farther upstream.
When Ariane turned around to inform us, I was able to see the tall cliff which overlooked the riverbed that I had passed by before.
As the wide river ca into view, the tree line receded and the surroundings beca brighter.
The daylight had was getting stronger, with the morning sun illuminating the forest, and the level of sunlight that penetrated the foliage was gradually increasing.
I lowered the sacks of gold coins on a suitable rock while the other three had found their own places to sit and rest.
It truly was a pleasant place.
The wind blow across the bank of the river and caused leaves to rustle. Mixed in were the cheeping of birds and the occasional cry of a monster; in this place, we calmly spent our ti.
Ponta, who had been on my head until now, jumped down to get a drink of water before she soaked her forepaws in the water and started playing around.
Ponta was a fox-like animal that was about 60cm in length. Though she had the face of a fox, her tail made up half of her body and was the sa shape of a cotton ball. However, the form of her legs gave her the impression of a giant flying squirrel. Her soft fur was light green on her back and pure white on her underbelly.
According to the elves, she was a rare animal called a spirit beast and was commonly called a fluffy fox. It was apparently rare for a spirit beast to take to a person, though I seed to have tad Ponta smoothly by feeding her, even if that was questionable at best.
When I turned my attention upstream to the riverbank where Ponta was playing, I noticed so huge dragonflies nearby. They were almost two ters long and hovered above the water surface with their tails sticking into the water.
Occasionally, one of the huge dragonflies would raise their tail out of the water with a fish attached and skillfully hold the fish in the air as it began to feast upon it.
Those are dragonfly. They wont attack unless you approach them during the breeding season.
When she noticed
staring, Ariane explained the nature of the huge dragonflies to . They only attacked in the breeding season, but
This thick forest seems to have a variety of monsters living in it. In fact, we frequently encountered monsters when we were making our way here.
The three of them repelled them without much difficulty, but Senna seems to have used a considerable amount of mana along the way.
Senna, use my sword for now own. I still have enough mana left.
Since Ariane notice that Senna was running low on mana, she took the sword from her waist and handed it to her.
I was looking at this when I rembered sothing; I hauled one of the sacks filled with gold coins in front of
and rummaged through it. Buried between the gold coins was a single sword.
It was sothing I found when we infiltrated the feudal lords castle to save Senna and Oona. The sword was a masterpiece-grade item, the handle was garnished with the head of a lion that had deep red jewels in place of eyes. The eponymous Sword of the Lion King.
I completely forgot about it when I threw it into the sack.
Ariane-dono, you could use this if you like.
Since I was already completely equipped thanks to my knight role-play, I offered the sword to her. She widely opened her eyes when she received the sword.
Is it okay? This is a very good sword.
Hun, I dont mind. It was gathering dust in the lords castle. Besides, I already have this
Saying so, I held up my one ter long, two-handed greatsword. What I was showing her was the mythical grade weapon Holy Thunder Sword.
She looked surprised for a mont before she wordlessly unsheathed the sword in her hand to inspect the grip and blade, and once she was finished she nodded before sheathing it again.
Thank you, Arc. This will be helpful.
Her full lips lifted into a smile as she thanked
and put the sword on her waist.
Well end our break soon and continue our trekupstream.Arc, can I ask you a favor?
Sure. You all should hold onto
while I carry the luggage and transfer us up the river.
I said this while I was picking up the sacks filled with gold coins I had been sitting next to. Ponta seed to have noticed what was happening since she used spirit magic to glide from the riverbed to her usual spot atop my helt.
Confirming that everyone was holding on to , I focused my attention upstream.
Dinsional Step
It was a support-magic skill that allowed
to perform short-range teleportation, and in an instant the entire scenery changed. I set the target a while ago, and we now stood at the upper reaches of the river.
Hum, thats a convenient spell. Why didnt you use this a while ago when we were in the forest?We could have gotten a lot farther by now
The short-haired elf Oona was muttering this while she was looking at our new surrounding.
The riverbank we had been resting on monts before was now a considerable distance downstream from our current position.
The range is limited in areas like forests, where the visibility is lacking.
While the magic was convenient for travel, it can only move to an area that you can visually perceive. The ground of the forest we had just been in was full of undergrowth, cliffs and marshes. One wrong step could have ant the end, so using the skill there was prohibited.
Is that so Still, it is really convenient
Oona contently gave that relaxed praise many tis as I continued to transfer us upstream.
It didnt take that long before we arrived at a river fork.
Coming from the northern Wind Dragon Mountains, the river split into two at this location.
It appears that the river splitting off is called the Riburute river.
It was very wide, and judging by the color of the water it was quite deep as well. Since the current seed to be very strong, youd normally have the cross it further upstream than this.
The reason we were here was to et up with the four others elves and their guide before setting out for the elven village Raratoia.
While looking around, I saw the silhouette of people erging from the trees near the Rydell riverbank.
An elven man in a beige cloak walked out while being cautious of his surroundings, and when they saw us, four elven girls ran straight to us.
The warrior Danka had been with us when we assaulted the kidnappers base, and had been left to look after the girls.
Since the girls were running at , I bent to down on one knee to receive them.
At that mont, Ponta jumped from my head and sat on the ground in front of . The elven girls surrounded Ponta at once.
Seems like Ponta had all of the popularity.
Youre earlier than expected I take it that were bringing this armored gentleman along?
Danka asked Ariane the question in a low voice in passing, once he saw
pretending to take a break in order to cover up my kneeling.
Thanks to his help a disaster was avoided There are also so other circumstances the require him to et with Raratoias elder.
Dont bother the old man too much
Danka gave that simple reply to Ariane before he closing his eyes and mouth.
She patted down her white hair and simply said; I know.
Then, since theres no ti lets proceed. Arc, could you please take us across the river?
With the pat on the shoulder that accompanied the question, I rose to my feet.
Since its just crossing a river, I can simply use Dinsional Stepto transfer to the other side. While itd be impossible to take everyone at once, it should be doable in three trips.
First, the four young girls were transferred to the other side and instantly started to diligently move about. Though they fell victim to Pontas cuteness, they still seed capable of surviving in the wilderness.
After crossing the river without much difficulty, we plunged into the depths of the forest.
In addition, I was still carrying the sacks of gold coins over my shoulder; everyone besides
was an elf and was more or less capable of using spirit magic, so there was no danger even if a monster appeared while we traveled.
Ponta could also use wind spirit magic, and occasionally flew up to fetch nuts and fruit. Thanks to that we werent troubled for food and were able to quickly eat while taking breaks along the way
When the sky was dyed in a deep red and the forests shadows thickened, we finally arrived at our destination.
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