Honestly, there was no close combat.
It seems Elinalise was avoiding the territory of monsters that swarm as we pass.
Rather than it being the special characteristic of the Elf race, it seems more like something from her own experience.
"We've found it, it's this stone monument right."
After walking for a short while Elinalise discovered the landmark.
It was a stone monument with a crest carved into it.
In front there was something like a wall covered in densely grown ivy.
I had prepared myself to end up walking around in the forest for two or three days, but we managed to quickly find it before the sun went down.
I'm sure without a doubt Elinalise has such a skill as, "Detect Secret Doors". [5]
The stone monument was similar to the stone monument of the Seven World Powers and it has the crest of the Dragon God carved into it.
It's a design with triangles combined together into an acute angle.
Somehow or other, the image that floats into your head looks similar to a crest that gives off an impression of overwhelming power. [6]
The details are completely wrong, but as I thought it seems to look like a wooden printing block of a dragon's face.
However... this crest.
I feel like I've seen it somewhere before...
Ah, I see.
It was in the basement of my house, it looks similar to the crest that was on the research data of the automatic doll.
But, the details of that crest are somewhat different as well.
It's just the ambiance of it that's similar.
I wonder if it could be that the producer of that doll was someone related to the Dragon God...
No well, I'm sure there are any number of similar crests.
Even the national flags in the world of my previous life, there were a lot of them that looked similar.
"What's the matter?"
"No, it's nothing."
After being asked by Elinalise I shook my head.
We don't have the spare time to worry over something like that right now.
"For the time being, let's release the barrier."
"I'll leave it to you."
After a short exchange, Elinalise started to keep lookout of the surroundings.
I placed my hand on top of the stone monuments and looked at the memo.
It's the notes Nanahoshi blessed us with.
What was written there were the words for an incantation.
"That dragon lived solely while following it's faith. Nothing is able to escape from the grasp of those grand arms. The second dragon that died. He who possessed the most ephemeral eyes Dragon General of Lustrous Green Scales. Borrowing the name of the Holy Dragon Emperor Shilard, I now pierce that barrier."
Just then, the stone monument started sucking magic power out of my arm.
Simultaneously the space in front of my eyes around the stone monument started to distort.
We could see ahead of the stretched distortion.
With trees overgrown in the place where there was the wall like thing, a building made of stone appeared.
"Oh, amazing."
"I've never seen magic like this before.."
Seeing that spectacle the two of us just let out voices of wonder.
However, I have a recollection of this sensation of magic power being sucked out.
It's the same sensation as the time when you make use of a magic tool.
Most likely, this stone monument itself is a variety of magic tool.
I wonder if it could be that the Seven World Powers stone monument is a magic tool as well.
If you were to split it open, you might find a magic circle inserted inside it.
However, this incantation.
I can't shake the feeling that it's an original of the Dragon God.
Holy Dragon Emperor Shilard, or something like that comes out after all.
This is, that right.
One of those guys that comes out in the legends, the "Five Dragon Generals" right?
This incantation, since it has no magic name most likely you can't figure out what it is from just the middle of it, but if I could understand it through the end, it may or may not be able to achieve the same effect as this stone monument.
For example, cancelling out all barriers.
I'm troubled since it seems possible.
"Let's get going."
"Sure."
If I could I'd like to extract this stone monument and take it home with me.
But if Orsted were to find out about it, he might come to kill me.
I'll stop there.
"Nevertheless, they certainly do give off the feeling of ruins."
"Occasionally, the entrances of labyrinths are this sort of feeling."
What appeared was just a single floor made of stone.
The walls had ivy crawling all along them, several places were worn down and crumbling.
"Rudeus it's your first time in a labyrinth right."
"Yeah."
"Be careful not to step outside of my footsteps."
"Understood... or rather, this place, isn't a labyrinth is it?"
"It's just in case."
Traps are scary after all.
However, I'm sure Elinalise isn't particularly a master or anything.
I wonder if it's alright.
Even if we get caught in a trap, I wonder if we would be able to stand it.
For the time being, I'll keep my Demon Eye open.
If anything happens, I should be able to deal with it on the spot.
"Then, let's go, if anything happens cover me."
"Understood."
Together with Elinalise we walked into the ruins.
".."
Inside was made of stone as well and from in there ivy and roots were coming out.
It's exactly the feeling of ruins deep in a forest.
Even though I say that, it doesn't seem to be all that large of a building.
There were only four rooms.
We decided to take a look at them in order.
There was nothing in the two rooms near the entrance.
They were just a space of about 4.5 tatami mats filled with clatter.
In the third room there was something like a closet.
After opening it to look inside, winter clothes for a man were placed inside for storage.
There are traces of it being used.
I wonder if someone would get changed here.
Someone, though I can't think of anyone other than Orsted.
According to the story, on the other side of the teleport it's a desert. I guess in the winter around here it ends up a snow-fallen area
You can't get your hands on winter clothes in the desert.
Therefore, that would be why they were left here beforehand.
Humu, if there was this sort of room, then it might have been fine to bring even more luggage.
Well, it's too late now.
"What's the matter? Staring at those clothes, is there something that's bothering you?"
"No, if we were to leave behind some luggage here, I was just thinking we could have made use of something."
"...Here, then it would be like throwing things away as you go."
Well, as expected you wouldn't be able to leave behind food goods or that type of thing in storage.
Even if there's a barrier, it seems like bugs or such things could get in after all.
"Let's go."
"Yes."
Although, in the case of veterans like us there's no how about it.
Without particularly working ourselves up we enter the forest.
Elinalise is the advance guard and I'm the rear guard.
For Elinalise I'd say as expected of the Elf race.
Her method of walking through the forest was really well done.
Her ears are good, she can detect enemies very fast as well.
"On our right, there's three of them!"
"Understood."
Just as I was told, I fire a rock bullet in that direction.
And then, in the distance an emerald green wild boar has blood spraying out.
I see the remaining two panic and run away as well.
Search and Destroy.
Elinalise finds them and I dispose of them with magic.
The monsters are annihilated without even being able to approach.