Chapter 36 The first line of defense, breakthrough!
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Tilini was unable to answer Mordred's question, because only the upper fairies, Alice and Midori had the right to know and use the five underground caverns that were the actual main cities within Titania.
[Momonga, I have a gut feeling that she doesn’t feel like lying, although there is still something wrong.]
[Ah, I think so too, but I can’t get any more out of it by continuing to talk. Let’s go straight.]
"Then let's ask this." Mordred then asked, "Is there any way out of this damn primeval forest that makes it easier to enter and exit this country? We don't need you to send it away."
"Well...if you think it's okay to go by yourself." Tilini led the two of them to a window and pointed to the direction with sparse trees ahead, "Go that way for about eight kilometers and there will be something like this.
At the fork in the landscape, turn left and you can leave.”
"What about turning right and going straight?"
"Most of those who dared to do this died in the forest."
"Okay, thank you for the reminder, we will pay attention. Your snacks and drinks are delicious, thank you."
When Mordred waved goodbye politely and walked out of the door, Momonga placed a silver coin and a few copper coins on the table. He has lived in this world for so long and can estimate the appropriate price for any grade of food even if he has never eaten it.
, and he didn't want to owe anyone a favor.
"Thank you... thank you... for the tip?" Tilini didn't seem to come back to her senses and took the money blankly.
"Yes. Goodbye and thank you for the hospitality."
"...Oh, goodbye, have a nice trip."
Momonga and Mordred left. After a while, Tilini felt that the other party would not come back, so she put her hand on her head and activated the communication magic.
[Urgent, urgent, these are guys I can’t afford to offend!]
[We know you didn’t deal with them, but what’s the result? 】
[As vigilant as they were, I invited them to eat poisonous drinks and snacks, but neither of them noticed. But the fake courtyard I made seemed to have been almost discovered by the knight. And my own toxins seemed to have no effect on them.
It was of no use at all. The female knight ate all the poisonous snacks and drinks! I did not only poison the snacks and drinks orally, but also poisons that were in gaseous form and could penetrate deep into the skin were placed all over the house.
, and even deliberately opened up the conversation and dragged them for several hours, without any symptoms of poisoning at all. Even if my poison is diluted in a gaseous state that cannot be detected by any living thing, even the level 50 Midori-sama cannot hold it for two days.
Hours, what kind of monsters are those two?!]
Tilini was about to cry. She really admired herself for not showing off her flaws even when she was at the end of her skills.
[Perhaps it is a race issue. Your poison is not effective against all races, right? We think you can also be happy. It is really so strong, maybe so strong that you don’t even feel the poison. Otherwise, even if they are poisoned,
I can also shoot you to death before the poison is released.】
【Yes, I am very happy too.】
【Okay, leave it to us next.】
[I know. Then I'm going to transfer, but the patriarch, Sariel, is not here at this time! Leave it all to me... Speaking of which, it is trying to find some opportunities for us in the imperial capital right now? So we can't be there either.
If the chain is dropped at this time, does it count as a chain drop for us? After blocking this kind of monster for several hours, has it not embarrassed our Lord Sariel? Na!]
[I know, let me give you a few nice words. Have you observed any information? 】
[If you are also defeated or fail to catch them and let them escape, maybe the truth will be discovered here and I will take revenge. By the way, my poison belt has a strong hallucinogenic effect, so maybe illusion and spiritual magic are not good for them.
It’s useless. I’m really glad that I spent a lot of time dressing up and putting on makeup and gathering my compatriots to work hard on the scenery instead of using illusions to create false appearances and scenes.]
Tilini ran out of the room and said "Cancellation", and the house turned into light particles and dissipated. It was just a shoddy project that was forcibly expanded using the lowest-level prop creation magic. Even if it was not cancelled, it would not persist.
Until the next day.
"Everyone, let's get back to work." Tilini's body changed like it spread out. Her human form was no longer there, and she transformed into a flower ball that looked out of place in the forest and quickly rolled into the trees and merged into one.
There was a rustling sound in the forest, and then several dense and overcrowded jungles moved, like moving buildings. The trees together with the large pieces of soil below closed the garden, restoring the jungle landscape. The garden seemed like it had never been before.
appeared.
While Tilini was busy erasing her traces and taking refuge, in the vast jungle country of Titania, a second perimeter defense line without the participation of high-ranking fairies and single-digit sequence Alice and Midori had been deployed.
And the reporting has begun. Because since the founding of the Kingdom of Titania, there has never been an individual who can break through the first line of defense with a single ability. Even if Star had fought against the disguised Momonga on the border, it was their own.
Accompanied by a large number of goblin troops and undead troops.
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Momonga and Mordred, who had just been "warmly received", had no idea that they were actually being attacked, and were continuing to move forward along part of the route pointed out by Tilini, but they went in the opposite direction.
Then, they reached the goblin's second line of defense.
The altitude of the Kingdom of Titania is not flat, and there are ups and downs, so it is not surprising to see caves in the forest.
Around the entrance of the cave, there are quite a few traces of artificial repairs. In fact, it looks like an abandoned village.
If an intruder is trapped in the endless jungle, he will lose his sense of direction sooner or later. With the magical assistance of guidance and detection, he can't avoid paying attention to this place.
When there are no clues in the forest, does a confident and powerful intruder have any reason to refuse to explore the only other terrain that can be found at the moment?
Momonga: "Want to go in and take a look?"
Mordred: "You can tell intuitively that this place is suspicious, right? It has a slightly... dangerous atmosphere."
Momonga: "That's right. [bless of titania]."
He cast a spell that allowed him to navigate the maze through the best route. Although he didn't think he could advance as smoothly as walking through the maze, and he had to consider encountering enemies and not be careless. However, advancing in this way could eliminate absolute dead ends and reduce confusion.
In the game era, this approach is not necessarily advisable, because some dead ends have mechanisms to open the real path, or have treasure chests with unexpected surprises or monsters that can drop surprise drops, but the reality is different. At least Momonga and Modre
De has been traveling in this world to this day and has also explored some legendary places and ruins, but he has never found anything of that level.