Chapter 130
"Alright, is everyone ready?"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"No problem here!"
Several days after we gave the materials .
We completed our preparation and departed for Melkia .
This time we're traveling by foot .
Iris attracts too much attention and her wings haven't recovered yet, so I'd like to preserve her .
And above all, it takes less than a day to Melkia by running anyway .
There's no reason in using a method that shouldn't be seen by other people just for covering that much distance .
"Umm . . . Shouldn't it take around one week to Melkia?"
"Yes, I think it was around that long too!"
Alma and Ruli said something intriguing .
. . . One week?
"Iris, was that dungeon that far? I thought we should arrive before it got dark if I we left first thing in the morning . "
"I thought we would arrive before today is over too! I think it should be around evening with our pace right now . "
Iris has the same opinion as me .
If ours differ from Ruli and Alma, that means . . . the route we have in mind differs .
Maybe the terrain changed when I wasn't aware .
Iris could survey the ground below by flying in the sky, but her wings were in bad shape until recently and she couldn't have flown .
I should ask them for now .
" . . . It's not even 100 kilometers from here to Melkia right?"
"I think it's less than 100 kilometers if we go straight to it, but normally--wait, don't tell me Mathi-kun, we're going to Melkia in a straight line?"
"There's a road until halfway through, so I plan to use it until then . . . and then we'll hit a forest there right . "
I'm sure the forest had a name when I saw the map at the guild .
It was . . . Cikirisbia forest or something .
"Forest . . . If we're going from here straight to Melkia, we'll have to go through Cikirisbia forest don't we?"
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I got it right it seems .
"That's our route . . . . Is there any problem if we go through Cikirisbia forest? Even if there's some wetlands there, we should manage with some magic . . . "
"Not wetlands, but monsters! It's a terrible forest said to make even veteran adventurers run away crying!"
"Not only they're strong, it's said that there are intelligent monsters there . . . "
I see .
Cikirisbia Forest is that kinda place huh .
That means . . . There's only one choice .
"Alright, we should arrive at Melkia City by today's end then . "
I veered away from the road we're running on as I said that .
This should be around the area where we should stray off the road if we want to go there straight .
"Prompt decision really!?"
"A . . . are we really going to have to cross Cikirisbia forest!?"
"Yeah . . . . That said, we don't necessarily have to fight . We'll run away if it seems dangerous . . . Iris, can you do it?"
"Yes! I have absolutely no problem flying with three people on my back!"
I focus on the passive detection after hearing Iris .
I'm using it to probe around the surrounding mana .
I enjoy good fights, but thoughtlessly charging into an opponent of unknown strength is just reckless .
You'd meet your end quicker than getting stronger .
That's why you fight after confirming your safety .
"I see . . . Iris-san can fly if worse comes to worst . . . "
"I mean, feels like we've got nothing to worry about Cikirisbia forest when we have Mathi-kun . . . . "
We went forward to the forest while having such conversations .