Dark Underworld Country.
I do know that name, but I don’t know at all for what reason that name came out at this moment.
That place is the nation that worshipped the Dark God Entropy.
A nation that has already fallen.
They appeared in the daybreak of human history, developed greatly, grew in scale, and became the firsts to form culture.
At present, not even that nation’s existence is retained in the memories of the people, and rediscovering this location would affect humanity heavily.
But in this situation where we don’t know what will happen to the world due to Lucifer…honestly, I feel like it would be best to push aside academic problems temporarily though.
“Head to the Underworld Country.” (Yorishiro)
Yorishiro-sama said this unsparingly.
“Deep in that city, the key to defeat Lucifer should be sleeping there. You five should search for it and find it.” (Yorishiro)
“Uhm…Yorishiro-sama…why do you—” (Karen)
‘Know something like that’, is what I was going to continue with, but…
“I received contact from Shiva-san saying that the Wind Church will do their all to analyze Lucifer. The other Churches are also preparing for battle, and the previous heroes are also going to be standing in battle. Our Light Church’s defense will be hardened by Doraha.” (Yorishiro)
There was no space for me to say anything.
“You heroes will head to the Underworld Country and find what is absolutely necessary to fight against Lucifer. The fate of the world is resting in you people’s hands!” (Yorishiro)
And so, we were practically pushed into a journey.
A journey to once again step into the Underworld Country.
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But this journey had a big difference from before.
The liveliness of the company. Before, when we were in the journey of searching for the Underworld Country, Yorishiro-sama, Haine-san, and I -Karen- were travelling together.
Because Haine-san, a male, was in the group, Yorishiro-sama and I were pretty meek.
Compared to that…
There’s Mirack-chan, Celestis-chan, Sasae-chan, Hyue-chan, and I; a total of five.
People say that three girls is noisy, so it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that a group of five girls would be boisterous.
The journey was lively to the point that no one would think this is a journey with the fate of the world at stake.
“Wait!! Wait wait, I didn’t hear anything about this! This Underworld Country is in this Nameless Desert?! It is crazy hot here!” (Celestis)
“This be the Land of Death-dasu yo?! If ye step in it, ya ain’t gonna come out alive-dasu! I forgot to write a will-dasu yo!” (Sasae)
“Aaaahh… Aaaaaahhh…” (Mirack)
“Mirack-dono is on the verge of death-de gozaru?! This person is supposed to be the fire hero, and yet, she is weak to heat-de gozaru yo?!” (Hyue)
“Leaving aside the heat…! What are your opinions?!” (Karen)
Ah…so noisy.
At this rate, I can’t concentrate in finding the Underworld Country, so I decided on taking a small pause.
This place is the most prominent danger zone in this world, the Nameless Desert.
This sight of solely sand that stretches all the way to the horizon and has no landmark would confuse the people that enter it, and with the heat and dryness, it will dehydrate people to death.
In the past, several hundreds of people have lost their way in this desert and haven’t returned.
That’s why people feared this place as a cursed land, and there’s no one who would come in here because they want to.
That’s why it wouldn’t be a surprise if there’s a giant forgotten ruin in this desert…
But before going there! Let’s take a break!
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“Aaah! I am back to life!” (Mirack)
We came to the oasis that we used before as a place to take a break.
The moment we arrived, Mirack-chan, Celestis-chan, Sasae-chan, and Hyue-chan took off their clothes and practically dove into the lake.
“!!!”
As they ran there, everything including their underwear was being scattered.
“E-Everyone’s lacking way too much shame! Even if this place is a remote region, even if the chances of someone passing by is extremely close to zero…!!” (Karen)
We are in a group here, so even if you are going to take off all of your clothes, show a bit of shame at least!
“Eeh? What are you trying to act all elegant for, Karen-chi?” (Celestis)
Is what Celestis-chan says as she surfaces slightly from the water while making bubbles.
“In the first place, we all have shown our everything several times already. There’s no need to get embarrassed after so long, right?” (Celestis)
Well, there was indeed the hot spring of Ishtar Blaze, and the high-class spa of Rudras Metropolis; now that I think back, there were many moments where we have shown our naked bodies.
“Isn’t this what they call skinship, Karen?” (Mirack)
Mirack-chan had half her face sunk in the water, and was replenishing moisture.
…Like a hippopotamus.
“By showing ourselves to each other and with nothing to hide, our connection will strengthen. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that every time we show our naked bodies to each other, the link that ties us grows stronger.” (Mirack)
“Even if that’s truly the case, I feel wicked emotions from the gaze of Mirack-chi though?!” (Celestis)
“I feel as if I am being looked at thoroughly by an old man-de gozaru?!” (Hyue)
Celestis-chan and Hyue-chan were getting flustered by the gaze of Mirack-chan that was not fitting that of someone from the same gender.
Mirack-chan! As I thought, the people of the Fire Church prefer people from the same gender rather than the opposite?!
“At any rate…when I look at the naked body of Sasae, it really makes me think.” (Mirack)
