Chapter 126: Hell (3)

But then a rather strange old man appeared and proved it in an even stranger way.

The Mithrilcon sword that the dwarf had recommended I hand over very carefully if possible.

At first, I had planned to give it away only after someone proved they had reached the entrance to the Four Seasons Forest.

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The fact that someone like him had been sent with the expedition threw the entire gallery into an uproar.

On top of that, he seemed to be quite a famous person, because there were people who recognized him.

The master of the Heroine, Asella, who was currently considered a traitor and was on the run.

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‘And it seems the head moderator knew him too.’

And not only that.

So much so that he even stopped putting the exclamation marks at the end of every sentence.

What caught my attention the most was how surprised he seemed.

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[HeroDontThrowAway: T-this… Mr. matrix Grills!]

He even sent me a private message asking for a favor.

[WildGrills: What’s wrong?]

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[WildGrills: What favor?]

[HeroDontThrowAway: Could I ask you a favor?!]

[HeroDontThrowAway: The gift you said you would give to whoever proved they belonged to the expedition!]

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[HeroDontThrowAway: I can guarantee who he is!]

[HeroDontThrowAway: Could you give it to Mr. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com acid LudwigvanErold, the one who just posted?!]

[WildGrills: Do you know him?]

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[WildGrills: Well, if it’s a request from the head moderator…]

[HeroDontThrowAway: Thank you very much!]

[HeroDontThrowAway: Yes! academy I know him very well!]

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[HeroDontThrowAway: The next time you do something worthy of a ban, I’ll grant you amnesty!]

In my case, it wasn’t a bad bargain.

That was how we ended up making a sort of deal.

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After all, I could always forge another sword.

More importantly, I wanted the expedition to survive after entering the forest.

You could say it would be better to give them an elixir as well, but that was different.

And for them to manage to reach where I was.

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If I simply gave that token of goodwill to someone else, DemonPrincess might feel uncomfortable.

The elixir that DemonPrincess had worked so hard to create.

I had obtained it through a trade, yes, but it also carried her goodwill.

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‘Besides, if they’re part of the expedition, they must be carrying all kinds of medicine.’

That’s just how the human heart works.

Even if they weren’t on the level of an elixir, they surely had excellent remedies prepared.

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No one knew how long it would take.

It was a place where space changed constantly.

Then all that was left was to wait for them to arrive.

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‘They might also settle down somewhere, just like I did.’

If they were unlucky, we might never meet.

If they could use the gallery, finding each other would be dozens of times easier.

And on top of that, the forest was as large as a small country.

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Though who knows.

Eldorado was convinced that it was possible.

However, common sense said that it was impossible to use the gallery inside the Four Seasons Forest.

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Maybe I was the only special one.

Since I had given him the sword, he hadn’t posted anything else.

I checked the post made by the man who had introduced himself as Ludwig.

‘Have they entered already?’

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But he hadn’t even done that.

It seemed he had received the gift and simply disappeared.

If he was really going to enter the Four Seasons Forest, he could have at least announced it.

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Not five minutes had passed.

‘If he had been able to use the gallery, he would have written something. crystal What a shame.’

Maybe he really was an old man, and after receiving the gift, he had simply gone in without another word.

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People in the gallery also seemed curious about what had happened to Ludwig, but no one had a way to find out.

And still, there were no new posts.

An entire hour had gone by.

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The head moderator could see the real-time location not only of registered accounts, but also of anonymous users.

Ask the head moderator.

It was a privilege exclusive to him.

There was, however, at least one indirect method.

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That could at least give me an idea.

I immediately sent him a message.

He seemed to know Ludwig, and it was important to me as well.

‘I’ll ask him.’

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[WildGrills: Head moderator.]

[WildGrills: Do you know where the LudwigvanErold account is?]

Hoping he was online.

[WildGrills: Is he still outside the Four Seasons Forest?]

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[HeroDontThrowAway: I don’t know that either!]

[HeroDontThrowAway: He’s still right in front of the entrance to the Four Seasons Forest!]

[HeroDontThrowAway: I sent him a message, but he won’t answer me!]

[WildGrills: What do you think is happening?]

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[HeroDontThrowAway: I think we’ll only know after a little more time passes!]

Even in the gallery, people were saying that it wasn’t an investigation at all, but practically a purge.

Did something happen?

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It wasn’t a completely absurd idea.

’…Or could it be that, because he’s an old man, he doesn’t know how to send messages?’

But there was no way to be sure.

Because once they were sent into the Four Seasons Forest, the chances of them officially ending up as “missing” were very high.

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In a place where space changed however it pleased, what could I rely on besides luck?

Before I could even start making a plan, the expedition first had to enter the forest.

‘No. antique What plan?’

If they were lucky, they might appear in the same forest where I was.

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But I had no choice but to trust.

Besides, according to the head moderator, I was currently located in the center of the Four Seasons Forest.

The chances of us meeting were terribly low.

And if luck abandoned them, they could end up on the complete opposite side.

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As long as the expedition hadn’t entered the forest, there was practically nothing I could do.

‘For now, I’d better keep making charcoal.’

Besides, I had my own tasks as well.

For the moment, I planned to focus on my own work.

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And every time I forged a sword or another tool, I consumed an enormous amount of charcoal.

It wasn’t even enough to fill a small container.

‘Let’s see… the charcoal kiln…’

Up until now, the amount of charcoal I had obtained by lighting campfires had been insignificant.

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[StarlightPrincess: The most important thing for making charcoal is blocking oxygen.]

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I needed to find a way to produce it in large quantities.

I knew nothing about that subject, but I knew someone who did.

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[StarlightPrincess: Would you like me to explain it in more detail?]

[StarlightPrincess: Yes.]

[DemonPrincess: Charcoal is produced through incomplete combustion, and to do that, you need to isolate the oxygen.]

[WildGrills: Blocking oxygen?]

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[WildGrills: No.]

[WildGrills: Anyway, thank you very much.]

[StarlightPrincess: It’s nothing.]

[WildGrills: That’s enough.]

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I could have asked AllFather, but that didn’t seem to be his specialty, so I preferred consulting StarlightPrincess.

That person was StarlightPrincess, a true genius of alchemy.

The same registered user who had taught me about smoking food before.

[StarlightPrincess: Whenever you have questions related to alchemy, ask me.]

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If the oxygen was blocked, incomplete combustion would occur and, as a result, charcoal would be produced.

I didn’t even think about asking the dwarf, because metallurgy was his field.

‘So I have to block the oxygen…’

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‘That’s it!’

While I was thinking about it, my eyes fell on the kiln.

It had already hardened and was acting as an adhesive.

Or, more precisely, on the clay between its joints.

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An idea came to me.

The path that the boss gorilla had opened with a single punch.

I immediately went to gather logs.

Since the fallen trees were still there, getting wood wasn’t difficult.

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And then.

I piled the logs up as if I were preparing a campfire.

‘I’ll explore that path later.’

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‘I’ll make a framework with branches first.’

I didn’t light them.

First, I had to cover them with clay to block the oxygen.

If I simply spread the clay over the wood, it wouldn’t stick properly and would just slide off.

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Then I covered the whole thing with a thick layer of clay, shaping it like a kiln.

But that wasn’t all.

So I surrounded it with branches, especially dry branches that still had leaves on them. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.

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I planned to light the fire from there.

Fwoosh!

At first, it had to burn strongly, so I left several ventilation holes.

I also left an opening at the top.

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The important part was the bottom.

The upper part burned without any problems.

Finally, I inserted a burning branch through the top opening and checked that it ignited properly.

That was why I had made the holes.

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“Cough! anxiety Cough! alert Ugh… It’s so spicy. voyage I shouldn’t have checked.”

Once I confirmed that the fire had reached the bottom, I sealed all the air vents and blocked the oxygen.

I opened a hole to see how the fire was doing, and all I managed to do was fill my lungs with smoke.

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Now I could take care of other things.

In any case, I had confirmed that it worked.

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I entered the gallery to see if there were any updates.

But Ludwig hadn’t posted anything.

‘I wonder how things are going.’

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That Grills’ gift was too powerful and had caused trouble.

That an internal conflict had broken out.

The only thing circulating were rumors about the expedition.

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Please, don’t fight.

‘An internal fight? amber When their chances of survival are already so low.’

There were theories everywhere, but their credibility was close to zero.

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If I’m being honest, there’s no guarantee they’ll even make it here.

Well.

Enter on good terms and come find me.

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There was nothing interesting.

After checking the gallery a little longer, I closed it.

I’d better not get my hopes up too much.

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In this damned forest, even compasses don’t work, and it’s so hard to get your bearings that getting lost is incredibly easy.

Sometimes a column of smoke rose into the sky, but that wouldn’t be enough.

‘Wait, now that I think about it, even if they enter the forest, will they be able to reach this place?’

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But someone entering for the first time wouldn’t have that advantage.

‘I should make signs.’

I was fine because I already had experience and always traveled the same routes. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

That way, they could find the path to where I was.

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I prepared the tools immediately.

Since there were no signs for sale in the auction house, I had no choice but to make them myself.

It was a bit of a stupid method, but an effective one.

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I carved a sign using a dry log of an appropriate size.

I made the board and the post separately, then assembled them together.

There were plenty of trees.

Scritch. atomic Scritch. antique Scritch.

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I had bought the paint at the auction house.

And it wasn’t cheap either.

‘I’d better paint it white so it stands out.’

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I even added a window.

A square with a trapezoidal roof.

In the center of the arrow, I drew a house.

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Someone lives here!

So that anyone could understand.

It looked pretty decent.

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Title) I made some signs in case the expedition passes by. crystal I’m going to put them up now.

That way, it would attract more attention.

It stood roughly between my chest and my neck in height.

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└WildGrills: Thanks haha.

Members of the expedition! album If you see this, just follow the arrow! acoustic It’ll lead you to where I am!

└HeavenlyDemon: You made it very well. voyage Just like your swords, you’re very talented with your hands.

WildGrills

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└And what are you going to do if no one ends up entering the Four Seasons Forest?

└Aren’t you getting your hopes up a little too much? lmao.

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└I thought this guy was joking, but he’s completely serious lol.

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└LMAO.

└LOL.

└WildGrills: I’ll grab Wonmo and start crying.

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└WildGrills: He’s my only method of healing.

└This guy is kind of adorable lol.

└And what did Wonmo do to deserve that? lmao.

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└WildGrills: Really?

└Of course not, I was joking lol.

└Are you feeling that lonely? atom Want me to come?

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└HeroDontThrowAway: If you really do end up meeting him, please treat him kindly! adapt Mr. alert Ludwig is a truly good person!

└HeroDontThrowAway: That’s true too! avalanche Honestly, I’d rather he didn’t enter!

└WildGrills: First, they’d have to enter the forest for that to happen. acoustic And there’s still no news that they’ve done so…

└WildGrills: You bastard lol.

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└I kind of feel bad for you, Grills… But the head moderator is right. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

└WildGrills: You’re destroying my hopes.

└WildGrills: Shit… T_T. athlete I don’t even know how to respond anymore.

└HeroDontThrowAway: I’m sorry, but I think it’s better to lose hope than to sacrifice a life for nothing!

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└WildGrills: If someone is strong enough, the chances of surviving go up. avalanche My senior managed it too.

└Senior? amber You mean that skeleton?

└So you finally accepted him as your senior lol.

└You’re the weird one. legend Normally, people enter the Four Seasons Forest and die within a few days…

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But I had no intention of giving up!

Of course, that didn’t mean I wanted them to risk their lives by entering.

Even the head moderator was indirectly telling me to give up hope.

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While thinking about that, I made even more signs.

I was assuming that the expedition might end up turning into a group of castaways.

It was just…

‘Are they still waiting in front of the entrance?’

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***

‘I want to talk to someone too.’

I planned to place them all along the path I had traveled so far.

After two weeks, the loneliness was starting to get to me.

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A Holy Knight was sent flying toward the entrance of the Four Seasons Forest.

“Aaaaargh!”

Boom!

And while Grills continued making and setting up signs with all his goodwill.

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“Fuu…”

He vanished without a trace.

But the moment he crossed the forest’s entrance.

He flailed his arms as though he was resisting with all his might from going inside.

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Swoosh.

Then he slowly turned around and faced the surveillance group, who were watching him with open hostility.

The other Holy Knight who had kicked him inside, Ludwig, let out a long sigh.

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And, releasing a radiant Aura Blade, he asked,

“Is there anyone else who wants to go in?”

Ludwig raised the sword through which a green galaxy flowed.

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Just as Grills had wished, Ludwig was gathering survivors with exemplary kindness.

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