
Chapter 17's
✓Segard of Wolves
"They're still here ..." (Mari)
Even after waking up 7 hours later, the wolves were still roaming around.
They couldn't see me because I was inside the barrier, but by eating a bit of my flesh, their tastes must have awakened to a human sense, or perhaps this area was their area.
Whatever it is, it seems like I have to strengthen myself here.
I used 1 crystal to buy wolf information.
[Wolf Ringpill: Common Body – wolves found all over the continent of Ringpill. They act in groups, and there are times when they hunt giant-sized monsters. They eat small animals, but they can be omnivores, and can eat things like nuts. One group is usually 8-20 wolves, but there are times when it can reach 50. The people who became Amazing Entities would eventually devour their own group, and after that, be killed by other Monsters. In rare cases, it would be an Annihilation Predator. The target of the assessment is the ordinary body. The chances of the appearance of the Spirit Stone are: Water 20%, Pure 80%]
It did not have a description of 'Big Size' on it, so it was definitely a common size. Or rather, there was a creature like that giant monkey that was 4 meters in size, so a slightly larger wolf was included in the 'normal' parameter, huh.
I stood up and made sure of my surroundings from within the barrier.
“...It is not visible anywhere, yes.” (Mari)
I have to take the Barrier Stone I dropped. That's something I bought with 1 precious point. Should have fallen near here.
There was still time left on the Barrier Stone, so I wasn't going out yet, but I had to decide what I should do.
I used the Barrier Stone at 8:00 a.m.
I don't know when I lost consciousness, but I remember walking until dawn. In other words, I fainted in the morning and was attacked before 8:00 am. The wolves were probably looking for breakfast.
And it's 3pm now.
The effective time of the Barrier Stone is 12 hours, so I can stay like this until 8:00 p.m.
“Can I sneak away at night..?” (Mari)
I found it hard to believe that wolves would sleep during the day like me. There was no way they could act for 24 consecutive hours, so they had to return to their nest once the sun set.
By the time I was attacked, the wolf did not enter my Dark Mist, so it would have worked somehow... Ought to.
The instructions are still effective.
I trained my Dark Spirit Ability as much as time allowed.
I was afraid that the Great Dark Spirit had appeared due to using the Dark Mist within the barrier, so I prioritized the Shadow Runners who did not concentrate too much of the darkness.
The setting sun came at the moment I did that, and the wolves ran off somewhere as expected.
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8:00 nights.
I searched around for about 1 hour after the barrier disappeared, and managed to find the Barrier Stone I dropped, so I once again covered myself in the darkness and started walking.
There must be some nocturnal creatures here, but I managed to walk without much trouble.
I always found coral crisps growing en masse on the way, so I had no problems with food.
If I had the ability, I could have hunted animals like big squirrels and birds, but right now I am not able to do it. But well, no luxuries are allowed here.
I have had a constant stream of 6 hundred million viewers every day since a while ago.
Numbers that are hard to believe. Is that possible?
I just walk in the dark all the time. I may have encountered monsters, but only monkeys and wolves. Besides, it's not like I'm fighting them. I just stay locked in the barrier.
I can't think of my actions as something that would bring 6 hundred million eyes.
The only possibility I could think of was that they cheered for the Chosen One who suddenly appeared and watched amusedly how I was on the verge of death, she said, or maybe they're cheering for me who's desperately trying to survive.
How are the other Chosen? There is too little information that can be obtained by the Chosen.
I get [Reaching 2,000,000,000 Total Viewers].
There are 1,000 elected. There is a limit to how much can be watched.
In other words, I was up there as one of the most watched people.
"There must be people watching their screens even now ..." (Mari)
Having 6 hundred million people watching me still doesn't feel real right now.
No, that's obvious.
But now that I've been walking at night like this, I've finally thought about it.
"Think ... how is everyone ..." (Mari)
I thought of my parents and my two sisters.
Are they watching me right now with their hearts pounding?
I'm technically alive because of this transfer.
I didn't die, instead I wasn't recognized by my parents.It's useless now, but. as someone who can't even get 'I'm going now', I'm not going to leave now', the only way I could tell my parents that I had left them was by not dying.
It was a night of bright moonlight.
This was not a complete full moon, but it still gently lit up the night forest.
I found a rather bright place and stopped there.
I don't know how it was broadcast.
I don't see anything that resembles a camera around.
Maybe far above the sky.
That's why I don't know if what I'm saying will be achieved.
But I want to tell them.
“...Dad, Mother, Celica, Karen; Even I.. don't know how it all ended like this, but I somehow. My arrival here was an accident, so. I don't know if I can come back, but if possible, I want to survive this and come back.” (Mari)
I felt puzzled at this unknown experience directing the message into the empty air.
I was killed along with Nanami, the culprit; there should have been a lot of things I wanted to tell them, but I didn't know how to convey it to them in a one-way message.
“Nanami should have come here, so I'll look for him, and after we reunite...I don't know what to do after that, but I think I'll be able to arrange it, so please don't worry. Right now it seems like I need some time to get out of this forest, but that's okay. I still have Points, and there doesn't seem to be much danger when moving at night.” (Mari)
I'm acting hard here.
Thinking of the fact that my sister was watching, I couldn't bring out any weak words.
Actually I want to cry here.
Speaking to my family, only that fact alone stimulated the weakest part of my heart.
I don't know about Nanami either.
There's a chance he died and that's it.
Uncle and aunt may have been killed by the man as well.
I also don't know about the other Chosen ones.
Maybe they're all dead and now I'm the only one left to watch.
I don't know anything about this world either.
This might be a world of death with only cities destroyed.
I was in the woods, alone in a parallel world, attacked by a myriad of insecurities.
That's probably why…
I didn't even think of the person who killed me and Nanami.
I don't know shit. It means nothing.
All I can do now is send a one-way message to my family.
“This message too.. I don't even know at all if it gets to them.. I don't know why everyone watches me. But there are a lot of spectators, so I get Crystals, and to be honest… it helped me get out. Thank you ...... Thank you very much.” (Mari)
I don't even understand what I said myself.
I'm what you call an introvert.I'm not good at talking to a lot of people.
Talk about my opinions, or talk about myself.
Tears welled up in my eyes, I suddenly used the [Dark Mist] and hid in the darkness.
I'm not alone.
By believing this, I could feel the desire to live.