A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War! - Chapter 115: (1)

Carrying a crystal, Kaiyan followed the path inside the cave with Rieka for about 5 minutes when they reached a crossroads.

“Hmm… which way should we go? It would be nice if this place were a forest.”

[Kaiyan, it feels like there’s a slightly chilly wind coming from the left.]

“Really?”

As they approached the left pathway, they indeed felt a cold breeze. On the other hand, when they moved closer to the right path, there was no wind at all.

“It seems the wind is blowing here… does it connect to the outside?”

If there was wind blowing inside the cave, it meant that wind was flowing in from somewhere. So, there was a high probability that the left path led to an exit.

“Could it be?”

Kaiyan wondered what might be on the right path, but he decided to put his questions aside and walked along with Rieka down the left corridor. The chilly wind was now more pronounced.

“It’s a bit strange.”

The wind in the corridor felt different from just cold air. It was cold but not in the usual sense. Breathing deeply, it felt lukewarm despite the initial chilliness.

“Rieka, do you find this strange?”

[Yes, it’s strange!]

Rieka, who had been sniffing the air and waving her front paws in the air, suddenly opened her eyes wide as if she had remembered something.

[Oh, come to think of it!]

“What?”

[Why can I sense Canien’s presence here?]

“What… really?”

It had been so natural that Kaiyan hadn’t noticed, but upon hearing Rieka’s words, he found it truly odd. Canien shouldn’t be here. So, where was this strange aura coming from?

[I can feel Canien’s presence in the air itself.]

The sensation he and Rieka had felt as cold, yet not chilling. It was the feeling of Canien’s aura.

[It’s like the mana accumulating with Aura… but this aura coexists with mana.]

Aura absorption, which was always active, was still working. It meant that Aura was present here as well.

“Hmm… I’m not sure. How about we try leaving this place for now?”

“Yeah, we don’t need to stay in this strange place for long. We should also make sure that Canien has been dealt with.”

He believed that the Empire would have handled Canien, especially since he had seen Canien in a less than favorable state. Yet, there was a nagging concern that he might have attacked other territories, causing harm to innocent people.

“Grab on tightly.”

[Yes!]

Holding Rieka and the crystal firmly, Kaiyan lowered his posture and swiftly moved along the corridor.

Tatatuk!

As they went further into the corridor, the strange aura grew stronger.

As they passed through the corridor for some time, the passage widened, revealing a spacious area where Ogres could frolic.

What was somewhat unusual was that, although it was too dark to see clearly, the square had a very even semi-circular shape, as if it had been artificially crafted.

“…Where is this? Who lives in this cave?”

[“Sniff, sniff! I don’t smell any others.”]

“But it looks too well-made for that, doesn’t it? Were there technicians in Eunasia capable of creating such a perfectly shaped square?”

Kaiyan thought about switching his crystal to his left hand and drawing his sword with his right, just in case of unforeseen circumstances. However…

“Oh… I broke it.”

He remembered that the sword he had thrust forward to block Canien’s tentacle had broken, the same sword that had overcome numerous named monsters.

“It’s a sword that has defeated a multitude of named monsters… Well, I have no choice.”

Setting aside his regrets, Kaiyan slowly walked toward the center of the square.

As they approached the center, the shape of the square, which had only been visible as outlines due to the darkness, gradually became apparent thanks to the bright crystal light.

“…A painting.”

[“Monsters. Just like Kabien.”]

“Was this where those creatures used to live…?”

A massive painting adorned the central floor.

The painting depicted strange creatures, much like Kabien, Canien, and their companions.

These creatures were drawn bowing their heads from the outer edges of the square, facing toward the center of the square. Among them, an individual with a disdainful expression gazed at the creatures with his hands on his hips.

“…Is that a person?”

[“Yes! He looks like a magician, holding a staff in his hand!”]

“Hmm… a person who commands hundreds, no, thousands of monsters.”

In the past, Kaiyan might have dismissed it as a mere painting, but from his perspective after meeting Canien, it felt strange to treat it so simplistically.

Why were creatures like Canien bowing their heads to a human? And who could have drawn such a massive painting here?

“Well, for now… it seems like there are people here. Quite a number of them… or perhaps monsters.”

As he gazed at the creatures on the ground, Kaiyan couldn’t help but recall the word Havemime.

‘Havemime… Perhaps this isn’t the Eunasia continent after all,’ he thought.

Being stranded in an underground cave when he had fallen asleep in the void was already peculiar, but until he saw this painting, he had naturally assumed this place was still part of the Eunasia continent.

“Rieka, maybe this isn’t the Eunasia continent. Canien mentioned something about Havemime when I fell into the void.”

[“Havemime? I’ve never heard of that dimension name… In that case, could this place be an alternate dimension like a pocket dimension?”]

“Pocket dimension? Ah! Blacky!”

Upon Rieka’s conjecture, he remembered the black horse that had been with him.

In a hurry, he opened the portal to the dimensional space and entered with Rieka.

Hiing!

Blacky was eating the scraps piled up on one side of the wall. After sniffing the air, it rushed over and nuzzled its face against Kaiyan’s.

“Phew… I’m sorry, Blacky.”

He felt a sense of guilt not only for forgetting about Blacky but also because he almost ended up being left alone in the astral space when he thought he was going to die.

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