A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War! - Chapter 117: (2)

Rieka whispered something to the Spirits. After a lengthy conversation, she returned about five minutes later.

“So, what did they say?”

[Firstly, this place is indeed Havemime.]

“…Havemime? Then Canien deliberately sent me here.”

Kaiyan had wondered if falling into the abyss had caused some accident, but if this place was really Havemime, it seemed Canien had intentionally sent him here.

“And?”

[They don’t know about the continent of Eunasia. They’ve lived here for a long time and don’t know much about other places. Oh! And about leaving…]

“What, they don’t know how to leave?”

If even the resident Spirits didn’t know how to exit, the situation seemed dire. He needed some clue to find a way out.

[They said that only a mid-tier Spirit can leave this place. They don’t know where it leads, though.]

“What do you mean?”

[You know that Spirits are graded based on their energy, right?]

“Yes, I’ve read about it.”

In the past, when Spirits existed in the continent of Eunasia, there were Spirit Masters and Elves who handled them. The Spirit Masters used the mystical power of Spirits for magic-like abilities. Especially the few who handled top-tier Spirits were known to wield immense power, sometimes equal to natural disasters.

[If we had to grade, all these are low-tier Spirits. That’s why their energy isn’t that strong.]

“Right… They struggled against that large monster.”

Had he not appeared, the griffin-like Spirit might have fallen prey to the alligator monster. The strength they displayed was quite weak. Kaiyan didn’t know exactly what abilities the Spirits had, but their combat power seemed equivalent to a mid-sized monster.

[They said when one becomes a mid-tier Spirit, a door opens, and they must go through it.]

“A door? But do they know where it leads?”

[They don’t. They only sense the aura of the World Tree emanating from it and feel compelled to go. The problem is, lower-tier Spirits can’t pass through it.]

“The aura of the World Tree… So, there’s no World Tree here?”

[No, there isn’t a World Tree in this place.]

Rieka explained that the World Tree is a sacred tree that provides energy to Spirits. Without it, Spirits can’t recover their power and die once they exhaust all their energy. That was why Kaiyan had to give up on the griffin-like Spirit. But now, the absence of the World Tree was perplexing.

“…If there’s no World Tree, Spirits can’t breathe, right?”

[Ah, that’s a metaphor! Without the World Tree, they can’t recover their strength.]

“So, they die without it, right? How are they surviving here then?”

[They barely manage to live off the energy released by the door when it opens. Poor things!]

“That’s odd…”

Dozens of Spirits in a place without a World Tree? It was baffling.

“So, if these Spirits all become mid-tier, does that mean they will all leave Havemime?”

[Not exactly. New low-tier Spirits flow into this place each time the door opens. They all came here the same way but didn’t remember anything before entering. Ah! But one thing they know for sure – this place is Havemime.]

“…Who would do such a thing? And for what purpose?”

Someone was deliberately moving mid-tier Spirits while sending in low-tier ones. It was unnatural.

“Ha… The more I know about this place, the more complicated it gets.”

Initially, Kaiyan thought it was simple – he was lucky to be alive. But the more he learned about Havemime, the more uneasy he felt. Perhaps he might never return to the continent of Eunasia.

“Maybe I should just hunt monsters like that alligator creature? If accumulating G-points could lead to a way out.”

[Yes, the store could be used. Although it’s not certain if this is really a pocket dimension, there should be a way out. But… it would require a high-level magic scroll, so it will cost a lot of G-points.]

Either way, it meant he had to hunt monsters.

“Phew… Maybe I should just think of this as entering a habitat. Rieka, should we ask the Spirits where the monsters are…?”

[Do you want me to ask where the monsters are?]

“No, that won’t be necessary.”

[Why not?]

“They are coming here.”

Kaiyan sensed beings with a cold aura unique to this place within his expanded sensory range, similar to the alligator monster he had encountered earlier, along with the distinct killing intent of monsters.

“Kyauut? Kaauuut!”

“Kuuu! Kuu!”

[The Spirits seem to have sensed the monsters! They are panicking!]

“Tell them to calm down. They’re all mine. I can’t afford to share even one.”

Rieka quickly returned after briefing the Spirits.

[Are you sure you’ll be alright? You don’t have a sword. Maybe we should use the store…]

“It’s okay. I’ll have to wield a sword again eventually, but not now.”

[But…]

As Rieka mentioned, the only downside was the absence of a sword.

Though he hadn’t used a sword for long, the player system made it feel like decades of experience. To fight an unknown number of monsters without a sword was risky, even with his growth.

‘I can’t let it be like the situation with Canien.’

Despite his impressive stats, he couldn’t finish off Canien, not due to a lack of strength, but because he didn’t have his sword.

‘I can’t say I failed because I didn’t have a sword next time.’

He had painfully realized that while focusing on strengths was good, addressing weaknesses was also crucial.

And now was the perfect opportunity to address that weakness.

His fist clenched firmly, confidence surged even without a sword.

‘A sword that has slain thousands, tens of thousands? Then I’ll do the same with my fists.’

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