Chapter 24

Cutting the feed from the drone千里眼 in front of me.

Almost five days.

Yes, five days.

With a base established, I thought about searching the forest and beyond.

The drone千里眼 proved to be a great help.

The cores are there, but I still need to find people and gather information.

There's no other way.

I started the search with a feeling of "Please, someone give me information!"

Excitedly, I operated the drone千里眼 at a considerable speed.

The speed is unknown, but I think it was quite fast.

There are shadows that make it hard to see, but I can faintly see inside the forest, so I shouldn't miss anything.

I discovered numerous animals.

There were also heavily cursed areas scattered throughout the forest.

However, I couldn't find what I was looking for.

"There are no people."

Indeed, not a single sign of a person.

I had hoped there would be a village or settlement in the forest.

But there was nothing in the footage.

Moreover, the forest continued endlessly.

There were no people, and I couldn't even get out of the forest.

Feeling a bad premonition, I flew the drone千里眼 over a rocky mountain.

Up, up, as high as it could go.

From up high, I could see nothing but forest in every direction.

I slowly rotated the drone千里眼 and gradually descended.

I searched for paths or open areas in the forest, but found none.

I realized I was in a vast forest.

And the possibility that there are no people in this forest... I don't want to understand that.

Still, there are places I haven't searched yet, so I'll hope for the best.

One worry crossed my mind.

The possibility that there are no people in this world.

I had never even considered it, but this is a different world from Earth.

...Is it possible?

...No, there must be people in the places I haven't searched yet! I won't give up.

I rolled around on the floor.

Sometimes I feel like doing that, especially today!

The smooth floor doesn't hurt when I roll, and it feels good to cool my heated head.

On the second day of searching for people, dark clouds gathered.

To change my mood, I started modifying my shelter from the third day while searching.

The part of the first floor that caught my attention was a golden ore, different from the silver ore.

I failed when I tried to process the ore.

It seems to be difficult for magic to pass through, so I removed all the ore from the rock mountain.

When Chai removed it, I was somehow nervous.

I was also nervous, thinking there might be something behind the ore.

But there was nothing. What was that?

...

Modifying the floor was difficult.

When I processed it to be slightly slippery, the floor became terrifyingly smooth.

Thinking about the pain of falling and hitting my butt while skating, I shuddered.

When I processed it to be non-slip, it became rough and unsatisfactory.

I'm not good at fine adjustments with magic.

I tried hard, and it became like the floor of a condominium entrance... I think.

It's a bit slippery, but it's at an acceptable level.

For the walls, I went with a brick design for spider defense.

Bricks are fine even if they are rough!

Next, my pride!

The stairs from the first to the fourth floor.

I modified the slope connecting the first to the third floor into stairs.

Since there was an original slope, it was surprisingly easy.

From the third to the fourth floor, it was more like digging a hole.

I cut out a square of rock about one meter in size and instantly teleported it to the third floor room.

I cut the rock to create steps and a height difference.

Modifying the stairs improved my instant teleportation skills.

I can now teleport to any location, even if it's a bit far away.

This was useful for demolition as well.

I can now burn fire and instantly teleport internal organs and blood vessels to it.

This is a great and joyful development.

I don't have to see all the mess.

However, if I fail at instant teleportation,

I might move a rock into the fire and ruin the meat I'm cooking.

Or, when I start to build stairs, I might find internal organs on the rock and get scared.

It can create small disasters.

The problem was solved by specifying the organs or rock before teleporting.

It seems that using instant teleportation alone can be influenced by the previous magic used.

A large amount of blood vessels on the rock is chaotic.