Flotsam
"Excuse me, Yukikaze-sama."
The Knight Commander enters the office.
"What's wrong?"
"Yes, there is a communication from the Imperial Capital. Special Knight Shiro has just departed."
"So, what's his estimated arrival time?"
"If it's urgent, it will take about five days."
"Then make plans in about ten days."
"Ha!"
And since it's Shiro, he'll probably stop off at the Eckezacks class on the way.
At worst, we may have to wait 20 days.
I peek outside the office
In front of my eyes is an unpleasant sight that continues far into the distance.
Above all
"…The odor."
Even though I've gotten used to it, the sea still stinks.
Shirufi and Serufi confirmed that the building was definitely Tuega.
When discovered, everyone is excited and in a great hurry to make a passage.
But even after spending half a year, we never reached Tuega.
But we're definitely getting closer
I could feel that as Tuega looked bigger.
Even after a year, we still haven't reached the goal and Tuega is becoming huge.
2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year
It took 20 years to finally be able to measure distance.
By that time, I couldn't see the horizon in front of me.
It's so huge that the front is blocked by the trunk of Tuega.
And around Tuega...
"Oops... it was shaking quite a bit just now. Is there something wrong with the hull?"
"No problem, the flotsam has shattered into pieces."
"What was that?"
"This is Tuega's outer wall. As usual."
Everything around Tuega is filled with floating debris.
The sea waves disappeared about 500 kilometers from the mana release line.
Therefore, various types of trash that fall remain in place without being washed away.
"If we could use magic, we could burn all of these."
"Should we sprinkle some fuel and start a fire?"
"Yukikaze-sama?"
"It's a joke"
There are two pieces of trash that fall from Tuega.
A metal resembling a plant that falls off its trunk.
Corpses falling from a top hole
All of the corpses closely resemble Shirufi and Serufi.
It's an elf's body.
Those corpses are troublesome objects.
Ginkei says
There are extremely few bacteria beyond the mana release line, and the decomposition of organic matter is extremely slow.
Because of this, the terrible smell of decay never disappears and continues to be overwritten.
Incidentally, there is almost no marine life such as fish in this sea.
"So the giant tree hasn't changed."
"Giant tree, is it this tower?"
"Because isn't it?"
According to Earth's knowledge, Tuega is the name of a sacred giant tree.
Also, the falling outer walls look very similar to plants.
"If we could get inside, I'm sure we'd find out something."
"Is there no other way but to go in through the hole where the bodies are dumped?"
"Yes, but the problem is how to get that high."
Unfortunately, airships cannot be used beyond the mana release line.
This is because non-magic internal combustion engines are too heavy.
Attempts were made to climb up by stabbing it with a sword or a pick, but to no avail.
It's dangerous because it crumbles from where it was stabbed.
"Yukikaze-sama"
"What's wrong?"
The communicator turns to me and gives me a report.
"It seems that a large crack was found 78 kilometers to the right."
"Can we go in?"
"They say they're going to investigate."
"I see. Don't force yourself."
"Understood. The report itself is more valuable information than anything else."
"That's how it is."
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