Only I know that this world will end – 102 | Sousaku – 創作

Forgotten Abandoned Village

While waiting for the wounds to heal using 『Auto Regen』, Akira decided to use the upgraded Analysis to check the skills that the werewolf had.
When Akira told her about it, Nao naturally stood up and came over to Akira's side as if it was natural. Furthermore, as he was bored, Arthur also laughed and said it sounded interesting, and he decided to come along with the pretext of escorting Akira, who still had not fully recovered from his injuries, together with Olivia.
As they were getting ready to go out, Olivia suddenly floated away through the wall and out of the room.

"Where is she going?”

Akira said while looking at the wall through which Olivia had just walked.

"Ah, yes. It seems like she went ahead to scout the area."
"That's amazing. Is that even possible?”
"As far as she is able to move, that is. I don't think it's as good as the 『Enemy Search』 skill, but it's still useful for getting a general idea of the situation around you. I am always grateful for that support."

As they were talking, Olivia came back through a different wall from the one she had left through.
Olivia said something to Arthur in a voice that Akira couldn't hear, and then she slowly disappeared.

"……Hmm. For the time being, there are no monsters in sight. Now we can go about our business and return without having to fight."

Arthur said, looking at Akira and company.

"That said, you never know where the monsters will attack from. I guess we should at least make the minimum preparations."

Akira and Nao looked at each other and picked up their weapons. When Akira picked up the axe and Nao grabbed her gun, Arthur nodded.

"Okay then, let's do it."

Saying this, Arthur opened the door without paying any attention to the outside and stepped out of the room.
Akira, who had been watching, also slowly stepped outside the room, looking around warily.
Without speaking, Akira continued down the street.
Before long, the scene came into view: a large number of bloodstains on the ground, scattered rubble, and a multi-tenant building with half of the first floor collapsed. At the center of it, a head and body were lying on the ground. Without a doubt, the head rolled onto the ground with its eyes open and fangs bared, having died with a strong hatred in its heart. A werewolf.

Akira used Analysis as soon as he approached the body.

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Werewolf Lv９３

Stamina：２３７
Strength：２１３
Endurance：２５７
Speed：４１２
Magical power：７０
Luck：５１
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Individual information
・Dungeon: A boss monster of the wolf-humanoid race that appears in the Forgotten Abandoned Village.
・Ratio of internal magical element：１７％
・Magical crystals exist within the body. Very slight crystallization in muscles and organs.
・No magic crystals outside the body.
・Physical Condition: Deceased
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Possessed Skills
・Martial Arts: Linked Claw Assault
・Agility Up Lv１
・Hand-to-hand combat Lv２
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(…… So it had three skills. Agility Up is a skill that can enhance Speed, and Hand-to-hand combat is, as I recall…… it was in my list of skills. Was it something you could get for 25 points? I've never seen Martial Arts before, but there's no indication of level, so I guess it's its unique skill.)

Akira stared at the werewolf analysis screen, thinking.
Then, his gaze moved away from the skills section and stopped at the personal information.

"――――Dungeon."

The words came out without thinking.
Akira stared at the screen with a stern expression, and when he suddenly realized something, he turned on his heel and started running.

"Ichijou!?”

From behind, Nao's voice was heard.
However, Akira did not stop at the call, he went straight back to the apartment they were using for their break and used Analysis on the crushed bodies scattered around the entrance to the room.

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Giant Bat Lv２３

Stamina：３４
Strength：５２
Endurance：４７
Speed：３３
Magical power：２０
Luck：１４
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Individual information
・Dungeon: A winged rat-type monster that appears in the Forgotten Abandoned Village.
・Ratio of internal magical element：６％
・No magic crystals in the body.
・No magic crystals outside the body.
・Physical Condition: Deceased
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Skills: None
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"…………As I thought."

Akira let out a long sigh as his prediction came true.
The existence of the boss who ruled the town, and the monster corpses that had disappeared without a trace. He felt that he had found some kind of answer to all of them.
Akira turned off the Giant Bat analysis screen and left the room to return to Nao and the others. On the way, he found a Big Spider and conducted further analysis to reconfirm that his prediction was correct.

Nao and Arthur seemed confused by Akira's sudden actions.

Even if they tried to chase after him, they didn't know where he was headed, so there was nothing they could do. The two of them, who had been looking at each other, breathed a sigh of relief when Akira appeared.

"Ichijou…… I was worried. What's wrong all of a sudden?"

Nao ran over to Akira and told him, her eyebrows furrowed.

"I'm sorry. I had a few things I wanted to check."
"To check? Did you find out anything?"
"Well, yeah……"

Akira then turned his attention to the werewolf's corpse.

"I have a rough idea of why the monsters that appeared in this world came to live in the towns where people live, and where they came from in the first place."
"Hmm. Is it related to the word 『dungeon』 that you muttered just before taking off, Ichijou-kun?”

While stroking his beard, Arthur remarked.
Akira nodded, then started to speak.

"Yeah. First of all, about this werewolf…… It seems that this was the boss that lived in the Forgotten Abandoned Village dungeon."
"Forgotten Abandoned Village?”

Akira's words made Nao frown.

"Is that the name of the place where this guy used to live?”
"Yes. And if we go a bit further…… It turns out that the other monsters that appeared in this town ― the Big Spider and the Giant Bat ― were also living in the Forgotten Abandoned Village dungeon."
"――――What?"
"Oh……?”

Akira's words caused Nao and Arthur to react in different ways.
Nao opened her eyes wide at Akira's words, and then she spoke, her eyes flickering.

"Wa-Wait a minute. So what is it? The monsters that appeared in this world are――――"
"From a dungeon in another world. The monsters that lived there appeared in the city in this world. ……Is that what you're saying?”

Continuing where Nao paused, Arthur said in a calm tone.
Akira then opened his mouth to add more to the conversation.

"Rather than thinking that the monsters have appeared, it might be more accurate to think that the towns in this world have been replaced by dungeons from another world. ――――The bodies of monsters disappear over time. No matter how many times you defeat them, they just keep coming back…… If you just consider its characteristics, it is very similar to the existence called Dungeon that you see and hear about in fiction."

When he got to that point, Akira paused for a moment to catch his breath.

"……If monsters simply appeared in this world, their corpses would remain and not disappear, and the number of monsters that appeared in this world would decrease as we defeated them to level up. ……However, this is not happening at the moment. If you think that the cause of this could be that the towns in this world have been turned into dungeons, doesn't that make a lot more sense?”
"I see. ……Hmm. Hmm, hmm, hmm. In that case, I'll have to think about things in a new way again. Until now, I thought that as the world's inversion rate increased, the monsters that appeared in this world would regain their original power and become stronger. However, if what Ichijou-kun said is true, then the world's inversion rate is……"
"This is an indicator of the extent to which the towns in this world have been transformed into dungeons from another world. Yes, it is possible."