Fujimaru Ritsuka, but the main god space

Chapter 229 Rick, My Savior Senior
Rick frowned and looked up at the cloudy red sky.

The "black ash" emitting blue light also fell on the wilderness like snow. People on this planet rarely feel the so-called "rain", but they still know something about "snow".

The planet was damaged so deeply in the endless war that even the temperature of the inner core began to drop, and the outer ring could no longer be protected by the sun.

With the temperature remaining in the single digits all year round, it is difficult for humans to survive.

Similar to Ritsuka's equipment, the humanoid - Riku has a dust mask on his head and a fur armor to protect his body from the fierce cold current.

Rick, male, eighteen years old.

He is now the 'leader' of the human tribe.

As mentioned before, humans in this world are infinitely close to beasts. No, beasts are even ignored by other races. However, humans are intelligent and can speak. If they don't hide themselves, they will even be captured and killed by the mentally sensitive beastmen.

The most despicable creature.

He doesn't even have the qualifications to sense the elves and peek into the sky.

Today, humans and their "leaders" are also trying to find a way to survive.

"Wait."

Rick suddenly gestured to the people behind him to stop.

Looking closely, there are several black figures behind this young leader.

——They were covered in the skins of wild animals, and they moved along the dark corners of the rocks on all fours, imitating the movement of reptiles.

This method is designed to allow humans, whose five senses are inferior to those of the beastmen, to feel the vibrations of the ground and avoid danger.

Rick, who was the most nervous, suddenly felt the explosion and looked into the distance.

The boy’s face was completely obscured, and through the goggles…all that could be seen were his eyes, which were as dark as a mirror and could not reflect anything.

But the calculations have already begun in the brain.

(The eyes cannot catch the light and shadow, but the vibration is indeed coming from that direction. Such power can rule out the Werebeasts and Elves, and it will not be the top Dragons and others.)
(It is most likely a Flügel.)
(And, if they didn't engage in a serious battle, then it wasn't a team hunting activity to encircle and suppress the Titans, but rather it was the Flügel who happened to see the existence of the Demons and Elves and acted on their own accord.)
Thousands of thoughts are completed in the head in an instant.

get conclusion.

“Stay here.”

The human companion behind him did not complain at all and simply responded to the leader's words with gestures.

Rick looked away, holding his breath as hard as he could, and then—

wait.

There wasn't any dialogue whatsoever.

It was a meaningless wait, but also a necessary wait.

For the Skywing species, they can accelerate to dozens of times the speed of sound in an instant. The waves of movement are enough to destroy the earth. When flying close to the ground, they can even destroy the demon species and tribes of lower creatures without making any unnecessary movements.

In order to avoid being mistaken for passing ants and killed by the moving Flügel, the humans crawled in the shadows, waiting, waiting for the enemy to leave.

Even if they had been crawling for hours, even if they had lost feeling in their limbs, even if they were starving - all of this was done to avoid being discovered by the "enemy" and to survive.

They must return to the tribe.

In order to pass on a piece of [information].

There is intelligence about the survival of human tribes.

The incident started about a few weeks ago.

Humanity discovered that a natural disaster called "Small Conflict" had occurred in a certain area, and the humanities who went out to investigate discovered the wreckage of an air battleship, a steel ship that could sail in the sky built by the dwarves.

Obviously, it was something that was shot down by someone.

But the scout couldn't bring out the necessary "resources" by himself, and he also needed to consider whether humans should intervene in this battle, so he returned to the human tribe first to inform Rick.

After making a trade-off, Rick decided to bring his own people to search for usable "resources" to resolve the already critical situation of the human tribe.

If you don't do this.

It's time to [sacrifice] again.

There was a crack in the armor of the wreckage that seemed to be able to be entered. They hid in the shadow of the crack and observed the wreckage.

However, unlike what the intelligence soldiers reported, the spacecraft was more seriously damaged than expected. It had obviously experienced a second explosion, and its resources were probably gone.

They should have returned empty-handed, but they got other 'intelligence'.

(I didn’t expect to see a large-scale battle between the elves and the beastmen. If the two sides clash here, the tribe’s position will be too dangerous.)
(We must immediately relocate our base to avoid possible Werebeast and Elf tribes.)
How to do it?

do not know.

The human race's surveying methods can only rely on manpower. Rick once relied on careful calculations to obtain a map of a certain area near the tribe, but he was unable to find any beastman tribes nearby.

In other words, the other party's location is "very close to humans" but "an unexplored area that has not been discovered."

Going to explore means death, and all Rick can do is speculate based on the surrounding environment and roughly find a route that will not lead to the extinction of all mankind.

filter.

simulation.

Speculate.

think.

The brain is wailing every day, doing excessive work.

While modeling and thinking, the weight of all human lives in the entire tribe was also on Rick's head.

That feeling.
It sucks.

But he showed no signs of letting up.

"...How does the spirit needle disk react?" Rick asked.

"No problem! Rick, the path you found is blocked by rocks, so it won't affect the spirit needle disk."

The Spirit Needle Plate - it is a tool made of pyroxene, which can sense the reactions of large spirits, and ordinary obsidian.

It can sense the gods and their followers - in simple terms, the huge amount of spirits contained in the bodies of those "monsters" and point out their direction - it is a prop made by Riku and his sister.

In this absolutely hopeless world, it is so difficult to create an invention that will not attract anyone's attention but can save the lives of the human race. I can't laugh.

Even with such a 'great invention', I can't laugh.

He calmed down and became an insignificant speck of dust, even suppressing the sound of his breathing and heartbeat - even so, his five senses remained sharp, not letting go of even a speck of dust.

Soon, an hour passed.

The Flügel did not appear, and Riku closed his eyes for a moment to rest.

next moment--

“…We must proceed with caution and care.”

The human race crawled forward.

If they encounter just the slightest movement, they will stop and stand still even though they feel extremely uncomfortable.

As soon as there is any unexpected situation, you should start screening.

Even just now.

Even if the Flügel don’t come to attack them, if they encounter the wandering Demons or Werebeasts, Riku will not hesitate.

Order your own members to act as bait, and then let the rest survive.

Human beings are fragile and powerless, so we cannot focus on the "individual" but must use "race" as the basis for consideration.

Personal feelings cannot be taken into consideration. The individual is for the whole, and the whole must act for the whole.

Even if it is not the best, the most efficient method must be continuously adopted.

It is through thorough calculation and rationality that humans have been able to survive - no, to escape until now.

Covered in dirt and dust, they killed every bit of happiness they had, and left their comrades behind - until one day the final battle came.

To do this, one person must be sacrificed to save two, and the minority must be given up for the sake of the majority.

This is not justice between the majority and the minority.

but merely
The law of survival.

However, when the humans gathered their spirits and managed to reach the tribe.

They encountered a situation they had never imagined.

one.
Enough to make them remember it for a lifetime
【Encounter】
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A hidden cave at the foot of a sharp rocky mountain.

Human tribes today are no different from wild beasts' lairs.

"Finally home"

They looked at each other and their bodies relaxed a little.

By bypassing the traps they had set themselves to protect against wild animals and the outer wall built of many sturdy logs, they were able to enter the "gate" of the tribe.

Knock on the door at a certain rhythm - and wait.

Finally, with a creaking sound, the door slowly opened from the inside, and a young man in a fur cloak stuck his head out.

"Yo, thank you for your hard work~"

"Yes, yes, it's really hard work~"

The figure behind Riku finally spoke.

Rick was followed by two humans, one older and one younger. The younger uncle took off his woolen clothes first, then fanned himself and spoke.

"The intelligence this time is very important. Let us in quickly. By the way, do you look unfamiliar to me?"

"ok~" The young man who opened the door from the inside smiled and gave a thumbs up.

And just as the door was about to open——

"Wait."

Rick suddenly spoke up.

As he spoke, he pushed the relatively younger follower behind him backwards.

At the same time, those eyes without any emotion looked at the creature in front of them - brewing and swallowing the emotions that were rising.

Then, it became emotionless again.

"Who are you, a new human?"

If the members who were out of town felt unfamiliar with the tribe, then Rick, the leader, knew better.

In this tribe - there is definitely no such person.

The clothes were dirty, and there were some dust and wounds on the body. There was nothing wrong with it, but
The breathing was so peaceful.

His eyes didn't look like those of someone who had fled from other tribes.

This person has a problem.

In just a moment, Ritsuka's disguise was exposed.

(From the outside, it is indeed a humanoid, but why does it give me a feeling that it is more terrifying than the demon species, no, it is more terrifying than the elves)

(But although I am afraid, I don’t hate it——spiritual magic?)

(It can’t be humans, some other race? What’s the reason for disguising as humans to enter the tribe?)

(However, as long as it is a non-human species, then no matter who it is, the tribe will inevitably be killed instantly. The human tribe does not have any resources worthy of other races. If it is "meat", there is no need to use such a roundabout way.)
(illusion?)

I don’t know how much Rick thought in that 0.5 seconds, Ritsuka just smiled.

"My name is Fujimaru Ritsuka, and I came here from the neighboring tribe."

"Please give me more advice."

Ritsuka Fujimaru with a faint smile and Rick Dora with an expressionless face like a corpse.

That was the first time the two met in the true sense.

(End of this chapter)