The ownership of the land changed frequently due to war, creating a state like a kaleidoscope.
Units detached from the army attempted to return, encountering enemies and engaging in skirmishes.
Lost about which direction led them home, they stumbled upon the enemy.
They fought until they were the last ones standing, collapsing from fatigue. If lucky, they would be found by friendly forces. If not, they would be finished off by enemies who stripped the equipment from corpses.
They were currently in a land whose country of origin was unknown.
Surrounded by walls made of rock and mud, Rayos and his son, Ray (Zero), were taking a short break.
The walls would collapse with a rattling sound at the slightest impact.
“The lizard skewers are ready.”
“Yes, Let’s Eat.”
Ray and I devoured the lizards.
Lately, small animals had been fleeing from the war, making them impossible to catch.
I savored the taste as I chewed.
“Which direction shall we go next?”
“Master. I’d like to build a few more walls.”
“You’re hooked on building walls, huh?”
“Yes, is that alright?”
Language ability: Average.
Physical ability: Strong. Always in a state of Physical Enhancement.
Crafting: No particular strengths or weaknesses discovered yet.
“Is it okay even if we can’t get food?”
“Yes.”
We moved our bodies with our Possessed Magic Power.
However, Ray couldn’t experience mental fatigue like I could.
I reaffirmed that it was difficult, but he replied, “Yes.”
In that case, I would stay here for a while.
Let him build walls until he got tired of it.
Ray’s appearance was very similar to mine when I was young.
However, he could extend and retract his claws and cast Magic (though weak) without a Magic Tool.
He was a Half-human.
The offspring of a human and a Yok.
And he was my son and collaborator, who would make my ambitions a reality.
“Earth, become mud.”
“Rock, shatterrrr!”
“Mud and gravel, gather and become a wall.”
His Magic activation was flawless.
Next to the wall made by Magic.
I built a wall with my own hands.
“I made so many♪”
“Yes.”
He had a bright smile, covered in dirt.
It was about time I went hunting in the vicinity.
“I’m going hunting. You stay here.”
“Yes. Have a good trip, Master.”
He bowed in farewell.
I ran, dodging the obstacles of walls, believing I would find prey.
Beyond the walls.
Well then, time to hunt.
“None here…”
I pressed my ear to the ground, unable to catch the sound of prey’s footsteps.
I went further away.
Hoping that there would be some in the lush green areas.
I started running, using my Astral Body to scout the direction.
Some time after Rayos went hunting.
Ray turned his gaze in the opposite direction of where his master had gone.
It seemed he had an visitor.
“Master said to wait here. As for the visitor…”
Ray created two daggers (made of stone) and moved from shadow to shadow behind the wall, going to meet his guest.
A platoon detached from the main body.
They discovered an Artificial Object, a wall.
The proliferation of new walls in a haphazard manner was suspicious.
If the main body were nearby, they would have ignored it.
But their Food Situation did not allow for such leniency.
“We’ll take the enemy’s food.”
“The enemy’s number and weapons are unknown.”
But if they didn’t, they would face Starvation death.
They would strike back at the enemy and take their food.
All members of the platoon were eager.
The sound of a small stone thrown by Ray caused them to overreact.
*Clink*
“—?!”
A projectile.
“Guh, it’s that way.”
“It’s behind that wall.”
Using the walls, positioned horizontally and vertically, as shields.
They poked their heads out and rushed behind the nearest wall, as if to launch a melee attack.
*Clang*
The stone daggers bounced off the wall and attacked them.
“Whoa!”
“Are you okay?!”
Screaming, *clang*, roaring!
Four against one.
One enemy.
A single portion of food.
To avoid revealing their objective (food).
They cornered him with splendid Cooperation.
(I’m being surrounded. That must be Master.)
Ray determined there were four enemies and, to break free from the encircling Situation.
He executed an effective strategy learned from Master Rayos.
He threw a small stone far away.
The sound echoed.
He made it seem like he was flinging pebbles at a distant wall in a panic, so that the four would not notice his intentions.
“Now!”
The four sprang from behind the wall at the perfect timing, leaping behind the wall where the enemy was lurking.
“He’s Not Here!! Where is he!?”
In the place where the enemy should have been, there were no traces of him.
Even if he had escaped, one of the four should have spotted him.
“Where is he?”
“Scan the surroundings.”
The four stood back-to-back, preparing for ranged attacks and ambushes.
They searched for the enemy’s Presence, feeling no killing intent or gaze whatsoever.
They cautiously moved their positions little by little.
“Where is the enemy…”
“Let’s calm down for a moment.”
Whispering, whispering.
They consulted with each other in a place where they could rely on the walls on two fronts.
They kept watch in shifts, and began to Squabble over their future Food Situation.
*Pop*
“Huh?”
The ground suddenly bulged from beneath their feet.
“Under the ground!?”
They tried to climb the wall.
But the wall did not have enough strength to support their weight.
Frustrated that they could block attacks, they moved to get as far away from the bulging ground as possible.
*Pop* *Pop pop pop*
The bulging continued, following them.
“A Magic Tool that can burrow underground—! That’s cheating—! What the hell!”
The platoon was led to Ray’s hunting ground.
They collapsed the walls, and amidst the dust, from start to finish.
They achieved Victory with a style of continuously inflicting small cuts on the skin with thrown projectiles, causing bleeding.
