Chapter 483: 【Musings on Ardyst】 The Great Grassland of Beginnings

Chapter 483: 【Musings on Ardyst】 The Great Grassland of Beginnings【Musings on Ardyst】 The Great Grassland of Beginnings

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Arc 22 begins!

‘The Great Grassland of Beginnings’.

The Eserem Sea of Fog, spreading through the eastern part of the Fantasy Continent.

And if you head north from there, you’ll find a vast grassland.

An eternal spring grassland, stretching as far as the eye can see, in all directions.

The main monster inhabiting this grassland is the Stone Head Rabbit.

A rabbit monster that eats not only grass, but also soil, extracting its components, and forming a bowl-shaped part on its forehead, like a helmet.

If you are hit with a headbutt by that hard forehead, an ordinary person will not be able to avoid breaking a bone.

However, they’re timid by nature, and to put it simply... yes, weak.

They’re so weak that even novice adventurers can easily hunt them down without difficulty.

There are also subspecies of grassland wolves inhabiting this land, but for some reason, their numbers are small.

A warm climate.

Weak monsters.

This grassland—

You’d think it would be transformed into one of the largest agricultural lands in the Fantasy Continent.

But it hasn’t.

It’s still a pristine grassland.

The reason for that is simple—there’s a layer of hard bedrock near the surface of this grassland, making it unsuitable for cultivation.

A small number of Mekena are being grazed here, but due to its geographical location, being far from major cities, large-scale livestock farming isn’t being done here.

In other words, this area is rural.

A truly peaceful countryside.

But it’s not just any countryside.

Many people all over the world know about this grassland.

Because—

Why do people who lived in a far, far away, prosperous country suddenly appear in the ‘Great Grassland of Beginnings’?

From this point onward, I’ll be writing down pure speculation.

Somewhere in the depths of the ‘Great Grassland of Beginnings’—

Perhaps there exists something like a teleportation magic circle, that connects to that far, far away, prosperous country?

And it’s probably one-way.

Perhaps Kentaro and the others are victims of a teleportation accident, who were transported there for some reason.

A far, far away, prosperous country.

Truly... truly... intriguing, isn’t it?

I get this feeling in my chest, like it’s going to burst, when I think about that country.

My feelings well up, and tears overflow.

...Excuse me, I digressed.

Going back to the story, this speculation... ‘that there is something hidden, like a teleportation magic circle, somewhere in the depths of the ‘Great Grassland of Beginnings’’.

This isn’t just my own, wild idea.

Many adventurers have had the same thought, and tried to go into the depths of the grassland to search for it.

But unfortunately, entering the depths of this grassland is forbidden.

Therefore, what is there?

It’s still unknown.

Of course, there have been people who broke the rules and entered the depths of the grassland.

But they never told us what’s there.

Because none of them ever came back.

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An eternal spring grassland.

A peaceful countryside.

Even the ‘Great Grassland of Beginnings’, with such a calm atmosphere,

...Is filled with mysteries and dangers beneath the surface.

(Excerpt from “Musings on Ardyst” by Riten Reebs)