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　[Type]
　glove

　[Name]
　King Midas's mittens

　[Commentary]
　A magic glove that Ugarl rarely drops, turning anything he touches into gold.
　The effect lasts 30 minutes.
　The only equipment that changes color is a story.

　Playing King Midas, turning his daughter into gold and mourning her, is hot!
　As armor, it's paper!

　[Magical characteristics]
　None

　[Spiritual blessing]
　None

　[Owner]
　Jiro Ayase　
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What's this: ......

　This is the result of the appraisal of the drop item gloves in The Judgment (Mirror of Truth)!
　It was an interesting item that I didn't expect. Well, well, it's rarer in a way than the actual item, though.
　As expected, the source of this world is a game called "Emespalette: Searching for Your Own Color"?　I knew there would be a lot of color-related stuff to begin with.

　I'd like to put on the gloves and start playing King Midas right away, but I can't just joke about it right after the fight is over.
　I took the glove "I got it! As a substitute for a victory celebration, he swung his arms around and said, "I'm so happy to see you.
　It was a little bit of a bad phase, but I'm heartily glad to have finished day two in one piece.
　But, well, we have one day. We'll have to wait until day 3 is safely over before we can play!


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　After cleaning up after the battle and preparing for tomorrow, everyone ate together and started the strategy meeting for tomorrow.
　All the members who had gone to help with the other spots have returned safely.
　We managed to get through the second day with zero deaths, but the problem is the third and final day. It's not an exaggeration to say that the third day is the real battle.
　And there's one thing I've been thinking about throughout today's battle.

I thought, "After seeing the last monster today, it's probably not possible to do any other spots tomorrow. The bosses seem to keep popping up one after the other, so I don't think they'll be able to handle it.

　Everyone is reluctant to do so.
　We're just talking about the fact that we were able to beat them relatively painlessly because it's us, and the rest of them will always fall apart. Well, if you're optimistic, of course, there's a chance that we'll be fine: .......
　But I don't think it's normal for all the monsters to be weaker than today's boss, Lionhead.
　There should be at least as many monsters springing up as Dullahan from the other spots.
　That's what they say they'll be springing up in succession.
　It would be impossible to fight them properly. The number of dead people would only increase needlessly.

　There are four spots in and around Elishe.
　I don't know about the other spots, but it's not hard to imagine that they have a pretty tough fight on their hands.

　　I heard that the Dullahan that came out of the other spots was a difficult enemy that flew some kind of cursed magic, but they managed to push it off because their attack methods were relatively monotonous monsters, or so I heard.
　The ex-mercenary group members, as expected, had a hard time, but with the support of the elven spirit magic, they managed to defeat it safely, according to a report from Myaamiya, who had returned.
　But even so, it's still just around the corner.

　Anyway, we have to come up with some kind of strategy.

''So, I have a suggestion.

　I cut out.
　I really don't want to do it, I want to run away, but I can't say that anymore.
　Everyone is waiting for me to say something.

''Tomorrow, except for our spots, we'll be on the defensive and take out the last monster at our house. Probably ...... or rather, our house is definitely the most competitive, right?　According to the last record, I heard that when the Dreamscape Great Mage defeated the last monster, the bosses of the other spots disappeared as well.

　Maybe, but it's a remnant of the game era.
　Perhaps the third day was a time attack type of boss attack, or maybe when you beat the final boss, the bosses of the other spots disappeared as well, and that's why the damage was limited in the "Konogishi Tour".
　The fame of the Great Mage of Dreamscape also increased greatly with it, or so I heard.

Of course, there are probably other spots around the world that are fighting the Hitotsutsuki, so it's not necessarily true that there won't be other places that will clear the game faster than us, but if we beat them all before the last spot, we can go to other places to cheer them up, and in any case, it's not a bad strategy.

　In fact, it's a get-out-of-jail-free strategy.
　Because you don't know what kind of monsters are going to appear.
　If it's a slow-moving monster like Cyclops, it's fine, but if a quick and aggressive monster comes up first, you'll be stuck with a plan full of holes.
　Well, in that case, all I can say is that everyone should fight like hell.

　But it would be better to stay on the defensive than to continue to wear out the fight with no chance of winning.
　It's not a bad idea to take down a monster that can be defeated, but against a monster that can buy you time, it's not a bad idea to take an escape move.

''I mean, ...... at this point in time, this Hitotsutsuzuki is already on the verge of collapse. I'm aware that it's a highly gambling strategy, but I think if we get it right, we can reduce the cost of sacrifice considerably. ...... Well, if we were to be destroyed, that would be the end of it, so of course the responsibility on our shoulders will be greater.

　I don't want to do it either, but we're the ones who have the most power and have prepared the most.
　We still have the spirit stone. We also have two elves.
　If the others can't be relied upon, we can just end it here.

"I can't imagine Jirou making such a brave plan since we first met!
Ha-ha. That's what happens to men, they become something else in a year.

　Rebecca-san and Shero-san say with a sincere and bitter smile.
　I'm not aware that I've changed - I'm not aware that I've changed - but I've been wielding a sword and training all my life, so I guess it's not the same thing as when I was just neo-neat all the time.
　I've heard that a sound mind is inhabited by a sound body or something like that, and I'm healthy in many ways now.

'Jiro-sama. This time there are more powerful and anomalous monsters springing up than any human tsuzuki I've ever known. This is my hunch, but I think it's about a 50-50 split on whether we'll be able to fight our way to the last one alone ....... I'll take it seriously, though.

　Hetty says.
　50-50 or .......
　I think that's about it, too.
　The bottom line is that I don't know.
　It's live or die Fifty Fifty.
　Even Hetty, who has a hundred battles to fight, is worried.
　I don't care how powerful the monsters are, I think it's a lot better than a war between humans.
　No, that's because I know this is a game world.

'It's okay. If it doesn't work with our members, it doesn't matter who does. I can handle it. If I do say so myself, we're the strongest lineup.
'Yes, sir!　Marina will do her best, too!
"I pledge to do everything in my power to help.
Wah ...... I can't do combat, but I'll think a lot of things to keep you all out of harm's way!

　Everyone is not scared and the battle cry is good.

''I also didn't have much to do until today, but you can rely on me a lot tomorrow. Jirou-san has prepared a spirit stone for you. Leave the defense and recovery to me!

　Priestesses are the cornerstone of battle aids.
　It's great that she can recover and defend, especially against magic.
　Furthermore, since we have Deanna, even if the worst happens to Priestess, she can still recover, which is huge. In other spots, we wouldn't be able to put an elf in the front line as a healer.

'I'm counting on you, Priestess. Tomorrow will be a pretty hard battle, but I'm counting on you.

Yes!

...... And Deanna, too. I think tomorrow we'll be using your time-reversal recovery magic as well. You're lucky to have survived without using it until today, but tomorrow won't be as sweet.

I know. I'm going to take care of it.

Come on, really. You don't have to wait until you're one step closer to death to use it if you're seriously injured. You have to make sure that everyone can use their full potential as a fighter at all times.

'I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be an important day for ...... me as well, Master. I must definitely make it through this.

I don't know, but I'm counting on you.

　He tapped Deanna on the shoulder, exuding a mysterious determination.
　In fact, it's more important to get this Hitotsugi off to a safe end than it is to ...... tomorrow.

　Everyone agreed to the operation itself.
　Or rather, what we end up doing at our house is not so different. All we had to do was to tell them that we'd take care of it without forcing the other spots to take it down.
　It's a big responsibility. If it didn't work out for us, the other spots wouldn't work either. I'll do what I can.
　After all, you did just propose to Deanna and Marina.
　I'm going to beat the death flag and win this thing for sure!

　And so the second day and night went on.
　The third day, the Hitotsutsuzuki, is coming.


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　Day 3.
　It was a well sunny ...... or rather, the sky was as grey as ever. The sky color itself was changing from blue to ash, which is different from cloudy weather.
　The sky itself is changing from blue to ash, which is different from the cloudy weather, and this is said to continue during the human crane.
　The two moons are still floating together as one.

　I have informed the 4 spots of the plan through the priestess.
　All the residents living around Elishe have completed their evacuation to Elishe, every single one of them.
　Depending on the strength of the boss, it could be destroyed, no joke.
　However, rather than having a large number of moderately strong monsters appear, it seems easier to deal with a single strong boss.
　It would also be easier to stop them.

　Of the four spots, two of them will be handled by us.
　The selection of the boss party is simply based on the attack power of the weapons they possess.
　Considering the example of Cyclops, it would be difficult to deal damage efficiently with ordinary weapons, so the members were chosen like this.
　Me, Rebecca, Shero, Hetty, Marina, and Shamash are the front line.
　Priestess and Deanna are our support.
　Shallow's weapon was a huge block of iron, a two-handed sword that was different from the one we usually used for hunting.
　Hetty's weapon is the naginata. According to him, it's a kind of spear.
　Incidentally, after secretly examining it, I discovered that Shero's was made by a dwarf. Hetty's was a magic item.
　I asked him about it, and he told me that he had brought it from his parents' house a long time ago.

　Before we started, Shamash flew to each of the four spots and brought a monster torch to each spot.
　The monster torch is a torch with a black flame that attracts monsters.
　They had to use it to buy time while skillfully guiding the monsters.

　The newer members of the knight squad were all evacuated to Elishe by the third day.
　Elepippi and Ion were joined by the former mercenary group.
　Only Etowah has been asked to stay on as commander. We don't have time to use the walkie-talkie anymore, so I'll have them use the microphone and microphone speaker I used a long time ago to give them instructions.
　Well, it looks like we'll have no choice but to just fight on and on in a boss fight, but it will be different just to have someone watching the situation from above.

'It's time.'

　Looking at the clock, it's now just before 9:00.
　We have to hunt one by one quickly so that we don't have a long wait.
　The problem is the one eye monster.
　Hopefully, a slow-moving monster will emerge--!

　The time has come and a pillar of light rises in the monster spot.
　Deanna says it's not as big a boss as the Ugarl from yesterday, but I'm not optimistic.
　Cracking the bushes, the monster jumped up.

''Ciao oo!

　A high-pitched squeal makes the giant body leap into the air.
　Etowah shouts into the microphone.

'The one eye is a dragon ...... a flying dragon!

　A dragon that flies in the sky.
　A giant flying dragon.
　It's called a wyvern.