Hilda speaks up where Atal and Caro set out their next purpose.
"The mountain city of Gardegarde - it's easy to declare you're going, but it's hard to get there."
Hilda tells Athals about the difficulty of getting there without any information other than the name of the city.
"Are you saying you can't go normally?
Hilda nodded with a difficult face at Atal's inquiry.
Caro's uncle Knope also nodded in agreement with it with a rugged look.
"Um, sounds like a good guess and helps. As the name Mountain City suggests, it is surrounded by mountains. There's a way to get to that city from the ground down a steep road. But......"
That's it, Hilda wrinkles between her brows.
"You're right, it's a tough road. It's hard to get there by carriage or on foot. We need to climb a cut cliff."
Since this method is unrealistic, Hilda shakes her neck sideways.
"Then it would be nice to go from the sky..."
Hilda said as she pointed up and looked up, but she shook her neck sideways saying it was unrealistic.
"It's hard to get to that city other than a trained flying dragon. There are demons flying in the sky... let me tell you, there are no trained dragons in this city."
While I wanted to do something about Hilda, who was well looked after, he had a difficult look because it was difficult to prepare the Fei Long.
"Then there's no problem. We have a hand from the sky, and we have a way to fight it, even if we're going to fight demons."
Atal was confident about that, and that was the same with Caro.
"Hmm, it sure looks like your lords can handle it. Then the problem is: That city is home to many artisans. Besides, precious metal is mined from the mine. That's why you need a special permit to enter."
That's it, Hilda laughs niggardly.
"I see. I mean, we need to get that permit. And you're in a position to issue or prepare that permit - is that right?
Atal anticipates from the flow of stories so far, and from the power he has in this city of Hilda.
"Uhm, it's still a good guess. That's not what I meant. Let me talk to you about the lady, and I feel sorry for her. I also want to help you. But the lords are outsiders to this city. Yes, we can't issue a permit for the lords without issuing it."
Hearing this story of Hilda, Atal sighed lightly. Because I could have predicted a future development.
"... and he's going to let us do something about it,"
"Ho, ho, I knew you were smart. I have one favor for you powerful lords."
"Oh, okay. Then tell me, what are we supposed to do?
Atar, who sensed that everything up to this point had been rolled over Hilda's palm, had a pioneering look.
"This city is peaceful. With the system I devised, this city is more secure than any other city. There are also many good people who live there. … but now this city is in crisis."
Knope is also surprised next door because it is water in the sleeping ear.
"There is a mountain where we went west of this city. That's not as rugged as near a mountain city. No, but the mountain has been ringing lately. The investigation revealed that red liquid with heat along with a large explosion could swallow the city. That's what happened in the past."
"Red liquid with heat......"
When I heard that, Atal had something in mind.
Mountain sounds, which means the active volcano is active.
Red liquid with heat - I mean, that's a magma.
A major explosion is the appearance of a volcanic eruption.
"I didn't know there was a volcano. Is that ringing here these days? Or did you shake it frequently?
Hilda often thinks into Atal's questions.
"... wobble is not about the last few weeks. The bigger the shake the closer you get to the mountain. Until then, it was a quiet mountain, and it was nothing more than a hundred years ago."
Sleeping mountains, or dormant volcanoes, became active here recently.
Atal was uncomfortable with the matter.
So far, I've never heard of volcanoes in this world.
And they say nothing is happening on the basis of a hundred years.
"Maybe there's something?
Isn't it just that the truce volcano has moved out again, one of the anomalies happening in the world? and Atal expected.
"You know something?
"No, I'm just curious. Well, you can't say anything about not doing an investigation. If it's a natural phenomenon, how can this be difficult? If there is any cause, we may be able to solve it by removing it..."
Atal only tells us what we can do because we can't cheaply contract that we can solve it.
"Hmm, that's okay. If you know the cause at all, that's fine. If the red liquid swallows the city, then let's move so we can deal with it."
Hilda judges with perseverance.
"I undertook. Let's get ready in the city. Caro, let's go."
Atal moves fast when he makes up his mind, and he quickly goes about getting ready to head to the mountains with Caro, who nodded loudly and gave it back.