The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#328 - Different World Bicycle

They didn't stay in Sealed City for too long. After confirming that there were no problems with the sealing barrier, Zun Zun and the other two headed to the second shrine.

Although the beautiful elf girl said it was very close, it was actually at least a 3-day journey. In addition, Shimazaki Yosuke's stamina was really weak, so it took them a full 7 days to reach a nearby village.

"To speed things up, shouldn't I make a vehicle?"

"Eh, a vehicle!?"

Hearing Zun Zun say this, Shimazaki Yosuke looked shocked, as if he hadn't thought of it.

Think about it carefully.

The game ideas of his era were not as diverse as later generations. In order to extend the game time for players, they would hardly provide convenient items such as vehicles. Moreover, bicycles, motorcycles, and four-wheel drive vehicles didn't match the style of the other world.

Shimazaki Yosuke thought carefully.

"Indeed, if there is a vehicle, the moving speed will become much faster."

"Right? Sure enough, we still need a bicycle."

"Eh!? A bicycle!? Zun Zun, you can ride a bicycle, that's amazing!"

Hearing Zun Zun say this, he seemed very surprised and opened his mouth wide, uttering an unbelievable sentence.

Looking closely at his expression, and discovering that he wasn't being sarcastic, but genuinely praising him, Zun Zun felt a little embarrassed instead.

"No, no, no, compared to bicycles, your water jug is even stronger, right?"

"That's not difficult at all. It's just an ordinary jar, plus a spell drawn by a fairy. It's just asking for a favor, it's not difficult at all. But can Zun Zun make a bicycle? Oh, you're really amazing. I once thought about making a game console myself, but after I disassembled it, I couldn't even put it back together, so I gave up quickly."

It was impossible to understand how he equated bicycles and game consoles. Isn't the difficulty level different?

Zun Zun also comforted him with the saying that just because you can use a refrigerator doesn't mean you can make one. Then, the two began to discuss how to make a bicycle.

Ordinary bicycles are not challenging at all.

Moreover, once made, the speed is still faster than a horse-drawn carriage. It's more like a toy than a vehicle, so the two decided to upgrade it into a magical item.

"Sure enough, it's better to add a wind talisman to speed up the advance."

"Add a fire talisman to increase propulsion."

"And a water talisman can be used for swimming underwater."

"Then we have to think of a way to breathe in the water."

"Yes."

When the two of them had their minds wide open and inspiration burst out, the neglected beautiful elf girl puffed up her cheeks unhappily. She suddenly pounced on Zun Zun and pressed his head down.

"Wait a minute, what is this bicycle you two are talking about!?"

"...Tch."

Shimazaki Yosuke clicked his tongue at being interrupted.

Zun Zun then drew a simple bicycle pattern on the ground with a small wooden stick and explained the operating principle of the bicycle, which made the beautiful elf girl exclaim that such a portable vehicle was an eye-opener.

Yes, the bicycle is one of the most successful human-powered machines invented by mankind. A complex machine composed of many simple machines cleverly utilizes them all, giving full play to its great characteristics and convenience.

It's just—

Zun Zun thought about the scene of the beautiful elf girl riding a bicycle, which was no less than Guan Yu riding a bicycle for thousands of miles.

"...I feel a great malice. What are you laughing at, Zun Zun?"

"I thought of something happy."

"What happy thing?"

"The picture of you riding a bicycle, Cui."

As soon as he finished speaking, laughter also came from the other side. This time, Shimazaki Yosuke couldn't hold back either. The beautiful elf girl who was being laughed at looked at them blankly, wondering why she was being laughed at for riding a bicycle, so the two laughed even louder.

When the three arrived at the shrine, they found three acquaintances.

"Eh, Kuroki!?"

"Kuroki!? Ah, ah...I, it's me."

Zun Zun had seen this scene before.

The beautiful elf girl rolled her eyes unhappily, and then greeted them with a smile: "It's been more than a month, how have you three been recently... Alicia and..."

"Leica and Edgar."

Zun Zun quickly added.

For some reason, she only remembered Alicia's name and forgot her two childhood sweethearts.

"Zun Zun, and Miss Elf!"

Alicia greeted them very happily.

"So-so."

"A lot has happened."

Strangely, Leica and Edgar had ugly expressions. The two of them hesitated and couldn't speak, and when they looked at the three of them—especially Shimazaki Yosuke—they had a clear sense of guilt.

Huh????

At the same time that Zun Zun keenly noticed the apology, Shimazaki Yosuke asked strangely: "What are you guys doing here?"

"Um..."

The three looked at each other, a little embarrassed to speak.

Finally, Alicia said: "The ancient shrine has been turned into a nest by monsters. The villagers of the nearby Xia Leike Village have been attacked by monsters, so they asked us to go and exterminate the monsters, but our combat power is very insufficient..."

She seemed to want to ask the others for help.

Shimazaki Yosuke asked: "What kind of monster is it?"

"Let me think... It's said to be called the Assassin Beast... If it's a hedgehog, you should have heard of it, right? It's almost a hedgehog monster the size of a person."

"W-what!? A very big hedgehog-like monster!? Sonic... it's Sonic, Zun Zun!"

He was very excited.

Sonic is to Sega what Mario is to Nintendo. They are both representative cartoon images launched to break the market. After the release of the first game in 1991, it immediately broke Nintendo's control of the market and received unanimous praise.

Even Zun Zun, who is not a Sega iron fan, knows about this.

Why ask.

Of course, it was because he didn't do less to fuel the flames and make a lot of money behind the scenes after his rebirth in his previous life.

"The thorns on its back are too dangerous."

"If it weren't for Alicia's recovery magic and talismans, we would have died from blood loss long ago."

"It's because you two rushed too far ahead."

The three began to review.

Obviously, before Zun Zun and the others arrived, Alicia and the others had already fought the hedgehog, and they hadn't won yet.

"That thing has a very strong defense when it shrinks into a ball. How do we defeat it..."

"D-don't kill it!"

Wow—

When Shimazaki Yosuke said this, Zun Zun sighed helplessly, and the beautiful elf girl couldn't help but question.

"That's a monster, a monster that attacks humans!"

"If it is a dangerous monster that attacks humans, it is right to kill it. But, why do monsters attack humans? If we can know the reason, maybe there is no need to fight."

"Are you stupid? People have already been hurt. This is not the time to leisurely talk about this kind of topic!"

Leica couldn't help but accuse Shimazaki Yosuke.

At this time, it is completely foolish to talk about empathy with monsters. No matter how docile, kind, and friendly the monster was before, the moment it hurts humans, it can only be killed even if there are hidden reasons.

Alicia was still thinking that it would be a good thing if she could avoid the battle, but she was reprimanded by her companion Leica.

Just when Shimazaki Yosuke was still thinking about pleading for the hedgehog, thinking that they should communicate well.

"Ah, it appeared!"

"Eh, Son—— ——"

Shimazaki Yosuke turned his head excitedly, but saw a huge hedgehog, and his expression suddenly became ugly.

"Who is this?"

"It's a hedgehog!"

"The hedgehog in the other world is completely different from the hedgehog on Earth."

"This is the hedgehog on Earth. You just mistakenly thought that the hedgehog in the game was the hedgehog in reality. Don't confuse them at will!"

That's how gamers are. Once they find something different from what they carefully imagined, they will be greatly disappointed and lose much interest.

However, since he had already said that he wanted to have a good conversation, he couldn't go back on his word in public, could he?

So the conversation began.

"Monster! Why do you attack humans! Is it because you were driven out of your habitat, is it because humans have occupied your territory, are you guarding your surroundings because your child was born, or is it because your family was killed? Answer me! I don't want to kill you!"

Shimazaki Yosuke excitedly wanted to understand the hedgehog's words, and after listening to the hedgehog's explanation, he used magic when everyone was too late to react.

Probably not because he was hurt or lacked food, but simply because he thought it was interesting, which angered Shimazaki Yosuke.

"Flame Phoenix Annihilation."

The powerful magic constructed by the fairy released a fierce temperature in the next second. A fire phoenix formed by flames appeared in front of him. The burning fire feathers fanned and the hot breath hit his face, causing everyone to take a step back involuntarily.

With a wave of Shimazaki Yosuke's hand, the fire phoenix in the sky looked down at the shivering hedgehog below, and then swooped down.

With a bang.

Under the dull gaze of everyone, the flame phoenix that fell from the sky swallowed the hedgehog, and before it could even scream, it was completely burned to ashes.

However, when the fire phoenix was still rushing forward and was about to destroy the hedgehog's 'nest', Zun Zun appeared there in time.

He also stretched out his hand.

But without the great momentum when Shimazaki Yosuke released magic, Zun Zun's right hand stretched into the hot magic was wrapped in magic power, and Zun Zun's eyes lit up with red light.

"Little Red, Anti-Ghost Mutual Kill!"

Twisting the right hand that was virtually holding the flame phoenix's neck, as if it could really break the non-existent neck, the flame phoenix's body constructed of flames trembled violently for a short time, and then instantly collapsed and dissipated into the air.

"Huff—that was close."

Zun Zun wiped his forehead and shook his somewhat red right hand. This magic still has a lot of room for improvement.

"Wow—"

"That's too awesome."

"Are you two really humans?"

Leica and Edgar said this dumbfounded. Although they had seen the tip of the iceberg of Shimazaki Yosuke's strength, they still couldn't hide the shock in their hearts when they saw it again.