Since the diary hadn't given any danger warnings, Miyauchi Hikage felt there were many things worth delving into.
However, he did not continue to use the Eye of Destiny to peek in that direction.
After all, the first time could be said to be accidental, but doing it again would be a pure provocation.
Even if there was no danger before, perhaps after he took another peek, this commission would become "extremely dangerous."
Miyauchi Hikage glanced at his phone.
There was indeed no signal, but the "Other World Navigator" app, which he had not yet tried, was still there.
The powers given by the diary should automatically adapt to the current world.
So, in theory, he should still be able to use this app to traverse into the Metaverse formed by the collective unconscious of this world's living beings.
This should be the last escape route for him and Honma Meiko if they encountered danger.
Thinking of this, Miyauchi Hikage looked at Honma Meiko, who was still preparing her words with a hesitant expression, and took the initiative to ask her, "Menma, is there something you want to say right now?"
Honma Meiko let out a slightly panicked "Ah," and then subconsciously shook her head.
But thinking that she indeed had to persuade Miyauchi Hikage to leave this place, she nodded at him with a slight blush after shaking her head.
"Ye-yes. I was just thinking, the chief priestess might not have the energy to look for us. If we continue to stay here, will we miss the chance to go home?"
Honma Meiko spoke intermittently, clearly not having thought it through at all, just rambling out an explanation that even she felt was full of holes.
Miyauchi Hikage's side was silent for a while, and then he proactively showed the glow in his eyes when using the Eye of Destiny in front of her.
Usually, in order to keep a low profile, he would use Yellow Temperance's ability to cover it up when using this ability.
"You probably don't know what ability I've awakened, right?" Miyauchi Hikage, with his glowing eyes, said to Honma Meiko, "The chief priestess actually mentioned it just now. Your original fate was to die five years ago. It was because of my intrusion that I saved you five years ago and interfered with your fate."
"Perhaps this is not an accident."
"Since I was young, I seem to have vaguely had many precognitive dreams. It was by relying on those ambiguous dreams that I have led Asahigaoka to where it is today."
"After that, after I went to Tokyo, I felt that I had become much luckier than before. Even if I just walk on the street and do nothing, I can pick up money through various coincidences."
This point was not only mentioned by Shiina Mashiro in the group about Miyauchi Hikage's ridiculously exaggerated luck with money.
Even Honma Meiko, in her brief interactions with him these past few days, could feel his good luck.
She looked at his eyes, which were emitting a mysterious aura.
They're beautiful.
Miyauchi Hikage's appearance was already quite handsome, and now, paired with these eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, it also made his entire aura become much more ethereal.
Honma Meiko, whose heart was beating a little faster, continued to listen to him talk about his ability.
"And the ability I've awakened is that I can, to a certain extent, see a person's current fate trend, and I can also use the power of 'Destiny' to send myself to a safer location."
Honma Meiko's mouth opened in surprise.
This is the supernatural power Miyauchi Hikage obtained after awakening?
How amazing!
The power of fate, and he can even be guided by fate to teleport to a safer location.
Feeling Miyauchi Hikage's gaze on her, Honma Meiko also felt a little nervous.
"Then, Hikage-kun, what do you see from me now?"
"I can see that your life force is much less than that of an ordinary person, which should be the side effect of having your life force drawn by the ley line all these years. I can also vaguely see that a certain connection between you and the ley line has been forcibly severed, but for some reason, there seems to be some special power maintaining your body's current condition."
Honma Meiko was shocked. She knew that it must be the power of the diary protecting her. If the diary hadn't intervened, she would probably have fainted due to the loss of her life force by now.
It seemed that although matters related to the diary would be shielded, the power the diary used to protect her could still be noticed by others.
Fortunately, Miyauchi Hikage didn't mention that power much, but instead turned to her current fortune.
"And your current fortune... is a touch of golden light amidst the grayness. Although there is danger... this is also your opportunity," as he said this, Miyauchi Hikage turned off the special effect on his eyes.
At the same time, he secretly forced out a trace of sweat with Hamon, indicating that he had consumed a lot of energy using this power just now.
"Perhaps it's your special constitution that caused us to be transported here," Miyauchi Hikage nodded at Honma Meiko and extended his hand to her again.
"Although fortune is not set in stone, if you feel that we should leave here now, then you can guide our way forward. I will do my best to help you avoid the dangers along the way."
Miyauchi Hikage's tone was very sincere.
And looking at him holding out his hand to her, in this strange world, Honma Meiko, who had occasionally read stories of princesses and knights while lying in her hospital bed, almost saw him as a knight from a legend.
Gently holding Miyauchi Hikage's hand, telling herself not to overthink, Honma Meiko then, under the guidance of the diary's commission, turned to the east.
Before coming to this world, this direction was the core direction of the spatial fluctuation.
Now, having come to this world, the way to leave was also in that same location.
The two-hour time limit given by the diary was actually quite tight.
Although their current location was only about five kilometers in a straight line from that core area.
But in reality, because they were in a mountainous area, they would have to walk at least ten kilometers to reach that place, and they would have to cross one or two mountains in the process.
A normal person can only walk about 5 or 6 kilometers on flat ground. In the mountains, it would be very difficult to cross or bypass two mountains to reach the destination within two hours, even at a jog.
Honma Meiko knew very well that if she had been transported here alone, given her current condition, there was no way she could have reached the location marked in the commission within two hours.
But with Miyauchi Hikage here, his teleportation ability could directly cross the distance between mountains. She had only pointed in the direction, and he had already teleported from this mountain to the top of another mountain.
It wasn't that Miyauchi Hikage didn't want to get there in one go.
But this area was also in an unstable spatial region. Even if there were no large-scale spatial fluctuations, using teleportation still required sufficient caution to avoid coming into contact with those unstable spaces during the process.
One kilometer at a time was the safest teleportation option.
After spending more than ten minutes in this way, Miyauchi Hikage found another place where he could teleport, closing the distance by another kilometer.
"But it seems we can't teleport directly for the rest of the way."
The two-kilometer area around the core of the unstable space was still frequently producing micro spatial fluctuations. He had been looking from the mountaintop for four or five minutes, but still couldn't find a safe route.
Fortunately, the final core area was less than three kilometers away, and time was not so tight.
"Maintain your breathing rhythm," Miyauchi Hikage said, guiding Honma Meiko's Hamon breathing as they hurried along, adjusting her breathing rhythm.
As long as she could maintain the breathing rhythm, she could use the generated Hamon to convert it into stamina.
Originally, Miyauchi Hikage had planned to carry her on his back for the last stretch when she could no longer maintain her breathing rhythm.
But Honma Meiko was also willing to spend what it took.
While he was guiding her in the front, she was using reading value to add points to her Hamon breathing in the back, allowing herself to get used to the new breathing rhythm in the fastest time possible.
1 point of reading value was equivalent to a normal person's week of practice, but this was a fixed value, based on the effect of a normal person with average talent and comprehension practicing Hamon breathing for a week.
And the girls who could get the diaries were basically the protagonists of their respective works, and all had some talent.
Their talent and comprehension were basically all above average.
Like Shiina Mashiro, who had very good talent herself, so she spent a week, plus two or three reading value points as a final push, to adjust her breathing rhythm without much difficulty.
But if you just used reading value to brute-force it, Honma Meiko had thrown in more than ten reading value points in half an hour to forcibly complete the adjustment of her breathing rhythm.
But after completing the adjustment, the effect was still very obvious.
The breathing method was more suitable for her current physical condition, and she could also produce more Hamon.
Coupled with the amount of Hamon brought by the ten-plus reading value points themselves, Honma Meiko felt that she hadn't felt her body this light in many years.
With more than half an hour left on the two-hour time limit, they finally entered the core area of this unstable space.
After entering this area, Miyauchi Hikage and Honma Meiko both frowned almost simultaneously.
There seemed to be a smell of blood in the air.
But they couldn't tell what creature's blood it was. Honma Meiko still couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea.
It was Miyauchi Hikage who quickly taught her how to temporarily block her sense of smell with Hamon, so they could continue to move forward.
As they advanced, Miyauchi Hikage was also thinking in his heart.
He had been hit by the backlash of that "god-level" power when he was peeking with the Eye of Destiny earlier.
Could it be that this smell of blood was coming from that "god"?
An injured god?
Miyauchi Hikage continued to recall the pile of other-world works he had watched, and then pulled Honma Meiko to continue walking forward.
It didn't take much time.
Following the increasingly strong smell of blood, after four or five minutes, and after bypassing a patch of mountain forest, a huge creature they had never truly seen before appeared before their eyes. Honma Meiko almost couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
A dragon!
This is a dragon, right!
Before their eyes was a green dragon curled up on the ground, its body at least over ten meters long at a glance.
No, because it was curled up, if it fully extended its body, it would probably be twenty or thirty meters long!
Even though it was the first time she had seen one, Honma Meiko could still recognize it.
After all, its appearance was almost no different from the dragons fabricated in Western myths and legends.
And this green dragon was now lying on the ground, its body only rising and falling faintly.
Looking at the dragon's current condition, Honma Meiko's face couldn't help but show a look of emotion.
Because on the body of this huge green dragon, a sword was clearly impaled.
A large, Western-style sword, very simple in style, about two or three meters long. At this time, about half of the blade was pierced into the green dragon's body.
However, a two or three-meter-long greatsword, for this dragon's huge body, shouldn't be able to cause any fatal damage, right?
But in fact, even Honma Meiko could see the weakness of this green dragon at this time.
Its curled-up, verdant body looked even more desolate in the darkness.
That strong smell of blood was probably the dragon's blood flowing from its wound.
Looking at its body curled up on the ground, seemingly on its last breath, Honma Meiko, at this moment, received another commission from her diary.
Another two-choice question.
[Personally kill the dragon before you. This is considered an S-rank commission, and you can directionally draw a reward related to "Dragon Slayer." However, at the same time, the "Dragon Slayer's" mark will be left on your body, and all dragon-type creatures in the future will subconsciously have a hostile attitude towards you.]
[Or, pull out the holy sword from this dragon's body. Although it is only an A-rank commission, with only one random lottery chance, there is a probability of gaining the favor of the dragon race.]
[However, this action might arouse the dissatisfaction of the god who threw the holy sword at this dragon.]
Either become a dragon slayer and be targeted by other dragons, or save this dragon and be targeted by a god?
But it seems that no matter which choice, it's not something I can accomplish.
Honma Meiko looked at the green dragon before her, which was only left with its last breath, with a complicated feeling.
And her gaze was perhaps also sensed by the weak dragon.
This dragon opened its eyes, which were nearly the size of a person, and its gaze wandered over Honma Meiko and Miyauchi Hikage, finally landing on Miyauchi Hikage.
That unpleasant gaze from before came from this human.
Of course, her own power, under the suppression of this holy sword, had long been unable to be exerted, so she naturally couldn't respond to this man's rudeness.
The one who had responded to the man's rudeness just now was actually this holy sword pierced into her body.
Is this a human who is detested by the gods?
The dying dragon couldn't help but have such a thought.