Late. Tamer's day.

"Well, let's start by checking from the sinus where Ricketts were hiding."

Do you want to let me in? I'll take a peek inside to check the sinus. I knew it was dark. I'll stick the pine lights inside and take a look, but they don't look good. However, it looks pretty spacious inside compared to the size of the entrance. Even adults will have the breadth to let in.

"I knew I had to go inside... Just, can we get in?

The entrance to the sinus is only large enough for the child to finally get in. I tried to get in through my head, but don't really catch my shoulder. Now I stuck it in my hands and saw that I managed to get inside.

"Phew. You'll never get in there with a big race of players. I'm glad it's halfling."

I'll look into the sinuses while illuminating them with pine lights. I just can't find anything suspicious with this. Ricketts just didn't notice anything, did they?

I will try to touch the foot, the walls and in order to find out if there are any anomalies, but there are just wooden walls. But when I looked up at the ceiling, something black caught my eye.

"That's... what? Thorn or horn?

It was a thorn about the size of a knife, painted all over black. In this color, it assimilates into darkness, and without the lights, you wouldn't notice. Such a thick thorny object was pierced inside the sinus, or trunk of the sacred tree.

"This color is absolutely suspicious."

If you look closely at the pine lights, you can see the black wax rising from their thorns. Just like the frenzied monsters like Guardian Bear and Black Rabbit.

I'll try to appraise it, but it only appears as unknown. That drives extra anxiety.

"Do you mind if I touch it..."

But whatever you think, this thorn is weakening the sacred tree.

"All right, let's pull it out"

I put my hand on the thorn and tried my best. But I'm not even scared. I tried a few times but there was no sign of it moving.

"You don't have enough arms? Or can't you pull it out eventually...?

Ask someone else to try it. I spoke to Mons and Marka. And teach everyone who comes together about thorns. After all, they also found this suspicious.

"I think I'm going to get in here... Just me?"

"Right."

"How strong is Mr. Silver's arm?

Four.

"Huh? 14?

"Four!

"Yeah? A joke?

"True!

"Oh, well. Well, you're not waving, are you?

"You don't have to comfort me. I know I'm poor."

It's hard to raise your arm. It's a profession and a race, and you're not swinging bonus points to your status, so what choice do you have?

"Then I'll give it a try."

"By the way, what about Marka's arm strength?

Fifteen.

Even Marca, the sorcerer, is that expensive? Well, he's close to 30 levels, and he's already in a secondary position. That's about it, isn't it? Even I must go about that if I get to the level. Maybe...

"Then I'll go. Come on -!"

Marca grabbed the thorn and pulled it out of her mind. I'm eating up my teeth, and I can tell it's all I can do.

"Oh? Didn't we move a little?

"Huh? Really? Then I'll try harder!

It still seems to have something to do with the value of your arm strength.

"Come on! Look, bear, back him up too!

"Bear! Kummy, Kummy, Kummy!

"Moo Moo Moo Moo!"

"Cuckoo!"

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My kids started cheering behind Marca's back. A full grin on Marca's face when she saw it.

"Yikes! Now you're 100 times better! Torah! Fluffy! Damn!"

Marka, whose face turns bright red and keeps pulling the thorns. Sometimes he moves gritty up and down, sometimes putting his foot on the wall and exerting force.

That's how I continued my struggle...

"I knew it wouldn't work!"

Marca couldn't pull the thorns out.

"Can't you do it in Marka? And the one that's about to fall out is the bear? No, but it won't arrive."

Kumama leveled up on the road, so now she has a base LV13 and a combined +3 Armor Bonus, just 20. If there was a thorn in the lower position, I would have left it to you.

"Kuma!"

But the bear doesn't just tell me to leave it to him, he slaps Don and himself in the chest and appeals to me.

"Coumama, you're not gonna get it, are you?

"Cookma!"

"You mean hug me? Well, fine."

I put my hands under the armpit of a bear offering me both hands and held them up and carried them straight in front of the thorns.

"Look, this is it?

"Bear!"

Make sure the bear grabs the thorn with both hands, and I'll let go. Advice, a bear who gets dallian while hanging on a thorn. Something looks like Nuigurumi's hanging, don't creep ahead of cuteness.

"Yikes! Cute!

Though Marka is happy with the momentum she is likely to get even with her nosebleed.

"Coomer!"

It was shaped like a bear lifting her body with the force of her arms and getting her feet to the ceiling. Keep it up, cage the ceiling into the fulcrum. You're in a great position.

But every time a bear can help, a little thorn falls out. And shortly after the 10th time I heard a bear buzz, the thorn fell out along with the sound of a spoon, and the momentum caused the bear to fall to the ground with the docin.

"Kuma......"

"So, are you okay?

"Bear."

"Oh, you're out. You're great, bear."

"Bear!"

I will stroke your head while I receive the thorns your bear has offered.

"Well... doesn't the appraisal work after all"

I managed to get out while holding onto the entrance and show the thorns to my fellow markas looking into the flower garden......

"Hey, Mr. Silver. Isn't that weird?

"Huh?"

"There's black smoke out there!

When they said it and turned their attention to the thorns, the black one that did wrap the thorns was gaining momentum with the mockingbirds.

"Whew!"

Release your hands in a hurry. But falling to the ground doesn't stop the eruption of black jaws from the thorns. It looked more intense.

"Wow! What is that!

Marca, who came out of the sinus after me, is also surprised, but she can't even answer us.

Keeping an eye on it, it gradually solidifies. And then, when he began to have a rapid cohesion, he shaped something at once. Could this be an unsavory situation?

A few seconds later, where there were thorns, something of a black-body man-shape stood.

"Humans, how dare you interrupt us!

"Uh, who is it?

"I am the apostle who serves the Great Devil, Lady Glasharabolus! You who interrupted us will be sacrificed to Lady Glasharabolus!

Oh, I knew it was a boss fight! Give me a break!