Legend

Ray was gathering information from the man who was running in front of him as he headed to where they were.

I mean, touching that black dice turns it into black dust, right?

"Yeah. I thought I just popped up out of nowhere... and the branches of the tree I touched suddenly turned black dust?" Some of the weapons have turned into black dust and been absorbed. "

"That's it again..."

For adventurers, weapons mean a lot.

Without it, walking outside the Gilm, where all sorts of monsters are, would only be suicidal.

Especially since this torrent forest was still a few years old.

Many animals and monsters are now trying to acquire their territory, and many of them are active in the Trent Forest.

Apart from guarding the hatchet, I needed a weapon to keep myself safe in the first place.

Beyond that, losing a weapon hurts adventurers.

Even without it, the adventurer's weapon was very expensive.

When the weapon became black dust and was absorbed, it would be very negative in terms of loss.

(I wonder what will happen to this. It would be nice if there were subsidies from the guild or Dusker.)

An adventurer gets a huge reward for doing a dangerous request.

Or if you defeat a powerful monster, you can make a lot of money by selling its materials and magic stones.

However... there are many people who are mistaken, but it is not uncommon for adventurers to get all of the money they receive to be used for liquor, women, or gambling, and for weapons, armor, or potion-based medicine, and in some cases, magic items.

Even so, weapons are quite expensive.

If the black dice breaks the weapon... exactly, it turns into black dust and absorbs into the black dice, it would be very difficult to buy the same weapon as a reward for guarding the bowl...

That said, the adventurers who escorted the Tsubaki were not the same as the adventurers who escorted the Nativity Tower, but they were trusted appropriately by the Alliance.

In fact... when the towers and lakes that were born had not yet been transferred, even the adventurers around them could easily accept the request for an escort.

If the lake and the birth tower have shifted, it is the judgment of Dusker and the guild that they want to keep that information secret.

As a result, an adventurer who could not be trusted to escort the birth tower, but could be trusted to a certain extent, escorted the adventurer.

But of course, we need weapons to escort them.

If they destroyed that weapon, even if they managed to dive through today, they wouldn't know what would happen after tomorrow.

(No, if I came this way, wouldn't the people who were escorting him be of much use?)

For now, only Ray's powerful magic was effective against the demons.

Beyond that, the others weren't effective.

(If only Grimm were here, I could have listened to all sorts of things.)

Last night, before sleeping in a magic tent, Ray tried to contact the Grimm using a pair of orbs.

Unfortunately, however, the Grimm did not appear in the orb pairs.

Since you're a cute Grimm like your grandson, you never knowingly ignored Ray.

It seemed likely that he was enthusiastic about the study of other worlds and didn't notice Ray contacting him.

I thought about taking the Set to where the Grimm was.

Both Fairy Homestead and Grimm lived in the Trent Forest.

Beyond that, if you want to go, you can.

... but of course, if you do that at midnight, you might notice the chief.

There was a good chance that they would be noticed not only by the chief, but also by ordinary fairies.

Fearful of that, Ray thought he'd be able to contact you again tomorrow... after today.

However, I regret that I thought so casually now.

No way... yesterday today, it was at night when the black lump appeared, so it was actually only half a day or so ago, but it was unexpected that they would send me a lump again.

(In other words, the big black mass that was the entrance and exit of the transfer made a powerful attack there, but it recovered in half a day or so?)

Regardless of the spear that was thrown, the magic that was released was quite a magic blow.

That's why it's like a powerful blow, even if it turns into a scorching hell around it.

However, it was only a question for Ray to recover in half a day.

(I don't know what method is used to transfer it, but maybe there are multiple things that transfer it?)

Ray was thinking like that, but Set's throat suddenly sharpened as he ran next to Ray.

Grrrr!

What the hell!?

Suddenly, the sound of Set, the adventurer who was guiding Ray and the others, made an upset voice like what was going on.

If this were normal, I wouldn't have bothered so much.

However, given the current situation of being attacked by a black dice, it was more impossible to be surprised because Set suddenly threw a throat.

"They're enemies.... no, they're not?" The worms are fleeing this way! "

From Set's appearance, Ray shouts as he sees signs that the enemy is not attacking, but that many people are approaching him.

The adventurer who was guiding Ray was stunned by the words.

"Are you here!?" What the hell happened!? "

If you think about it normally, you'll be chased by the enemy!

When Ray and the man had such a conversation, they could see more than ten people moving between the trees in the forest.

What surprised Ray a little about this was that many of them had axes.

Grab something... and if it's light, it's pretty hard to run if it's as heavy as an axe.

Even so, many of them were running with their axes.

It is because it is a weapon that can protect itself in the current situation, and for the Tsubaki people, axe is a tool for work, but it is also a large aspect of property.

That's all, the birds with the axe were running desperately.

Eventually, I noticed that Ray was running faster because he didn't have an axe.

"Hey, it's Ray! There's Ray!"

The words were enough to raise the morale of the wolves.

Ray called out to the puppets.

Where's the enemy?

"Behind you! Behind you! The guards are attracting them!"

Ray questions the words.

Even if the shape changed from last night's uncertainty to the dice shape, I thought that the nature and ability itself would not change.

If so, attracting enemies shouldn't be too difficult.

There is no doubt that it is very troublesome in that it becomes black dust when touched and absorbed.

However, you don't have to imitate it so easily, even if it's slow.

That's why if you attack lightly, you'll recognize it as an enemy. If you have a certain number of people, one of them will attract the black dice, and if they get tired, they'll take the place of other people. If they do, it won't be very difficult, but it won't be a pinch.

It's not like they're running away desperately.

"All right. Set and I will be on our way." You need to escort these men. "

When he told the adventurer who had guided Ray so far, Ray ran away before he could hear his reply.

With a moment's delay, Seto chased Ray and disappeared while looking at him from the adventurer's side.

"Is that why you're letting me do this!?"

The man hid in the trees and shouted at Ray, who was already invisible, but he definitely had to escort them.

Black dice are a nuisance, but not only do black dice exist in this torrenting forest, but there are many other monsters and animals sighing.

There is no point in being hired as an escort if you are distracted only by the black dice, and if you act indifferently about the rest, you will be attacked by other monsters and animals.

... Actually, I served as a good escort when I let them escape with the black dice.

In fact, at this time, the men hadn't noticed yet, but all the sons of bitches who came to the Trent Forest today are here.

In other words, the black dice were killed by the opponent... no one was absorbed by the black dust.

"Damn it... I'll take care of it!" Don't die! "

Ray and Set were already out of sight, but when they shouted out loud that their voices would still reach them, the man began to move to escape from the Trent Forest, leading them.

"I know."

As he ran, Ray muttered softly to the voice he heard from behind.

Of course, Ray doesn't intend to die in this fight either.

If you die here, there will be no one left who can kill you.

Considering the talent in the Gilm, I think that some of them may be able to kill the enemy by some means other than themselves.

I think it was better to have a larger number of people who could still kill.

Grrrr!

The set that ran next to Ray crackled sharply.

Ray immediately understood what it meant.

I could hear the adventurers yelling in Ray's ear.

"Alright, I'll draw you here!" Next time, I'll take you that way, so get ready! "

"Okay! But don't make a mistake!" You know what happens when you hit these dice, don't you? "

"I know! Damn, that dagger hasn't been bought that long!?"

Ray was relieved to hear the screams like that.

I realized that there was not yet any mixed despair in the voice.

As far as my voice goes, I don't think there's any way to kill the black dice that were left here.

Even so, there was no doubt that he had the appropriate skill to stand around so that the black dice did not turn toward the dice.

“Do you hear me?! I'm going to shove it right in your face! Be careful!"

Ray shouted as he moved to sew the gap between the trees.

From the voices I heard, there's no doubt that the adventurers attacked and attracted the dice, and then another adventurer attacked and attracted them to themselves...

Besides that, I wanted to refrain from imitating the fact that when I stormed into such a place, there was a black dice right there, or I would hit an opponent who was attracting a black dice.

"Hey... hey, someone's coming in!" Be careful! "

"Damn it, what kind of idiot is this busy time of year?"

"Don't worry, watch out for those who are attracting black dice!"

As they heard the conversation, Ray and Set burst into it.

Ray!?

One of the people who was watching out for who was coming in, looked at Ray and shouted.

There was Set next to Ray, but I think he called Ray by a better name than Set.

While listening to this voice, Ray quickly checked the surrounding situation.

I heard from the first adventurer I encountered. I heard about it... but it was really the black dice that were flying through the air.

The shape is different from the black mass from last night.

No, it's not just the form that's different.

The black mass I encountered last night was irregular in shape, but it moved quite slowly.

But the black dice Ray saw weren't moving that fast, but they were definitely faster than the black chunks.

Compared to the slow-moving black chunk, the black dice are as fast as people can walk normally.

Nearly ten such black dice.

At that point, there was no doubt that it was a more troublesome situation than last night.

"Gather your enemies in one place!" I'll wrap it up with magic and annihilate it! "

The adventurers immediately reacted to Ray's words.

A testament to my skillfulness.

Or did you decide that we had no choice but to leave it to Ray?

After seeing the man moving with the black dice around, Ray started casting a spell on Death Size.