Legend

Ray and Set weren't particularly surprised when they returned to the camp.

It's already a known fact that Ray and the others are going to be sleeping in this camp.

However, when they saw Vihera, Bune, and the two horses in the party, there seemed to be a lot of thought.

Some are blinded by the beauty of Vihera, stretching their noses under the thin clothes covering their charming limbs, and looking to the strength of Vihera.

Many people's gaze is not directed at the viewer.

Normally, it wouldn't be strange to be dissatisfied with that, but in the case of Bune, I'd rather be grateful for it.

If you become prominent, it's not strange if someone talks to you.

"Well, Ray, I'll go over to the lake for a bit."... what about Bune? "

”Nnh”

As usual, she muttered a word, and Bene headed for the lake on her horse.

Bune was probably worried about the lake, too.

I'm not sure if it's because of the giant slime, or whether it's because of the creatures that inhabit another lake.

Like water wolves, monsters inhabiting the lake... or there are a wide variety of creatures, including fish, other than monsters, and some of them have adorable looks.

It's not strange that Bune is interested in you.

(Bune's horse looks a little unhappy.)

In the case of horses, it would be uninteresting for his master, Beaune, to be interested in anything other than himself.

However, I don't really think that's what we're going to do.

“Not to mention Vihella, but be careful.”

"I know. Don't worry, I won't touch the giant slime bypassing you."

With that in mind, Vihera heads with Bene to the lake.

Seeing off behind him, Set approached the adventurer who was still in the camp.

"Ray, what did Vihella come to do? Were you a loser now? I think we shouldn't be in the encampment because of that."

"Yes, I agree with you." Vihera's combat power is high, but she's pretty bad at fighting black dice. ”

Right? Well then, I'd better not bring you here...

"Do you think I'll listen to that?"

"Ugh..."

The man who asked Ray couldn't say anything if he returned it.

This man is not that close to Vihera, but he is still not very good at the present situation, but he probably didn't expect Vihera to withdraw her opinion.

Actually, if Ray was serious, Vihella could have listened.

However, it was dangerous to touch the giant slime, but... that's not dangerous enough to say.

Beyond that, it was unconvincing what Ray had to say to Vihera here.

“I don't think you have to worry about Vihella. You know how strong Vihera is, don't you?"

"If you say that, I won't be able to say anything." In fact, I don't think anyone here can beat Vihella. "

"Right? And you guys have been here forever, but there's no problem." If that happens, Vihera will have no problem. ”

"... we don't even think about touching the giant slime from ourselves."

"Ugh..."

Now Ray can't say anything.

In fact, Vihella doesn't necessarily bother with giant slimes in this situation.

Ray said not to touch it for the time being.

However, in the case of Vihera, there was no doubt that there was a possibility that it would be just in case.

"And, for now, I think it's okay..." Yeah. I'm sure it'll be all right. Maybe...... maybe "

"While I'm talking, I'm getting less and less confident.... if you care so much, why don't you take a look? So if anything happens, just stop it."

Yeah, that's better.

Finally... we can finally defeat the giant slime.

What if Vihella does something strange and doesn't work?

There was no doubt that Ray was quite shocked.

In order to prevent that from happening, it was still necessary for Ray to go and see the situation first-hand.

Well then, do your best.

Ray nodded and headed for the lake.

By the way, Set was cooking for one of the adventurers who was nearby, so I left him alone.

... by the way, this dish was made by a fairy-loving adventurer man using dried meat to feed Nielsen, but he couldn't find Nielsen, so he let Set eat it.

Nielsen was in the Trent Forest with Ray, just like he grew out of a tree trunk when Ray was talking to Vihera, so no matter how much he cooked, there was no way he could eat it.

For a moment, Ray thought about explaining the matter, but now that Ray is here, there is no doubt that Nielsen is also nearby, and there is still no appearance of Nielsen coming out, so I decided that Nielsen did not like the dish, and ended up going to the lake without saying anything.

"This is... hey, you're lying!" A giant slime that's been burning all along!? What's going on! "

As Ray approaches the lake, a researcher and thinker scream at the huge burning slime.

It is obviously strange to say that a huge slime that kept burning will burn.

Funny, but anyone who knows what's going on will agree.

The burning giant slime had such an overwhelming presence.

(Wow, does this taste bad? I mean, there's one thing that's not true, and why are the researchers here?... because I'm a researcher?)

The researchers originally came to this lake only because of Dusker's desire that they should be able to figure out the situation and find out something about this lake that is somewhat unknown.

There are also many researchers who have connections with kings and nobles who have difficulty in exercising Duskers' direct influence.

In addition to that, Dusker cannot imitate limiting the researchers' actions without answering questions.

Normally, some people would consider it dangerous if they explained how it was done.

However, this is not the case for researchers.

That's why, if you know about it, some of you will want to figure it out.

Because it is dangerous, even if you tell them to stay away because their lives are in danger, they are not the only ones who can honestly protect them.

Near the screaming researcher, there was a figure of an adventurer who could be an escort, and farther away, there was a carriage that I used when I came here.

Researchers are surprised and even indignant that the giant slime is burning down and clearly smaller than it used to be.

The adventurer desperately stops such a researcher running towards the burning giant slime.

Since this adventurer is the guard of the researcher, it was only natural to stop the researcher from approaching the burning giant slime.

... but beyond the gaze of such a researcher, there is a figure of Vihera near the giant slime, confirming its burning body.

Phew, and.

Ray was relieved that Vihera hadn't touched the giant slime.

After all, the conversation with the adventurer just now was nothing but a flag.

However, I felt like I could touch the giant slime if I left it like this, so I had no doubt that I should have spoken to Vihera as soon as possible.

Ray approaches Vihera in front of a giant slime.

"Hey, you! It's dangerous to get close to that burning guy!" Get away from that woman, because she's in danger! "

A researcher man held by an adventurer yells at Ray.

That was a bit of a surprise to Ray.

From the way we talked, it seemed like my research was the most important type, and I didn't care about anything else.

But this is how he worries about Ray and Vihera.

(Maybe you don't want the burning giant slime to make a strange mess, or maybe that's why.)

With such questions in mind, Ray turns his gaze to the adventurer who is holding the researcher.

The adventurer nodded frankly as he understood what Ray's gaze meant.

Without Set, it would have been difficult to recognize Ray as Ray, but with Ray still moving his body and, above all, heading for the place where Vihera was, he would have recognized Ray as Ray.

"Hey, why don't you stop that robe instead of treating me like that!?"

I only described it as a robe, not a man in a robe, because I couldn't tell if Ray was a man or a woman.

The adventurer who is given such a voice opens his mouth while holding down the researcher.

"It's okay. He's a crimson ray." You're a celebrity, so you've heard of it. ”

"Is that it?... yeah, get off me." I'm not going anywhere near that huge burning slime! "

The researcher was surprised to see that he knew Ray's name.

And yet, if Ray was close to a giant slime, he had enough judgment to think he wouldn't do it.

The adventurer who saw the researcher's condition decided that the word was not a lie and released his hand.

The freed researcher looks at Ray again.

There is no doubt that this researcher had a strong interest in the lake.

At the same time, however, he was equally intrigued by the enormous slime that was the lake's lord.

Ray had a lot to say about burning such a huge slime.

... this massive slime is clearly hostile to its surroundings, and if left unattended, it is likely to cause significant damage to the Gilm.

However, that may have been the case, but it wasn't definitely the case.

"Hmm. That giant slime... it's getting smaller than I've seen it before... Maybe this is something that Crimson Ray did?"

It is a huge slime that was actually eaten by a black dice, thereby losing the power to counteract the magic of Ray, but unlike Ray who directly watched it, researchers do not come to the lake every day.

Also, even if you remove it, there is a part that you can't understand the difference accurately because of the original size of the huge slime.

Now that time has passed, and everyone can see that it has become so small, researchers may be able to see it.

The adventurers in the camp are looking directly at the sight of the huge slime being eaten by the black dice, so it is fully understandable that it is shrinking because they know the precondition that it is shrinking.

Feeling the researchers' gaze, Ray talks to Vihera without paying any particular attention to it.

So, what do you say?

What, what happened?

I was wondering if there was anything you could think of when you saw this giant slime.

"Hmmm, that's right. If you look at it like this again... it's weird."

"I won't deny it."

The words that came out of Vihera's mouth were unexpected, so Ray agreed without a moment's hesitation.

Thinking normally, the slime that keeps burning all the time can only be said to be strange.

On the contrary, the burning slime is overwhelmingly large.

Don't say it's huge, but what should I say?

”Right? It's just... if you look at it like this, it doesn't look good with me.”

Well, in the case of Vihella.

Vihera's basic combat style is fighting.

Even if you attack with such bare hands or feet, or if you attack with a blade that extends from the toenails or heels of your armpits, if you ask me if it is an effective attack on a huge slime, the answer is no.

Or if you chop off a slime body with your armpit claws and toenail blades, you may eventually win, but it's like digging and moving dirt on a hill with a horticultural shovel.

If you want to do it, you can do it.

However, it takes a lot of effort to actually do it, and normally I don't imitate it.

Also, even though it was continually burned by Ray's magic, if I thought I could get rid of it, the giant slime would not be silently attacked.

With that in mind, Ray continued his conversation with Vihella.