Legend

"... it's peaceful"

Arla groans as she carries along the road leading to the dungeon.

"You sure do. But, well, there's no need to fight for nothing."

Elaine, who was reading a military science book, raises her eyes to Ara's words and returns them so.

The carriage is already off the streets and on a roadless path.

No, the ground that was trampled by those heading to the dungeon is like a halfway street.

We were together to go inside like that, but the road was going very well as Arla's words seemed to indicate.

Originally, it takes about two nights from the gilm to the dungeon, but the carriage, which is a magic item, is also pulling the carriage faster than a normal horse by exerting its effect on the warhorse that is pulling it. And Warhorse, who originally pulled the carriage, is one of the most famous horses in the kingdom of Mireana, so there's no reason why the journey won't progress.

Normally, if you find a carriage, a monster who just strikes you as a prey will most of the time understand the difference in character and hide himself if you look at Seto going next to that carriage. Occasionally, some monsters can't understand the difference in character because they are as intelligent as the previous day's Iron Snake, but they are literally overwhelmed by Ceto and stored in Ceto's meal and Ray's mistering as much as possible.

And as a result of that smooth journey, it was proceeding at an incredible pace that it would arrive overnight from the Guild to the Dungeon.

"But, Master Elaine. You can't stay nervous without something like this. At least if you attack a bandit or something, you'll have some spare time."

"Ara, this is a little too belligerent."

I was reading a dungeon book on the couch. Custe groans like he was stunned.

"What. Even Custe has a habit of being free."

"Well, don't bother having me with Ara. It's not like I'm free because I've gained knowledge of the dungeon."

Or I guess that one voice was the flag. The sound of a whistle I've heard several times before echoes into the carriage.

"Because you say strange things..."

"Don't blame me. Besides, Griffon's gonna clean it all up again."

But Ara's wish was also on her back, and the sound of the whistle, which should have only been ringing for a very short time by Seto since the beginning of this journey, never stopped ringing.

That's when Custe rises off the couch to ask Ver, who is on your platform, if he's just anxious about the situation, the door connected to your platform opens.

From there it was Ver's appearance, with his usual light expression disappearing and a rare and harsh look on his face.

"What happened to the monster?

"... might be a little awkward"

Answer Custe's question briefly, Ver. It was understood by all those in the carriage that things were only going for those who were not amused.

Custe took the demon spear, and Ara took the sword. And Elaine rises with a connecting sword in her hand.

Ray, who is naturally sent as an escort, also stands up at any time so that he can take the death size out of the mysteries.

When it comes to why we don't give death sizes on this occasion, it's simply a matter of carriage doors. Although it is a fairly large door, it is possible that it could be caught with a death size that exceeds 2m in length.

"Ver, is it a problem to keep the carriage going?

"Sounds a little difficult"

"For what reason is that? Problem with enemy speed?

Ver shakes her head in silence to Elaine's question. Even as we speak in this way, he manipulates the warhorse to keep his gaze in the direction of travel in a small way so that the path does not deviate.

"No, I don't see the enemy in the first place. And yet the sense of hostility in the carriage never stops."

"Are you aiming for this carriage from so far away that you can't confirm it from here, or can't you see the object?"

"It's troublesome if it's an undead ghost."

Nodding small at Ara's words, Elaine decides the policy.

"You won't be able to take your enemies to the dungeon like this, and more than anything else, it's not right for you to run away.... Custe, stop the carriage. We'll intercept here."

"Is that okay? I feel like I should just run off like this."

"Terrible."

"Yes, sir. Absolutely, my queen is brave or brave... no, nothing. Yes."

When Ara silently sticks her sword tip next to Ver's face, she stops the carriage in cold sweat.

"Ray, you're not going to be working well with us yet, so you can do whatever you want."

"It helps. Then I'll be with Seto as usual."

Nodding small at Ray's words, Elaine turns her gaze to Ara. Having figured out what she was ordered to do with that gaze, Arla bursts first when the carriage opens the door at that moment when it stops completely. Custe with a demon spear behind him. And finally, Ray pops out to the surface and instantly removes the death size from the mistering.

Lady Elaine, we can't find the enemy.

"Same here"

"Right? And yet the sensing of hostility keeps ringing."

That's what Ver tells him as he looks around sharply with a bow from the top of his podium.

"... you sure don't have the appearance of an enemy. However, the fact that there was a reaction to the hostility sensing must mean that someone is watching this one harmfully. Stay alert."

Listening to Elaine, Ray also guards his surroundings as he heads under Seto, who remained death-sized and was near the carriage.

Around, rather than around the carriage where the Rays are currently stopping, are meadows, and a little further away are woods with quite a few trees.

(It must be that grove if it's suspicious)

"Seto, do you feel anything?

"Grrrrrrrr"

He can't sense the presence of the enemy even if he has five senses as a griffon, Seto, who also waves his head at Ray's questions.

"Will you be unilaterally attacked if you stay like this? Then you need insurance....... Magic Shield"

Use Magic Shield, which is one of the skills Death Size has acquired by absorbing Demon Stones. Then, at the next moment, a shield made of light is formed next to the ray and automatically moves to an undisturbed position that wields the death size.

Elaine and the others gather their gaze on the shield of light that suddenly appeared, but soon the gaze scatters to the people looking for traces of the enemy.

But after a few minutes, there is no attack from the enemy, and we can't even find the enemy.

"Ray, did you get a visual on the enemy over there?

You can call Elaine from the other side of the carriage, but you can't find the enemy with the feeling of Ray or Seto.

"There are no enemies here..."

"Ray?"

Elaine asks again to a voice that was abruptly interrupted in the middle of the conversation.

But Ray turns his sharp gaze around without answering that question.

"Gru."

Seto probably felt something similar again. Look around as you raise your alert roar.

Around were meadows and forests, and teasing winds that were peculiar when they changed from summer to autumn.

In that, that sound I heard slightly.

"Ray, what's up? You found something?

"Huh!?

At that moment when Elaine's voice was heard, Ray was almost reflexively swinging down the death size.

And the metal sounds that resonate around you.

At that moment, Ray did see. Give me what's ahead of you that played the attack. That is...

"Dear Elaine, please be careful. It's a giant kamakiri. It's also the size of a carriage. That's becoming transparent and aimed at us!

Ray's scream. Yes, what Ray saw was a giant kamakiri with a body about the carriage. Only for a moment did the Kamakiri appear to unleash the attack, and the blow of the Sickle was bounced in Death Size and disappeared again.

(Is that like an optical camo? Even so, why didn't you even hear the sound? And Seto would have been able to discover it in the sense of smell)

I doubt it in my heart, but I immediately ice dissolve it when I remember my knowledge when I lived in the country.

Kamakiri is basically an ambush to kill his prey. I mean, there was no sound, I guess Kamakiri was simply disappearing and ambushing this one. And then Ray accidentally entered that range of Kamakiri and prevented it.

I was still unclear about the smell, but as for you, I'll decide I should think about it after I leave this raid.

"Ahhh!

I suddenly heard screams as I was looking for Kamakiri. What Ray saw heading that way was Ara taking Kamakiri's sickle with her sword, even as she was destroyed on the right shoulder of the armor.

For the first time here, Ray properly confirms what Kamakiri looks like.

There will be about 4m in size. Make sure you cover your body. It's equipped with something like a beetle crust, two pairs of sickles. I mean, I have four arms.

Now Ara prevented one of them, and the sickle on the other side was prevented by Custe with a demon spear. Kamakiri trying to tail those two with the two remaining sickles, but every time Ver's arrow and Elaine's concatenated sword released from that remote position are interfering with it.

Having instantly confirmed the war, Ray turns to Elaine and screams.

"Dear Elaine, me and Seto will set you up from above."

"Okay! But there's a chance he can fly if he's a kamakiri. Be very careful."

Ray receives Elaine's voice on his back and crosses straight into Seto's back.

Seto, you know what I mean.

"Grrrrrrrr!"

Ring briefly, only a few steps away and let its wings flap. And it's like air. Seto goes up into the air trying to kick that thing up.

Keep swirling sharply and head over Kamakiri, where Elaine and the four of them are interacting with each other.

(... no, is it not the same as each other? Two avant-gardes are stopped by Kamakiri, so they can't use the magic or attack of Elaine's very own intermingled sword, or they can't use their power because of limited orbits)

I can see how that battle went from above. Kamakiri is also standing around to be just Elaine's shield, whether she's appropriately intelligent or instinctive. And Ver's bow and arrow are underpowered and only effective to the extent of restraint on the crust wrapped kamakiri.

"Damn, Kamakiri would have a soft stomach. You think I'm wearing that kind of armor? Seto, let's go. Keep going after me. A corrugated attack."

"Gru!"

Seeing Seto ring, he jumps off Seto's back, which was straddling him. At the same time it falls off the top of the kamakiri while trying to shake the death size......

"Huh!?

that moment. Ray did see Kamakiri's face rotate 180 degrees with Grin to capture himself into that vision.

And waving a sickle with the size of a death-sized sickle toward Ray in the air after blowing Ara away in one blow.

Flying slaughter!

It was almost instinctive to determine that Kamakiri's trick resembled flying slaughter, one of his death-size skills. But the decision will save Ray. Flying slaughter released from Death Size and homogeneous attack unleashed by Kamakiri. It collides and offsets each other just halfway between Ray and Kamakiri in the air.

But don't forget. Kamakiri has four sickles against one ray of Death Size.

"Ray, avoid it!

As Elaine's voice sounds, Custe is blown away as is Ara. Elaine, go for it.

It was Elaine who was trying to sabotage the attack on Ray, but if we keep attacking like this, we'll get Custe involved. And if you avoid it, you decide that Custe is likely to get hurt from the rate at which it blows up, and you make the choice to take it as it is.

The fact that Custe, who can use healing magic, is blown up like this, injured and out of battle, I really wanted to avoid dealing with a monster that never existed before me.

"Slapenil shoes, activate!

Ray, who doesn't know such an event is happening on the ground, activates Slapenil's shoes, which are capable of kicking the sky in an aggressive fashion. And instantly kick in the sky and quickly get your attitude in the air.

"Grr!"

Seto rang sharply, winged and caught Ray with his back and landed at a distance from Kamakiri.

"Seto, thank God"

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Give a short thank you to Seto and again set the death size in his hand and turn his gaze toward Kamakiri.

Elaine's figure, who was taking the blown Custe next to it, lines up.

Looking around quickly, Custe is about to go around behind Kamakiri with his demon spear, and Ver is shooting and towing an arrow. Ara had hit the carriage with a blown impact earlier and had lost consciousness of it.

"Ray, it can't be a hassle to take any longer. I'll put you to rest at once."

"Okay. It's a pain in the ass to fly to Kamakiri alone."

"Oh. So will you hold him off for a while? I want to magically defeat you all at once."

"No problem. Okay...... I'm going!

"Don't miss our signal."

With Elaine's voice on her back, she steps up to that range with her death size standing.

……

Kamakiri waits silently for such a ray, shaking up four sickles...... keep shaking it down!

There were 4 homogeneous slaughters that offset the flying slash that I released earlier. Besides, I sense it coming toward each one subtly with a time difference, but I even go forward regardless.

(If you know you're coming differently than you just did, you have as many countermeasures as you want!

The first slash avoids more than diagonalizing the body, the second slash slashes away with a magical, death-size blow, and the third slash simultaneously crushes with a death-size pattern. And when it comes to the last slaughter, I'll take it and offset it with a magic shield that I didn't even use in the aerial warfare earlier. Leaving aside the remnants of the magic shield disappearing as it were, further forward. If we got that far, there was already a Kamakiri figure waiting for us at Ray's present.

"Ahhhh!

Ray also intercepts at Death Size on the Kamakiri sickle that is swung down.

Death size blade through magic and Kamakiri blade shoot each other...... the moment Custe thought so, the sound of Zakuri, the death size blade was not particularly resistant but slashed off the Kamakiri sickle.

……

Kamakiri says his right upper arm has been slashed off, but he waves down the remaining three sickles silently without raising a voice of pain.

Blink again while avoiding that sickle. Slash the sickle off your upper left arm.

What is this discomfort?

Certainly worm-shaped monsters are some types that are painless. But still, it's normal to react in some way if you get shocked or take deadly damage. But the giant Kamakiri in front of Ray relentlessly launches his next attack without raising a single voice of intimidation after being slashed two sickles, his own arm and at the same time his weapon.

I'm only distracted for a moment by such unpretentious discomfort... that moment creates a gap to the point of fatality.

Kamakiri shakes off the two remaining sickles, as if he had even slashed the sickle on his slashed upper left arm.

It's not that hard to avoid an attack if it's the original ray. But I lost sight of the timing because of the discomfort I learned from Kamakiri...

"Don't be frightened in the middle of the fight!

Custe's demon spear thrown from behind Kamakiri plays the blow of a sickle that was supposed to carry death to Ray.

The demon spear that played the sickle went straight past Ray and stabbed him to the ground.

Even for Ray, he flies wide to the side without missing that one-of-a-kind gap, and Kamakiri, who tries to chase it, gets in the way of an arrow released from Vel.

And...

"Get out of here!

Elaine's voice echoing around her. Having heard that voice, Ray kicks the ground reflexively and quickly takes distance from Kamakiri.

There's only Ray around Kamakiri already. Custe is quickly distancing himself after throwing a spear, and Ver was originally distancing himself just because he was attacking him with a bow and arrow. Ara passed out and is at the side of the carriage.

Having confirmed that Ray has taken a distance, Elaine activates the magic of finishing the chant.

"Lightning Tornado!"

The moment that magic is unleashed, the tornado forms as if the wind were to gather and circle around the Kamakiri. The tornado was initially only large enough to stop the Kamakiri's leg, but suddenly it increased in size and the 4m became large enough to cover and conceal a certain Kamakiri itself, further increasing its size. At the same time, as the magic name suggests, the tornado was intertwined with lightning, and Kamakiri, present in the center, continued to devour two types of attacks, tornado and thunder, until the tornado disappeared.