Legend

Sin, and in a quiet dungeon.

Currently there were only Lizardman General, who had his torso cut into two upper and lower parts, and Elaine, who swung through the jointed sword and did it.

And when Elaine turns her gaze to her deadly dueling opponent for only a moment, she flies Lizardman's blood, waving her concatenated sword wide, into a sheath.

"... That's Elaine, brilliant"

The first person to open his mouth was Ara.

Even if you believe in Elaine's strength, you still definitely don't have it in combat. I can put a soothing breath of relief but spare admiration into that one just because I know it.

"Sure, it was a great sword sword, but think of a little something about your position. Lady Elaine is not just an adventurer there, she is also a courtier of the glorious Duke of Kelp. Whatever it takes to be an enemy general, beat a monster opponent, etc."

"Haha. Custe, you said the same thing when the General of the Bestian Empire and our Queen took a ride."

"Ver, I'm not saying I like anything."

While Custe and Ver are talking to each other, Ray takes a clean handkerchief out of Mystering and hands it to Elaine.

"It's got blood on it."

"Uhm, it helps"

Wipe the return blood of Lizardman General, who jumped on his cheek with a handkerchief, and turn his gaze toward the Lizardmans, who were wiped out as he handed it to Ray.

"Ray, I need you to retrieve Lizardman's body. When it comes to demonic stones and materials, let's get out of this dungeon and distribute it again.... As far as I'm concerned, I think I can do it all to you."

"I'm glad to hear that, but there must be a lot of convenience around Elaine as well. Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm glad you could do that, but I'm not saying I can't. Larks, your request for a nomination from Uncle Border promises you a reward for breaking the law."

"Really?

"Yeah, and I knew someone like Elaine."

"Heh heh, maybe that's true. Even for me, the best thing about this case is knowing someone named Ray."

Elaine smiles exactly like a rose that I don't think she was having a single ride with a monster until a few minutes ago.

Ray was unintentionally fascinated by that smile, but Seto pulls his dragon robe back at me with a couch.

"Excuse me. It doesn't mean I can afford that much time, and I'm just going to store it."

Saying so as he panicked, Seto and Lizardman General, Lizardman, and about half of his body will store the bodies of giant spiders that are burning and turning into charcoal into mysteries.

Custe frowned unexpectedly watching how it went. I heard Elaine and Ray talking to my boss earlier.

"That's right. Our queen would be great, too. We've only met for a few days, and we're already crashing Ray."

"Ver, I won't allow you to be rude to Lady Elaine."

"Why not? You think I'm only telling the truth?

"... Ver"

Custe shouts a low voice, not a voice like when he was talking about being able to take it even halfway up until earlier. And just like the voice, the gaze is also sharp.

But still, Jean-Ver returns the words with a grin without breaking his floating attitude.

"'Cause think about it normally. Beautiful than I've ever seen, with the highest level of body. But with a refreshing temper, I'm proud. You can't treat my queen like that and have a crush on her, can you? Apart from whether that's a romantic favor or a friendship favor."

……

"But that the conditions under which Lady Elaine welcomes herself as her partner are at least stronger than herself.... Look, you don't have a problem with Ray being the other guy, do you?

That's when I shrugged. Ver felt the demon spear that Custe had passing directly next to his face.

"Ver, don't talk any more. I don't want to pierce you with this spear."

"... ma, that's good. If that's what Custe says, I'll leave this story around."

"Hmm."

Laughing Ver's words with his nose, Custe pulling the spear.

"Hey both of you. Could this be where we broke up?

Ara, who was baking this and Elaine's care, tells me to look at the two of them and be surprised.

"It's not like we're broken. A little disagreement."

"... really? Ver said something extra anyway."

"Hey!? Why are you telling me I'm the cause?

"If you look at Ver's usual attitude to life, you'll know it's natural."

"Ara, that's enough. I'm sure we weren't talking about this. Watch out for next."

Soon Custe broke in with a sigh of sigh at the rhetoric that had begun, from which he returned to his usual atmosphere.

And after Ray finishes collecting the body, he goes on through the dungeon without anything particularly weird air.

"Hmm, is this the third basement floor? Things aren't quite the same up there."

Where there was a fight with Lizardman, that is, about 10 minutes walk down the stairs that came down to the third basement. Until recently, it was a normal dungeon itself, but what is now spreading in front of the Rays was also a place to say that it was a forest made of giant mushrooms.

There are huge mushrooms growing in there from objects about 2m high that, if they are large, may be close to 5m high.

"This is... that's just unexpected"

Was it just unexpected that a mushroom dungeon, even Custe grumbles with a rugged look?

Ver and Ara make an equally surprising look next to Custe.

Ray also looks around with not three but interesting eyes.

"Gru?"

In the meantime, only Seto was tilting his little neck without changing his expression in particular.

But such an idyllic attitude in a row will soon come to an end.

The first thing I noticed about the sound was Seto, who had five senses far superior to humans.

"Grrrrrrrr"

Seto sounds somewhere alarming and pulls Ray's dragon robe.

And Ray also notices something similar to Seto.

"Dear Elaine, something... No, is this a voice?

When we tried to call attention to the fact that there were monsters approaching Elaine, we were confused by the slight sound of people talking.

Because we were the first to dive into this dungeon today, and I don't remember being outrun by those who came in later. But I will soon be convinced. They're coming this way, which means they're headed upstairs. The purpose of those who come close is to get out on the ground. i.e.…

"Ray, what's up?

"... no. Apparently, the party we spent the night in this dungeon is coming this way. At first I thought it was a monster or something because all I could hear was the sound coming up, but I could hear people."

"Hmm, I see. Sure, there will be limits to the hierarchy of dungeons that you can dive in a day because the story is that the floor itself is pretty wide. That's why we've got tents and other tools for camping. Well, what should we do as adventurers in this case?

"Right. According to stories I've heard from Elk before, it's common to say hello lightly so as not to show hostility..."

That's what I say, Ray.

Anyway, an Adventurer can be anyone by registering in an Alliance. There is naturally also a certain number of adventurers of poor quality, some of them attacking other adventurers and taking their luggage. And it is the labyrinth that currently has the Rays, and without those who sue even if there were any incidents here, it would not be a fuss, and it would be judged that they lost their lives in the labyrinth before that. When I tell Elaine what's going on around there, I nod small with a serious look.

"Fine. Then let's see how they get out first. There's nothing wrong with the party over there that came to explore the labyrinth. But if that's what Ray said there was a bandit feud, why don't you know who you put your hands on?"

Everyone nods at Elaine's instructions and stands by on the spot.

And eventually, about five minutes later, I hear Elaine and the others walking through this place that should be described not only by Seto and Ray, but also by the mushroom forest. There were other rubbing sounds of armor mixed in.

Eventually, a shadow emerges from the shadow of a large mushroom about 3m away.

That number is four. One man, all men, dressed lightly like bandits, two men with halvards with both axe and spear characteristics, and two men's warriors with bastard swords. And walking at the rear was the man with the giant backpack on his back. Everyone I saw would be in their 20s.

"Hmm?"

Eventually, a bandit who was walking the lead stops that step with a suspicious look on his face when he notices the Rays. At the same time, the two warriors behind it also turn their alert gaze to the Rays and advance to the side of the bandit man. Chillari, Chillari and the bandit man's gaze moves quickly toward Seto, who is Elaine or Griffon.

"Ray, it's between adventurers. I'll leave it to you. But if they attack, don't hesitate to intercept them."

Ray takes instructions from Elaine, nods and takes a step forward. There was a death size on its shoulder, and it was obvious that it could be handled quickly when there was no standing but a lot of fighting.

The first person to open his mouth was the bandit man who was also at the head of the other party.

"Hey, that's a strange place to be."

"I mean, I'm here to explore a dungeon, so it wouldn't be so strange to run into a colleague in it.... By the way, we went into the dungeon first thing this morning and came straight down here... what's that?

"Hmm? Oh, I need some material I can take from a monster in the basement on a request. Besides, I spent the night in the dungeon yesterday talking about the monster only showing up at night."

"Heh, in the dungeon. How brave or what?"

"Well, this is still a rank C party with a lot of experience.... What about you?

We talked about our situation. It's your turn next, the bandit guy who just tells me back.

When I turn my gaze only to Elaine for a moment, I honestly open my mouth because I saw her snort slightly.

"We need to go underground, too. Yeah, I'm Ray the Rank D Adventurer. That's my client's line of nobility."

"... well. Nobility, hey."

Growling, sneering bandit man. Ray felt a slight but diminishing vigilance from the signs.

They must have warned the Rays that they were bandits.

We don't seem to have any particular problems with each other.

"Oh, as far as I'm concerned, I care about that griffon and the tremendous beauty over there..."

"Hey Zach. If you don't have a problem, let's just head up. Don't be alarmed. I want to sleep."

"Okay, I get it."

A bandit called Zach answers that to a warrior with a halvard and slaps Ray on the shoulder with a gentle grin.

"We're going back to the ground, but we've got a lot of troublesome monsters down here, so watch out. Especially if you're on the fifth floor, the undead can't use magic."

"No problem, I'm a wizard once you see this outfit."

When I tell him that, I get a penetration from the party line in front of me.

"Wait a minute."

Ray accidentally smiles bitterly at that breathtaking penetration as if the timing were right.

"A wizard with a huge weapon like that is usually unbelievable."

"Well, it's more of a warrior than a wizard, actually."

That's what the two warriors say to me mouth-to-mouth, and Ray flaunts his shoulders lightly.

"Well, that's certainly not a mistake either. A warrior, a magic warrior who can use magic, to be exact."

"... I see, then I might be convinced"

A bandit man nods, where a man carrying a huge backpack opens his mouth.

"If we don't seem to have any particular problems with each other, isn't it time? As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to get back to the ground, have a nice tummy meal, not worry about my life in the inn, and get some sleep."

"Hmm? Oh, right. Then we'll excuse ourselves around here. Like I said, there's an undead wandering in the basement on the fifth floor, so be careful."

"Oh. Thanks for the advice. Normally, that kind of information is something we own, isn't it?

"What, never mind. It must have been on the brink of seeing you in a dungeon like this, and I got information that you were a magic warrior. Well, then we'll excuse ourselves around here. I hope you've all finished your quest."

That's what the bandit man says, breaking up on the spot with Ray and Elaine and the others and moving in separate directions.

Ray and Elaine and the others go to a place with stairs to the fourth basement floor. And the men went to a place with stairs to the second basement.

"... hey, what did you think?

A warrior man with a halbad squeaks far enough away from the Rays.

I don't need to tell you what I'm asking you about. It's about an odd line we had a conversation with earlier.

"In the meantime, the blonde among the women was a very good woman. That's more than 20 years since I was born, I've seen so many different women, or I've spent the night with fancy whores, but I've never seen so many before in my life. I mean, it's my first experience with too many good women and the other way around."

My people smile bitterly at that dialogue of a man with a sword. Because it was a well-known fact that this man was an extreme woman lover and went to a whorehouse like every night. That's so much so that I think I'm spending the bulk of my earnings as a Rank C party - naturally after the distribution of rewards - on hookers.

"As far as I'm concerned, I knew you cared about that griffon. I mean, I've never seen a real Griffon before."

It was Griffon who was strongly impressed by the bandit man. It is a Rank A monster and a monster so powerful that it is also called the Flying Reaper. He was a bandit but therefore a man who was good at measuring the strength of others, but still the griffon I saw earlier was beyond the man's imagination. I would say that existence itself is of a different character.

"Woman and Griffon, too, but what bothered me was that there wasn't a porter."

That's how the man with the huge backpack squeaks.

Porter. That's simply the generic name of someone who dives into a dungeon and carries things like materials, demonic stones, or treasures. It's natural to think about it, but when warriors and wizards have the materials and demonic stones they get as they dive into the dungeon, they naturally blunt their movements. And slow-moving warriors and wizards find it harder to deal with monsters. There is a porter who specializes in carrying loads.

"... with that said, it was just that guy with that stupid big sickle and a female warrior with one spear in two, and a bowman left"

The man with the sword groans as he recalls.

"Right? I can't say enough that there's no guy diving in the dungeon without a porter... but it's a fact that it's pretty rare"

Um, and everyone's got a headache, but eventually the men went up without finding an answer.

Don't even think the person you were talking to has an item box.

After this, the men will encounter some monsters like Lizardman and Goblin, but succeed in defeating them and returning to the ground safely. And by the time I had submitted the requested material to get paid and had the launch in the tavern and then slept well in the inn, the Rays had completely disappeared from my mind.