Legend

"I want you to give up on me over there too...... dude!

Elaine's jointed sword stretches in a whip to pierce Skeleton's jaw from directly below, while using its momentum to bounce the skull off his spine.

"Absolutely! You don't have to be obsessed!

Ara waves the Power Axe across the skull toward the missing skeleton. Its power is tremendous, and the axe crushes Skeleton's left arm and plunges it into his ribs, crushing also the demonic stones that fit in its chest.

……

And when the monster's, especially the undead's nucleus, was crushed, its skeleton fell to the ground with no words and bones torn apart, falling to eternal sleep.

Beside those two, Custe and Ver are working together to deal with Skeleton.

And behind it...

"Fire, burn your enemies according to my will"

I cast a spell and a fireball appeared at the tip of the Death Size, which is also a magic activator, about 30 cm...

Fireball!

Fireballs emanating from the Death Size that were swinging down at the same time as activating the magic hit the zombies who were packing the distance from the back to the Rays.

Next to it, Seto breathed heavily, wrapping multiple zombies in flames as he exhaled his firebraces.

Ray's fireballs have the power to extinguish zombies in a single blow, but only one of them is the object. Somewhere good, somewhat damaging to one of them and the enemies around them? By contrast, Seto's firebraces are less powerful in themselves than fireballs, but since they can be extensively attacked, zombies close to close range were fireballs, and zombies still at distance took such means as aggregating and attacking with Seto's firebraces.

Sometimes the only enemies that showed up were skeletons, and they thought it was easy to win with Ray or Seto's attacks, but as if it were a repetition when they went through an infinite loop, zombies appeared from behind, so in the end, troublesome zombies like rot, rot, and rot juice can use fireballs and firebraces. And Elaine and the others were supposed to be in charge of the skeletons that were already boned.

And that battle also literally swept away the zombies. Ray and Seto went into skeleton group backup, and didn't need that much time until the battle was over.

"Phew, you can't take the material, because we can't do anything about Skeleton without destroying the Demon Stone, and you can't take the Demon Stone from the Crusade Proof site, it's just a loss to fight and drain your health."

To Ver's words, Ray nods with a bitter smile.

"Not at all. If it were a more advanced skeleton, the bone itself would buy it as a material. He's just a broken bone."

"What, is that?

Elaine asks as she leans her neck against Ray's words. Explain with your eyes how the longitudinal roll wobbles due to the tilted neck.

"He's the one my master taught me. It just means you're tired and it doesn't do you any good. … but only in our case, it literally breaks bones."

"Come on. Well, sure. If that's what you mean, Ara's the one with the most broken bones."

"Hey, Ver! That's not terrible!?

"No, no. Whatever. Earla, who was originally famous as the user of the Rigid Sword, switched his weapon to an axe, so it's just the Destroyer King! I suppose you could say that."

"... heh. Then it's a corner, and should I destroy even Ver's well-moving mouth?

I panicked and distanced myself to see if I had a sense of crisis with Arla lifting the power ax, turning around behind Custe, who was distanced from talking to Ray as well.

"Just kidding. You don't have to be so serious about anything. Hey, Custe. You think so too!?

"Don't get me into your crap. No, but you do. Perhaps you should destroy Ver's well-rounded mouth once. Ara, I'll take care of it."

"Leave it to me. That's just the captain of the escort unit. He's very judgmental."

Offered like a personal statement by Custe grabbing that shoulder, Ver opens his mouth desperately as he turns his back.

"Hey, Custe! Are you going to sell your best friend!?

"Who's your best friend, who's"

"Yes, yes, wait for Ara, Ver's best friend, to go now."

"Hey, hey, here. You're seriously mad at me!?

Watching such a half-cartoon exchange, Ray turns his attention to Skeleton's bones, which are shattered by the attacks of Elaine and the others.

(If this is a more advanced undead bone, I'll eat it in.)

Even though I said I had become more accustomed to the act of stripping material from monsters than before, I still felt terribly attracted that if I made mistakes in the process of stripping and failed to process the material if I tried laying it down, there was no need to strip it down, and I just picked up the bone and it could be sold off as a material as it was.

... In that case, instead of using the magic of fire, we have to destroy the demon stone in a physical sense, as Elaine and the others did this time.

Looking at the wreckage of Skeleton while thinking like that, Elaine slaps her hand and draws attention.

"All right, it's time to resume our exploration. The line is the same as before."

Follow that instruction, quickly break up with the avant-garde, middle guard and rear guard and start walking down the aisle for a few minutes to find something familiar in the direction of travel.

"Dear Elaine, I found a door ahead... and two"

Yes, two doors existed at the end of Ray's gaze, trying to face the left and right of the wall.

Elaine frowns slightly after hearing a report from Ray.

That won't help either. The first door I found in this hierarchy was a small room in it that was a trap for luring things into the loop space.

"... Ignore?

That's what Ver asks next to Elaine, but she immediately shakes her head.

"No, I can't do that given the possibility that there's a staircase down there to get down. I walked past here without looking into it, and eventually there was a staircase in this little room or something, and it wouldn't even go out of style. Ver, do you have a trap or not? Remember, there's nothing like last time."

"Heh. So, from which? Right or left?

"I don't care either way. Either way, we'll find out both ways eventually. Find out who you are."

"Uh oh. Let's start with the right, then. Others say hello to the perimeter alert."

Ver trails through Ray and Seto and begins to examine the doors installed on the wall on the right. Elaine and the others try to protect that vell and spread it fan-shaped.

Elaine's aim was to restore a little health while Ver was looking into the trap... but that aim would soon collapse away.

"Is that it? There's no such thing as a trap on this door? It wasn't even locked."

"... what?

"Here."

I guess I had a lot of confidence in my eyes. Ver, who opens its doors magnificently in front of everyone. Those who watched it set aside for a moment, but there was no way that some kind of trap had actually been activated, so I put down my weapon.

"Ver, I know you don't have a trap, but act a little cautiously. If there was a delayed trap or something, what were you gonna do?

"You want me to trust you around here. Well, what's in the room... hmm? Uh, no. Shit."

Peeping into the room, Ver shook his head with a bitter smile. I had a general expectation from the way it looked, but I still peeked into the room just in case.

"Sure this isn't..."

Ara with a bitter smile. Each of them couldn't hide the colour of discouragement when he smiled bitterly or shook his head silently, even though he didn't put it in his mouth in particular, but inside he agreed with Ara.

There was really nothing in the room. Even in the small room that was the starting point for the infinite loop earlier, it made sense and cared that the chest had been placed - the contents were monsters - but there was really nothing in this room. If you ask me to answer the only thing in the room, I'll have to answer it with dust.

"... Ver, I'm sorry, but check the room for once. Maybe there's a hidden door or a hidden staircase."

"Huh? Are you going to check this room?!?

"That's right. I asked for it."

"... Yes, yes, I understand."

"Then the others rest vigilantly. It would be noon in time. While Ver's on it, let's just get it over with."

"Hey, Master Elaine. My share!?

"You haven't checked this room since. Don't worry, we'll have a little rest after lunch, and then we'll check the room on the left."

"Something about me, like being overhandled after diving into a dungeon... No, well, I came here knowing that, so I have no complaints, but come on..."

Ver starts checking inside the room even as he talks about bumps and stupidity. Still, I guess Elaine's not telling you in the wind not to push out of hand is a sign that the job is trusted even as she complains in her mouth.

"Well, meat pie and vegetable-rich consomme soup for lunch, then. Yeah, Seto's got the oak he baked at breakfast, so that's it?

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Seto snarling at Ray's question. However, that gaze is also directed at meat pies subtly served earlier.

"Gru."

Hey, Ray snorts with a grin at Seto tilting his little neck all the time.

"All right, all right. Take my share to the palate."

Ray, who is originally less fuel-efficient due to the effect of man-made flesh, eats more than people for that matter, but still eating less than Ceto would have been an Engel coefficient happy thing.... There is little wear and tear in the equipment in front of me. When it comes to shopping, I don't struggle that much even if the Engel coefficient is high because it is a consumable used for everyday items and requests, or because it is a book of sorts combined with hobbies and benefits.

"... ugh, delicious! The pie dough is crispy, with meat and mushrooms all over it."

"Ara, this consomme soup is excellent, too. Don't be impressed with craftsmanship."

Next door to Ara and Elaine eating lunch looking delicious, Seto also gets a bite of meat pie from Ray and sounds satisfied in the back of his throat.

And Custe was arranging opposite Ray to carry his lunch silently into his mouth.

"I think every time I eat, Ray's item box is extremely convenient. Even if you're marching with a supply team, you won't be able to taste a fancy meal so far."

"Luxury, is it? As an aristocrat, you fall into the qualitative category, don't you think?

"It certainly would be if we considered it a meal as nobles. But when you're moving as a knight or an army, the food you're handed out is basically qualitative. Before I left the city of Gilm, I would have gotten you a piece of military preserved food, right? That's common.... Well, some of them eat differently depending on their rank, and some stupid noblemen who mistake something for something bring in the cook of their own house to eat the same as they did when they were at home... In the Duke of Kelevel army, it's basically all a meal together to make them feel united with soldiers, knights, or commanders. It's very luxurious to be able to eat freshly prepared dishes that are so warm every time you eat without any particular difficulty."

Ray also finishes his last bite of meat pie again, listening to Elaine carry the soup to her mouth with her graceful work.

And just then, Ver shows up from a small room on the wall on the right.

"If you think you smell good just now... it would be amazing to be able to smell a good smell even with your nose making a fool of yourself in this undead nest.... Ah, I did a good job in the room, but I knew it was a really normal empty room with nothing in particular. Of course, there's no hidden stairs or hidden rooms."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. Then get me a meal from Ray for lunch. It's time for us to finish eating, so we'll be on our guard while you rest."

"Rikki, Rikki, Rikki. Well, lunch is... oh, meat pie and consomme soup. Hey, I'm glad they're both my favorites."

He had a delightful grin and was a vell that quickly bit into the meat pie that Ray gave him.