Legend

"Oh, you're back!

The voice was called when the Rays moved from their magic regiment on the seventh basement to the ground and entered the guild in an attempt to settle the loot.

When the Rays turned their gaze to those who spoke, there was the man with the hammer on his back and the man with the bow on his back. Two of the adventurer parties Energeia and Menos helped by Rays in the dungeon.

What's on that face is a grin.... but not the grin that the Rays, who helped themselves in the dungeon, have returned safely, but the joyous grin in the sense of reinforcements capable of informing the Alliance.

"... I see"

"Mmm."

Two Vihelas and Büne, who have a long life in Egzil, realize instantly what Energeia and Menos crave and exhale in a small way.

"You seem tired."

"Do you understand me! No, I admit it's important to provide information. But I can enjoy the same story over and over again... just fine."

"I can't help that. That's how I see if there's any inconsistency in your story by making you tell the same story over and over again. But... yes, it means I'm still here."

Energeia nods to Vihera, who tells her so with a rare and subtly unpleasant look on her face.

"Oh, naturally, we're done talking, so it's your turn next. I've been waiting here to let you know."

"... naturally me too, right?

Ray, who was listening to Vihera and Energeia, asks this one again with a disgusting look on his face. And naturally, Vihera snorts.

"You're just gonna make me a sacrificial sheep? But, well, don't worry. I'm the one who fought that stone puppet after all, so I should be the one who talks the most. It feels like Ray and Elaine are going to supplement it."

"Isn't Bühne a supplement?

To Elaine's inquiry, Vihera strokes Biune's head looking up at herself with a small, bitter smile.

"You think this kid can explain how to imitate that?

"... you won't be able to"

I also have to agree with Elaine on that word.

Bühne also used to speak the language normally. However, since I was even smaller than I am now, I have been heading to the dungeon by myself, and in relation to my life of quietly making money, gradually less words were spoken in one day, gradually fewer words were being spoken, and eventually I could do with a word of 'n' as I am now.

Even if I don't know that much about the circumstances, I know that if I acted with Büne, I'd be done with everything with a word of 'n'.

"Mmm."

Watching Bühne snort at the street, he can't help but give up and approach the receptionist at the counter who was looking at us.

"So, if you've been watching the exchange, you know, but you've been talking about wanting to hear about us, too."

"Yes, please head to the conference room upstairs. This is the back room where Bosque and I met before."

With those words, Ray finally reminds me that the receptionist in front of him is the one who informed me when he was summoned to Bosc.

(Something just got caught up in our mess... well, you're unlucky)

While thinking on the inside, I decide that I wouldn't be happy as a receptionist to just put that in my attitude, and say thank you small and then go upstairs.

Naturally Elaine and Vihera, and I don't know if I'm willing to explain myself, but you still thought you couldn't just go home here, and Büne followed me again.

He then arrives in front of a meeting room where he meets Bosque face to face before, and knocks on the door ignoring the whimpering or yelling that comes from inside.

"Come on in."

At that moment, I heard voices from inside, like I was waiting, and I opened the door.

In fact, I guess those who were talking in the conference room were waiting for the Rays to come. The gaze of about five people in the conference room is directed towards Ray, who first entered the conference room simultaneously.

Normally, it is definitely a frightening sight. Anyway, the five people in the conference room are in quite a position in the guild.

But Ray walks into the conference room without looking like he cared at all when he was turned on such a gaze.

They are divided into their own reactions, like those who nod as they were impressed when they saw it, or those who frown uncomfortably, and those who gaze at observing without moving their expressions at all.

But that too, if Elaine shows up from behind Ray, there will be many who will softly stray from her gaze. It was impossible to imitate the nobility of the second faction of the kingdom of Mireana, because it is also the warlord of the Duke of Keller, who is also the central figure, and even more so Elaine, who has an alias with General Princess.

Then came the orphan Büne of the Flaut family to Vihera, known as the Mad Beast, who was an extraordinary party of four, all of whom in many ways could not be said or touched by a detour.

Given that, it wasn't surprising that Ray would be in a situation where it would only seem a bit of a joke if he tried to be the one who lived in the Guild, the easiest of all to talk to.

"Mm, Cohon. You've come a long way. Have a seat over there. Let me tell you more."

Rays sit in a seat prompted by a man in his 40s, one of the five.

I confirm that, and the man who has prompted me to sit in my seat all the time quickly opens his mouth.

"Now, do you know why you were called here?

Ray is the one whose gaze is pointed.

Even for a man who seemed to take the lead among the five, I guess Ray still found it easiest to talk to him.

(I didn't expect this kind of role to come around for me.... Well, even if it's temporary, this party has all kinds of dark faces, and you can't help but decide it's hard to talk to me)

Open your mouth while thinking inside that if you ask around Elaine, you are likely to immediately disagree.

"I hear it from the Energeias when they come into the guild. It's about the stone puppet we fought for, isn't it?

"Exactly. I've heard stories from them, but you can't judge just one group of parties.... Let's be frank. What did you guys think when you saw the stone puppet?

To the inquiry of the man, the gaze of the other four also gathers to Ray.

But Ray shakes his head small, even though he receives such a flat gaze.

"I know you probably know because you're here, but me and Elaine over here have just come to Exile recently. That's the only thing that hasn't happened in a week. But today is the first time I've been down to the sixth basement, so naturally I've never fought a stone papet.... me. Most importantly, I fought a regular stone puppet afterwards, but it certainly didn't seem like the individual Vihella fought for. Well, I'll leave the details to him."

Chirali, and Ray looking to Vihera sitting next to him.

Also, the seating order is Elaine, Ray, Vihella, and Buune from the edge.

As for Elaine, I didn't like having Vihera sit next to Ray, but it's also obvious that given the atmosphere in the room, it's not the kind of situation where you can say that, reluctantly silent form.

Such a vihella nods at Ray's words and opens his mouth.

"Well, let me explain it to you. I'm the one who actually fought Stone Papette, right?... Let me be frank, but the stone puppet I fought for was definitely very different than normal. The first is that the body is overwhelmingly larger than normal. You were about two meters taller than Elaine."

Purposefully. Five senior officials of the Alliance who heard the words of Vihella shrugged.

In relation to receiving reports of stone puppet abnormalities, naturally five people are looking into the common stone puppet in advance. But there was no place in it that was taller than 2 meters. I mean, it was obvious at that point that it was unusual.

Naturally, Energia and the others had heard the story, but convincing things are different between newcomers and well-known Rays who have just come to Exil. Now I'm finally willing to believe for real, you're right.

"And next thing you know, a regular stone papet is just made up of stone, and a sword can do damage, even if it's not easy to say with a weapon like an axe or a hammer anyway... But what we fought for was enough to eat a hammer properly to drop some body fragments, almost intact. I mean, your body wasn't a regular stone either....... Ray"

"Oh."

Follow Vieira's words and remove the fragments of the body of the stone papet in question from the mistering.

What was put out on the desk is a substance that, at first glance, also appears to be a normal stone. However, one of the senior officials immediately notices an anomaly.

Unexpectedly, he stood up and approached the seats where the Rays were sitting, grabbing a fragment of the stone papet on his desk and opening his mouth with a serious stare.

"Is this... magic metal? No, there's also the stone element. When it does... is it about to become a magic metal?

"Correct"

Vihera snorts with a grin.

But when I see one of the other senior officials who was listening to it exhale a soothing breath, I frown small.

"Well, then it's not that much of a problem. Isn't it simply enough to realize that this time there's been a rare species of stone papet?

To that word, several others similarly tried to agree exhaling relief...

"Isn't that what early counting is? Magical metals are basically created over time. As far as this fragment is concerned, it was only recently that I became this state. then it is likely that some anomaly is related"

That's what the guild clerk guy who had the Stone Papette fragment tells him.

(Takes time to make magic metal?... That being said, you did the same thing when you said flame ore)

Ray thinks so, listening to each story.

I was remembering the flame ore made when I swept away the harpy nest with the magic of Ray's emitted mighty power, but the matter was due to a coincidence, equal to a miracle, in which various elements overlapped. So even if Ray tried to do the same thing, it would be pretty hard to create flame ore again.

"So you think the stone puppets they fought are not of the rare species?

"Perhaps, though. Of course, you can think of it as a real coincidence that Stone Papette's body was about to magically metallize for some reason."

"When that happens, you think there's some anomaly in the labyrinth itself?

"Have you ever had a similar case? At least I've never heard of it."

"That's me too, isn't it? I don't know if it's the first time I've explored past records for more information."

"... I want you to wait. Can't you imagine why the adventurers have reached some hierarchy?

"How many floors are we reaching now in the deepest?

"I was wondering if the edge of a Rank B Party tree reached the 33rd basement about two months ago was the deepest."

"The 33rd basement? That's an interesting hierarchy."

"But if I did, it would be strange to reach the 33rd basement floor and the anomaly would appear on the 6th basement floor. I don't think that makes any sense.

"It's..."

That's how Ray puts the Rays down to the five people who are arguing, and Ray calls out.

"On that matter, however, we may encounter similar anomalies in a higher hierarchy..."

Hearing Ray's words, the senior officials' argument stops perfectly.

I want you to tell me it's a lie, after all, I'm sorry for any more noise, etc. Ray opens his mouth even as he is turned to his gaze with all sorts of emotions.

"A monster named Sword Bee appears on the third basement floor, but there was a monster in it that was clearly different from the rest of Sword Bee. Specifically, he was nearly three times as big and had sent tactical instructions to other Sword Bees"

"Stupid!

Hear Ray's explanation and one of the senior officials screams unexpectedly.

But I can't do that either. When it comes to Sword Bee, it is only a worm-shaped monster and only to the extent that it is moving by instinct when it comes to intelligence. At least that official had never heard or seen Sword Bee talk like giving instructions to other people to act.

"It's a fact. Unfortunately, my body was damaged considerably in the battle, and all I had left was my torso, and they told me that I couldn't buy it from the guild here, so I already disposed of it and didn't have it on hand."

"... Isn't that the probability of an unknown superior or rare species?

To the words of other senior officials, the man who shouted earlier shakes his neck to the side.

"The third basement floor means a place with a lot of novices in the dungeon. I mean, that's all there is to it. It's a little hard to think that no unknown superior or rare species have ever been discovered in that... Of course, it is only a matter of possibility, so it cannot be denied that it is truly an unknown superior or rare species…"

Tell him so, then we'll talk to each other for a while, and the hearing on this day will end when Ray also hears about what appears to be a queen bee.

Though for the reason that I don't want to be fussed by speculation, I was stabbed with a nail that day to keep it from spreading around, and after the Alliance negotiated to buy out the stone puppet that Vihella defeated.

Note that, naturally, Ray never spoke to that negotiation because the ownership is in Vihela, beyond being the stone papet defeated by one Vihela.

To tell you the truth about Ray, I wanted the Demon Stone... but I couldn't possibly say it in this situation.