Legend

"Well, finally, the desert on the 11th basement floor"

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr?"

Throat as Seto tilts his neck to Elaine's words, who grinned small and groaned.

On its back, the yellow was also leaning his neck as he shook his equally small tail.

Heading to Elaine like that, Ray looks around with a bitter smile.

The first thing you see is dirt ground and falling stones. From the ceiling, stalactites grow, emitting light to such an extent that they illuminate the perimeter thinly with the walls.

It's not a desert from anywhere.

Naturally. This is an underground 10 tier of dungeons. The desert hierarchy that Elaine spoke of comes only from the 11th basement, and for that reason, we must attack this 10th basement first.

"I hope you're looking forward to it, but the desert's down here."

"Um, naturally I know that. But I'm really curious."

Leaving a small room with magic formations and stairs, Ray leans his neck, as does Seto and Yellow, to Elaine's words as she whines down the road.

I've been thinking about it since the day before, because oddly enough, Elaine seemed to be looking forward to it against the desert.

"What are you so concerned about the desert hierarchy?

"It's not that uncommon. I've never been to a place called the desert. It's a pleasure to see with your own eyes, even if it's not a real desert."

"... I don't think that's such a good thing."

"Hmm? When such an opinion comes out, has Ray ever seen the desert?

The line between the Rays naturally stands out because they are progressing as they speak. Against Wind Bat, who was about to launch an attack from behind on that conspicuous ray, he takes the Lizardman skewered skewers he had eaten before diving into the dungeon today and throws them out of the mistering.

A skewer made of wood was not much of a weapon, but Ray threw it. The skewers released as they slashed and tore the air were sewn through the torso of Wind Bat, who was still about to open his mouth and release a windarrow, to the cave wall.

Waving the Death Size blade as it were, Ray returns the word to Elaine as she stops the enemy's breath root like a task.

"I don't know it directly, either. I don't think it's accurate because I've heard it from people or seen it in books, but it sounds like a pretty tough environment."

"Is it a sea of sand on one side? You think it's a magnificent view?"

"Uh, what about that?

What Ray saw on TV when he was in Japan was that the desert, though not all the sights that Elaine had spoken of, was rare as the Ningro desert was said to come to mind, and more deserts like the soil and rocks were spreading.

(There's no way the dungeon can get through the common sense of the other world.)

Exactly what we should call a magical world, where the sun exists in the dungeons in the first place. I guess even the perception of desert = sandy sea is not necessarily a mistake.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Seto accidentally barks high as Ray thinks about it that way.

Two water balloons released at the same time. He flies straight away, hitting Mad Papette who was about to show up from a bend and sprinkling mud all around him.

"All right, Seto. You did a great job."

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Seto throats happily in his hand stroking his head.

As he gathers the mud and packs it into an empty barrel, trying to take out the demon stone and store it in the mistering, Ray looks around as if he notices something.

All I'm here for is myself and Seto, and two and two Elaine and Yellow. Fortunately, there are no other adventurers around, and I was wondering if now would be a good time to absorb the Demon Stone.

"... Elaine, I'm sorry I'm looking forward to the desert, but wait a minute"

"What's up? Anything wrong?

"Something like that, I want to finish absorbing demon stones right now."

Hearing that word, Elaine also looks around again. But naturally there's no sign of anything but ourselves around.

"Well, surely we should have absorbed the Demon Stone by now. Especially from now on, we might run into anomalous species again."

"An anomalous species? Speaking of which, we haven't met since Stone Papette."

Remove the Demon Stone from Mystering as she grumbles at Elaine's words. Now there are two Demon Stones in Ray's hand: Seal Worm, Stone Papette, Mad Papette, and Wind Bat.

For starters, just try it out, take out one Wind Bat Demon Stone and give it to Seto...

"Gru."

Failure to acquire skills and leak discouraged ringtones.

And Ray also cuts and absorbs demon stones in Death Size, but likewise does not acquire skills.

This was not the end of it. Seto and Death sizes that absorbed Seal Worm, Stone Papette, and Mad Papette's Demon Stones, but they couldn't master one skill even though they absorbed a total of four Demon Stones.

"... are you serious..."

Squirting, Ray leaning against the wall less of a shock.

It seemed shocking that a total of eight demon stones had been absorbed and not one could be mastered.

"Gru."

I'm sorry, and I rub my face against Ray as Seto tinkles his throat.

Even in Ceto, I wanted to learn skills and please Ray if I could. But I don't know if I can acquire skills until I actually absorb demon stones. As a trend, it is easy to acquire skills if you are a powerful monster demon stone, but that is why it is not absolute either. Besides, if you think you've learned skills with Goblin's rare Demon Stone, you can also learn skills from the less powerful Monster Demon Stone.

"No, never mind. There's nothing wrong with this one. If you dare say what's wrong, you'll make them patrol."

I'll be soothed by the look of a healthy ceto, and I'll scratch your head tight, Ray.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

You must have understood that Ray was back on his feet. Seto also sounds his throat happily again, pressing his head all the time scratching more.

"Cu!"

I guess I envied how Seto was doing. Yellow also lands over Seto's head with his patties and wings winged.

Keep looking up, stroke yourself, and it just rings.

"Right, did you just overdo Ceto? Thanks."

"Cu!"

Ray realizes he's comforting himself, and he strokes Yellow's throat.

I guess that feels comfortable. Yellows rejoice with Seto's throat.

With his right hand, Seto, with his left hand stroking the yellow, for about five minutes, Ray's hand eventually stops and releases the two.

"Now it's time to move on. I'd love to play with Seto and Yellow like this if I could, but if I did that, I'd just be a long way down to the desert on the 11th basement."

"Gru?"

Are we done? and gently stroke Seto's head tilting his little neck, opening his mouth toward Elaine, who was still watching how they were doing.

"Sorry, I showed you my pity"

As for Ray, that's what I told him with some shame that he was seen depressed, but Elaine, who was called out, for some reason smiles small in her mouth and shakes her head.

"You don't have to worry about it. Making them look pitiful would mean that's all they're allowed to care about. Then even if I were you, I wouldn't hate it."

"... I'm ashamed of you for showing pity."

Ray groaned as he exhaled, but Elaine reached out without worrying about how it looked.

Elaine strokes Ray's red hair without a hood, as Ray strokes Seto.

A few seconds passed as it was, and eventually Elaine's hand got out of Ray's head whether she was satisfied or not.

"Well, I've recovered enough strength from interacting with Ray, and shall we head back quickly? Straight down this aisle, you'll find several small rooms, one of which leads further into the back."

"I mean, what about the other little rooms?

"The map says it's a dead end.... I think it's probably a trap or something."

To Elaine's opinion, Ray frowns small.

I'm not angry at what Elaine said. I frowned when I said I was paying a certain amount of money to buy a map, but that map didn't say if there was a trap.

Even if it's a trap installed in the aisle, I was wondering if it could be properly labeled on the map in terms of traps like the one still being set up from the beginning as a dungeon if it's something the monster is setting up.

But there was also Ray's mistake about this.

It is unclear what the reason is, but the kind of trap that is set on itself sometimes moves the place randomly. Opinions are also divided among adventurers, but it is said that it is probably an adventurer measure carried out by the nucleus of the dungeon.

Research has not progressed because it is a phenomenon seen only in dungeons that have become huge to some extent, and it has become huge… that is, because it is very difficult to get to a place where there is a nucleus of a deeper dungeon.

"Well, I can't help being like this. Let's try to make it to the basement 11th floor now anyway. Elaine's looking forward to it."

"Hmm. I'd definitely like to see the magnificent view of the desert"

"... I don't know what to expect from the dungeon."

To Ray, who flaunted his shoulder small, Elaine turns her gaze somewhere obstinate.

"Isn't that something? I've never actually seen a desert before, so I'm looking forward to it."

Elaine herself hasn't noticed, but just as Ray showed her weakness against Elaine, Elaine also sometimes takes some sweet trick for Ray.

Both actions are actions you can do because you trust the other person, and if someone knew Elaine or Ray by the alias General Princess and Deep Red alone, it would be a sight to doubt your eyes.

While it creates some sweet vibe that way, the two Rays and the two go down the aisle.

"This little room?"

"That's what the map says.... given that it's a rather complicated maze ahead of us through this little room, naturally we're not alarmed."

As several doors line the perimeter, Elaine draws Ray's attention in front of the door marked on the map as having a passage to the back.

In fact, there were several traps before we got here, which we avoided by keeping most of them out of action.

Just to understand that, Ray also nods at Elaine's words again.

It's definitely where you have to go to get to the 11th basement. With that in mind, there's no more place to set a trap.

"Look, we're gonna open it?

"Gru."

Elaine nods silently at Ray's words, and Seto hoarses her throat as she guards her surroundings.

Yellow also stops on Elaine's left shoulder to stay out of the way of the Rays again, and is ready to fly right out of the way when something happens.

(Ten, eighty-nine, even though there seems to be a trap, do I have to hook myself up to that trap in order to move on? If you could use a golem or something like that that you could throw away on a pawn at a time like this...... or a slave? No, but I'm buying slaves just for this.)

Ray whining inside.

Ray was born and raised in modern Japan, but now that he has lived in this Elgin for over a year, there is no such thing as an aversion to slavery.

However, if I thought buying slaves would add a lot of cumbersome work, Ray wouldn't end up taking that option.

Be prepared to deal with whatever happens and open the door in front of you...

"Huh!?

At that moment, I instinctively perceive something flying towards me from inside the room, waving the death size I had.

Kin, sounds the tall metal noise all around him, something flying in two pieces falls to the floor.

Still remain alert and carefully explore the surrounding signs… make sure nothing happens for about 10 seconds, and finally release the alert.

That said, I didn't completely solve it. Be a monster, or take the least care to respond when a new trap strikes.

Slash and discard as you go in the Death Size and gaze at the presence that fell to the floor.

All that was left was one arrow. However, given that the entire arrow is made of metal rather than just "", it can be said to be a very lethal trap.

"... apparently safe"

Elaine exhales with relief, lowering the cutting edge of the connecting sword, which she stood ready to attack at any time.

No matter how much I trusted Ray's fighting power, I was still worried about him.

But Ray picks up the arrows cut in two and stores them in mysteries without even noticing how Elaine feels.

(You use it for something?

That's how I thought of it, Elaine, but now I'm going to walk with Ray, Seto, and Yellow, deciding it's a prerequisite to get out of this room.

Keep walking, intercept the monster, or dodge the trap, and the trap, which is impossible to dodge, will continue to go on for about an hour, intentionally hooked and forcefully destroyed by force... finally discovering the staircase to the basement 11th floor.