Legend

"Huh, did you manage to get this far?...... Ray, Elaine, Seto. Thanks for escorting me so far."

A small room with a magic formation on the 12th basement floor. So Preades, who had just come down from the eleventh basement above, calls out to two and one with a breath of relief.

"No, we could have known about the desert hierarchy. I didn't lose anything."

In fact, if I hadn't known the stairs down below were peeling out in the desert, I would have had more trouble on the basement 11th floor. Even if Seto was exploring the surroundings from above, looking for the small rooms that existed when they came down, and looking for the stripped stairs, is completely different.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

I guess you understand that. Seto rattles his throat as he agrees with Elaine, who returned the words to Preades.

"... it would help if you could say that. Well, it's time for us to get back to the ground. Otis, Schaal"

"Yeah, thanks to you both.... Seto too. 'Cause next time it's on the ground, I'll have something to spare."

"Ray, I'm glad you showed me your magic items when you get another chance. And this hierarchy is a different desert, so be careful if you're exploring it."

Preades urges, and the three use the magic formations installed near the stairs to transfer.

Dropping that off, Ray and Elaine look around.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr?"

What are you gonna do, watch the two of us? and Seto tilting his little neck and asking.

As if to answer that, Elaine also opens her mouth again.

"So, what do you do? As far as I'm concerned, I'm a little hesitant to explore this hierarchy right now."

I wouldn't even say that Ray can't fight with Death Size than Yellow is in Ray's Dragon Robe's pocket... but it was clear that he would still prefer to refrain. I guess it would have been different if the porn had grown a little bigger, but somehow it's still a child dragon. It's very likely that if you let Ray's fight go along, it will be all kinds of unsavory.

"Right, right. It's already been a few hours since noon, and if you think about it, look somewhat outside in preparation for tomorrow's exploration... oh, and do you want to finish absorbing the demon stones obtained on the 11th basement floor"

Squirting, counting the number of demon stones in the back of your brain.

Three Sandworm Demon Stones and one Sandsnake and Grand Scorpion Demon Stone each.

(Regardless of the sandworm person, don't get into the question of how to separate the other two. I hope you get out of this basement on the 12th floor as well)

Looking at Elaine and Seto while thinking that way, I guess I have no particular objection: one and one nod small, or throat.

"Okay, so we'll do the absorption outside quickly."

"Hmm? Shouldn't we do it here? If it's the same as the one upstairs, there's an extended desert outside this room. Like the Preades, it's possible that adventurers working in this hierarchy will see us?

I tell you that I'm worried about Ray alone, and that I'm worried about some of my usual faint expressions.

But even listening to Elaine like that, Ray reaches for Seto's back next to him with a small grin.

"Don't worry. Let Seto be on perimeter alert before absorbing demon stones. Other adventurers, of course, are troublesome even with monsters. It's harder to be alert to adventurers who suddenly show up from this magic formation with metastatic magic than outside where a flying ceto can scout.... what?

"Grrrrrrrr!"

I'll take care of it! and Seto rattles his throat confidently.

I guess Elaine finally relieved herself again after seeing that. Nodding small, he gently reaches out and strokes Seto's head.

"Well, don't ask me if you're pre-scouting"

"Gru."

With Seto, who also rang her throat at at Elaine's words, the line went out from the small room with the magic formation and the stairs.

"... heh. You've changed a lot."

"Right, it's a view that I don't think is the same desert field as the 11th basement floor"

Leaving the small room, Ray and Elaine also view the surroundings while Seto quickly and exclusively explores the surroundings from the sky.

It's stronger in terms of enjoying the scenery than being more vigilant around you like Seto.

The eleventh basement floor was, as far as I could see, a sandy sea, with exactly the same view as the image of the desert. In comparison, the 12 basement tiers do not see any kind of sand dunes, ordinary soil ground is extended, and numerous rocks and cactus are visible.

The desert was a rocky desert, even in the desert, commonly known as the Rock Desert.

(That's subtly troublesome)

Ray turns his gaze to a huge number of rocks as he whines inside.

So many rocks naturally means that there are so many places to hide, which makes them very suitable for unintentional strikes. That's not all, and even if Seto flies over the sky like now, his gaze alone doesn't mean he can fully explore the surroundings like the 11th floor underground. Things like smell, hearing, and sixth sense will become more important.

"Seto, please"

"Gru."

Seto rings small to Ray's words and flies straight into the sky after a few steps of help.

Pick up the stones falling to the ground as you look up from the ground.

"What's up?

"No, I thought even this stone would be a weapon."

"... in Ray's case, I have a spear, so I don't think I need to go out of my way to collect stones. Especially the desert stones, even if they hit because of the surroundings, they're going to smash right away."

"Maybe... be!

With that word, I throw stones using only a snap of my wrist.

Even for Ray, I just kind of said what I came up with, and I guess I didn't mean to use it as a weapon.

Having a conversation like that for a few minutes, Seto eventually came down to the ground with his wings winged.

"Gru."

Seeing as his throat rattles if there is no problem, he decides that there are no other adventurers around.

Still, just in case, I moved a little further away from the small room under a rock about 5m high...

"Now, do you want to start absorbing demon stones quickly? First of all, you have more than two sandwiches. Seto."

Whimpering, throwing the demonic stone of the sandworm removed from the mistering toward Seto.

Catch it with a couch and swallow it as it is......

"No, you can't."

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

I stroke Seto's head, which sounds unfortunately ringing, with some sense of comfort, and then place a sleeping yellow round the inside of the dragon robe over Seto's back, throwing the demon stone of Sandworm into the air just saying it's my turn next, waving Death Size.

A sharp blow, like slashing and tearing apart the space itself. The demonic stone of Sandworm is instantly severed in the air and disappears as it is. … without any kind of skill acquisition announcement.

"Can't we do this one too?... Considering the monsters in the cave up to the 10th floor underground, isn't it compatible with the monsters in the dungeon?

"How was it at the altar of inheritance? You would have gotten all sorts of demon stones back then, wouldn't you?

Elaine returned the words to Ray, who whimpered casually, and Ray, who heard it, explored the memory...

"You've mastered Flying Slash, Power Slash, Water Polo and a few others."

"If you think about it, it doesn't mean it's not compatible with the dungeon, does it? No, well, there may be compatibility issues because the size itself is different in the dungeons we dived into and here in the dungeons.... Anyway, it may be unfortunate not to be able to acquire skills, but that doesn't mean you need to be depressed. There's nothing wrong with Ray or Seto not being able to acquire skills."

Ray nods small to Elaine's words as if to encourage her.

It was the Grand Scorpion's Demon Stone that I reclaimed and took away.

If you are the monster's demonic stone of being at the top of the basement 11th floor, you will acquire skills just as well in Ceto and Death Size. Think so, wonder which way to let the demon stone absorb, and make an instant decision.

"Seto"

"Grrrrrrrr?"

Are you sure you want to do this? and Ray nods small to Seto, who tilts his neck and asks.

Nor did he perceive it, but the yellow, crushed by the heat by Seto's back, heads into Elaine's arms with small wings.

While watching how it was going, there were some rounds in the rays as well. Still, the reason I decided to absorb the most promising Grand Scorpion Demon Stone I currently have to Ceto was in Ceto's skills.

The highest level of skills currently owned by Seto are both Lv.3 firebraces and poison claws. And Grand Scorpion specializes in poison attacks. In other words, wouldn't Seto's poisonous nails be even more powerful? With such anticipation, he throws a demonic stone towards Seto, adding it with a couch and swallowing it immediately.

[Seto mastered the skills of "Poison Claw Lv.4"]

Flow in the back of the brain, announcement. I haven't heard that in a long time. Besides, I exhale unexpectedly in relief.

I guess I still had some anxiety just because I haven't been able to absorb my skills at all here for a while.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Behind Ray, who is relieved, Seto raises the roar of joy.

The sound of Seto echoing around.

Oddly enough, most of the monsters that were about to travel that way heard Seto squeal and instinctively perceive the danger and dive into the nest hole or change course.

"You succeeded in acquiring skills?

Ray nods with a grin at Elaine as she asks a little excitedly.

The hand is stroking Seto's back, which is shaking his body with joy.

"So, what skills did you acquire?

"It's not a new skill, it's a form of strengthening existing skills. The poison claws have become more powerful."

"Poison claws? Well, that's certainly a skill if you say it sounds like a Grand Scorpion. Besides, isn't that a handy skill for Seto? It's hard to use in front of others when it's a flashy skill, but it's not so flashy when it's a poison claw."

"Right. It's a winning skill in that sense. However, I have a little idea that poison has become the most powerful skill in Ceto, a griffon..."

"That's for sure"

In terms of whether the skill of poison claws suits Ceto, who is a griffon, we would both say no.

It is also unusual to have a skill that doesn't fit this far, especially as an image of Seto.

(Well, I guess that's why you poke at their intentions)

Ordinary griffons are more effective than not using poison in the first place. As Elaine said, it can be used normally in places where someone doesn't know about Seto because it's not a flashy skill, and even more vicious is the poison that became Lv.4. With that in mind, it was a skill that could only be described as a first glance.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

I guess I finally settled down. Seto, who was howling, was stroked to Ray and rubbed his head all the time.

To such a ceto, I'll stroke your head with a grin, Ray.

Elaine was smiling small with a genuine sense of understanding as she watched Ray and Seto.

Stay put for a few minutes. Ray, who was fully stroking Seto's head, focuses his consciousness on Death Size by removing Sandsnake's Demon Stone from Mystering just saying it was his turn next.

"Well... Seto has mastered his skills. Then me too!

Mumble, throw the demonic stone you had into the air and flash the death size.

Even the space releases a slash as if it were to slash and tear, and at the next moment the demon stone is cut clean and extinguished.

[Death Size mastered the skills of 'Flying Slash Lv.3']

Such an announcement goes past the back of my brain.

"... what? Why did you kill him?

To unexpected confusion, Ray turns his gaze toward the death size he had unexpectedly.

But nothing could have changed in those places, and the Death Size still existed there.

"Ray? What's going on? You couldn't learn your skills?

I guess I got worried about some suspicious appearance. Elaine asks unexpectedly, but Ray shakes her head small against it.

"No, something a little unexpected happened."

"Unexpected?

"Oh. The skill I acquired by absorbing Sandsnake's Demon Stone was Flying Slash Lv.3"

"Flying slaughter... is that it? Skip slaughter"

Because of its easy-to-use skills, Ray used it a lot, so I guess it left a strong impression. Ray nods at Elaine's words as she asks.

"Oh, but I don't know why I can learn the skill of Flying Slash from that Snake Monster."

"That... wasn't there something like that in Sandsnake's way of attacking?

"I guess if I could think about it... well, there was still something a little suspicious about mastering skills, but I'm glad I did, and I'll give it a try"

Ray groans to convince himself and see how far the power of the Flying Slash has gone.

Note that it will be found out later, but Sandsnake will know that he may do the attack method of flying fangs that are poisonous in the future, and will know why the Flying Slash has been empowered.