Legend

Unlike the cloudy skies outside, the falling sunlight has heat just to say if this is still the case.

In such intense direct sunlight, Ray, Elaine and Seto, two and one, were watching the surroundings.

Only on the 11th basement floor, which I just arrived yesterday, there is nothing particularly unusual about this. If I were to dare raise something different from the day before, it would be the number of adventurers.

Each adventurer party is walking in the direction of their thoughts in search of an anomalous species of Spear Frog, also a target.

Rays, just out of a small room with magic formations and stairs, had just dropped themselves off... more precisely the adventurers scattered around the small room.

Some of them cooperate with each other, but most of them act independently that they are the ones who target them without doing so.

It was the Rays who were dropping off such a party, but they rang from behind.

"Alas, haven't the Rays started acting yet? The people who came to this hierarchy first are scattered."

I didn't even have to think about who was the owner of the voice, just the voice I had heard earlier. But even though Ray and Elaine, who turned around, knew who the Lord of that voice was, they accidentally stopped speaking.

Because he usually wore a costume like a dancer with multiple layers of thin clothes, but he covered himself with a coat.

I knew you were bringing your coat, and I even saw Porter have it. Still, for Ray and Elaine it was still an image of Vihella dressed like a dancer, so there was nothing but discomfort there.

"Mr. Vihella, it's time for us to leave. If you take your time here, other parties will knock down the anomalous species."

Porter's middle-aged man calls out to Vihera.

Was the tone polite because of its original character or because it knew the dangers of a person named Vihera?

Either way, Vihera turns to the voice of such a porter man as she flips her coat.

"Right. Bühne, do you know which way to go?

"Mm-hmm!

Worried for a few seconds, Büne points north with those little fingers.

That said, there is no reason to have any clue at the present time, so I was relying mostly on it.

(Much more convincing in terms of bandit inquiry...? Then this one too)

While thinking that way inside, Ray turns his gaze to Seto, who is next to him.

If the other one is a bandit's account, then this one is like a wild one.

However, if they ask me if I have a wild inquiry into Seto, who throats me with joy when I am stroked, I will have to worry.

"Gru?"

I had to say no if they asked me if I felt the wild from the current ceto that would rub my head with more strokes, even less.

"That way. Bye, Ray, Seto.... and then Elaine too. Let's compete on which one of us can hunt abnormal species first."

"Competition?"

"So. yes goodbye isn't boring to say goodbye, is it? So have a little fun, play"

Vihera flaunts her shoulders small to Ray's words of inquiry. A little further on, Porter's man and Büne are already waiting to go fast, but without worrying about those two, I gently wave my hand wrapped in my coat before opening my mouth again.

"Which can defeat the anomalous species first. That's all.

"... wait. As far as battles are concerned, if one of them wins, that doesn't mean it's over?

Once again, Vihera flaunts her shoulders small to Elaine's words when she perceives a suspicious atmosphere.

What to demand if you win the battle was obvious when you look at the flaming color of combat greed that exists behind your thin eyes.

Open your mouth without Vihera or hiding it.

"It's not that hard. If only Ray could hang out with me overnight."

A sigh is inadvertently emanated from Ray's mouth at that word as if it were intentionally misleading.

Elaine, speaking, I know she deliberately describes it that way, but I still can't stay calm.

Still, I asked, so I show my sense of duty and open my mouth.

"So, what if we win?

"Right.... like me overnight..."

Without making it to the end, Elaine reaches for the connecting sword pattern on the inside of her coat.

Exactly when you decided there was no point in pissing Elaine off here, Vihera takes a step back without saying the words to the end.

"A joke, a joke. But what else do you want? I don't look like I'm having trouble with money or anything...... oh yeah. Then we'll throw a party in the dungeon for a while."

"Leaving your back to a dangerous woman like you seems like a suicide act."

"So what do we do? Is there anything else you want? Yeah, I'll tell you what. That's exactly what I'm using. Magic items are rejected."

"I don't think there's any point in bothering to compete with you... no, you do. Shall I lend you one?"

"... I'd like you to decide on the specifics by now if you can"

He wants to avoid lending it as a vihella, but even if it's a ray, it's a way to talk about it because he didn't have anything in particular he wanted from Vihela.

(I was a little interested in the armor that creates nails with magic)

Ray's basic means of attack are death size and magic, both of which are medium to long-range methods of attack. There are, of course, death-size patterns, stone-pushing, misrill knives, or methods of attack that use Ray's own physical abilities, even if they are packed in time, all of which are only preliminary means of attack.

With that in mind, Vihella's armor seemed pretty attractive that she could arbitrarily create the best nails for melee attacks.

"Phew. Well, if Ray says so, you can't help it. I'll take the fight for you on that condition this time. But lend me one, okay?

"Oops.... Oops?

At that moment Ray nodded, as though that was the end of the story, Vihera turned her back on the spot and ran towards Bühne and Porter, who were waiting a little further away.

Yes, as if to avoid being overshadowed by what Ray says and does now.

"... Phew. Ray, try to remember the current exchange in your head."

Ray remembers interacting with Vihera, who thought there was something wrong with the flow of the story, to Elaine whining in sigh.

"... ah"

"See? I made a loan to Vihella when I won. Besides, I nodded in the stream..."

"... that's okay. I just hope we don't lose, okay? Even for me, it's a shame about unusual demon stones. I'm not going to lose to Vihera or Bühne."

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

I'll give you a stroke of gratitude, Ray, to Ceto who rubs his body as if to comfort Ray's mistake.

After a few minutes as it is, Ray opens his mouth to see if he has finally regained his mind.

"Well, I definitely want to avoid losing more than I'm supposed to. So I'm going to confront the Bandit of Bühne with a wild survey of Seto. Which way do you think we should head?

"Grrrrrrrr?...... Grrrrrrrr"

Seto listens to Ray and turns his gaze west after thinking for a few seconds or so.

Of course, some of the adventurers went there more than just scattered, but it's still a vast desert. Determine that you won't be on the exact same path unless you do something that intentionally follows.

"Okay, shall we head west then? Seto asks for reconnaissance from above, as always. Spear Frog is about 3m long, so I'm sure you won't miss it... but you need to be alert to other monsters. Especially monsters who only get one demon stone like Sandsnake and Grand Scorpion, and regular Spear Frog demon stones that aren't unusual species."

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

To Ray's word, leave it to me! and just throats and rushes up in the air with wings winged after a few quick steps of help as it is.

Ray and Elaine, who watched from the bottom, step out to follow Seto as they nodded small at each other.

Even though we are wary of our surroundings and even more in line with the speed of Ray and Elaine moving on the desert, the speed is still different between the sky and the ground.

Therefore, instead of around the peaks, where the sand is somewhat hardened and easier to walk, we proceed straight through the desert plane as we did when we first came down to this basement 11th floor.

"Phew. Even with a coat, this heat won't hold. It's cloudy outside, so I'd like it to have some impact here."

Unlike outside, Elaine turns her gaze abominably toward the sky, where she can't even see the shards of clouds except the sun.

"But there's no harm in just feeling hot, is there?

"It's harmful enough just to feel hot."

Elaine inherited the Enchanted Dragon's demonic stone, but the physical sensation itself is still not so different from human time, even if it is somewhat enhanced. I don't actually get burns from touching the flames, but I still feel hot.

(Or maybe this is the effect of getting in the way of the ritual of inheritance and not being able to finish it until the end... na)

He groans inside, trying to erase the idea from the back of his brain and steps out into the sand.

Speaking of Ray going next to Elaine like that, this one didn't look like he was making the heat bitter at all.

Because Ray's own flesh is out of standard in many ways, in addition to temperature-controlled in a dragon robe.

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Ray and Elaine, who were going that way, but when they started walking for about an hour, Seto came down to the ground and squealed with his gaze toward the right side.

"It doesn't seem like a monster..."

"Right. You don't seem so vigilant."

Whimpering with each other, we turned our gaze toward the right-hand side...... Eventually something to say even with the sand pillar came into view.

It's not just once, it's twice, three times over.

"Explosion?... battle"

"I guess. Perhaps flame-based magic or earth-based magic manipulated desert sand? Either way, I'm pretty sure it's a fight.... What do we do?

I'm going to tell Elaine that I'm going to leave the judgment to Ray, who was a lost Ray for a few seconds, but soon shakes his neck to the side.

"You would naturally be an adventurer with some more arms than you are participating in this request, and even if we interrupt those guys where they are fighting, they would just mistake us for prey embezzlement. Or if the battle is unfavourable, you might appreciate your help, but it's very small of a possibility. And yet you don't have to waste your time."

"Hmm, sure. Until now, I've been involved in a lot of other people's fights, but if you think about it, it's only natural that you don't like being embezzled beyond earning money from monster material."

Encourage Elaine to snort when she is convinced, and start going through the desert again.

Seto was urged by Ray, and when he rang his throat small, he feathered his wings again and ascended to the sky.

Keep walking. About 20 minutes, you can hear the explosion again in the ears of two people. But now it's in a completely different direction from what I heard earlier.

"Apparently, there's a battle going on in different places."

Whimpering, Elaine turning her gaze to those who hear the explosion, but because she has already decided not to put her hands on the battle of others, she immediately turns her gaze back to the original and moves on.

Ray nods again as he walks next to it.

"The target Spear Frog has been scattered all around us more than we know where he is. That will naturally increase your chances of encountering monsters. Especially since he's buying up monster materials and demon stones that he defeated on this request."

"... I guess those guys are fighting by now too"

Elaine speaking unexpectedly, but Ray soon found out who it was about.

That's why I snort with a grin in my mouth under the hood of the dragon robe I'm wearing.

"I guess. I'm talking about Vihera. She'll be happy to fight monsters."

"... nothing. I'm not worried about Vihera?

"Heh? So who were you remembering?

"Oh, that's... yes! It would be up to Beaune. Because it's so small, it's only natural to worry."

"I hope so."

While complaining in the mouth, it is also rare for Elaine to have a normal attitude toward herself - somewhat too familiar - to deal with someone.

I have some thoughts about my attitude towards Ray, but other than that, I don't hate him that much. While I accidentally realized that, for the time being, I focused on deluding Ray's pursuit.