Legend

"Well, I'll be excused here. Thank you so much for your help today, let me apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you. And I'm sorry."

That's what an adventurer man says and bows his head deeply in a small room with a magic formation and stairs on the 13th basement floor.

A man with a sword caught up a short distance from where he fought the rock spider and asked him to act with him until he left the dungeon, even where there was a staircase to the 13th basement floor.

At first it meant he was a party member of the man with that spear, and Seto, flanked by a rock spider, was grumpy and throbbing. But even for a man, he must have decided that things were dangerous in the way they were. By handing over a few slices of dried meat that I had to eat when I was hungry in the dungeon, Seto's frustration would also subside, not until I made a welcome, but it would still subside in a grumpy attitude.

(As far as I'm concerned, I'm glad Seto didn't eat spiders.)

It was also in Ray's knowledge that insect food was not uncommon on Earth and in some regions.

Even in Japan, I know that I eat things like inago tenderloins and bee kids, and I've seen shows where artists eat things like potato worms, spiders, and sasoris on the world's secrets.

To be precise, spiders are not worms, but for Ray they are not of particular interest as a detailed classification, and there is no significant difference in treatment from worms.

Whatever it was, there was no particular problem since the Sword Man joined us, and he kept going through the Rock Desert while defeating the occasional monsters, finding the stairs and arriving at the 13th basement.

He drops off the man who transferred in the magic formation and went back to the ground, eventually whining as Elaine sighs.

"I didn't expect a bandet goblin to come out here."

"Not at all. If you were to come out in an oasis on the 11th basement floor, did you go up to the 11th basement floor for any reason because you live on the 12th basement floor?

"But that's how it works? Given the effect that this metastatic magic team doesn't donate monsters, it's impossible for a bandet goblin to get into this little room, right?

Ray snorts unintentionally at Elaine's words.

There's nothing particularly wrong with monsters with adventurers connected to some sort of magic line, or with obedient devil's necklace, but the fact was that ordinary monsters could not enter a small room with a magic formation.

But there's a bandet goblin mage past Ray's brain.

"Some monsters weren't normal, were they?

"... I see"

I guess you understood which monster Ray was talking about in that one word. Elaine frowned slightly and nodded back.

Even for Elaine, the fact that Ray passed out the moment Death Size absorbed the Demon Stone is a bitter memory.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

Seto rubbing his body as he rattles his throat toward such Elaine.

Unlike Ray, it wasn't like Elaine could understand all Seto's words, but I could understand that she was still worried about me.

"Pfft, will you be worried? Thanks."

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

You must have understood that in the hands that gently stroke your own head, it's all right now. Seto doesn't sound worried until a few seconds ago, he rings out in a happy voice.

"Whatever, it's about an anomalous species. Probably took the bandet goblin upstairs by some means. I don't know what means..."

That being said, half of the lay could have predicted the means.

Still, I don't put it in my mouth because there's absolutely nothing like evidence, it was purely intuitive.

(Summoning magic.... Certainly that bandet goblin mage was not that strong an enemy compared to other abnormal species for the sake of being an abnormal species. Of course it is true that it is an abnormal species of wizard system, but it is nevertheless true that it was felt brittle. But what if the reason was to use up most of the magic by summoning the bandet goblins? No, I don't have to worry about showing up anymore than I am an anomalous species. than that now.)

Turn to the entrance to the small room with the magic formation and the stairs.

"Want to get out?

A small nod to Elaine's words following Ray's gaze like that.

Even if the time was not already until evening, it was generally predictable that it would be close to it. For that reason, I don't intend to attack this basement on the 13th floor, but it would never hurt to see what kind of place it is.

"Gru."

Seto's throat rang and gazed toward the entrance, saying he had no objection.

Thus, the two of us and one of us agree, going straight out the entrance…

"Wow, this desert again"

An unpleasant word leaks out of Ray's mouth.

"Could the 14th basement floor be a rocky desert again under this?

"Grrrrrrrr?"

Elaine groaning in a sigh and Seto not looking particularly concerned that the desert was just a desert.

At the end of Ray's gaze, the sand is spreading on one side. A typical desert of sand that comes to mind when it is said to be a desert, similar to the one seen on the 11th basement floor.

Some of them are different from the basement 11th floor, of course. Though little is noticed because it is a dragon robe, coat, or heat resistant griffon ceto, the sunlight falling from the sun is definitely stronger, and the desert itself is warmer than the eleventh basement floor.

"... will you walk in this sand again"

Groaning with such expressions as fed up, Ray turned his gaze toward Elaine and sighed into the magic formation inside the small room.

Knowing what it meant, Elaine also traveled with Seto to the Magic Formation, where she joined the Magic Formation and moved to the ground with Ray, as she said she would be done here today.

A transfer device in front of the entrance to the dungeon. Ray, who has moved there, notices the noise around him.

Elaine and Seto similarly turn their gaze to the noisy adventurer in the square near the entrance to the dungeon.

The adventurers around us even as we dived into the dungeon were noisy about the Silva warehouse being raided, but now two and one of us have more than half a mess ahead of us.

"... Something wrong?

"Probably something to do with this morning."

That's what Ray tells Elaine's whining when he hears words like the Silva family, the Levisole family, coming out of the mouths of the adventurers, but there was someone who just came to voice there.

"Ray, Elaine. Later also Ceto. From the way it looks, you just got back from the dungeon now?

The man, who hung a sheath of swords in his hips, was Preades, where the Rays helped him a few days ago where he was being attacked by a sandworm.

Unlike when we met in the dungeon, I don't see any other party members.

"It was just the right time to get to the 13th basement.... So, what's this noise?

Preades with a harsh look opens his mouth to such a ray inquiry.

"The Silva and Levisole families bumped into each other this morning."

"... what?

It was Ray who leaked that word.

Somehow, before we go to the dungeon, we stop by the Silva family and meet with Bosque. At that time he said it in such a way as to clean it up all at once, but still I guess it was unexpected that within that day......

Back to back with such a ray, Elaine nodded small as she had half-expected, prompting her to get ahead of the story.

"So how's the result?

"It's the militant Silva family and the most downtrodden Levisole of the three. You don't have to tell me how it turned out, do you? It was near the Levisole family that directly bumped into him, but it seems that Mr. Bosque took the lead and went on to fight the Silva family and rode straight into the Levisole family"

It wasn't hard to imagine what the consequences would have been. I mean...

"The defeat of the Levisole family, or"

"It will. Except the Levisole family's owner, Schaffner, hasn't been caught and is missing."

The boss will have Mr., but Schaffner will call him off. That was proof of what Preades thought of each of them.

No, it won't just be Preades. Considering the information Ray and Elaine have heard since they came to Exile, most of them probably have similar impressions of Bosc and Schaffner.

The only exceptions would be those close to Schaffner, but even that is only because it is in his own interest.

"So what's the result? Have you established that the raid on the warehouse was the work of the Levisole family?

"No clear evidence emerged regarding that way. But instead, something terrible came out."

"Something outrageous?

Ray asking back, but I have half a prediction of what is the outrageous thing that Preades said.

I had already guessed the day before, so I guess that's natural. That is...

"It's evidence of an illegal experiment using demonic stones. They were also experimenting with that in a laboratory that they secretly built near the slam. We're talking about an anomalous species that was created in that experiment."

"... right"

Because it was predictable, I was able to convince myself of wonders in Ray.

"Is that what this noise is about?"

Watch the adventurers whizzing around and talking to those nearby on the contrary.

Open your mouth as Elaine gives a slightly melancholy look next to such a ray.

"But then... you're in trouble."

"Trouble?"

To Ray inquiring, Elaine nods her mouth small.

"I don't know what you were thinking and creating an anomalous species kind of being, but there's no more Schaffner than his own evil has been exposed. It could get torn and erupt."

"I see. Bet on the last reversal than I've been cornered... Is that why? Preades, what's going on with the Levisole family today? My lord now would be Schaffner, but you're on the run, aren't you? Then someone has to rule the Levisole family."

"As far as that is concerned, the Silva family is currently ruling on their behalf. However, in the future, Mr. Bosque has publicly announced that Shafner's son will succeed him in the throne."

"... son? Were you there?

It was Ray's word that leaked out because he was only seeing Schaffner when he was invited to the Levisole family, but Elaine nods back, naturally.

"I don't suppose it's official aristocracy... but it's still one of three houses ruling a labyrinth city. Naturally, there will be someone who should give up the governor."

"For that matter, I didn't tell you enough when I was gathering information about Schaffner?

"It's generally predictable. I guess he was hiding in the shadow of Shafner's bad government, for better or worse. Didn't I?"

Chilari and Elaine set their gaze on her, and Preades nodded hastily, nervously not thinking about its beauty, even if they knew it.

"Ah, oh. I do say it's pretty shadowy, or it's manly with no presence, and I've hardly ever talked about it. In fact, I didn't know until I heard about it."

"Then will this confusion itself not last that long? … it would be the minimum condition to find Schaffner as soon as possible that he disappeared."

"If the Levisole family was experimenting with collecting demonic stones to produce unusual species, then that's what the Marschel family is collecting demonic stones as well? I think it's possible that we're experimenting with creating abnormal species as well."

That question of Ray, which can be taken for granted in a way, it was Elaine, not Preades, who answered it.

"Probably use this Levisole family thing to warn you... etc. Even the Silva family can't imitate an attack on the Marstells without any proof just because they're collecting demonic stones."

"But then there's still a chance that the anomalous species will come out after this, right?

"No way. If the Marstells were really conducting experiments that would create an abnormal species, it would be circumstantial evidence for the Silva family to attack the Marstells the moment the emergence of an abnormal species is confirmed again in this state where the Levisole family was attacked. I don't think that's such a far-fetched imitation. … if the Marstells are really experimenting with creating an anomalous species,"

The adventurers who listened to Elaine's predictions with their ears clear around, not just Ray and Preades, exhale unexpectedly in relief.

(Though it is possible that there are still abnormal species produced in the Levisole experiment)

Essentially because I was an adventurer with a lot of bloodthirsty people, but still thought I was absolutely sorry that people like my dear friends, family, and lovers were involved in a fight between houses ruling Eggzil.

It also seemed to Ray that Elaine herself did not like the current disturbance getting bigger and dared to put it into words that way to calm those around her.