Legend

The day after the feud between the Silva and Levisole houses ended, the number of residents out of the city increased considerably compared to the day before, and the adventurers who were working with the Silva family, whatever they might be, are not in the mood to kill.

"But the fact that we're letting this many people out all over the city probably means Schaffner hasn't been found yet"

"Gru?"

Seto, who was walking next to Ray, swallows the dried meat he was given, tilts his neck and rings his throat.

Such Seto's back, Elaine nodding as she stroked opposite Ray.

"They've already announced the legacy of the Levisole family, but I guess the existence of Schaffner, which would still be treated as the former masters if you tried to boss it, is a hassle of sorts"

Sure, and Ray nodding at Elaine's words.

I wonder if Schaffner's influence will remain to some extent even if his replacement has been announced, just because he has been the head of the Levisole family for many years.

(Most importantly, it is true that dangerous research was carried out in this labyrinth city to release a dangerous monster called an anomalous species into the dungeon. With that in mind, it would be subtle to see if anyone cooperates with Schaffner now)

In both good and bad ways, dungeons are the center of everything in this labyrinth city called Exil.

It was the common idea of Ray and Elaine that no one would first side with Schaffner, who unleashed an abnormal species in the dungeon, which is also at its centre, and put Exil itself in danger. But...

"He who takes sides," he said. I'm sure it is, but that's not necessarily why it's so hard for anyone to use it. "

Elaine groans with a worrying look, and Ray snorts in sigh again as well.

"I don't need to worry any more than the researcher was being killed... I just want to think so, but it hurts that I don't even know who killed that researcher"

"Mm-hmm. All the paperwork about the research says there were burnt marks, but we don't even know what was written on the burned paper. The killer took out the paperwork and burned a piece of paper that had nothing to do with deceiving it. I can't even think about it."

It is good that the Silva family confirmed the existence of the laboratory from the kind of report found in the Levisole family, and Bosque took the lead and headed to the slum where the laboratory is located, but at the time of arrival all the researchers had already been killed. This means that it was someone other than the Silva family who did it.

"Normally, I suppose that would mean that Shafner would be afraid to find out about his own evil..."

"But I don't think I could afford that. He showed himself up before the boss, didn't he? And I got kicked all at once as it was. It's pretty tough in time to send assassins to the lab to kill the researchers just to destroy evidence."

"That's right..."

So I stop the words once, buy a Lizardman skewer at the usual store, then briefly greet him and return to the conversation.

"But if it wasn't Shafner's hands who killed the researcher, as Elaine said, there would have been a total third party involved in yesterday's incident, right?

"I guess..."

So I nodded and arrived at the gate leading to the square in front of the dungeon, presenting the dungeon card and going inside.

As I would say the few adventurers the day before were lies, many adventurers appeared as usual in today's square.

Each of them is showing a buzz with meetings, or recruiting wild parties, and someone trying to hire the Adventurers of Holy Light.

"Is this already yesterday today?...... hmm?

It was Ray whining about us as we lay down our side, but I notice someone inadvertently approaching me.

A typical warrior man, with a sheath of swords hanging on his hips and equipped with leather armor made of monster leather.

"Yesterday was helpful. And the dead ones."

That said, it was one crack in the adventurer that Ray and Elaine helped in the dungeon yesterday that kept her head down.

The other one, by contrast, has a high reputation for a man with a sword in front of him because he has tried to impose it on something.

I'm thanking you for dropping by the guild yesterday after you left the dungeon and handing over the body you brought inside the mistering.

"... well, yeah"

I remember the sight of a dead man's associate crying over his body, slightly frowning.

The adventurer knows and understands that death is a profession that exists nearby, but still such sights are not familiar to watch.

(Even though I don't feel resistant to killing people...)

As he smiles bitterly at his own state of mind, he whispers in a whisper as he inadvertently greets the man around him.

"That's right. It's about onoma..."

"Onoma? Sure it was the man with that spear?

The man nods at Elaine, who asks back with an unpleasant frown.

"Yes. So, what about that onoma... apparently, he didn't come back from the dungeon yesterday"

"... obsessed with stripping rock spiders of material and attacked by other monsters?

"Perhaps, though. I first put it together at a wild party yesterday...... no, you look bad to say it like a pussy here. That's all I wanted to tell you."

"Oh, thank God"

Ray briefly thanked her and Elaine nodded as well.

Seto didn't even show any particular attitude like this, but I'm pretty sure he was uncomfortable with Onoma about yesterday.

That's the same for Ray and Elaine, and I thanked her for being socially resigned for once, but I have a strong feeling that she deserves it, to be honest.

(I died with so much material that I couldn't hold it myself. Ningro Hondo, I guess)

Whimpering inside, that's all Ray adds to his organisation of feelings for Onoma.

I know you haven't noticed Ray like that, but the guy just leaves with his head down small when he's done his errands.

Seeing as it's headed toward a group of people looking for a wild party, it will be obvious what the purpose is.

"... well, shall we go too?"

Even for Elaine, no matter what she says about Onoma, she gently turns it off from her back of her brain and tells Ray that two and one move to the basement 13th floor.

"When I try this, I guess I'm most right to describe it as a sea of sand"

Under the hood of a dragon robe, Ray squeaks as he sees the sight of the basement 13th floor stretching out on one side of the perimeter.

A silent nod back to that word is Elaine wearing a jacket taken out of a magic pouch.

"Gru?"

You're not moving? and was Ceto tilting his little neck and asking, but Ray looks around as he strokes his head.

There is a small room with a magic formation and stairs directly above the dunes, while the rest is a desert stretching out on one side.

"You've decided what to do first, haven't you? I haven't absorbed the rock spider and Skyfang's demon stone yet. Especially since Skyfang hasn't been dismantled."

"But wouldn't it taste a lot worse to do it here? Even though there are several sand dunes, the surrounding view is considerably better than the upper floors. then other monsters may find us and raid us or, above all, other adventurers"

"It's..."

Ray tried to say something, it was then.

"Hmm, the desert is hot after all. Hey, really on this hierarchy... oh?

Dressed in a coat similar to Elaine's, a female warrior armed with a rapier came out of the small room on her hips and noticed the Rays just in front of the room.

He looks at Ray and Elaine and tilts his neck, then nods as he is convinced with his gaze toward Griffon on that side.

"That being said, we were talking about a dungeon attack at a hell of a rate of anonymity... I see, one of you is deeply red. If that's all right with you, may I ask which one is the deeper red?

To the woman's words, Ray takes a small sigh and leaves one step forward.

"It's me. Didn't the story spread that Deep Red was a man in the first place?

To such Ray's words, the woman's adventurer leaks a small laugh.

"You know, you should realize you're a woman, right? I'm not tall enough, and if you don't open your mouth, it's not weird for some people to make mistakes to women. Don't you think?

Three adventurers emerge from inside the small room after the woman's gaze was turned.

In two human men in their 20s, there is one dwarf with a mustache growing near their chest outside their coat.

Among other things, one of the men turns his gaze to Ray and then nods.

"Uh, right. Sure, if you just look at your face like this, it might be a little hard to tell if you're a man or a woman."

"Really? As soon as I saw it, I knew I was a man. How's Zugli?

That's what the other man tells him as he tilts his neck and asks Dwarf.

But the dwarf, called Zugli, waves his neck sideways with the huge axe he had on his shoulder, opening his mouth.

"Nor can you judge a bit. If you hear your voice like this... No, it's still a little expensive for a man, so is it hard to judge?"

"Right? It's usually not that easy to tell."

Rapier's woman laughs all the time when she gets my will.

The man, who was smiling and watching such a woman, returns to me with the cough of a Dwarf man, slapping his coat several times to pay the dust.

"Anyway. I have to take down the monster of interest by the end of the day, so it's time to go.... you said deep red. I'm sorry, but we'll let you go first, okay?

"Oh, there's no problem over here"

"Helpful"

We exchange words briefly, and the foursome adventurer party leaves with its back to the Rays.

Unusual for Ray, he was hardly surprised by the presence of Seto.

Was this so hasty that Seto was out of sight, or was he listening to Seto's reputation all over the city?

(I guess the latter)

Next to Ray, who thinks that way from the look of a woman with a rapier, Elaine, who was dropping off her adventurer's back, looks at the map she took out of her magic porch as if she noticed something.

"Yeah?... oh I see"

"What's up?

"No, because it was not in the direction of the staircase to the next level that the present ones were headed. I was just convinced he was probably headed somewhere with a target monster.... So what do we do in the end? You're gonna do this here when it comes to stripping Skyfang?

"... considering you don't know who's coming like right now, it's kind of a place to do that. Expect the next hierarchy, or if there's a discreet spot from the surroundings on the way to the stairs heading underground, I'll do it there. We'll be together when it comes to the rock spider's demon stone."

"Gru."

Seto raising an unfortunate voice to Ray's words.

However, Seto is unfortunate because so is the absorption of demonic stones, but above all because he is unable to eat Skyfang meat.

Of course, if you strip the ingredients, you can always eat the meat, but if you're lucky, you can still eat fresh meat, which was a great attraction when stripping the ingredients, even if it's ceto.

"Look, if you're hungry, just eat this."

Whimpering, offering a sandwich removed from the mistering to Seto, who is dropping his shoulders.

"Grrrrrrrr!"

As soon as I saw it, I couched it with a delightful squeal, and in no time the sandwich disappears from Ray's hand.

Seeing Seto delightfully savoring the sandwich, for some reason Ray and Elaine gaze at each other, and they both blow out unexpectedly.

"Damn, haha. That's right, Seto. You look just like Ray."

"Dude, even I've eaten so much... cum"

"Gru?"

Look at the two of you laughing, what's wrong? and Seto tilting his little neck and honking his throat.

I've already eaten my sandwich and I guess it's not enough. Keep your little neck tilted, would you like some more? and rub his head against Ray and stare with circular eyes.

"All right, all right.... Then there's just one more thing."

"Grrrrrrrr!"

Seto speaks happily to Ray's words, and as he tries to take them out of Mystering, Elaine's hand is placed on Ray's shoulder.

"Ray, would you let me do it, if you don't mind? Fortunately, I brought sandwiches as an emergency meal."

Tell him so and remove the sandwich wrapped in paper from the magic pouch.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

Can I have it? and Ray nodding at Seto as he turned his gaze.

Seeing it, Seto gladly approached Elaine and stretched his couch to the sandwich he had been offered.