Legend

Ceto, who jumped out of the shadow of the rock, felt something coming towards him at that moment reflexively, tilting his body forcefully diagonally.

A moment later, as the name Jewel Sniper describes where Seto's body was, an attack sniped by a shockwave caused by magic passes.

The presence of Ray and the death size that Ray has. It would not be possible first to carry a light motion like Ceto's today with a large sickle on its back weighing better than 100 kg if it were meant to be.

But that's only if you think normally.

Make it Ceto, Death Size, both of which were created by Warcraft, so Ceto could move lightly without feeling the weight of Death Size, just like Ray.

But...

"Chi! I knew you'd be a pain in the ass when you got shot in a row!

Ray screams as he is firmly caught not falling off Seto's back.

The cause of the scream was the shield of light that had been deployed to cover and conceal itself and Ceto by manual manipulation.

A shield of light capable of preventing almost all attacks, but an absolute defense is limited only once and for a limited number of times.

That once-only shield was already about to disappear like Kasumi at the end of Ray's gaze.

I don't need to tell you why that happened. Probably because I used that one-time defense.

"Seto!"

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

To Ray's call, Seto squeaks high.

Use a reprieve made of only one defense and wings heavily.

Ray, riding on that back, felt the surrounding scenery pass away while he watched.

At the same time, the impact of magic also penetrates the air as if it were following the trajectory that Seto went through as he drew the zigzag's orbit.

Seto, who first used the reprieve that Magic Shield extinguished to increase speed at once, will not hit the shockwave of magic already emitted from Jewel Sniper.

Of course the shock wave would be higher in terms of pure speed, but the orbit emitted is only a straight line. It was difficult to capture Ceto flying in the air in dots as if running through the air, so all attacks did not hit Ceto, but only ended up wearing rocks on the ray axis.

"Seto, do you see Jewel Sniper's place!?

"Guru, Guru!

To Ray's inquiry, Seto wings loudly but sounds confident.

Originally Griffon only has the upper body of an eagle, whose vision has developed more sharply than any other five senses. The sharp gaze of Seto firmly captured the figure of Jewel Sniper, who even Ray still had only a rough idea of where the attack had been unleashed.

What that gaze captures is a worm-shaped monster that stops still moving in the middle of a huge rock about a kilometer away.

The back is embedded with red gems that are also about half the body, the next moment the gems glow.

"Grr!"

When the wings are heavily feathered and forcefully reoriented, a shock wave by magic passes where Seto's body was until a moment ago.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

The roar emitted from Seto's couch as he orbits and advances to Zigzag.

That's not just a squeal. One of Seto's skills, the King's intimidation. Whoever hears the voice has the effect that his legs will twitch, or his movements will become dull.

There is still a distance of about 700m, but it would still have had some effect. The shock waves flying towards Seto were undoubtedly more spaced apart.

Still, I still can't stop the movement altogether because of the distance - I guess it also affects that the King's level of intimidation is 1 - but I shrink the distance while avoiding the shock waves that are emitted.

500 m, avoided again by forcing the flying shock wave to wings and re-orbited.

300m, you'll be able to see what Jewel Sniper looks like, which is also attached to rock skin in Ray's eyes. Avoid the emitted shock waves by roll rotation, or so-called barrel roll rotation. Ray held the Death Size in his right hand, clinging to Seto's back.

100m, Intercept the shockwave of magic unleashed again, with Ray waving the death size, releasing a flying slash.

30m, shedding magic on Death Size to cut off the shock waves that have flown in.

... and 0m. Rey, who slaughtered speed with his wings wide flapped and reached from the back of Seto, who landed with his limbs strung right next to the rocky skin that Jewel Sniper is straining, succeeds in securing while keeping him from touching the shockwave-emitting gems.

They specialize entirely in sniping from a distance, and even if they caught the body with their hands, they had no other means to counter it simply by stretching out their short legs and resisting.

Ray, finally free from the attack and able to calm down, turns his gaze to the Jewel Sniper he is catching.

In form, it would be right to describe it as a giant tenthworm.

There are no wings like tenthworms because of the red and large gems embedded in the center of the back. But that form, sloppy and swollen to match the circular gem, still reminded Ray of the tenthworm.

(I don't know if there are tenthworms in this world.)

Fortunately, since I grabbed Jewel Sniper with that hand, I haven't had a shock wave emitted from the gem on my back, I'm just trying to move my foot even and get out of Ray's hand.

Looking at the state of it, something like love sprang up somewhere.

(You were after us earlier, but it doesn't feel right....... hmm?

As I grasp again not to let Jewel Sniper escape on Seto's back, I discover something that is fugly rolling on the ground.

"Is that the corpse of an adventurer?

As Ray said, the body falling at the end of his gaze is wrapped in armor and has a sword in his hand. That was definitely the corpse of an adventurer.

"Why are you here... even if you don't have to ask?"

The corpse at the end of his gaze has a fist hole in the middle of his torso.

Such a hole, as if Ray had eaten and pierced the spear he threw with all his might from the front.

I don't even have to think about what caused the hole.

"Adorable."

I smile in self-derision at my thoughts I felt about a minute ago.

Indeed, at first glance, it would resemble a tentoe worm, and there would be adoration. I can even say that the gems embedded in that body are beautiful.

But still, Jewel Sniper is a monster with a long history of shooting people from afar, as the name suggests.

"Seto, get off the ground. You better take him to the guild than you find him."

"Gru."

Ringing briefly at Ray's words, he descends to the ground with his wings flapped as they are.

Landing without making any noise despite having a ray on his back, Ray, descending to the ground, stores the death-size to mystering from the state of Death Size on his left hand and Jewel Sniper on his right hand.

After that, Ray, who touched the man of the dead adventurer on the ground and stored him in Mystering, crossed Seto's back again just because it was useless to be here any longer, and headed to the place where we flew earlier.

When I caught Jewel Sniper, it seemed like a short distance because I was focused, but even if it was just about a kilometer away, it would take some time to fly.

It's a lot faster, dozens of times faster than walking on the ground.

Especially when it comes to being a maze down there, the difference would be hundreds of times more if you did poorly.

"Right there."

"Gru."

Fly straight through the sky and eventually find three figures: Elaine, Vihera and Bühne.

He said he didn't know Ray had captured Jewel Sniper yet, but is it because he trusts Ray and Seto's prowess that he's coming out of the shadow of a hidden rock?

"Trust me, trust me, it's better than not."

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr?"

What's the matter with you? and to Seto, who tilts his little neck and asks, Ray shakes his head and strokes his back that it is nothing.

Seto goes down to the ground, sounding his throat in a good mood for that feeling.

"Mmm!"

As soon as he gets down on the ground, Bühne rushes over to Ray without changing his expression, as usual.

Regardless of that expression, as far as attitude is concerned, I'm still concerned because it directly links to the outcome of the request received.

"Looks like Beaune was worried about Jewel Sniper being able to catch him alive... but apparently he was worried for nothing"

Seeing Ray as Vihella's gaze eagles at Ray's right hand, a monster like a giant tenthworm embedded with gems, she smiles small and tells him so.

"I'll keep my word.... I'll check, but trade it for the Cyclops Demon Stone. Is that all right?

Büne nods silently and small at Ray as he offers Jewel Sniper's gem-fitting back to the ground.

When Vihera turns her gaze, she laughs small that there is no problem there as well.

Most importantly, there's no point in trying to force me to make a different promise here than all the Cyclops material, demon stones, and crusade proof sites are stored in Ray's right wrist mysteries.

"Then we have a contract."

Ray also nods again, offering Jewel Sniper.

"For once, I advise you, this guy emits a shock wave of magic from a gem on his back. If you grip the torso like this, you won't be able to emit a shock wave, so be careful. Just in case you don't turn this guy's back on people in this situation."

"Mmm."

Bühne nods and receives from Ray's hand Jewel Sniper, who is also the target of the request.

"Heh, just looking from the side like this, you can see he's got a bright red gem."

"Mm-hmm. Surely you will rarely see such beautiful gems. Can't help but be convinced that it has a high rare value."

When Vihera groaned as she admired watching from the side, Elaine also nodded, rarely agreeing with that opinion.

"Either way, this would accomplish the request, wouldn't it? What are we gonna do now? Naturally, we're headed through this maze to the 15th basement staircase."

"... n"

"We'll be back with this unfortunately. Anyway, there will be just a lot of problems keeping the monsters alive and following them.... As far as I'm concerned, I wanted to do a dungeon offense with Ray."

Elaine coughs next to Ray at that moment when Vihella shrugs.

"Oh? Is it a cold? You have to pay attention to your health, right? It could be pulling Ray's leg. Yeah, but you're okay. If that happens, I'll get you into Ray's party."

"An extra favor. Don't worry, I'm healthy. Why don't you take the requested items faster than that?

"Mmm!"

To Elaine's words, Büne, who had Jewel Sniper with both hands nearby, also whines once again, as usual, hurrying Vihera.

"Phew, well, we do carry living monsters to the ground, so maybe we should hurry. Bye, Ray. As for the material you keep, I'll be waiting for you in the guild, so distribute it there."

"Okay. We'll find the stairs to the 15th basement as soon as we can, and we'll get back to the ground."

"Yeah, please. Bühne, let's go."

"Mmm!"

To Vihera's words, Büne lowered his head small toward Ray before going back in the original direction.

Elaine, who was dropping it off, shrugs.

"With that being said, a monster can't get close to a room with a magic formation... but is it okay if you're not like a demon?

"You're gonna be okay."

To Elaine's doubts, Ray nods softly.

Give a small shoulder to Elaine as she turns her gaze, and then continue explaining.

"In the first place, the magic formation for metastasis has the effect of not donating monsters, but it does not mean that they will not be transferred. That's what the bandet goblin mage thing shows. Then, the transfer is possible if the adventurer forcibly enters the magic formation for the transfer at his hands.... maybe."

"... that's a word I wouldn't rely on for being confident"

Ray turns his gaze to Seto, to Elaine, who is turning a dazed gaze somewhere.

"Seto's not exactly, but you still need a way to get him back to the ground when you tame a monster in the dungeon, don't you? In fact, the inn we're staying in doesn't allow us to rest the monsters we tamed in the dungeons, which means we've renewed the stables."

"... so I remember hearing from the innkeeper."

Elaine tries to remember something and squeals and snorts.

"Now, on this matter, do we go around here, anyway, to the stairs on the 15th basement floor? Those two will be waiting for you in the guild."

"Gru."

Seto throats at Ray's words, and Elaine nods again.

Thus, the Rays resume their exploration of the 14th basement.