Legend

"Now, finally, the last translation of the desert hierarchy... if you try this, it doesn't look very desert."

"Gru."

On the basement 15th floor of the dungeon, when Ray shrugs when he sees the sight of the oasis spreading, Seto, next to it, snarls his throat to agree as well.

The day after there was an empty bell incident at the guild, two and one of Ray, Elaine and Seto were diving into the dungeon as usual.

"You sure don't look very desert. Say."

Elaine, who was listening to Ray, lowers the hood part of her jacket.

At that moment, the intense heat characteristic of the desert envelops his face and immediately wears his hood again.

"As far as temperatures are concerned, the desert remains... no, I would say higher than the hierarchy above Ningro. Fortunately, you won't have a problem with the water because of the oasis."

Chirali, and Elaine turning her gaze to Oasis.

In the upper hierarchy it was essential to have the kind of water bottle you could carry, but on this basement 15th floor there is water right on the side so you don't have to worry about the weight of the water to bring the kind of water bottle.

(Most likely only for those who stand up and those who are lucky)

I shrug inside as I look at the blood marks that exist near the oasis.

"Whatever, it's harder for Seto to do reconnaissance from above than the trees are growing quite like this. Considering that, we'd better walk on the ground together this time.... Do you mind, Seto"

Seto rattles his throat that there is no problem with Ray's words as he was watching the oasis with Elaine.

It was an intriguing set on this hierarchy, which is more like a lake than an oasis, but still not enough to forget our purpose of going underground.

"But, Ray. Can I assume that there are more monsters in this hierarchy than it is in a large water field to this point? That's what Preades tells me. In that case, it is also your purpose, regarding the Demon Stone..."

"Sure. As far as I'm concerned, I'd love for you to do that... okay?

"I don't mind. In the first place, the fact that you're diving in this dungeon is half as close to your hobby as it sounds. Not in such a hurry."

It was a dungeon search for a magic item that I could converse with a distant opponent, but I guess I could say it's more of a hobby than taking a holiday and being here.

Speaking of Elaine, of course, I also had the idea that if I stayed in Exil long enough, I would be able to stay with Ray that long.

I know you didn't understand that, but even for Ray, it's never a bad thing to spend more time with Elaine. No, Ning Ro is delighted.

"Well, then let me sweeten you to Elaine's words. Hey, Seto."

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Sometimes Seto can eat unknown demonic stones and even unknown monster meat that can strengthen himself, and he throats joyfully.

Elaine, who had just looked at the situation somewhere smiling, turned her gaze to Ray after coming up with the previous day.

"Ray, don't you absorb Cyclops demon stones? This is an oasis of the desert hierarchy, and as you can see, there are so many places to hide that I don't think any other adventurer will find it."

"... I see, indeed"

There are also many trees growing around the small room and around the oasis, which can even be described as a vast lake, and certainly there are rarely things that other adventurers would find if they absorbed demonic stones in its shadow.

"It's a Cyclops demon stone, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be instant. … the problem is that there is only one. Do you want to move it?"

Both Elaine and Seto nod at the words and head to the place where they will be shaded by the larger tree.

Fortunately, there are many large trees growing around the oasis, and Ray, who moved into the shadow of the tree without having to look for anything in particular, quickly and exclusively takes the Cyclops demon stone out of Mystering.

"... which absorbs Death Size or Ceto, though. If you think about it normally, it would be Seto."

"Gru?"

Why? It was a throat-soaking, asking Ceto, but as far as I saw the battle between Cyclops and Vihella if I tried it on Ray, it was a decision that if I absorbed it in Death Size, I would probably master Power Slash.

Now is the time to use level 2 power slash quite a bit, but that skill, which specializes in the power of a blow in the first place, is not very user-friendly for Ray.

Sure, the power of a blow is high, but the moment you release it, it's an instant, but it also has the disadvantage of stopping the movement and creating a gap, and above all, that the impact at use is quite powerful.

Then the decision was that Seto, who is physically superior to Ray, would be better at mastering the moves of that hand.

Ray explains them and offers the Demon Stone to Seto.

"Seto also has rigid bracelets and high physical abilities as a griffon. Can Seto absorb this demon stone because I think I can master skills that can be used more forcefully?

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

I take Ray's gaze straight, and eventually when I make a small squeal, I gently snap the demonic stone over Ray's hand with a couché, keeping my mouth open and swallowing.

Then the next moment......

[Seto mastered the skills of "Demon Eye of Impact Lv.1"]

Such an announcement message passes behind Ray and Seto's brain.

"... what?

"Gru?"

Ray and Seto raise their missing voices between them, or tilt their necks, to the acquisition of skills that were too unexpected to say.

But soon Ray nodded small, understanding what that skill meant.

"The Devil's Eye of Shock... if you put it that way, you did. Did Cyclops also have the ability to emit magic as a shockwave from a single eye? … I thought I would be able to acquire the skills to use the power that is also characteristic of cyclops…"

I guess I also understood what skills Seto had acquired in such Ray's words. Elaine also has a slightly surprising look, but at the next moment she smiles.

All I'm saying is that the grin that's on your mouth is that Ray has mastered exactly better skills than those that use the power he was aiming for.

"Certainly Seto has a powerful blow, even as he remains vegan. I understand Ray's idea of wanting to further enhance that, but would a magic shockwave be the same thing Jewel Sniper used? Isn't that a pretty easy skill to use in the sense that you're releasing an invisible shockwave?

"That's true, but the means of ranged attacks that are hard to see by the enemy are windarrows, right?... Well, this one's not that powerful at level one either, so it's just a restraint."

It was a smudging ray, but Elaine slaps such a ray's shoulder lightly.

"I can say this because I myself specialize in wind magic, but it certainly doesn't translate to me that wind magic is hard to see but never visible like wind arrows. Besides, if I'm right... Seto, try to use the skills I just acquired by targeting me somewhere."

"Gru?"

To Elaine's words, Seto asks Ray for permission with his gaze.

When Ray nods at it, Seto activates the demonic eye of impact towards a tree a little further away.

"Grrrrrr!"

At that moment when it rang sharply, the trunk of the tree bounces and flies.

Only the skins of the trees bounced. Only the surfaces flew and only the skins of the trees fell to the ground.

The power itself would be about the same as a few windows arrows. But above all, the reason that surprised Ray, or Elaine was having a good grin, was the speed at which her skills were activated.

When trying to use a windarrow, a wind arrow is first created behind the ceto and then released. The same goes for water polo and ice arrows, which are other ranged attack skills. But the Demon Eye will have its impact where it is gazing at the moment it is activated.

Compared to other skills, the difference is about a few seconds, but a few seconds in action was worth a thousand bucks.

"This is... amazing indeed. I thought it was a Jewel Sniper attack because of the shock eye."

"That's what I thought the first time I heard it, but then I thought it wouldn't come with the name Devil's Eye. So I tried it, and it worked."

"Gru?"

Is it amazing? and to Ceto tilting his little neck, Ray strokes his head with a grin and a nod.

"Oh, that's awesome. It's not that strong because it's still level 1 in terms of power, but if you think of it as a restraint, it's powerful enough. That's a range after that. Seto, why don't you try using the Devil's Eye on that tree over there?

Ray pointed to a tree about 10 meters away.

"Gru!"

Hear the word and instantly activate the Demon Eye. Then, as earlier, an immediate impact is created, but its power is extremely low. Earlier, he said that he had only shown the power to make the surface of the tree bounce, but now he had a light scratch on the surface of the tree - which was also scratched to the extent - and was only able to do so.

Leaning closer to the tree using the demonic eye, Ray, who confirmed its surface, exhales in a small way.

Because at this level of power, it is useless as a very long-range attack.

"When the range grows, does it also lose its power in proportion to it? I guess it's not too user-friendly in melee... but I knew I wanted Seto to master skills like power slash"

"Guru, Guru..."

I noticed how Seto looked bowing his head when I was sorry, and Ray hurriedly shook his neck to the side and scratched that head with dust.

"There's nothing wrong with Seto, so there's no need for you to be depressed. What skills can be acquired is only a strong element of luck."

"Gru?"

Really? and Ray nods toward Seto as he looks up at himself with his circular eyes.

It was Elaine watching one of those and one, but she opens her mouth to add to Ray's words.

"It's true that it may not be user-friendly at a long distance, but it can nevertheless shock. Isn't that enough skill to distract them?

"Right, I certainly might have focused too much on combat. It's not like I use my skills just for combat."

Ray, with a convincing look at Elaine's words, decides that the absorption of the Demon Stone is over and out of the shadow of the tree.

"Yeah, with that being said, I heard at the inn that there's a place in this basement on the 15th floor that's got fruit that you can buy away for a pretty high price. It seems very tasty to eat."

To that word that inadvertently came out of Elaine's mouth, Ray and Seto look around, erasing the atmosphere that they had done something wrong to each other until earlier.

Most likely, in Seto's case, he was purely interested in the fruit, but in Ray's case, he intentionally got on the subject of Elaine. Even as he looked around, he was sending a gaze of gratitude to Elaine.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

Where's the fruit? and Ceto looking around, but no kind of fruit exists anywhere in the scenery in its gaze.

"Isn't it just near the entrance to the small room? Well, if you think about it, even if it's where adventurers come and go, they'll pick it up soon."

"Gru......"

To Ray's words, Seto shouts his throat unfortunately.

But if it's not in this place right away, you've decided that if you go in the back, you still have fruit. Pull the hem of the dragon robe with the couch to encourage it to go fast.

"Well, isn't it a bad idea to look for it?"

Ray walks out trying to be pulled by Seto and goes on looking at the trees growing around the oasis with Elaine.

"So, what kind of fruit is that? Like appearance?"

"From what I hear, he's about the size of a human head."

"... again, that's a lot bigger"

Imagining the size of the apple, Ray returns his words with a small frown on the sunlight pouring down the desert.

Although Ray and Elaine felt nothing in particular because they were wearing dragon robes and magic item coats, respectively.

Most importantly, the coat Elaine is wearing is not as effective as a dragon robe, so it is probably due to the inheritance of the Enchanted Dragon's Demon Stone.

(Feels like coconut fruit? Well, I imagine it's not the desert that has coconut fruit, but the South)

Looking around at the oasis while thinking like that, about an hour.

Keep searching for the desired fruit even though it is a water field called Oasis and you never encounter a monster in particular...

"Grrrrrr!"

Suddenly Seto squeals.

Ray and Elaine, who followed that gaze, saw a tree growing a little further away. It was a fruit about the size of a person's head, present at a height of about 5 m.

Fruit that seems very unlikely to be eaten at first glance, with green and blue patterned spots on the surface.

Having seen that, Ray unwittingly turns his gaze to Elaine.

"Is that it?

"Oh, not from what I've heard."

"... is that it?

Ask Elaine's words again, but only a snort returns to that question.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

At that time, suddenly Seto squeaks sharply as he activates the demonic eye of impact. At the same time, the area connected to the fruit tree at the end of the gaze bursts and falls to the ground…

"Slow down!"

Ray, who kicked the ground, moved under the fruit and managed to take the fruit.