Legend

The day after introducing the two Essethus and Nakt to the Silva family, the Rays had a row coming to the basement 17th floor of the dungeon.

What you see around you is the same side of green you saw yesterday. It's connected everywhere, deep woods.

Unlike yesterday, it moved directly to the 17th basement floor without going through the hierarchy of the undead, so no monsters were collected due to the rotten smell of the zombies?

The downpouring sun is dazzling, but you can even say that it is still Ningro gentle compared to the heat above 35°C outside the dungeon.

Especially now that the Rays are standing just outside the small room in the space where the potpounds are present in the woods, it was certain that the leaves of the trees growing so dense would block the sun's rays if they entered the woods.

"Seto, can you confirm what an enemy is looking at us?

"Grrrrrrrr"

Seto shakes his neck sideways to Ray's inquiry.

The Rays themselves withdrew immediately the day before when they came down to this hierarchy, so there was no problem, in fact, when they came down from the 16th basement to the 17th basement, they were raided by monsters, very small and few were injured.

The biggest reason for this was the rotten odor that stained the body by passing through the hierarchy of undead.

As soon as the sharp smelling monsters present in the underground 17 hierarchy smell the rot, they gather for a prey gap.

Many adventurers who have just come down to this hierarchy have paralyzed their noses with intense rot on the 16th basement floor, and do not understand that enough odor is stained to attract monsters from their bodies, and those who come down to this hierarchy and step straight into the woods will be baptized by monsters.

In that sense, I guess the Rays did the right thing the day before.

"It's a forest hierarchy, so you seem to have quite a few monsters to see for the first time. In that sense, is it pretty meaningful to me and Seto?

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm not too happy about the forest hierarchy, because I only remember wasting a war on a group of water monkeys in a dungeon on the altar of inheritance."

Elaine tells her with a small grin.

But there is a somewhere belligerent looking grin in its mouth on the words and back.

"The map… there is no solid path in this hierarchy, so can we only confirm the general location?"

"Mm-hmm. This hierarchy is delicious as an adventurer, so it seems like it would be nice to have a solid path of nature and adventurers, but the grass trees will recover naturally even if they are trampled"

"Cu!"

A yellow flying around the Rays feathering patties and feathers accidentally leaks a chirp.

When I turn my gaze to Seto, even here, I am throbbing as I turn my gaze into the woods.

"You mean you're welcome here, even if there's no rotten odor"

"I guess. Unlike yesterday, however, the number of enemies is surprisingly low. I can handle this without so much hassle.... Well, shall we go? The location with the stairs is the southwest direction, according to the map. Let's go over there."

Elaine turns her gaze southwest and walks out.

Ray and Seto, the yellow follows.

And if you actually take one step into the woods, the trees grow innumerable, and the grass beneath your feet stretches to the edge of your hips if you get to the tall kind.

Many of the twisted or thin trees have thorns.

Rather than growing naturally, it obviously grows in such a way as to interrupt the adventurer's progress.

"That's more troublesome than the forest hierarchy that went in in the altar dungeon of inheritance. Is the only salvation that you can't walk for once?... Seto, are you okay?

"Grrrrrrrr...... Grrrrrrrr"

Some of the growing trees make it impossible for Seto to get through. However, such gaps could also be managed if Seto used his resizing skills to change the size of his body.

At ease with the way it is, the Rays go on a line through the woods.

"Knowledge of Noyama would mean a lot of material."

Squeeze the tweezer stretching in front of you as you cut it using a knife for demolition.

roots of trees or shade. Behind larger stones, or near fallen trees, you can see several mushrooms growing.

Only Ray, who grew up in the mountains, has some knowledge of mushrooms. However, it is only mushrooms grown in mountains in Japan, and it is not possible to determine whether mushrooms grown in foreign countries on the same planet are naturally safe, and it is not known whether they can be eaten even if they are familiar mushrooms if they are also from different worlds.

(That mushroom, it looks like a hanabiratake)

At the end of his gaze, he looked a lot like a mushroom who looked like he'd rounded up a piece of paper he'd picked many times when he was in Japan.

But I don't even know if it's poisonous or not, so I hold back my desire to pick it and move on into the woods.

"Grr!"

Such a sudden Seto squeaks sharply as he goes down a roadless path. At the same time, the tree branches just on the rays' path make a ruptured sound, and the leaves that were blocking their vision are scattered into the air.

It's also Seto's skill, the Devil's Eye of Shock.

That's how all that remained after the leaves were scattered were monsters like leopards about 1.5m long, even if they pulled out their tails.

What is different from the normal leopard is that the color of the hair is green and more able to blend into the forest? In addition, a third eye is present on the forehead, and the tail is quite long, wrapped multiple times around the branches that are scaffolded.

"You're a forest panther."

Ray whines as he remembers what was in the monster's book.

Forest Panther, a Rank D monster who makes the woods a territory of main activities, as the name suggests.

The fur is green and easy to blend into the trees, specializing in ambushes on trees rather than actively hunting for prey themselves, unlike normal leopards.

The means of ambush is to tap a sharp forefoot blow into the head of the prey as it builds momentum and falls as the prey passes beneath it by wrapping its tail around the branches.

That blow has the power to defeat even a Rank B monster with a single blow, but at the price of it, it is no longer possible to make any quick moves characteristic of the leopard.

The third eye on the forehead also has the ability to manipulate magic to change the color of the fur into the surrounding view.

The crusade proof site is the right ear. Materials include third eye eyeballs that become alchemy materials, long tails, fangs, and nails that can be used for materials as weapons and protective equipment. There is meat that is deeply popular for consumption, and fur that rich people want.

For some reason, Forest Panther doesn't seem to make any moves while Ray tells Elaine.

Even Rank B monsters are forest panthers with the power to kill in one blow, but once they see through that cover, there's no way to exchange them. That's why the monster rank was D, back to back with high offense power.

"... I see. If you can find it, isn't it so hard to defeat it?"

Elaine pulls the jointed sword out of her sheath as she nods at Ray's description.

In the woods, where countless trees grow, Elaine was overwhelmingly more combative than Ray, who specializes in death-size and flaming magic, a giant sickle.

Ray also has the means to attack spears.

"Huh!"

Along with Elaine's sharp scream, a whipped jointed sword stretches straight toward Forest Panther, who is staring at herself on a tree branch.

A sword tip that flew at a rate that slashed and ripped through the air tried to pierce Forest Panther's green fur, at that moment.

"Gollllllllllllllllll!"

With a roar that sounded high, the forest panther falls straight from the top of the branch... avoiding the cutting edge of the jointed sword in such a way that it hangs on the tail that is wrapped around the branch.

"What!?

Elaine puts the jointed sword back on hand, even as she raises her surprise at the action.

Looking at it, Forest Panther returns to the top of the branch with a light recoil.

"... you're a clever dodger."

To unexpected behavior, Elaine shrugs somewhere.

However, there is hardly any appearance of a threat in that tone.

For some reason. The reason was extremely simple.

If the only way to avoid it is to spin around the branches that have their tails wrapped around them, all you have to do is time them up and down the branches and attack them.

Of course Forest Panther himself understands that. But despite being a leopard monster, the only Forest Panther that moves very dull is a monster that specializes in ambushes and ambushes, and once found, all its strengths are weaknesses.

The forefoot, which has gained enough rigidity to sink an enemy with a single blow, is therefore slow to move and cannot avoid enemy attacks. Even a tail that supports its own weight is not so easy to solve than being wrapped around multiple branches.

(i.e. strengths turn and weaknesses,)

"Ray."

"I know."

Ray, who was whining inside, understands what he is demanding in one word from Elaine and takes the spear out of Mystering.

The tip of the ear is about half missing, and the spear is completely useless if it is to be used normally.

But such spears, if hung in Ray's hands, can be disposable but powerful.

"I'll go first."

"Oh. Then I'll go downstairs."

He exchanges words briefly and throws the spear he had with his right hand after a few steps of aiding him by adding a twist to his body.

A blow that matches Ray's own strength and all the timing of the throw. Released as if piercing through the air, its spear flies straight towards the Forest Panther present on the branch.

"Golllllllllllllll!"

Once again, he made a similar noise earlier, trying to make a spin on the spot, as if even with an iron rod... The moment his head was located directly under the branch, the cutting edge of a jointed sword released and whipped from Elaine's hand stabbed him to the side head with a sharp change of direction with Elaine's wrist return just before poking him in the forehead.

"Gollum!"

That severed demon will be the last cry, and Forest Panther's life will be crushed.

But either the effect of death with the branch revolving around it, or the strong tail that would have been wrapped around the branch, came off intact, and Forest Panther's body fell as it made a fierce noise to the ground.

At the same time, the crisp sound of a broken neck bone due to his own weight echoes around him.

Ray and Elaine are stunned by the unexpected.

"Uh, I can't help it if I keep doing this here, and do you want to retrieve the monster for now? It's a forest when it comes to stripping the material, and it smells like blood, so should I stop it?... As far as I'm concerned, I can expect Forest Panther's Demon Stone."

Ray's gaze is pointed at the third eye on his forehead.

Blending the fur into the surrounding sight… I mean, it has the ability to exert a camouflage effect, so I decided that using it to Ceto would increase my skill level for optical camouflage.

Among the skills Seto possesses, the optical camouflage of disappearing himself emits a different colour, which is why it is quite useful.

Therefore, as Ray, I just wanted to collect the demon stones of the monster that possessed the capability of that hand as much as possible.

Storing Forest Panther's body in Mystering begins exploring the forest again.

"Looks like there are a lot of monsters around like Forest Panther that can be successfully dispersed... but fortunately, there's Seto over here. You won't have to worry about being struck by the enemy."

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

I'll take care of it! And a throat ringing ceto.

"Cu, cu, cu!

On Seto's back, the yellow also leaks a chirping sound just because it helps me and myself.

"Oh, I left it to you..."

Even though he remembers what was really going on with the two of them, Ray cuts the tweezer that is stretching to block his hand waving the knife to go.

Seeing the cut bamboo dripping from the branches of the tree, I notice.

"If you say so, you didn't use your new skills."

It reminds me of Death Size Pain Burst, a skill I have acquired on the 16th basement floor and have not yet confirmed its effectiveness properly.

Others turn their gaze to Seto by deciding that the elevated sense of smell of Seto's skills will have a high effect in the forest.

"Seto, will you try to use the olfactory ascent?

"Gru."

A set that snorts small at Ray's words as well as activates his skills.

The sharper sense of smell allows you to smell several odors.

"Grrrrrrrrrr, grrr......"

It was Ceto sniffing apart the smell of the monster as he sensed the surroundings with his sense of smell.