Legend

Ray - Death size to be exact - said Seto had finished absorbing the demon stone and was walking toward the house that Elaine and the others were renting.

Among other things, Seto still hasn't erased his slightly unfortunate look and doesn't seem energetic from Ray's eyes.

(You wanted to absorb so much Aerowing demon stone?... Well, I can understand it)

As with the Death Size Flying Slash, Seto's skills also have some Wind Attributes.

Wind arrows and tornados are it.

Wind arrows are weak but have excellent attack speeds, and at the same time can be arrows made of wind, making them difficult to see by enemies.

Though Seto had several skills, Wind Arrow is arguably a skill for ranged attacks that he uses relatively often.

And most importantly, it's tornado.

Ray now has the alias Deep Red, Fire Whirlwind.

Its method of attack, which has the power as if to sweep the perimeter, has Ray's flaming magic as its starting point and the skill of Seto's tornado.

It's a tornado that grows, fuses, and eventually becomes a fire whirlwind by incorporating a lot of Ray's skills and magic.

In other words, strengthening the tornado can also lead to strengthening the fire whirlwind.

That's why Seto craved the Aerowing Demon Stone, but it's fascinating that Ray can also raise his level of Flying Slash again, and eventually Seto lost to such Ray to give way to the Aerowing Demon Stone.

"Gru......"

Ray's... Death Size Flying Slash becomes more powerful, of course, without Seto.

No, Ning Ro. I'm even happy with that.

I'm naturally happy for Seto that my favorite Ray will be stronger, and I have no complaints about that.

Still, if I could, it was really in Seto that I wanted to absorb the Aerowing demon stone myself.

To Ceto's head like that, Ray, who was walking next door, reaches out softly.

"Look, Aerowing is still in the woods, and let's hope to explore the woods in the afternoon. Huh?"

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

Did Ray rekindle a little in his words, Seto throats better than he did a few seconds ago?

To such a ceto, Ray takes one sandwich out of Mystering and gives it to him.

It's been little after lunch, but still, for Seto, one or two of the sandwiches isn't in the way.

I finished eating the sandwich Ray gave me happily... still almost feeling better, Seto starts walking next to Ray.

(I did a sandwich. What am I gonna say, but haven't you fixed your mood too easily?

I understood that Seto was vulnerable to food, Ray, but still makes me a little nervous when I see him in a sandwich like this getting in a better mood.

I was wondering if maybe one day food would catch me and make a big deal out of it.

... but Seto doesn't get food from anyone either.

I use my ability to sense the five senses, the sixth sense, and the magic of being friendly to me.

hostile... or never sweet or nostalgic about yourself or someone approaching you trying to use Ray, let alone get food.

"Grrrr, grrr...... grrr?

Seto was throating in a good mood, but when he soon came to the point that it was the house that Elaine and the others were renting, he accidentally turned his gaze forward.

What I saw in that gaze were two little figures approaching me straight towards me.

One of them is a polo, running on the ground with nine tails in the wind.

And the other was a yellow one, flying through the sky with its wings flapping wide.

Both of them are approaching Seto at full speed.

Those who run on the earth and those who fly in the sky.

Normally, the faster would be the flyer, but only this time, Polo, who runs the ground, was winning more at speed.

But... it was Yellow who eventually got to the goal, above Seto's back.

For a polo running on the ground to reach Seto's back, there were means such as whether to go up from Seto's feet or to see Ray against the wall and jump with a triangle jump procedure.

But Ray's position is not the position Polo deserves to make a triangle jump, and as a result Polo will choose the option of going up Seto's body.

Compared to that, a flying yellow just has to land straight on Seto's back.

Before landing it is necessary to slow down, but in the case of yellows it can be easily slowed down by spreading the wings and obtaining air resistance.

As a result, it was Yellow who eventually won, even though Polo had won better at speed.

"Cu! Cu, cu!

"Pollulu......"

Back to back with the joyfully throaty yellow, Polo makes a quiet appearance.

Only Polo, who was confident in speed, didn't even think he'd lose.

What was there was a picture of the winner and the loser until it was clear.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr"

To those two, Seto rattles his throat.

It's not like I'm blaming you for competing for a goal on your back, it's like you're including getting to know each other better.

In fact, the yellows and polos who heard the chirping fell asleep amicably on Seto's back without contending with each other any more.

(You're letting the older wind blow)

Actually Seto is older than Yellow, but younger than Polo... neither Ray nor Seto will ever know that.

I guess the mistake around there is also applauded that the size of the polo is a little larger than that of the squirrel.

"Polo, I ran out of the blue, so I wondered where he went..."

"Apparently you sniffed out Seto's presence and moved in with the Yellow."

It was Elaine and Earth, each of whom checked their gear enough to describe it as fully armed, who showed up from the premises with that voice.

From behind, you can also see the marinas, Vihella, Ara and Bühne, who have also checked their gear.

"You're all set."

Ray squeaks as he sees the total of six.

"Oh, that's Ray with you, isn't it?... Well, in Ray's case, I don't need to check my gear originally."

Marina tells Ray with a little envy.

And the others were turning the same gaze to Ray.

"Even if they say so. If I carry my weapon around normally, I can only take a place and get in the way."

The death-size of the ray is about two meters long, and the blade exceeds one meter in size.

If you walk with such a huge weapon in your hand, it's very noticeable.

And most importantly, no matter how light the death size Ray had, it was only natural to get in the way of it because of its size.

There's also spear throwing in the way Ray is good at attacking, but there's no way he's going to bother carrying a spear for throwing.

If such an imitation were to be made, Ray would hold a few to a dozen spears, and in his hands would be dressed very little but not worthy of walking where people are.

"Heh, that sounds interesting. I'd love to see that kind of ray if I could.... you'll only get in the way of spears and stuff when you fight."

Vihera herself is light...... thin clothes are used as protective equipment, so I guess heavy gear has repellence.

I also agreed with Vihera that this one also emphasizes lightness and wears only about the breastplate of leather rather than leather armor.

With such an exchange, the marina eventually opens her mouth.

"Come on, it's time to go to the woods. Whether it means examining the freaks that are happening in the woods or the surroundings of the woods… I'd like to examine them properly, even inside the lost junction."

"Get ready. Not now, but have you finished treating the world tree? So, do we have to go out of our way to find out about the anomaly and fix it? Wouldn't that anomaly also resolve naturally over time?

Marina shakes her neck to the side as she asks Elaine as she slips her fingers into Mirage's confined sheath.

"It is true that the world tree may recover more naturally over time than it has recovered. But you might not recover. I want to get rid of this anomaly by now, if I can."

No one said no to the word.

Earths, the only one of these who just got to know the Rays, originally came to investigate a forest anomaly, so I have the idea that that would be best if we could solve that anomaly.

The marina nods small and opens her mouth, looking around like that and making sure no one complains.

"Well, shall we decide to combine?"

"... splitting?

Ray shrugs about why words like that come out.

In contrast to such a ray, Marina goes on to say that she nods naturally.

"Look, most of us here have more than enough power as a force."

Most of those who were there nodded back at the words that came out of the marina's mouth.

Faces like Ray, Elaine and Vihera confident in their abilities.

Ara was also somewhat confident in the sense of purely combat power.

Earth is also quite confident in his prowess with Polo as a Rank C Adventurer.

... Although only the bandit Bühne wasn't very confident in his combat skills and remained silent.

Looking around at such a togetherness, Marina's words continue.

"There are people who have that much strength, so it's inefficient for us all to act together. It's hard to get in touch with others when something happens to move individually. It's better to act in two to three."

"... is that me too?

That's what I put in my mouth, Ray.

As a Ray individual, I have confidence in my combat skills, and Ray also has a presence called Seto.

It was certain that just this one and one would be too much fighting power.

I guess Marina understood that too. Looking at Ray and Seto, think a little.

I understand that there is no problem with the force. But when Ray had to stop being able to move, it hurt that Seto came to let him know that there was no one to communicate with.

(Oh, but what could Ray do?

That's a late thought, knowing Ray's prowess.

It's not like Ray thinks he can beat anyone or anything.

But still, given the strength of Ray, I didn't expect to be able to do anything about a somewhat strong monster showing up in this forest.

(And...)

Notice the gaze that is directed at you, and see the Lord of that gaze.

It's true that my gaze is directed at me because it's who I was talking about, but that gaze... the two gazes were stronger than the others.

I mean, two Elaine and Vihella.

(Guess they think I'm going to use this opportunity to act with Ray)

As guild master, as grandson of the elders of this settlement, and as marina.

Think about what choices you make… and finally open your mouth toward Ray.

"Right. Ray and Seto wouldn't be hard stories to dive through, even if something went wrong. Just be careful not to go too far up there when flying. It's good for what you're inside, but if you go too far up there, it could touch the stray junction unfolding that way."

Well, Ray seems to break the line of stray or make it normal, but everyone who was listening to it smiles small at Marina's words jokingly.

Because that's how I understood that word to be true.

But at the same time, I understand that Ray couldn't have done that.

I came here to cure the world tree, and there's no way I can do something about it.

"That's why Ray's with Seto. What else is left..."

It is directed at members who still have Marina's gaze.

The rest are Elaine, Vihera, Ara, Bühne, Ground, and myself.

(six and one when you add the polo...... because there are two pairs of three to separate? Three pairs?

It was a marina that got lost for a moment, but eventually decided it would be better to look in many directions at all, choosing three pairs for two.

"Elaine and Arla, Vihera and Bühne, me and Earth.... It's a little easy, but how about this combination?

The combination was exactly what Marina deserved to call it no difficulty, as she had spoken.

At the same time, however, it could be said that combinations such as Ara and Bühne, which are used to supporting Elaine and Vihera, are the right combinations to show their full strength.

(Later, if I can fit in well with Ground...)

This is how we decided to split the team safely.