Legend

Summer skies, Ray and Vihella fly.

Precisely what is flying in the sky is Ceto, with a ray crossed on its back and a vihella hanging on its forelegs... the two of us and one of us were flying in the sky without looking like we cared at all about that.

Three days after Ray slipped his mouth and started competing with Mileyne on... exactly the scorching wind or which one would find Ambris sooner.

Even with all that time, I still couldn't find Ambris.

Of course, there is no way in the meantime that a horde of monsters can stop being created, and as every day, when a horde of monsters is discovered, they are crusaded by the adventurers.

Particularly common were the originally high number of goblins, often discovered coming to the Guild to attack people.

In such circumstances alone, adventurers who are around to find Ambris are sometimes seen with the eyes of other adventurers telling them to work well, and it is not uncommon for them to have a sinister atmosphere because of it.

No one has such an eye on Ray, famous for his guilds... but as one still being turned to exploration, he still wanted it to be time to make progress.

But if you ask me how I find the presence of black mist, there's no way I can answer that right away.

In the end, all I could do was to look visually as I flew around the perimeter of Gilm in Ceto.

Still, we can't find Ambris in the end, and time flies by in vain.

Again today, the sun floating in the sky is tilting past its apex.

"It's noon, and you want to make it a meal?

Ray calls toward Vihera, who is grabbing onto Seto's forefoot from above Seto's back.

Fortunately, it is the green meadow that currently extends on the ground, and there are several trees growing, so it is not indiscriminate in the shade to avoid direct sunlight.

It was just the right place to have lunch.

However, in the sense of direct sunlight, this is even more so for the Rays flying at an altitude of 100 meters.

"Right. It's time to get hungry and... let's eat"

Vihera, who looks completely used to hanging on Seto's forelegs, also tells him.

Naturally there can be no objection to Ray and Vihera saying that Seto also eats... no, on the contrary, he goes down to the ground with joy.

Originally Seto loves the act of eating something.

That's what you can eat deliciously, even if it's monster raw meat, from dishes like the ones sold all over the city.

And when eating, I knew instinctively with previous experience that if people like Ray and Vihera were nearby, they would find it extra delicious.

That's why we head near a tree growing on the ground with wings flapping...... On the verge of landing, one and one takes their hands off the forefoot that Vihella was grabbing and lands on the ground without any particular failure.

As seen from above, no other monsters or animals are particularly visible on the side of the tree.

A little bird was resting on a branch of a tree, but when he sees Seto coming too, he immediately escapes.

Neither did Seto go after such a little bird in particular - if it was a meaty bird, it might have been different - but as soon as he gets into the shade of the tree, Ray starts preparing his meal.

Ready-to-eat dishes such as bread, soup, and skewers served from the mysteries are arranged one after the other over the meadows.

As for the lunch of the adventurer, a very satisfying menu.

Most of all, those who are now moving about Ambris were carrying quite a meal with them, even if it did not extend to this lunch.

Not that it's a request not to come back to the Guild for a few days, but everyone will come back to the Guild after the evening.

That's why you can carry a simple meal, starting with a sandwich.

At least, it is not a delicate meal, such as just hard-baked bread and dried meat, as it was when I was making a request for a few days.

(If you're goblin 'meat, it's time to keep your face on)

While eating alone with the two of us, Ray remembers the faces of his buddies doing research to eat goblin meat deliciously.

Research to make goblin meat delicious has, of course, hardly advanced.

Ray even gave them spices, but that spice can also be used luxuriously only because Ray has it, which is usually quite expensive if you try to buy it.

I recall seeing or reading something when I was in Japan, such as the story that pepper and gold were worth the same amount, or waging a war for spices...

Most importantly, spices are not that expensive in Guild, but they are not cheap enough for everyone to easily buy them.

Naturally, if you imitate the use of a large amount of spices on goblin meat, it would be inedible but unusually expensive.

(spices that aren't that expensive...... I've heard the mint is fertile though. You got one over here, too?

Mint is very famous among spices and has many uses.

Ray's perception is that it's more about herbs than spices, but he still thinks it's okay to consider them as spices for once.

Mint is very fertile and doesn't have a hard time growing it.

No, on the contrary, it reproduces so much that it's harder to intermittent than to grow it when you do poorly.

Ray also failed to grow and manage a mint when he was in Japan, and had seen the sight of the garden overflowing with mint.

Given that there were some words in the world, such as mint terrorism, you can see how fertile mints are.

(Is it goblin meat and mint?... I wonder what the dish will be. Simply bake? Steam or boil? I guess it's best to leave that area to the cooks. For example, there is also the question of how to find the mint)

Ray sees the sight of the mint growing all over the garden at a friend's house, hemmed by that friend... no, he's given the mint in such a way that it can be pressed in half, so I know what form the mint is in.

If it had been sold or grown somewhere, I was confident I could tell right away.

But a few years after Hate and Ray came to Elgin. I've never seen or eaten mint.

I don't know if this coincidentally prevented Ray from finding the mint, or if he simply doesn't have the mint, or if he doesn't recognize the mint as a spice or herb again.

(The fact that Takum is there should be some diffusion of Japanese culture or something. Well, it hasn't spread chopsticks or anything, and you didn't spread it around, or you simply tried to spread it, but it didn't)

Especially in the case of chopsticks, it would be a very difficult substitute for those who are used to knives and forks.

There is a good chance that trying to spread the chopsticks in such a situation did not spread inconvenience.

(Not about the mint.... Well, if the house is not a farmer, there is no large garden in the countryside, I prefer herbal tea is not in my family, and the food is my hobby, can I usually see the mint)

It seems that Ray's friend's sister decided to grow mints in the garden, nestled in herbal tea.

Naturally, you couldn't have used up the mint that grew all over the garden with herbal tea and dishes, and you managed to treat it by allowances and gradually hemming it like Ray did, and eventually turning it into a herbal bath without herbal tea?

Why don't you just pull out the ray and throw it away without having to use it? I thought so, but they couldn't tolerate it around there as they grew mints.

All in all, mints aren't hard to breed as long as you can find them, and if you succeed, they'll be Gilm's new specialty? The thought was also in Ray.

Most importantly, given its fertility, it is likely that it can soon be grown in other cities and villages.

"Ray, what's going on? Think suddenly."

"No, I'm happy to be able to carry delicious food like this, but I guess normal adventurers can't eat such a fancy meal. Normally, you know, dried meat and hard-baked bread, that's all."

Even if it's a sumptuous meal, it's just a bunch of dishes in the guilds that you can usually eat.

But when it's outside the city, it's the right dish to describe it as extravagant.

"... right. That's what I ate when I was diving in the dungeon with Büne, too."

"Not now, but you've often endured such a diet."

Ray has sometimes forgotten these days, but Vihera is from the royal family of the Bestian Empire.

Naturally, the dishes served there were extravagant, and Ray's honest thought was that Vihera, who was used to eating such dishes, could endure well with preserved meats such as dried meat and hard-baked bread.

To Ray's words like that, Vihera grins as she chops the remaining bread into her mouth.

"I don't think so. It was easy just for me not having to do the poison or anything like that. No matter how luxurious and delicious the dishes are, if they're freshly made, they'll get cold."

"Is that what this is all about?

"Yeah, that kind of thing.... Hey, Ray. Hey, look at that one."

As we speak, Vihera's expression inadvertently changes from grinning to nervous.

What Ray saw, pointing toward Vihella's gaze, was Goblin.

That alone would not have surprised me in particular.

I've been swarming a lot lately, and that's why I watch them get bored every day.

If Ray finds a bunch of goblins, he unleashes his magic on the ground when he walks past them in Seto, and he burns them all to death.

But Ray also understood at a glance why the look on Vihera's face had changed after seeing such a goblin.

Because the goblins walking in the meadows in unbridled footsteps were wrapped in black mist on their bodies.

No, the expression "haunted" is not correct. Either that or you're right that there's a remnant of black mist left to look like that.

Even out of that black mist, the goblins have all sorts of discomforts.

"... what do you think?

"In the meantime, I guess you don't mean to miss it. I've been looking all over for Ambris, so I need a little information."

Ray nods in agreement with Vihera's words.

Quickly store the remaining dishes in the mistering and be ready to chase the goblins.

It was Seto who seemed only a little sorry that the meal was over on the way, but still stood up without protesting Ray and Vihera about following Ambris' lead.

That's how you two and one go after the goblins instead of flying in the sky.

Keep some distance and move on so that whatever happens to the goblins can be dealt with immediately.

Goblin walks through the meadows in the same unconstrained footsteps.

"Based on what that goblin looks like, it's obviously weird..."

"Right. The question is, when did that goblin come into contact with Ambris? If it's within a few hours, I'm sure there's still Ambris around here.... but as far as the surroundings go, you don't see Ambris, do you?

To the words of Vihera, who asks, Seto rings his throat.

Using sensations such as vision, smell, or hearing, you can't discover Ambris around you.

But it is only natural that Ambris is hard to find because of its properties, and if he's around, he can't find it that easily.

"I just want to find Ambris if I can manage to find out exactly what's going on around me... that sounds difficult too"

"Right."

"Gru."

Leaking into Ray's words, Seto sounds like he's sorry.

To such a ceto, Ray and Vihera stroke each other not to mind.

But you feel sorry that the comforted Seto can't find Ambris on his own, usually to get back on his feet soon, but he hasn't fully recovered yet.

Moving through the meadows stroking Seto's back, he walks unwavering footsteps in front of the Rays... and that's what stops the goblin movement that was walking in footsteps that looked like he was drunk, like he could describe them as a thousand bird feet.

That didn't stop at your will, it was like being pushed a button of pause, that way of stopping.

It was an obviously uncomfortable way to stop, and that's why Ray, Vihera and Seto, two and one, kept an eye on that goblin.

If anything...... specifically so that Ambris can move on to action as soon as he shows up.

Ambris, created by a magic anomaly, does not have a physical attack.

In the first place, I guess that's natural because there's no reality.

And because the phenomenon of magic abnormality itself has a shape, it also has a high magic defense.

The best way to do something about Ambris like that was for Ray, with enormous magic power, to break through with all his magical defenses...

Whenever anything happens, you prepare to take action like it's okay, and as you look at the goblin, the black mist that was inadvertently present around the goblin disappears.

Yes, as if it's absorbed into the body of a goblin.

"Gaaaaaaaaaa!"

The moment all the black fog was absorbed, the goblin roared...... its body was clearly bigger than it had been a few seconds ago.

It is the birth of a goblin leader.