Legend

When Ray came to Trento Forest with Seto, there was an astonishing sight there.

towards the outside of the forest, a situation in which many trees have been defeated.

Normally, it's not a particularly strange sight, but it was definitely also a strange sight if you think about it on the assumption that this is the Trent Forest.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

"Oh, get down to where those trees are massively falling"

What are you gonna do? and Ray answers that to Seto, who is turning his circular eyes.

Then Seto descends straight to the ground.

Even then, the sound of the axe slamming against the trunk of the tree was echoing around.

That's not one or two places either, it's the sound you hear from all over there.

(For once, it was supposed to be in the name of an escort.... Well, there's no monsters out there, and there's no choice around there)

What I do is carry the felled trees to near the gilm for now.

With that in mind, Ray opens his mouth to the huddlers and adventurers who have gathered as he lands.

"I'm supposed to take the felled trees. So, the only tree to take is the one that's falling now?

"Huh? Oh, yes, it is. However, I will continue to cut trees..."

If you can, I want you to come back.

To Ray, I think that's what the man tells me.

The adventurer side also had the desire to come back to Ray if he could because cutting a tree would only cost him money.

... the adventurers just know what Ray is like and then they don't say it because Ray and his close opponents aren't particularly there.

Some of them have just come to Gilm like they only know about Ray about rumors, but regardless of Ray's appearance, did you find out that if you look at the griffon Ray is on, it's not a circumstance where you can say something far-fetched, shut up and watch Ray interact with Jin?

With such adventurers behind their backs, Ray is not the one to be afraid of.

It's not uncommon to feed Seto or imitate him if you meet him all over the city, because sometimes he exchanges words with Ray, albeit lightly.

Adventurers and other facets, his attitude toward Ray was completely different.

Around here, Ray's usual behavior is definitely affecting him.

"Okay. Even after carrying this tree...... right, I'll be back here in a few hours or so. Yeah, and I'll keep the felled trees, so you can mark something so we know who cut which one."

Later this tree was cut by myself, this tree was cut by you... I'm sorry I could rub it like that, Ray tells me.

I'm sure you and your adventurers know that.

Each of them began to stamp the trunk of the tree appropriately, or write and paste it on paper so that they could easily tell it was a tree they had cut.

From the tree that is thus ready, one ray after another touches it and stores it in the misting.

Ray's use of mystering is not so uncommon.

That's why we frequently do things like order food in the city and store it in mysteries in pans, plates, frying pans, etc.

But... Still, it is surprising to the beholder that one tree disappears in whole.

Even those who know the existence of Ray do, so the surprise of those who have just come to the Guild is not equal.

"Whoa, storing a whole bottle of that big tree... Rumor was true that Deep Red had an item box"

"Oh, they do.... Well, of course he's using Griffon as his obedience. No matter how many item boxes you have, you don't have to tell me to take them away."

"That's what happens now and then."

Adventurers who have just come to the guild are told by adventurers who have been working in the guild for several years.

"Ugh, is that true? Do you have orders to imitate someone with an alias?"

"Right. But even though he said he had an alias, it was in the war with the Bestian Empire that Ray got a deep red alias. So until the name was fully known, Ray was often licked even if he could follow the griffon"

In that explanation, the adventurers I was listening to give me a look like, wow...

Ray's prowess is now widely known.

The same goes for rumors, but Ray is seen by many in the war against the Bestian Empire and in other battles.

So, if there's any clear reason yet, I still don't think I'd like it from me and want to be hostile to Ray.

"So, who got their hands on that ray?

To the words of a man who has asked in such a way as fear, the man who was describing Ray does the trick of slashing and ripping his own neck.

Seeing that, it's not hard to imagine what happened to the person who put his hand on Ray.

"Better not be hostile to Ray."

"Oh."

The voice that speaks that way was only small... the smaller voice you deserve to call a whisper.

But that's how the moment we look at each other and communicate our intentions...

"Right. Try not to be hostile, and it'll help me."

A little further away, Ray, who was storing the felled trees in the mistering, sounds so.

The two adventurers, who didn't think they were hearing what they were talking about, stiffen their bodies for a moment.

And even if I turn my gaze to the adventurer who taught me about Ray... the person who was there until a few seconds ago was nowhere to be seen now.

(escaped!?

Terrible crisis-sensing abilities...... even though you think like that, you naturally think you've been abandoned.

Still, Ray has nothing more to say to the two adventurers than that, and reaches for the tree that was falling nearby.

"If the trees are nearby, it would be convenient to collect them."

"Right. Most importantly, it's cut from the outside in order, so I'm sure this happened.... but this forest is getting bigger every day, right?

Ray shrugs strangely as he chops down the tree he stored.

"Hmm? Oh, right. Maybe tomorrow, at this rate, this place will have trees growing again."

"That's it. It's good that the forest spreads overnight.... No, it's impossible if you normally think about it, but if you think this is the border, you can also be convinced. But what if all the trees growing in the sprawled woods are more than a certain thickness... what do you think?

I guess I was really curious about that area.

For Ray, it's unusual at the time when the forest is spreading and the trees are growing in the first place, so that's only about the error that all the thickness of that tree is above constant.

"What do you care so much?

"... don't worry about it."

I guess it's something that really bothers Ray and his interchange of words.

I hear serious eyes, staring at Ray.

"Even if they say so. I'm not that familiar with this Trent Forest either. All I know is, maybe at night, it's gonna be dangerous. In fact, yesterday I discovered traces of the party because I thought it had been wiped out in places that lie ahead."

Sleisha's party and the party of luggage owners who were rolling into what appears to be the site of the camp Ray found yesterday.

Because I'm just anticipating from those two that the night is probably dangerous.

"Mr. Ray, that is so true!?

I hear Ray whine words, and there are amazing voices all around me.

That's not the sound of a squeamish talking to Ray until a few seconds ago... but the voice of Sleisha, who was a little further away.

Until earlier, I watched Ray store the tree in the mistering with no voice, but I didn't imitate him to miss hearing the words coming out of Ray's mouth.

"Sleisha? And Luno... were you asked to do this, too? I don't think they cut the tree."

"Oh. A little help from Sleisha.... You know what I mean?

The one who answered Ray's words was Luno, who was on Sleisha's side.

But Sleisha, who is pronounced such a word next to herself, goes forward, regardless of Luno's words.

Because the words that come out of Ray's mouth now are definitely something that means a lot to me.

I'm pretty sure I was attacked at night.

But... that doesn't make it a certainty that if it's still night, they'll attack.

No, normally, it's night when a monster moves vigorously, so it's not that weird... but I was sure I couldn't say anything more than I still don't know for sure.

That's why I can't miss hearing what Ray has to say now.

"Is that true?

"Yeah? Yesterday...... no, you mean another party was raided yesterday? Well, there was nothing of evidence, but maybe for sure."

I can't tell you enough that Ray was definitely raided because Seto couldn't smell the smell of blood in the place where the luggage was.

Only Ceto, the Griffon with the skills of olfactory ascension, could not have sniffed apart into Ceto if that was even a drop of blood.

Nonetheless, Seto has not smelled blood where his luggage was.

I guess that means there's something in this forest to get rid of the smell completely... to the point where even Ceto can't smell it.

When searching for something, he was also a very troublesome opponent for Ray, who relies on Seto's sense of smell.

"Really?"

To Ray's words, Sleisha mutters small enough to silence him without being able to speak any more.

What's wrong with you? and Ray questioned me for a moment, but given Sleisha's body, I can't say anything more.

That's how big it is to have all the party members wiped out.

If Ray, too, had his own party...... three Marinas, Vihera and Bühne killed, he wouldn't know what that would do.

(Well, I don't think it's very easy for those three to die)

Marina has a proven track record of working as a Rank A adventurer for many years, and is good at spiritual magic and bows as a dark elf.

Vihera seems dangerous because she prefers to fight, but she avoids lethal dangers with instincts due to her wild... or even what she should call a woman's.

Bühne is less capable of all kinds than the other two, but still he is only bandit and is highly capable of crisis detection.

(Yeah? Thinking about it, maybe it's actually me who's the least capable of detecting a crisis in Red Lotus wings? Well, in my case, there's Ceto)

Watching Seto at the end of his gaze, Ray shakes his head small to the side.

Ray was confident in his abilities as well, but he doesn't think he can beat Seto in terms of feeling things.

The ceto is currently fed dried meat by the pigeons and several adventurers, and he seems happy to be stroked.

Even for adventurers who have a lot to think of against Ray, I guess not against the nostalgic Seto.

I had some doubts about that, Ray, but with it, I decided it was first to store the fallen tree in mystering, and prioritize that one.

Even while this is happening, the sound of beating the axe against the trunk of a tree is echoing around from the forest, as is the sound of a tree breaking from the trunk and falling to the ground.

However, cutting down a tree is not the same as cutting down a tree so well if you are an adventurer.

The chopped trees are all falling beautifully towards the outside of the woods.

That's what makes it easy for Ray to store in the mistering.... This was supposed to save time when transporting trees in carriages.

However, the trees cut by the Adventurers fall very beautifully against such trees.

Even if they are falling outside the woods, they are in different directions.

I guess that's still a good idea.

Because some trees are falling towards the inside, not the outside of the woods.

Many trees are unable to fall to the ground thanks to trees that are still growing and are leaning against them.

(Is it the difference between the main post and those who are not?... Well, actually knocking down a tree in the direction I thought it would be isn't as easy as it looks)

Ray has also cut trees to help his father expand the field when he is in Japan.

It wasn't as thick a tree as it was growing in the Trent woods, but still couldn't cut it down as I thought.

(Well, I'll store it in mysterious, so I don't have any particular problems)

When he stowed all the trees he had fallen, Ray next turned to those with trees that the adventurers had cut down.