Legend

It didn't take long until the investigation team that left Gilm moved to near the Trent forest.

It can also be said that it avoids a bit of physical drain, and that it was lucky for the adventurers that it was a carriage trip.

But... Still, as Trent Forest approaches, the adventurers get a serious look.

Some of them are just kidding, but that's more of them just making it look that way.

... some of them are serious.

"Hey, you're that deep red, aren't you? Is it true you can handle the army on your own? Look, I could see the power of the item box yesterday, but that was all I ended up with."

The young adventurer man in the carriage with the wings of the Red Lotus, including Ray, was one of them.

An adventurer who has just come to Gilm this spring and is a rank C adventurer with a lot of skill.

On top of that, if you are a solo adventurer, you can say that you are very rare in some ways.

"Was that Raznig? Sounds like a long time ago, but you know we're going to Trent Forest, right?

"Hmm? Oh, naturally. But I still have a lot of confidence in my arm. No matter what... right, at least I can protect myself"

Raznig's expression of putting his hand on the sheath of his hips and telling him so is full of confidence.

Still, my strength is the best...... I guess the only one who doesn't think like that is a Rank C Adventurer after all.

Most people, regardless of rank, are disproportionately confident that they are the best adventurers.

Fortunately, no such person was among the adventurers taking part in this survey of the Trento Forest.

No one is overtly attitudinal about it at least.

I'm not sure what you think on the inside.

This forest of Trento is about the addition of the Guild… that is, a place of great significance for the future development of the Guild.

The workers just know that, too, and I'm guessing the adventurers who will make them take part in this investigation were carefully selected.

"Right. Then... show me your strength in this request."

Arriving in the Trent Forest, Ray tells Raznig that as he feels the carriage has stopped.

"Hehe, I'll take care of it. Whether it's Demon Stone or not, it doesn't change what's Trent after all, does it? Well, that's not a problem with someone like that. Besides, I'm promising to have a drink with Missouna at the tavern after this job. There's nothing like this."

"Right. Good luck with that."

When he speaks that way to Raznig, Ray gets out of the carriage.

I guess it's because the workers are putting a lot of effort into this investigation.

Five carriages are also available from the Alliance.

From those five cars, each of the adventurers came down and turned his gaze once again to the forest of Trento in front of him.

Most of the adventurers taking part in this survey came here yesterday as escorts for the logging operations.

Yesterday, we carried out logging operations in the woods, known only as escorts.

As a result, they got more rewards than they expected.

Compared to the trees that were felled, the way they were cut was rampant, which made them somewhat cheaper, but I can tell you that it would have been pretty good to think of it as a reward for a request that nevertheless did not endanger my life.

But... there's a back to a good story.

This forest, where we were easily in, is where monsters flourish at night… Above all, it was enough for the adventurers to think the Trent Forest was creepy to not have the Demon Stone.

"When I look at it like this, it just looks like a normal forest."

"Hey, the monster has no sign of a gray animal. Is the forest a normal forest?

"There are nuts and fruits, so I thought it might be a good place to get food."

"Whatever this season is, it's good enough as a source of winter firewood or something, right? Whatever it is, it doesn't cut or cut a tree at all.... where we worked yesterday is almost buried."

Watch the Trento Forest as the adventurers talk.

As the saying goes, the place where the men even logged the trees yesterday is already devoid of trace.

Still, even if only marginally, we were able to recognize it as where we worked yesterday, because the forest is shaped more like a snag than anywhere else.

Even if the speed at which the forest spreads is constant, the shape of the forest naturally becomes distorted if the place of reference is different.

Of course, if a few of them had just cut down a few trees… etc., the forest would recover lightly because the power of spreading the forest is stronger.

However, Trent's forest was not resilient enough to restore the area where a large crowd and many adventurers had concentrated and felled the trees.

It is also significant that the trees that were felled by the Adventurers were not transported or cut the branches of the trees, but were purely dedicated to felling.

It shows around how amazing the Trento Forest is around the area where there is still so much logging to see and manage after all.

"Yes, then we're going to investigate the forest. Please divide each of you into groups as you were told beforehand!

The voices of the people who are partitioning this investigation squad echo around them.

If this is a normal forest, that's the only thing an adventurer can do to investigate.

But this Trent forest is different.

It's a place that's not very, but it's not a normal forest.

I couldn't have left the investigation to the adventurers alone if I thought about the guilds to come.

As a result, alchemists, magic researchers, scholars… asked such people to come and investigate.

Besides those who belong to the Alliance, those who live in the Guild, those who have been seconded as Dusker's men… there is no doubt that only such people are competent.

But it is only natural that many of them are not highly combative.

Sometimes the researchers had different perspectives, and researchers and adventurers were supposed to act together.

"What are we supposed to do? I haven't been told to work with anyone."

Lenora told me to rendezvous with a team of researchers who were preparing them and came straight to the Trento Forest.

It was a complete setback compared to the other adventurers who had decided to put together in advance.

The man who was giving instructions to the other adventurers must have also noticed how Ray was doing.

Come closer, open your mouth.

"The Rays are a Rank B party, one or two steps ahead of the rest of the adventurers in strength,"

The words look a little uninteresting to the adventurers who were listening around.

I understand that the Rays outperform themselves, but it wouldn't be funny if they still put that directly in their mouth.

But men are accustomed to such ambient reactions.

If you were dealing with adventurers as guild officials, it would be natural to get used to the area.

Ignoring his surrounding gaze, the man continues his words.

"We also know that we are working a lot in this Trent forest. If you put someone on the same path poorly, you'll definitely be on your feet. Because I was wondering if it would be better if Ray and the others moved here alone. … I have an item box."

You don't have to act with the Rays, but if you have an item box, that's how many things you can bring back that need to be investigated.

Don't worry about that or the kind of deterioration caused by the passage of time.

For people like merchants, adventurers, and military personnel, it was a magic item they wanted so much that they could get their hands out of their throats, but being able to harvest research objects without degrading them is a very valuable substitute for researchers.

That's why I wanted the Rays to move only on the face of the red lotus wings that were being acted upon and investigate deeper into the forest.

... Most of all, I'm worried that if I do, I'll be able to bring a scarce substitute without missing it, as a matter of course, but it was also true that poorly accompanied people are more likely to have extra problems.

It would also be significant to have a marina of dark elves.

That it wouldn't be so hard for Marina, who knows so much about plants, to find something suspicious in the Trento Forest.

(And...)

The man who was talking to Ray is strongly uncomfortable with Vihera's outfit, which straightforwardly inspires desire, and the marina that is wearing a party dress.

Especially if you are open in nature or nervous because it means an unknown place, not necessarily without strange thoughts.

That would definitely cause trouble in many ways.

"What do you think? Do you mind if I do?

"Oh, that would help us too"

Ray nods lightly and accepts the man's suggestion.

Because I decided that it would be easier to move just the face of the Red Lotus Wings than to act with a bad person.

Does Marina, Vihera and Bühne have any objection to such Ray's words either, and there is no particular way to pronounce them?

"So that's what I'm talking about. Please come back for once in the evening or so. The evening investigation will be the real deal."

"Oh."

Is the answer short because you are still experiencing the forest of Trent at night?

The strength of the monster is no big deal, but it was a very troublesome place to be a monster where no demon stone existed.

It is understandable that this is why the investigation will be carried out in such large numbers.

(Luckily, there's no such thing as being extremely footy or selfish looking at other faces)

Of course, Ray doesn't know all the adventurers either, and it was possible that some people were wearing cats.

Still, it's definitely good compared to someone who behaves selflessly without thinking about it.

(No, in this case, Ning Ro, am I going in that way?

With that in mind, I immediately shake my head and concentrate my consciousness on the Trent Forest.

"Okay, shall we go then?... You can go, right?

"Huh? Oh, yes. Of course. Um... I think it goes without saying to Mr. Ray, but please be careful. I don't know what we have here."

"Oh, I know.... No, Ning Ro, I'm not the one who understands that most of all?

"Haha. Perhaps so."

The man smiles at Ray's words, which he jokes about.

But Ray saw a scholarly figure with Luno and Sleisha talking with several other adventurers, and I wonder if his words were careless now.

In the sense that you know the dangers of Trent's Forest in the true sense, that's what Sleisha would deserve if all but her own party members were wiped out.

... Though I didn't think Sleisha would be happy to be told that.

"Ray?"

Marina calls out to Ray, who was watching Sleisha.

What's the matter with you? and to the marina she asks with her gaze, Ray shakes her neck beside her in silence.

Seto has also rubbed his face as if to comfort Ray.

As he strokes back Seto's face like that, the man he was talking to Ray leaves with a small bow of his head.

Couldn't stand the air between the Rays, or were you not used to having a marina who was our own boss until a while ago?

Anyway, Ray and his people are the only ones around... the Red Lotus Wings.

The others look around, some consult like the Luno and others are already in the forest of Trento.

"No, it's nothing. Looks like the rest of us are pretty much in the woods, so let's go."

"Right.... I'd love to have a strong monster if I could."

Vihera, not Marina, responds to Ray's words.

For Vihela, it was honest that whether there was a demonic stone or not, either was fine if she could fight a strong enemy.

In that sense, the forest of Trento, where there would be a total unknown, was a place where there was no more.

... but Trent was the only one who fought yesterday.

Strength is not that noteworthy either, very ordinary Trent except that there are no demonic stones.

And there's no mistake that I thought it was slightly boring.

That's why I'm hoping we won't be able to fight powerful enemies in this quest.

Ray was going into the Trento Forest with Marina, Buune and Seto, trying to be pulled by such a vihella.