Legend

Ray's expression coming down to the basement fourth floor was exactly what he deserved to call unpleasant.

Naturally. Because in no room other than the one where Rezel was, there was no one who was already pregnant and survived.

Because we ended up burning down the giant children who were in the other room and the bodies of pregnant women who were eaten all over them.

I never hesitated to kill people now, but I still don't feel good about burning the bodies of women who were just used by Jaya.

And so does Ray, who put his hands directly down, who feels disgusted, but so did the other women, starting with Elaine, who had unpleasant feelings.

Again, being the same woman would be the major reason I felt that way.

"Where the second basement floor keeps pregnant women and stuff waiting, where the third basement floor actually gives birth. The fact that there is a black crystal on the fifth basement floor... what do you think there is on this fourth basement floor?

"... if you think about it normally, isn't that the room that keeps the giants waiting? You said Rezel was shipping or something, right? Then you'll need a room to keep the giant waiting until it ships."

That's what Marina answers to Ray's question.

Whoever heard the answer didn't think it was wrong.

But...

"As far as I can tell, it doesn't even seem like there's a giant."

Yes, the basement four floors are smaller than the basement three floors, and that's the kind of place where there's only one room.

I mean, it was in the shape of coming down the stairs directly into the room, but that room was a sight to say an empty room with nothing.

It's not strange to say that we shipped it, but that we have a giant for escort purposes, as Rezel called in earlier.

And it didn't seem to Ray that the escort giant was the only three earlier.

Because it's not weird to have a giant in this room...

I guess the others felt the same way about Ray's doubts like that. Strangely...... so I looked in the room vigilantly so that whatever happened could be dealt with immediately.

The first thing I noticed in the room was a staircase leading to the fifth basement floor.

Other than that, there was really nothing, it was just a lot of space.

"The warehouse of magic items... that's what I was expecting personally"

"But in the end, the magic items that Jaya was using weren't substitutes that Jaya's alchemist made, were they? Well, if there's a magic item, isn't it something that makes a lot of sense?

To Marina's words, Ray nods powerlessly.

Ray naturally expected that, too.

But maybe... I was thinking about the possibility that maybe...

The biggest reason Ray originally took on a request to retaliate against Jaya was because he took away a magic item.

I used to have a ton of slave collars, and I thought there were a variety of other magic items out there, but they actually aren't.

"For once, the black crystal seems to be a pretty valuable magic item... but it's kind of like a cursed magic item"

Ray squeaks like he's sick of it.

There is no doubt that black crystals will have a huge influence on a vast place called Mejougo.

But the effect is that making a woman a whore - Ray expects that changes can be made around here - makes her a giant child when she gets pregnant within that range.

Not very much, but I don't want to use Ray either.

(Well, I'm going to infiltrate a hostile country and leave a black crystal... is there a way to use it? No, but to have the effect of a black crystal, you're gonna need a slave collar, so you're gonna have to use that one on the set, too. I mean, stand out)

If we are going to use black crystals in enemy countries, that is what we need to do somehow to use the collar of slaves.

Then it was necessary to go out into such means as forcing the collar of slaves, as is done in this Mejougo.

Or there would be means such as fashion making the collar of slaves compatible with black crystals popular because it is a substitute that does not look like a collar of slaves at first sight alone.

... Although Ray doesn't know much about the situation around here, so I don't know if I can really do that.

Not to mention if you want to go that far and use a black crystal, Ray would shake his neck to the side too.

(Then the possibility of remaining is to utilize the black crystal itself as some material,?... There are going to be a lot of nasty magic items when I use them as materials, though I'm a little scared)

With that in mind, Ray heads to the stairs leading to the fifth basement.

"There doesn't seem to be anything on this floor for now, or should we head to the fifth basement?"

"Right.... It was a pretty unexpected sight because I didn't think there was anything like this either"

Vihera whines as she walks beside Ray.

If you tried it on Vihera, you would have exactly thought there was also a herd of giants here.

But if you actually come, the giant is nowhere to be seen because it means after shipping.

That was the biggest reason for my dissatisfaction with Vihera.

(Most importantly, those three are the only ones available for security... I kinda doubt that. If Jaya is aware of our presence, she could use more security. Considering the area, there is something unnatural)

Ray wasn't the only one who seemed to think that, and Elaine and Marina were wary of their surroundings, even as they headed to the stairs.

Naturally I felt such signs of both of them. Büne is also quick to see what's going on around him like a bandit.

But in the end, nothing particularly happens, and the Rays arrive in front of the stairs.

"... I didn't think anything was really going to happen"

Smudge and Elaine whine, but everyone agrees with that opinion.

In fact, if the Rays get the right information, it's the black crystal on the fifth basement floor.

It wouldn't be surprising or anything to wonder if it would be so easy to give such an important thing to Rays in front of them.

"Right. It wasn't weird to have some kind of trap, and that's all it is. I don't think there's any more to attack."

Ray squeaks as he looks around again.

To ram a giant requires some breadth, though its giant.

Even when Vihella fought the three giants earlier, it would not have been large enough for the giants.

Of course, it is Ray's honest thought that there was not a single chance that Vihella would lose, even if she fought in a place that was actually big enough.

"Anyway, I'm pretty sure we were lucky not to have one of these traps. If so, the only thing left is the fifth basement floor. I don't know what's waiting for me in the basement, but let's just keep our heads together."

"You have a magic item called black crystal, right? Then no one will imitate such a relaxing place."

It was a vihella that seemed like a regular battlefield, but if you try to make it a vihela that preferred combat, it would be a natural mindset.

Ray smiles unexpectedly at how Vihera looks like that.

... but that grin wasn't very funny for Vihera, she turns her slightly grumpy gaze to Ray and opens her mouth.

"What?"

"No, it's nothing. When it comes to combat, I just thought it would be safe to have Vihela. See?"

Yes, if Ray turns his gaze to the other faces, everyone nods without hesitation.

I said a lot about what was going on around me like that. It was a vihella I was doing, but I guess I decided that even if I said something, I wouldn't be convinced in the end.

Shut your mouth, even with a disgruntled look on your face.

The Rays keep going down the stairs as if they had signaled it.

A spiral staircase, unlike before.

However, there is no such thing as a trap where the steps suddenly disappear and become ramps like the first staircase......

If you try to be the ones activating this trap, it didn't work at all once by setting the same trap, so you're deciding there's no point in activating the trap here.

In fact, that's not wrong.

If the stairs suddenly disappear here, the Rays will only land on the fifth basement floor without any particular injury.

... Now, if I had been injured in a previous trap, I would have talked a little differently...

So what the Rays who were down the stairs eventually saw was... huge... that's the huge black crystal that would be three meters tall.

It has a pungent shape and a sharp pointed tip.

As the black crystal name suggests, the color is black.

That's the pitch-black crystal that I think will even inhale the light of the magic item on the fifth basement floor.

Even though we know we have the ability to call it evil, the Rays are blinded by the beauty of its black crystals for a moment.

But... in the next moment, that face was to be wrapped in amazement.

Because there were so many giants around that black crystal.

Sleeping round, but being there is definitely nothing but a giant.

(If you didn't think you were on the fourth basement floor, were you here?)

Ray doesn't even know why this is happening.

But for some reason... there was nothing uncomfortable about seeing a giant around a black crystal.

I didn't know what that meant and this was happening, but I still don't feel uncomfortable.

The sight as if it were nature to be there.

Looking at those giants, now more... it really was now, but Ray questions.

(Only the giants must eat a lot. If so, you will naturally need a lot of food as well... how's that going?

These were the Rays who came all the way down to the fifth basement, but I don't remember seeing any food for the giants along the way.

There was once something like dried meat in the warehouse on the first floor of the basement, but that would only be a substitute for humans.

Not very much, but not enough for a giant to eat.

Ray also saw the sight of eating through her mother's belly when she was born, and her body eating everything, but there's no way she won't have to eat anything after that.

It was Ray who had that doubt, but whatever it was, now he turns his gaze to the black crystal and the giants who are sleeping round it.

It was also understandable to Ray that black crystals are probably about half the size that they look like now, more than they are in the form of whether they are growing from the ground.

(Whatever, we need to do something about those black crystals... there's no way those giants are taking care of each other. Give up taking it away and break it like this?... so I feel like something is going to go wrong)

The Rays were observing the basement fifth floor from the top of the stairs, but what are we going to do now? and start consulting.

Perhaps if we went down the stairs like this and arrived at the fifth floor completely underground, Ray had the certainty that the sleeping giant would wake.

I'm not sure for any reason, I've dived through many battles, but I should say it's a mistake.

Or I can even picture the classic flow in comics and stuff that Ray read when he was in Japan.

"What do we do?

"I don't care what you say... if you don't do something about that black crystal, it's all kinds of yummy, isn't it? And there will be no more retaliation for Jaya."

That's what I said first, Vihera.

Fighting the giants on the third basement floor would have been quite satisfying.

If I could, there would be no battle, or I would have turned my gaze to the sleeping giants in circles like that.

"If it's a battle here, won't the black crystal break? If so, I hope they attack the Titans on the spot now. That way, some giants can reduce their numbers, and if they attract giants who notice an attack, they won't be harmed by black crystals."

"Hey Elaine. You can fight a corner giant as much as you want, so if you can, why don't you let me fight you normally?

"... I know what Vihella is trying to say, but then there could be damage to the black crystal, right?

"Because I fight with caution not to.... No?

As of now, Vihera already thinks of fighting the giants and moisturizes her eyes with that excitement.

Vihera releases an overwhelming hue, pointing that gaze at Ray...

"No, you can't."

It gets lightly rejected.

If the black crystal were more remote...... I might have nodded at the words of Vihera.

But given the rarity of the black crystal... and what happens when it breaks, I still can't snort at the words of Vihera.

Ray turned his gaze to see if there was any disagreement with the marina, but nodded back without any particular disagreement.