Legend

There was a number of lights in the room.

It wasn't the candlelight or anything else that was illuminating the room, but the pure light that was floating in the air.

One of those several lights disappears unexpectedly.

The man who was in the room wrote something on the paper that was on his desk all at once, but the moment one of the lights went out, he looked up as if he knew it.

"Oh? That light... what it was.... Yes, black crystal? But why was the black crystal destroyed? There was nothing suspicious."

The man tilted his neck as he looked at the light that had disappeared.

The black crystal produced by the man, however special, must have been a very powerful magic item.

"With that receiver, there's no way to protect the black crystal, and most importantly, the black crystal body would have been equipped with defense capabilities. Trying to break the black crystal, normally they would eat my consciousness and die... how powerful an adventurer was he?

The man looks at the disappeared light and thinks a little.

But he immediately shook his head to the side and then turned again to the paper on his desk.

"Well, the black crystal didn't perform as planned in the end, and isn't it sparing that much if it breaks?... than that, the problem is this one's official. Why do we only get numbers like this? Theoretically, it's triple... no, you could get out about eight times."

I guess the light that disappeared wasn't much of an obsession for a man either.

He concentrated again on the paper that was placed on his desk, and kept whining that it wasn't, not like this.

"... hmm? This..."

When Fu Ray realized he had no idea what he was doing.

For some reason I am activating the Red Armor of the Flaming Emperor, reaching out to a place where there is nothing.

On Ray's shoulder like that, it wouldn't be a substitute, but at some point Elaine, who had come nearby, had reached out.

"Elaine?"

"... Huh!? Ray!?"

"Oh, as you can see... what's going on? I told you not to go down the stairs.

"It's too late, that's too late.... In the first place, Ray. Do you understand what kind of situation you were in?

Elaine turns a strong gaze as she looks at Ray like she's confused.

That's why, if you have physical force in your gaze, you have such a strong gaze that you think you might have a hole.

Seeing how Elaine is like that, and seeing the Marina, Vihera, and Buune behind Elaine, Ray finally understands that he was worried about Elaine and the others.

"Uh... I'm sorry. Worried."

"Not at all... really Ray..."

Watching Elaine look dissatisfied, Ray remembers once again what she was going through.

Darkness… Yes, I was in a place where everything should be called a space made of darkness.

(No, the fact that my body was here and Elaine was able to touch it means it was my consciousness that was in that dark space? And the darkness is eroding me...)

Thinking that far, Ray finally remembers what situation he was in.

He said he was under some kind of mental attack because of the black crystal.

"Bad. You're worried. … I'll explain."

Tell him so, disarm the red armor of the Flaming Emperor that was still active, and Ray explains what he has been through.

Being in a space where there is no light or anything, only darkness.

That in the darkness, I couldn't remember anything about myself, and on the contrary, I couldn't understand the kind of emotions myself.

That darkness tried to erode my body.

That at that time, I inadvertently heard Seto and Elaine and the others, and so I finally returned them to me.

That he eventually activated the Red Armor of the Flaming Emperor to burn the space of darkness itself.

"... and if you're aware of it, it's what's going on."

That's what Ray says, pointing his gaze at where the black crystal was.

It would have been strange if there had not been a black crystal there... or its wreckage or something, but there is not even one of the ashes there.

Is that because the black crystal was originally such, or is it due to the red armor of the Flaming Emperor?

Either of that was unknown to Ray, but it was nevertheless an unmistakable event that the very existence of black crystals was gone.

"The black crystal is gone... well, I guess I should have thought about it as a result"

A smudging ray.

I didn't want to bring back the black crystal myself, though not very much more than I had experienced such as being able to capture the spirit into a dark space.

I originally thought I'd use it as a material for some kind of magic item, but I didn't think that if I made another magic item out of that black crystal, it would be very, but safe to use.

"I guess so. But... I honestly didn't think there was anything like this either. I'm really curious who made it."

"I guess. I know it's unlikely, but if this black crystal was a substitute for mass production, it could be a lot of trouble."

To the words of the marina, Ray imagines the sight of a pleasant neighborhood made similar to Mejougo in various places.

Most importantly, Mejougo is only a delightful place created by the people of Jaya and Labourina to make the most of the black crystal.

Even if other forces get black crystals, they don't necessarily use them in exactly the same way.

"With that said, this black crystal was what gave birth to the giant, wasn't it? Then you'll be all right now than Ray wiped out the black crystal?

"... right. I think we'll be fine after this, but honestly, I can't imagine what happens to the pregnant women upstairs."

I would have liked you to help me if I could, Ray, but I could have easily imagined that that was unlikely.

On Ray's shoulder like that, Elaine softly puts her hands on it.

"Still, you don't have to take any more casualties, so you can be proud"

It's not about comforting Ray, Elaine tells him how she's telling the truth.

I guess Ray was also somewhat distracted by Elaine's words like that. Nod small and then see where the black crystal was again.

"Anyway, you can assume that the loss of the black crystal is a huge damage to Jaya, right? Also, this underground facility was badly damaged."

"Right. I don't think Dusker will complain if he hears about this either. It's just that this black crystal is not only used by an organization called Jaya, but also by Rezel."

Out of the marina's mouth, the name Rezel.

I could not really hear the details because I died the moment I tried to say something, but I still hear the word that I have been dispatched by instructions of the Prime Minister.

In other words, Jaya is likely to have been part of the country's organization.

No, on the contrary, in part, there would be no denying the possibility that, in fact, the country operates a dark organization......

Because they attacked such a national organization, the Rays were, naturally, an enemy that could not be allowed to escape to the upper levels of the Labourina Nation.

If we let the Rays get away with this, they'll know what they're up to.

... Although, in fact, I've already informed Dusker of the general situation in the opposite orb, so if we do something to block Rays' mouth here, the result will not change.

"How the country of Labourina will come out...... right. I'm sure the prime minister is the enemy."

I guess it's only because I still have the thought that I might be able to fight powerful enemies that the tone of Vihella that tells me so is somewhere fun.

(I don't think the Labourina Nation has a powerful enemy. A giant would have a ton of them)

It all just makes me feel like I don't really have a sense of reality somewhere when I'm fighting such a giant just because I look the same.

However, I guess Vihera is still different that that is only Ray's thought and that Vihera seems happy from Ray's point of view.

In the first place, it was obvious when we fought the giant herd on the fourth basement floor.

"Well, no matter how we get out over there... I don't see how we can do this right there"

"Why?

"It's a black crystal. There was a black crystal, and for the first time a giant was being produced. Is that good?

Why would Ray say that? and the others nod, not just Elaine, who spoke of her doubts.

Ray continues his words, remembering a strange feeling, like he had become a teacher for some reason.

"Don't you think black crystals are more necessary to give instructions to giants than black crystals were used to give birth to giants? Not to mention, when we first peeked in the basement on the fifth floor, the giants were circling around the black crystal, right?

Ray, who saw it, somehow remembered the word charging.

I guess giants can eat things too, but how much food is needed to keep that giant... I don't even have to think about that.

If it's one or two, it's still there. Perhaps a hundred... No, hundreds, there are giants who might be over a thousand if they suck.

Filling the bellies of such a number of giants should not have been by and large.

But... suppose what was circling around that black crystal was actually like charging...

Of course, there's no way every giant can get that charge more than no other giant here.

(Hmm? Because you think too much of me when it comes to food? Actually yeah I can see it and it can be a snack...... or something?

I was a ray with such doubts, but still, regardless of the food matter, I was certain that the black crystal played some major role in freely manipulating the giant.

"Right. It makes sense that you have to use black crystals to manipulate it more than the black crystals have produced giants. Of course, there could be another magic item that specializes in it."

Marina, who was listening to Ray, whines as she was convinced.

"Anyway, there's nothing more to be done here, so it's time to leave?

Vihella tells him as he looks around the fifth basement.

In fact, it's like there was only a black crystal on the fifth basement floor, otherwise it feels like a basement with no digging - pretty huge though.

Beyond that, it was clear that there was no point in looking for anything here more than the black crystal itself had been extinguished by the Red Armor of the Flaming Emperor used by Ray.

The basement fourth floor is also one giant hall, and the basement third floor is ray's magic to call the bodies of giant children and mothers… all the pathetic wreckages are burned.

(Then there's nothing like looking into pregnant women upstairs in the basement and rooms upstairs in the basement... no, you're not)

That's what I think, Ray reminds me of the word shipping again.

"I think there's probably a hidden passage or something going on outside, either in this basement fifth floor or in the basement fourth floor, than you said you were going to ship the giant... what do you think?

"Definitely there is, I guess. But isn't it hard to find it?

There's no way a lot of giants are going to make a grand trip through Mejougo.

Not to mention the obvious difficulty of just putting the giants on the ground, who were massively gathered on the fourth and fifth basement floors.

If so, I'm pretty sure there's some kind of trick here.

"Do you want me to look?

Ray has a magic for exploration called 'Thin'.

With that, it will not be difficult to find hidden passageways, etc., unless there is more to it.

… although there is a danger that the flames will spread around and that those who know nothing may panic if they see them.

But fortunately, only the Rays are here.

If you knew it was magic like that from the beginning, it would have been possible to deal with it no matter what.

But it was Beaune who hung up on it.

"Mmm!"

Exploring hidden passageways is the business of bandits without even thinking about it.

For Bühne, who I don't think was of little use in this search for an underground facility, it was honest who would do it if he didn't do it here.

If the Rays were really in a hurry, they wouldn't imitate what they would leave to Büne, but soon Rays would have used magic to look for a hidden passage.

But now there is no particular reason why we should hurry.

No, on the ground, Seto is working hard to prevent intruders against this underground facility, but I didn't think there was anyone in this Labourina country who could do something about Seto.

"Okay. Then..."

Leave it to Bühne.

The moment I tried to say that, the wall just next to the Rays made a noise and opened... there were armed men there.