Legend

Sometimes I just feel confident.

That was what Ray thought when he saw a man coming straight in looking for himself.

Nothing. Ray didn't completely lift his guard against the man.

In the first place, there's no way you could imitate that when you have someone trying to be hostile to you.

But still, the vigilance Ray had against the man wasn't that strong.

Such Ray's anticipation, though slight, came off...... it makes Ray feel even more expectant, not in a hurry or despair.

It runs fast, but still not so fast that you can't chase it with your eyes.

But if you see him running with little physical balance at that time, it's obvious that a man's strength isn't just his mouth.

"Shh!

A dagger blow, protruding with sharp breath.

It has been aimed straight at the torso, not at places like the face and neck, probably because it is easiest to hit the attack with the biggest aim.

You don't kill your opponent with one blow. Attack to ensure loss of life after inability to move.

But seeing that, Elaine and the others don't respond to anything in particular.

Instead of not being able to move into unexpected developments... they don't because they don't need to move.

As if to prove it, Ray waves his foot wrapped in Slapenil's shoes as he retreats one step back.

What echoed around the next moment was the crushing sound of meat and the broken bones.

And a moment late, the sound of a man's dagger falling to the ground.

……

Not a word can be uttered by those who are in tune with the man's words in their unexpected accomplishments, and silence fills their surroundings.

All you can hear is the sound of leaves shaking by the wind blowing in the woods and the sounds of birds, beasts, or monsters.

"You're definitely a good arm, but you're a good arm stoop after all. I can't even imagine..."

Based on Ray's relative feelings, it's only a skill that's considerably higher than Büne's.

(If you think about it, you're getting a little more skilled in Bühne.)

Not as good as winter, but Bühne still trains in combat.

In addition, by acting as part of a gathering of highly combative men called Red Lotus Wings, we can see the battles of those who are always highly combative up close.

It would be a luxurious reference to combat, especially to be able to see simulated battles of the likes of Vihela and Ray up close.

Not to mention that Elaine is also a part of it now.

... Marinas are also highly combative, but they are basically sometimes good at attacking with spiritual magic and bows, and Bühne has nothing to do with that.

Ray was thinking about that for a moment, but although the man with the broken wrist bone stopped the movement with the shock and pain, he immediately moves back out again.

That method of deliberately ignoring pain is very helpful in cases like this one.

Think about it and act like it, trying to take Ray down somehow.

But... there's no way that that doesn't affect the movement of the body just because you can ignore the pain.

The velocity toward Ray had undoubtedly fallen more than at first, and had an earlier blow effect on the movement of the body.

The man naturally knew that, too, but I guess he could never do anything more to give up with it because he took a blow to Ray than he told Lutus that far.

Pack the distance from Ray and wave your left hand wide aside without a weapon.

Moment after moment, what popped out of it were a few long needles.

He's an assassin.

With that in mind, Ray aggressively uses a dragon robe to defend that long needle.

Dragon robes made from dragon scales and leather also have a powerful defense against physical attacks.

All of the long needles released are lightly prevented by the dragon robe.

If Ray's standing place was different than it is now, he would not have imitated and avoided accepting a long needle.

But behind where Ray stands now, there are Elaine and the others.

Of course, with Elaine and the others' strength, it was clear that nothing would have happened to such an attack, but nevertheless, in case of the possibility, Ray could not imitate avoiding a long needle either.

Naturally, the man would have been a blow in anticipation that Ray would go into such action.

And now that Ray had made the kind of move to protect his back, it was a great opportunity.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

The man has also served for many years as an escort to Lutus.

No, you're right to call it the escort of the Lutus clan, to be precise.

So, even if it's an escort... no, I fully understand what the assassin does because it's an escort.

A good escort can also be a good assassin.

At least in the case of this man's clan, he was also trained as an assassin to gain the assassin's perspective.

If you try to be such a man, you can easily imitate killing your opponent even if one hand doesn't move.

... but that's if they're not Ray.

No, even Elaine and the others, it wouldn't have been that hard to deal with it.

Either way, the man's plan is lightly crushed by Ray's fist.

"Ouch!

Play with your left hand and stick your right hand straight forward with your hand stretched out to grab Ray's throat.

An ideal counter blow in and the man is blown away as his jaw is crushed by an unexpectedly powerful fist.

Keep hitting your body on the rocky skin of the cave, and the shock causes the man to lose consciousness.

"... well, is that enough for now? Are you going to deal with me that those guys showed up trying to agree with the guy you're dealing with?

Remove the death size from the mysteries.

I had bare hands, but the next time I call, I will use the Death Size to deal with the weapon.

The men backed off a lot, doing nothing more, against Ray, whom they showed in their actions.

Even the most skilled of us couldn't beat the bareback Ray.

Absolutely no if they told me that I could do something about such a monster with a weapon and even more fortified.

Other than that, a man was hit... many people decided that the person in front of them was different in character when they saw it was lightly knocked down in one effort too.

"Well, it seems honest and above all.... Well, lutus. The rest of them have grown up, so let me ask you something."

"... no, I knew you were strong, but not that far..."

Lutus, spoken to by Ray, just squeaks.

I naturally knew how powerful a man was only to the person who had escorted me for years.

And he had gathered enough information about Ray's prowess as well.

Still, I guess I never thought there'd be a difference in strength so far.

The difference between knowing it as knowledge and actually seeing and ascertaining its strength in front of you is enormous.

"Right. But it's Jaya who's been imitating us selling fights to the guilds we belong to.... Well, maybe even without this one, sooner or later, Jaya's information is likely to have been obtained."

One city itself is a mejougo called the Pleasant City.

Naturally, the rumor is spreading quite far at the moment, and it's not surprising that Ray just doesn't know and Gilm has someone who knew about Mejougo.

And a giant.

If there are a large number of giants about three metres tall with the same face, that's not something you can hide forever.

In fact, even in this country of Labourina, its forces could not be completely destroyed when it raided the resistance, and the matter of the giants is known.

And information is very difficult to seal off completely.

At least not least, it was impossible to completely seal off information about the giants with an organisation called Jaya and a small country called the Labourina State alone.

"It could be. But if I could, Gilm... I didn't want to be the kingdom of Mireana."

"When I heard about it, a lot of guys said they weren't convinced it was their country? If so, I'm pretty sure they were supposed to fight sooner or later?... it will be difficult to win just because of the power of this country."

In fact, if the Rays had fought giants, if the ordinary soldiers of the Kingdom of Mireana were opponents, they would be able to ravage them.

But some of the soldiers have arms, as well as combat experts such as knights.

And most importantly, if I became a high-ranking adventurer, I could definitely deal with no matter how many giants I dealt with.

That's all Ray can say, just because he has direct experience fighting giants.

"I guess. To be honest, I don't really think that's possible either. But I really think so up there."

"... up, right. Looks like your escort said you were young, but I think it's time you let me know who you are."

In the words of Ray, who tells him so, Lutus gives a look like he doesn't know what he was told for a moment... the wind blowing through the woods shakes his hair.

It's been a few seconds as it is, and finally Lutus understands what Ray wants to say and opens his mouth.

"Oh, I see. Didn't you know who I was yet?... I have a high-ranking adventurer with aliases like Ray, and I just thought I already knew who I was."

Haha, and lutus laughing brightly.

Of course, neither does Ray think that Lutus is just a merchant, etc.

But at the same time, we don't know exactly who he is.

"So? Who are you after all?

Elaine and the others, who watched the exchange in silence behind Ray's words, also turn their gaze to Lutus.

Until now, Ray and I knew each other so we decided that it would be quicker to leave it to Ray than to speak poorly, but depending on who the person named Lutus was, we would also need to speak.

"Right, would it be quicker to explain this to the Rays? One of the sons of the man who leads Jaya,"

A word released from Lutus's mouth, although half predictive, was nevertheless astonishing.

At a time when you are called young and have so many escorts, there is no possibility of being a merchant around, and it is difficult to be one of Jaya's executives.

But still, it was unexpected that Lutus would say so with dignity from his mouth.

"You've always been so dignified with us hostile to Jaya. You didn't think they'd kill you?

"Um, if this one surrenders so manly, maybe I thought it would be okay. He said it felt like he had been in contact before."

Isn't it because Lutus really thinks so?

To Ray, that's what I think.

Of course, Ray doesn't know if that's what he really thinks.

"Well, fine. So, why would someone like that surrender so easily?

"Of course, because I can't beat you. Besides... what Dad's doing just seems to be pushing his way to self-destruction."

From the words of Lutus, who spoke with his father, there was no doubt that that meant the person who was leading Jaya.

(I guess that means there's also a power struggle or something inside Jaya. … but even if there is a power dispute, I don't know if it will be on the table)

Jaya is a dark organization cooperating with the country of Labourina.

No, in fact, Ray even thinks of the possibility of a direct organization in the state of Labourina.

Beyond that, if Lutus were to be hostile about Jaya, if he were to ask if that would allow internal division, it would also be no.

"So? Your father is about to destroy himself, and you, my son, are in no action at all?

"Of course, I've told you many times around. But unfortunately, there's nothing like accepting it."

Lutus, who exhales and tells him so, looked like Ray, as he was truly sorry.

"Right.... Well, that's good. Tell me more about this facility. The giants shipped from Mejougo's underground facility will come here, won't they? How many of them are there right now?

"Well, I don't know exactly how many, but there's over a thousand of them."

"... I knew that was about it"

From the number of whores in Mejougo, I easily imagined that much.

No, I'd say it's too little for a thousand Ninro.

(Still, I'm pretty sure more than a thousand women who were forced into prostitution died,)

Ray thought about what to ask next, pushing and killing the anger that had sprung up in him.