Legend

About an hour after the Rays broke up with the Vihelas...... it was time to see the border between the kingdoms of Mireana and Labourina, but I could not yet find what the mission looked like.

Maybe you haven't left the village or the city yet? I was Ray with the question, but I can't think of the possibility that the sun hasn't left yet more than it has already risen.

Of course for some reason...... if that's what happens to those in the mission getting sick or getting into some kind of trouble, it was different story, but if that happens in the first place, it will be harder for the Rays to find it.

"Grrrrrrrr?"

"No, it's nothing. It's just, you know. If you can't find anything after a while, you might want to hear from the village or the city along the way."

That's what Ray tells him as he strokes Seto, thinking maybe he won't.

If anyone has a pair of orbs on the mission, they'll know where they are right now via Dusker.

But a pair of orbs is a very rare substitute.

Even for what Ray and Elaine have, the harder it took to get it.

(So, like, a biographical dove or something? Or use it to deliver letters, to accompany summoning magic or Tamer or something like that... it looks like Gilm's mission could do it)

Sometimes Gilm is a frontier, and all sorts of people come together.

It is not surprising that many of them possess rare skills and are in contact with Gulm by any means… more precisely with Dusker.

(But if you have that kind of ability with you, that's not strange that Master Dusker has taught you in advance)

Looking out onto the street, Ray thinks that way... around entering the kingdom of Mireana, Futoseto rattles his throat.

"Seto?"

Ray didn't know at first why Seto sounded like that.

But if you look at Seto... if you look in the direction we're going, you can see a bean grain, or even smaller than that.

Of course that's a sight I could find because Ray has a much sharper vision than an ordinary person.

And the only reason Seto could be found before Ray was because Seto had a sharper vision than Ray.

"Is that... a bandit?

There was just a distance where I couldn't distinguish my face clearly yet, but it still looks like someone is fighting as far as Ray can see from afar.

There was also the possibility of a human-shaped monster, but it seemed somewhat different as far as watching it this way.

There are many different types of monsters, starting with goblins and oaks.

But sometimes it's still human and not human, and there's something uncomfortable about it.

What Ray is looking at now is such an uncomfortable sight.

I mean, you're human.

Of course, elves, dwarves, beasts… there are many other races, so it is not always certain how to distinguish them.

"Ray, what's up?

What you hear from inside Seto's cage is Elaine's voice.

You must have understood from Ray's condition that something went wrong.

"Pretty far ahead...... no, we're pretty close already, but it looks like someone's been attacked by a bandit or something anyway"

Seto has been flying ever since Ray found those who are being attacked by bandits.

Given Seto's flying speed, it wasn't a difficult story to get that far, even somewhat far away, quickly.

"Bandits? Then help?

"Oh, most of all... I don't know if you need any help, but it's a subtle thing. They're pretty handy."

At the end of his gaze, the bandits who were attacking three carriages have been defeated one after the other by several escorts.

The bandits already had a significant number of bodies falling on the ground, and there was no doubt that the bandits were overwhelmingly more advantageous in the sense of a difference in numbers.

Seeing the sight, were the bandits unexpectedly weak, or were the escorts unexpectedly strong?

Which is the reason...... that's obvious now that I can clearly see the movement already.

"So, what do you do? Does bandits come out satisfy Ray's taste?

Ray gets a little lost in Marina's words when she was listening with interest to Elaine and Ray.

As Marina said, Ray has a side of his hobby for bandit hunting.

Sometimes they say they have a slightly bad taste, but because fewer bandits raid good merchants and travelers, they decided that the act, which combines taste and merit for Ray, is only praiseworthy and scolding.

... which is why Ray is being called by the bandits to be fearful of those who eat themselves, bandits, etc.

But as far as the current situation on the ground is concerned, the battle has already been half-determined.

It's like the bandits are trying to escape by poking a gap in the escorts.

The escorts are not trying to get away with such bandits, and those with bows are shooting arrows at their backwards opponents to take their lives.

If you try to escape without turning your back, the escorts with long swords and spears pack the distance at once to finish.

If they all turn their backs at once and flee in different directions, there will also be those who can escape... even though they are in the same bandits, if they may be sacrificed for their companions, they will not be able to imitate that either.

If there was a strong sense of fellowship, it would have been possible that something could have been done in the present situation.

"If we get our hands on it, we could just take our prey and leave it alone. If the bandits are better off, the escorts are better off. Even so, those escorts don't stand up."

Some of the adventurers and escorts in the Labourina Nation have been watching lately, or from Ray's eyes, a rather luxurious carriage, which also protects the three cars, seems quite army.

That's how strong it seems to be that it wouldn't be strange to be in the Guild, not in a place like this.

I guess the bandits totally got the wrong guy to attack.

Most of all, given all those luxurious carriages, I guess it seemed like a golden opportunity for the bandits.

(The biggest failure was that if it was such a luxurious carriage, I wouldn't have thought that even escorts would employ a solid handyman, naturally)

Did the bandits attack the carriage with knowledge of it, or didn't they even realize that was about it?

Ray didn't even know what was going on around there, but given the current situation, I can predict that it is probably the latter.

"Anyway, we..."

"Gru?"

Keep looking for the mission.

That's what I tried to say, Ray, but Seto rattles his throat to block it.

"Seto?"

Ray, who doesn't think Seto will act like that without any meaning, turns his gaze to Seto as to what's wrong.

Seto, who received such Ray's gaze, sounds his throat gladly.

(Happily?

For a few seconds, it was Ray who didn't know why, but if I looked at the escort again, I would soon find out why.

A few of the escorts were familiar.

I saw one of them and I'm pretty sure Seto sounded his throat happily.

Because...

"Miraine? Does that mean that escort has a mix of scorching winds?

Yes, even the Gilm is top notch when it comes to loving Seto...... that's the party led by Mileine who is fully committed to loving Seto more than his own life and consequently even losing his cost of living itself is the rank C party, the scorching wind.

Ray and the others have known each other for a long time.

Sometimes it's a Rank C party, and there's no mistake that arms stand, and rare wizards add to the party.

It would also be natural for such people to be able to defeat the bandits with overwhelming force.

Given that there were several other escorts besides the Mileynes, it was clear that bandits around there had no winning chance of raiding.

"Besides... I mean, there's Mileyne..."

It is clearly not normal that Mileyne, who normally operates in the Guild, should be in a place like this as an escort...... near the border between the Kingdom of Mileana and the State of Labourina.

But Ray had the feeling that something unusual was going to happen.

Naturally that mission would have been escorted more than Dusker sent a mission.

And the scorching wind led by Mileine had just the strength to think about it in terms of escort.

Furthermore, it can be imagined at first glance that all three carriages protected by Mileyne and the others are luxurious carriages with some sort of identity on board.

In fact, it was easy to understand that the bandits were also blinded by the luxury of the carriage, with the result that it would be ravaged by the Mileynes.

"Seto, get off me. Apparently, they found a target.... Oh, just to let them know we're not enemies."

"Gru!"

To Ray's words, Seto nods.

That's how he left Seto's cage hanging and descended towards the bottom as he rattled.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

"Huh? This voice..."

Having defeated all of the bandits who attacked him, Mileine looks around at the squeal she suddenly hears.

Those who were escorted together also look around, but that is completely different from what Mileyne did.

The others had a harsh look on their faces, backwards of laughing at the familiar squeal while they thought Miraine was incredible.

"Be vigilant!

"It's okay."

One of the escorts screams nervously, but Mileyne screams instantly.

Naturally the gaze of the man who shouted to be vigilant and other facets gathers against Mileyne, who all of a sudden uttered such words, but Mileyne does not look particularly nervous... No, on the contrary, she opens her mouth with a grin from the bottom of her heart.

"'Cause it's Seto's that came"

Those present here are all escorts hired in the Guild, including Mileyne.

Naturally, I know Seto's name, and some know that Mileyne has a strong love for Seto.

"Seto!?

But still, I can't wipe the question as to why Seto is here, and such a voice leaks out of everyone's mouth.

Had Ray and the others known that they were headed to the land of Labourina in retaliation for Jaya, there would have been no confusion so far.

But it was kept a secret that the escort adventurers should not know.

Ning Ro, I guess Mileine was special in understanding Seto's squeal in such circumstances.

"If Mileyne were to decide that, I'm sure she would."

How cute Miraine adores Seto...... somewhat badly put, but the same party wizard who knows what he has contributed, Sulnin affirms so.

Ekril, the archer, also nods silently in agreement with Sulnin's words.

But even if the others can believe the word somewhat, they really cannot imitate it completely from the bottom of their hearts.

Nothing like letting go of your hand from the weapon, but checking what's going on around you… doing a complicated imitation of making your expression look safer while relieved that Seto is nowhere to be seen.

"Empty ears?

I don't show up, even when I hear a squeal.

In that situation, maybe the ringing was empty ears earlier.

The man who accidentally told him so, but didn't actually have empty ears, the man also properly understood.

That's why I'm nervous that monsters will attack me from somewhere soon... unexpectedly, I hear voices from the carriage.

"Hey, what's up? If all the bandits have been defeated, go ahead..."

That's what I told you, one of the men chosen by Dusker to be part of this mission.

He came out of the carriage, questioning the fact that he had not yet come to report that the bandit had been repelled, despite the interruption of the fighting noise he had heard from outside the carriage.

Naturally, the escort adventurers are to the extent of bandits... they don't expect to lose to bandits like this who come out of the countryside either.

As Dusker's men, he acted because he placed his trust in the strength of Gilm's adventurers.

However, as is usually the case, only this time the behavior is circumstantial.

"Nah!?

At that moment when the man of the adventurer of the escort tried to say go back to the carriage to that sudden action, not so much as to call it a sudden roar...... but a loud noise and shock are transmitted around him.

Those who searched for its sound and shocked position saw... a huge, unrecognizable cage... a substitute commonly known as the Seto cage.