Legend
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Even though it caused some disturbances at the Green Zelig Water Pavilion - beyond the presence of Seto and Elaine and the adventurers with aliases, that was natural - it was sometimes enough time to succeed in getting a proper lodging and whether it was still noon or not, and the Rays quickly headed to the guild.
Most importantly, I didn't forget to eat in the proper dining room before heading to the guild.
The dining room was just on the boulevard, and the taste was fine.
… it's delicious! It's not as tasty as I think it is, but it tastes like it's there.
As for the shops along the boulevard, aren't they a little short? I don't think so, Ray, but when I looked inside the store, there were quite a few customers in there, so I decided I wouldn't have to say anything for now.
Though I thought of looking for a better place next time.
I've come a long way from the corner gilm, so it would be natural to want to have a delicious Goltz specialty dish at any rate.
Whatever, that's how the Rays came to the guild after finishing lunch saw...
"That's more people than I thought."
Seeing that sight, Ray's words, whining, were telling the whole story.
If this is a guild, there are few adventurers in the guild around noon.
A lot of people may be eating lunch in the liquor stores that they co-host, but there was often no such thing as a person around the request boards.
But if you go inside the guild and look around, there are quite a few adventurers and thinkers there.
"Maybe something happened to this."
He looked somewhat dissapointed with Seto breaking up with him at the entrance to the guild, Lelew, but he shrugs like that to see how the guild was doing and see if he had anything to think about it.
Fortunately... I don't know how to say this, but there are a lot of adventurers in the guild, and few people care about the Rays who are now in the guild.
For the most part, I am aware of some of them, but they did not seem to say anything in particular.
"Hey, is something wrong?
Probably to gather information. Ask the adventurer where Lelew was nearby.
The adventurer gives a slightly surprised look and opens his mouth.
"What, you didn't know you were here? It's also... I don't know if you're lucky or not"
"I was looking for a dungeon, and I just followed it."
"Uh... I see. Then how can I not know? Actually, it's that dungeon, but they came out with dozens or so of bird monsters. Yeah, you know this city dungeon is on the cliff wall?
"I know. Thanks to that I don't know how to say...... but the monster will fall to his death on his own, right?
"That's right. But I didn't expect a bird monster to come out. Unexpectedly."
An adventurer talking to Lew gives him a troublesome look like he sucks, but Lew... and the Rays who were listening nearby also give him a slightly dazed look.
That it wouldn't be stranger to any monster to come out of it than to think it was a dungeon on the cliff wall.
Until now, I guess it was just monsters like goblins, cobolts and oaks, but if that's really the dungeon, that's not a strange story for bird monsters to come out.
(It's rural here, and they've never been like a dungeon before, so maybe it's natural.)
While I think that way, Lew keeps the conversation going.
"So this is the only gathering of adventurers here right now to defeat that bird monster?
"That's right. Guild... that's an urgent request from a deputy, to be exact."
"I see.... but as far as this goes, hardly anyone seems to use a wizard or a bow, are you okay? They're flying monsters, aren't they?
Attacking a flying monster is not an easy story.
It would be ideal if it were a magical kind, but a wizard is a very rare being, such as if there were one or two people in such a country.
or so, most of the facades that are gathered as Lew has spoken are equipped assuming melee combat like long swords, spears, sticks, battle axes...
More than that, I didn't think I could make an effective attack on a flying bird monster.
If your opponent is a monster traveling on the ground, if you gather this many people, you will manage to cope.
But what do we do with all these warriors when dozens of flying monsters show up? That was Lew's...... and Ray's question.
To the words of such a reliw, the man spoken up has a bitter look on his face and opens his mouth.
"I know what you're trying to say, but I don't have time to be calling adventurers from other villages and cities, so I guess I can't help it. I don't know if it's someone I can prevent in this city, or if they go to a nearby village or something, it's a pain in the ass."
"So...? Okay, what do we do?
So for the first time, Lew turns his gaze to Ray and asks him, and so does the man he's been talking to Lew and Elaine... stop that move.
But that didn't stop the movement when I saw Ray, but when I saw Elaine and the others on Ray's side, I stopped the movement.
"Bird monsters are interesting. I was supposed to gather information today and dive into the dungeon tomorrow."
I would have done enough to try diving into the dungeon a little earlier today to see what it was like to arrive at Goltz.
But it's already too late for noon due to the disturbances between Vihera and Lelew in the morning.
If so, if we defeat the monster that we are plaguing the Goltz here and show off the power of the Rays, we will not be entangled by strange opponents in the future... or will the numbers decrease even if we don't get that far?
That's how Ray thinks.
Also, I don't know what kind of monster a bird monster comes out of what appears to be a dungeon, but if it's an unknown monster, it's a tremendous prey for Ray and Seto.
... I guess the last reason I ended up saying why, but Ray nods back to Lew.
"Right. Goltz will take care of you from now on, so why don't you sell me a favor and make me taste bad?"
"Hey, what the hell?
The man I was talking to Lew about, he's an adventurer, too.
If Seto had been here, he could have recognized Ray as Ray... a deep red.
But now there is no ceto here, Ray is hooded and unarmed, all I know is that he is a wizard and a small person.
More than that, it's not strange to hear Ray speak and try to stop that behavior.
But I don't care how such a man looks, Ray opens his mouth.
"Bird Monster Crusade Request, Rank B Party Red Lotus Wings Take On"
That voice out of Ray's mouth echoed in wonder and guild.
A lot of adventurers are exchanging information with their peers, and while they're out of their way.
It was in the guild that made it quiet that way...... some laughter echoes around at the next moment.
"Pup, Rank B Adventurer? Boy...... no, the lady? I know I admire adventurers, but unfortunately I don't have time to hang out right now. Keep it up, Goltz..."
"Okay, let me do it."
"Whoa! What are you saying all of a sudden?"
"'Cause it's okay. Bird monsters were out of the dungeon already, weren't they? Then..."
"Deep red!?
Surprising voices echo around in the words of the adventurers.
It was fought a few years ago, a war against the Bestian Empire.
Some of the adventurers who took part in that war naturally belonged to the Goltz.
And participating in that war was, naturally, the one who was seeing the sight of Ray creating a tornado of flames... a fire whirlwind.
Especially this Goltz is a city in a territory ruled by a neutral lord, and the man who has now seen Ray and screamed also confirms directly with his eyes how powerful the fire whirlwind created by Ray was in the immediate vicinity.
That's probably why I was able to recognize Ray as Ray, even in the absence of Seto, in a situation where he was completely invisible in the hood of a dragon robe.
"You're lying, aren't you? Deep red? Deep red, you know...?
"No, but I've heard it too. Deep red seems like a wizard apprentice around here at first glance."
"Just kidding! Is that the adventurer with the alias? That can't be happening! Don't be ridiculous!
I hear people who look at Ray and suspicious, convinced, and... a man who thought the child had gotten lost in it when Ray first came in.
There is no way that Alliance officials would not notice how such adventurers are doing.
... I was listening to Ray's declaration earlier, because there was.
Still, at first, someone who had just become an adventurer wanted to stand out from an unfamiliar voice, but that's what he said...
It would be significant to note that the party name was something I had never heard of in the Guild of Goltz, and had never heard of in this neighborhood as well.
Even though the adventurer with the alias Deep Red knew it, he didn't notice the information about the party that Deep Red had formed.
In fact, the workers have told us that the Rays are going to attack the dungeon, and the information is well handed over.
If this was normal... if that was what happened a few hours ago, even the guild would have recognized Ray properly as Ray.
But now even the Alliance was half confused by the emergence of bird monsters.
The result was like this.
"I'm hearing stories about all the Red Lotus Wings, and Mr. Lelew of Disease, coming too!
Once again, the other adventurers turn their gaze to Ray for the voice he heard from the Alliance counter.
That gaze was also directed at Lelew, who was on Ray's side, probably because he understood there was another alias.
Especially the guy who was talking to Lew until earlier, who didn't think the person he was talking to was an adventurer with an alias, has a stunned look at Lew.
With such a gaze on his face, Relieu slaps the man on the shoulder hard.
"Information, a lot of help. Ray!"
Ray soon found out what Lew was trying to say.
For that reason, Ray... and Elaine and the others will go to the counter, just like they did after Lew.
"Well, so I told you Ray's taking on this request, but this time I'm acting extraordinary with the Rays. Assuming we both have aliases. I think it's enough to handle this emergency request?
"Yes. It helps to have Mr. Lelew and the others. But let me ask you something... this time the enemy is a bird monster flying in the sky. The means of attack..."
Are you all right, sir? and the mid twenties receptionist asks worryingly.
This is nothing, I'm not suspicious of an alias Relieu or Ray's arm, but a means of attacking an enemy flying in the sky is not originally so much.
Bow, magic... or stone throwing in some cases.
But to the receptionist's words like that, Lew nods that there is no problem.
"First of all, you know Ray has a submissive named Seto because he's famous, right?
"Yes, there's a lot going on in my guild, too."
The receptionist smiles happily and turns her gaze to Ray.
The laugh had the power to attract just a bunch of adventurers in the Guild of Goltz.... but Ray with Elaine and the others doesn't have that effect, just nod small and reply.
"There are many other methods of attack, such as bows and magic, so even an opponent flying in the sky has a wealth of means of attack. I can't use it as much as I can, but to some extent, I can handle it."
Huh? And Ray, who was listening to the receptionist and Lelew... no, Elaine and the others question it too.
As far as the Rays know, the only way to attack Lew is by a long sword.
At least not least, I've never seen a means of ranged attack in a simulated battle between Vihella and Lew.
However, once he interrupted his conversation with the receptionist about whether he was dissatisfied with the reaction of the Rays, Lew turns his dissatisfied gaze to Ray.
"What is it? Maybe you thought I was powerless against empty enemies?
"Uh... that's not why. I have an alias."
There still seemed to be some dissatisfaction with Ray's words, but whatever this urgent request was, the Rays would take it on.