Legend

"So, like yesterday at Snow Cyclops, can I ask you to drain the blood?

"Oh, that's okay"

Before the massively existing body of snow monkeys, Ray answers so to the words of the guild officials.

As a matter of fact, the same goes for draining blood, but I don't want to be seen taking out demonic stones and absorbing them, so I do something else.

... One of the reasons for this was that when I drained blood, I was quick to imitate things like hanging it on a tree, and despite that, there was no tree just right around here.

"What about Vihera? Looks like Beaune's in on defeating Kobolt. You wanna come with me?

At the end of the line of sight, you can still see the adventurers fighting against Kobolt, who escaped the maze of dirt that Ray made from terrain manipulation again today.

Some of those adventurers looked like Bühne, and Ray asked, like what would Vihela do with her treatment like Bühne's partner and guardian?

To Ray's words, Vihera thinks a little… Eventually, she shakes her neck to the side.

"I'll stop. If I were here, maybe I'd be attracted to the smell of Giganto Turtle's blood, and there'd be other strong monsters. Besides, you need someone who can communicate with Büne when something happens, right?

If you say so, there's nothing like saying Ray went into it more than that either.

In fact, Ray and Bühne have been dating for quite a while, and we can largely see what he's trying to say, but it's not like he can fully understand Bühne's will, like Vihela.

"Okay. Then please protect us.... Vihella would say that powerful monsters are welcome."

"Oh, I know you do. If it's a powerful monster, I don't care how long you come."

That's what I say, and I get an inadvertent look at you as to whether you're circling your imagination about the fight.

Ray grinned at such a usual Vihera-like appearance... he called Seto as he watched the guild staff being overwhelmed by the atmosphere released by Vihera.

"Hmm... I thought the monsters were gathering because I was attracted to the smell of Snow Cyclops blood, but there's nothing there. Or did you go to Giganto Turtle's?

When I arrived at the place where I did Snow Cyclops' blood drainage and demon stone retrieval yesterday, there was no particular monster kind there.

I would have liked there to be an unknown monster if I could, but I decide it's better than just a cobolt or a goblin, and I go straight down to the ground.

"... oh, but you had a monster coming"

Confirm that there are several footprints on the snow that fell last night, and squeal so.

Still, now I needed to prioritize draining the blood of snow monkeys over no monsters at all.

Blood out all of them beyond the eventual presence of ten or more bodies.

Fortunately, it's less than half the size compared to yesterday's Snow Cyclops, so I don't have a problem with where to hang it.

Ray, who took the rope out of the mistering, hangs the body of the snow monkey to bring the wound down.

Apart from having his neck amputated, there were many corpses that had his torso amputated, so the number of hangings became quite high.

Either way, a short distance away from Ray, who hung himself like that, Seto was wary of what was going on around him.

Because this is all so flashy of blood draining, I thought it wouldn't be strange for a monster to come smelling that smell.

Around Ray being voluntarily wary of what's going on around him without saying anything, I guess this kind of behavior is familiar to Seto as well.

(Well, even with monsters nearby, I'd be more likely to be drawn to the smell of this Giganto Turtle blood)

Giganto Turtle and Snow Cyclops.

If you ask me which of those is more appealing to the monster, it would definitely be the former.

As a difference in rank, that was decisive.

In fact, they're just bad opponents and, normally, things like Snow Cyclops blood and meat are definitely a good enough treat for monsters around there.

"Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm free while you're bleeding, and I don't know what you're doing"

Whimpering, Ray checks to see what's going on around him.

The smell of the blood of a snow monkey drifts intensely around you.

The amount of blood per person is smaller than Snow Cyclops, but there are more.

That's why I really get a lot of blood, and the iron rust smell drifting around me becomes stronger as a result.

"Hmm... enough of this?

Snow monkeys cut in the torso naturally also have a lot of blood flowing, and most importantly it is very creepy to have guts such as stomach and intestines hanging from the cutting surface.

Nevertheless, it has been several years since I came to this world called Elgin.

As for myself, who had repeatedly dismantled the monster, I was already used to this kind of sight.

"I just need two demon stones, and this is one for now," he said.

Rip open the chest of a snow monkey with only the upper body and remove the demon stone from it.

Because we haven't completely lost blood yet, the Demon Stone has more blood on it than usual, which dirties Ray's hands.

But Ray quickly wipes the demon stone with the cloth he removed from the mistering... and turns his gaze to the other snow monkey hanging from a nearby tree.

This snow monkey had his neck cleaved with magic claws stretched from the armor of Vihella's hand, and he was bleeding for the most part until the end of the battle.

Thanks to this, there is already a lot of blood flowing, and the amount of blood already flowing is quite small, let alone the snow monkeys whose torso has been turned into two by Death Size.

This one also cleaves the chest and takes out the demon stone...

"Seto!"

Calling Seto a little louder, did Seto call you, who was wary of what was going on around him? And he's happily approaching Ray.

I'm happy because Ray called me, but at the same time, I'm happy to absorb the Demon Stone.

I guess absorbing the demonic stones of the unknown monsters means that I will still be fortified for Seto, too.

"Well, the Demon Stone you've been waiting for... what skill do you think it is?

"Gru......"

To Ray's inquiry, Seto rattles his throat like he doesn't know.

In fact, there have always been many things like mastering the skills that that monster is good at, but why this skill with that monster's demon stone? Something like that.

So I guess Seto didn't know exactly what skills he could acquire by absorbing the demon stones of the snow monkeys... or anything.

Most importantly, Ray doesn't know what skills he can acquire with the magic stone, so he needs to actually absorb the magic stone in order to answer the questions.

"Can't you even predict it for Seto?... Well, what about snow monkeys and ice system skills? In fact, in the fight against Vihera, we fought with ice and nails."

"Gru!"

To Ray's words, Seto rings out as if he had said yes.

When it comes to the ice-based skills Seto has, it would be an ice arrow.

Or a skill called water polo, not ice.

(If you can, I'd like the ice arrow level to increase.)

Currently, the level of ice arrows is four.

In other words, if the level goes up here, the next step will be level five.

And if the level reaches five, the skills will be enhanced to an unparalleled degree.

"All right, Seto. Here."

At the same time as that word, Ray offers Seto one demonic stone he had.

Seto swallows its demonic stones with couchworms...

"... no, no"

"Gru."

Ray whines as he regrets that his usual announcement doesn't flow in the back of his brain.

Seto rattles his throat at at Ray like that, sorry.

"Don't worry about it. You didn't have to be so depressed because you got skills at Snow Cyclops yesterday.... Well, then in Death Size..."

Encouraging as he strokes Seto, Ray takes the death size out of the mistering and throws it in the air.

The next moment flashes Death Size...

[Death size is "Ice and Snow Slash Lv. I 'mastered the skills]

Announcements echo in the back of the brain.

"Oh."

"Gru!"

Congratulations and throats happily to Ray, who shouts his surprise.

"Ice and Snow Slash, Ice and Snow Slash... Right. Given the way the snow monkeys fight, I can largely imagine the effect... Seto, would you step back for a second please"

Saying so, after seeing Seto go down for the most part, Ray waves Death Size.

"Ice and Snow Slash!

The moment the skill is activated, the Death Size blade becomes slightly larger.

That's because the Death Size blade was wrapped in ice.

The blade made of ice seems sharp because it can be seen. I do...

"Hmmm...... normally wielding magic through Death Size seems more powerful...... well, if ice becomes the target of weakness, is it more effective? It's helpful to have a wider range of attacks."

For the blade to be covered with ice, the Death Size attack range is widening, albeit slightly.

That's an unmistakable fact, but if you still ask me if I need to use this skill intentionally... as Ray, I can only tilt my neck.

Most importantly, for Ray, who can only use the magic of flames, an ice-based means of attack is quite valuable.

In that sense, I might have a chance to use it.

"In the meantime, that's a skill you don't have much use for during the winter.... Looks pretty user-friendly if you're going around the summer, or volcanoes or the desert. Oh, but if it's a monster in the desert, does Ningro Ice please you?

While having some doubts, Ray releases the ice and snow slaughter with some satisfaction and stores the death size in the mistering.

"Grrrrrrrrrr!"

Seto, who was watching Ray nearby, also rattles his throat like congratulations to Ray, as if he forgot he couldn't master his skills.

It was a pleasure to see that my favorite Ray had mastered his skills in this way.

That's enough to sound happy before you grieve that you couldn't master your skills.

"Thanks, Seto. I'm glad you're happy."

Ray also looks happy with Seto, stroking his head with a grin.

With the smell of the blood of the snow monkey drifting, Ray and Seto play for a while...... Eventually when all the blood flowing from the body of the snow monkey hanging from the tree is finished, the body is lowered from the tree to store the body.

All the bodies of snow monkeys that hung in the surrounding trees in about a minute were stored inside Ray's mysteries.

(liquor pond flesh grove... no liquor, so it's not liquor pond, but that's right in the meat grove sense... is it? If you're looking at it, it would be a meat forest that's not funny at all and is only creepy)

Ray's image is that Sake Pond Flesh Forest… that's the perception of a banquet where people in high positions gather large quantities of women and liquor.

It may not be the same as many things in real terms, but it was only like that as Ray's perception.

"Well, I cleaned up the meat grove, and it's time to go back. This snow monkey needs to be dismantled."

"Gru?"

Meat grove? and Seto rings his throat wondering.

It was Ceto who understood about Ray, but still, if all of a sudden the word meat grove or something came up, it was only natural to be confused by it.

"No, it's nothing. Let's just get back over there."

Was Ray just a little embarrassed because he said the word meat grove?

Either way, Ray flew off the scene on Seto's back.

"Then I'll take care of dismantling this snow monkey"

Ray nods and opens his mouth, told so by guild officials right on the side where the dismantling of Giganto Turtle is taking place.

"The demolition of Snow Cyclops yesterday was pretty neat, too. I don't doubt the demolition of a snow monkey."

As Ray said, the dismantling of Snow Cyclops I asked for yesterday was brilliant...... that's what Ray was dismantling more beautifully than he was dismantling.

If you look at that, it's only natural that Ray won't be anxious about dismantling it.

... Most importantly, a relatively handy person among those dismantling Giganto Turtle did the dismantling of Snow Cyclops, so if the person who dismantled yesterday still dismantles Snow Monkeys today, that's not necessarily the case.

Whatever it was, Ray returned it to the word of the guild official and quickly removed the body of the snow monkey that was inside the mistering.