Legend

It was almost simultaneous with Ray jumping into the stairs and his tentacles hitting the wall just on the side where that staircase was located.

That alone is proof of how fast and powerful the pink tentacles that are stretching from the rift of space are hitting their opponents.

"... Phew"

The death-size and dusk spears, which had slightly slashed and torn the staircase walls, were housed in the mistering, and Ray appeased.

Apparently, tentacles will never strike against me in the stairs.

"Thanks, huh?... but given the length of those tentacles, I think you can hit me this far."

One of the guards behind Ray squeals like that.

In fact, no one knows exactly how long the tentacles that are stretching out of the rift in space are.

No, maybe someone who knows more about those tentacles...... if you're the one who's doing one thing about this cobolt, unfortunately everyone here, including Ray, didn't know that.

"Proper prediction, but all those tentacles can move freely is in the underground space, and there's nothing you can do about it if you step out of it?

"Uh, that might be possible. I don't think I'm going to imitate that he's going to let that dangerous guy stay free."

One of the guards nods to agree with Ray's words.

In fact, the tip of the tentacles pierces...... no, given that there were no wounds, it would be too dangerous to allow such dangerous opponents to imitate themselves, such as to move freely as they please, only to those extraordinary opponents who suck fluids, guts, and things like meat out of the opponent at the point of touch.

If you anticipate the circumstances around it, it is understandable that you should stay out of the underground space.

"Why don't you just go back upstairs? If you stay here, you'll probably be fine, but that's not a guarantee of anything. If our expectations were off, we'd be absolutely sorry to mess with those tentacles in such a small place."

Death size, dusk spear, both weapons that are said to be long.

If it's a normal long product, it's something to deal with by packing a mistake, but if you're also the master of Ray's skill, it's not hard to deal with a mistake where it's packed.

However... I can't swing Death Size or Dusk Spear in the first place in a staircase like this.

The death-size and dusk spears that Ray had actually jumped into this staircase earlier had slashed and torn the walls without getting inside.

(I honestly wonder if it's easier to slash this one than that tentacle)

While looking at the disconnected spot, Ray once again turns his mind to the tentacle anomaly.

It's not just that it's sturdy, it's that tentacle that is as resilient as rubber or something and has the nasty nature of sturdy while it is.

I was able to fight without any particular problems this time, but what happens next when I get in the same situation... That's not why I can't deal with it if I get attacked in a narrow place like the one I'm currently in, but I'm sure I'll struggle.

You were in agreement with Ray, and the guards go up the stairs without saying anything more.

And the conversation going up the stairs is naturally against the tentacles earlier.

"So, after all, when those tentacles are involved in one thing about Kobolt, do you think so?

The guards worry about Ray, who speaks alarmingly behind him just in case his tentacles might follow him.

"Uh... I wonder. Normally you'd be right...... do you think you could manipulate a cobolt or something like that on those tentacles? In the first place, what do you think is the connection between those tentacles and the cobolt?

If what came out of the rift in space was a reminder of a dog or a wolf, I would have also been able to convince myself of the connection with Kobolt.

But what came out of the rift in space was the pink tentacles. It was also wet with some liquid, such tentacles that it wasn't strange to call it dirty at all.

Not very much, but I don't think Ray has that tentacle to do with Kobolt in any way.

"That tentacle, huh? Right. I don't care what you think. I don't think that has anything to do with Kobolt.... so that tentacle actually has nothing to do with the Kobolt thing?

"No, just one thing about Cobolt is pretty important. Nonetheless, a ritual to do something about such a dangerous existence in parallel? Do you want to move on? Normally, I'm pretty sure that tentacle has something to do with one of the Kobolts"

"Hmmm...... I can't say either. I don't care what you think about the information you have. Because I think we should gather more information before making a decision."

Opinion of the Three Parties.

Just because they are all guards would be proof that their opinions don't necessarily come together in one.

Ray admires strange things as he cares behind him.

We ended up in a room with a hidden staircase with nothing like being attacked again by tentacles from behind…

"Huh!?

A guard who was moving on takes a breath for a moment with his face on, but immediately shows relief.

The reason for this was to look at the fellow guards who were gathering in this room while Ray and the others were going underground.

"Don't surprise me too much, will you? I thought they were ambushing us."

In one word, I guess the guards and Rays behind them also figured out who was in the room. He walks into the room in peace.

Inside the room were five guards.

Is it a good time inside, or even the figure of the one who has taught Ray that he found those massive bone and skin bodies?

"What are you doing here?

"I was searching all over this mansion, and I saw the walls destroyed in this room, so if I wasn't sure what to do, that was the way to go."

Another guard answers the guard's question, and the guard who is said to have passed returns a nod.

"Right.... you're really lucky you didn't come down the stairs"

"What happened?

The guards turn their gaze of doubt to the smudges and the words of their colleagues who tell them to whine from the bottom of their minds.

As a colleague, I know the character of the other person, and that's why I naturally wondered if you put it that way.

The asked guard wonders what to describe what he experienced... Ray, who was listening beside him, opens his mouth so as to save it.

"You found a body that was only bone and skin. I've seen it in person with my own eyes, how it was made."

"It's..."

The guards who find only bones and skins dead in this mansion don't know what to say to Ray's words.

In fact, as someone who doesn't know how to make a body like that, I guess it attracted some interest.

But if you look at the guard coming out of the stairs with Ray, you wonder if it's okay to ask him in a detour... the guard who saw it explains the sight he saw underground after shaking his neck sideways telling him not to shy away.

The underground space extends not only to this mansion, but also to the grounds of other mansions in the vicinity.

Furthermore, the staircase leading from the underground space will probably also lead to the mansion around it.

And that from a different staircase than the one where the Rays were, the lost self Red Buddha was roped and brought in by one man.

It is good that we captured the man we brought and obtained information that he belonged to the Kings, but that the space near the center of the underground space was torn at that moment.

That a pink tentacle emerged from the rift in that space and that the king's man whose tip touched was sucked out of everything, such as his guts, body fluids, and muscles, and turned into bone and skin.

That the self-less redcloth men were killed as well, and that Ray and the guards had managed to escape.

"After all, that tentacle has some kind of bondage so I can't get out of the underground space, and if you went in the stairs, you wouldn't have followed me any further."

I just told you everything, and that's how it closes.

The guard I was listening to had an unpleasant look from the bottom of his heart.

Sometimes I was oddly good at talking about the guards I talked to, and I guess I could easily imagine the sights Rays saw.

... No, people's imagination gives them a stronger intensity in some cases than they see directly in their own eyes.

In that sense, it's no surprise that if you do poorly, you give the guards a stronger fear than the experience the Rays saw and felt in person.

"There was a little bit of a big deal about it, but that's generally what it feels like. Those tentacles were tough enough to feel a little resistance even in my death size... they were elastic to be exact, so considering that it would be a bit difficult for a normal adventurer to deal with them"

To the words of Ray, who goes on to tell that story about the guards, the guards change that look again to something they don't like.

Nevertheless, that disgusting look wasn't as imaginary as the men felt earlier, but what if they actually encountered tentacles that were difficult to cut even in Ray's death size?

Even less, the skill and weapons of the guards here were certain that they could not counteract the tentacles.

"Is that true?

One of the guards in the room asks unexpectedly.

I just know how strong Ray is and I can't believe it even if it's a word out of that person's mouth...... no, I guess it's honest that you don't want to believe it.

But the guard who was acting with Ray, not just Ray, shook his head sideways.

"I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure what Ray's talking about. In the first place, the speed of movement of the tentacles...... the speed of flight? Something like that is pretty fast, and I just touched that tentacle and this one dies. We can't help it."

"... annoying"

"At least salvation didn't feel like instant death if I touched the tip of the tentacle, but sucked a lot out of my body, so maybe... really, maybe, but if I could somehow get away from the tentacle as soon as I touched it, I wouldn't die.... but I never want to try it."

Just seeing the sight of tentacles killing people was a strong persuasion in the words of the guards who told them so.

The guard who was listening, after swallowing a small spit, opens his mouth again.

"So, what do we do now? If it's that noise down here, you can't just leave it alone. I don't know if it has anything to do with the Cobolt case."

"In the meantime, it's almost certain that this mansion and surrounding mansions have stairs that lead to underground spaces. In that case, didn't you have a big father-in-law to move the guards? I don't know how long there will be a rift in that space."

In Ray's words, some guards give a bright look such as yes, and some guards give a look such as no.

"Maybe, I think it's okay. I think... but I can't say anything because I'm not sure."

"But if we go to the underground space, there's definitely a body left. Isn't that enough reason to move as a guard?

"If there were any tentacles left, I would have been sure..."

That's what those in positions tell Ray's words that it's hard to move the guards aloud.

However, the tentacles that Ray cut off did not remain as fragments because they became dust and disappeared.

If there were any wreckage of the tentacles, it would still have been evidence...

(Maybe the Lord of those tentacles was thinking about that area as well?... No way. I didn't think you had any intelligence. Oh, but aren't you not necessarily more intelligent than you are likely to be involved with one of the Kobolt cases? Besides......)

He was already dead, but the man who brought Red Buddha had mouthed that that tentacle had something to do with one of the Kobolts.

The question, however, is that the man who gave that testimony has become a corpse of only skin and bone by tentacles?

For this reason, Ray and the guards are the only ones who heard about it, and are weak to treat it as evidence.

Make it, Ray opens his mouth, regretting that he killed that man by his tentacles.

"Anyway, I found some paperwork, and besides that, there's also one case of underground space. So, can you tell him to move over the guards somehow? Whatever, I can talk to Master Dusker."

"... No, I'm glad Ray feels, but you should stop that. That could cause a lot of problems later"

Is that what Ray said to the guards? And I doubt it, but if that's what the guard in charge would say, it was agreed to convince him for now and let him know one thing about the underground space up there.