Legend

"This is how it works."

One of the adventurers sees a flock of fallen cobolts on the ground and squeals so.

It's not that I'm good at it, it's just a purely fact-only form of mouth.

That's why, if you try to be the one watching, you can understand that that's all you stand up for.

"Right. So... what are you guys? Trent Forest is currently off-limits, isn't it? Or if you have to run to someone about Kobolt, isn't it a little tough to be an adventurer in the Guild?

Another adventurer speaks to those who have been chased by the flock of Kobolts.

It was the kind of word that made them look like little fools, depending on what you heard, but it's actually the word that advises you that it's dangerous to do it as an adventurer.

"But aren't those weapons and protective gear quite used? Well, it's not strange that Kobolt can do something about it."

"Oh, that's... we didn't buy this armor ourselves, he gave it away..."

One of the men, who was running away from Cobolt and exhaling roughly, tells him so, looking a little embarrassed.

From the way it looked, it seemed like I was shy that I didn't buy gear on my own merit.

Nevertheless, it is not so uncommon to ask a family member or friend to give away the equipment they were using.

Given the circumstances around it, you don't have to be that shy.

Most importantly, it's only a matter of what the individual thinks.

Some people are ashamed of it, others are happy with it.

Those who fled Kobolt must have all been the former.

"Anyway... Ray, what about these guys?

One of the adventurers asks towards Ray.

Birth towers, lakes, and slimes that are still burning, not to mention this one.

They were to be kept as secret as possible.

For even though Kobolt chased us, what to do with the adventurers who have come this far is a lost end for Ray.

"I mean, it's not like I decide in the first place, is it? What are we gonna do in this case?

Ray asks the knight who is being treated as the head of the scene.

Try being adventurers, it felt like Ray was partitioning this place, but it's actually the knights who are partitioning this place.

With that in mind, it was natural for Ray to ask the knight.

The knight has a difficult look on his face.

If you have intentionally come to this lake, you will in the worst case be put in jail.

I don't know how long that will be, but I can't let it go until after I've decided to do something about this lake or the birth tower at least.

But not this time.

Cobolt attacked me, so I ran away, and I came all the way here.

If we hadn't been able to escape so far, the adventurers would have been dead.

… although it is forbidden to enter the Trento Forest itself unless you have a special permit, such as a garrison or its escort.

In that sense, it would mean that these adventurers have come this far too, breaking instructions from the Alliance.

"That's a hard place. It takes a lot of difficult decisions, so I can't make any decisions on my own. I'll leave it to my boss. It will decide what treatment there will be"

The word treatment attracts the expression of the adventurers.

(Maybe you thought you could handle it with strict caution?

Looking at the adventurers, Ray anticipates.

If you really thought you could handle it with strict caution, all I can say is that it's sweet.

No, if it was found by other adventurers in the Trento Forest, not the lake or the tower of birth, maybe that's what happened.

But these adventurers have come this far.

If you think about it, there's nothing you can do.

"Well... what happens to us?

In such a way as fear, one of the men who has been pursued asks.

So, once again, Ray confirmed the men's appearance.

As for age, are they all in their late teens or early twenties?

Given that you gave away your weapons and protective gear, I'm pretty sure you just became an adventurer.

If so, it was natural to want to avoid being manipulated by knights here as much as possible.

"If you've been listening to me now, you'll see... I think the carriage will be here in a few hours, so I'll have that carriage ride back to Gilm. After that, you can't say anything from me. The person who listened to you will judge."

"I don't know..."

Why?

Whimpering as we regret our actions, Ray shifts his gaze from the adventurers who have fled, as he would deserve in this one case.

(At the very least, if we had just the strength to defeat Kobolt ourselves, maybe we could have hidden through what was in Trent's Forest, and even if we found it, it would have been to the point of attention.... have you been lucky or bad enough to have escaped so far)

If he hadn't escaped so far, he could have been killed by Kobolt.

Given that, you can never say you're unlucky.

With that in mind, Ray sees what's going on around him... especially in the Trent Forest.

I was wondering if the Cerberus attack last night had anything to do with the Cobolt case.

Cerberus and Cobolt are both canine monsters.

Although Cobolt is a monster that feels like a bipedal dog.

(No, don't you? If it's Cobolt and Cerberus, there's too much difference in rank. Nevertheless, should I inform the guild of this matter at once? Judging because it's over there)

If the Alliance decides that there is any causal link between one of the cases of Kobolt and Cerberus, there is ample chance that they will give some instructions later.

That's not what Ray thinks around.

"Well, with that...... I'm relieved to be here, so let me know what's going on. If you take a piece of paper with the circumstances, the investigation should be short."

That's what the knight says and takes the adventurers.

Those adventurers were walking disappointingly...

"Whoa! What the fuck!? Lake!?

One of the adventurers screams unexpectedly.

You've never noticed a lake that big before? And Ray, who questioned me slightly, but if I tried to be the adventurers who had fled Kobolt with their lives, I was relieved that my life had been saved, and it's not surprising that I haven't noticed the lake before.

And now you finally realize the existence of a lake or something?

The men also sound surprised at the presence of the birth tower and the burning slime, such as why there is a lake here and why Lizardman is here in large quantities for some reason.

"I need you guys to feel bad because they don't know there's something like this here."

"Uh... yeah, right. If you look at all this stuff here, you know why they say it that way."

One of the adventurers returns it that way, as convinced by the knight's words.

The others were also nodding to agree with the words.

"But this hasn't happened before, has it? What happened to this?

That was the best question if you try to be an adventurer, but the knight shakes his neck against the question.

I don't know.

"No, you don't get it, do you? We were asked a lot after this, and it's not like we can be free right away... so why don't you tell me a little bit about it?

The adventurers thought so because the knights did not want to give them much information.

But even if they say so, knights can't say anything more than they don't know why this is happening.

Whisp in Trent's forest underground space is causing this one thing, but only a handful, including Ray, know it.

Aren't you allowed to inform the knights entrusted with this place? And I don't think so. It was Ray, but I guess he's doing so for some reason more than Dusker has taught him.

"No. Unfortunately, I really don't know anything about it. Sorry, but I can't give you any more information"

"... Huh? Really?"

Such a voice of doubt came out of the mouth of the man who was talking to the knight about whether the knight's words were really unexpected.

I thought if I tried being an adventurer, I would know the circumstances as a matter of course because I'm here, but that prediction is in a perfectly off form.

Nor do knights say anything more because it is true that they do not know what is happening here.

No, I know exactly what's going on. Because the towers and lakes of birth are shifting.

But... I don't know what's causing this.

"Oh, it's true. That's why I'm asking an armed adventurer like Ray to wait here so that whatever happens this way, and even if it's not as good as Ray's for the other adventurers, we're all armed."

"Wow. Honestly, I'm just wondering what happened to this.... Are you safe? I'm not that far from the Guild."

To the words of the adventurer, the knight also nods.

I don't have a problem with the birth tower because I use it as a Lizardman residence, except for the lake.

Considering that monsters like Amenbo and Lizard came out, it's not a very, but not a reassuring place to be.

Some of them, like flying jellyfish, seem to miss the harmless rather than the harmless.

Either way, it's not much more than the presence of dangerous monsters, but it can't be called a safe place.

As the adventurers say, this place is relatively close to the Guild.

While it was an unmistakable fact that a huge lake would greatly benefit the Guild at the same time as it was dangerous.

"Considering the Rays are here, you can think they're safe. But Ray's busy with things, so he's not always here."

"It's..."

As a matter of course, the man also knew Ray's name more than he was an adventurer in the Guild.

Above all, if we looked at Griffon this close, it was clear that he was a high-ranking monster that we couldn't win on our own.

The strange thing is that Kobolt and others are incomparably powerful… while still being adorable.

When he glances at the knights and adventurers who move in that way, Ray speaks out to the other adventurers around him.

"Cobolt is basically a monster who acts in herds. Given that, there's a chance there's more to it than this.... Well, given the winter thing, it goes without saying what to do with Kobolt."

Adventurers who were in the Guild in the winter are battling a cobolt with a good number of eyeballs.

Sometimes he was originally a low-ranking monster and an easy enemy to defeat, but still, the Cobolt that comes out like every day was just a hassle to the Gilm adventurer.

... If I had been an adventurer out of the Guild in the winter, I wouldn't have been caught up in that Kobolt commotion.

"Anyway, when Cobolt settles in the Trent Forest, it's going to be a lot of trouble.... If possible, I'd like to take down all the cobolts."

"You know what Ray's trying to say, but you're understaffed, right? There's something about Cerberus, so we need to keep our guards in line."

If one case of Kobolt had been found before Cerberus left, he could have easily destroyed Kobolt.

However, I had some concerns that Cerberus would attack me while I was fighting Kobolt if I did such imitations.

"There have been quite a few monsters in the Trent Forest lately, but we need to be more vigilant from now on"

"You're coming to Cerberus or something. Hey, that hasn't gone out of style.... if it's about Kobolt, it doesn't matter at all."

Ray and all the other adventurers nod at the words of the adventurer.

"Anyway, shouldn't Ray go to the guild early and let you know that Cerberus is out? Maybe I should let you know about Kobolt and those adventurers."

"Right.... Then please stay here while I'm gone. Well, I don't think Cerberus will come out during the day."

Ray, who told him so, stored the dismantled Cerberus material a little further away in the mistering before heading with Seto to the Guild.