Legend

A blazing flame.

The flame instantly burns the body of Dragonias.

If normal, burning a corpse is normal and takes a reasonable amount of time, but if it is a flame created by Ray's magic, it can be easily burned.

"Hey, Ray. Now...... did I not have to store this body in mystering? There were all kinds of scales of dragonias."

Next to Ray, that's what Vihella asks as she brightens her hair in the morning sun.

Dragonias have scales of various colors, with different attributes depending on the color of the scales.

Because dragonias with red scales and resistance to flames endure even the magic of Ray.

... Though currently, at the end of Ray's gaze, dragonias with red scales also burn normally.

I guess there's also a big difference around here between whether Dragonias is alive or dead.

If you live, you can prevent Ray from flaming, but if you're dead, that scale won't work.

Or what happened to being mutilated by an attack, starting with Death Size and Dusk Spears, and burned out of a body that wasn't covered in scales?

"For once, you stored different colored bodies, didn't you?... Most of them were in good shape when Vihella defeated them."

Seto's blow is basically powerful enough to blow up the opponent's body, and in Ray's case, regardless of poking him with a dusk spear, if he imitates something like cutting him in a death size, the body can't be said to be in very good condition.

By comparison, in the case of the body of Dragonias killed by Vihella with his immersed palm, there is no such thing as external damage.

… but instead, the type of gut that was directly knocked into the impact is often destroyed.

For that reason, in the sense of a sample of a corpse, the corpse that Vihella defeated was definitely more appropriate.

"So you were satisfied? Then there's nothing to say from me."

I thought if I tried it on Vihera, Ray would be able to get rid of the body more quickly than burn the body this way.

More than that, I wonder why you bother burning in this situation right now.

Ray knew that, too, but if Dragonias' body goes outside in Elgin for some reason, he'll be useless for a day or so.

Because I know that, after I got some samples, I put them together and burned them.

"If it's Dragonias' body, that's what we're gonna get more of, and if we're gonna store it in Mystering, that's what we're gonna do."

At the end of the day, this is how Ray didn't store Dragonias' body in mystering and burned it, only because he somehow thought he should.

Nevertheless, Ray believes in his intuition.

I guess that's natural, because I've actually been helped by this intuition more than once before.

"Anyway, it shouldn't be obvious if I bake it now."

"Right. The flames aren't noticeable."

What lies ahead of Vihera's gaze, who laughs like a prank and tells her so, is the smoke that was born as a result of the body being burned.

Because of the absence of any particular wind, the smoke rising into the sky may not even look like wolf smoke, depending on what you see.

(You don't mistake this for werewolf smoke and the scouts come back, do you? Or the possibility that Dragonias will come this way with interest... no well, if Dragonias is here, you just have to knock him out)

If it's about thirty the same as yesterday, that's what Ray and Seto, if there's a vihela...... no, in some cases even just a vihela can be defeated.

Or not bad as opponents of the Centaurs, who are being mocked by Vihela.

If you think that somehow...... eventually, Zai comes towards those with Ray.

"Ray, this is how you handle the dragonias you've attacked, right?

"Oh. If you get undead so close, it sucks."

Even if the enemy is undead, it's not hard to defeat them if you want to.

But when you're like a zombie, even a monster has an absolute rotten odor.

With Ray, who has a more sensitive sense of smell than a normal human being... if you try to make Ceto, who has a sharper sense of smell than such Ray, a zombie that reeks of rot is your worst opponent.

Ningro, to the point that you think this one is a more troublesome opponent than you would normally fight Dragonias.

Did Zai do the same to Ray's opinion like that, and I honestly nod at the word.

"Right. The undead kind is very troublesome. An undead with the power of dragonias can't even be stylish."

"Oh, that's what you mean"

The opinion was the same as that of Ray that the undead was troublesome, but the meaning of that troublesome is very different in Ray and Zay.

Ray has a rotten odor, and Zai is even stronger than Dragonias.

"But even if the force gets stronger, the movement itself becomes dull, so isn't it easier to fight?

"No, I don't think so at the point of fighting Dragonias' corpse, which you don't have to fight."

Ray also has no choice but to convince himself of that word out of Zai's mouth.

The body of Dragonias, once defeated, will rise again and strike again.

That would have been an unmistakable opponent if you didn't have to fight.

(If I had a Necromancer or something, I guess I could do something like make Dragonias attack the Dragonias still alive in the Dragonias undead... I can't use that hand magic though)

We could even produce magic that could fly through the sky, so it's possible that if we do well, we could develop magic like Necromancer magic.

But to develop magic, Ray needs to think about it from the bottom of his mind.

... But for Ray, Necromancer magic is never familiar, and that's what I never think is preferable.

Beyond that, it was impossible first of all to create a magic similar to Necromancer magic with flaming magic in the present circumstances.

"In the meantime, I don't know if I'll ever be here more than I cleaned up Dragonias' body, and it's time to go back to camp? I know you're relieved that we're still at war over there, but in case you think about it, some of us are still worried about this one."

Zai also nods at Ray's words telling him so by switching his mind.

... and Vihera, who was watching where the story went a little further away, also had a grin that she could return to the camp.

If you tried it on Vihera, you would have had the thought that it would be troublesome to deal with that body, regardless of fighting Dragonias.

Most importantly, Zai and the others collected the body in one place, and Ray magically burned it, so it was over.

It would have taken more effort to dispose of the body.

Given that, having Ray here would have been salvation for many.

"Gru?"

And, inadvertently, Seto looks at the camp and rings his throat.

Yesterday, I noticed Dragonias approaching, and those around me are nervous about Seto's attitude.

… However, Ray and Vihera, who have been dating Seto for a long time, understand that Seto's current state of affairs is not one of perceiving danger, especially where Seto's gaze is directed without showing how nervous he is… turn a gaze toward the camp.

Then there, one Centaur man was running towards the place where the Rays were at full speed so that he could see.

"What?"

I found Centaur running, too, Zai following Ray's gaze, squealing like that.

Maybe the enemy's here again? I thought so, but behind Zai's predictions like that, there's no color stuck in the look of a running Centaur.

Zai finally realizes that, too, and shows relief.

However, this time the question arises as to why we have come so far from the camp.

Ask those who came to see what happened.

Deciding so, the Rays wait for Centaur to come, not doing anything in particular...... eventually, Centaur arrives.

And coming all the way to Ray's side, Centaur opens his mouth with a serious look.

"The scouts are back"

"... what? Yesterday, today?

I guess the report that the scouts are back was totally unexpected for Zai as well.

Some mistake...... that even makes me wonder if a new group of settlement centaurs has arrived that has not rendezvous before.

In fact, we came into contact yesterday with Centaur in a settlement that Zai had never had contact with.

That's what I hear from Centaur that there are several other settlements... or there were.

There are places in the past where they were, because some settlements were wiped out by Dragonias.

The process is varied, but it is an undoubted fact that the settlement disappeared as a result, for those who were literally devoured and killed of all of the settlement, or joined and extinguished in another settlement as they were gathered in the settlement of Zai.

"Oh. Definitely.... I don't know if it's home base, but they found a place where Dragonias was gathered"

"Huh!?

That's not just Zai, but Ray, Vihera, Seto... enough words to attract the attention of the other Centaurs who were listening around to it.

"Is that true?

"It's true that I came back to say I found it. It's just that I didn't see it in person, so I can't help it."

"... ok. Then we're done here, and let's get back to camp."

Everyone who was listening nodded at Zai's words.

It was a reconnaissance team formed by recruiting people from each settlement to find the home of Dragonias, but maybe... maybe really, but all of a sudden we found our home.

That made me more nervous than impossible.

(Most importantly, I honestly doubt that there are about thirty Dragonias who came yesterday, even though they are based about a day away.... Well, you can't read Dragonias' thoughts dominated by hunger)

Ray, who thinks so, thinks maybe the scouts didn't find it home base, but one of those bases that he had previously wiped out.

However, given the number of Dragonias in Ray's exterminated stronghold, it's never a good idea to insult him.

Because given the strength of Dragonias and its number, it's definitely a very troublesome opponent.

Anyway, if you don't hear the details, you won't know, so the Rays go back to the camp.

Then in the middle of that camp, several Centaurs waited.

(number not decreasing?

Yes, from what Ray saw, the number of those Centaurs didn't seem to have decreased at all.

Of course, Ray doesn't entirely remember the faces of all those on the scout team either.

But still, from what I can see, the number of this population didn't seem to have decreased.

He also doesn't seem quite shocked by the fact that he found Dragonias base, or home base, but doesn't seem to feel the sadness of losing his people.

I mean, did this reconnaissance force come back with no one killed... or if anyone died, it was hated by everyone who was acting with it, and that's what I need to die for... No, I suppose that's what Ning Ro thought I should die for.

(No, you don't)

While trying to tell herself half the time, Ray speaks to Centaur, a returning scout.

"I don't know if it's home or base, but I heard you found where Dragonias was gathering, is that true?

"Huh? Oh, yeah. It's true. Honestly, if I hadn't heard from Ray, I'd have gotten away with it right away"

Ray is convinced that he will.

The reconnaissance team that went in Zai's settlement sometimes said Dragonias with gold scales were very intelligent, but above all because they were surprised by the number of Dragonias and found by their enemies… on top of that they think that the result of being surprised by the number of Dragonias was the total annihilation of none but one.

"Right. So, how many dragonias are there?

"I didn't count it firmly, but I think it's about five hundred..."

"Not much."

That was the honest sentiment Ray had spoken when he heard it was five hundred.

And definitely recognize it as one of the bases, not the home.

If I tried to lay it down, I was under the impression that it was to that extent, but if I tried to be someone who actually knew the threat of Dragonias, I wouldn't be able to listen to Ray's words like that very quietly.

Still, if I tried it on Ray, I could do with that number, so I nodded to reassure him.