Legend

"You're as strong as a monster."

Anastasia, who saw Dragonias wiped out, approaches Ray and says so.

Note that Fana was a short distance away, waiting with two deer.

Originally, Fana would have liked to come this far with me, but the two deer are still scared of Seto.

... No, if you fought from the front in a deer, it would be natural to see how you overwhelmed your opponent so far that you couldn't beat him.

"Really? Dragonias is quite physically capable, but if you ask me, that's all. I don't use my head to choose where to attack, and the attack is instinctive, and there is no such thing as sharpness anyway. Honestly, if you get used to it, no one is this easy to fight."

"... I think that's something I can say because it's Ray"

A little... No, with a pretty strong twitch, Anastasia tells you so.

In fact, it's because I thought I could say that because of Ray's strength.

In fact, Centaur has done a lot of damage in the fight against Dragonias.

Seeing that, it would be obvious that Dragonias' opponents are not that easy.

But... Ray, to Anastasia's words, shakes his neck to the side.

"It's not like that. In fact, the Centaurs trained by Vihella are getting to beat Dragonias normally."

From what Ray has seen, what's troublesome about fighting Dragonias is what we should also call Dragonias' spirituality more than its amazing physical abilities.

It's dominated by hunger, and that's what a little attack can't do to damage it.

... No, I know it can do damage precisely, but hunger-dominated dragonias can't recognize it as damage.

That's why Dragonias can't recognize damage as damage unless it's enough to deal deadly damage in one blow… if he can.

And it doesn't make sense as much as you did a little or softly damage, and you stick your fangs out on the enemy's body over your own damage, eating meat and chopping it up, drinking blood and other acts as a top priority.

That's why if you try Centaur and the others, it will look different... I don't understand the difference, and there is one aspect of unconsciously blunting the response.

But with strength beyond Dragonias, and even more in the battle with the battle of the Battlemadman Vihela, he would face the madness on the other side of Dragonias from the front...... I'm not even used to that madness, but it was possible to deal with it to some extent.

As a result, the unconscious fright of dealing with Dragonias has disappeared and, in a sense, it has been able to demonstrate its original strength.

Yes, it was Ray who explained it to Anastasia, but for some reason I wonder how to react to the frivolous look she returned.

"Is something wrong?

"Um... are you going to turn Centaur into a different battle race from Dragonias? No, well, maybe it's what Centaur needs to survive."

"Yeah?... well, the neighborhood is fine. So, there's a camp in these woods that we're currently based in, and what about the deer? I think it's pretty hard to get through the trees."

To Ray, who told him to get out of the way, Anastasia turns a frightened glance again...... but at the same time, does he also understand that it is difficult for the deer he was riding to move through the woods, showing him how troubled he was while looking at the woods.

"How's Seto doing? Seto's bigger than a deer, so if Seto's a forest with so many trees, you can't go in there, can you?

"Seto's from the sky."

"... oh, I see"

"Gru!"

Anastasia shows how convinced she is by Ray's words.

To such anastasia, it would be amazing! Seto gets used to his throat with things like praise and praise.

Anastasia looks at the forest again, stroking such a ceto.

If you are yourself or a fana, you will be able to go through the woods without any particular problems.

But splendid...... no, it's hard to get through the trees growing in the woods just the deer with overly splendid horns.

"You're in trouble."

"If a deer gets grabbed by Seto and he doesn't break through the sky, he'll figure it out..."

"I can't."

"I guess.... Anastasian Spirit Magic Can't Do Something?

With spiritual magic, can we move the growing tree a little bit?

Yes, Ray thought it was because he still knows a spiritual magic user named Marina.

Of course, Ray also knows that Marina is an excellent user of Spirit Magic... no, he is an overwhelming bearer of talent and strength, beyond what can be described by the word superior.

Anastasia told me something similar before.

But still, I thought Ray would be able to move enough trees...

"I can't."

Anastasia affirms so.

"I'm not telling you to move all the trees in the woods, it's just where the deer go through, okay? Still can't do that?

"Still can't do it."

Anastasia answers that to Ray's words.

Is that so hard? I was trying to say, Ray, but I doubt it when I see Anastasia gazing at the woods with a harsh look on her face for some reason.

"Is something wrong?

"This forest... it's not a normal forest, is it?

The words that came out of Anastasia's mouth were unexpected to Ray… At the same time, they were convincing.

The trees that grow in this forest are not ordinary trees.

Somehow, even Dragonius has been ordered not to destroy the trees.

Given that, it was clear that the trees growing in this forest were not normal.

That neighborhood was one of the reasons I made Ray think there was something in the settlement...

(Is this a hit?

It was an unexpected behavior, but I am happy with the feeling of a flapjack cake from the shelf.

"There seems to be something in the ground of a settlement in this forest that Dragonias wants. Right now, in the settlement, the Centaurs are mining it... if we take Anastasia, do you know the area?

"I don't know... You'll never know unless you actually go. It's just, if there's anything you can do, maybe you can tell."

Anastasia is quite powerful as a user of spiritual magic, even if it is not as standard as the marina.

He is also sometimes an elf, and has a strong affinity for earthy spirits.

That's why Ray understood that taking Anastasia to the settlement meant a lot.

"In the meantime, you're behind on the deer thing. We need to get Anastasia to the settlement as soon as we can, than Anastasia felt there was something against this forest."

"... right. But we're not going to imitate them, are we?

I guess the presence of deer is huge for Anastasia as well.

Ray nods at how Anastasia looks like that.

"I know. Shit, let me pass out and let Seto carry me."

It was really a last resort.

Such an imitation would, naturally, make the deer hostile to Ray.

It wasn't funny to Ray that we could bring animosity to the deer as we were going to work together.

... Nevertheless, it is also true that we cannot be confused by that extent more than we need to take Anastasia to the settlement.

"I'll think of something else too."

Anastasia, too, definitely had a lot to think about just her lovely deer.

When Ray nods at such anastasia, he stores a death-size in the woods that is difficult to use and walks out with only a spear of dusk.

But... even in the woods, there is no dragonias.

Dragonias, originally on the side of the woods, attacked Rays, who appeared - a giant meat cet to fill their bellies, to be exact - all of which were annihilated by Rays and Cets.

And Dragonias, who was not near the outside of the woods, probably headed for the settlement.

"The fact that the tree hasn't been broken means Dragonias has a commander. I don't know what scale dragonias are."

Commanders are basically stronger than normal dragonias.

With such an opponent, Vihera proceeded through the woods, wondering perhaps if she was happy... and inadvertently discovered a figure fighting Dragonias.

Is Vihella fighting for a moment? I thought it was Ray, but I dismiss it immediately.

We have asked Vihela to protect the settlement, and then if Commander Dragonias attacks us, we can only deal with it in Vihela.

More than that, I didn't think it was Vihera fighting in the woods.

Because I didn't think Vihera would be passionate about combat and neglect protection more than she said she would.

... In fact, the person who was fighting belonged to Centaur, as well as someone who looked familiar to Ray.

"Asdena"

Almost simultaneously, Ray calls that name, and Asdena's shot of unleashed spear pierces her open mouth eating meat and chopping it a thousand times.

That place, where Dragonias had previously lost his commander's influence and was rampaging while folding a tree, already has five Dragonias bodies rolling around.

Asdena, who produced the body of the sixth dragonias following it on the ground, exhales roughly, but looks around… and finds Ray.

"Ray? Were you back?

"Oh. I was on the outside of the woods for now. Dragonias, I cleaned it up... how long is the rest of it?

"The numbers themselves are not that many. … so bad that I can come and defeat them outside the settlement like this"

"... why are you doing such a dangerous imitation in the first place?

Ray's words are questions from the bottom of his heart.

In fact, Ray didn't even know why Asdena was here.

Asdena has a protruding strength in Centaur.

Probably one of the centaurs on the scout team with prominent powers.

But... still, its strength is, naturally, inferior to that of Vihella.

At least, going into the woods alone, as Vihella does, and dealing with Dragonias involves considerable danger.

"If you ask me why, it's only because I want to increase my strength."

"I think Asdena is strong enough in Centaur."

Originally, Asdena was strong enough as Centaur.

In doing so, he repeated his simulated battle with Vihella… as a result, he gained just incomparable power.

"Right. But... you can't beat Zai"

Words that whine so have a vision of strength.

Asdena is strong enough too, but she's still up there.

Regardless of the out-of-standard existence like the Rays, there is a presence named Zai in Centaur alone.

He leads the scout squad, the strongest opponent of the scout's Centaur.

Asdena also knows Zai has that much strength... which is why she admires it there.

He wants to try and get that much strength, too.

That's why I did these lame things.

I don't know the details. It was Ray, but for now, I open my mouth recognizing that it's good that Asdena is safe.

"So? For once, I ask, is the settlement safer?

"Naturally, we're safe. Dragonias is like a good playmate for Vihera.... If there was a silver scale dragonias or something, it would have been different."

The word was enough to appease Ray.

"In the meantime, we'll destroy the dragonias that came into the woods."

"... What are you in such a hurry?

Ask Asdena in doubt about Ray's condition.

In response to Asdena's such question, Ray smiles and opens his mouth.

"Right. In a nutshell, I've found someone who might be able to solve the mystery of this forest."

"Huh!?

I guess that word was totally unexpected for Asdena as well.

Open your eyes wide and open your mouth.

"Is that true?

"Oh. In the meantime, as uncomfortable as it was to see this forest, I think you can expect it"

"That could be true."

Asdena understands that this forest, where Dragonias keeps trees from breaking, is special.

But even though I knew it was special, I didn't know exactly what it meant.

If those who see it show up...

And most importantly, Asdena laughed out of that expectation that the mining work, which would be extended once the secret was known, would soon be over.