Legend

"As always, Ray's terrain manipulation is amazing."

Zai squeaks as impressed.

Ray thought for a moment it was flattery or something, but such colors do not exist in Zai's gaze.

... And if you look around at the place you chose as a camp, it was clear that Zai's words would never be like flattery.

Ray has been using it quite a bit lately, so it was a little surprising that he would appreciate his terrain manipulation skills to that extent, but the terrain manipulation skills are actually very significant in terms of dragonias control.

The moat and walls strewn around the camp make it natural that Dragonias can't easily strike the Rays.

Most importantly, the walls were created by uplifting the ground, not so strong a barrier.

Less, of course, the dragonias of the gold scales, even the dragonias of the silver scales and… the speckled dragonias, would not be impossible to destroy.

(In that sense, you're half-easy.... If this is a more remote place, I guess its resting effect is pretty good too)

If it was a normal dragonias, it was possible that we could not judge that there were rays in the surroundings surrounded by dirt walls because they were dominated by hunger, and we did not know if we could destroy the walls.

But... that's only the case with normal dragonias, and with Commander Dragonias, the story changes.

And the Rays, undoubtedly closer to the home of the Dragonias, often have a mix of commanders looking around this area.

"Ray, I think it's time for dinner... do you mind?

"Oh, there's no problem with that over here"

Even the sunset that was out earlier has already hidden its body on the horizon by more than half.

I want to eat while it's still bright, sleep early except on the lookout, and move as fast as I can tomorrow.

Neither does Ray have any particular objection to Zai's words claiming so.

It is undoubtedly a fact that you should avoid staying in one place as much as you can than it is near the home of Dragonias at present.

"Then let me get ready so Ray can serve the ingredients.... I should only use dried meat and other preserved foods."

If you imitate things like sautéed or boiled meat or vegetables, the smell will naturally drift around you.

It's not just a smell either, it's like stimulating appetite.

Beyond that, what would happen if the hunger-dominated dragonias smelled that... that would be something you wouldn't even have to think about.

Still, if you eat just a preserved meat like dried meat, it really affects your morale.

... I don't really have to worry about morale that much in that sense because Ray and Vihella are the only ones who are going to be fighting.

"Okay. Tomorrow... or the day after tomorrow, you'll arrive at Dragonias' home, so you should have a good meal tonight. A lot of people will be tired of mining."

The eggs of the Spirit were mined, and even the raid of Dragonias.

The latter, although the Centaurs did not actually fight Dragonias, would naturally make their mental fatigue stronger only by the fact that there were still raids.

In order to relieve such fatigue, Ray makes the choice of making dinner extravagant.

"What about booze? That's what you promised me, isn't it?

"Right. But you can't imitate drinking in this situation right now. That's why it's not weird whenever Dragonias strikes. In that sense, the booze is after the home of Dragonias."

It was Centaur who looked after the deer that gave such a desperate look to Ray's words.

I was caught drinking and took care of the deer, but I didn't know I could still drink......

Zai immediately realizes what such a centaur looks like and opens his mouth.

"If we destroy Dragonias' home base, Ray will also serve us some liquor to keep. Especially since you followed Ray's instructions straight away, so that's the best you can get.... right?

At the end of Zai's gaze, Ray, naturally.

Ray nods to Zai's words like that after a little thought.

"Right. I don't know which liquor tastes good, so I don't know the area... but for now, I promise I'll just do expensive liquor.... but I don't know if that liquor really tastes good... No, I don't know if it fits your mouth."

Ray doesn't know what liquor tastes like, like he said.

But I still know that alcohol is a very different preference for some people.

That's another story, even if it's very expensive booze, whether Centaur drinks it and thinks it tastes good.

Most of all, I take care of the deer... I mean, I let him imitate things like watching Dragonias attack me up close, so I wanted to give him a drink that would satisfy him.

"Of course, you're determined to be satisfied with that!

To Ray's words, give him booze... because, unlike the rest of them, he decides to get a drink to keep, and the Centaur screams with joy from the bottom of his heart.

"Oh, don't shout too much. It doesn't mean Dragonias won't hear it."

Ray tells Centaur how he's doing, just a little jokingly.

In fact, if Dragonias came to the side of this camp surrounded by walls, Seto would soon perceive it and inform everyone.

Neither do those who were listening to Ray and Centaur's conversation know what Ray thinks like that, nor do they imitate anything that would particularly penetrate the word.

"Whatever, don't worry about the booze"

For once, that's what Ray says again in things like that.

That's how the others prepared their meals.

"Anastasia, get some rest today. I need to rely on you tomorrow."

"Yeah, let me do that.... I would have liked to have checked the spirits' eggs."

Ha, and.

To Ray's words, unfortunately...... truly from the bottom of my heart, I say so.

Just curious Anastasia, hold on to the eggs of the Spirit if you can... I wanted to find out from the bottom of my heart.

But Anastasia is pretty tired right now, and although not very much, there is no room to look into the eggs of the Spirit.

Spirit magic was used to dig the Spirit's eggs out of the ground and to carry them.

More than that, Anastasia is, naturally, quite worn out.

"There's nothing you can do about it. It's deadly for us to lose you in this situation."

To be precise, it is more likely that you will be able to reach your destination if you continue straight in the direction you have travelled today than you are heading towards where Dragonias is based.

If this was just Ray and Seto, there was ample chance that they would be off course while they were moving, but now there are the Centaurs who have lived in this meadow with the Rays.

Not that the majority of Centaurs are from around here, but they could still be trusted with some sense of direction beyond being the same meadow.

But...... still, just in case, it would be natural for Anastasia, who knows exactly where the enemy is based with the power of spiritual magic, to guide her.

"Nothing, it's not like we're going to run out of spiritual eggs tomorrow. Why don't we just get some rest today?

"... Vihera can be convinced as soon as she has a strong enemy but tells her to rest today and fight tomorrow?

"It's..."

It was Vihera I was going to follow up on Ray, but I can't even honestly nod when they say that.

In fact, when Ray told me that Dragonias the Golden Scale was here and he ran away without fighting with it, I really felt sorry for him, because that's what I thought.

More than that, I cannot dispute Anastasia's words.

... No, I can't argue with you if I want to.

Anyway, in Anastasia and Vihera, we're in a different position.

Only Anastasia can find the home of Dragonias as it stands is able to make some use of the power of the Spirit's eggs.

Compared to such anastasia, Vihera is very powerful as a force of war, but because there are usually beings that take its place, like Ray and Seto.

"End the story around there. Anyway, Anastasia needs a little recovery, so get some sleep. If Dragonius comes at us, we don't need to get up."

Normally, it seems to me that the enemy is attacking you and you don't need to wake up because that's what you're saying in the dark that you don't mind if you die.... If that's not Ray, I'm talking about.

If Ray says so, that's what he thinks, even if Dragonias really comes at us, we can do it alone... or we can do it alone.

And Ray has the strength just not to be surprised to say that.

"Okay. Then, as Ray suggested, I'll let you sleep well until tomorrow."

Anastasia says so, going to the tent to which she was addressed, with Fana, who had not opened her mouth a word from earlier.

... Rays, a short distance from Seto to be exact, two deer follow those two.

Compared to the daytime, I felt like my distance from Seto had narrowed just a little, but still it was unclear how long it would take until I could really crack it down with Seto, beyond being quite distant.

"You have a very good mouth."

"... what? What is it?

Out of Vihella's mouth is a word Ray doesn't even understand.

It wasn't a joke or anything, and Ray didn't know why they said he was really good at mouthing, etc.

"You can sleep even when Dragonias comes, right? I mean, even if Dragonius attacked us, that's what Ray would say if we let him protect us, right? So can you say you don't have a good mouth? In a way, it wouldn't be strange to think of it as a verbal complaint."

"It's..."

Ray stuck in words.

In fact, Ray didn't mean it that way, but that's what he thought Anastasia, who was purely wearing out, wanted me to be completely happy.

"I didn't mean to."

"You know, it doesn't matter if Ray's gonna do that at this point."

As for Ray, who was told he had nothing to do with it even though it was his word, I'm dissatisfied.

Nevertheless, Vihera's expression wasn't a tease, it was like she was seriously speaking her opinion, so given that, there's no way Ray wouldn't honestly listen either.

"In this case, the important thing is to listen... this time, what did Anastasia think? Luckily, Anastasia didn't seem to think like Ray was dictating himself."

To that extent, Vihera exhales in a small way.

"If Elaine finds out about this, it's gonna be funny, right? Oh, the funniest thing about it, for me, though."

Elaine has not denied that Ray would make more than one lover or wife.

But still, if it wasn't someone who really loved Ray... and that was half the play, it couldn't have been admitted.

That's why, if that happened with words Ray casually put out in his mouth, it would definitely be a lot of fun, as Vihella put out in his mouth.

I guess Ray also somehow understood Vihera, who tells him. Nodding with a serious look.

"Okay, I'll be careful"

That's what Ray said, but the words and actions of this hand are often done only unconsciously, regardless of what the person intends to do.

In such a case, it definitely made no sense no matter how careful Ray was.

Vihera knew that, too.

Anyway, I said something earlier to Anastasia that I couldn't help but think of as a verbal complaint.

(Still, if Ray is aware that he will be careful... maybe some will improve)

Vihera looks around, thinking so.

... For some reason, I missed my gaze as if some of the Centaurs had seen something I shouldn't, but Vihera didn't know why.

"Anyway...... should we go to bed? I don't know when something will happen, and you should keep it when you can recover."

That's what Centaur and the others said, questioning their gaze.