Legend

"I found it!

Yes Anastasia screamed when it was time to be in the evening.

I kept running all the time today except for lunch and a short break, so those running...... all the Centaur, Seto, Deer etc. were duly tired, but the moment I heard Anastasia's words, I'm pretty sure that fatigue blew away.

... Although Ray didn't know if the two deer that were carrying Anastasia and Fana could understand Anastasia's words.

"Stop!"

Zai screams when he hears Anastasia's words.

The Centaurs are slowing down a little bit to that word.

He told me to stop, and I couldn't possibly stop right away.

No, a group of about a few people might be able to stop as soon as they tell you to... given the size of the scout squad, those who were running backwards would definitely be bumped into those who were moving forward if they did that.

If so, this is still the quickest way to stop it slowing down a little bit.

While it takes a little while, the faces of the reconnaissance teams who have stopped moving, naturally gather around Anastasia.

of Anastasia earlier, the word found.

What that word means is obvious given the purpose of the current scouts.

"So, Anastasia. I'm talking about finding it... where exactly is it? The location itself was almost identified by the power of the Spirit's eggs, wasn't it?

"Yeah, I was able to narrow it down a lot compared to before. But... this time, I was able to clearly identify the location."

"So? Where the hell is that place?

It was Ray who asked that, but it was also the other facets besides Ray who wanted to hear that.

The Centaurs, in particular, wanted to know where the home of Dragonia, which had tormented them so far, was.

In the eyes of Anastasia, a strong gaze is directed to the point where the words powerful… cannot be said alone.

He was an anastasia with such a gaze, but without any particular fright, opens his mouth.

"Over there...... you see the hill, don't you? Where we crossed that hill, we found Dragonias' home. Just needless to say, be careful. The power of Dragonias, felt through the eggs of the Spirit, is considerable. And... he seems to be aware that we're close."

The Centauris and the others hesitate to say that they are aware of it too.

But a few of the Centaurs… Dolphinas with some of the finest skills in Centaurs, especially when it comes to magic, and others such as Ray and Vihera were different.

... No, I was even convinced that it was also known over there that Ningro was close.

(Spirit eggs that the other one really wants. Wanting it means you know exactly what the eggs of the Spirit are. Then, naturally, even if we can see that the Spirit's eggs are close to where we are... isn't that surprising?)

Most of all, it is only a story if the purpose of Dragonias is the existence of an egg of the Spirit.

If you think it's okay to have more than a certain amount of power, you may not have noticed the presence of spiritual eggs.

(Or do you notice the presence of spiritual eggs that come close to where you are because you can do anything with power...? In the first place, Dragonias itself is different. You can't expect me to do that)

Yes, I tell myself, and Ray asks Anastasia again.

"So where over the other hill is the home of Dragonias?

"Right. Probably... No, I'm pretty sure that's it."

To Anastasia's words, which I assure you, Zai looks to Ray.

Ray, who received that gaze, nodded and eventually Zai opened his mouth again.

"First, we need to make sure the location of Dragonias' home base. … From here on out, it's not strange when Dragonias shows up, so be careful what you can."

Follow Zai's instructions and Centaur and the others will respond.

The home of Dragonias… To find it, we were chosen from the settlement and have traveled this far.

Given those days… and many of those Centaurs remind me more of the days I trained with Vihella than the difficulty of acting as a reconnaissance team for some reason every day.

Those are the days that were so much harder than fighting Dragonias.

... I'm going to move to confirm Dragonias' home base, but I don't feel scared at all when I think of the simulated battle with Vihela.

Vihela hasn't been aiming for it either, but the battle against a mighty enemy named Vihela was, in a way, naturally, bracing the Centaurs.

"All right, let's go"

Seeing as how those Centaurs are doing, you decided for the time being that there is no problem, and Zai declares so.

Do the others have no objection to Zai's words like that, they turn to those with hills?

... Naturally, many of the Centaurs look nervous as they head to the hills.

That's what I told you to be able to move quickly whenever anything happened.

(This is a bit unsavory)

It was Ray who saw it and felt it was dangerous.

It's nice to be ready to deal with it right away, because from what Ray saw, many seemed too nervous.

Of course, some of them aren't that nervous...... that's what some of them were moderately nervous about, but that's only a few.

Being elected to this scout team means those who are judged to be skilled in their respective settlements... but still, given that the home of Dragonias is right on the side, I guess it's more impossible to say don't be nervous even with such skilled hands.

"It's good to be nervous, but it's not good to be too nervous.... Well, here's what I said, and it's a subtle thing to see if that makes me nervous."

Nervous doesn't mean you can be nervous if you want to be nervous on your own, or not because you don't want to be nervous... or anything like that.

More than that, we'll have to do something about it ourselves in the end.

(With that said, I often say that writing people on your palms and swallowing them will relieve tension... in fact, what do you think? Or think of all the other people who are looking at themselves as potatoes)

It was a solution to the tension I hear very often, but if you ask me if it actually works, I can only say it's subtle as a ray.

While you're thinking about it, a line goes down the hill...

"Is that it?"

Who the hell was that that squealed?

Or even the person who spoke could have been unaware that such a voice was leaking from his or her mouth.

With that in mind...... but Ray agrees with that voice again.

Somehow, even though Anastasia said yes, that there was a Dragonias home base ahead of the hill, because there was no such sight anywhere.

"Anastasia?"

Zai, who is in a position to lead the scout team, asks in a voice containing questions.

Could not the search using the power of the Spirit's eggs have found the home of the enemy?

question with such meaning.

Those other than Zai also turn their gaze to Anastasia such as what the hell is going on.

Some even turned such a gaze to wonder if Anastasia was saying cod out.

But Anastasia, who was gazed at by those around her, doesn't look particularly anxious... just points to the ground while on the back of a deer.

And with that attitude of Anastasia, Ray also understood what Anastasia wanted to say again.

Because that was what Ray was expecting.

"Underground?

"Correct. You said that area before you left, didn't you?

To Ray's words, Anastasia answers that lightly.

For Anastasia, I guess Ray's words were predictable.

That's why I gave it back...... that's only because it's Ray and Anastasia, and it was totally unexpected that there would be a Dragonias home in the basement if you tried to be the Centaurs like you hadn't heard or overheard about the area.

(No well... isn't that so strange to think that the Spirit's egg is buried in the ground and Dragonias came for it? It was because I was underground that I craved the eggs of the Spirit that were buried in the ground.... but I doubt that by the time we got here, it was finally working. That's why you said Anastasia was underground, too)

If the Rays had moved by the time they got here, it would likely have been possible to obtain the Spirit's eggs, without that being the kind of resistance they would have received.

Too much timing makes me have strong doubts the other way around for Ray.

However, it was also an unmistakable fact that the meadow at the end of our gaze… cannot do this here forever more than have the home of Dragonias in its basement.

"Whatever, if the power of the Spirit's eggs is certain, it's why there's a home of Dragonias in the basement of that meadow... then don't ask me where I'm going in from"

It would have been weird if there had been no corresponding large entrance or exit than Dragonias was in and out.

But from what Ray has seen, it seems... I can't find anything like a hole that leads to the basement.

At least a few hundred... No, there must be thousands, and in some cases tens of thousands or more, of dragonias out there.

More than that, it's small enough to allow one dragonias in and out - big enough given the height of the dragonias - but it shouldn't be enough for a hole or anything.

Not to mention, dragonias are highly individualized.

Even the standard dragonias are quite large, but some of them are giants… but it's not strange to have such a huge dragonias.

"What's going on? Now I know this basement is home to Dragonias... but the question is how do we get there?"

"What's more, we're just down to the base, and there's not a single individual coming out to intercept us?

That's the pure question of Vihera.

In fact, if this is not the home of Dragonias, but of man… it is the Vestian Empire, the birthplace of Vihera, by analogy, that this is already right in front of the castle.

If we had a hostile opponent in such a place, it would not be strange if, normally speaking, we had the power to intercept.

Even so, the dragonias of interception don't show up at all.

"He ran away when he fought me and Seto, and he must have information from the Golden Scale Dragonias. Nonetheless, it's obviously strange that no enemies come out at all... Vihera is right"

To Ray's words, Centaur and the others look around.

But there, naturally, is no dragonias anywhere, and there is no such thing as a hole that leads underground.

Between us, a look of confusion emerges.

Even so, only one side of the meadow is spreading beneath your eyes.

In this situation, how the hell can we move to the home of Dragonias?

Some centaurs even wonder if that's what Anastasia is doing wrong.

But... as for those who saw the eggs of the Spirit up close, it was also true that they still didn't think it was wrong.

"What do we do? Go to the meadows once and find out?

"I know what Ray's trying to say, but is this where Dragonias is based? Then you should act cautiously.... If you step into a detour and dragonias show up in large numbers at that moment, that's not going to be a shade."

When Zai tells me that, I can only be convinced as Ray.

In fact, even though the Scouts' Centaur is getting stronger, if they ask if it's okay to be raided by dragonias far more than they are, the answer is no.

"Then what?

"Let's observe some more from here. I'm sure there's more to this basement than the home of Dragonias."

Was there anything in Zai's words that the Centaurs thought too, a careful view of the view from the top of the hill?

Only Centaur, who lives in the meadows, has a fairly high eyesight.

Among other things...

"Gru?"

Unexpectedly, it was Seto who sounded strangely.