Legend

I guess there's a Dragonias home in the basement. Meadows.

The Rays watched the meadow from the hilltop just around the corner...... it was the face of the scout squad, but Ceto accidentally rang out in it.

Ray doesn't really think that the ringing was raised for nothing.

No, not just Ray, but someone who has quite a relationship with Seto...... I mean, I'm pretty sure most of the Centaur people here did.

"What's up, Seto? You found something?

To such a ceto, Ray asks, who was looking at the meadows like any other face next door.

"Grrrrrrrrrr? Grrrrrrrrrr......"

To Ray's words, Seto sounds as he looks at a part of the meadow.

It was Ray following Seto's gaze like that, but from what I've seen, it doesn't seem like there's anything in particular that Seto would react to.

Ray had no idea what had caught Seto's attention.

"Anything?... Anyone notice anything?

The current exchange between Ray and Seto was, naturally, heard and seen by the others.

That's why I had my gaze on Seto's watchers, just like Ray did... but to those words, everyone shook their necks sideways.

If we saw that not only Centaur, but even Vihera, was shaking her neck beside her, it was only natural that no one could tell what lay ahead of her gaze.

(But I'm pretty sure there's something more to it than Seto reacted. Definitely...... the problem is how do you find that)

In the present situation, I can't find anything Seto found.

Beyond that, we need to figure out how to find something of it first... and then Ray's gaze is directed at the eggs of the Spirit above the divine.

(If you found an egg of the Spirit that was buried on the ground because its base is underground... I don't know if it's the king or queen of Dragonias, but it's also likely that it has something to do with the power of the Spirit. If……)

Ray's gaze is directed from the eggs of the Spirit to Anastasia.

That after all, it would be the power of the Spirit that could do something about it more than be covered up with the power of the Spirit.

Naturally, I also noticed Anastasia was gazed at by Ray, but to be honest, she said she didn't want to use the power of the Spirit's eggs any more now if she could.

Anyway, if I did that kind of imitation in my situation right now, it was because I was sure that even though I was tired, I would be unnecessarily tired.

... Nevertheless, it is a fact that if we cannot find the home of the enemy, there is nothing we can do about it, even if it is Ray.

In fact, if Ray wanted to use the magic of fire to destroy the meadow in front of him and fill the ground with dirt and sand, he could do it.

However, it is very difficult to ascertain whether it really crushed the home of Dragonias… and above all whether it was really able to kill the presence of what seems to be the king or queen of Dragonias at home.

That's why I wanted certainty that if possible, I would have firmly checked the appearance of the enemy, attacked him there… and definitely killed him.

Nevertheless, I was going to give up if I really couldn't, even more than I can understand that I'm talking about luxury in the present situation.

Except that's only a story if you really can't.

Perhaps something by the power of the Spirit worked, thereby obscuring the entrance and exit to the underground.

Beyond that, it was only natural to ask someone who could solve it.

"Anastasia, can you ask?

"... If I could, I wouldn't have wanted to. I just can't seem to say that either..."

Phew.

Sighing, Anastasia gently reaches for the Spirit's egg.

And when I whispered small...... the next moment an invisible force was released from the eggs of the Spirit towards my surroundings.

Ray also knows that it is a force that has no effect on us. I know, but still, the moment I feel the power released from the eggs of the Spirit, it's only natural for Ray to get fit...

"What!?

I see the sight that came into my sight, and I utter surprising words in ways that I didn't expect from my fitness.

Because the view at the end of the line of sight… Until earlier, the sight that only appeared to be a normal meadow was inadvertently distorted.

That's what surprises me about a sight that deserves an expression such as distortion of space... but the next moment, the sight that was spreading after that distortion of space had subsided, gives Ray even more surprise... an emotion that can be called stunning.

No, Ray wasn't the only one who was stunned. I was surprised by the centaurs that were around me and other faces like Vihera and Fana...... other than that, even the deer on Anastasia and Fana gave me a surprise look, which seemed to Ray.

"This is, again..."

The sight that spreads in front of us has changed compared to a few seconds ago.

Until a few seconds ago, it was a meadow on one side that spread beneath my eyes.

But... the moment the power of the Spirit's egg was released, the space was distorted... and when that distortion subsided, it was spreading beneath the hill with a completely different sight than it had been a few seconds ago.

In the first place, it is not the meadows that are spreading.

There is hardly any grass that should be growing on the ground, and what is there is the ground of stripping.

Other than that, huge slopes exist on the ground.

There's a huge slope, like following the basement.

What spreads beneath that slope… it's obvious without even thinking about it.

"Disguise, huh?"

To Ray's whining, Anastasia, who was touching the eggs of the Spirit, nodded as she breathed roughly.

"Ha, ha, ha... yes. I guess the phantom kept you from knowing your home base from the surroundings. Ha... Phew..."

As she spoke, she began to breathe gradually, Anastasia nodded to Fana, who looked at herself worryingly, saying that there was nothing wrong with her, and then continued her words.

"Now it's clear that being at the apex of Dragonias can use spiritual magic… or some equivalent power."

To the words, Ray gives a surprising and at the same time convincing look.

I was surprised that Dragonias would use a force so close to precise spiritual magic, and at the same time, he was able to discover the spiritual eggs because they were such.

"Because I had the power of the Spirit, did I desire the eggs of the Spirit, to which the power of the mighty Spirit was put?... Ever since Dragonias showed up, there's been quite a bit of time, why now? I have questions like that."

That's the question Ray's had since he found the Spirit's egg.

But for whatever reason, it was a question that was half shelved because Dragonias needed to deal with it more than attacking...

"That's probably because it's only recently that Spirit's eggs have come to exert their power so far that it was also recently that they noticed Spirit's eggs..."

It was Anastasia who was completely out of breath that answered Ray's question like that.

"Is that true, it?

"I'm not saying it's definitely true, but it's also true that that's most likely. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been strange if Dragonius had attacked that settlement long ago."

Ray, who doesn't know that much about spirits, can only be convinced that that's what it is when Anastasia uses spiritual magic says so.

In fact, in this case of spiritual eggs, we often don't know a lot about them.

If you can convince me of that at all, you should convince me there, no doubt.

"It was also a pleasure for me to resolve my doubts before I could destroy Dragonias' home base.... Well, the question has been solved, and it's time to move on to the extermination of our home base. Zai, you stay alert here with the rest of the Centaurs."

"Okay."

To Ray's words, Zai nods with a slight look of remorse.

I guess we just wanted to clean up the Dragonias thing ourselves.

Where I leave that almost entirely to Ray, there was something about Zai's position that I thought was different.

... Or maybe I had some thoughts about the fact that I was leading the scout team but left Ray with the task of giving instructions.

"Vihera... needless to say"

"Of course not. That's what I promised you. I'll leave it up to Ray to take down the normal Dragonias, but I suppose the other strong enemies promised me they'd split it up, too?

If Vihella tells you so, Ray can't dismiss it either.

In fact, it is true that it means a great deal in the sense of luring Dragonias if it has the strength of Vihela.

"Okay. It was a promise from before."

In the end, Ray could only snort at such Vihera's words.

You were satisfied with how Ray was doing, Vihera, with a full grin... some of the Centaurs who saw that grin pull her face.

Many times before... That's why I understood that the laughter of Vihela today is so exciting for those who have fought with Vihela in countless simulations that I look forward to fighting the enemy no further.

Only a few, including Zai, have ever made Vihera smile this way in a mock fight.

And in the simulated battle against Vihera after this grin, that's how you get beaten to the point where you lose your strength and strength to stand up.

Just seeing that up close would naturally make my spine cold.

The only and greatest salvation would be that Vihella's laughter is directed not to ourselves, but to Dragonias.

"Well, there's no point in doing this here forever, and it's time to move on to action. Vihera is with me. Oh, and Seto, of course."

Seto, realizing that he had only given Vihera's name, rattles his throat that he wanted to go, too.

Ray told Seto to come with him, naturally, and it was Anastasia who turned his gaze next.

Anastasia, who played a major role in this one, breathed, but still remained tired of using Spirit eggs.

However, only the eyes shine strongly with curiosity, back-to-back with its weary appearance.

The face is neat and the light of curiosity to the intensity present in its eyes leaves an intense impression on those who watch, even if they call it beautiful, just the appearance that convinces everyone.

That's the same with Ray, who fully understood what Anastasia wanted, but still shook her neck sideways.

"You can't take Anastasia. You know why, don't you?

"It's..."

He was an anastasia who looked dissatisfied, but it was true that he was wearing out, and Anastasia herself is excellent as a spiritual wizard, but he doesn't have the strength to fight Dragonias from the front and just win.

(You might be able to figure it out with Spirit Eggs, but there's no way you can take Spirit Eggs to a place where you're fighting Dragonias)

In the first place, it is the eggs of the Spirit that Dragonias is after.

What happens if I purposefully imitate that to take it to the home of Dragonias?

That won't have to be considered.

It was that that was certain that a group of Dragonias would come together to take away the eggs of the Spirit.

That is why the spiritual wizard Anastasia and the spiritual eggs with the power of the intense Spirit could not be allowed to act separately, nor could they be taken to the home of Dragonias.

"... I know."

To Ray's words, Anastasia somewhat weakens the light of curiosity in her eyes and tells her so.

Ray doesn't even know if he really gave up.

But for once, as far as Anastasia was concerned, I didn't seem to be forced to do anything like follow me.

Of course, that was only Ray's prediction, and I didn't know what kind of heart it was actually meant to be.

That's why Ray turns his gaze to Fana and opens his mouth.

"Fana, I asked you to take care of Anastasia"

In the end, it's best for Fana to take care of Anastasia.

Neither does Anastasia have much to say about Fana whether she relies on it or not.

It was Ray for a moment that I thought I could ask around the dam run...... but in the case of the dam run that I can tell Anastasia that I am intoxicated, if that is what Anastasia wants to do, I decide that I will go to the home of Dragonias even soon and dismiss it immediately.

That was the right thing to do, and that was obvious from the look on Anastasia's face.