Legend

"So? Are you satisfied?

Ray asks Asdena, who is falling to the ground in front of him.

If it is the usual mock fight, Ray also does more light damage to the opponent than it is another battle with knowledge of it, but what Asdena wanted this time was a battle in the true sense.

... Nevertheless, what Ray waved was a Death Size and Dusk Spear pattern, as he wouldn't even be able to use Death Size Blades to slash and tear his opponents apart in a fight between his peers.

Nevertheless, that means that Asdena did the least she could do to keep her from dying, and even if it's an attack using a pattern more than they want a real fight, it's pretty serious blow.

In fact, Asdena's body, beaten and blown away by that blow, was undoubtedly fractured in several places.

Ray also thought about the area for once and intended to break the bone so that there would be no sequelae after the fracture had healed, but that's not absolute either.

Alternatively, there is no denying the possibility that there will be some sequelae when the injured area is healed.

Nevertheless, given the vitality of Centaur, that much was likely to be easily managed.

Ray could have done more if he was going to do something about it.

But in spite of that situation, I didn't take it easy so far because... Asdena, the one who got hit, wanted it a lot.

If Ray had done so much obvious relief, Asdena would undoubtedly just be angry, even if she had been less injured than she is now.

"Good luck"

Vihera calls out to Ray.

The appearance of just a little envy would be against Asdena, such as fighting Ray with all his might.

"Right.... I just wonder why Asdena fought me in this situation... and I really wanted to."

"Really? I don't think that's so funny."

Unlike Ray, Vihera knows why Asdena challenged him to a real fight.

Ray gives a strange look to that look on Vihera.

"Why are you imitating that?

"It must be because Asdena is a Centaur, and a warrior. Until now, there's never been a Centaur that I'd like to do that..."

Saying so, Vihera looks at Ray still.

Ray also somehow convinces me of the reason for how Vihera looks like that again.

"Do you think the rest of them are going to say the same thing next?

"... I wonder. I think it's quite possible."

If I tried it on Vihera, I knew exactly how Asdena felt.

... Or if this Dragonias case had been solved, I would not have done this if Anastasia and Fana hadn't been found yet.

But those two... the biggest reason the Rays came to this meadow, Anastasia and the others found it in their search for the home of Dragonias.

If one case with Dragonias is cleared up on top of that, it is very likely that the Rays will never come back to this meadow again.

That's probably why he decided he really wanted to try and fight, not something like mock warfare or something like that on premise before he broke up with Ray.

... Most importantly, in terms of its seriousness, Ray ended up with no Death Size, no Dusk Spear, no patterned attack, no magic Ray is good at... not to mention the Red Armor of the Flaming Emperor he used to defeat the Queen.

But even in such a limited state, Ray ended up winning almost unilaterally over Asdena.

This is nothing, Asdena is not weak in Centaur.

Even if it doesn't extend to Zai, the strongest of the Centaurs who joined the scout team, Asdena is undoubtedly the bearer of superior strength.

It meant Ray had the strength to just overwhelm Asdena like that.

Nevertheless, if we have repeated the simulation more than once, the Centaurs fully understand it.

"If you're going to fight, isn't that Vihera, not me?

If you try Centaur and the others, Vihera has never... that's the opponent who has lost countless mock fights.

If you really want to challenge someone like that at the end of the day, Ray understands it.

"After all, isn't it because Ray defeated the Queen of Dragonias?

"It's..."

Even as Ray, if they say so, I can't argue with anything.

In fact, for Centaur, dragonias was an enemy of uncluttered heaven.

I guess Ray became special in a way because he defeated the Queen of Dragonias like that.

Ray is reluctantly convinced that it means more to the Centaurs to fight Ray, who defeated Dragonias, than to the opponents who have beaten them in mock warfare.

"Well, I hope you don't mind the matter... Anastasia if you say so!

When Ray calls, Anastasia, who was checking on the eggs of the Spirit with Fana, comes to those with Ray.

Neither the battle between Ray and Asdena, nor Anastasia's appearance of any interest, was the examination of the Spirit's eggs.

"Can I help you?

Does he seem slightly grumpy because he was interrupted in his investigation of the Spirit's eggs?

If you try to be a curious anastasia, it would make a lot more sense to examine the eggs of the Spirit than the battle between Ray and Asdena.

Ray knew that too, but now there was more I needed to say than that.

"Spirit eggs, but you can't take them to Elgin"

"... I know."

"Huh?"

I hear Anastasia's words, and out of Ray's mouth there is a loose voice between them.

Absolutely, when I took it to Elgin, I just thought I'd say that.

Even so, it was totally unexpected to snort at Ray's words so lightly.

I guess that wasn't funny. Anastasia opens her mouth dissatisfied.

"What, that face? I know what I can do and what I can do wrong."

Are you sure you're Anastasia?

Ray, who almost said that, would never be strange.

In fact, because Vihera, who was next to Ray, had a similar look to Ray.

"Um, why are you doing that again? No, well, I'm glad for us.... To be honest, I thought you were going to take the eggs of the Spirit."

"Um... This is all the power of the Spirit, isn't it? I don't know what the impact would be if I took it to Elgin in the middle of nowhere. But even Gilm... no, Trent Forest is a special place in so many ways."

"I know that."

To Anastasia's words, Ray nods honestly.

In fact, around the forest of Trento is the birthplace tower of the Lizardmans, with vast lakes being transferred.

In the first place, the Trento forest itself is not a normal forest, but a forest that was suddenly made in a short time.

From there, giant monsters, like Giganto Turtle, also showed up.

In a way, the forest of Trento is one of the more prominent places to be called the limbo.

What would happen if you took to such a place the eggs of a mass of spiritual powers of the other world?

If Anastasia says she's not interested in the area, it's a lie, but that's why she doesn't even want to try it.

"... it's, again... so much?

To Anastasia's explanation, Ray asks that again.

I understand that the eggs of the Spirit have great power.

Because the Queen of Dragonias wants to get it, and she has sent Dragonias over and over again.

But still, I didn't think it was as dangerous as Anastasia said.

"It's dangerous not to know exactly what kind of danger there is. Given the power of the Spirit sealed in the Spirit's eggs, if you do poorly, Trent's Forest will... No, in some cases, the Gilm itself may disappear for some reason"

"... so much?

Again, the same words leak from Ray's mouth as earlier.

Though the words were the same but the seriousness there was clearly increasing.

"Yeah. If you know if it's a little less dangerous or exactly what kind of danger it is, I've also considered taking it home."

"That, again.... should I say I'm saved, it's a subtle place"

If Ray is the Anastasia he knows, it's not strange to say that it's the Spirit's egg back to Elgin, even if it's in danger.

But fortunately, the current Anastasia doesn't think about that.

(Is this to think that Anastasia has grown? Or is this a coincidence?

I had such doubts, Ray, but if I did, new problems would also arise.

"When that happens, where do you leave the eggs of the Spirit? There's something about the Queen of Dragonias, and you can't just leave it in the middle of nowhere, can you?

If you hide it somewhere, if you have the power to find the eggs of the Spirit, like the Queen of Dragonias, there is no point in hiding it.

Then I need someone to protect me...

"Needless to say, I can't."

Ray, who understands that Anastasia's gaze is directed at him, immediately returns so.

If you try it on Ray, you can't imitate things like staying in this world.

If you go back to Elgin, you have a lot of work to do.

Also, I can't be here much longer than I've decided to be a guild.

That's not just Ray, Vihera and Seto are the same again.

Both sides are not going to imitate things like leaving Ray.

"In that case... I wonder if Zai's settlement will be our next candidate"

Anastasia's gaze is directed at Zai, who is directing the treatment of Asdena.

Originally Zai had considerable strength among Centaurs, but his training with Vihera has further increased his strength.

While many of the scout squad faces have as much strength as they can to fight Dragonias one-on-one, so far Zai is the only Centaur who can fight two Dragonias against them.... except for Ray and the others.

Whatever it is, it is a person who has such strength and, above all, can be trusted.

Beyond that, Zai was still the only one that came to mind when I thought of someone who could keep the eggs of the Spirit even if it was Ray.

"I can understand what Zai can safely do. I can..."

"Anxiety?"

"To be honest,"

It's an unmistakable fact that Zai is one of the centaurs Ray knows has popped out of his head.

But still... that's why Ray can't honestly nod if he asks if he can keep the eggs of the Spirit and believe them fully.

This is not a matter of believing in Zai or not, but purely because I don't think Zai has enough strength.

No matter how close the Centaur is, it is only to the extent that in the end it is only in Centaur.

I can handle two dragonias on my own, Zai, but if I deal with a larger number of dragonias than that, it also means I can't deal with them.

If you deal with three or four people, you can do it if you buy time by defending and dodging them thoroughly.

But if you ask me if I can beat that number of dragonias, the answer is no.

Not to mention, if intelligent dragonias, stronger than ordinary dragonias, came under attack in multiple ways, it would be difficult to deal with that.

(Nevertheless, I still don't have anyone worthy to leave Spirit eggs to but Zai. Even if the person you attacked was stronger than Zai, and the worst of all, Zai didn't have to beat the person you attacked, you just have to be able to take out the eggs of the Spirit and escape. In that sense, Zai is believable enough)

Ray knows Zai is one of Centaur's finest in terms of foot speed as well as its strength.

In that sense, I guess Zai is the only person that matters as someone who can still be entrusted with the eggs of the Spirit.

"I knew I'd have to leave it to Zai.... Anastasia, is that all right?

"Right. I don't think Ray made that decision wrong any more than he can take it home. And..."

So I cut the word. Anastasia, but Ray also understood the end of the word.

The place connected to Elgin is not so far from the settlement of the Zays.

If so, I guess I'll have another chance to look into the Spirit's eggs.

... Most of all, Centaur is a nomadic people.

Sooner or later, we'll be moving from where we are today.