Legend

Ray, entering the square, frowns slightly.

In the middle of the square...... because during the day I felt strong signs from the shadows where the trees were growing.

That's what equals a giant wolf or a tree...... no, or so overwhelming a presence that I think it might exceed.

(I see. If there's a guy like this, and he's letting this sign go, people like bugs, animals, birds and monsters wouldn't want to get close here either. even...... cloak?

What you see from Ray is the back of the shadow.

But what looks like behind it is not fur or feathers, cape.

Yes, he was clearly an unborn being.

"Are you finally here?

"Huh!?

I uttered the word.

It's true that I was surprised by that, but it's not weird enough to speak a word more than wearing a cape.

But both Ray and Seto instinctively understand that the person at the end of their gaze is definitely a monster.

Or, isn't it a kind of subhuman like the Beast Man? I never thought so, but from the signs of the person in front of me, it's definitely the enemy.

"You... who? At last, you were sensing us approaching?

Even as he asks, Ray takes Death Size and Dusk Spears out of Mystering.

To Ray like that, the opponent finally turns around here... even if that face is accustomed to beauty like Elaine and the others, I understand that he deserves to be called a beautiful man enough to describe himself as well-groomed.

But the opponent doesn't look particularly concerned with Ray's surprise... Ning Ro, just look at Ray's weapon as if it's intriguing.

"It's an item box. This is also unusual.... Hmm. As for destroying my experimental work, it doesn't seem funny... considering I had an item box, isn't it bad as it turns out?

Ray had a lot to worry about in that other person's words, but one of the most bothered me...

"Experimental work?

Yes, the word experimental.

Given the current situation, I could have predicted that that giant tree that Ray knocked down in this place during the day would have been something like that as a result of some interference by the man in front of me.

I thought so, Ray, but the man smiles and opens his mouth to the word experimental work out of Ray's mouth.

"Hmm. You know you're a world tree...

"Well, for the crowd"

In fact, a world tree has existed in the marina's home town and has been caught up in disturbances related to that world tree.

Also, that marina is a being called the Witch of the World Tree, and in that sense Ray was pretty sure there was something strong about her relationship with the World Tree.

But if I put that in my mouth here, it would taste a lot worse.

Having so decided, Ray appropriately talked to the other person… At the same time, he could have predicted what the existence of the tree that was growing here was like.

Experiment, World Tree.

Given all this, I guess it's natural because it's not that hard to get to that answer.

And what actually came out of the man's mouth the next moment was the word Ray expected.

"Mm-hmm. It was the world tree that I grew up in this land.... world tree with exactly the same abilities as the world tree and adjusted it to be of great benefit to me... although the expression is correct. I call it the Dark World Tree."

"Adjust the world tree...?

imitate as if it were a researcher.

That's what I thought, Ray, but if you think about it again, Ray also knows an undead who has a hobby for research called Grimm.

Also, it's no surprise that the alchemists Ray knows do things like head to the Devil's Forest for their own research.

If so, it wouldn't be strange to do this kind of research in the Devil's Forest, he said.

(And...)

Ray looks at a righteous looking man in his twenties or so and convinces him why he thought of Grimm.

The man who was in a good mood to explain to himself about the Dark World Tree seemed like a normal person if only on the outside.

Of course, in the Devil's Forest... it's not a day when monsters are relatively popular, either, because they're in the Devil's Forest at night when they move vigorously, so there won't be anything like a very, but normal person.

The fangs of the man explaining the dark world tree, as if to show it, were sharp and pointy.

A beautifully shaped man with a cloak on his back and fangs in the Devil's Forest at night.

If we had all the elements so far, we could understand what the man in front of us was like in Ray as well.

(Vampires, or)

It's no stranger to have an undead and a vampire kind than it is to be a fantasy world.

In fact, the vampire is also in Ray's Monster Dictionary.

However, vampires have different characteristics than other monsters.

In the years since I became a vampire, in the qualities of the person who became a vampire, and how I became a vampire.

Especially the last thing about how you became a vampire means a lot in determining that vampire's rank.

By the hands of other vampires...... specifically in the case of methods such as sucking the blood of the other person and giving the blood of the vampire, it has a lot of strength from the very beginning when the parent vampire becomes a vampire if he is powerful.

... Conversely, vampires born if their parents' vampires are weak are also weak.

Also, vampires born in a way that does rituals and becomes vampires, unlike that way, become extremely powerful.

Anyway, because you have as much knowledge as you can perform that ritual, and you have as much body as you can withstand the ritual.

It is Grimm who did the ritual and became undead in the same way, so it will be obvious how special it is to perform the ritual and survive.

Of course, Grimm was only talented enough to be called a genius, even if it didn't extend to the Zeppyre Gate, so he was able to become that powerful undead.

Even while Ray remembers that way about the monster dictionary and the vampire knowledge people have heard of him, the vampire man goes on to explain.

"That's right. The Dark World Tree was the crystal of my decades-long research, but I didn't think it would disappear so brilliantly either.... What do you think?

That's what vampires ask, they look at Ray with interest.

(Why me?

If Ray and Seto are lined up, I would normally be interested in Seto, not Ray.

Anyway, Ray is only a normal person on the outside - although it has the characteristic of the beauty of a woman's face - whereas Seto is a well-known griffon as a high-ranking monster, so I guess that's natural.

That's what the vampire man asked, looking at Ray with interest.

"Why are you asking me that?

"Because it's you, isn't it? The Dark World tree was defeated.... I don't know how you destroyed all those giants though. No, is it the power of the item box?

Ray gets stuck in words to a vampire who lightly tells him that.

How do you know that you defeated the tree... the Dark World tree?

Nevertheless, the opponent is not a bluff or anything and is clearly convinced that Ray defeated the Dark World Tree.

Beyond that, I open my mouth by judging it a bad hand to mislead here.

"In the meantime, I thought it was disgusting that the monster's neck was growing."

"Hmm. I think that's adorable."

He was a vampire tilting his neck like he couldn't understand Ray's words, but as Ray, I don't understand this vampire hobby at all.

What the hell can I do to make such a disgusting being seem adorable, etc.?

"People have their own hobbies."

"Really? Well, maybe you are. So... Hmm, you're still funny"

Vampires tell Ray so with a funny grin on his words.

"Why? Aren't you usually more intrigued by Seto, not me?

If you look at the next griffon with that said, did you immediately understand that vampires also indicated that Seto was about Griffon, nodding in a conceited manner?

"Perhaps that's normal. But... Hate and I have confidence in my aesthetic eyes."

"Aesthetic eye?"

Aesthetic eyes show the ability to discern beautiful objects and objects of value.

In that sense, Ray would have been appreciated by a vampire...... if he asked me if I was happy with that, it would be another story.

"So? What the hell do you want with me?

As for Ray, I just want you to talk peacefully with this vampire and go home.

I want a vampire demon stone, and I know it would definitely be a Rank A monster because of the signs I can still feel talking like this.

But he's not the one who can have a conversation like this, and most importantly, Ray's acquaintance has an undead named Grimm.

It's just the same undead, and it's also big that I thought that maybe you don't know Grimm.

"Right. Too bad the Dark World tree was defeated... but I found something more valuable than that"

That's what I say, a smiling vampire.

But Ray has a bad feeling about the words.

From what we've been talking about...

"Leave that item box. That way, you showed me something interesting, and you're gonna miss it."

Again, huh?

Yes, Ray thinks without putting it to words.

From the time I saw Ray holding the item box...... Mystering, the vampire had his eye on it, nestled in Ray's right arm.

Originally, the item box is only available to users... Vampires, if you're also a researcher, it's not strange to know how to do something around it.

In the first place, I suppose that's how you say you give me the mistering because you have that eye.

But... Ray's response to such a vampire was decided.

"Say no."

"... what?

Vampires probably didn't think Ray would say no.

Show Ray, who told him so lightly, that he can't understand Ray's words after a few seconds of silence.

That's why Ray opens his mouth again so that his will is firmly communicated to the other person.

"No. That's what I said. I'm sorry, but this item box... I can't give you mysteries."

Vampires frown uncomfortably at Ray's words like that.

I am greedy, and as a consideration I also miss my life.

That's what I'm saying, but I guess I didn't think you'd turn this down too lightly.

"Are you serious? I'm sure you know what I am."

Vampires also have only high-ranking monsters, with eyes to discern their strength.

From such a vampire, I could understand that Ray and Seto were strong.

But... I'm a vampire.

A race with the highest power among the undead. That's the vampire.

Such a word of my own, that's what I uttered as mercy, and refusing to do so was impossible if I tried to be a vampire.

That's why I thought you might be mistaken for something, are you serious? I asked...

"Oh, this mistering is a lifeline for me. You can't give it to me because you want it."

"If I don't give it to you, you and your Griffon will die."

"I'm not going to attack you from this side, but if you're going to attack me from that side, I'll let you deal with it accordingly. I don't imitate being hit in silence. Originally, me and Seto had to defeat at at least two Rank A monsters in this Devil's Forest. Tree... The Dark World Tree and all of them were troublesome because of you making it, but I don't know if I can be recognized as a Rank A Monster"

Precisely because I kept burning to crush my overwhelming regenerative abilities, I don't know if the Alliance would recognize the Dark World Tree as a Rank A monster, which has been turned into half charcoal or ash.

"You think you can beat me?

"Right. I think I can win.... but can I just ask you one thing before we fight?

"I don't mind. Your death has already been decided. Let me ask you a favor like that."

"From me, your death has already been decided.... Well, fine. There's one thing I want to ask you. You know that undead named Grimm?

"Grimm? No, you don't. What kind of vampire are you?

It wasn't that they were in love with each other that Ray knew exactly in those words.

And beyond figuring it out, if you knock this vampire out, it kills someone you know in Grimm... and you don't have to worry about things like that, you relax and shake your neck sideways.

"No, if you don't know, that's fine. Then... let's get started!

That's what Ray told me, and Ray packed his death-size and dusk spears in his hand between him and the vampire.