Living in this World with Cut & Paste

Have the Taylors, Tamer's Ring, lost to Gargoyle?

Lost... In this case, it means death.

But with enough strength to serve the Spirit of Darkness, is it something that Taylor loses so easily? Even with that personality, he's a man enough to create an organization called the Three Clans and serve as their leader.

I can't believe Taylor lost to Gargoyle and he's dead.

But if you think about it, I've never met someone I know (in this case, he's really just someone I know) who died. It's about the time you and your mother remembered.

So maybe I just can't accept the fact that... I haven't decided that I'm dead yet.

"You don't see any signs of fighting Gargoyle before me."

I'll look around with Kyolo Kyolo and look for traces of blood, destruction, etc.

... but within sight, I still can't find it like that.

Still, I need a clue. I walk around the room slowly, looking for clues.

"... no, I knew I couldn't find anything"

Maybe he got it right, besides the directions I followed.

It's not like the Gargoyle I just defeated decided to be the boss of this hierarchy, I'm just taking it personally.

You can't find any signs that you fought this much.

Maybe this is the right idea.

"All right, let's just rendezvous with everyone. You might be worried because I'm late."

Using [intrinsic magic/space-time], I went back to the entrance to this hierarchy where my family was waiting.

... but I'll regret it later. Why didn't you use [Signal Detection/Greater] here?

If I had used [Signal Detection/Greater] here, there wouldn't have been such a tragedy... I think so.

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"Sir!

"Mr. Mine!

My two daughters find me and shout out loud. Yeah, you still seem to have me worried.

"Sorry, both of you..."

While I apologize to both of you, I will explain in an orderly fashion what happened by the time I got back.

The fact that Gargoyle was there, the fact that he defeated the Gargoyle and obtained four of its demonic stones.

... and reported to everyone that Taylors didn't meet Tamer's Ring.

"... sure, likely as your husband thinks...?

"But, Princess... Mine, you must have been going one door at a time and going the right way, can't you think that the Taylors found another route?

Yes, Aisha's definitely right.

I was able to open all the doors and find the right directions until I got to that room. I very much don't think there's a right route besides that directions.

In doing so, we can still only assume that the Taylors fought and lost Gargoyle.

"What about the possibility that those guys are defeating Gargoyle and moving on?

... Not unlikely... I think so...

The interval between the reappearances of the gargoyles was terribly short, and when I stepped into that room, there was already a new gargoyle.

Uh-huh. It's hard to think about the hierarchy so far.

... By the way, the one tier boss hasn't reappeared in the evening phase.

As initially anticipated, perhaps the magic of the labyrinth (dungeon) has not yet been saved enough to re-emerge the boss. I would have to say that it is highly unlikely that the Taylors have already moved on beyond that fact.

Perhaps even Silfi, who spoke, doesn't believe this is right.

I think that's just the presentation of possibilities.

In the meantime, let's move on... That way you'll know what happened to Taylor and the others, even if it's a yes or no.

Even these guys belong to the same Augusta kingdom. If you're saying you're struggling, I want to help you.... even if it's a pain in the ass as a result of helping.

"In the meantime, shall we move on? Even if I think about it, I'm sure there won't be an answer..."

"Oh, right. It's not like we're going to be talking here forever."

Silfi agrees with my proposal, and Aisha snorts.

Wuhulu Khu seems to be waiting now or not because he wants to move on.

"Okay, then follow me! I'll show you!

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"You had a gargoyle here."

Aisha looks around the room and speaks out so.

Again, as expected earlier, Gargoyle had not reappeared.

... Well, can't you knock it down to a boulder and gush in about an hour?

At least there was a difference between Tamer's Ring and us overnight, so we'll have to check tomorrow to confirm what we thought earlier.

"Well, it looks like there's a tortoise over there -!

There are no doors in the place that Wafuru points to.

But I'm telling you, there must be a door.

The whole family, including me, jumps into a wall where they don't suspect a word fluffy and nothing seems to be happening.

Yes, as Fluffy said, there was a door.

Ahead of knocking at the invisible door, it was a room about half the size of a gargoyle room.

... Wait, is this it? Why didn't the Taylors meet me?

When I ran into Gargoyle, was it a coincidence that Taylor and the others discovered this hidden door and fled in?

Isn't it fitting that Tsujitsu didn't run into you so far?

"... Mr. Mine, look"

Looks like Aisha found something, I feel like my voice is shivering somehow.

I wonder what the hell you found.

What Aisha found… it's a huge bloodbath spread across one side of the floor.

And there are traces of something dragging multiple objects.

This is so much blood... it's definitely not just one thing.

Multiple... Isn't that for a fair number of people too...

As soon as I became aware of the blood, the smell of a mixture of rusty iron appeared on my nose.

"... welcome, you're still warm!

Huh?... you mean it hasn't been so long since this blood went into this state? No way, this tragedy hadn't happened yet when I was fighting Gargoyle!?

"... Sir, let's move on. Needless to say, let's proceed with caution."

Says Silfi as he pulls Linus Sword out of his sheath.

"... yeah, I get it... Aisha is behind Silfi. I'll take the lead."

Led by a fluffy sensing ability, we proceed with caution.

Boss, the stone tablet in the room is in my eyes, but I can't afford to care now.

And as I followed the blood trail that dragged a lot of stuff (...)... there was a staircase leading down to the lower level.