Meet Beast Tamer, the mightiest species of cat ear girl banished from the brave party

The next day... I broke up with Sarya and got ready for everything.

Then we leave the King's Capital and head again to the 'Wedge of the earth'.

It is a ruin that it was once used as a fortress, far from the king's capital.

Used as a venue for the Adventurer's A-rank exam…

And a place separated from my dear companions by Arios' ruse.

It's a place with lots of connections for me right now.

"That's just how tightly guarded you are."

He stopped his leg approaching a point about 500 metres to the ruins and dived into the shadow of the rock.

Only show your face and check ahead.

Knights were deployed at equal intervals so as to surround the ruins.

A pair.

Is the spacing arranged, more or less, about a hundred meters?

There is no big shield around and the sight is good.

It's a visual distance from each other, so if anything, we'll know soon enough.

"Security on the ground is secure."

So what about the basement?

I explored the ruins during the exam and thought...

That ruin is quite large.

It spreads underground like an ant's nest, with passages stretching all over it.

What if we can find that entrance well?

"Ok...... look, can you come over here?

I had a tentative contract with a lizard walking nearby.

He is a lizard with the characteristics of drilling holes in the ground and nesting and living there.

"Okay, good boy. Sorry for the hassle, but you need to do me a favor."

The lizard rang small and gathered his companions.

Lots and lizards gather.

Fortunately, the lizard I provisionally contracted seemed to be a leader, and the other lizards did exactly what they wanted without having to do anything.

Scattered here and there, start digging holes.

Back to the ground after some digging......

And also, dig somewhere else.

Repeating such plain work for a while...

One hosoasing beard lizard rings and sends a signal to the leader.

"Looks like you found it well. Thanks."

Termination of provisional contract.

Giving the reward dried meat, I moved to the point where the lizard rang.

Hosoashi beard lizards dig holes in the ground and nest there but...

I dig deeper into it.

About five meters?

In order to protect himself from natural enemies, nesting seems to have begun to take precautions.

It's such a hossoashi beard lizard...

At one point I only dug shallow holes and was turning right back.

That's what I was looking for.

"Down here... there it is!

As the hosoasi beard lizard widens the hole it digs, the more it loses and hits the wall.

An obvious artifact.

It's just deteriorating there.

It's the ceiling of a ruins passage stretched out here and there.

So I had a lot of holes dug to find him.

"Phew...! He's... he's pretty tough!

Kick the ceiling.

They say it used to be used for fortifications, so it's just sturdy.

However, if you kick it over and over again with all your strength, you will eventually get a crack...

There was a hole in the ceiling, and the debris collapsed.

……

Stay put.

See how it goes.

If the ruins were monitored, someone might come with the sound of it now...

"... sounds ok"

You can't hear footsteps after waiting a while, and there's no sign of people.

I broke into the ruins from an empty hole in the ceiling.

"Substance creation. Fireball."

Create a simple pine light and light a fire with magic that minimizes power.

Fortunately, it was a familiar place.

This is where I passed the exam.

All you have to do is retrace your memories and go the other way.

"Canade, Tania, Sola, Luna, Nina, Tina... wait, I'm coming to help you now!

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There was no such thing as emptying the ruins, and as I headed to the entrance I could see the knight.

Until the end of the ruins, not deploying knights throughout the area would simply be due to lack of manpower.

Or couldn't the power of Arios have moved many knights...

Either way, there are a handful of knights deployed in the ruins.

Tame the rats and have them be my eyes, behind the knights and down the road.

I lost so much that I reached it on the road that leads to the ground.

Softly ask how it is.

I saw some large tents.

Where they line up side-by-side at the back is probably the Knight's Waiting Point.

Is Arios and the others there, too?

Moving his gaze further, he saw five tents with several knights standing on the table.

It feels more like surveillance than security, creating a vibrant atmosphere.

"Right there."

It would be that tent that everyone is in captivity.

One thing, I don't think there's enough...

Maybe Tina isn't even the most powerful species, and because her body is compact, she's being captured with someone else.

"Shit...... what do we do?

I wish everyone had been gathered in one place...

It's hard to help when you're falling apart.

Even if you help one person, the rest could be taken hostage.

Is that the arrangement you're thinking about?

"It's hard to help everyone at the same time... but now that we've dived so deep... do we have to move on"

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Arios went to the ruins and was in direct command of the scene.

The canades are being transported, and they're ready for execution.

If you give the signal, you can execute the sentence in five minutes.

All we have to do is wait for Rayne to show up.

Return to the tent and rest your body for a moment.

"Now it's time... Rain, get you...!

Arios laughs niggly, imagining when he corners Rayne.

I don't think he was a brave man, it was a grin with condensed malice.

"Arios."

"Monica... what's wrong with you?

No heart, or Arios' tone about Monica is soft.

To some extent, you must be forgiving her heart.

"The prey has been netted"

"What...? I haven't received a report like that...... are you sure?

"There was a hole in some of the ruins. It wasn't until the other day. I think he snuck into our nostalgia from there."

"Shit, they're useless."

Arios connects the knights who can't find Rayne.

But that's something I can't help.

Rain, contracted with various animals to maximize its effects, was on par with Assassin, a profession of great secrecy...... no, it ensured more stealth than that.

Whatever the superior knight like Monica, it's extremely difficult to detect any traces of the ordinary knight having Rain or his presence.

"But the strongest species are still in our hands. The trump card is in our grip."

"Right. Then... execute the sentence now. Tell everyone that."

"Right now, is it?

"Rayne is good at tricky tricks. I don't know what I'll do if I leave you alone. You can't be taking an initiative. Let's move first."

Arios wears a sword and gets geared up.

"Rain should pop up if he tries to execute both of the most powerful species. He's an idiot. I'll get you there."

"Okay. So..."

Monica bows her head against Arios.

For that reason, I didn't see Monica's expression from Arios.

Monica was... laughing.