When we finished the metastasis and our vision returned, we stood near the center of the room.
As before, the transfer bed is not placed in the four corners. Only this red magic circle, a little off the center of the room we were riding, seemed to be the only transfer floor in this room.
There was a change in the interior of the room.
The floor of the rug woven with grass remained unchanged, but there was no sliding door that replaced the wall. Instead, something with white paper on a lattice wooden frame surrounded all sides.
The room is dark, and light fixtures like lamps placed in places where there should be a transfer floor illuminate the surroundings blurry.
"... what is it, this room?" Somehow it looks different. Especially the surrounding walls..... "
"The rail doesn't change, so this is probably a sliding door too, but... it's weird."
"... this is a window."
Merina looked around.
"Look, the lamps in the four corners. Just like the surrounding sliding doors, there is a thin white paper sticker, right? This is... a plan to transmit light."
“It's a glass-free, intercultural room?”
"Well then, for now...... what is the night setting?"
Tete muttered as she looked around the dimly lit room.
A giant bamboo cylinder appeared in the back of the room.
The bamboo tube scattered the pale willow wisp from its diagonally cut mouth.
"Aaahhhhh! You're here!?"
"No, this is still a production..."
Kokoru says with a bitter smile to Yuri, who stands up.
As a matter of fact, a large number of Willow Wisps disappeared from the sight of them without attack.
Eventually, boofu, boofufu, the bamboo cylinder that spat out the wil 'owisp as if forcing through a dirty tube, then dived to the floor.
"...... Tsk tsk......"
"... nh?"
Along with a slight whistling sound, I could see something like a white tail for a moment.
The bamboo cylinder that I thought disappeared then appeared in the back of my right hand.
This time, the bamboo tubes spit out lots and lots of items.
"Aaahhhhh! Is it a treasure!?"
"Hmmm...? This is a material item that I'm hungry for."
When Tete threw away the ore he had picked up, all the items on one side disappeared.
"...... ho, ho, ho......"
"... now"
Yeah.
I nodded to Melina's murmur.
This time, not only the tail, but also the tip of the nose and the beard stretching from around it were glimpsed.
Apparently, the master of the bamboo tubes is a monster like a beast.
And a bamboo cylinder appears in front of us.
The mouth was cut diagonally. From there came out his face --- a monster resembling a pure white fox.
".................."
The monster, the boss of the Hundred Ghosts Path, was sniffing around with its forelimbs on the edge of the bamboo cylinder.
Completely small animal workmanship... but its size was superior to the Kimaira we defeated earlier.
She has an elongated body and most of her torso is contained in a bamboo tube. I felt that it resembled a fox, but it was probably not a fox motif. The nose is short, the ears are round, and the unusually large body moves horribly supple.
The area around the eyes is edged with a red flame-like pattern, and the neck is wrapped like an ornament with a thin paper-dropped rope.
It looks like some kind of religious symbol, but I don't know.
"... what is this monster with the motif?"
"A fox or a dog... a subtlety." It doesn't look like a cat. "
But it's kind of cute.
I wonder if they're animals that aren't outside the dungeon.
"... I know this guy very well." That's nostalgic. "
Everyone looked at Yuri who muttered.
"Among the hunters, it's called Yamayitachi or Kudagi Fox." It's thin and tight, and it's hard to catch because it immediately escapes into the gap of the rock, but..... "
Yuri grabbed the bow and looked at the boss monster with a gentle smile.
"I can sell my fur at a good price." It's a treasure. "
At that time, the boss monster turned to us as if it had noticed us for the first time.
With crumpled black eyes, she glanced at a group of intruders and stripped their fangs.
"... yeeeeeee!!"
A string appears above the white head.
It has a different design than the medium boss, and it's a name display effect for boss monsters.
Dimension Tube Fox
Well then... let's do it then.
I'll hold the sword.
This unexpectedly long adventure is finally a big one.