"Enemy!!"

It was Hulka who reacted instantly to the sounding Toya's voice.

"Yuki!" Isolation Field "!

"Ugh, huh? Oh," Isolation Field, "" Isolation Field, "

While half asleep, Yuki's magic activates properly and barriers surround the tents of the Hulkas.

Shortly afterwards, I could hear 'cuckoo' and something hitting me, all the way into the tent.

"I'm leaving!

"Ri, roger!

"" Yes!

What the Hulkas saw as they grabbed the weapon and jumped out of the tent was Toya looking far away and setting up the weapon with a stern face.

But such Toya, after a while, exhaled her breath, pulling out the strength of her body.

"It seems to be okay. No response."

"Yes... or what?

"Look, look at that. And then there's the other side of that wall."

What Toya pointed to was a flying gar bouncing bitchy on the ground.

Locally, I guess I hit the barrier Yuki just put up and fell to the ground.

"Ah! I've got a lot of stabbing over here too!

With a voice mixed with surprise and joy, Meetia turns behind the wall to utter words.

"Wow, really... There are more than 20 of them..."

In contrast, Yuki, who similarly went to see it, has a voice that is also called 'Ursa'.

"This would have been pretty dangerous if Toya hadn't noticed..."

"Finally, because Hulka was quick to react, right? Nice and immediate, huh?

"Yeah, 'cause I had a little shallow sleep... Yuki used magic right away."

"Right. Thanks to you, I was able to protect my expensive tent."

With no need to ask why she was sleeping shallow, Toya turned her gaze toward Yuki without saying any more.

"The presence of the dirt wall you built was quite helpful, too. As you can see."

"Yeah...... It was meant to be windy, but it was unexpected."

Toya's location is outside the limits of the tent protected by the "quarantine area" of the tower.

No matter how much Toya could have detected flying in advance, it would have been difficult to deal with more than twenty flying gars in the dim.

"I don't think I would have died, but I would have been hurt, had it not been for this"

"I didn't know there was a raid at night...... No, there's nothing strange about a normal demon."

"Pretty vicious, isn't it? Because of my daytime experience, I think passageways and rock shelves are safe."

"Yep. I'm not saying I wasn't alert, but where I'm tired and resting, I don't mean to hit you..."

If you don't go up and down the wall, let him think there's no raid from the sky, and he'll fly in at night.

Moreover, compared to Arrowhead Eagle, where there is somewhat of a winging sound, Flying Gar, where there is no winging whatsoever, is almost silent except for a slight wind-cut sound.

What you discover at night is extreme difficulty.

"... If this happens, should we keep the light in full?

"If it's bright, it'll sparkle!

The magic of "Light" activated by Hulka quickly when he jumped out of the tent.

Reflect that light with a flying gar fish body picked up by Meatier.

It's not very noticeable, but it will definitely help you shine and discover it quite sparklingly, like saying "light" about blue fish.

"Right. Keep the 'Light' afloat in the direction of the waterfall, a little further away. Fortunately, the direction you fly in seems to be fixed."

"Now if you fly in the opposite direction, it sucks."

Haruka smiles at Toya, who tells her to tear up a little.

"Stop. Because it's going to be real."

"Whatever it is, it's not there. It flew from the top of the waterfall, then I'm still convinced, but the other side is empty, right? All of a sudden, unless you were born or lost in the air..."

Haha, and I laughed, and Yuki denied Toya's words, but I think silently along the way.

"Dungeon, what the hell, here"

"You're not that unreasonable. If you say that, suddenly, you have to be scared of the fear of Darls Bear appearing over your head."

"If that happens, don't crush us."

Seven tonnes over even the average Darls Bear weight.

Saying the Toyas' level is going up, but if such a weight abruptly comes off your head, there's no way you can support it.

"Ma, in case you fly in from the other way, you'll be fine if you keep the dirt walls on your back. Toya, it's a good time, and I'll take turns watching. It's gonna be tough tomorrow, so go to sleep."

"Really? Then please."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it. And Yuki."

"Me too -"

"Me go to sleep. Leave it to your sister."

Pushing his hand up against Meetia, Mary pushes her back to the tent as she lowers that hand.

"But..."

"Meetia, we're gonna need a lookout after tomorrow. So go to sleep today."

"I get it..."

Harka told me, and Meetia nodded with her ears slightly soggy.

"Yeah. Well, go to sleep now. Especially since Yuki needs to recover his magic. You used it again just now, didn't you?

"What the heck? See you later, Halka and Mary."

Saying so, he dropped off Yuki, who was returning to the tent, and Hulka and his men sat down beside the burning fire, adding firewood to it.

◇ ◇ ◇

The next day.

The Hulkas were having a peaceful morning.

"You were on guard quite seriously, and there was nothing there."

"Isn't that good, Mr. Hulka? It was safe."

To Hulka, who seems slightly dissatisfied, Mary smiles bitterly, but stuffs her words in the next dialogue of Hulka, who laughed prankily.

"But isn't Mary a little sorry? You don't have any fish?

"Ugh! Sure, Flying Gar was delicious!

It was a little cheek-dyed mary, but you remembered its flavor, a little silence, peeking into the faces of the flickering and halka, reluctantly opening your mouth.

"... would you like to make that breakfast too?

"Pfft. Uh, yeah, I don't mind. Shall we bake it?

"Yes!"

Mary nods joyfully at Hulka, who accidentally responded by erupting.

And a while after the Hulkas started baking fish.

Did you ask me to smell that, Toya was the first one to show his face?

It was Meetia that followed shortly afterwards, and Yuki came out a few minutes after that.

You haven't slept enough for a little while, and he wakes up yawning.

"Ohhhh."

"Morning. Yuki, what about magic?

"Hmm, something?

Yuki, armed, replied as she twisted her neck to measure her magic.

"Yes, that's good. Yuki has to do her best."

"Oh, I knew I was going to work hard?

"There's something about last night. I wouldn't be anxious if I hadn't protected my back in Isolation Field.

"Right. I felt that way."

Yuki nods as she is convinced, even as she drops her shoulder slightly.

If you go down from top to bottom, you can also use a rope to get down at once, but if you want to climb a wall, it will naturally take many times longer.

Especially this time, in addition to last night's raid, we are also experiencing the collapse of rock walls.

Care must also be taken in selecting locations.

If you say who the first attack in such a situation is, there will be no one but Yuki.

If Yuki climbs out, she can use the rope ladder to climb quickly.

"Yuki, sister! Come on, come on!

"Rice, it's ready."

"Yes, yes, I'm not going now."

Yuki lowered her hips to the side of the burning fire as she grinned bitterly at the meetiers who couldn't wait.

After breakfast, Yuki started attacking the top with vigilance, but fortunately, no flying gar or arrowhead eagle would attack.

Because given what happened last night, it is also highly dangerous to climb without using the 'quarantine area'.

If you carefully secure the scaffolding while reaching one upper rock shelf, Yuki's magic is already nearly depleted at that point.

It was difficult to move forward without taking a break.

Half a day's rest will restore your magic, but you can't possibly act day or night, and given your safety, you can climb about two steps a day.

By the time the Hulkas get out of the two layers, they'll be pinching the camp twice more.

In the meantime, the night raid continued, but Hulka, who has too much magic, dealt with it by building a dirt wall. Flying Gar, which flew in during the night, is only recovered by Meatier the next morning as' Fish ♪ Fish '.

And on the third day, the Hulkas finally reached the stairs leading to the twentieth floor.

"You've come all the way back here somehow."

"Yeah, I can handle it. Rock Spider was back, and it was a real hassle."

In the past year, the Hulkas also learned [enemy] skills, and Toya's [enemy] was up to level 3, but still lower than Nao's.

Although I could discover the hidden Rock Spider, it was still only a short while before I realized it, and I was often surprised.

"Should we, too, work out a little?

"Yuki copied and remembered, didn't she? And now?"

"… level 2"

"It's not expensive, but it's hard to say I'm skipping, it's a subtle level."

Up to level 1, Yuki can be remembered relatively easily in [Skill Copy], but if you want to raise it more than that, it goes without saying that it takes a lot of effort.

I would never have been able to say I was lazy in a situation that would have been reassuring if I had left it to Nao or Toya, because I was at an even higher level once.

"That's what I'm saying, but what about Hulka?

"Me? I'm level one"

"Hulka is lower!

"I don't have a copy. You know what I mean? First of all, if we work out too much, Nao won't show up? Consideration, consideration."

"Mmmm..."

To Hulka, who always says, Yuki only roars.

In fact, it is difficult for Hulka to gain [Sovereign] skills compared to Yuki, who is capable of animal sensation and copying.

It's difficult, but as it stands, Natsuki also has [Sovereign Lv.1], so if you're a serious adventurer, that's not quite the skill you get.

"Um... I've been wondering a little bit about levels and whatnot?

"Uh..."

Asked so by Mary, Hulka turned her gaze to Toya and Yuki and opened her mouth to make sure they nodded.

"We know the skill of the technology we possess as a number thanks to the protection of Master Advastris."

To the words of Hulka, Mary and Meetia hang their necks together.

"Does that mean... if you do your best to practice your sword, you will know that level 1 is now level 2?

"Well, you know what?"

In fact, it's not that simple, and it has the advantage of being able to grasp all the abilities that I have, but Hulka nodded that it was generally not wrong.

But for the Meatiers, that just seemed amazing enough.

"That's very convenient!

"Wow, if we pray hard too, can we get some protection!?"

To the two blinking eyes, Yuki turns his gaze off and clouds his words.

"Uh, how about that? Perhaps it depends on God's will?

"Oh, right. If you feel impure, you won't get protection! I will sincerely pray!

That godly thing, it doesn't matter if it's sincere or not, I thought it was Yuki, but there's no way I can say that, I just snort vaguely.

"Well, now, let's go back faster than that, shall we? We need to get ready and go help the Naos, okay?

"Oh, right. I'm sorry, that's not what I care about."

Harka smiled and stroked Mary's head as she lay down her face slightly.

"No, because I take it for granted that I care. If you ever wonder, feel free to ask, okay?

"Yes, I understand"

From that standpoint, or Mary, who tends to be reluctant, and Meetia, who doesn't seem to be reluctant to read the air after all.

The Hulkas nodded at each other that it might be a good change that the two of them have honestly begun to question each other.

Let's go back to the 20th floor.

"Yeah, right."

Ahead of Toya, the five begin to ascend the stairs.

Hulka, walking at the end of it, looks back once as he hangs his foot on the stairs and looks under the cliff.

There is a deep valley that is closed by fog and doesn't even know the bottom.

"Nao, Natsuki, I'll be back in a hurry..."

When Hulka shrugged so, she ran up the stairs to shake off the thought of being pulled behind her hair.