It was a night when clouds were rising and the moonlight was blocked.Under the perfect night's darkness for such a night attack, each of the Oak Squadrons was attached to their position.
　Each party is organized in eight places: north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west and northwest, centering on oak settlements.
　The strategy explained by Bobbs was to attack the axe of the god of thunder from the east of the heavily guarded village, since the village was still under construction.and when reinforcements were coming, parties elsewhere would attack from the thinned-out area.
　Of course, there was an opinion that the axe of the god of thunder, the first to launch the attack, would be the most fierce battleground with the concentration of the Oaks' attack, but the other parties were convinced by Elk, who was leading the axe of the god of thunder, saying, 'Believe in us as the A-rank party.'Convincing everyone with that word is proof of trust for their achievements and abilities.
　and Ray was in charge of the maneuvering of Seto, the Gryphon, instead of any of the eight places.

"Seto, it's about time.Are you ready?"
"Glu".

　In the dark, the set shrieks briefly, exposing itself to the faint moonlight that only falls faintly thanks to the clouds.
　At first there was a suggestion that a glyphon with the upper body of an eagle might not be able to see at night, but the testimony by Ray that he was able to see it clearly during the night in the Devil Forest cleared away the problem.

"Your life, Oaks, ends here to-day.Get rid of me and Seto."

　It was almost at the same time that Ray muttered, and a few gaudy lines of lightning fell upon the east of the oak village.It is the magic of Min, the wizard of the axe of the god of thunder.

"It's started. Seto, it's not the oak, it's the top oak species, General, Major, and Archer.And the first target is the individual leading the oaks."
"Grunt!"

　On the ground, there was a group of oaks that were in some measure moving eastward, albeit in a hurry at the sudden attack.Then, as if to take advantage of the opportunity, other parties entered from various parts of the village and launched an attack from behind the oaks heading east.
　Looking at these actions from the sky, looking for the target figures of the targets.

"Oh, my God!"

　Ray's eyes discover five oak archers pulling their bows from the southwest to an adventurer's party attacking the Oaks.Since it was a surprise attack under cover of darkness, even adventurers did not realize that they were being targeted with bows.

"Set!"
"Grunt!"

　At Ray's sharp cry, Seto also shrieks sharply and descends to the earth.This made me think that birds of prey were aiming at their prey.
　The arrow shot from the Oak Archer penetrates the man's left foot behind the adventurer's party, penetrates his torso, and penetrates his right arm.Fortunately, the remaining two arrows were thrust away from the adventurer and into the ground.The adventurer, who has been shot three times in his body, falls to the ground, and his fellow adventurers hastily drag him into the shade.The Oak Archers, who saw it, seemed dissatisfied that they could not control it, and the adventurers were shooting large numbers of arrows one after another into the shadows.
　If this were an adventurer who could use a bow, he would immediately move away from the spot to search for the next game, or move to a position where he could aim at the hidden game, and then shoot the arrow again.
　for it was the settlement of the oaks, and the advantage of the land lay with the oaks.Not taking advantage of it has greatly reduced the Oaks' strength.Although this area is considered to be a superior species, it is probably proof that it is an oak after all.
　And the existence of archers is difficult to deal with when they are close to each other because of their weapons.

"Huh!"

　He jumps down from the steeply descending set and uses his power to shake down the magical death-size.The oak, targeted by Ray, was cut into pieces without knowing what had happened to him and fell to the ground separately from the left and right sides.The raw sound was probably the sound of an oak's internal organs falling from the cut and hitting the ground.
　and next to it, Sett, who had descended sharply, shook his claws and crushed Oak Archer's head.
　Watching the headless Oak Archer crashing to the ground, Ray cut it from bottom to top, aiming at one of the Oak Archers who still didn't understand what was going on.
　At the same time, Seto, who landed on the ground, pulled out a kuchibashi and made a sharp hole in the oak's throat, and in the next moment he shook his forefoot claws and burst his torso.

"Boom-boom!?Oak Archer was the last to find themselves being attacked, but all he could do was raise his voice of confusion.At the next moment, the head is cut cleanly by the right-side shaking death size and falls to the ground.and a few seconds later Oak Archer's body collapsed to the ground, bleeding from his neck, as if he had finally realized that he had lost his head.

"Set, is there anyone else?"
"Grull".

　Ray calls out to Seto, who was searching for an enemy around him, but Seto shakes his head slightly.Seeing this, Oak Archer, who had been here, determined that he had put Oak Archer's body and bow and arrow in the mistling.

"Ray, I'm saved."

　As soon as the storage was finished, one of the members of the expedition, the leader of the party that had just been attacked by Oak Archer, came to talk to him.
　At this rate Oak Archer had stopped him, and he was unable to move, so he must have rushed in to do something about it, while the attack had subsided.Behind the leader is a typical light fighter armed with a sword and leather armor.

"What's wrong with the other?"
"Recover the man who was shot with the bow."
"Is the portion sufficient?"
"Oh, the supplies I've received are well in time."

　The portions and manaportions that I brought in the mistling had been distributed to each party before nightfall.The other person is probably treating it with that.

"What's the matter with Oak Archer's corpse?"

　The warrior behind the leader asks mysteriously.It's strange that there's no monster body that should have been knocked down.

"""It has been collected in an item box."""It's a high-class oak.It's better not to get into trouble later."
"Well, I suppose so,"

　The warrior nods and the leader agrees.

"Then I'll go back to the sky to see what's going on at the other party."
"Oh, I see.I'm saved this time."
"Don't worry, this is your job,"

　He lightly returns to the leader and straddles the back of Seto.

"Set".
"Gruly!"

　It flaps its wings with a few steps of running, kicks the air, and goes up into the sky.

"It seems to be quite noisy,"
"Glu".

　Ray saw flames burning in several parts of the village.The magic of fire used by someone may have spread to the residence of the oak.and with the light it was possible for Ray to grasp the battlefield.

"Huh?"

　Then Ray sees an adventurer's party heading to a shack in the north as he watches the earth from a blazing light.
　He must have gone to the rescue of a woman who had been caught for breeding in an oak that had been discovered through reconnaissance.
　Unfortunately, however, the oaks, who had been in the hut until now, came into contact with him, and it naturally developed into a battle.The adventurer in charge of the north side is a party of three, while there are five oaks.One of them was larger than the others and wore armor.It is the Oak General, which is the top species.

"I can't bear to desert you, can I?"

　and it is also true that, seeing the state of the day, his anger against Oak exists within him.I think it is safe to let that resentment be dispelled here.
　When Ray decides so, he smiles belligerently and shows his next battlefield to Seto.

"Seto, that's the next place."
"Gruly!"

　Following Ray's words, Seto goes down to the scene of the battle between the three and the five.At a height of about 10 meters above, Ray jumps off the back of Sett, invokes Slapnil's shoes that can walk in the air, and falls from behind toward the Oak General, which gives instructions to four oaks.

"Boom!"

　The sound of Ray's descent made Oak General realize that something was approaching him, and he raised his big sword over his waist.
　Surely that would have been enough under normal circumstances.Ray's target, Oak General, has a large sword that is almost as large as the Great Sword.Ordinary weapons could have been easily prevented.But...

"That would prevent my attack!"

　It's a death size.The scythe of death, a magic item created by materializing Ray's enormous magical powers as a byproduct of the art of the beast.Some of the effects are to increase the sharpness of the scythe through magic, and others say that the death size weighing more than 100 kg can only be felt as heavy as disposable chopsticks.The scythe weighs more than 100 kg and uses magic to increase its sharpness.What happens if you accept such a blow with a big sword but not a magic item?The answer was right in front of Ray.
　The swing-down Death Size cuts the large sword that Oak General holds overhead without any resistance, cuts off the helmet that appears to be made of some kind of monster skin, cuts its head and torso together with its armor, and knocks the Death Size to the ground, blowing out a roaring noise and a large amount of dust around it to create a crater with a radius of 2m.

"Boom-boom!?

　The Oaks, turning to the sound of it, saw their commanders falling from side to side in the center of the crater with their armour in half.
　Then Sett, who came down after Ray from above, could not miss the gap in Oak, who stopped moving in surprise.Similar to the case of a surprise attack on the oak archer from above, the sharp claws are wielded by the combined force of the speed of the fall and the strength of the set itself, and the oak's head is crushed.

"Now, do it!"

　At Ray's sharp cry, the recaptured adventurers attacked the oak looking at him from behind.
　The avant-garde is the sword and spear. The party of three of them immediately kills one of them by swinging the sword down to the back of the oak. The arrows released from the bow pierce the back of the oak, and the adventurer with the spear into the back of the oak, who is enduring the pain, thrusts out the spear with all his might and destroys its head.

"Boom!"

　Their leader, Oak General, is easily killed, and even a demon called Gryphon appears to attack them.and the men who had been fighting so far attacked him from behind, leaving him alone.Oak, who understood this, decided that he had no chance of winning even if he fought.He threw his sword towards Ray without even pretending to fight, and ran away as fast.
　The adventurers try to chase the oak, but Ray cuts the thrown sword to death and stops it.

"Leave me alone,"
"Why! That oak!"

　Ray smiles ferociously at the adventurer's voice with a spear. When the adventurers see it, they feel pressured for a moment, but they still want to know why they missed the oak, so they turn their eyes to Ray.

"All the oaks in this village are going to die to-night.It's just the difference between early and late."

　The adventurers, driven by Ray's power, shut up.

"And your aim is not to kill the oak, but to release the woman in the hut?"
"...yeah, I'must be."

　The man with the sword nods.If you look closely, the man is the face I saw at the Bobbs meeting.He must be the leader of this party."Well, I'll leave that hut to you.Please evacuate me under the Bobs.for as far as we can see from above, there are few enemies around here.I'll be playing with the Oaks here until you come back."
"I'm sorry, sir,"

　The three of them bowed their heads to the hut, and as they saw their backs off, Ray let out a sigh.
　The rescue of the woman in the hut was supposed to be done after the completion of the conquest of the oak.But when they saw the village burning, they thought it was dangerous to leave it alone.Besides, Oak is intelligent enough to act collectively.They might have thought it would be troublesome if they were held hostage in case of emergency.
　While watching the surroundings with Seto like this, the men emerge from the hut in a few minutes.
　I was accompanied by two women.One of them is Ray, a woman he saw in the daytime, and he manages to walk on his own feet.But the other man was already carrying a spear on his back, perhaps because he could not stand on his own.

"Then, for a moment, please.I'll be back as soon as I can."
"Oh,"

　It was Ray and Seto, who had a brief conversation with the party leader and saw the three off as they headed out of the village.