Flames pop in the bonfire.
　Watching the flames somehow, Ray could sense the atmosphere and sound around him.
　Monsters walk around the remote town of Gilm at night and appear on the streets.A certain level of intelligence can understand the danger by the strength and number of attackers, but a monster who doesn't even understand can attack anyone.
　About five bodies of goblins were piled up carelessly around Ray and Firma, who were actually watching the bonfire.It's not Ray's defeat, it's Cylotte and Spelvia's defeat, who were in charge of guarding the Rays.
　Fortunately, since there has been no attack since then, he is not so nervous, so he makes tea using hot water heated by a bonfire in a cup that Fierma had and gives it to Ray.

"Yes,"
"I'm sorry,"

　After you receive the glass and enjoy the aroma, you put it in your mouth a few times.
　It's almost past midsummer and late summer, but tropical nights still continue.
　Meanwhile, Fierma looked at Ray, who was drinking tea without sweating.

"Why don't you sweat while drinking hot tea in this hot weather?"

　His words made me feel refreshed, but I opened my mouth silently looking back at him.

"Isn't that the case with you, too? Or are the elves resistant to heat?"
"Well, well, yes.Is it basically because you live in the woods that you can withstand some kind of heat?"
"...I often hear that the elves don't come out into the woodlands, do they?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

　A feeling of loneliness while smiling.
　Ray distracts from the scene, wondering if there is something wrong with it.

"Now that you mention it, the bow seems to be quite an art,"

　The bow at the end of my eyes was placed next to the fielma sitting face to face with Ray through a bonfire.
　Ray doesn't have the power to sense the magic of others as many wizards do, but there was something to be felt from the bow.It is the same feeling that Arogan's Magic Sword and Oak King's Great Sword felt, that is to say, a magic item.

"Oh, you know what I mean? This is a family treasure that has been handed down from generation to generation. It's something that you can give a wind attribute to an arrow."
"Yes, the wind is the attribute.Should I say that he is an elf?"
"Ah, I'll take it as a compliment, but Ray's big sickle is quite a thing, isn't it?"

　Fierma's eyes turn to the death size next to Ray's.
　I saw it in yesterday's battle, and in a mock battle called a bedtime drill, that the small, delicate figure in front of him was very easy to manipulate,Sometimes with one hand.

"As far as I can see from the mock battle... that you don't feel the weight in your hand?"
"Yes, there is no doubt that he has that ability."
"Well, it seems that there are still other hidden abilities,""I don't know.-- well, I might have something to see when it comes to the crunch."

　While drinking the last sip of the tea in the glass, he made such a mistake.
　But he probably didn't expect to tell you all about the magic item's ability to be a fiemas or a trump card.
　We just move on to the next topic.

"Well, can I ask you this time?"
"Oh,"
"Why did you think Ray would be an adventurer?"
"Why did you become an adventurer?. . . . . . . ."

　In my mind, I remember the explanation I gave to Langa when I first arrived at the city of Gilm.

"In the first place, I lived with my magician.It's deep in the mountains where there's no one but me and my master."
"Oh, deep in the mountains, that's how you lived like an elf."
"Well, I learned all the magic from the master, and as soon as it was over, I was forced to send him to a place called the Devil Forest by transition magic, with Set -- oh, the Gryphon I was taming.After that, I got out of the forest of evil, and then I reached the city of Gilm."

　Feelma looks dumb as she listens to Ray's explanation.
　She had heard of the Devil Forest as an elf living in the forest.
He said he never came out again.
It is a forest where several species of dragons live.
The place where the old wizards sleep.
There are a lot of monsters of rank A and above, among other things, and it's a forest with countless rumors, whether it's true or false.
　That's why Ray, who was able to escape from such a magical forest, seemed to be in the position of Rank A rather than Rank D.

"...you've managed to get out of the wood of evil."
"Well, I met very few monsters, and most importantly I had Seto, so I'm glad he got out of the forest, but as you know, Seto is big.I mean, I'd need a fair amount of food a day, and I thought of the idea of defeating a demon and turning that meat into Seto's food... ...so that if I were an adventurer, Seto would be able to defeat the demon and eat that meat, convert the parts and materials of the expedition into guilds, and receive a commission for the expedition.It's such a simple reason."

　No way, he can't say he became an adventurer because he needed the monster's magic stone, but he misleads it with his usual fiction.
　However, it is not a complete lie for Ray to say that he hunts demons for Seto's food, that he redeems them, or that he asks them to kill them.

"And that's my reason... What? It's getting a lot brighter while I'm talking."

　When you look around, the sun rises from the east and you can see the morning glow.
　Feelma, who had always wanted to tell him why he had become an adventurer, was somewhat distracted by the beautiful morning glow.
　The two of us watched the morning glow for a while, but soon we could hear a rustling sound from the tent, perhaps because we felt the surroundings were getting brighter.

"Oh, that's too bad. You forgot to tell me why I became an adventurer."

　The fielma says so, throwing dead wood into the bonfire, and greets the culotte that came out of the tent.
　The second day of the rank-up exam was coming as they watched it."That's the stronghold of the bandits,"

　In the woods, Currotte, acting as the party's eye, muttered at the huge cliff ahead of his eyes.
　In the afternoon, the third day after taking part in the rank-up exam, Culotte easily discovered the castle of the band of thieves, as reported by Grand.
　It is a cliff with a difference of several hundred meters.The robbers are coming in and out of a cut below the cliff, perhaps the entrance to a cave or something leading to the place where the band of robbers use it as their base castle.That's where Gran taught us about the robber's castle.

"Well, it's impossible for a big monster to come in if the entrance is so narrow."

　The entrance to the cave, which forms a cliff, is quite small, and the robbers bend in and out of it.
　At the entrance, there is also a guard stand, although it is about tall.
　Upon confirming this, Culotte quickly returned to where the Grands were waiting.





"I've found it said.
"Ugh! Don't surprise me."

　When Alogan finds out that Curotte is the one who comes out of the forest with a magical sword almost reflexively, he quickly releases himself and mutters.

"Why, what's wrong with being senile?"
"Now, cut down on your arogan and culotte.I never learn every time."

　Seeing them, Fierma says, "I'm sorry.
　They don't get along with each other thoroughly, as you can see when they were in a mock war or when they left the city of Gilmoo.Even after leaving the city of Gilm, there have been similar disputes.
　and every time he stopped it was either Scola or Filma.Spelvia has the attitude of telling her to do as long as she doesn't have anything to do with her, and Gran is the supervisor of the examination, so she can't afford to touch it.When it comes to Ray, he tries to stop him because of his poor relationship with him, but instead tries to offend Currotte, and then he gives up.
　Well, in that case, he could not have said that he mediated because he was half-afraid of Ray, and that he had to leave as soon as possible.

"Oh, I see.It's only going to please the bandits if we fight here."

　Fortunately, there was no particular problem because of the fact that the battle was coming soon.
　Ray turns his eyes to such an alogan and then calls out to Currotto.

"And have you found the robber's base castle?"
"What? Oh, yeah. It's like a cave inside a cliff just like Mr. Gran said."
"The root castle of the cave... Then will it be easier than I thought?"
"What? How do you do it?"

　Schola asks if he is interested in Ray's words.Ray's words to that were simple and clear.

"Oh, that's a simple thing.I can throw the magic of fire into the cave through the doorway.That alone would destroy all those inside, burned to death or suffocated to death.There is little possibility of it, but if there is a wizard, there is no way that we can protect all the thieves."
"...that's a bit...."

　Scholars get bogged down by Ray's excessive strategy.But it was Spelvia who put a stop to it.

"Wait a minute, indeed, Ray's plan may be efficient, but what if someone is caught in that cave? We'll burn him to death together."
"And when it comes to robbers, it's a treasure.It's a waste to burn the treasure they've accumulated, isn't it?"

　Following Spellvia, it was rejected by Culotte.
　Basically, the adventurers who subjugated the golden objects in the Nejo Castle of bandits are allowed to receive them.In some cases, if a merchant claims ownership or anything comes up, he or she may pay adventurers to buy them, but merchants who are attacked by thieves are generally killed, so this is not the case.

"One more, by the way.I'll tell you that the purpose of this examination is to see if you can kill people.Even if you clean it up by yourself, you won't be able to determine if it's possible to upgrade the ranks of others."

　It was denied one after another, and Ray had no choice but to accept it because he understood the grounds for his denial.

"Well, I know it's troublesome.He is an adventurer only by doing the tricky thing.Take command as a leader."

　After being patted on the shoulder by Gran, Ray thinks about his strategy again.

"Culotte, is the entrance to the cliff the only place you found?"
"Oh, don't you understand a little?for the cliffs are so large that you must come round and round -- although there was no other place that looked like an entrance."
"I don't know about that, either, so surprise is the best thing to do you think?Okay, listen.I'm going to launch a night attack on them tonight."
"Can't you attack now? If it's a night attack, you'll get through that forest at night, right? Then you'll be attacked by monsters in the forest."

　Ray nods slightly to Spelvia's words, which he shrugs when he hears of a night attack.

"If you try to get through the forest at night, you may be attacked by monsters.However, if they attack during the day, there is a possibility that all the robbers are not at the castle."
"Well, you're at work,"
"Yes, but the hard-working bandits will not act like they walk out at night when the monsters are swarming about.That's why."
"Okay, move on."
"Even though it's nighttime, they must have kept watch.Culotte, how was it?"

　In response to Ray's question, Culotte recalls the scene she saw earlier.

"There was certainly a small one near the entrance, but like a watchtower.I think they'll keep watch there at night."
"How many guards do you think?"
"Well, I can't say for sure because it's a prediction...

　Ray listens to Culotte and turns his eyes to Filma and Schola.

"Can you two keep watch from a long distance? If possible, don't make any noise."
"Well, I think one of my bows would almost certainly be able to knock him down, but what about Scola?"
"It depends on the distance.Culotte, you know what my magical range is, right? How was it?""Wind Arrow in Schola will get you there,"
"I see. Then it's all right."

　Rey listens to Schola and nods.

"Well, then, after the watch has been taken down.First of all, Culotte will make a preliminary reconnaissance to see how many people there are, and I wonder if anyone is in captivity."
"All right,"
"After that, Spelvia and Alogan broke into the avant-garde.The rear guard is Fierma and Schola."
"What shall I do after the reconnaissance?"
"After we found out the number of people, we checked if there were any other entrances or exits if there were no people caught.Join me when it's over.If anyone is caught, I think we'll ask them to rescue them."
"All right. ... By the way, what are you going to do with Ray?"
"I'm the last, you know.You need people to protect your field and your score when you're attacked from behind, right? And death-size is too long for you to fight in a small place.The magic is based on the magic of fire, so it's hard to use it in a cave."

　The five nodded to Ray's explanation.and Gran watched it from a distance with satisfaction.

(What? Even though you're not good at socializing with people, the party leader is in the hall, isn't he?I'm sure I'll be able to see it with peace of mind."

"Well, then, we're going to take a break in case of a night attack.The watch is in the same order as at night."

　Following Ray's instructions, they split into sleep and watch in preparation for the night attack.