The hall of the cave, where the bodies of robbers were piled up in piles.
　Allogan, Spelvia, Fierma and Ray worked hard to collect.
　Watching the pile of dead bodies frowning faintly, Ray gives instructions to the three.

"Schola and Culotte should be doing something about the warehouse.I'll join you."

　Feelma wonders at Ray's words.

"That's all right, but what about this corpse? Didn't you say you'd burn it?"
"Yes, it is, but it is just before we get out of this cave.If you burn it now, the cave will be filled with smoke."
"Oh, I see.That's inconvenient for humans, isn't it?"

　Spervia opens her mouth, perhaps caught in the nod of Fielma.

"Is the elf different?"
"Well, yes.It doesn't change that if you stay in a place filled with smoke, you'll eventually fall down, but it's not so soon."
"Well, the elves are useful,"
"Instead, I'm much weaker in terms of direct muscle strength than in humans.There are very few Elf swordsmen compared to rangers and wizards like me, aren't there?"
"Well, this is the first time I've ever seen the elves themselves..."
"Oh, I see.There are only a few elves out of the woods."

　Allogan angrily called out to the two of them, who were speaking in this way.k.

"Hey, talk about that later.You're going to the warehouse next time, aren't you?I don't want to stay here forever.d*mn, the smell of blood makes my nose look stupid."
"...well, what Alogan says is quite right.Besides, it is wrong to leave the prisoners of war to the two of them, Currotte and Schola.If I go quickly...

　After saying that, Ray stops moving.
　The other three look at Ray, who suddenly stopped moving, but for some reason Ray has only a faint smile around his mouth.
　That's why. That's because just now, voices suddenly rang out in my head.The voice I'm used to hearing already...
　That is to say.

[Seto has mastered the skill of Poison Claw Lv.1]

　It's an announcement message that

(Well, even if I and Seto act differently... and even if Seto himself absorbs the magic stones, he can acquire skills.It is worth taking a different action from Seto just to find out this.)

"Ray?"

　He shakes his head in response to Spelvia's question.

"No, nothing.I felt like there was still a remnants of the bandits, but it was just my imagination.but I'll go to the warehouse."

　he said, leaving the hall, and returning to the fork of the road to the left where the warehouse was located."Oh, Fierma. Rey, too."

　In front of the warehouse, Culotte and Schola met the Rays, and two people they had never seen before.
　Ray calls out to Culotte, anticipating that the two were probably the merchants he had caught.

"And what's inside?"
"Well, well, I guess it's just about right.There were some gold, silver, and copper coins in gold, and a few jewels.There are some other cheap magic items.But strangely enough, there are so many weapons."

　You see, I peeped into the warehouse at the urging of Culotto, and found a great deal of swords, spears, axes, or bows and arrows.

"...what do you mean? All the robbers we had toppled had his own weapon.But why do you still have so much room for weapons?"

　Ray slanted his head, but Spelvia, who also peeped into the warehouse, made a guess as he tilted his head.

"Perhaps it was taken away from the merchants who had attacked it, and they kept it as a spare, because they could use it themselves."
"Well, that's true, if you think about it normally..."

　Ray felt something was not clear, but Culotte called out to him.

"Well, the two of you who were caught returned the stolen goods, and that's all right, isn't it?"

　and when I looked at the two merchants, I could see that they had something like a huge backpack on their backs.
　Normally, if you were to have a thief return your stolen goods, you would have to pay a reasonable price...

"Isn't it all right?"

　Ray, who is not overly obsessed with money, nods easily.
　However, it is natural that some people cannot overlook it in silence.

"Oh, in this case, it's normal to pay the money and return the luggage, but why is it so simple..."

　While Alogan was talking, he probably noticed Ray looking at him.Gradually, I feel weak in my speech.
　Still, Alogan turned to Spelvia and Fielma, wondering if he could stand the reduction in his pay.
　But it's not surprising.The punishment of this band of robbers had been declared in advance to be a silver coin for the rank-up examination.In other words, if you want more than that, you have to expect the treasure that the thief has accumulated.

"Isn't it okay? It's supposed to be their luggage".
"I have no particular objection,"

　Spelvia and Fielma both seemed to have no particular objection to Ray's opinion, and Alogan was left alone.
　But in this case, as an adventurer, Alogan was actually more correct.Adventurers are basically very dangerous jobs, and if you give them a safe guarantee, it can cause trouble for other adventurers.
　Fortunately, however, the two merchants who had been caught were well aware of it.

"Well, that's it.I feel sorry that you don't thank me for saving my life and getting the product back.So what do you think when you go back to the city of Gilmoo, you can give them a gift of thanks? We still sell magic items, so I'm sure you'll like some of them.When the young merchant, who was listening to Ray's story, suggested so, he heard that it was a magic item and Alogan's face twisted with joy.
　Basically, magic items are often expensive, so it's no wonder.
　In the end, when I visited the restaurant in the town of Gilmoo, they agreed to give me gifts of gratitude.

"And now that I've come to that point, what shall I do?"
"What are you going to do? We can get it, right?"
"No, that's for sure, but do you take this amount home? That's a struggle to get it to where it is, and above all, it's impossible to load it all into the carriage."
"Oh, I see,"

　At Spelvia's words, Schola nods.
　Whether it was curotto, felma, or arogan, we knew it was dangerous to leave this weapon here.A new bandit may take up residence here and use this weapon, or a goblin-like monster living in the forest may come in and arm itself with this weapon.
　Meanwhile, Ray gasps and opens his mouth.

"I can't help it.I will store all the contents in this warehouse in the item box and take them home.As for the distribution of the contents, shall we go back to town?"

　Allogan nodded with a complicated face, while the others rejoiced.
　In particular, as for Spelvia, since a part of the longsword was missing in the fight against the bandits, we will exchange the longsword that looked good in the warehouse for advance payment.
　After that, Ray walks around the warehouse and stores the things inside in a rough item box.
　The two merchants, who did not know Ray had an item box, looked at the scene dumbfounded.





　Time came back and Ray and his men were about to rush into a cave where the band of thieves lurked.
　The scorching winds were spending the night in the woods with the set of Gryphons in their care.
　The request of the blazing wind was to subdue the five Trents, but it was difficult to find them.
　Trent isn't a tough match for Monster Rank D and the C-Party's scorching winds, let alone a set of Rank A monsters working with him this time.
　However, that is only if we can fight head on.To put it simply, Trent is a monster with a face on a tree trunk.It is also possible to walk around the ground using roots, and in that state, it can be easily discovered.However, if it stays still, it is very difficult to find because it is no different from ordinary trees growing in the forest.for even Set, who had five senses sharper than man, could not find Trent hiding himself.

"Oh, I never thought it would take you three days to find a single Trent."

　muttered the Mile Dog, throwing the dead wood he had picked up into the fire.

"I can't help it.I knew that Trent was hard to find."

　Sulnin tells him to calm the complaining Mileine, and offers him a cup of tea filled with hot water that had been poured over the fire.

"Thank you. But I didn't think I'd find it this far. You know, when I got a similar request before, I found it pretty easily."
"Oh... that.I don't think I was the only one who really thought I was going to die at that time."

　The third member, Eclil, recalls the time Mileinu was talking with a wry smile.
　That was when the scorching wind was still at the Rank D party.It was a good thing that he had been asked to kill Trent, and had to go into the designated forest to defeat Trent... a horse wrapped in water that emerged from the lake when he went to a small lake nearby to defeat his target and take a rest.I've encountered Kelpy, a Rank C monster.
　Rank C Monster Kelpy, what would have happened if this was the physical strength and energy of the people in the scorching wind, since there were three of them per Kelpy?but, having not been long since he had overthrown Trent, he determined that he could hardly win and ran away desperately."I managed to escape from Kelpy, a horse-shaped monster, but now I don't remember how I managed to escape."
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"Glu?"

　Seth, who lay down beside the bonfire, looked up at the dry smile of the Mire Dog and Eclir.
　For Mire-inu, who literally loves Seto, he loses his appearance and caresses his back.

"Oh, come on. Seto is cute!"
"Grull".

　Perhaps she was happy to be patted on the back, but she sings happily in her throat.
　However, it may be that she is lonely because Ray is not here.and the cry seemed to him to be less energetic than usual.

"Why, I wonder, is the Mire Dog so obsessed with Seto?"

　Sulnin looks at Mireneu playing with Seto with a wry smile.
　Where the Mire Dog looked protestingly at Sulnin...

"Roll-rolling.

　Suddenly, Seto makes a warning growl.
　For a moment, Miredog could not understand why he suddenly shouted, but the next moment he quickly stood up and pulled out his long sword.

"They're both ready to fight. They're going to have a welcome party."
"Well, I wish I could have had a welcome party during the day."
"Surprise party, I'm sure."

　While speaking in a light tone, Sulnin quickly holds his cane and Eclil his bow, and turns his eyes to the darkness in the forest.
　And...

"Grunt!"

　Detecting something flying out of the darkness, Seto barks briefly, opens his mouth, and exhales a firebreath.
　Firebrace, which is thrown out of Seto's mouth, instantly turns something that appears as if it were cutting through the darkness into charcoal.

"...isn't the firebreath any more powerful than it was in the oak village?"

　The firebreath was used for Oak Archer in the battle against Oak King's Oaks.Sulnin's firebreath was definitely more powerful and within range than that of that time.

"Sulnin, it's not time for Seto to be fascinated with you. ... He's coming!"

　It's not the smirk of a seth, it's the savage smile of a carnivore in front of its prey.A Mire Dog looks at a monster who comes out of the darkness with such a smile.
　From there appeared Trent, the target of a scorching wind.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . however.

"There are six Trents! Only one is the type of Trent I've never seen. Probably a rare species!"

　There were five ordinary Trents in front of my eyes.This was fine, but behind it there was one deformed Trent who seemed to be in command of the Trents.Unlike ordinary Trento, the surface of the tree is blatantly dark, and not only Mireine but also the scorching wind intuitively understand that he is most certainly poisoned."I never thought there would be a rare species."
"Yes. There was a rumor that the number of confirmed rare species has been increasing recently... apparently it was true."
"I want you to forgive me for poison..."

　Originally, it was a rare species, so even though it was a Rank C party, it was not an easy match....yes, as it should have been.

"Gurling!"

　Seto stands before the scorching wind and screams as if to echo through the forest.At the same time, he used the pressure of the king.
　At this point, the Trents' movements became visibly slow, and the slow Trents were either unable to hit the attack or avoid it, and were hunted in a blazing wind.
　And...

"Ringling!"

　He kept Trent in check by singing high and releasing several wind arrows, and the attack could not have been avoided by Trents, who had already been paralyzed by the king's coercion, and the surface of the tree was cut off by the wind arrow.

"Ringling!"

　and a blow from the eagle's forefoot, which was enough to break and blow Trent away.
　There was Trent, who, as if he had just been released from the darkness, delivered a blow of the vine, but it was also instantly turned into charcoal by the firebreath which had been released again.
　The way he was fighting against Trent was, rather than protecting the scorching wind, more like venting his anger away from Ray.
　In the end, when the scorching wind knocked down two of Trents, all three of them had died, broken in half.and the poisoned Trent, who was supposed to be a rare species, was also pierced through the center of his body by Seto's kuchibashi, and at the same time, the magical stone was gouged off by Seto, and swallowed by him, ending his life.

[Seto has mastered the skill of Poison Claw Lv.1]

"Grunt!"

　Listening to the announcement message that only Seto and Ray could hear, all the scorching winds could do was smile bitterly at Seto's happy cry.
　though only the Mile Dog nodded satisfactorily at Sett's gallant figure.

"Ah... for now, I'm going to find the part to prove the subjugation."

　He looked at Mireneu, who was watching Seto eagerly, with dumbfounded eyes, and called out to Eclir.
　Eclil, too, cut off only one sprout per Trent, a testament to Trent's death.
　In addition, the sprouts of Trento are not only a proof of subjugation but also a material which can be purchased at a reasonably high price as one of the ingredients of the portion, and Trento is a relatively delicious monster for the scorching wind which is a bit short of gold as well as the branches of Trento which can be used for the parts of a wizard's cane or bow.

"...I wish I could have had a rare kind of magical stone."
"It can't be helped.We're not the ones who beat that rare species in the first place."

　The Mile Dog, who had returned to Sulnin's words, returned, and collected materials, magical stones, and proof of subjugation.