`Well, I've managed to get it over with,'

　Elena, breathing out a sigh of relief, wielded a connected sword, and threw the blood from its blade into the sheath.
　I looked round and round, and Emerald Wolf, who had attacked them, had already exposed his corpse.
　There are various things that you have penetrated your head, cut off your torso by Arra, cut off your neck by Ray, and burned by Set's Firebreath, all of which are common.

"Screaming, eh? If it hadn't been for that skill of Seto, it wouldn't have been so easy."

　In the first place, wolf-shaped monsters basically fight for speed and cooperation rather than power.and Seto's shout -- the king's pressure -- diminished his rapidity, if at least ten percent.Ten percent. Should I take it as just ten percent or as much as ten percent?You can see at a glance which one is right in front of Elena.
　He looked at the members of the party and nodded a little when he saw that they still had enough physical space.
　I was glad that I had enough rest after going down to the sixth basement.
　and the fact that the attacking emerald wolf was able to defeat him without much difficulty, lightened Elena's heart, and at the same time made her feel once again the strength of Ray and Sett.

(No, this is not the time to think about unnecessary things.We must find the stairs leading to the bottom as soon as possible.Whatever the reason, Ray is my... no, our ally.That's all right, isn't it?

　He shook his head lightly, shook off his strange thoughts, and scraped up his golden shiny hair, which had been disturbed in battle.

"Ray, collect the monster. We'll start searching again as soon as we've done it."
"Yes, I see,"

　Following Elena's instructions, the body of the chopped emerald wolf is stored in the mistling.
　Those burned to death by the firebreath of Seto, though fur was useless, were still recoverable parts such as magical stones, meat, and tusks.

"Good job, Seto. Good job.All but fur is useful."
"Grull".

　Seto is patted on the head and chirps happily in the back of his throat.
　Even Seto understands that Ray would be happy if he could get a lot of monster material, so he's done a little less to burn all the meat and bones.She was complimented by her favorite Ray for singing happily, but perhaps she was able to do it well.
　Then for a few minutes, roughly but bloodless, the whole emerald wolf was placed in the mistilling, and the search resumed again.

"Arra, don't say anything more.for every time you mutter something, I feel like we're in trouble."
"That's too much to say!? It just happens that it overlaps with me at the right time."

　Custe and Arla argue... or rather, they go through the dungeon listening to each other's jokes.And...

"Oh, stop. It's a pitfall."

　Ver said, stopping them and turning his eyes to the ground in the direction of progress.

"Well, there's no need to lift it.There's no sign of a particularly linked trap, and it shouldn't be a problem if you start the trap with something appropriate.Ray, do you have anything in the item box? It's enough if you have the right weight and size."
"Wait a minute,"

　At Ver's request, a list of mistrings is displayed in his mind.

(You can't use a spear for throwing, and you can't use any other weapon... Come to think of it, there was a sword that Arra almost broke.)Recall the long sword that was rolled up from the Falcon's claws, select it from the list in your mind, and hand it over to Ver.

"Look, that's all right,"
"Well, I think it's a little light.Whether the pitfalls work.No, I don't think I should throw it that hard."
"That's a little bit... "

　At first he hesitates, but soon nods and picks up his long sword.
　He must have noticed that the long sword he was given was of some origin, but only because he was using it.It is no wonder that the long sword had been destroyed by his own immaturity.As he muttered somewhat sulkily, Ver looked amused and smiled at his mouth.

"Well, by the way, this dagger was borrowed by Arra.Well, I couldn't stand Arra's overuse."
"... Ver, what would you do if you could sacrifice Ver for a pitfall instead of that long sword?"
"Oh, haha. I'm kidding. But you can only use this dagger to throw it at the enemy anyway, can't you? I don't think it's wrong to use it on this occasion."
"... I see,"

　Although reluctant, Arra agrees, Ver throws his long sword sharply at the destination.
　It was not as quick as when throwing a dagger, but the sword, which had been thrown with some force, hit the ground... and sank into the ground with a hole about two meters in diameter.

"It was bigger than I expected."

　muttered Ver, looking into the pitfalls, frowned involuntarily.

"Oh, what a shame,"

　At the bottom of the pit of Ver's eyes there were innumerable spines of about a meter of metal.
　If it had fallen into this pit, it would have been pierced through the soles by the thorns placed at the bottom, unless it had been equipped with the armor of the work or the magic-articles which would enhance its defenses.
　Elena frowned uncomfortably, as if she had imagined it.

"For the time being, I was saved by an apparent trap,"

　As for Ver, the pitfall itself was so cleverly hidden that it's likely someone would have gotten caught without Ver.

(Well, with "Thin Flame," we could find most of this kind of trap.)

　In Ray's mind, the magic used to escape from the infinite loop space comes to mind.Thin Flame is the magic of exploration, and it's a must when you're alone in a dungeon... no, when you're alone with Seto.
　though it was impossible to find any other trap--a trigger floating in the air--that could only be searched for by the floor, the wall, and the ceiling.

"If you keep this pitfall open like this, it will be easy to find if someone comes later.if not restored to monsters."

　I nodded to Elena's murmur, and the party resumed their search.
　After that, monsters appeared, but so-called small fish monsters, such as goblins and fangwolves, appeared with a certain frequency.But...

"Stop. I found a switch hidden on the floor in front of the switch."
"Again!? The man who made this dungeon is absolutely twisted!"
"Hey, it's not people who make dungeons, it's dungeon nuclei. Well, if you say that's why your nature is twisted, you have to nod.""... Ver, show me where the switch is, if you don't mind arguing with me."

　Custe encourages Ver, even though she is dumbfounded by the interaction between Arra and Ver.
　A few hours after first finding the pitfalls, the monsters that came out were mostly small fish except for the emerald wolf that came out first, but instead, there were traps everywhere.
　At first, the Elenas were moving forward with all of them lifted, but now they were taking too much time, so they only lifted the traps that were likely to be triggered in a chain, and went through without activating anything else.
　The switch he found this time was also slightly elevated in the same color as the floor, and was so cleverly hidden that if he did not know that there was a switch, he was at high risk that one of the party had stepped on it to activate the trap.

"There seems to be no other trap around the switch, so I think it's all right to proceed without just stepping on the switch."

　Following Ver's opinion, he avoids stepping on the switch and goes further.Then he proceeded, and the next thing that appeared was the crossroads.It was divided into three parts, left and right, and front, as seen from the passageway where the Elenas had gone.

"Well, what shall I do? Well, as long as I don't have a map, I have nothing but intuition."

　Ver, who snorted and looked to the right.
　Ray is also sniffing at the smell that Ver had caught.Needless to say, Seto has a sharper sense of smell than the two.

"The road on the right stinks of beasts.I'm sure there will be some kind of monster."
"Then, to the left or to the front... Ray, please."
"Me again?"
"There is no guide, after all, so it is better to rely on the intuition of the dungeon adventurer."
"... no, this is my first time diving into a dungeon."

　However, since it is true that there are no reliable guidelines, we have to decide the course.
　He looked forward, then left.
　The walls of both of them were dimly shining, and I could not see beyond them, at least a few meters away.In the meantime, Ray chose...

"Then on the left,"

　He followed his instincts and chose the left.

"Well, let's move on.But I'll change the ranks before that.It seems that this hierarchy is mainly about traps rather than monsters.The avant-garde Arra and the back-garde Ver are taking turns.Arra, turn your attention to the raids from behind, and Ver, turn your attention to the traps."

　Following Elena's instructions, the party changes its ranks and follows Ray's left path.
　and within ten minutes he found the trap again.
　Ver feels that it is apparently linked to other traps, and everyone is taking a break to watch out for the attack while they are released.

"But doesn't this trap catch the monster in the dungeon?"
"I suppose they are thinking about the core of the dungeon summoning monsters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Then, it's natural to think that the monsters in the dungeon are made so that the traps don't respond."
"...isn't that a little cunning?"
"No, not even if I tell you.If you're going to complain anyway, don't tell me, just tell the monster."

　While Ver talks to Arra, he releases the trap, and the group proceeds while listening to their usual conversation.And again...

"Yes, stop. I found a trap again.""Where is it?"

　In response to Custe's disgusting question, Ver, at the head of the party, looks to the ground about five meters away.

"...I don't see anything like a switch?"

　He turned his eyes to the place indicated by Ver, but to Custe's eyes he only saw as a normal passageway.
　But Ver nodded, taking it for granted.

"That's true.It's not a switch, it's the aisle itself that triggers the trap.If you step on a part of the aisle ahead, it's a trigger... maybe."

　He muttered in a somewhat uncertain tone, unlike the previous ver.

"What's wrong with you? You're not the same as usual."
"No, it seems quite a sophisticated device.I don't know if I can get rid of it altogether."
"...what then? Would you like to go back to that crossroads?"

　He shook his head slightly at Custe's words, which he asked, observing what was going on around him.

"You'd better leave it alone.Due to the structure of the dungeon, there is a high risk of similar traps being set in the other two passages.Then I think it would be better to get rid of this trap and proceed rather than to go back and consume time."
"But is it only Ver's intuition that there are traps in the rest of the aisle?"
"Custe, I'm not saying it just by intuition.I guessed by the structure and the place where the trap had been set and when I had gone up to this sixth basement.Well, I'm afraid you're saying that if you can't get rid of this trap, you're not qualified to go on..."

　Ver thinks while replying to Custe.
　Seeing them, Elena makes a decision.

"Well, it's Ver's opinion, and it's worth listening to, that we've seen the existence of the trap so far.-- Ver, is it possible to get rid of this trap?"
"It's all very well if you do it carefully.I don't think it's possible to cancel it as quickly as before."
"... I see.Then please make sure to cancel it slowly.Also, I don't know what's ahead, so I'm going to take a break with one person as a guard and the rest to recover their strength.Having said that, I don't have to concentrate that much because I have Seto here.I'll leave the first warning to you, Ray."
"All right,"

　After nodding to Elena's words, Ray stands guard with Seto so that he can react whenever something happens.