Ray and Arra remain silent and just close their eyes and accept Ray's weight.
　At the center of the two and the enchantment in front of them, Elena, who had closed her eyes as if asleep, woke up when the sand on the hourglass was about to fall off for the fifth time... that is, about ten hours later.

"...huh..."
"Dear Elena!"

　Elena's voice, which had passed out quietly in the middle of the magic camp, echoes quietly but surely among the altars of succession.
　In response to her voice, Arra tries to call Elena, but once again she grabs her hand.

"Dear Ray!"
"Calm down! Look around you!"

　Arra yelled at her as if she had to keep out of her way, but what Rey replied was her voice as desperate as it was.
　Arra looks around at Ray's voice.

"This is..."

　And Aarra, too, can't help but choke at what is happening in front of her.
　The altar was very close to Elena, which was also called the altar of succession.The altar, which had been left crushed by Ver in the middle of the ceremony, transforms into a haze as if it were a vision that existed there until now.
　The altar of succession, the magic camp that existed in three directions... ...and the magic camp that Elena had fallen.All of them turned into haze... and the next moment they were drawn into Elena's body as if they had been drawn into it.

"Is this a common occurrence in the ceremony of succession?"
"No, no. I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with succession ceremonies..."
"I see. I'm not sure if this is a normal process."

　When Ray muttered,

"Don't worry, as I said before the ceremony, you can only do the ceremony once on the altar of succession.This is why."

　Elena opens her mouth, raising her upper body on the stone pavement where the magic camp was located, and where the magic camp does not seem to have already been.

"Dear Elena!"

　Arra hugs Elena with tears in her eyes.
　Watching the situation, Ray also walks towards Elena.

"How far do you remember?"
"... Ver?"
"Oh,"
"To the point where he destroyed the magical stone on the altar,"

　muttering, looking round... at the clothed presence.

"... Custe?"
"Oh, protect you from Ver's Golem,""Well... it was my mistake as commander that I didn't notice Ver's betrayal."

　Take the cloth off Custe's face, close your eyes for a few seconds, pray for his soul, and look to Ray.

"Please put Ray and Custe's body in an item box. At least I want to deliver it to my family."
"All right,"

　At Elena's request, he nodded a little and held the body in Mistilling.

"And what happened to the succession ceremony in the end? The magical stones that Elena would have absorbed were destroyed by Ver along the way."
"Wait a minute,"

　He replied, closed his eyes and checked his condition.

"...I can't say that I've taken over the power of the Entient Dragon completely, but 70% of them are somehow."
"70%? I don't know if it's high or low."
"I don't think it's so bad that I got interrupted in the middle of the ceremony.The worst of all, the altar of succession was destroyed, and the magical stones of the Ensent Dragon were destroyed, and yet the danger of Custe's death was considered.His failure was not the altar of succession, but the destruction of the magical stone.The altar is more important than the magic stone in the succession ceremony.-- Ver Sails.I'm sure I'll pay you back."

　Elena mutters only the last part in her mouth, with a light of determination in her eyes, and at the same time gives off the air of a hunter aiming for prey.

"Mr. Elena, I heard that you inherited the power of the Ensent Dragon, but what exactly has changed? At least it looks like Mr. Elena."

　Elena pats her head with a smile, erasing the ferocious atmosphere she had been in until just a few seconds before, when asked about Arla's nervousness.

"Yes, for if the ceremony had failed due to Ver's interference, I could not possibly have given up the possibility that I had abandoned myself as a dragon.But don't worry, fortunately, I have acquired the physical strength and power of the Gent Dragon in its human form... ...but I think I may be able to use the rudimentary Dragon Language Magic."

　Elena, holding her right hand, radiates her magical powers, perhaps unconsciously.
　The magnitude of the magic was clearly greater than that of the pre-ritual elena, and even Ray, who had no ability to see the magic, could understand how much power he had inherited.

"...as for me, that's all right.Ray, will you tell me in detail what has happened since I passed out?"

　Elena turns her eyes to Ray and nods and tells him more about what she had just told him.





"Yes, did Custe pass away satisfied?"
"Yes, he certainly didn't like it, but he died protecting those who were to be kept as knights."
"...I see. Then I must be worthy of his passing with satisfaction."
"Dear Elena..."

　She nods with a pale smile on her face and looks at the exit of the room as if to change her mind.
　Ray opens his mouth looking at Elena.

"If the ceremony had ended, we would have to escape from the dungeon... three of us?"It might be a bit harsh when I think about when I come."

　muttered Elena, shaking her head with a smile.

"Certainly, the absence of Ver and Custe would be a matter of commission.However, I can see that my current strength is much stronger than before.I don't think it's possible to have a silver lion protecting Dungeon's core, but I think Rank A monsters can do something by themselves."

　muttered Elena, clasping the handle of the connected sword.It is true that the present Elena felt more powerful than before the ceremony.The beauty that attracts viewers remains as it is, and Ray also gives the impression that he has become deeper.

"If Elena says so, that's all right.If we go back now, there is a possibility that monsters have not yet been recalled in the sixth basement."
"All right, let's go.As for the ranks, the avant-garde teamed up with Ray.The rear guard is with me.I must get out of this dungeon as soon as possible and let my father know about Ver's betrayal... ...and I'd like to return Custe to my family."
"If Mr. Elena is going, I'll go with you forever!"

　Arra declared so, and Seto, too, singing in her throat in approval, left between the altars of succession.





"Yuck!"

　A group of three emerald wolf appeared as soon as they entered the passageway on the sixth basement.As soon as he sees them, Seto uses the king's coercion to slow down the monsters who attack them.
　and the slow Emerald Wolf was already nothing more than a duck to Ray and Elena, and one of the others was killed literally in the first half a second or so after Sett's first blow to the head and before Arla moved.

"Well, aren't you used to it yet?"

　muttered Elena, who cut off his head to avoid Emerald Wolf's attack by whipping the blade of his connected sword.
　From his sullen appearance he was dissatisfied with his inability to make full use of his new powers.

"But, Elena, that was a great thing.The speed of response to the enemy and the power of wielding a connecting sword."

　Elena shakes her head with a smile at Arra's words.

"No, I still have the impression of being swayed by the power I have gained.If you come out of this dungeon, you'll need to train from the beginning.It's more time-consuming than that.I'll move on."
"Well, blessings of misfortune, for the trap which Ver had broken had not yet been repaired.I don't know if this is the work of the Dungeon nuclear or the work of other monsters, but I want to get as far away as possible before that."

　Ray quickly stores three emerald wolfs in the mistling, responding to Elena's words.

"Here we go!"

　The party nods to Ray's words and starts running.The speed matched that of the slowest of them all, but it was still faster than that of the three men, Sett, the Gryphon, the extraordinary Ray, and Elena, who took over the power of the Ensent Dragon.
　In addition, when the party first came down here, it was on the sixth basement, where the trap had been set, but as Ray had said, the trap that Ver had released had not yet been re-established, and it was a great help for them to run and move.
　And most of the monsters that appear along the way expose the dungeon to the sad sight of being cut, burned, or crushed as soon as they appear in one with Ray, Sett, and Elena.

"I saw the stairs!"

　The group breathed a sigh of relief in her voice as she saw the stairs leading to the fifth basement.but a melancholy expression soon came to his mind when he remembered what the fifth basement was like.

"...this is too harsh..."

　muttered Elena, who had risen to the fifth basement.
　Elena was strengthened physically by the succession ceremony, but her senses were also strengthened, and the smell spread to the fifth basement floor like Ray and Seto directly hit her sense of smell.

"I can only tell you to get used to it."
"Glu".

　Ray frowns at the rotten smell, but says so with a look of resignation, and so does Seto, who is next to him.
　Since Seto has the sharpest senses in the group, the damage to his sense of smell must be considerable.

"Well, I don't think it stinks that much."

　the only human ability and five senses of which Arla muttered, with a slight tilt of her head."If the smell is unavoidable,What are we going to do about this class?"

　and yet Elena frowned, frowning, as if she could not bear the smell.

"What are you going to do?"

　As if she didn't understand what Elena was saying, Aarra asks, smiling bitterly at the scene.

"When I came down, I entered the space behind me, and I would have had the voice of the Lord constructed the stairs to the sixth basement.In other words, unlike the 6th and 7th basement floors, we didn't break through this floor on our own, so we don't know where the stairs to the 4th basement floor are."
"... Ah!"

　After thinking about Ray's words for a few seconds, Arra screams unconsciously.

"What shall I do!"
"Nothing can be done about it quietly... No, wait."

　Then Ray suddenly remembered the pair of a pair of magic items he received from Grimm.
　I remembered that if I could contact Grimm with it, he might be able to carry me to earth.

(But...)

　Using a pair of oves means that you will know the relationship between yourself and Grimm.

"Lady Ray?"

　Arra calls out to me about Rey's appearance.
　And I tried to shake my head... I remember myself, Sett, Elena, and Arra.
　Yes, there is no such thing as Ver, a traitor, or Custe, who hated Ray.There were only two of them, Elena and Arra, who were intoxicated enough to obey orders from Elena almost unconditionally.

(Then, would it be all right to silence him with "the seeds of commandment"? Anyway, it would be useful if he didn't use "the seeds of commandment" at the altar of succession due to the case of Ver and Custe.)

"Seto, please be vigilant.Elena, I have something to tell you."
"Grull".

　She asks Seto to be vigilant, and then calls Elena.
　Elena, leaning her head at the sudden call, approached her.

"Why? I don't want to waste too much time because I want to get back to earth as soon as possible."
"On that matter.If things go well, we can get back to earth in an instant... there's a way."
"...what?"
"But in order to use that method, I have to tell you a lot of secrets that I want to keep secret.Do you remember the "Seeds of Commandment" that we talked about in the fourth basement?"
"Yes. Come to think of it, I certainly didn't get the spell of it.It was a very painful blunder to let Ver go before using the magic. ... Do you want to use it now?"

　Ray nods in a small way at Elena's words.
　Seeing the situation, he must have understood that it was a serious storytelling.Elena also changes her face and waits for Ray's words."If you want to change the scope of the magic from information about Set to information disadvantageous to me and Set, I think we can get out of this dungeon much faster than usual.-- what shall we do?"

　Now that I've told you that, you're the one who decides.

(It is certainly painful that Ver could not use "the seeds of commandment," but the good news of the misfortune is that he is not known to absorb the magical stones, which are characteristic of the art of the beast.the recognition that it is a rare species of Gryphon still saved him.)

　muttered inwardly, waiting for her answer.
　Looking at Ray's condition, I put my hand on his chin and thought about it for about 10 seconds... Elena opened her mouth.