a man and a woman watching them approach their hiding place
　Then, knowing how they found their place by hearing trained as a shadow, the man flickers his cheeks.
　To be honest, I felt like slapping my tongue, but there was a glyphon not far away. We couldn't do that, given the possibility of knowing where we were by the clapping of our tongues.

(No, I got this far just by my sense of smell. Perhaps we should assume that we are already known to be hiding around here. But what do you do? Now that you've been chasing me from the point of attack to this point, it's going to be hard to hide completely anywhere in this city. Then...)

　A man reaches for a transition magic item in his pocket.

(Two people...at most three people can transfer.) If that happens, don't abandon them. ...but our main aim is to bring back information. the best option is not to be considered, given the total destruction here.)

　a man who looks to his assistant woman
　The woman nods as if she knew everything. Then, the conversation is carried out only by the movement of the mouth without speaking.

"I will lead the others to their attention. The captain should use a metastatic stone at that moment."
"…I beg of you." Don't tell me to go home alive. Do the work you need to do."

　a man who makes painful decisions while frowning It's not just the sadness of losing those who are subordinates. A leading shadow, or spy, is naturally heavily financed to nurture it. Only those who spend that money to nurture and who are recognized as excellent will become shadows. a shadow of nearly twenty Given the money and effort required to nurture it, this incident is a heavy blow to the Westian Empire. And if you ask if the information you get with that much damage is worth that much, you have to put a question mark on it as well.
　In other words, given all the actions taken against the city of Gilm this time, it was clearly nothing but a deficit... nothing but an oversized deficit.

(d*mn it all because of that adventurer, Ray. Now that this is the case, I will certainly bring back the information I have gathered here to the Empire.)

"If you set him up and give him an opportunity, I'll use a metastase to get out of town. I'll leave all my men here, and you command them."
"No. It's necessary to have the captain's bodyguard in case of emergency. Please take two or so people. If you are attacked when you're trying to use a metastase, you may end up taking that guy, Ray, to a certain place where you have secured a base."

　The woman grudgingly agrees with him and gives brief instructions to his subordinates hiding in other buildings by hand signal. And it took less than 10 seconds to get ready for the attack. It was no exaggeration to say that the move was definitely at its finest.

(I can't believe I'm going to consume the most sophisticated of them here. I wonder how this will affect the war next spring.

　While thinking about it like that, he takes the metastatic stone out of his pocket so that it can metastasize at any time. All you have to do is wait to join two of the best men in the force as your bodyguards.

(The other side is under attack and responds to it, where the rest of us appear.) that moment of vigilance over there Don't miss the opportunity, I'll activate the metastase.)

　You've probably made sure you're ready. A woman puts a knife on Ray, who is approaching from the outside... and throws it quickly. At the same time, some of the other shadows threw knives as well as women.
　But what happened the next moment was unbelievable as a man who was watching the course of his action. for as soon as Ray pulled the knife out of his pocket, he literally manipulated it so quickly that he could knock off all the knives that had flown at him.

"Captain, good luck with the war!"
「……」

　The woman makes a brief farewell to her boss and runs out. At the same time, other men watching the situation also emerge from the hidden building and surround them.
　And the man didn't miss the moment when Ray's gaze was directed at his men. The woman and her subordinates met each other in a moment when they tried to communicate with each other and hit the ground with a magical stone.

"Captain! Avoid it!"

　A woman's scream echoed around her, and at the same time she was shocked and instantly knocked out of consciousness with a devastating sound.
　The man's judgment was undoubtedly correct. if you're dealing with an ordinary adventurer Or if it were only the guards, they would have succeeded in escaping from the scene with metastatic metastasis at the expense of their men's aim.
　But it wasn't an ordinary adventurer who was there. Ray was rumored to have the fighting power of a Rank A adventurer. And in this case, the most deadly of all was the presence of a set of gryphons that could sense the magic.
　The next moment the woman and her men appeared and surrounded the Reys. Seto sensed a magical reaction from the hut where the woman at the forefront came out, even as they surrounded them. I couldn't tell if it was magic or some kind of magic item, but at this rate it could harm my beloved Ray. Having decided so, Seto kicked the ground, flapped his wings, and plunged into a magical hut using the magic item effect of his body and braces of strength over 2m.
　And as a result...

"Setto!"

　Like those around her who look dumbfounded at her behavior, Ray calls Seto's name.
　However, by the time Sett heard his voice, the effect of the metastasis had already been demonstrated, and a team of wizards had been deployed to spread to the ground of the hut. And the man and his men who carried the metastasis were knocked unconscious by Seto's physical impact against a wall, fainted and fell to the ground. The activated metastasis remains on the ground.

"Gurgle!"

　It was already late when Seto noticed the wizards. The magic team revolves around a metastatic stone that has fallen to the ground. And he was in the magic camp... that is, he transferred Seto.

"... Set?"

　Ray muttering as the sign of Seto suddenly disappears from the building. I don't know what happened next to Ray, but Langa, who understands that something bad has happened, looks hard at those surrounding him.
　But the same was true for the woman and her men surrounding Ray and Langa. I'm sure the metastase was activated, but just before it was activated, the glyphon had run into it. If all the huts, such as the one with the captain of the shadows, had been destroyed, you would have understood what was going on inside. However, Seto's power was so great that he could not understand what was going on inside because he penetrated the wall instead of destroying it. It would have been a combination of misfortunes that the captain of the shadow had fainted due to Seto's physical impact.
　But the greatest misfortune is...

"Hey, you. You seem to be the best of them. What were you doing in that hut? ... Answer me."

　His own partner... or Ray, who suddenly noticed the other sign of Seto, had disappeared.
　It was fortunate in the midst of misfortune that some of the shadows handled magic but none had the ability to sense it. If there had been anyone here who could sense the magic, he would have lost his fighting spirit to a vast but still insufficient amount of magic, which had almost certainly erupted from Ray himself.
　But... even if you can't sense the magic, you can see that Ray's surroundings are shaking, and that the snow that falls from the sky is evaporating as it's like it's evaporating.

"What!"

　A woman who is supposed to have been severely trained as a shadow by the deadly energy that comes with her enormous magical powers is breathtaking and her hands and legs tremble unconsciously.When you realize that the noise you've been hearing from a while ago is the sound of your teeth clapping with fear, you realize that your subordinates are already as useless as you are.

"... answer me." I told you so?"

　Whispering, take the death size out of the mistling and give it a big shake.
　The sound of the scythe's blade cutting through the wind was sharp enough to convince us that it alone could cut us like paper.
　One step at a time, Ray takes his way to the shadow surrounding him... and to the woman at the forefront.
　Ray's time is when he runs out of life. No one, including a woman, could move by the intense murder directed at Ray and the sense of incongruity that, despite his lack of ability to sense magic, would lead to intense awe.
　... yes. Those present are.

"Hush!"

　Feeling something flying through the wind, shaking the death-size with the clapping of the tongue.
　Shhhhiss!
　With a metallic sound, Death Size, who is infused with Ray's magical powers, cuts a knife flying from the hut that Sett had just entered, without even a subtle response.

"I haven't heard of such a monster at all,"

　It was the man who led the shadows here who came out breathing.

"Oh, oh, oh, my God.

　A woman who tries to say something, but is speechless by Ray's murder and magic.
　However, as the proverb says, the eyes of the woman represented a man as important.

"…I see. Are you the master of them? It seems that he was the only one trying to escape..."

　Rey's provocative remarks leave no particular expression on his face.
　The people there are immovable subordinates. Even men knew instinctively that they couldn't beat Ray with the murder they were facing... or escape.

"If you're here, you're trying to use magic items to metastasize, and you're interrupted by Seto. ...say. Where's the transition?"

　turn one's death size on a man It's fair to say that despite Ray's murder, he hasn't made a solid move unlike women and other men.

"...talk about it, and you'll miss us..."

　Cut it!
　Needless to say, a flying attack away from death size, a flying attack, cuts through the building where the man appeared, just beside him.

"Do you think you're in a position to be offered a deal? Answer or die." Choose whichever you like."
"... all right? If you kill me, you'll have no way of knowing where the Gryphon metastasized was?"

　While saying so, the man's back is soaking wet with cold sweat.
　Ray's dense murder had put so much pressure on him.

"Even if you don't say anything, wouldn't you tell me if I asked your men? Fortunately, there are some magic I can use for interrogation."

(I'm sorry... if things go on like this, we'll be wiped out and the information won't be brought back.) That's the worst pattern. d*mn, why do you hate such a monster in such a remote area? ...no. Because it's a remote area.

　You can hardly win a battle. It was an obvious fact for a man. Then all we can do is abandon our men and run away, or surrender.

(No, I can't run away.) Especially, I can move...)

　a man who checks his men's affairs with his eyes Because Ray's murder was concentrated on the man, the woman, who was the man's deputy, was able to move a little, but she still couldn't get away. The rest of my men needless to say.

(Then all we can do is surrender.) It's almost impossible to get away from this man, and it's just this murderous thing. If you don't do well, you're all likely to die. It would be best to surrender and escape in the absence of this man. ...although it will be late to deliver the information.)

　If there were still metastases, they would have abandoned their men to bring back information. Transition stones, however, require a very high degree of alchemy to make, as well as high-rank monster materials, including Rank B, for catalysts and materials. Therefore, it was not easy to mass-produce even in the Westian Empire, where alchemy was developed, and the man was given only one thing he used when he was disturbed. As long as they don't have the metastasis, they realize that abandoning their subordinates and trying to leave the scene will only kill them.
　No matter how many shadows say they don't hesitate to risk their lives in order to accomplish their duties, it's because they believe that their lives are good for the country. At least it wasn't for Ray, who was standing in front of the shadows here, to be killed without any questions.
　While the man is thinking, Ray puts magic into his death size...

"Ray, that's enough!"

　Langa stops with the words, reaching over Ray's shoulder.
　The main reason why he saw Ray's murder but, unlike the shadows, he was able to act quickly was that he was not directly directed at the commander of the security forces. Nevertheless, Ray himself showed how mad he was, as he had been stopped by the leaking bloodshed.

「……」

　Ray looks at Langa for a moment, and then he breathes out a small sigh to calm down his spirits. But his eyes remained fixed on the man who led the shadow.

"Say. Where is Seto going to be transferred?"
"...a river near the town of Gilm. in a cave in the upper reaches."

　Passing Ray's mind after hearing the man's words was a river stripped of the monster's material with the faces of his eternal power.