Even though spring was approaching, it was still winter cold because it was nighttime, and Ray, Sett, and Aoi's blade were walking along in the darkness of the night.
　Of course we are heading to the building in the slum where the Minn and Rodos are being captured, and besides Rey and others, the guilds should be heading to the site. in order to surround and not let go in case of emergency

"...huh,"

　Ray goes into the slum and mutters involuntarily when he sees what's going on around him.
　Bild, the leader of Aoi's blade, looks at Ray's appearance.

"What's the matter?"
"No, I thought the slum was strangely small. Of course, there are slums in the town of Gilm, but they are bigger and have more people than here."

　The remote town of Gilm is an adventurous place for anyone, provided they have the ability. On the other hand, however, the reality is that those who come to the frontier without ability can't help themselves.
　Of course, not everyone can be helped. You will be picked up at a powerful party, or you will improve your skills and acquire skills that can be used on the frontier. In the past, some people have moved to jobs other than adventurers.
　But not all those who fail can start over. Those who have given up luck, are overwhelmingly lacking in ability, or have broken their bodies by pushing themselves too hard. There are quite a few people like that, and such people fall into slums. Or those who have fallen into the back world.
　As a Dasker of Larkes frontier counties, he has tried to recruit guards, but it is still difficult to completely eliminate the slums. Slums are desperately needed for such people.
　But the slums that Ray is seeing now were much smaller than those of Gilm. Of course, the populations of the towns of Gilm and Abuero are quite different. But even with that in mind, the slum in front of Ray was small.
　When Ray tells Bild about it, he smiles proudly and opens his mouth proudly.

"I heard that the slums were quite large when I was born, but it seems that Tillage became a guildmaster and ran the guild, and talked to the deputy lord of the manor, and took various actions."

　Listening to Bild's words, Ray nodded that he could understand that he was adored by adventurers belonging to the guild if he had indeed achieved so much.

"But there are people who dislike such guildmasters, saying they are weak. Well, let's go earlier than that. The other adventurers should be starting to move. Shame on you, shame on us if we are the last ones to arrive. If it were true in the first place, we wouldn't have to rush in, but Bild would insist on following..."

　Karla, the archer, mutters in her mouth a complaint against their leader.

"But we owe a lot to Ray, don't we? Sword Bee helped us get out of the money shortage temporarily."
"Yes, sir," But only Bild and Begriff were short of money. Bilke and I could still afford to..."
"Slip,"

　The built‐in words get stuck in front of Carla's words. And the sharp tip of his tongue was still unabated.

"And if you think you've got out of your money about Sword B. I'm out of your money again." "Are you stupid, sir? If I have money, I'll spend all I have. Are you going to die? Can I stick arrowheads in my brains? I'd like to exchange that useless brain for the brains of the goblins."
"Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum yum..."
"Well,"

　The sharp tip of the tongue that came out of Carla's mouth... Bildt and Begriff, the words of venom, but the facts alone, are impossible to say anything back.

"Well, well," Calm down a little, Carla. And because of Sword Bee, we got to know Ray. You don't usually get to know adventurers who are famous in the frontier, do you?

　Bilke tells Carla to mediate, perhaps because he feels sorry for Carla's cruelty.
　And even Carla nods without any particular objection, whether she understands what Birke says is wrong or not.

"That's true," But don't forget that I'm the best performer this time, because I'll exercise my rights in terms of compensation."
"Ah, hahahahahaha. I know. Carla still loves money."
"That's true," If I don't have money, I can't even buy food, and most importantly, I need a lot of money to make my dreams come true. I'm starting to see it. over there."

　I guess I've reached my goal because I've been able to reach our goal. Everyone's eyes are focused in the direction shown by Carla.

"... Guru,"
"Oh, it seems right,"

　Seto senses the presence of a few people in the building that Carla shows, and he purrs and turns his head towards Ray.

"Oh, my God! I can communicate with Gryphon. -- would I not be afraid if I could communicate?"

　Watching Ray and Sett, Birke mutters admiringly, while the other three nodded as well.
　I know Ray and Sett's relationship because I've seen it so many times before, but it seems to be different that they actually seem to communicate with each other.

"Well, then... the other adventurers,"

　Vegriff looks around with Paul Ax in his hand and explores... but quickly shakes his head from side to side.

"Oh, no. I don't have the ability to sense the signs. What do you think, Carla?"
"Beglyph... No, it's useless to expect that from you, whose brains are made up of muscles. If it were not muscles, but gold, I would cut my head off and make it my fortune."
`Why, don't you mutter scary things all of a sudden! With a straight face!'
"It's noisy. If it's not gold meat, shut up. I didn't notice him over there... what?"

　Carla tells Begriff coldly, but suddenly turns her gaze toward the building.
　There should have been spies and hostages in the Westian Empire. That's right... it should have been so.
　But ahead of Carla's gaze, she saw several figures shrinking their distance to enter the building.
　Some silhouettes are equipped with swords and others with spears. Therefore, Carla definitely identifies herself as an adventurer in the city of Abuero.

"Huh? Why? Ray and Sett are the ones who are going in, and what's more, us?"
"Hey, what's the matter.

　Bild asks Carla's sudden upset. But it wasn't Carla who answered the question, it was a third party voice.

"...I'm sorry, I couldn't control the rebound."そう言いながら建物の影から姿を現したのは、20代半ば程の男と30代前半の女の2人組. 2人共が剣を持っており、アブエロの街の冒険者であるというのは明らかだった. いや、むしろビルトにしてみれば見覚えのある人物でもある.

「イセベルグさん、ホルティさんも……」

　男の方がイセベルグ. 女の方がホルティ. 双竜の牙という2人組のランクCパーティであり、同時に蒼穹の刃にとっては頼れる先輩といってもいい人物達だった.

「オーガの心臓の奴等が功績目当てに暴走してな……止めようにも、ここで騒ぎを起こす訳にもいかないし」
「なっ！？　だってあいつ等は……」
「……悪いが、俺にも分かるように説明してくれないか？　確かオーガの心臓というのは面倒事を起こしたパーティだと聞いたが」

　完全に話に置いていかれているレイの言葉に、イセベルグがセトへと視線を向けてから小さく頷く.

「すまない. 君がギルドマスターの言っていたレイ. And is that Gryphon set? The heart of an auger is a rank E party. It's a single party, but it's made up of nearly ten adventurers. Do you know that adventurers have made a fuss about here before?"

　Isseberg's words remind me of what I heard in my office.

"I think there was a brawl with the Gilgumont family,"
"Oh, and I was fined for it..."

　Having heard that much, I understood what had happened to Ray.

"So you're going to do something about the fine with this reward?"
"... I suppose,"
"Well, they're going to get stronger with a whole bunch of them. "They got us involved in a lot of things and caused us trouble."""

　Bild's tongue rang around him, but the next moment it was far from it.
　Ray jumped on Sett's back silently.

"It's no use making a fuss here anyway. There is no point in them being noticed by the enemy and the hostages are in danger. I'm sorry, but I'll rush in first. --that there may be some damage to the heart of the auger, but I hope you will close your eyes on it."

　Holty nods to Ray's words.

"Of course. It's the first thing you've done to ignore the strategy and run into it. We will testify properly about it, so don't hesitate to go on a rampage. --the last disturbance alone seems to have left them short of punishment."

　Everyone around me nods when they mutter a dumbfounded sigh.
　That's how much trouble the party called the heart of an auger must have been.

"Well, then I'll let you go first. set."
"Ringling!"

　They sing briefly at Ray's call, fluttering their wings into the sky with a few steps of running.
　After seeing him off, the people who were there nodded a little, and each person took action to fulfill his role.
　The two of Ssangyong's tusks were originally planned for deployment. And the four of Aoi's blades, who were originally scheduled to enter with Ray, are going to fill in the hole where the auger's heart has gone out.
　Watching the swift fall from the sky, Ray nods softly and heads toward the target building with Seto.
　It's only after you go up above the building so that the outside watchers won't be able to see you.

(I see, the number must be three.) One person was on guard outside the window and the other two were tied up and waiting near Min and Rodos. This is not a guarantee of their lives when someone like the heart of an auger breaks in. I heard it's a Rank E adventurer party. and we'll have to get rid of them before they move.)

　Mumbling inwardly, I examined the condition of AUGER's heart, and found myself at last moving from the outside to the second floor of the building.

"All right, Seto. Drive into the building as fast as you can. Then, just before it hits the wall, it turns around and goes up. Then I rush into the room where Min and others are being captured."
"Glu?"

　Rey nods to Seto, who says, "Are you all right?"
　As for the strength of the enemy itself, since Seto was easily incapacitated in the city of Gilm, he judged that he would not be considered a strong enemy even if he could not underestimate it.

(though Seto was a surprise attack in the darkness of the night.) Do you have to act with that in mind?-with this in mind?-with that in mind?）

　No matter how much Rodos or Minn was held hostage, he was not an alert opponent if he thought he had held that elk.

"... All right, here we go.
"Glu".

　Cet, who sings in his throat against Ray's voice, flaps his wings and descends to the target building. Ray on his back sees the building approaching rapidly.
　It was not only his carelessness that the person who was watching the surroundings from the window was late to notice Ray and Sett. There is no such thing as flying in the air, except for a few exceptions, such as the Dragon Knight. and because there were no Dragon Knights in the city of Abuero, concentrating on the ground, paying little attention to the sky. I also had information about Ray, but I didn't expect the person who was dispatched to watch Elk to be caught easily, and I didn't know how fast Seto could travel from the city of Gilm to the city of Abuero. Unfortunately, the presence of the auger's heart also helps to draw the man's attention to the ground, resulting in a decisive break.
　and when the man who had been monitoring the surroundings looked up from the window, as if he had noticed something, Sett was already approaching as if he had crashed into a man's window...

"Well..."

　An enemy attack, Ray leaps from Sett's back before the man screams, breaks through the window, wields his arms wide and hits the watchman.
　The arm, wielded almost without moderation, blows right beside the man's jaw, breaks through the wall and disappears.

"Huh!"

　In an instant, he takes two daggers out of the mistling and throws them at two black men beside Min and Rodos, who are tied and rolling to the ground.
　Originally, he wanted to throw a spear he was accustomed to, but in a small room, it was difficult to swing around the long-handled weapon that Ray was good at, whether it was a spear or a death-size weapon. That was the choice I made.

"Slip,"
"Gosh!"

　The dagger, which was released, sticks into the arms of the two men and drops the dagger and the dagger that they held onto the floor.

"What!"

　Then Min, who is desperately watching for a gap while lying on the ground, shakes his legs wide and kicks the man near him to the ground.
　At the same time, the only man left is knocked right out of the dove by Ray's sharp fist, which kicks him on the floor and faints.
　All the man rolled to the ground by Minh saw was the fact that a death-size blade in Ray's hand was pointed at his neck.