About an hour after watching the Battle of Lenora and Kenny in the Guild. Ray and Sett were outside the city of Gilm.
　The center is like a vacant lot, with trees growing around it as if to cover up a vacant lot.
　Yes, it has been used to absorb magical stones several times. Ray liked to absorb magical stones here, partly because it takes some time to travel from the city of Gilm, partly because it is possible to absorb magical stones without worrying about other people's eyes and partly because monsters exist around it, there is no shortage of people to try out new skills.

"... it's been a long time since I've been here, but it's on the frontier, and there's no sign of anyone coming."
"Grull".

　Ray mutters, looking at the surroundings almost the same as before, and Seth agrees, as if she were in agreement.
　Of course I came here for the first time in a few months, so the details are different. For example, a tree that seems to have been knocked down by some monster is lying on the ground, or something that seems to be a monster's bone is falling on the ground.
　At first, Ray had a faint expectation that there might be some magical stones left, but it was so convenient that nothing remained but bones. Judging from the absence of skin and viscera, it is probably not the monster that was killed yesterday and today.

"It would be a nuisance to me if I had a bone here." It seems like it has been rolling here for quite a long time, so I don't think it can be used as a material."

　If you step on it with Slapnil shoes, it folds easily without much effort.
　The bones were so scattered that Ray couldn't tell what monster bones were, but it was still a fact that they were offensive to his eyes.

"Grull?"

　When Ray saw his bones broken, he must have thought it was some sort of game. Seto makes himself do it with a purring voice, and turns round eyes on Ray.
　Ray hesitated for a moment in his eyes, but since it is true that there are bones on the ground like this, he nods, thinking that it would be better to have Seto carry him somewhere while playing.

"Well, then, Seth, can you throw this bone out of sight of here? Of course, I don't mind breaking or destroying the bones I carried. --but I think we ought to stop eating."

　Though he is a lion in body, Ray's words to Seto, who reminds him of a dog when he thinks of his friendliness, make him cry happily and immediately bite his femur-like bones and fly to the other side of the surrounding tree.
　There's a natural danger here because it's a remote area, but I don't think the Gryphon, Seto, will do anything about it, and I don't think there'll be enough high-ranking monsters to manage Seto in the first place. After seeing Set off, Ray takes the flying dragon's magical stone and death size out of Mistilling.
　about five centimeters in diameter It's too small a magical stone to be a dragon's magic stone, but it's still true that it's a dragon' I decided that I would definitely be able to acquire some skills, so I threw the magical stone into the air with the death size in place...

"So that I can master your skills!"

　Shake the death size down to the magical stones that fall in an arc in the air.
　The next moment, the magical stone is cut by a death-size blade and disappears like a haze. And...

【Death size is Powerslash Lv.2】

　Such an announcement echoed through Ray's mind.
　But when Ray hears the announcement, he frowns slightly.
　Of course, I am glad that I was able to acquire new skills. It's exactly an improvement in the skill level that Ray had mastered, but it's impossible for Ray to complain that the skill, which he used more frequently, has become more powerful. But still...

"Why is the skill you acquire with flying dragon magic stones?"

　Yes, that was the problem. Ray recalls in his head a battle against flying dragons. The most impressive of all is, of course, the firebrace. You might not call it a firebreath because you were spitting out fireballs, but you could still categorize it as a firebreath. Then it was only natural for Ray to expect the skill of shooting a fire like a flying sword, or to cover his death size with fire. But what I learned was to raise the level of power slashes.

"Well, have you been attacking me with claws on my feet in battle?"

　judge so by the battle scenes that have passed through one's mind again
　I thought it would be better than nothing since I could get at least the skills.

"Ringling!"

　I'm sure Sett heard the announcement of skill acquisition. Ray greets her with a smile, watching her approach with wings flapping.

"Grull!"

　Ray smirks and caresses his head with a smile, though Seto's cry was as if to say, "Why are you using a magical stone in your absence?"

"Look, don't get so angry. This is the magic stone of Seto's

　Take out another magical stone and offer it to Seto.

"Glu".

　A glance at the magical stone placed on Ray's palm, but a sudden glance sideways. The appearance was apparently only angry... or fiddling.
　Smiling bitterly at his partner's appearance, he pulls out a fangboa skewer from the mystery ring to please.

"I'm sorry," Come on, eat this and make yourself feel better."
"Glu? ...Glu!"

　For a moment, he turns his eyes to the skewer, but turns away as if he were not going to buy it.
　But I guess they still care about skewers. The lion's tail is wagging.
　It is a tail that can be easily swung by even a knight wearing a full plate armour. Such a tail wagging would normally only give you a sense of menace. But Ray gently reaches out and starts caressing Seto's waist.

"Look, it's my fault. Get over yourself. I'll take you to the Manjokjeong when I get back to the city of Gilm."
"Grull?"

　a set of eyes directed at Ray as if he were really?
　When he nodded with a serious expression on his face, he must have finally recovered his temper. For the time being, as if to put up with it, peck at the skewers skillfully with chopsticks.
　Skewers are, after all, human skewers. For Seto, it's a bit of a pinch of food, and he bends his head for a magical stone and asks Ray to look at it.
　It's a set that's over 2m long, but if you do that, you'll still get the impression that a friendly cat is spoiling.
　However, considering its length, it's hard to call it a kitten.

"You know, not at all. It's not for dessert. Just eat it."

　This time, Seto takes away the magical stone of the flying dragon without complaining, and swallows it as it is.
　Watching the situation, Ray said nothing in particular, though for a moment the sight of a snake swallowing an egg passed through his mind. And...

[Seto has mastered the skills of Firebrace Lv.3]

　Such an announcement would play to my mind.

"It was a natural skill in a way,"

　It was understandable for Ray that Sett had learned to raise the level of firebreaths, given that Hida's main offensive method was to spit out fireballs. At least, it's better than raising the level of power slashes.

"Grull".

　Seto himself must feel good that his easy-to-use firebreath has risen. snarl in a good humourOr perhaps one of the reasons for his good humour is Ray's delight.
　Ray and Sett have been sharing their joys for a few minutes, but when they settle down, they decide to try their new skills first.

"Set, you go first. There are trees growing around me, so please use them to look up into the sky."
"Gruly!"

　She screams "Leave it to me," and then turns her mouth straight up.

"Roll-rolling.

　Firebreaths released with such screams. The flame's breath from Seto's viper was undoubtedly thicker and denser than ever before.
　The firebreath of Lv.2 was also a powerful enough attack method, but now that it's Lv.3, it's almost certainly a blow that can be described as a lethal move.

"... it hurts that I can't use it in public anymore."

　The more powerful they are, the more restrictions they have on not being able to use in public. Ray thinks it's inevitable, but there were many things he thought about that he couldn't make the most of Seto's abilities.

(It's either a scorching wind, or Elena and Arla, if you could. It would be just as well to go with Elena to the labyrinthine city... Elena, I suppose."

　I remember Elena and recall the feel of her lips in a chain reaction.

"Glu?"

　Seto purring anxiously at Ray, who suddenly stopped moving.

"Oh, I'm sorry. It's nothing. Anyway, Seto's firebrace has become more powerful and much easier to use. There aren't many occasions where you can use it, but it's enough for a trump card in case of emergency."
"Rolling".

　It's amazing, caresses Seto's throat proudly, and then holds the death-size handle.

"Well, then it's me next," Powerslash Lv.1 was more powerful than a single shot, but the death-size sharpness itself was dull. Well, it was a skill to use death-size as a club-like weapon..."

　mutter and look at the trees surrounding them.
　Among them, they approach the first tree they see.
　Slowly, slowly, step by step, approach a tree as thick as an adult's torso and raise the death size.

"Powerslash!"

　The death-size blade, which was shaken off with the words, gave a shock to the trunk of the tree, rather than cutting it to pieces as soon as it thought it hit the trunk of the tree...

"I see,"

　Even though they attacked with the blade of a huge sickle, they never show any cut wounds, and they break the trunk by conveying their destructive power to the inside.
　A few seconds later, a squeaky sound is heard, and Ray's attack tree falls to the ground like a broken branch.
　Watching it from a distance, Ray smiled unbearably at the mouth.

"Well, it's only Lv.2, but it's getting a lot more powerful."

　I understand that it's much more powerful than ever since I've used it in my own way. Up until now, power slashes have often been used to hit opponents' weapons, but with this improvement, it has become a blow that can be sufficiently damaged even when used from above armor or shields.

"It will do effective damage to monsters like those with shells and crusts. -- Ouch!"

　mutter and look at the dull pain that ran into one's hand.
　It was there that I saw both my wrists pale and blue purple. It doesn't hurt that much if you move it lightly, but a death-size blow gives you a dull pain.

"Glu?"

　She nods as if to ask, "Are you all right?", takes the portion out of the mistling, and hangs it on her left and right wrists in turn.
　It must have been a not so bad sprain. After a few seconds of applying the lotion, the pain subsides, and the skin color, which was blue purple, returns to its original color.

"Don't worry, I'm all right,"

　Ray gently pats Seto on the back with his painless arm. He frowns lightly, enjoying the smoothness of his hair, peculiar to the Gryphon, or to the Cet.

(It's powerful. I admit it.) But is it because the reaction is so great? If that happens, you can't use it carelessly. If you use it as your last attack to defeat the enemy, you'll be disadvantaged in subsequent battles if you use it poorly in the middle of the battle. ...isn't it getting harder to use because it's improved to the next level?)

　I was shocked by the unexpected results, but I was determined that I would eventually be able to completely overcome them and use them.