A meadow stretches out below, and within the green carpet there are patches of white and brown spots.
　The white and brown dots, which appear to be dots because they fly at a great altitude, were bicorns lying on the meadow, and Sett looked down at them from high up in the sky.

"Gururu..."

　I usually work with Ray, but now I'm the only one. While feeling a little lonely and lonely about the situation, Seto purges softly and turns his attention to the bicorns below him.
　Stee's proposed strategy was very simple: Seto approaches the bicorn herd unhesitatingly and pushes them where they are. There is no way that a strategy as simple as this would lead to a group of bicorns hunting bicorns. ... yes, as it should have been.
　But this time it was Gryphon's Seto who chased the bicorns, and the distinction between them and the bicorns was clear. That's why it was obvious that Bicorn would detect Seto's approach and run away quickly.
　It flies over a herd of bicorns, flaps its wings after it moves to the other side...

"Gurling!"

　I'm here, clearly showing that the existence of the glyphon is after you.

"Hehehehehehehehe!"

　an overwhelming sense of superiority that approached our place One of the bicorns, first aware of it, snarls high, and the next moment rises from the lying meadow and runs in the opposite direction of Sett's approach... that is, towards the direction the Reys are waiting for.

"Roll-rolling.

　While confirming this, several of the animals in the herd use skills such as wind Arrow and water polo to adjust the direction of the bicorn's escape.
　That would probably have reminded me of a sheepdog if I had seen it from the side.
　--a sheepdog, of almost atrocious ability.

"Shaking!"
"Heeheehee!"

　Even if you try to move away from the flock, water polo will land in its direction of progress, causing grass and earth to bounce. Alternatively, wind Arrows are released one after another, cutting the grass in the direction of the bicorn.
　Surprised by this, the Bicorns scream and run in a group to where the Rays are waiting.
　At one point, seeing the head of the flock deviate from his destination, he quickly swoops close to the flock to adjust the position of the flock... and the bicorns continue to run for about 15 minutes before he sees them in front of Sett's view.

"Gurling!"

　A set that delivers to Ray in front of his eyes and cries high.
　You must have heard the voice. The Rays hold their arms to wait for the approaching bi-corn.





　Time goes back a little.
　Adopting Stee's strategy, the Rays each prepared their weapons as if they were waiting for a flying set to chase a herd of bicorns.
　Taking death-size and throwing spears out of the mistling, the sheer size of death-size casts astonishment at those who first saw them, and Lovre, Stee, and Ons, each armed with a spear, bow and arrow, dagger and their own weapon, stand by hiding themselves in tall grass.
　As for horse-drawn carts, they are kept a little far from this place, which was set as a battlefield, so that they do not interfere with the battle.
　Stee wondered that it might be a little dangerous considering the possibility of being attacked by other monsters, but Lovre insisted that it would be more dangerous to keep a carriage close to the battle against the bi-corns, and that he could not have someone as his bodyguard when it was a rank-up examination, so he ended up putting a carriage together where it seemed a compromise, and the driver rushed to the Ray's feet when the monsters attacked him.

"Hey, you said Ray. Do you have a moment?"

　A sudden call is made to Ray, who was hiding behind the grass.
　Behind Ray's gaze was Arnicht, a nobleman who must have been protected in the Bicorn Campaign.

"What? As you can see, I don't know when a bunch of bicorns will be chased. If you have any business to do, get it done quickly."
"Oh, of course," I'm not going to talk about anything so complicated. So, yes, let's be bluntly. I'm sorry, but I want you to deliberately fail this test."
"...what?"

　I don't know what the person in front of me is saying. Ray turns that kind of gaze on Arnicht.
　After a few seconds or so of confirming the authenticity of the person in front of you, you open your mouth.

"Why? I've heard that the bicorn herd is so violent that it could affect the procurement of materials in the city of Gilm?"
"That's why, in fact, I've got a little bit of a messenger. A herd of bicorns is supposed to benefit us if they make some of the frontier materials scarce. What do you think?"

　Ray frowns uncomfortably at Arnicht's words.

"This request also serves as my rank-up exam... well, that should be more important. Do you want me to deliberately miss the bicorn?"
"Of course I'll give you a commission. I hear you are collecting magic items?"
"...you know very well,"
"Isn't it natural to look into the other party who is willing to negotiate?"

　Arnicht urges her to answer, but without a moment's worry Ray decides.

"I'm sorry, but I'm certainly collecting magic items, but if you think of Rank B and the magic items you're offering me, the former is better. And you are the next baronet, and that would be enough magic to buy with the money I have?"
"Well... well, that's all right." If you say no, that's no use. It's not necessarily a necessary profit. But I advise you not to tell others about my suggestion. if you wish to pass this examination."

　Arnicht threatens me, but Ray responds with a small shrug.
　His gaze had already turned away from Arnicht, and he was prepared to be safe at any time if Sett came after a herd of bicorns.
　You must have judged it safe to look at that attitude. Arnicht leaves Ray's side without further comment.

(Well, is this a part of the examination or Arnicht's own greed for money? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Thinking about what to do in the future, I was soon able to see a horse-shaped monster from across the meadow.
　Determined that Seto's pursuit is going well, Ray looks around him.
　Naturally, no one is exposing themselves to sight. It's only natural that we're ambushing the whole thing because we don't know how the driven bicorn will work.
　But not being able to see her doesn't mean she can't hear her voice...

"He'll be here soon!"

　With that voice, each waits with his own weapon in hand in hand.
　Among them, Stee, who used a bow as a weapon, was able to attack Bicorn who had been driven to Seto from a long distance, and he was also entrusted with setting off a battle because his range was longer than Ray, who was able to attack at a long distance due to his skill in flying and throwing spears.
　Even though all the faces here are Rank C adventurers, they have become this option because they don't have to take careless risks, even though they're not alone.
　Originally, they would shift course if they realized they were being targeted by arrows from afar. However, as long as Seto is following me from behind, I can't afford to act so leisurely. So...

"Huh!"

　The moment Stee decides that he is within range of 500 meters, he shoots the arrow he was shooting.
　Considering that the range of the bow used by adventurers and ordinary hunters is around 100 meters, you can see how prominent Stee is. Conversely, it's because you have that level of ability that you can climb up to a rank C adventurer and take the rank-up exam.
　Arrows released from Stee's bow descend towards the bicorns, drawing a mountainous orbit, hitting a single torso in the bicorns.

"Hehehehehehehe!"

　Bicorn screams in pain, but he still won't stop. The speed has slowed somewhat, but he is still struggling to escape death from behind.

"Have you seen Stee's bow arms?"A boastful voice comes from the long grass that Lovre seems to be hiding, but Stee shoots an arrow after arrow without saying anything.
　It is impossible to make arrows fall like rain at such a distance, but the arrows continue to fall one by one into the bicorns.
　And unfortunately, the bicorns with a number of arrows stuck in them, or the bicorns with arrows hit their thighs and feet, cannot run any further and fall to the ground, and are trampled on by the horseshoe of the bicorns running behind them.
　Or the slow bicorn is left out of the pack and caught up with a close set... by a blow to the forefoot.
　The herd of bicorns are either dropped out by Stee's attack or, hurtfully, approached by the Rays.
　When the distance reaches about 100 meters, Ray picks up a spear from his hiding place and uses all his strength to begin throwing toward the bicorn.
　The spear, released as if cutting through the air, penetrated one of the leading bicorns and into the body of the individual behind it until it stopped.
　The aristocrats and Lobre who watched the throw were amazed at the power and range of the spear, which was shown to be just throwing it.
　In particular, Stee was so dumbfounded that she forgot the very act of shooting an arrow for a few seconds.

"Steek!"

　After hearing Lovre's scolding voice, he hastily begins shooting arrows again.
　Ray has noticed the situation, but he puts priority on reducing the number of enemies rather than on calling out to them, takes the spear out of the mistling and continues to throw it with extraordinary muscle strength, and skewers the bicorns one after another.
　It's impossible to kill two bicorns in one throw, just like the first one. However, he has still killed two or three bicorns several times.
　However, even if they were bi-corns, they were desperately trying to escape from the set approaching them from behind, and there were quite a few individuals who, despite being pierced by spears, rushed forward without slowing down at all.
　And... eventually the bicorn herd inflicts countless wounds, many of which fall off but rush into the grasslands where the lays are hiding.

`Oh, my gosh!"

　The first person to jump out of the hidden grass was naturally a bloody Lobre.
　With spears of about 2m in hand, they thrust their heads sharply toward the bicorns, which are heading straight towards them.
　The spear, thrust out by the brute force of a wolf, easily breaks through the two horns that Bicorn was about to meet and penetrates its head.

(Well, you're good enough to say it.)

　Ray mutters secretly, looking at the situation while changing the weapon in his hand from a throwing spear to a death size.
　Just like that, I jumped out in front of a bunch of bicorns.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　The head of Bicorn is cut off as if the dead were cutting his head is cut off.
　The magical death-size blade cannot be prevented by horns that cannot even be received by Lovre's spear, and each time the huge blade flashes, the head of a bicorn bigger than a regular horse is cut off.
　After a moment, fresh blood gushes out from the cut surface and colors the surroundings with blood.
　In the midst of all this, Ray's dancing death-size figure, or the magic of fire, was certainly appropriate to be nicknamed crimson.
　At the same time, Lobre's handling of spears as if he couldn't stand up to such a Ray, and Stee's arrows pierced Bicorn's torso, where he was trying to escape, Onds guarded Stee or followed Lobre, who tended to project.
　Fatal to Bicorn, Seto finally catches up from behind and wags his forefeet, or is killed one after another by a sharp blow from a viper.

"Be careful of the corners!"

　Just in case Ray screams that, but Bicorn is only Rank D by himself in the first. It was only when they were in a group that they were in the same rank as the Reyes, but that could not have worked together when they were in a state of semi-depression, driven from behind by Seto... and eventually Ray cut off the neck of an individual about one size larger than the other bicorns, and the removal of the bicorns ended easily.