"Huh?"

　Ray gets up in bed as the summer-like morning sun sets down on his room.
　The day before, at the promotional party, they were making noise late into the night, and it was around the turn of the day that they came back to the inn.
　With that in mind, it should be said that it was luck that I woke up in the morning.
　After throwing the clothes into the laundry basket, I take a new shirt out of the mistling and get dressed.
　"When I left the room and headed to the dining room on the ground floor, I could hardly see anyone eating breakfast, perhaps at a certain time in the morning."
　But the few guests at the Wheat-tei at dusk begin to talk among themselves when they see Ray.

"Hey, did you get Rank B in that robe yesterday?"
"Oh, I'm sure," for I have heard this morning from an adventurer I am acquainted with."
"Rank B? I'd like to ask for a bodyguard, if possible."
"I'm sure, I don't know what kind of monsters will attack me in this remote neighborhood. Besides, if you have a Rank B adventurer as your bodyguard outside the frontier, you can feel safe even if you are attacked by a malicious opponent like a thief, and it will affect the status of the merchant force."
"...but there are many people who don't believe it until they can show them their guild card when they say it's Rank B with that face."
"I'm sure. When I first came to this city, I heard that it was looked down upon and entangled a lot. But most of them seem to regret the terrible experience they've had."

　Ray sits down listening to the voices of merchants in the company or private peddlers.
　As if waiting for it, Lana, the hostess of the inn, approaches with a smile.

"Good morning," Last night, there were a lot of difficulties."

　As he greets me so, I put cold fruit water on the table.

"Oh, good morning," I'll have breakfast right away."
"You seemed to have eaten and drank very late yesterday, but would you prefer a light breakfast or a normal breakfast?"
"I'll have a regular meal."
"Yes, I see. ...Mr. Ray, congratulations on your promotion to Rank B."

　Finally, Lana smiles and says her congratulations and returns to the kitchen.
　See her back, drink the fruit water on the table, and wait for the food to be served.
　But in the meantime, about ten people in the dining room often look at Ray, and one of them eventually gets up and makes his way to Ray.

"Well, you're the adventurer Ray who was ranked B yesterday, right?"

　A man in his late twenties speaks politely to Ray's appearance as a boy in his mid-teenage.

"Oh, yes, sir?"

　Observe the situation while encouraging the man to talk over a glass of fruit water.

(You're still quite young, aren't you? He must be rich in his own way as long as he is in the Wheat-tei at dusk in Gilm... a peddler?)

　Ray said as if he had put on the shelf that he was also quite young, but the man bowed unconcernedly.

"Actually, I was wondering if you would accept my request."
"Request?"
"Yes, my name is Prison. I'm a peddler, but I wanted to ask Ray, who has become a Rank B adventurer, to escort me. What do you think?"

　As soon as a man named Prison says so, the other merchants in the dining room look sharply at Prison.
　His eyes seemed to be directed at the merchant who had been outwitted, and at the same time to praise his ability to act.

"Guard? Specifically?"
"What? No, I'd like to ask you to do it for about two months, if possible."

　Ray shakes his head as soon as he hears the two-month period.

"I'm sorry, but I can't accept the request."
"Why? I haven't told you the exact terms yet, but... anything that I don't like?"
"No, that's not the case," Well, it's true that I'm not interested in being asked to escort, but I've got something to do in a little while. I'll be out of town for a while."

　Yes, the time of the appointment to go to the labyrinthine city with Elena in the spring comes less than a month later.
　It was almost impossible, if requested, to take up a few months' time, since I had to leave town with Seto.

"...I see, I'm sorry."

　Prison murmurs, breathing, and returns to his table with a weak steps.
　The merchants who saw it didn't ask Prison any more, perhaps because they had heard him say no.
　However, the merchants wanted to be acquainted with the Rank B adventurer, regardless of their request, but Ray's atmosphere made it difficult to talk to people.
　After that, I think about my plans for the day, having a simple breakfast of bread, bacon and vegetable soup, and omelets, all mixed with nuts.

(The first priority is, after all, the absorption of the bicornite. As for buying and selling bicorn materials... well, I don't need to hurry, so can I put it off? Then, where do you want to absorb the magical stones? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Passing Ray's mind was an open space covered with trees, which had absorbed the magical stones many times before. It's a certain amount of space, and even if you happen to pass by, you don't have to worry about being able to see a scene where trees are absorbing magical stones. It was a perfect place.
　As soon as I finish my schedule for today, I finish all my breakfast and moisten my throat with cold tea served with breakfast.
　Cold tea is normally served at the Wheat Pavilion at dusk, but this is possible because Wheat Pavilion at dusk is a luxury inn. This kind of magic item is too expensive for a normal adventurer to buy and would be warm tea to come out.
　Or, if anyone could use water magic, it might be a different story.

"Thank you for the meal. It was delicious today too, so I'm looking forward to dinner."
"Thank you,"

　Lana bowed to Ray's words, ignoring the merchants who looked regretfully at him, and headed straight to the stable.





"Well, it's been a long time since I came here... It's only summer, so it's hot, isn't it?"
"Grull?"

　Seth slanting her head as if to say, "Really?" to Ray said.
　Ray looks around him, judging that he's a glyphon.
　an open space with trees growing around it There Ray and Sett were now there.
　They say it's hot, but it's not long since it's still morning. In the first place, as long as you wear a dragon robe that can control the temperature to a certain extent, it's no use saying that it's hot or cold.

"Well, at any rate, we've come this far. Shall we get our business done faster than idle time?"

　Needless to say, the bicorn magic stone was taken out of the mumbling and mystery ring. Since it's a Rank D monster, it's only a few centimeters in size and can't be compared to the magical stones of Remrace.

"Set".

　After being tossed with a call, Seto snaps the magical stone beautifully and swallows it.
　And...

[Seto learned the skill of Poison Claw Lv.3]

　The announcement was playing in my mind as usual.

"Toxic nails? Well, it's reasonable, considering the horns of the bicorns."The two horns were deadly toxic, and when Ray actually saw them, the goblin, which had been damaged by the horns, had quickly slowed down and devoured by a herd of bicorns. Given this, it is only natural that the skill level of poison nails will increase.

"But it's a poisonous nail," I can't try this on a tree. It's only after we find out the monsters there."
"Glu".

　nod assentingly to Ray's words
　I burst into a smile as I watched it.

"Grull?"

　Ray caresses his back as he bends his head slightly, asking, "What's the matter?"

"No, the strongest set of skills I've ever had was Firebreath, but now I think my poison nails have the same Lv.3. Poison nails were only a supplementary expectation, but once they're this strong, they'll be more than enough of the main means of attack. ...however, I don't know at all what my Lv skills are."

　Breathtakingly, he takes the bicorn magic stone out of Mistyling as if it were his turn.

"Well, I'm sure you can expect death-size if Sett has mastered his skills... please!"

　Throw it into the air and flash a flash of death size. The magical stone cut by the blade disappears...

【Death size has acquired the skill of Corrosion Lv.2】

　That's how the announcement was made.

"Well, indeed, corrosion and poison may be similar among my skills, but honestly, it's kind of off-the-shelf."

　Ray muttering and sighing.
　As long as he is an adventurer and aims to collect magical stones, Ray's opponents naturally increase in monsters. And corrosion is meaningless unless the enemy has metal equipment.
　Of course, some monsters, like the previously fought oak, have metal equipment in the human form. But the overwhelming majority are monsters armed with their bodies.
　With that in mind, Ray's grief is quite natural in a way.
　However, as long as we head to the labyrinthine city, it is possible that someone who doesn't know Ray will be involved in his appearance or for the beauty of Elena, who is working with him. Encourage yourself and change your mind when you're fighting against someone like that when it comes to skills that are very useful skills.

"Well, for the moment I can't test my ability to corrode, so first of all, I'll check the power of the poisonous nails."
"Grull".

　Seto nods to Ray's words and crouches down with her back facing him.
　Riding over his back, after a few steps of runaway, Seto flaps his wings and runs up into the sky.
　It is appropriate to describe each other's breathing around here as the breathing of an abalone.

"But if you say you're going to check the effectiveness of poison nails... you used it before when you went to the dungeon with Elena." If you think about it carefully, poison nails are hard for other people to find, so you can use them normally. Of course, I can't show a scene where I'm suffering from poison to someone I don't I?

　Currently, we know that Seto is different from the ordinary Gryphon, and that he is a special individual, Elena and Arra, and three people, a scorching wind. And Rich's Grimm is the only one outside. It was a fact that in front of the rest of us we couldn't openly show off the peculiarities of Seto.

"Roll-rolling.

　That's how Ray thinks, and then the set rings and catches his attention.
　Following Sett's gaze at the meadow below him, there were about 10 goblins there.

"Goblin? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .." If possible, I would have liked a higher-ranked monster."
"Glu".

　a set that purrs as if to say, "Don't be extravagant."
　Ray nods as if nothing could be done about it.

"Well, shall we go?" First of all, stop the movement of the goblins under the pressure of the king. If you run away from me scattered around, it'll be a lot of trouble to try."

　Leave it to Ray's word, Seto purges down to the goblin walking on the meadow.

"Gurling!"

　The king's coercion is activated, and the moment he hears his voice, all the goblins there stop moving.
　...although some of them were so shocked that they stopped the very activities.
　and headed to the dead goblin, where the poisonous claw had been activated, Cet waved his forefeet."

"Glu".

　The strength of the braces, which were already overwhelming in the goblin and the glyphon, was the effect of a basic strength-building bracelet, in which Sett's shaken forefeet shattered the body of the goblin and scattered its internal organs, blood, flesh and bones across the meadow.
　I couldn't help shrugging my shoulders at the sight of it.
　But perhaps he thought it would be meaningless to keep going like this, he re-initiated his poisonous claws and turned his front foot to the stuck goblin.
　This time, however, I'll try not to kill you with a single blow.
　an attack that would not be described as such, as if it had been stabbed with a needle in the eyes of a goblin.
　But... in less than five minutes he began to suffer, and within three minutes he threw blood out of his mouth and fell down.
　I tried the other goblins as well, but most goblins were poisoned to death within 10 minutes.
　Ray, looking at the body of a goblin rolling on the spot, breathed a little sigh.

"The power of poison is definitely on the rise. It's going up, but... I don't know the exact power of the goblins alone."

　Ray wanted to try it out with other monsters if possible.