403 Episode 0403



"The blade of the wind, cut my enemy apart."

 A spell is cast, the world is transformed by magic, and the magic of the wind is gathered around Elena.

"Air cutter!"

 With the words, the magic was completed and nearly twenty wind blades were released.
 The invisible attack of the blade of the wind splits the body of the Mad Puppet approaching with a dirty clatter of footsteps, and eventually crumbles to the ground without enough strength to form it.
 What remained behind me was the magical mud and the magical stones buried in the mud.

"I see. Flame magic is no good, but wind magic is no problem."
"Well, the problem is to evaporate the moisture from the mud into the soil, so there should be no problem with the magic of the wind."

 In response to Elena's muttering, Vihela nods in agreement.
 On the other hand, Bune was immediately taking a magical stone out of the mud and handing it to Ray.

"Yes,"
"Oh, I know,"

 The word, along with it, was taken out of the mistling. Wash the magical stones with water generated by magic and store them directly in the mistling.
 After that, the four of us take out the barrel and fill it with mud, which we also store.

"...it's kind of a trouble,"

 a sighing ray
 Aside from washing the magical stones, packing the mud that formed the body of the Mad Puppet into the barrel takes about 10 minutes.
 That's three times already. It's true that it's taking time to stop moving every time you knock down the Mad Puppet and collect the mud...
 But...

"I think it's too short, considering the amount of time it takes to strip materials from monsters?"
"... I see,"

 In fact, in terms of income, all the mud that forms the body can be purchased as an alchemy material, so unlike ordinary monsters, there is no place to throw it away in vainly.
 However, it would be impossible to recover this mud without a porter, as it would naturally be a reasonable weight to take it home. Mad puppets are not a good game for ordinary parties, as they also have to be prepared separately. If you're going to take home one mudpuppet, you'll get more money if you bring back more magical stones or more expensive materials.
 This time, Ray had a barrel in his mistling, so he didn't have to worry about taking it home.
 Therefore, bringing back mud from the Mad Puppet and stone from the Stone Puppet wasn't an item box... but most of the time, like Elena, had a magic pouch.
 There are some fierce people who pull the cart to the sixth basement floor using the ability to transfer directly to the target floor by using the transfer device, and then pull down the mad papet or stone papet to recover the whole material.
 After completing the collection of materials for the Mad Puppet, the Rays again proceed through the cave on the sixth basement of the dungeon.
 Sometimes there was a trap, and Bune, who found it, taught Ray and Elena how to release it.
 However, it was basically a non-verbal veneer, so I told him to look at it and learn it.
 Walking through the cave like that, Bune reaches out and signals a stop.

"Trap again?"
"Yes!"

 Bune nods softly to Vihela's words, leaving the Reyes there, crouching down to the ground about five meters ahead and starting to release the trap.
 The reason why they didn't invite Ray or Elena at this time was probably because it was such a dangerous trap.
 In fact, Ray, looking to the place where Bune was working, was able to see something like a thin spider thread that existed about 20 cm above the ground. The spider-like object connects to the wall of the cave, further up to the ceiling limestone.
 It gave Ray a half-imagination of what the traps Bune is now releasing. Perhaps touching that spider's thread will cause the limestone overhead to fall.  
 What's even more sinister is that the trap switch is like a spider's thread. It's thin and light, especially if you're an adventurer exploring inside a dungeon, you don't notice it when you touch it, because it's usually equipped with protective gear.
 Even with the least-equipped Vihela among the lays, the instep covers up to the shin, so you won't notice it touching the thread stretched 20 cm high. Or a set without protective gear may be felt, or detected with a keen vision before that.

"It's a very dangerous trap,"
"Oh, you see?"

 Ray nods to Vihela, who is looking at her with her eyes wide open in surprise.

"Huh? Did you know what the trap is?"

 Elena asks Ray, who couldn't tell the trap just by looking at it.

"Oh, to put it simply, it's a trap to drop stalactites over your head. A stone of that size falling overhead would certainly kill anyone who knew nothing. --the danger of the trap seems to have risen suddenly since the sixth basement."
"Well, if you're a beginner who's just come to the sixth basement, you'll be caught in this kind of trap and killed or seriously injured." The guild seems to be paying attention, but it's like a party where we're overconfident that we've come this far."
"There's such a thing everywhere..."
"Grull".

 Just as Ray tries to say something, Seto, who is on guard around him, chants in alarm.
 The gaze was directed toward the end of the aisle where the laymen were going.

"There seems to be a new enemy," Is it the Mad Puppet again?"

 mutter and shake one's head immediately
 Because I can't hear the clatter of footsteps that I've heard so many times before. And I can't hear a stone pounding on the ground that I've never encountered before.

(So is it a window bat? No, as long as there are other traps, there is a possibility of other monsters.)

 When I think like that, I suddenly notice something flying at me, and Ray gives me a reflexive death-size.
 At that moment, something invisible and a death-size blade collide... something that doesn't look ridiculous shattered.
 Still, the reason why I could almost reflexively grasp the identity of something was probably because I had seen a similar attack a little while ago.

"The blade of the wind?"
"Well, it's like Wind Butt. Beeze!"
"Yes!"
"Hey, Vihela?"

 When Viehla calls out to Bune, who is about to come back, she nods softly, saying she knows, and somehow returns to the trap.
 As Elena looked at it, Vihela looked down the aisle with a smile on her face.
 What are they aiming for? It was revealed when a giant 1.5m-long bat emerged without sound from the end of the aisle.

"Now!"

 With Vichela's voice, Bune, who had been silent near the trap, cuts the thread and quickly returns to the Reyes.
 And since the thread was cut, naturally the trap would be activated and a number of limestone would fall from the ceiling. ...but not over the Ray's head, but over the Wind Butts.

"It won't rain this far, will it?"

 Ray asks involuntarily when he sees a pointed stalactite hit the ground through a wind bat.
 Next to Ray, Sett was also gazing anxiously at the peal of limestone.

"It's all right. If it's a trap near this hierarchy, the range of effects is not so wide. A few meters radius around the place where the trap was. That's why I needed to attract the wind bat."

 He replies, looking at a wind bat crushed by limestone as if it were natural.
 The fall of limestone has led to a small pile of limestone on the ground. Under such circumstances, naturally, the wind bat is completely crushed by limestone, and you can't even see the blood flowing, let alone a part of the body.
 but here was Ray, who had extraordinary physical abilities and five senses, Elena, who inherited the magical stones of the Ensent Dragon, Sett, the Dragon Yello, who was a little more keen than the usual adventurer, Viehla, who was a combat fanatic and had developed five senses accordingly, and all had five keen senses, and the smell of blood coming from the stalactites was thoroughly sniffed.

If you have a thief like this, you can use a trap set in a dungeon to damage the monster. Ray and Elena are not bandits, so they may not be of much use, but remember them and you won't lose anything.""You've certainly learned a lot. I didn't expect to use the trap the other way around."
"Well, of course it would take some skill to do this sort of course. I don't think you, at least me, or Elena, who is an amateur."
"That's all I know," I don't have any robber skills in the first place."
"Oh, that's a little surprising. I always thought he'd say something back."

 In the past... especially given what happened with Ray the night before, he probably didn't think he'd agree to his opinion in a quietly. Vihela looks small and startled.
 But Elena snort and opens her mouth to such a Vihela.
 If it wasn't the same woman watching it, she would have loved it, scratching up the blonde hair in a vertical roll.

"There are certainly a lot of things that I think of you... a lot of things. But that is not something to be told in the dangerous place of the dungeon."

 After telling her that point, she glares sideways at Ray, who breathes a sigh of relief in spite of herself, and then reopens her mouth.

"I'm going to get Ray to explain it to me after I leave the dungeon today. That's why you don't have to worry about it now."
"Oh, is that so?" It's hard to have a jealous lover."

 Ray turns his eyes to Viehla, who calls out to Ray with a small smile.
 I'm protesting that I'm having this kind of experience because of course.
 However, Vihela looks at the limestone that piles up on the ground, not caring about Ray's gaze.

"What are you going to do with the wind bat? I don't think it's easy to get rid of the material, let alone the stalactite and the fangs of the proof of subjugation."
"Materials... wings and eyes?"
"Yes, but I'm sure your head is crushed and your wings are torn."
"... well, that's all right." I haven't got the magic stone of Wind Butt, so I'll do it."

 Saying so, Ray approaches a pile of limestone with Seto. Even though it is a huge stalactite, there are many things that are broken when they fall from the ceiling to the ground, and each one of them is not that big. Some of the stones were barely broken, but it was not difficult to move them if they had the strength of Ray or Seto.

"When it breaks down, it doesn't shine." ...no, no. It's coming off the ceiling.

 Ray mutters a limestone as tall as Ray's own, lifting it up.
 In fact, light has already been lost from the limestone falling on the ground, turning it into a very ordinary limestone.

"Well, if this had kept the light shining, there might have been some adventurers coming here." This stalactite is the same as the glowing wall, and when you get away from the dungeon, it doesn't shine. and if the mystery around here could be solved, the night would be brighter in any city, city, or village."

 Vihela mutters regretfully, looking at the limestone that Ray lifts up and leaves on the side of the aisle.
 After hearing these words, Ray and Sett finally succeed in getting rid of the limestone that fell on top of the wind bat.

"Grull".

 Seto peeps into the wind bat, rolling stalactites with his forefeet, and wails regretfully.
 A large amount of stalactites had fallen down, so naturally, the wind bat had been crushed to the point where it could not be retained, leaving few places safe.
 The safe part...but the tusks of the proof of subjugation were only safe and the head was broken.
 Ray reaches out and scrapes off his fangs, seeing the public almost frowning.

"Magical stones... no good,"

 He breathes when he sees the magical stone he wanted the most shattered by limestone.

"You're right, aren't you? Well, let's say it's okay just to recover the tusks from the proven site. How's that coming, Bune? What's the sign of a new monster.
"Yes!"
"What about Elena?"
"There's no problem here, either. but isn't it meaningless for me to be on guard, as long as Bune is on guard?"

 Vichela with a meaningful smile at Elena's words.

"Well, it might be it. ...but it's a coincidence that I was able to have a party with Bune, isn't it? Then it's nothing better than getting used to it. But if we are going to go ahead, shall we?"

 Using Vichela's words as a signal, the Rays again made their way through the cave.