a small room on the ninth basement Ray and Elena were down there.
　After having lunch with a magic tent on the eighth basement floor, he headed straight down the stairs, knocking down the monsters he encountered and down to the ninth basement floor.
　Naturally, the 9th basement level is like a cave, and Elena breathes a little sigh when she sees it.

"Well, there's only two floors left, including this one. Perhaps tomorrow will free us from this cave... what do we do? It's been a long time since we had lunch, and I think we had better go back to earth."
"Well, yes," Wait a minute. I'm sure this class is..."

　Elena takes a map out of her magic pouch at Ray's word.
　Look at the map and nod convincingly.

"Well... this class is pretty easy." There is no such thing as a fork in the road, and it is really straight up to the stairs."

　Ray nods at Elena's words.

"Is that... a dungeon?"
"Grull?"

　I'm sure Seto felt the same way when he was listening to themselves. give a voice to Ray's assent
　While smiling bitterly at the sight of one of them, Elena presents the map to Ray as evidence rather than argument.
　Then, when Ray sees the map, he gasps in spitefully.
　The only thing on the map was a straight line from the small room we were in, with only the stairs leading to the 10th basement.

"...what shall I do?"
"No, if you ask me," What is Ray's opinion, the adventurer?"

　Elena's words give Ray a little thought.
　I don't have a watch, so I don't know the exact time, but I can still tell the approximate time by how long I've had lunch and how long I've felt it.

(Perhaps three to four in the afternoon.)

　According to Ray's experience time, that's about it, and if there's no mistake in the map he borrowed from Elena, he should be able to clear the 9th basement without any problems.
　...but only if the map is correct and there are no hard-to-find traps.

(And will monsters be involved?)

　Whispering inside, thinking about risks and returns... and making a decision.

"Well, let's clear this ninth basement before we finish our search."
"Is it okay? I think I'll be at the last minute when I think about the time."
"Oh, it's summer now." Monsters become more violent at night, but they still have a little time to spare."
"…I see. If Ray says so, I'll obey him. Fortunately, I have some leeway now."

　Elena nods again at Ray's words and goes straight out of the room.
　Of course, they remain armed so that they can respond quickly if something happens.
　Ray and Elena nod in each other's faces and move on.
　One, two, three steps... That's how far we go, but luckily, there's no sign of enemies coming out.
　Ray and Elena, Seto and Yero, and two and two of them move on amid the thick silence.

"There's no enemy, is there?"
"Oh,"
"Grull?"

　Elena responds to Ray's words, questioning that there is no sign of an enemy coming out, and Seto, who was listening to them in the lead, also nods his head slightly.
　Keep going, and then for about an hour. Ray and Elena don't know the exact time, but they still know the approximate time by their sensory time. For that long, in the end, he kept on going without any enemies... before long, Ray started to wonder if he was suspicious.

"Isn't it strange?"
"What?"
"It's all right to say it's this aisle, but nothing happens at all, even though it's this long. It would be nice if the enemy didn't come out. It's a bit harsh, but it could be a coincidence. But this passage is strange. What should I say? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."
"Oh!? I see, I'm sure." There seems to be no trap as you can see, but the passageway itself is a trap. Then it was a trap using space magic, but... that there was a trick like Lord Grimm?"

　Elena inherited the magical stone of the Ensent Dragon, but she is still in awe of Grimm passing through her mind.
　I don't feel like winning even if I fight hard.
　But Ray shakes his head against such Elena.

"I don't think there are so many monsters like that," But this dungeon is still growing. Or maybe it's related to the anomalies we've fought several times. The great hole is that a great wizard like Grimm is actually hostile to this dungeon, but I feel very little danger for that way."
"You don't know what the cause is after all right.
"That's what happens ... but to get out of this dungeon, you'll still have to destroy the base."

　Ray mutters, recalling what happened at the altar of succession, and Elena frowns faintly when she hears it.
　No, or was it Ver who betrayed them that passed through their minds?
　That's how Ray thinks, but immediately puts his magic on the ground and concentrates on it.

"Well, if we were to destroy the base, we could do it the same way as before."
"Please,"

　nod to Elena's short voice and spin a spell

'Flame, spread the flame, showing the red flame. Turn it into a carpet of flame at will.'

　A mass of flame appears at the tip of a death-size stonemate, which is knocked to the ground to crush it, and the magic is completed.

"A thin flame!"

　Following the magic that has been activated, smashed flames are aisles, walls and ceilings. Spread thin and thin across all of it.
　When he sees the magic for the first time, he touches the burning flame with his short hands, but the temperature of the flame is about 20 degrees Celsius and does not burn.
　Flames continue to spread and spread beyond Ray's reach.
　And...
　Cheeky, Cheeky, Cheeky...
　That kind of sound echoes around you, and the next moment, it echoes like broken glass.
　There is nothing unusual about it. But it was clear that something had certainly changed.

"What have you achieved?"

　muttering Elena to the wall. Speaking of the touch, there is no difference, especially from the previous one. Nevertheless, I could feel something different from what I had just mentioned.
　Next to Elena, Ray also touches the wall in the same way and smiles a little relieved.

"It seems that the device itself was a similar one, but not as strong as Grimm's feet.""... apparently so,"

　Elena and Ray murmuring with relief.
　Ray's honest feelings were that given the substandard nature of Grimm's existence, it would be a problem if there were so many monsters of the same level. Fortunately, Grimm treated Ray favorably, partly because of his relationship with Zepyle. But it's only a rare exception.
　Ordinary rich people hate the living, or only think of them as food to suck out life and magic.

"It's true that it's come true for now, and let's get on with it. I've taken up an unexpected amount of time in this hierarchy. You'd better go down to the tenth basement and get back to the ground quickly. I don't think we have much time until night."
"Yes,"

　Elena nods to Rey's words and walks down the passageway where the trap, believed to have been used by spatial magic, has been lifted.

"But it's a little too subtle,"
"What?"

　When Ray mutters, wary of traps and monsters, Elena listens back.
　Once caught in a trap, it's a very cautious conversation.

"I think it's true that the nucleus grows more than the dungeon on the altar of succession. But why would you put such a sophisticated trap using space magic on the ninth basement floor? If I were the core of the dungeon, of course such a powerful trap would be the lowest... 33rd floor? I'd put it there. This ninth basement is, so to speak, a place for beginners and middle-class people, and what's troubling about it is the name of the party called the edge of the elite tree? They're the ones."
"...there are a few things I can think of, but the worst possibility is that the core of the dungeon is a threat to us." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Ray frowns disgustingly at Elena's explanation.
　It is not surprising that this is happening, since they are so focused on the core of the dungeon that it can become a labyrinthine city.
　Looking sideways at Ray, Elena continues to explain again, with a little smile around her mouth.

"Or, simply, if you don't think the trap is so important to the core of the dungeon. --or, to be more precise, should there be more powerful means?"
"That is to say, it's not that bad, so when we used it, we were caught in a trap by chance? That's a bit harsh..."
"I suppose so. I think so do I. However, there is a possibility. There are a few other things I can think of, but these are the two things that are very likely to happen when I think about them."

　Whilst muttering, Elena looks around carefully.

(I didn't tell Ray... but there's one more possibility.) It's possible that spatial magicians are interfering with our dungeon capture. However, in that case, it's a question of why they're interrupting us. And if you were using spatial magic, surely you would find the wizard near here... well, would I think too much?)

　When he explores the surroundings, he sees nothing unusual, and Elena decides that she cares too much and goes straight down the road with Ray.





(... did you go?)

　When the lays went down the aisle and disappeared, the man let out a sigh of relief.
　It's absolutely all right. I understood it that way, but I still found that the strength of two men and two animals at close range was incomparable to me.
　It's nothing special about his skill that he was safe. It's only because of the magic item given to me by my boss: a cover-up robe.
　A first-class article without doubt made by Esta Noor, an alchemist who belonged to the Zepail family once called a witch. However, it is a magic item that is difficult to use in many ways, because if you move even a little while the effect is in effect, the effect of concealing will disappear in an instant.
　For that reason, its hiding performance is first-class, and it is capable of deceiving not only Ray and Elena but also even the fifth and sixth senses of Seto, who is a glyphon.

(I'll never do this kind of work again.) Just because you can use spatial magic, you're going to trap such monsters... you're not really going to be funny.)

　He mutters a lot to himself, but it's just his inner self. As soon as it moves more than a certain amount, the effect of the cover-up robe will disappear and appear. If that happens, you may not be able to see or detect the Lays from where they are already.

(however, why do you regard crimson as an enemy? Well, it's something I don't understand, as a low-ranking person... but it's a bit of a useful person.)

　The man's command was to use spatial magic to make Ray and Elena lose their way.
　We didn't have to set the trap on this ninth basement, but we didn't have time this time anyway. That's why there were only nine floors underground where various conditions had been established to set traps using spatial magic.

(In the first place, it takes you a few days to get to the 9th basement...what speed are you diving at?)

　Whilst muttering inwardly, the man remained there until his companions came to pick him up, that Ray and Elena might appear as soon as he removed their cover-up robes.





"It's plain,"
"... oh,"

　Ray grumbling in agreement to Elena's muttering.
　Eventually, after escaping from the loop space, they reached the stairs leading to the tenth basement without any monsters or traps.

"I didn't see any monsters".
"Grull".

　Rey's words make me cry regretfully.
　Looking at one of them naturally brings a smile to Elena's mouth.
　That's what I was looking for in Egzil.
　...I'm not going to deal with Vihela, who approaches Ray like a thief cat.
　With that in mind, the two of them would descend to the tenth basement and escape to the ground in a transition wizard.