"It's much easier to walk than the 11th basement."

　muttering and repeatedly putting down to feel the ground.
　Unlike the 11th basement desert, the ground is solid.
　There is no sand entangled in your feet, nor does it sink into the sand.

"I'm sure. It's by far the best walker."
"Grull".

　Elena also felt the ground with her overcoat on, and Sett shrieks as if he had agreed.
　I finished my lunch a little earlier and immediately started exploring the 12th basement for about 10 minutes. 　
　At first, I wondered if it was easy to walk around a small room, but walking in a rocky desert like this is surprising to see the difference from the sandy desert on the 11th basement floor.

"The easiest way to walk means it's easier for monsters to move around."
"You certainly need to be careful about that, don't you? Seto, please search carefully for enemies."
"Gruly!"

　She screams sharply at Ray's words and walks along looking around.
　Ray and Elena follow suit, led by Sett, the scout.
　I went on for about an hour...

"Isn't it strange that there's nothing so far?"
"Oh, is this normal in this hierarchy, or is there something wrong with it?" -- now, which is it is."

　The moment I looked around without even seeing a shadow of a monster on the ground.

"Roll-rolling.

　Seto's sharp call to alert us echoes around him.
　Ray immediately draws Death Size from Mistilling and Elena draws a connecting sword from the sheath, but there is no enemy.
　But Sett did not seem to be off guard, and Ray and Elena were also aware of someone approaching them.

"Up!"

　Feeling the fierce, even murderous spirit directed at him, Ray wields his death-size directly above him.
　It was like cutting the air itself, but he must have sensed the danger of the weapon. The monster, thundering from just above Ray, turned over on the spot with a threatening cry. fly up again into the sky

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　It was only then that the Rays could see the monster attacking them.
　a snake with a body over two meters long However, the fuselage has wings in three places, one pair on each side.
　a feather that resembles a bat, not a bird's wing
　Information from Pleiades emerges in Ray's mind.

"I'm sure... skyfang!"

　The monster flutters in the air as if responding to his words, revealing his fangs about 30cm long and screaming threatening expression.
　I had heard from Pleiades that the ferocity of any monster on the 12th basement floor was definitely one of the best.
　They are always hungry no matter how much they eat, and therefore the ferocity of eating everything they see ranks among monsters in the entire desert hierarchy up to the 15th basement level.

"If there's someone like this, it's only natural that there aren't any other monsters around here."

　He is a monster with the ferocity to bite even a bigger enemy than himself. It's easy to imagine that other monsters had fled the area when they saw the skyfang.
　But the fatal mistake of Skyfang, a giant snake flying in the sky, would have been that it could not bear its own hunger and attacked the Lays... more precisely the Gryphon Set, who is said to be the god of death.

"Roll-roll-roll-roll!"

　A set of screaming, wings flapping in a few steps of run.
　As if to intercept Seth, Skyfang takes aim at Seth with his huge tusks exposed.
　I can't stop myself from thinking that my partner is a superior monster because of hunger. No, judging that it is worth eating as long as it is a monster larger than himself, he wags his wings in the air and attacks Seto. ...no, I tried to attack him.

"Fly off!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　as if to take the initiative, until the flying sword from the earth and the sword, which had been cast into the shape of a whip by magic, came upon me.
　Ray or Elena, essentially avant-garde, has a number of long-range attacks with magic, connecting swords, or other weapons.
　Until now, Skyfangs have attacked and been eaten only by throwing bows and arrows and daggers as a means of long-range attacks, so it is not difficult to prevent them with their proud scales.
　Naturally there were wizards, skilled warriors and archery parties in this hierarchy, but the Skyfang never fought against them.
　However, if we had fought against such an opponent, we would not have survived.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　Sharp attacks that are fired at the tip of the nose and eyes as if to control the tip of the attack, and they are about to fall back with their wings. However, a connecting sword that is whipped to prevent it cuts through the space behind the skyfang and takes away the escape.
　The Skyfang was unable to escape either front or back, but... suddenly, as if he had been hit by something, he hit his body hard from the air to the ground.
　Skyfang is groaning with shock and pain because he doesn't know what happened to the sudden event, but the next moment he gets a blow like he's being hit by something he can't see again, and his head is smashed and he dies.
　The skyfang was said to be one of the best in the desert class for its viciousness, but died without any means of doing so.
　It's soon clear what did it. A few seconds later, Seto appeared with his right forefoot down on the skyfang's head.
　It was a surprise attack with Seto's skill and optical camouflage.
　Surprised by Ray's cutting, he used optical camouflage to move to a higher place than his opponent when he retreated without thinking of taking his eyes off the set. The blow of the articulated sword left him with nowhere to escape, and a blow of Sett was struck down at the head of the confused Skyfang and struck to the ground... and then again the blow of his forefeet, with the force of descent.

"It's amazing to lose sight of the enemy."
"Now that you mention it, was it your first time to see Elena? Optical camouflage is a skill. but there's also the drawback of the short time it takes to disappear."
"But... if you're still so powerful, it's sure to be a trump card in case of emergency."

　When he was attacked by robbers on his way to Egzil, he killed many robbers using optical camouflage, but this was the first time Elena had actually seen an optical camouflage battle, as it was a move away from Ray and Elena.

"Well, it's probably because Seto is using it that makes it so threatening to disappear."
"Certainly,"

　Ray nods to Elena's murmuring.
　Even if it becomes transparent, that skill is a threat because it is possible to inflict even fatal damage on the enemy with one blow. If this makes the area around Goblin more transparent, it will be somewhat threatening, but it's only a small area.

"Gruly!"

　Such words from Elena probably made him realize he was being praised. It's amazing, isn't it? I'm proud of myself.
　However, his right forefoot was covered with blood, bits of flesh, and a part of his brain, which was caused by smashing the head of the Skyfang, and although it was not so good that ordinary people could not say he was cute when they saw the present set...

"Oh, Seto is great. I want Yero to grow up like Seto."

　Elena, who has been through numerous battlefields, does not seem particularly surprised by the amount of blood on her face and gently caresses Seto's head.
　Ray smiles at the scene, but before other monsters gather around him, he touches Skyfang's headless corpse and puts it in the mistling.
　Next, I looked around and found the characteristic tusks on the ground, but perhaps because Seto's front foot hit me directly, it was broken in half, and it was not in a condition to sell as a material.

(Considering that it was hit on the ground, it was OK to have almost no scratches on the wings or snake skin.)

　Skyfang feathers are used for alchemy and medicine, and serpentine skin is also used for leather armour, cloak, ornaments.
　The internal organs contain poison bags that are sent through tusks to the enemy, and although the meat is not very tasty, there is considerable demand for medicine.
　Now that the shortage of magic stones is getting worse, magic stones naturally sell well... Ray was willing to use them himself as a beast.
　The tip of the tail of the proof of subjugation is not particularly damaged, so it should be possible to exchange money.
　Generally speaking, the Skyfang, which takes a lot of material and has a part to prove that it can be taken over at a higher price than other monsters due to its magical stones and ferocity, was also a pretty good monster in terms of money if it could be knocked down.
　The downside would be that its ferocity would cause monsters of lower rank to flee and disappear than their surrounding skyfangs.

"And this is the way, is it?"

　Because it is a rocky desert, many landmarks are drawn on maps.
　If you look at the map alone, you could say it's much easier to understand than the 11th floor.

"Well, there's a rocky mountain over there that looks like a trident, so I'll keep going straight, so there's no mistake. If you turn right there and go straight, you'll find the stairs down to the thirteenth basement."She nods to Elena as she looks at the map taken out of the magic pouch and starts walking again before a new monster appears.
　It was easy to walk because the ground was hard, but it still raised the temperature on the ground by generating so much heat that the intense sunlight did not seem like a real sun.
　The dragon robes and overcoats keep Ray and Elena going normally, but if someone who hasn't prepared anything in advance challenges this hierarchy, they won't even be able to move properly due to dehydration or sunburn.

(Well, if you can't do something like that with a skilled adventurer, you can't do something like that, then of course, adventurers who come to this level have cleared the desert on the 11th basement floor, so who would come without any preparation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　I think it's possible to think that way, or maybe it's possible to have a strong and strong race like a dwarf or a beast.

"Can't you see the rock yet?"

　When Elena muttered as she walked through the rocky desert, Ray suddenly turned to himself and looked around.
　About half an hour's walk from where the Skyfang attack took place.
　There is still no landmark rock on the map, called the dragon rock, and if you look up, you can only see Seto watching the sky in the sky to cope with skyfangs.
　Other than that, you just keep walking through the rocky desert.

"From this perspective, it seems that the skyfang had quite a lot of territory."

　At Ray's muttering, Elena nods as well.

"Seto knocked it down without hesitation, but Skyfang is a relatively powerful monster in rank D, and above all, his viciousness is quite different from other monsters. It's easy to avoid being attacked by other monsters because such monsters were territorial areas. --not a very welcome situation for Ray, who is looking for a magical stone."
"Roll-rolling.

　As if Elena's words were a signal, a cry of alarm is heard from Seto flying above.

"It's the one who said it,"

　Ray shakes his head at Elena, who seems to say that his words have invited the enemy.

"Don't worry, it's just out of the Skyfang territory."

　Ray tells me as he takes his death size out of the mystery ring... but there is no sign of the enemy attacking him.

"Ray! Over there!"

　Elena was the first to find the scene. Beyond its gaze are the figures of several adventurers fighting a giant spider over four meters long.
　Several other adventurers had fallen to the ground, apparently struggling.
　Those who are fighting have apparently accumulated damage, and if left as it is, they will surely be wiped out.
　When I see it, I make a decision in an instantaneously.
　Some say it helps adventurers, but others say it's too bad to miss the magical stones of unknown monsters.

"Do you want to go?"
"Oh,"

　Elena nods in response to Ray's question and they run straight to the scene of the battlefield.
　Seto also flapped his wings above and followed them.