448 Episode 0448



The day after the battle between the Silva and Levisor families ended, the number of inhabitants in the city increased considerably compared to the previous day, and adventurers who had cooperated with the Silva family did not appear to be murderous.

"But I guess we haven't found Schaffner yet because we've got so many people all over the city."
"Glu?"

 Seth, who was walking next to Ray, swallows the dried meat he was given, tilts his head and throats.
 Elena, who was walking on the opposite side of Ray, nods at Seto's back.

"It seems that the succession of the Levisor family has already been announced, but to Bossk's mind, the existence of Schaffner, who is treated as the former head of the family, must be troublesome."

 Rey nods to Elena's words.
 Having been the head of the Levisor family for many years, Schaffner's influence may remain to some extent even if the announcement of his change of head was made.

(However, it is true that dangerous research was conducted in this labyrinthine city and dangerous monsters called abnormal species were released into the dungeon. If you think about that, I don't know if anyone will ever cooperate with Schaffner anymore.

 In both good and bad ways, dungeon is the center of everything in this labyrinthine city of Egzil.
 Ray and Elena shared the idea that few would side with Schaffner, who put Egzil at risk by throwing an unusual seed at the dungeon at the center. But...

"Who's on your side?" That's true, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't enough people to use it."

 Elena mutters a languid look, and Ray nods with a sigh.

"As long as the researcher was killed, there's no need to worry more... I'd like to think so, but it hurts that I don't even know who killed the researcher."
"Well, it is said that all the papers about the study were burned, but I don't know what was written on the burned paper. The criminal brought out some papers and burned some irrelevant paper to deceive them. It's not impossible to think so."

 It is good that the Silva family confirmed the existence of the institute from the reports they found in the Levisor family, and that Bosk led the way to the slum where the institute was located, but by the time they arrived all the researchers had already been killed. In other words, it was done by someone other than the Silwa family.

"If you think about it normally, you'll be afraid that Schaffner will be known for his wrongdoing."
"But I don't think I could have afforded it." Did he appear in front of the bosque? Then he was kicked all at once. It's very difficult in terms of time to kill researchers just to destroy evidence by sending an assassin to a research institute knowing that they're losing."
"Well..."

 So he pauses, buys Lizardman skewers at his usual shop, and then briefly greets them and returns to the conversation.

"But if, as Elena said, it was not Schaffner's hand who killed the researcher, there was a complete third party involved in yesterday's case?"
"... I suppose,"

 After nodding, you arrive at the gate leading to the square in front of the dungeon, present your dungeon card, and go inside.
 As if the few adventurers of the previous day were false, there were as many adventurers as usual in today's square.
 Each of them is bustling with meetings, wild parties, and some of them trying to hire the adventurers of the Holy Knight religion.

"It was yesterday, today, and that's it." "Huh?"

 Ray muttered, putting them aside, but suddenly noticed someone approaching him.
 a typical warrior man with a sword sheath hanging from his waist and a leather armour made of monster leather.

"You saved me yesterday," and about the dead."

 It was yesterday in the dungeon one of the adventurers Ray and Elena had saved.
 Men with swords in front of them, in contrast, are highly regarded because the other side has been trying to force them to do something.
 The one thanking you is probably for stopping at the guild yesterday after leaving the dungeon and handing over the body he brought in the mistling.

"... well,"

 Remembering the scene of the dead person clinging to the body while weeping, I slightly frown my eyebrows.
 Adventurers know and understand that death is a near-term occupation, but such scenes are still not familiar to the eye.

(I don't feel any resistance to killing people...)

 While smiling bitterly at his own state of mind and exchanging light greetings with a man, he mutters in a low voice suddenly, shy of others.

"Well, as for Onoma..."
"Onoma? Was it the man with the spear?"

 The man nods to Elena, who frowns uncomfortably and asks.

"Yes, and I'd like to talk about the onoma... because he didn't come back from the dungeon yesterday."
"...was he attacked by another monster while he was absorbed in ripping off the material of the rock spider?"
"Perhaps, but," We had our first meeting at a stray party yesterday... No, it's not cool to talk behind your back here. Anyway, that's all I want to tell you."
"Oh, that's a relief,"

 Ray briefly thanks her and Elena nods as well.
 Seto didn't show any particular attitude, but there's no doubt he was uncomfortable with Onoma over yesterday's incident.
 It's the same for Ray and Elena, and although he just politely thanked them, he felt that if he was honest, he'd deserve it.

(He died with more material than he could hold himself.) I guess you really want it.)

 Mumbling privately, Ray cleans up his feelings for Onoma.
 I don't think he noticed Ray, but the man bows his head off as if he had finished his errand.
 It's obvious what the aim is when you see them heading towards a group of people looking for a party.

"...well, shall we go?"

 Even for Elena, it's easy to say anything about Onoma, and she's going to erase it from her mind and tell Ray, and two people and one of them will move to the 13th floor.





"If you look at it like this, it's best to describe it as a sea of sand."

 Under the hood of the Dragon Robes, Ray mutters as he looks at the 13th basement view all around him.
 The silent nod to the words was Elena, clad in an overcoat from her magic pouch.

"Glu?"

 Seto asks if he's going to move, but Ray looks around, stroking his head.
 Just above the dune is a small room with wizards and stairs, and the rest of the desert stretches all over.

"The first thing you need to do, right? You haven't absorbed the rock spider and the Skyfang magic stone yet. I haven't dismantled the skyfang in particular."
"But isn't it bad to do it here? Even though there are many dunes, the view is much better than that of upstairs." Then it may be found by other monsters and attacked, or, above all, by other adventurers."
"That's..."

 Ray was about to say something.

"Well, it's hot in the desert, isn't it?" Hey, really in this hierarchy... Oh, my gosh."

 A woman warrior, dressed in a coat similar to Elena's, and wearing a rapier at her waist, came out of the chamber and noticed the rays just in front of her.
 He leaned his head at the sight of Ray and Elena, and then turned to the Gryphon beside him and nodded convincingly.

"Come to think of it, I heard that a notorious person is attacking dungeon at an incredible rate... I see, one of you is crimson. If you don't mind, may I ask which one is crimson?"

 At the woman's words, Ray takes a small sigh and takes a step forward.

"It's me. Didn't you hear that crimson is a man in the first place?"

 Ray's words make the woman adventurer laugh softly.

"Well, you'd better realize that you're a woman. You're not really tall, and if you don't open your mouth, you can be wrong with a woman. Don't you think so?"

 Three adventurers emerge from the small room as the woman's gaze turns.
 There were two men in their twenties and a dwarf with a beard growing close to their chests.Among them, one man looks at Ray before nodding.

"Oh, yes," It's true that it's a little hard to tell if you're a man or a woman just by looking at her face."
"Really? I recognized him as a man as soon as I saw him. How's that?"

 The other man leaned his head and asked the Dwarves.
 But the so-called Zuguri dwarf shakes his head and opens his mouth, carrying the huge axe he had on his shoulder.

"I don't know what to do with it said. If I hear your voice like this, I mean, it's a little too expensive for a man to judge."
"Right? It's not usually that easy to tell, is it?"

 Rapian women smile at the thought of me.
 The man who watched such a woman with a smile was brought to his senses by the cough of the dwarf man, and knocked his overcoat several times to clean the dust.

"Anyway, I have to knock down the monster by the end of the day, so I'm going. ...I said crimson. I'm afraid we'll let you go first, but will you mind?"
"Oh, there's no problem here.
"It's a relief,"

 Shortly spoken, the four-person adventurer's party leaves with their backs on the Rays.
 Rarely for Ray, he was hardly surprised by the presence of Seto.
 Was this because Seto was in such a hurry that he couldn't see it, or was he hearing his reputation all over the city?

(The latter, I suppose.)

 Next to Ray, who thinks so from the appearance of a woman with a rapier, Elena nods, looking at the map taken out of her magic pouch as if she had noticed something.

"Huh? ... oh, I see,"
"What's the matter?"
"No, they didn't go in the direction of the stairs to the next level. I was just convinced that I had probably headed to where the target monster was located. So what do you do in the end, when it comes to stripping off the skyfang?"
"...it's a bit of a place to do so, considering you don't know who's coming. If you're looking forward to the next level, or if you're heading to the basement steps, you'll do it there. We'll be with you about the rock-spider."
"Glu".

 a set of disappointed voices at Ray's words
 However, Seto is disappointed because he cannot eat the meat of Skyfang, as well as the absorption of magical stones.
 Of course, if you peel off the ingredients, you won't always be able to eat them, but if you're lucky, you can still eat fresh meat, which was a big attraction when you peel off the ingredients.

"Look, if you're hungry, eat this first."

 mutter, and offer the sandwich out of the mistling to Seth, who was shrugging his shoulders.

"Grull!"

 As soon as they see it, they squeal joyfully, and the sandwich disappears from Ray's hand.
 While watching Sett happily taste the sandwich, somehow Ray and Elena look at each other, and they both burst out laughing unconsciously.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha," Well, that's a set, isn't it? It's just like Ray."
"Hey, I don't mean to eat this much, either,"
"Glu?"

 When they see the two laughing, they tilt their heads slightly and scream.
 We've already eaten up our sandwiches, and we're probably not enough. With his head tilted, he rubbed his head against Ray and stared with round eyes.

"All right, all right. There is only one more, then."
"Ringling!"

 Ray's words make Seto happy and put Elena's hand on Ray's shoulder as he tries to take it out of the mistling.

"Will you let me do it, Ray, if you like? Fortunately, I have sandwiches as emergency food."

 Tell him so and take a paper-covered sandwich out of his magic pouch.

"Grull?"

 Ray nods to Seto, who turns his eyes and asks if he can get it.
 Seeing it, Sett happily approached Elena and stretched out his stick to the sandwich he was offered.