Ray's hand reached out to the skyfang magic stone.
　Grasping the magical stone in his right hand, he hands the rest to Elena.

"I'm sorry, but hold this."
"Oh, I don't care," It would certainly be a hindrance to wielding death-size with this magical stone."

　Acknowledging everything, Elena smiles with the magic stone of Ant Hell in her hand.
　He nods small to Elena, picks up his death size from the ground, and moves a little further away.

"Well, given that Skyfang was a fairly powerful monster, there's a good chance they'll be able to acquire skills... well, I don't know!"

　With the words he threw a magical stone into the air, and a sharp flash of death-size blade.
　The magical stone cut in the air disappears like a haze the next moment...

【Death size: learned the skill of Windy Hand Lv.3】

　The same announcement message comes back to my mind when Sett just developed his optical camouflage skills.

"...why? From what I see, I think I've learned a new skill."

　Elena asks Ray with a happy, sad, subtle expression on her face.
　Hearing that, Ray shrugs his shoulders slightly and then opens his mouth.

"I was able to strengthen my skills, but..."

　What you can mutter and look at is the death size in your hand.

"Well... shall I give it a try?" The wind's Hand!"

　mutter and activate one's skill
　a colorless transparent tentacle extending from a death-sized stonemate In a way, it may be similar to Seto's optical camouflage, but the effect is very different.
　...and that's the one who can't do it.
　Wind interference is possible only on the tip of the tentacles, but not on its own. No matter how hard you try, you'll only get the shock of a slap.
　This skill comes into play when you use it with other skills like a fire whirlwind.

"...but the tentacles have increased in some way."

　You can actually feel the increase from about 150m in Level 2 to about 200m in Level 3.

(100m for Level 1, 150m for Level 2, 200m for Level 3). Then, I think it's okay to understand that every time the level goes up, it increases by 50 meters.)

　It's definitely a skill that can be used or not.
　It's the same as the increased range of fire whirlwinds that Ray can use today.

"Grull".

　Seto also shrieks congratulations, wondering if he knows it.

"Oh, thank you," I wish I could have had a stronger skill set."

　muttered Ray, not Elena... but Elena's last magical stone.
　Ray had a near-confident prediction that he would almost certainly be able to master his skills, perhaps because he was considered a fairly powerful monster in the desert hierarchy in the desert.
　However, if you are told who will use the magic stone, you have to tilt your head. Both Ray and Seto have acquired skills.
　The strengthened Ray windy hand, though, was only unreliable to use alone.
　Or perhaps because he understands it, Seto rubs his head against Ray and shows him to absorb the magic stone in his death size.

"Ray and Sett have said this... no, they're showing us their attitude." Wouldn't it be all right for you to absorb this magical stone?"
"But..."

　After muttering so far, Ray turns his gaze to Sett, who is rubbing his head against him.

"Grull".

　After hearing Seto's short cry, he nods.

"Well, if Sett says that much, I'll... no, I'll let him cry."
"Gul!"

　Put your hand on Seto's throaty head, patting it with gratitude, and turning to Elena.

"Elena, put the magic stone this way."
"Oh, ... I hope I can master my skills."

　With a slight smile on his face, he receives the magic stone and nods a little and keeps a distance from one and the other.

(Well, I'm about to learn the skills that I can use... please.)

　muttering inwardly, throwing the magic stone of the ant hell into the air, and a flash of death size.
　The next moment the magical stone disappeared like a haze...

【Death size: Acquired Corrosion Lv.3】

　Yes, there was an announcement in my mind.

"...this is..."

　I don't know why I've mastered the skill, and I turn my eyes to the dead ant hell rolling a little further away.

"Grull?"

　Sett was also leaning his head in embarrassment as to why he had corroded.
　Elena opens her mouth, leaning her head, wondering if she ever doubted one of them.

"Ray, what's wrong with you? Looking at the situation, it doesn't seem that you didn't get the skills...."
"Oh, I'm sure I've mastered my skills. I just learned the skills."
"Is it an unexpected skill?"
"Corrosion. I didn't learn anything new, but the corrosion was strengthened."

　Elena nods at Ray's words.

Corrosion? Didn't you learn the skills related to monsters who had absorbed the magical stones?
"Oh, in this case, from a rock spider to an optical camouflage... well, this is also a little different between mimicry and transparency, but it's still normal to learn a similar line of skill... wait."

　While explaining, Ray is looking at the headless body of the ant-hell, looking at the body as if he had noticed something.
　Take the demolition knife out of the mistling and approach the corpse and remove it from the crust.
　Elena starts to help rather than watch it silently, even though she is leaning her head over the sudden rip-off of the material.
　After about 10 minutes, they successfully remove all the shells of the ant hell, which are bigger than themselves, and then cut the body apart.

"...is this it?"

　Cut out the surrounding parts of the internal organs with a knife so as not to damage them.
　Shake the internal organs about 50 cm and make a splash as if there were some liquid in them.

"It's dangerous, so just stand back."
"Oh,"
"Glu".

　Now that we've come to this point, we must have understood what Ray is trying to do and why his corrosion skills have been strengthened. Elena, tense with a slight strain, and Sett, who was right next to her, distance themselves as she was told.
　When the distance was sufficient, Ray recoiled and threw his internal organs in his hand into a rocky dead end.
　He must have judged it dangerous if anything should happen when he threw it. The thrown internal organs fly at a measurable rate...then they hit rocks, and the next moment the impact rips the internal organs and sprinkles red-black liquid around them.
　smoke rising simultaneously
　The moment Ray sees the seemingly harmful, reddish black smoke, he leaps backward and lands next to Elena and Sett.
　just a few seconds Eventually, the reddish black smoke from where the visceral organs hit disappeared, leaving a rock distorted as if boiling water had been poured over the ice."Well, when we fought against us, we didn't have time to use it because the fighting time was short, but that ant hell must have used acid as a weapon. I don't know if it spits out like a brace, or if it flows through the horns of the head, or if it bites and flows directly out of its tusks."
"...when I think about it, I should say that I'm glad I beat him in a short run."

　At Ray's words, Elena breathes a sigh of relief.
　Of course, Ray, Elena, or Seto, I'm not going to be so easy. However, I always anticipate an emergency, and I don't want to waste my weapons and armor with corrosive liquid.
　However, in Ray's case, all of them are magic items that are almost impossible to create at present, not to be hurt by a half-hearted attack.

"Anyway, desert monsters will be of little use to their opponents, but there is no doubt that they will have a great advantage in fighting against enemies armed with metal weapons and armour."

　When Elena heard the word "enemy," she remembered not only a human monster... but also a human figure.
　It's only natural that we have more metal weapons than monsters.

"...Anyway, I don't know if I can be satisfied, but I'm still able to strengthen my two skills, so let's say it's OK."
"Gruly!"

　At Ray's words, Seto screams "That's right!" and Elena nods, shaking off the thought that had passed her mind for a second.

"Well, what should I do now? I think I should do that first."

　Two sand ants and a skyfang, and the dead body of the ant hell, muttered Elena.
　Except for the dead body of the ant hell, only the magical stone had been removed, and the material had hardly been removed yet.
　Looking at the four bodies, Ray looks at the bodies of Ant Hell.
　The crustaceans have already been removed, and the stomach has been opened and internal organs have been removed, so we decided that it would be the quickest way to peel off the ingredients.

"Let's clean this up first."
"That's all right, but you don't know what else you can peel off, let alone the crust?"
"I'm going to take every place that looks like it's going to sell." If you put it in a mistling, you can't take it home."

　Lei's words make her look somewhat dumbfounded, but as if nothing could be done, Elena also begins to strip away the ant hell with Lei.
　As if to protect them, Seto is on guard as if he were going to knock down any monster.

"Why don't you leave your head as it is? Is there anything else you think will sell?"
"You probably had a book to strip off the material from the monster, didn't you?"
"I don't think it was on it, but... Wait a minute."

　Elena told me to take the monster book out of the mystery ring and look it up, but there's still no ant hell item there.

"...no. Is it a monster peculiar to this dungeon?"
"If you were in this hierarchy, you would normally find yourself in the desert, wouldn't you?" So, is this monster going to store only the parts that are likely to sell?"
"No, I'll keep them all in. I'll look it up in the guild."

　Mumble, ripen crusts, heads, or internal organs all in a mistling.

"Well, these two are the only ones left, but which one do you want first?"

　Elena's eyes are focused on the skyfang, which looks like a snake with six bat-like wings, and two ants with protective colors that make it look like sand.
　When asked which one to start stripping, Ray has no hesitation in choosing ants.
　The reason why I chose this is simple: I'm used to it because I've ripped the material off from Soldier Ant and Queen Ant before, and most importantly, it's in Ray's monster book.

Soldier Ants and Sand Antsand ants. I wonder what the difference is in this way of referring to it. Maybe it's his hobby.)

　While thinking like that inside, peel off the crust and sort out the materials that can be used and the parts that prove the punishment.
　Of course, there were not only two ants in the mistling, but many of the corpses that had fallen during the battle were in the mistling.
　When you finish stripping the materials from the two dead bodies in front of you with Elena, you take them out and remove the crust.
　In terms of material stripping, Ray naturally settled into a role in which Elena took the crust off and took charge of the rest.
　However, the number of ants whose crusts were safe was small in itself, and Ray soon moved to the point where he cut his torso like Elena's.
　Keep working for about an hour.
　The size of the ants themselves was small compared to skyfangs and ant hells, and the material was being stripped off at a considerable rate.
　Furthermore, since there were not many dead ant bodies in themselves--many of them were burned together by Ray's magic--they succeeded in stripping all the ants of their materials in less time.
　After all, the reason why it ended early was probably because the crust, which took the most time to peel off the material, was small in number of ants.
　We went on to dismantle the winged snake, Skyfang... and it took about an hour to finish stripping.