Time goes back a little.

　When the rear of Fritzione's army began to engage with the cavalry of Schles and the ambush led by Bratta, Ray was straddling Seto towards the forest along the road.

　The aim is, of course, to hit the ambush hidden in this forest.

　Ray himself wanted to fight the ambush unit if possible.

　It was impossible to leave it as it was, for there was Rodos, who was being manipulated in consciousness... or deprived of it, including his obligation and friendship to Elk.

　However, at the request of Fritzione, Ray was assigned to break down an ambush hidden in the forest.

　Of course, I knew that it was because I and Seto, who had a high individual fighting power, could fight effectively against opponents hidden in the forest.

　Still, Ray could have launched an attack against Rodos' ambush.

　He did not do so because he understood that his position was the bodyguard of the First Princess' faction, including Fritzione... now Fritzione's army.

　If they act on their own terms, and as a result Fritzione's army... and Fritzione itself is damaged, they will destroy the face of Theorem, who asked them for this role... and perhaps the face of Vihera, who believed in their skill and recommended it.

"And... I have something to do here."

"Guru?"

　Seto turns his head to Ray, who muttered on his back.

　Ray caresses Seto on the neck as if he wanted to say, "What's the matter?"

"More than that, Seto, you know our role?"

"Slurp!"

　Ray opens his mouth, just in case, to Seto's guttural voice.

"Okay, our duty is to clean up the ambush hidden in the forest.As Seto discovered when he came on a reconnaissance, the people lurking in the forest try to blend into the landscape, so that they don't miss it... no, let alone Seto."

"Squealing!"

　In the first place, it was Seto who found an ambush unit hiding in the forest before Ray.

　So Ray certainly doesn't have to say that.

(I mean... Setho, do you think your senses are sharper than before?)

　Ray was questionable, but there are not many possible reasons for this.

(Is it because he lived alone outside the imperial capital for a few days? He naturally sharpened his senses in order to find prey by himself? ... Yes, it's normal considering that Seto is a glyphon.)

　While thinking like that, it is better to gather and defeat hidden enemies quickly than to find them and defeat them individually.

"It was unfortunate to hide in the woods.Fortunately, it is autumn now and the air is dry.It would be easy to do this all together."

"Is that too much?"

　She nodded to Seto, who was screaming, "Is that all right?" and said a spell with Death Size in her hand.

'Flame, show yourself the destruction which is one of thy forms, and thou burnest, extinguish, and extinguish everything.Bring about great destruction, and sacrifice it for a new rebirth.'

　Along with chanting spells, a flame ball is created in the blade of the death size.

　The number was one, but the heat contained in the flame was very high due to Ray's magical powers.

"Burning fire!"

　Death size is shaken upon completion of the spell.

　Flameballs set off along the track go straight to the forest beneath Seto and Ray...

"...what? What is it?"

　A few seconds after the flameball arrives in the forest, Ray tilts his head in wonder that nothing happens.

　Originally, the compressed flame would have exploded by now, but nothing happened.

"Guru?"

　Seto tilts his head as well as Ray.

　Ray was waiting in the air for another 10 seconds, but when he had serious doubts that nothing had happened, he went down to the ground.

　And then we came down to the trees in the forest.

"Huh!? Seto!"

"Slurp!"

　Sensing something from Ray's words, Seto immediately flaps his wings and flies to a higher place.

　Then, a moment after Seto's move, something goes through the place where he has been.

　When I looked at him wondering where he had come from, he was a familiar figure.

　...no, I don't remember seeing it.Rodos, who had been seeing each other until a while ago.

　However, the situation changed completely.

　He has a large burn on both his face and body.

　But what was unusual was that the burn was recovering so quickly that it could be seen.

　No, it's already a scene of restoration rather than recovery.

"This... what's going on? I guess that burn was caused by my magic earlier... but the recovery rate is too fast.I'm sure you're using some kind of magic item."

　Ray thinks while looking down at the earth on Seto's back.

"Slurp!"

　But he comes to himself with the cry of Seto.

　Rather than thinking about it, it's through the willful cry of action.

　But Rodos had already disappeared from sight.

"Yes, indeed.How can I not take advantage of Rodos's good fortune when he came here?Seto, please."

"Slurp!"

　Seto cries loudly at Ray's words and descends directly into the forest.

　Of course, even ambush soldiers waiting in the forest were using magic, so they noticed the presence of Seto and Ray in the sky.

"d*mn, it's impossible to hide after all this! What a troublesome Gryphon!"

　The captain of the ambush unit spits out in disgust.

　In fact, the action was based on the judgment that the enemy would not find it if we went this far, but it would not be interesting to be able to see it through so easily.

　It was no consolation to see through the Gryphon of Rank A Monster.

"Captain, what should I do? If you're going to run away, right now..."

"You fool! Do you think you can get away from someone who flies so easily? It's impossible.What we can do now is hide and pray that it will not be seen in crimson..."

　Cut it!

　Just as the captain said that, a flying attack from the sky... a flying sword cuts the arm of one of the ambush while cutting the branches of the forest.

"What? This... my arm... oh my gosh!"He didn't know what had happened for a moment, but when he found out that his arm was missing, he felt a severe pain.

　The soldier screamed because he couldn't stand the pain, but the captain clapped his tongue when he saw his subordinate.

　We are now hiding.

　Why do you bother to raise your voice when you don't know when you'll find it?

　Immediately, something of a huge mass falls from the air, as if he were cutting his subordinate's head with a long sword in his hand, jumping from the spot and replacing the captain hiding in the bushes.

　I understood without thinking what it was.

　The most frightening being here.He has five senses beyond human beings and is able to fly.

(What is Rodos doing!?)

　While shouting inside, the captain's gaze was not even a moment away from one of Ray and Seto, who had fallen from above.

　Now he has succeeded in hiding in the bushes just before they fall, but it is certain that he will be found in the near future.

　If you want to escape, you have to distract the attention of the other person, but no one can do it here.

　No, I was there exactly, but it was just me.

(I'm absolutely sorry.There's no way I can beat such a monster with such a different name.The other guys are probably running away too, if that's the case, I'll try to make a mistake here...)

　A man desperately thinking about how to overcome the current situation.

　However, even though there was a presence called Seto nearby, and even the sharpness of its five senses existed as knowledge, he thought he was the only one who could not find it because of Ray and Seto's sudden descent to the earth.

"Guru".

"Oh, I know... well, the guy hiding there.I'd appreciate it if you could come out soon."

　muttered Ray, pointing the tip of his death-size at the bushes where he was undoubtedly hiding.

(What?!?)

　He finally realized that he was aware of his existence, but he couldn't do anything.

　I understood that if you run away carelessly here, you will be easily slashed by the sword attack that flew from behind, but it is out of the question to leave honestly.

　Even though I was in charge of this, I couldn't move my legs because of the tension, and I had to hide in the bushes hoping for a miracle to happen.

　That's what I thought then.

　The rustling sound of something pushing straight through the forest.

　When something emerges from the opposite position of the man's hiding place, he accelerates further, thrusting out his long sword in one hand.

　Ray was also remembered as an opponent who was good at long sword thrusts.

　Originally, he came down to the forest looking for the person, so he accepted the long sword thrust and the desired point.

　A high-pitched metallic sound echoes around, and Ray opens his mouth with a small expression of surprise.

"Well, it's a magic sword.It is certainly the imperial capital where alchemy flourishes.Isn't it difficult to prepare a magical sword with the first prince?You've improved a lot in a short time, have you?"

「……」

　Although Ray talks to her, Rodos does not speak, but just looks at Ray with a blank expression.

　Ray, who realizes that the burn has already completely disappeared, also wonders if this healing ability is the cause.Or maybe something that neutralized his own flame.

　At any rate, Ray glances at Setho, who is close to him, holding his death size.

"Leave it to me, Seth, Rodos.Please send me an ambush in this forest."

"Guru?"

　When Seto asks her if she's okay, Ray nods that there's no problem.

(There is a way to leave Rodos to Seto, but Seto and Rodos are compatibly the worst.)

　It's not compatible with battle, it's compatible with personality.

　The incompatibility between Seto and Rodos must have been bad for the first time.

　Rodos, who didn't like his mother's interest in Ray, had a quarrel with Seto, who is treated as Ray's mistress.

　Even for Seto, he doesn't like Rodos, who was aggressive towards his favorite Ray, and he hates Rodos blatantly, which is rare for Seto, who is quick to become friendly.

"Well, leave this to me.And they seem to want me too.But I'll leave it to you."

"Guru!"

　Seto cries briefly... one by one, as if at the right time, begins to act at the same time.

　First of all, Seto kicked the ground and ran into a nearby bush.

　Someone is there because they have already been identified with their sense of smell and hearing.

　A blow to the front leg, which was swung through, smashed the head without even realizing the captain who led the ambush.

　With the captain as one of the first, Seto runs around in the forest, finds an ambush hiding behind a bush or tree, on a tree or behind a rock, and kills himself with a blow from his front foot, a blow from a sawmiller, and a blow from his back foot.

　It's like a rank A monster's real ability to take the life of an opponent while moving seamlessly through the forest without slowing down at all.

　The flexible body peculiar to the cat family hunts the lives of the soldiers who were supposed to take the lives of the Fritzione army by surprise.

　Moreover, because there is no need to worry about being seen by people around in the forest, they use skills such as optical camouflage, magic eyes of impact, and resizing that are difficult to find at first glance.It would be unbearable for an ambush.

"LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!"

　Being able to be with Ray for the first time in a while, Seto's excitement was very high, and he was more aggressive and violent.

　Some tried to escape, but no matter how trained a soldier was, no ordinary man could compete with the Gryphon in physical ability.

　Soldiers who try to escape cannot get out of the forest and are hunted one after another.

　It was a series of screams and yells in the forest, but it also decreased one by one.

　And...

"Ugh! Ugh! Don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come!"

　The last person hiding in this forest who tried to escape screaming.

　The soldier had his head smashed by a blow from the front leg which attacked him from behind before he could realize that he was also one of the last ambush troops alive in the forest, and the flames of life were extinguished.