a night on the Celemus Plain
　Camping in this place, where there are countless undeads, is not a good way to relax and relieve fatigue.
　In order to keep out the cold of the night, which has deepened in autumn, the people who are in charge of guarding the area are also keeping watch over the surroundings while keeping warm with the bonfire.
　Not to mention the ex‐combatants, who looked frightenedly into the darkness at a completely different sight from the journey that had come this far.
　They never expected the journey to the kingdom of Mileana to be smooth.
　Still, even if it was a night out in a village on the way to Celemuth plain or camped out with tents, today they must be uncomfortable with the difference.

"I wish I could run through the night all at once."

　Ray muttered outside the carriage, leaning on Seto's body as usual.

"Guru..."

　a voice that sounds like it can't be helped
　Ray and Sett certainly have a good night's eye.
　If you feel like it, you'll be able to fly over the Celemus plain in no time.
　But it's just a matter of Ray and Sett.
　Even though ordinary people have night vision, they can't look around them properly in this situation where the moon is hidden by clouds. A few beasts are much more effective at night than humans, but as long as horses can't run in this darkness, it's almost meaningless.

"The moon isn't out, after all." If it had been moonlight, I might have gained a little more distance."

　I muttered Ray, but in the end, if you let him keep running all night long, the horse could get hurt, and even without that, he would collapse from fatigue.
　This group, which is not as loaded as a regular merchant unit and has few riders in a carriage, may not be a problem if the horse is crushed a little, but it is undoubtedly an individual property, whether it be a carriage or a horse.
　In moving to a strange place called Gillum, it was impossible to squander property that would be of great use there.

"Then I understand that this was the best way to do it..."
"Grull".

　Seto whistles at Ray muttering.
　It wasn't because he agreed with Ray, let alone because he was spoilt for being hungry, it was a cry of alarm.
　Hearing the call, Ray also rises to his feet with his death-size on the ground.
　As we waited, we soon approached him with a light click of footsteps.
　Ray already knew what kind of monster the footsteps were coming from.
　I have not had much experience fighting against the Undead, but I still have the experience of fighting against the Dungeons when I first met Elena, and when I was on my way to the Spring War, Egzil, and the Empire of Bestia through this Celebrity plain.
　And the owner of the audible footsteps had fought several battles among them.
　Ray's eyes turn to the monsters who appear, even though the light of the bonfire is the only source of light.

"Is it you?"

　The figure, made of bones, looks fragile.
　But the bones are not ordinary, but rather magically reinforced.
　However, after all, it's a skeleton. It's only the lowest undead.
　Unless this should become more powerful.

"If it had been at least a superior or rare species, we could have made effective use of the magical stones."

　A dungeon already dived with Elena, Skeleton's magic stone has been obtained.
　The magical stone was absorbed in both Set and Desize, but neither of them had access to any skills.
　If you think Skeleton is a low-ranked monster, it's no wonder.
　Hold on to the death size, and while approaching, flash sideways.
　Desize through magic is a collection of several skeletons... ribs with magical stones... cut into two parts above the chest in human terms, and the body is divided into two parts.
　Still, it is undead, so I won't die.
　Reaching out to the top of the skeleton's amputated ribs, he forcibly snatches the magical stone from it.
　When the magical stone came out of Skeleton's body... the next moment he collapsed to the ground.
　Skeleton's magical stones are both a material and a testament to subjugation.
　If he was a high-ranking adventurer like Ray, he could ignore Skeleton's magical stones... and took them away because they were available.
　After a few repetitions of the same sort, all the skeletons that attacked me had been wiped out.
　Storing the extraction of the magical stone in the mistling, I tried to return the skeleton remains to the bottom of the set and feel the same as that of the finest duvet... suddenly I hear the metallic sound coming from somewhere else.

"Did Skeleton attack you anywhere else? ... No, not!?"

　I thought the skeletons had attacked me, but the sounds of metal armour rubbing against each other as well as well as the sounds of metal armour rubbing against each other.
　And none of the guards now were armed with metal armor.
　Of course that's not the case.
　It may be someone armed with metal armour who is going to help, or an adventurer or soldier who was going to watch this time has pulled out metal armour.
　But given the sound of metal armour on this Celemus plain where the Undead is located, it was the Living Armour who first crossed my mind.
　The undead man, whose armor was haunted by a grudge, has fought against Ray before.
　Ray's ability was not such a difficult match, but his physical defenses are very troubling for those who can't use magic because his body is made of metal armor.

"Seto, I'm just going to cheer them on..."

　I'll be back.
　Ray tried to say so, but the words were stopped halfway.
　for I heard another clatter of footsteps towards me.

"Oh, Skeleton again?" ...not!?"

　Emerging from the darkness is certainly a monster made of human bones, a kind of skeleton.
　But the bones that make up the body were clearly different from the skeleton I mentioned earlier.
　First of all, the bones. Whereas the skeleton bones were white, this skeleton is made of crystal bones.
　By all accounts, he was a few steps above the skeleton he had just knocked down.

(Come to think of it, I heard from someone before.) There are so many undeads on this Celemus Plain that they sometimes fight with each other. And the surviving undead will become a higher race or something. To put it simply, it is a kind of venom.)

　Recognizing Skelton's identity, Ray looks at him with a small smile.

"In the Westian Empire, it was all about fighting against people. With that in mind, it's been a long time since I fought against a new kind of monster."

　Get a death size and look at the person you should describe as a crystal skeleton.

"Glu?"
"Oh, I want you to leave this to me. Seto, please go to the living armour to help him. Somebody has to stay here anyway."

　Ray answers briefly to Seto's voice, "What are you going to do?"
　I wonder if the result will be the same, whether I or Seto stay here, but if it is an unknown monster, I think it is better to fight for the sake of studying.
　Realizing Ray's feelings, Seto runs away after a short cry.
　Watching his partner's back, Ray observes Crystal Skelton standing in front of him with his death-size position.
　All the bones of the body were made of crystal... crystal, and the appearance was better than the normal skeleton Ray had just knocked down.
　The weapon in his hand is not a kind of long sword that is broken or rusted like a normal skeleton, but rather a crystal long sword that Crystal Skelton probably made of his own ability.

"It's convenient to be able to make weapons of your own ability. --but crystal is too low a prize to play with me."

　Whether you understand Ray's muttering or not, he shakes his jaw and sends out something like a clattering laugh.
　I don't know if it was really a laugh or if it sounded like a laugh when the night breeze shook my jaw.
　But Ray still recognizes it as a laugh and puts a fierce smile around his mouth in opposition.

"If you've got enough power to laugh at me, I'd welcome you very much. What do you think? It's a pity." I won't wear Emperor Flame's red armor, I'll deal with you as you are. Recently, we haven't had enough combat training in the raw condition."

　Shake the death size, flash a flash to break through the night air, and then walk forward.
　As he approached them one, two, three steps... Crystal Skelton wields a crystal dagger as if he had been waiting for it.
　The speed was certainly quite different from that of the skeleton.
　Shake his death size at the elbow of his extended right arm, avoiding the blow of a long sword at him.The half-counter-like blow cuts Crystal Skelton's right elbow with ease.

"What?"

　a muttering ray at an unexpected scene
　The blow he just fired was certainly a rather sharp one, but it was just a wait-and-see blow for Ray.
　I don't think it's a blow.
　The unexpected sight instantly disappears Ray's expectations.

(Is the skeleton a skeleton after all?)

　Let's get rid of the magical stones and wrap it up.
　I try to wield my death-size... the next moment I see Crystal Skeleton catching his right arm cut into the air, and I have a slight doubt.
　But the next moment the question was resolved in a positive way.
　When I touched the amputated part of my right arm, the crystal covered the elbow, and the next moment it was firmly attached.

"...huh,"

　Ray exclaims at the unexpected sight.
　I've seen a few monsters that can reproduce scratches, but I've never seen crystal reproduction......no, repair.
　I'm not strong enough to die.
　It was a joy to be in Ray's heart against such a Crystal Skeleton.
　This is because I knew from experience that such a special monster could definitely acquire skills from magical stones.

"And a body made of quartz will sell for a reasonable price."

　Ray mutters, turning the death size in his hand.
　Crystal Skelton approaches Ray with his crystal dagger in his hand, as always with his jaw bony.

"A half-baked wound is of no consequence, if indeed it can be repaired with crystal." but Skeleton is showing off his weaknesses at the point of time of day!"

　Kick the ground, Ray pushes straight toward Crystal Skelton.
　The distance disappears in an instant as both sides approach each other.
　Crystal Skelton wields a crystal dagger to counter Ray's death size.
　Ray fired the counter in response to the blow, but this time he stops at the moment the crystal dagger and death-size hit him and forces his opponent to cut through the air.
　Crystal Skelton loses her balance by not having the shock she expected.
　As I swam by the movement of my crystal dagger... there was another death-size blow.
　Cracked halfway through the ribs, Crystal Skelton is blown away from his chest into the air.
　Ray saw the crystal produced in the amputation in an effort to recover like his right elbow, but he doesn't have to deal with it as long as he knows the cause of his resurrection.
　Quickly reach in from the top of the empty ribs and take out the magical stones.
　When the magical stone is released from the crystal body... the next moment the crystal body and the long sword fall to the ground.

"... well, that's not it said.

　Putting the magical stones, crystal daggers, and bones in the mistling, Ray muttered and turned his gaze towards Sett.