The second basement level of the dungeon, still a shallow or upper level for beginners. The wizards next to the stairs leading to the first basement shone... in the next moment were Ray and Elena, Sett and Yero.

"Oh, is this the spatial transition when you enter the dungeon?" I experienced the metastasis when I went out yesterday, but it's almost the same as I was using the same metastatic device."
"Grull".

　After the metastasis is complete, Seto turns his eyes to Ray, who is grasping and opening his hand to feel.
　Ray didn't understand the meaning of the show for a moment, but he soon understood what Seto meant.

"Well, come to think of it, Sett had been involved in a metastasis of the Westian Empire before."
"Gruly!"

　As Elena prides herself on her throat, she shakes her neck slightly, scratching the throat of a yellow sitting on her left shoulder.

"The transition stone of the Vestian Empire? That's not it. It was used by the Vestian army to raid this headquarters in the Spring War."
"Oh, if Seto prevents a Westian agent from trying to escape with a metastatic stone when he was working behind the scenes in Gilm, Seto will be transferred instead of the agent." I was in a hurry then."
"Grull".

　A set that nods in Rey's words.
　Seto thought he had interfered with the person who was about to metastasize, but suddenly he realized that he was in a strange cave, so it was no wonder.
　Then Ray explains to Elena that he desperately looks around and meets the burning wind again, and eventually joins Ray.

"Well, did such a thing happen?" As for metastases, it seems that some of them were acquired in that war in the kingdom of Milliana, but it seems to be difficult. It seems to be quite difficult to mass-produce at least."
"Huh? Is that possible?"
"Oh, but it costs a lot of money, and the performance seems to be very poor, including the distance that can be transferred."
"But if you can make it that far, then mass production is almost over, isn't it?"

　Somehow Elena smiles bitterly at Ray's words.

"What's the matter?"
"Well, there are things that I can't say to Ray, no matter how much. Please guess."
"I see,"

　As long as she is a daughter of the Duke or a general nicknamed General Hime, she may not be able to say anything about Ray, who is considered neutral. When Ray decides so, he nods a little and looks around him.

"Well, let's move to the stairs to the third basement first."
"Well, I went to the left without stairs at the crossroads yesterday to get used to this dungeon, so may I try to go some distance today?"
"Then to-day it's on the right with the stairs,"
"That's what happens. ... But we don't have thieves. I don't think there will be much of a problem, for we are still in a shallow class, but let's be careful about traps."

　Ray nods to Elena's words.

"Do you want to use a thinner flame? I think we can find such a shallow trap in no time, let alone such a complicated one in the deep one."
"...well..."

　Elena ponders Ray's words for a few seconds. But he immediately shook his head.

"You'd better stop it. If we were the only ones in this dungeon, that would have been nice, but considering the fact that there are other adventurers, it would certainly have been a strange sensation."
"I see,"

　Rey listens to Elena's words and nods honestly.
　It was because for a moment Ray's mind passed by the phrase "Kaiki! Flame overflowing the passageway of the dungeon" and he thought that if he was not good at it, he might be identified as a new kind of undead or something.
　Of course, if we had talked to the guild in advance, there might be no problem, but it was also true that this would have led to the feeling that we might get involved in a complicated situation from another side.

"Well, let's just say we're going to go on our own now." Beware of traps."
"Yes. As for the line, I and Ray are in the front row as they were yesterday. You can sit in the back row."
"Squeak!"

　Yero leaking his cry over Elena's left shoulder, telling her not to forget herself.

"Yero, act together on Seto's back." You don't mind?"
"Squeak!"
"Glu".

　Each of Elena's words echoes her approval.
　That's how they come to an agreement, and the two of them go from where the wizards are located to the second basement.
　They defeat a few monsters and arrive at the crossroads they passed yesterday without any particular struggles.

"Is the right side with the stairs all right today?"
"Oh, but be very careful of traps," Fortunately, I didn't get caught in any particular trap yesterday, but I think it's because Bune had released it... Well, I don't think there's any such deadly trap in such a shallow hierarchy."
"Well, surely we ought to be very vigilant from around here."

　Layers slowly begin to move forward, checking the surroundings...especially to see if there is any kind of device on the ground.
　So the speed inside the dungeon was half as fast as usual... no, a third.
　Under normal circumstances, there would be very few traps in this hierarchy that could inflict fatal damage on the lays. But if you think you're going to live without thieves, you've got to get used to finding traps now. It was therefore a slow progression.
　On the other hand, even if you're caught in a trap, there's no fatal damage, so it's no better place to get used to imitating thieves.
　Ray and Elena go down the aisle silently and carefully. 　

"Ringling!"

　Sometimes we hear such voices behind us, and once the monster is sunk by a blow from Seto, we stop moving, take out only the magic stone, and start moving again.
　in that state for about two hours Ray and Elena continued to advance, defeating monsters that sometimes started attacking them from the front, but as expected, they kept doing the same thing, and when the dungeon progresses slowly, they get impatient.
　The first to make a noise was Ray. Elena, who has been active as a soldier in these days, could be said to have had reasonable patience.
　Even Elena was tired of it.

"Why don't we take a break?"
"... I see. We still have a little time in the afternoon, but shall we have lunch?"
"Grull!"
"Squeak!"

　Hearing lunch, Seto and Yero on his back scream with joy.
　Watching it, Ray agonizes for a few seconds. But I didn't notice it because I was concentrating, but it was true that I felt hungry.

"Well, let's have lunch, if it's a little early." But, of course, don't let the people around you take any precautions."
"Oh, of course,""Glu".
"Squeak!"

　When one and two of them answered Ray's words and tried to move to the corner of the aisle...

"Ah,"

　Ray finds something in front of his eyes and screams in spite of himself.
　Elena, who looked over there, also said a word.
　What was there was a switch. I could not tell from a distance whether it was disguised as a passageway around me or not, but if I moved closer, I could tell at a little closer.
　But the question is, who's going to press the switch here?

"...what do you think?"
"Perhaps it's something like catching someone off guard who's coming to take a break like us?"
"...so blatant as it is to be seen?"
"Well, maybe you're looking for tiredness and distraction, or the monsters in this hierarchy are basically low-ranking monsters. If you think about it, it may be unavoidable that the trap should become a little clumsy."

　Ray nods to Elena's words.
　He concluded that Elena's words might be possible, given that the most intelligent of all that would come out was the goblin.

"And I hear that many adventurers are new to fighting in this hierarchy. If you think about that, wouldn't it be strange for someone to fall for it?"
"Maybe," Fortunately we were not stupid enough to fall for it. ... well, that's all right. Let's have lunch first."

　muttering, Ray taking the magic tent out of the mistling.
　Usually, meals are eaten in aisle corners or corners of the room, but Ray has a magic tent that keeps any monster below rank D at bay. If you go deeper, you'll find more monsters than rank C that are not as effective as magic tents, but at least in the second basement level, magic tents are more effective than they are.
　Except for monsters... that's ineffective for human adventurers, so if there's someone who hunts adventurers, there's nothing we can do about it do.

(Well, in that case, I'll just have to go out directly... and I don't think there are many idiots who are known for their notoriety, and who are taking Seto with them.)

　Ray walks into the tent with Elena, Seto, and Yero thinking like that.
　The Magic Tent is made to be about 10 tatami mats in size, and Ray and Elena immediately sit on the sofa and eat lunch from Ray's Mistilling. Seto was similarly prepared at the inn -- paid for by Ray -- and ate a whole bicorn, while Yero bites into his own prepared conger and grilled meat.

"I thought about it yesterday, but I was impressed by Ray's eating situation when I went into the dungeon of the succession altar, but I could say that he was too blessed to come to his own room. It's evolved in a strange way."
"I was camping in a dungeon then, I said. Even in the same camp, this magic tent will help you sleep on the ground and not hurt your body."

　Ray nods at a stewed chicken and cheese sandwich in a basket given as a lunch box.
　In fact, this magic tent, which Ray and his colleagues are now inside, has some functional problems, such as being a little too old to use water, but it has nevertheless been handed down to the Larkes, the frontier. Ordinary people, of course, would be difficult for adventurers to buy unless they make a lot of money.
　It's such an expensive thing that you have to save a lot of money for a Rank A adventurer and a Rank B adventurer to buy.

"It's a great feature to keep low-ranked monsters at bay. However, in Ray's case, there is Seto, so bad monsters won't come to him. I don't want to rent from my house, but I want these magic items as my personal belongings."
"... in the case of Elena, you have a carriage, don't you think?

　Ray responds to Elena's words without thinking.
　The carriage I used to use when I came to Egzil, but the facilities are far superior to the magic tent I currently use. The spacious rooms now use more luxurious and high-quality items than the sofas Ray and Elena are sitting on, not to mention other furniture.
　In terms of comfort, it was definitely better than a magic tent, and it was overwhelmingly superior as a magic item in terms of concealment, intimidation of approaching hostility, and reduction and speed-up of horse and warhorses.

(The only advantage of magic tents is to shrink them to small portable sizes. Well, it's quite a useful feature for adventurers.)

　While muttering in such a private voice, Ray's ability to shrink it to the point where he can carry it because of his mistrings is not so important.
　Ray and others talk like that, but still finish their lunch quickly.
　If possible, I'd like to have a meal break, but I'm sure it's too much of a dungeon, so I'm going to put the magic tent in the mistling and rush on.
　He continued to guard against traps, but eventually, without finding any special traps, he reached the stairs down to the third basement.