Leaping out of the shadow of a rock, Seto can reflexively feel something heading towards him at that moment and force himself to tilt diagonally.
　Moments later, the place where Seto's body was, as named Jewel Sniper, is hit by a magical shockwave.
　the existence of Ray and his death size It would be almost impossible to carry a scythe on its back that weighs well over 100 kg.
　But that's just a normal case.
　Both Seto and Desize were created by the magic, so Seto was able to move as lightly as Ray did without feeling the weight of Desize.
　But...

"Phew! It's troublesome to be shot in a row!"

　Ray screams, who is firmly caught so as not to fall off Seto's back.
　The cause of the scream was a shield of light that had been developed to cover himself and his set through manual manipulation.
　It's a light shield that can prevent almost any attack, but it's an absolutely one-time defense.
　The one-time shield was already fading like a haze in Ray's sight.
　It goes without saying why it happened. Maybe it's because he used the one-time defense.

"Set!"
"Roll-roll-roll-roll!"

　a high‐pitched set of voices at Ray's
　Use a one-time defense to flap your wings violently.
　Ray, riding on his back, felt the surrounding scenery pass by as he watched it.
　At the same time, the impact of magical force passes through the air as if it were following the trajectory of the set, which is moving along a zigzag trajectory.
　Seto, who used the grace period to accelerate the Magic Shield first, is no longer hit by the shock waves of magic from Jewel Sniper.
　Of course, in terms of pure velocity, shock waves are probably faster, but the trajectory released is only a straight line. It was difficult to catch a set flying zigzag in the air at points, so that all the attacks did not hit the set, but simply struck a rock on the axis of the line.

"Set, can you see where Jewel Sniper is?"
"Gul-gul-gul-gul-gul-gul-gul!"

　Seto sings confidently in response to Ray's question, fluttering his wings wide.
　Originally, the Gryphon only has the upper body of an eagle, and its vision is sharper than the other five senses. The sharp gaze of Sett captured Jewel Sniper, who still had a rough idea of where the attack was fired by Ray. 　
　Its gaze catches a bug-shaped monster that is still in motion on a huge rock about a kilometer away.
　The back is half-bodied with a red gem, the next moment the gem shines.

"Grunt!"

　With its wings flapping wide and forcefully changing direction, a magical shock wave passes through the place where Seto's body was until a moment ago.

"Gurling!"

　Shouts released from Seto's beetles, moving forward in zigzags.
　It's not just a cry. One of Seto's skills is the king's oppression. Those who hear the voice have the effect of being paralyzed or slow to move.
　It's still about 700 meters away, but I think it's worked out to some extent. Shockwaves flying toward Sett were undoubtedly spaced.
　Still, the distance kept him from moving completely -- perhaps because the king's level of intimidation was one -- and he reduced the distance while avoiding the shock waves.
　500m, avoiding the coming shock wave again by forcefully flapping its wings, and changing its trajectory again.
　At 300m, Ray's eyes will be able to see Jewel Sniper attached to the rocky surface. Shock waves emitted are avoided by rotating a roll, so-called barrel roll. Ray was clinging to Seto's back with his death-size in his right hand.
　At 100m, Ray threw a death-size, flying and intercepting the magical shock wave that was released again.
　30m. Cutting the shock waves that come flying with magic on the death size.
　...and 0m. Wings flapped wide, killing speed, and reaching out from the back of Sett, who lands right next to the rocky surface where Jewel Sniper is stuck, succeed in securing it while keeping him out of touch with the shock-wave jewels.
　It seems to be completely specialized in sniping from a long distance, and even if caught by hand, there was no other way to counter it, just by stretching out short legs.
　Finally freed from the attack, Ray turns to Jewel Sniper, who he catches.
　In form, it would be right to describe it as a giant ladybug.
　There are no wingers like ladybugs because of the large red gemstone embedded in the center of the back. But its plump, plump form, to match a circular gem, still reminded Ray of a ladybug.

(but I don't know if there are ladybugs in this world.)

　Fortunately, since grabbing Jewel Sniper with his hand, he has never released a shock wave from the jewels on his back, and is simply moving his feet away from Ray's.
　As I watched the scene, something of charm sprang up.

(You've been aiming at us until a while ago, but it feels strange.) ...what?)

　On Seto's back, he grabs Jewel Sniper again to keep him from escaping, and suddenly finds something lying on the ground.

"A corpse of an adventurer?"

　As Ray said, the body lying at the end of his eyes is armored and holding a sword. It was undoubtedly the corpse of an adventurer.

"Why should I ask you why there is it said.

　The corpse ahead of the eye has a fist-sized hole in the middle of its body.
　such a hole as if Ray had penetrated a spear that he had thrown with all his might.
　There's no need to think about what caused the hole.

"Act cute."

　A smile of self-deprecation at the thought I felt about a minute ago.
　It certainly looks like a ladybug at first glance, and it's charming. The jewels embedded in the body are even beautiful.
　Still, Jewel Sniper is, as the name suggests, a monster with a history of targeting people from afar.

"Get down to earth, Seto," You'd better take him to the guild now that you've found him.
"Glu".

　They sing briefly at Ray's word and descend to the earth, flapping their wings.
　Landing silently despite having Ray on his back, Ray stores his death size in a mistling, with Death Size in his left hand and Jewel Sniper in his right hand.
　Afterwards, touching a dead adventurer on the ground and storing him in Mistyling, Ray straddles Sett's back again, thinking it unnecessary to stay here any longer, heading for the place where they had just taken off.
　When I caught Jewel Sniper, it seemed like an instantaneous distance, but it takes a little time to fly because it was about 1km away.
　though it is several times or dozens of times faster than normal walking on the ground.
　The difference would be hundreds of times greater, especially if it were a labyrinth below.

"That's it,"
"Glu".

　They fly straight through the sky and eventually find Elena, Vihela and Bune.
　Perhaps it's because he trusts Ray and Sett's ability to come out of the hiding rock, even though he didn't know he had captured Jewel Sniper yet.

"Well, trust me or trust me, it's better than not."
"Grull?"

　When Seto asks with a slight tilt of his head, Ray shakes his head and caresses his back.
　Seth descends to earth, humming merrily at the feeling.

"Yes!"

　As soon as he goes down to the ground, Bune runs up to Ray without changing his face.
　Regardless of the look on his face, he must be concerned because his attitude is directly related to the results of the request he received.

"Bune seems to be worried if he could have caught Jewel Sniper alive, but it seems to have been a useless concern."

　Vichela's gaze, on Ray's right hand, sees Ray grabbing a giant ladybug-like monster embedded with jewels, and says so.

"I'll keep my word," ...I'll check it out, I'll exchange it for a cyclops magical stone. Is that all right?"

　Bune nods silently to Rey, who holds out Jewel Sniper's jeweled back to the ground.
　Vihela looks at her and laughs at her, saying that there is no problem.
　However, as long as all of the cyclops' materials, magical stones, and proof of subjugation are stored in Ray's right wrist's mistling, there is no point in forcing him to break his promise here."Then the contract has been concluded,"

　Ray also nods and offers Jewel Sniper.

"Just in case, I advise you that this will emit a magic shock wave from the jewels on your back. If you hold the body like this, you won't be able to emit shock waves, so be very careful. Don't turn your back on me even in this situation, just in case."
"Yes,"

　Bune nods and receives Jewel Sniper, who is also the target of his request, from Ray's hand.

"Well, you can see from the side that he has a bright red gem,"
"Well, certainly, you'll never see such beautiful jewels. Can't we help but agree that it's very rare?"

　When Vihela muttered in admiration as she watched it from the side, Elena nodded in agreement.

"Anyway, this will accomplish your request, will it? What will we do now? We will of course go through this maze and head for the stairs to the 15th basement."
"...huh,"
"We'll be back, I'm afraid," There must be a lot of problems keeping up with the monsters alive. ...I personally wanted to capture the dungeon with Ray."

　The moment Vihela mutters, Elena coughs next to Ray.

"Oh? Is it a cold? You have to be careful about your health, because you could drag Ray down. Oh, but it's all right. If that happens, I'll join Ray's party."
"It's none of your business. Don't worry, I'm the health itself. But why don't you take the goods you requested earlier?"
"Yes!"

　At Elena's words, Bune, holding Jewel Sniper in her hands, muttered as usual, rushing Vihela.

`Well, I'm sure we'll carry a living monster to earth, so we might as well hurry. Well, Ray. As for the materials you keep, I'll be waiting in the guild, so please share them there."
"All right. I'll find the stairs to the fifteenth basement as soon as possible and get back to the ground."
"Yes, please," Bune, let's go."
"Yes!"

　By Vihela's words, Bune bowed slightly toward Ray and then returned to his former direction.
　muttered Elena, who had seen it off.

"Come to think of it, monsters should be kept out of the room where the wizards are located. Is it all right if they are not errands?"
"It's all right,"

　To Elena's question, Ray nods easily.
　I shrugged my shoulders and continued to explain to Elena, who was looking at me.

"In the first place, the transition wizards have the effect of keeping monsters at bay, but that doesn't mean they won't. That's illustrated by the Bandette Goblin Mage case. Then, if you force your way into the transition wizardry, it's possible. . . . I suppose."
"...that's not a reliable word for being so confident."

　Ray turns his eyes to Elena, who is turning his eyes to Seto.dumbfounded.

"Seto is not exactly right, but we still need a way to bring monsters back to the ground when they're tamed inside the dungeon, right? Actually, they said that the inn we're staying in was not able to give them a rest, so they renewed the stables."
"...that reminds me of hearing from the innkeeper,"

　Elena muttered and nodded, reminiscent of something.

"Well, let's get to the fifteenth basement staircase on this matter." They'll be waiting in the guild, too."
"Glu".

　Ray's words make Seto cry, and Elena nods as well.
　Thus, the Rays resume their search for the 14th basement.