"What? What's this?"

　Vichela mutters as if stunned by the root that extends from the handle of the sword and covers Coboldt's body like a tattoo or something like that.
　Cobold's body is so hairy that it would normally only be known on a part of his face if it were to be rooted.
　Still, the root of the body shows that it has roots all over it because it emits dull light.
　It's as if tattoos were shining all over my body.
　And Cobold, who was screaming until a few seconds ago, has no light of will in his eyes.
　About the Cyclops the day before, Vichela had heard from Ray, but the scene I saw for the first time was probably different.
　For a moment I stared at Coboldt, unable to understand what had happened.
　Standing next to such a Vihela, Ray holds a thorn spear in his hand and heads for Cobold.

"It's the same as the red cyclops I talked about yesterday. Perhaps Cobold is being manipulated by that magical sword. But... it's too late."

　Cobboldt, believed to be manipulated by a magical sword, was still convulsing himself.
　The Red Cyclops did not take this long and took immediate action when he was hijacked by a hammer.

(Cyclops...a rare or superior species with stronger cyclops than usual, and an ordinary cobolt.) Covolts are weaker, no matter how you look at them. But why did it take so long for the sword to take over his body... the sword?)

　Ray saw a magical sword trying to take over Cobold's body.
　When Ray sees the magical sword, he immediately understands it.

"Even if the sword and hammer are the same magic items, is their performance different?"

　muttered Ray, and it seemed to be true.
　It's only natural. As far as rank E monsters Cobold and rank C monsters Cyclops are considered rare or superior, rank B monsters have too different individual combat capabilities.
　Are you going to give two monsters with exactly the same performance magic items?
　The answer is no answer.
　If it's Ray at least, I'd rather have powerful monsters like Cyclops have powerful magic items than give Kobolt a powerful magic item.

(Also, I don't know how many alchemists are from the Westian Empire involved in this case, but as long as they are alchemists, there is a high possibility that they are a Kabazid remnants. Is there such a large number of alchemists as ten or twenty, if they run away from the Empire of Bestia?"

　With no light in his eyes, Cobold's movements change from staggered feet to smoother ones, and eventually move quickly toward Vihela.
　Small in body, light in weight and originally superior in speed to force, the magical sword takes over Cobold's consciousness and forces his physical ability.
　His movements were so quick and sharp that you wouldn't think he was a Rank E monster.
　However, as far as the roots of Cobold's body are shining, the magical sword is as forcefully drawing out physical strength and vitality as Cyclops did.
　It's literally the power gained by cutting lives.
　Vichela saw Cobold pushing at her at such a speed, but Ray saw a smile on Vichela's face.
　a battle‐mad face that wants to fight against a strong opponent
　When you lick your lips with a red, glamorous tongue, you don't just wait for the cobold, but come forward yourself.
　Deciding that it would be useless to say anything to Vihela now, Ray steps back out of the way.
　Vichela, who comes forward, casts magic into the back of her hand and creates magic claws.
　Then he took the blow of the sword with his fingernails, and wound it up to entangle it... in the original sense, he intended to pause further as the Cobold returned it to him.
　But... the next moment the blade of the magical sword breaks halfway with a ringing metallic sound, and the Cobold falls to the ground at its running speed, scrapes the ground, and stops moving a few meters.

"...what?"

　It was Vihela who cried out in amazement.
　Even after breaking a magical sword, he unconsciously waves his right hand to drop the blade of the magical sword that had been caught in the claw of magic extending from the back of his hand to the ground.

"Well... what's the point?" Is this really the end of the story? You're lying, aren't you?"

　mutter one's disapproval
　It's only natural. I've been looking forward to seeing him as a good match for the first time in a long time, but in reality, his magic sword was easily broken by his magic claws.

"... well, I had a feeling that this would happen somehow."

　To the muttering Ray, Vihela looks at him for an explanation.

Rank C Monster and Rank E Monster. Since the ranks are so different, it's only natural that the performance is different, even though it's the same as magic items. High-performance magic items naturally require rare materials and a lot of magic."
"...yes,"

　I can't agree with Ray's words.
　I understood that if I were to try something, I wouldn't give Kobolt and Cyclops the same magic item.

"And given that Cyclops didn't have the ability to regenerate his magic items, I suppose this sword is a degraded version of the hammer."

　Ray muttered, turning his eyes to the blade of a magical sword that fell to the ground, but stopped moving.
　Cyclops' hammer remembered that he had tried to rob Ray of his consciousness when he touched him.
　This magical sword is a few steps below the hammer and is now even broken from the middle of the blade.
　Nevertheless, I had to say that it was still dangerous to touch it directly, just in case.

"Stay away a little,"

　Ray's words make everyone there wonder, but leave him.
　Confirming this increases the magical power...the next moment the magical power emitted from Ray's body is concentrated, compressed and visualized, and becomes red magic to Ray's body.
　No one could feel the magic here, but no one could fail to notice the overwhelming force of Ray.
　The former squadron has seen it many times before, and the members of the Mireinu and the Wind of the Flame have seen Ray invoke the Red Armour of the Flame Emperor in the winter duel.
　Only the two adventurers who have fled to this place are unable to move together without knowing what's going on.
　Wearing red magic, Ray reaches for the blade of a magical sword on the ground.
　The moment Ray grabs the blade... as if he couldn't stand Ray's magic, the magical sword breaks into sand.

"...what?"

　Unable to understand what happened, Ray looks at the blade of a magical sword that falls into the sand in his hand.
　Within a few seconds, the blade of the magical sword in Ray's hand turns into sand and falls away, and is swept away by the spring breeze.
　Still staring at it, Ray turns to the thorn spear in his left hand.

(That magical sword broke at the touch, but the thorn spears did nothing in particular. This is... No, is this also a difference in status as a magic item?)

　The thorn spear is a very high-quality magic item paid for by Marina.
　It was wrong in many ways to compare the thorn's spear with the magical sword, which, alchemist of the Vestian Empire, was designed to be used by Cobold.

"... well, Ray? Well, if possible, it's about time..."

　A short distance away, Miller Dog says so, sweating from the heat released by Ray.
　It had been able to manipulate a certain amount of heat, but it was still not complete.

"Oh, I'm sorry,"

　He muttered and removed the Emperor's red armor.
　At the same time, the wind blows, warmer than the spring temperature... or worse, the surrounding hot air drifts into the woods.
　The wind blowing over the river was just as cool as it could have been.
　Feeling that cold air, Seto eventually approaches Ray.

"Glu?"

　Ray reaches out with a smile as Seto bows his head and purges.

"Don't worry," I don't think it's too bad... it's a lie if you say you don't think so, but it's not that bad."

　I wanted to get a magical sword, which would be a clue to the alchemist, but it is not absolutely necessary.
　When it comes to clues, there is a hammer that is much more elaborate than the magic sword Ray has just broken.
　If you're going to get the information of an alchemist, you'll get more information by examining the hammer.

(I think the magic item that I'm looking into the most would be nice if I had one.)

　I tossed the sand on my hand in the wind, and suddenly I saw Vihela with a stern look on her face.
　Ray wondered if it was because the fight against Cobold was boring, but he could tell from the way Vihela was looking that he was not thinking about Cobold."Vihela, what's the matter? What happened?"
"...yes, just a little bit here." I'll talk to you later. What are you going to do with the Cobolts? I don't feel like I'm stripping the material anymore about the Cyclops."

　Ray turns his eyes around him when he understands that he is deliberately changing the subject, but decides that this may be for some reason.
　There were nearly fifty bodies of Cobold lying about in the bushes in addition to the twenty that first appeared.
　I came here to strip off the cyclops, but everyone had already lost all motivation to continue.
　Perhaps it's partly because the cyclops that the Miller Dogs have fallen have been stripped.

"I don't need it for now," It's too late."
"We might want some," I don't have much left to pay for the Cyclops."

　Many others nod back to the words of the Miredog.

(They say that the more dust you accumulate, the more dust you accumulate, the more dust you accumulate.

　There are no more than fifty dead Cobolts. 　
　If I stripped all of it off, I could have spent about a week... on food if things went well.
　Cobold, as well as magical stones, is because fur sells at reasonable prices.

"Then why don't we strip it off? Vihela..."

　As he calls out, Ray sees Bune collecting several bodies of Cobold near him.
　Bune proudly brags about Ray's thin eyes.
　It's the cobolt you've knocked down.

"Yes!"
"No, I understand that, but... what are you going to do with that? Are you going to rip it off now?"
"Yes,"

　For Bune, who has a strong obsession with money since birth, there is no option to throw away Cobold's corpse, which is certain to be gold, even if it is a little cheaper.
　Two adventurers pursued by Cobold are surprised to see Bune look like that.
　I was surprised to see girls overwhelmingly younger than us defeat Cobold one after another, and I was surprised to see her assert herself against Ray.
　They look at each other, and then nod and they both open their mouths.

"Well, thank you very much for your help.
"No way, I didn't think that Cobold was in such a herd... and there were some magical swordsmen..."
"Don't worry. That's the case, isn't it? Besides, it wasn't all bad for me."

　To the two adventurers bowing down, Ray replies, looking at the Miller Dogs and Beune, who are beginning to rip off immediately.
　Even though it is said that they will peel off the fur, which takes time, except for the ones that are clean, they have decided to collect only the proof of subjugation, the magical stones, and the tail that can be easily cut off, and they are skillfully peeling off the material from the cobold.

"With all this dead Cobold, I'm sure that his earnings will be reasonable to-kind."
"... You guys are strong, aren't you?"

　mutter deeply from one of the men
　While listening to such a man's voice, Ray shrugs off the conversation without any particular affirmation or denial.

(As long as Cobold was given that magical sword, they are probably my entourage.) But the fact that Cobold has been given a magical sword, regardless of quality, is mass-produced... I have only a bad feeling.)

　I thought so keenly, watching the scene of the cobold stripping.