Spreading all over are the corpses of monsters.
　Among them, many monsters have their limbs and torso amputated, and there are very few bodies that are satisfied with their five bodies.
　It's the result of Ray's use of death size to kill himself.
　As far as the eye could see... it was somewhat exaggerated, but there are still a lot of bodies lying in front of Ray.
　Pierce a death-size stonemate into the ground, Ragged approaches Ray, who is watching the surroundings.
　His face was visibly tired.
　Ragdo has never fought monsters, either.
　Still, it was the first time I'd ever faced such monsters, and, given that, of course, I'd never been in charge of a battle against them.

"Well done, sir. Thanks to Lord Ray, we were able to win this battle safely. --but this is the only place where the victory has been confirmed."
"Well, Ragdo was at the helm, and it could be pretty tough elsewhere."
"No, even if you say so," I didn't think they would buy me that expensive."
"Is that so? Actually, I think they fought well enough, as far as I could see. But if it's all over, I'd rather head elsewhere, OK?"
"…yes. Please." Honestly, I'm worried about what the other battlefields are like."

　For Ragdo, protecting the settlement is above all else.
　It was a bit frustrating to rely on Ray, who was an outsider in the village, but when we weighed self-esteem against the safety of the village, it was clearly the safety of the village.

(No, Ray and Marina must have a deep relationship. Then you can't be completely an outsider. though it is irritating to admit it.)

　Marina's... exactly the status of her grandfather, Optis, in the village, Ray, who has a deep relationship with Marina, naturally becomes an important figure in the village.
　It wasn't that I didn't have to worry about it, but now the safety of the village was the first priority.

"Well, I'm going now, but... oh, yes. May I have two bodies of the green wolf monster lying there?"

　Beyond Ray's gaze is a green wolf about a meter long. Ray's jumping has divided his body into upper and lower parts of the body and killed him.
　It's not that big as it's long including its tail, but it's still Ray's first monster and he wanted to secure a magical stone.

"Instead, goblins, covolts, augers. I want the oak here, if possible, but that's all right as far as possible."
"...all right? Then you'll have very little share of Ray?"

　Apart from the most numerous goblin carcasses, Koboldt is not as tasteless as goblin, and fur is useful. There are so many uses of the material in augers that you can't compare them to Koboldt or Goblin.
　And the oak that Ray wanted, to some extent, was pretty good for food.
　It's only natural that you're willing to give up most of it.
　But for Ray, the magical stone of an unknown monster was more important than the corpse of an imaginary monster.

(I don't like oak meat, but I think I can get some.)

　I frown for a moment at the smell of blood floating thickly around me.
　What happened after killing so many monsters with Dark Elves, Ray doesn't really like killing.
　Even so, I will not hesitate when I or my companions are in danger.

"Is that all right? Then I'm going to go somewhere else."
"What? Oh, yes. If you like Ray, I don't mind it at all."
"Well, then it's decided,"

　Saying just that, Ray touches the body of a wolf with green fur and stores it in a mistling.
　Regardless of Ragdo, some of the other dark elves around him may have seen Ray use Mistilling for the first time. He was silent with a look of surprise.
　Taking a glance at the dark elves, Ray looks up.
　Seto and the giant cicada were still fighting there.
　Flames, water, ice, wind from all directions.
　It was released toward a giant cicada, which boasts an overwhelmingly large body compared to Seto...

"A set of glyphons?" I've heard that it's a rare species, but it's just as I expected. Flame, wind, water, ice, soil... they're good at using a variety of skills."
"Huh?"

　Ray was watching the battle over the sky, but suddenly noticed Ragdo's words, who was also looking up next to him, turned his eyes to Ragdo.
　It must have been because of Ray's gaze. Ragdo looks back at Ray with a mystified look on his face.

"What's the matter?"
"No, just now... did you say earth?"

　muttering, Ray arranges Sett's memory skills in his head.

(Saturday? ...mistaking poison nails and power crashes for soil skills? No way. If you think about it forcefully, you might think it's a soil attribute, but you don't think it's a soil attribute in a situation where you're not staring at that battle, do you?）

　As far as Ray knows, Seto doesn't have anything that can be clearly called a soil attribute skill just by looking at it, like flying a stone spear or a lump of soil.
　That's all I have to say with my doubts.

"I don't think Seto had the skills of soil?"
"What?"

　When Ragdo's gaze again turned into the air, there was an unmistakable figure of a spear made of earth.
　A blow that would slow down compared to Ray's throwing spears, but still have sufficiently good killing ability.
　It flies in the sky...

"And you're aiming for Seto

　Yes, it is not the giant cicada that the earth's spear is straight ahead, but the cicada.
　He flaps his wings to avoid the earth's spears that come at him and fires a counterattack water polo.
　The water polo flies straight toward the giant cicada, but it is easily intercepted by the giant cicada's ultrasound, perhaps because of its low level of skill.

"Why is that giant cicada using earth skills?"

　Ray's battle with giant cicadas has not been so long. However, if you can use the soil attribute skills, you could have used them then. have a question like that
　As the ultrasound shows, giant cicadas were mainly attacked by wind.
　Why did such an opponent attack the soil?
　The moment I thought about it, Ray's mind passed by the pupa of a giant cicada clinging to the world tree... to be exact, the larva before it became that pupa.

"…I see. Since we lived under the earth at the base of the world tree, wouldn't it be strange to use the soil skills even after we've hatched? But Seto isn't as easy as he can do with such a skill."

　I muttered Ray, but the words contained a lot of force.
　An attack on a giant cicada can do a lot of damage to the set if it hits.
　And Seto's attack is easily averted by the ultrasound and high mobility of giant cicadas.

(If I were there... No, it's too late.)

　When the giant cicada flew out of the world tree, Ray wouldn't have been this close to stalemate if he had been on Sett's back.
　But if they had done so, the world tree would have been completely killed by giant cicadas.And it would have been impossible to re-deploy the boundaries of the barriers that are now protecting the settlement.
　When you think about it that way, the present situation was by no means the worst.
　Roaring! Huge flames in the sky.
　It's an attack by Seto's Firebreath, but a straight-line firebreath is by no means a difficult attack for giant cicadas to avoid.
　Watching the flames, Ray shakes his head slightly.

(What I have to do is the same)

　Whispering inwardly and making clear what he had to do, Ray's gaze turned to the ragdo, who was unconscious of the fierce fighting above.

"Lagdo, do you know what's going on in other battlefields? Tell me if there's a dangerous place."
"...no, I'm afraid not." We haven't heard any information about what's going on in the other battlefields. But I don't think it's a one-sided disadvantage in this situation."

　Ragdo responds to Ray's words, and Ray nods for a moment.

"All right. Then I'll go around the village as planned, tracing the boundary of the barrier. Now Seto is holding that giant cicada, but I don't know how long it will last. I want to get rid of the monsters around the village soon and head for the reinforcements of Seto."
"Yes, please," This village is an important…a very important place for us. That being the case, we must defend it at all costs. and if I could have the help of Mr. Ray."

　a rug with a deep bow
　I had a lot of thoughts about Ray, but I still felt that I could do anything to protect my hometown... than bow to him.
　Watching Ragdo, Ray nods.

"Leave it to me. I won't cut corners on monsters trying to manage Marina's hometown. Besides, it's profitable for me to defeat monsters."
"Profit?"
"Oh, ... well, I'll let you know later if you care."

　Tell them so, wave the hand of the person who doesn't have the death size, and they'll run away.
　I wanted to get some more information about the other dark elves, but as long as I've been fighting here, I don't think I have any information about other battlefields.

"Be careful!"

　Ragdo spoke to Ray's rapidly moving back, whether he could hear it or not, and the dark elves around him bowed and cheered him on as he drove away.

"Well, let's clean up the body first. At this time of year, if you leave it as it is, the smell will be terrible, and beasts and other monsters won't be coming because of the smell. Let's summarize the details of the demolition, even if they are to be done later. When it's over, I'll leave enough strength to protect it and head for the other battlefields."

　Following Ragged's instructions, the Dark Elves begin to move.
　Ray is doing his best to help us, so what if we don't do our best here? That's because I had that kind of feeling.
　Ray's overwhelming strength is undoubtedly influenced by that positive feeling.
　I saw and heard the overwhelming strength in the woods last night.
　But when you look at it in such a bright place, it's clearly different.
　This will do for us. Thinking so from the bottom of my heart, I gather the bodies of monsters in one place, holding back from wanting to run under my comrades.
　Some monsters appeared along the way, but the Dark Elves originally have high combat power.
　A few monsters are instantly killed and added to a pile of monsters waiting to be ripped off, regardless of the group attack.

(Dear Ray... I'll ask you...)

　Ragdo finally glanced away at Ray and began to give instructions to the others again.





　Far from the battlefield where the Laguds were fighting, there was a single ray running along the barrier.
　Exactly, Ray's side has a light bulb, so he's not alone.

"Because of this barrier, I hope you don't have to get lost."

　For Ray, who was somewhat aware that he was more or less likely to get lost, it was a very good thing to keep up with the barriers.
　As if to cheer for Ray, the light bulb blinks violently.
　It's about five minutes to keep running.
　While catching the occasional fire, ice, wind, and other interactions in the sky, I feel uneasy about the new attack on the soil.
　If the attack on the soil is what Seto is doing, it's because the giant cicada is doing.

"Seto, don't let me do it."

　When I mutter, it blinks as if I were saying that it would be all right if the light bulb were set.
　Ray smiles a little at the constant pace of the light bulb... and suddenly turns a sharp glance in the direction of progress.
　The strong smell of iron rust came from there... because the smell I've already gotten used to coming in the air.
　Although he doesn't have as keen a sense of smell as Seto, Ray's senses, including smell, are still much sharper than normal humans.
　in other words, there is a bloody battle going on where I am headed."
　Ray's foot kicks the earth even faster.
　What I saw was the dark elves fighting close against many monsters.
　Perhaps because of the lack of an excellent commander like Ragdo, it was a scene where he was fighting against monsters without being able to coordinate well.

"Then I'm going to the side of that monster flock...!?"

　Breaking through. Ray tried to say that, but he almost leaps back.
　Almost at the same time, ultrasonic waves are pounded directly above... many of the monsters Ray was about to pierce are cut off by the edge of the magical ultrasound.