A giant cicada measuring 20 meters in length has its body cut in half and its upper body is blown off by a blow from Seto, and its lower body falls to the ground.
　When Ray finally sees it, he releases Emperor Flame's red armor, and Seto kills him by landing a power crash reaction on the ground and runs towards Ray.

"Slurrurling.

　As Seto grazes his face happily against Ray, Ray caresses his head with a hand that doesn't have a death size.

"You've made it a success,"

　As he complimented her, Seto was even more vocal in his delight in being complimented by Ray.
　After a few minutes, a light bulb slowly descends toward the laymen.
　The flickering of the light was slow, and even seemed hesitant to approach Ray.
　Ray, leaning his head at such a light bulb, bends his head to ask why he is not approaching.
　But... it's only natural.
　The light bulb is the will of the world tree, not to mention the world tree.
　And trees are naturally afraid of fire.
　The world tree, which is called the world tree and can also be called the main body of the light bulb, has a strong fire resistance to bonfires around it and to the flames emitted by wizards.
　Even with such a light bulb, the red armour of Emperor Flame, which Ray had been wearing until recently, was different.
　An enormous amount of magic was turned into the magic of fire by Ray's qualities and concentrated enough to visualize.
　as if it were the incarnation of fire
　It is called the World Tree, and even if it has strong fire resistance, it has a limit.
　Ray's flaming red armor was far beyond its limits.
　That's why he hesitated even if he wanted to approach Ray.
　If he could communicate with the light bulb, Ray might have understood the situation, but unfortunately Ray didn't have the ability to do so.
　I can only imagine that the light bulb is not approaching.

"Hey, what's wrong? What happened?"

　As Ray asks, the light bulb slowly approaches... Suddenly, his behavior so far blinks like a lie.
　At the same time, Ray, who feels something moving behind him, almost reflexively jumps out of the scene.
　With Ray, Seto leaps sideways on his four legs.
　Lei looks away from the spot and opens her eyes wide, surprised to find the upper body of a giant cicada there.

"What!"

　The upper part of the body was cut off, and on top of that, it was blown away from where it was cut off after being hit by Seto's power crash.
　Nevertheless, for some reason the giant cicada moved only on its upper body and leaped at Ray.
　Even so, the attack seems to have been the last real force, and the upper half of the giant cicada's body falls to the ground without moving.

"...is he really dead this time?"

　Ray, who once jumped at only his upper body, is wary of death size.
　After confirming that the giant cicada doesn't move even after a few seconds, ten seconds, or several tens of seconds, the giant cicada finally releases itself.

"Grull?"

　Ray nods and gently caresses Seto, who cries out, "Are you OK?"
　By Ray's side, the light bulb, which had been wondering whether to approach him or not, was approaching the distance before the battle against giant cicadas began.
　Ray glanced at the light bulb and picked up a stone that had fallen close to him without saying anything more.
　In order to confirm the life and death of a giant cicada, we throw stones at a speed that would definitely feel pain if hit.
　The hit stone echoed a less pleasant sound of rocks burrowing into the flesh.
　The upper half of the body of a giant cicada does not move faintly when a stone is struck at such a rate.
　No, the impact of the stone hitting made it move a little, but it was clear that it was not the will of a giant cicada.

"You're really dead, aren't you? I'll look into it for a moment, and Seth asks for help just in case."
"Grull".

　Ray tells Sett and takes a step forward with a death-size position, and a light bulb moves in front of him and blinks.
　Ray pauses for a moment at the light bulb, as if he were asking.

"You're on standby near Sett. If that giant cicada is a monster that grew up with your magical powers and sap, it would be the worst match for you."

　Ray explains that the light bulb blinks a few times and quietly turns to Sett's side.
　That's because I understood that I was told to be by Seto's side out of concern for myself.
　Looking at the light bulb near Seto, Ray approaches the giant cicada again.
　If something happens, I'm ready to deal with it right away, and I'm sure I'm in time with the upper body of the giant cicada, and when I see the giant cicada still not moving, I'm going to pierce it several times with a death-size thud.
　Still, seeing no response, I realized that I was really dead.

"I never thought I was alive, even if I cut myself in two. I saw on TV or something that insects don't feel pain... maybe that's why, but I've been fighting insect-shaped monsters, and some of them obviously felt pain."

　While leaning his head, he examines the corpse of a giant cicada again.
　The first thing that Ray was interested in was, of course, the magical stone of a giant cicada.
　However, 20 meters in length...even if the body is halved in half, it is impossible to immediately take the magical stone out of the body 10 meters in length.
　No, if you enter the body from the amputated place, you can take out the magic stone, but that means that the whole body can be covered with the body fluids of giant cicadas, and Ray wanted to avoid such a situation if possible.
　However, it definitely takes time to think of cutting the upper half of the body in a death-size way.
　In the end, Ray puts off the magical stone and then turns his interest to his feet.
　Some of them were cut off by a death-size blow using the flaming Emperor's red armor, but the legs of giant cicadas were originally ten on the left and right and left.
　I've had my body amputated so nearly half of it is on my lower body, but my upper body still has legs.

"These feet... when I received a death-size blade, they were making a metallic sound."

　Recalling the battle that took place in the world tree, Ray looks at the tip of a giant cicada's foot.
　The tips of the feet were sharp like needles rather than sharp edges, but there was a hole in the center.
　What passed Ray's mind when he saw it was that he was clinging to the trunk of the world tree and sucking sap and magic from it.
　In other words, the legs of giant cicadas were not only weapons but also mouth functions.

"I've got a good mouth on my face, for that,"

　When I touch the tip of my foot, it's hard... it feels like metal.
　Having hit Ray's death-size blow, he'll definitely have the right amount of hardness.
　That means they are also excellent materials for making weapons.

(but there was a hole in the middle... if it was just a sharp needle, I suppose it could be used as a weapon.)

　When I think about it while touching one of the giant cicadas' legs, I suddenly feel the sign of someone approaching me.
　I looked over there and saw three dark elves.
　Seeing it reminds me of some of the light bulb's... towards the clearing created by the world trees as they were fighting against giant cicadas in the sky.

(Well, now that you mention it...)

　Having forgotten all about it, Ray talks to the three dark elves who approach him reluctantly.

"What's the matter?"

　His voice, which was spoken to in a somewhat light tone, must have relieved him of his tension. open one's mouth hastily

"What's the matter with you! What's wrong with this vacant lot?" I don't know what method I used, but I destroyed the forest like this..."

　The Dark Elf woman, who is supposed to be the leader of the trio, approaches him, saying so.

"And that giant monster, by any chance, was flying freely in the forest sky until a moment ago! He was fighting against Ray's Gryphon, but that sort of thing suddenly fell to the ground, and it was only natural for him to come and see!"

　Two other dark elves agree with their leader's words.

"If you imitate the destruction of the forest... if you don't do well, you'll end up fighting with the people in the village!"

　Ray is a little surprised that some of the words were concerned about him.

(I guess I'm appreciated, too.)

　Surprisingly Ray is treating the world tree in the village of Dark Elf and safely finding and protecting his four missing children.
　To the Dark Elves, Ray is a benefactor.
　I never wanted to be ungrateful enough to fight such a benefactor, and I don't think I'll win.
　Ray opens his mouth reassuringly to a dark elf woman who is at a loss how to explain to the villagers.

"It's all right. The forest hasn't been destroyed."What? What are you talking about? This is how the land has been cleared. That's how you can make a mistake...

　The other two dark elf men nod to the dark elf woman's words, which are a little dumbfounded.
　But... it was the trees at the end of the vacant lot that Ray looked at them.

　Dark elves who follow Ray's gaze turn to Ray again, unsure of what they want to do.

"(As a matter of course, I'm not satisfied with the fact that the forest... and I'm told that only a part of it has been moved." --how did he do it, though he must have found the roots of the trees firmly in the ground?)

　It was obviously absurd, but it's probably Ray's fault that he doesn't realize that Ray and Sett's very existence can be called irrational.

"If you can't believe what I'm saying... well, you'd better go out of the woods once." If you do that, you will see that the forest itself has grown as much as the land is cleared here."

　If the shape of the forest had been distorted, Ray felt like he was wondering what was going on with the barrier that covered the village itself, but it was the world tree that did it in the first place where magic and magic existed.
　We come to the conclusion that the worries about that area will be useless as much as we can.

"Was the forest... widened for this vacant lot?"

　Even the dark elves living with the world trees, the words Ray uttered are unexpected and unbelievable.
　But what made me want to believe was that Ray had a track record of fully recovering the world tree, and, above all, the body of a giant cicada that was spreading before me.
　Such a powerful person should not be able to tell such a lie as you can easily understand if you can be investigated.

"It's more of a village now than a forest." When you left for the vacant lot, the battle against the monsters was still going on, right? Don't you have to go back?"
"Oh!? Yes, that's right. What a sight... for the time being, there is no danger in this vacant lot. You may think so, may I?"
"I didn't make it, so I can't guarantee absolute safety, but I can only say it's OK."

　When Ray tells her so, she touches the upper and lower parts of the giant cicada and puts it in a mistling, calling for Seto to straddle her back.

"Oh, come on! What should we do?"

　If possible, I want you to take us with you. Ray shakes his head on Sett's back to the Dark Elf woman who tells him so.

"I'm sorry, but that's impossible. I'm the only one who can ride Seto... no matter how hard I try, it's only for children. You weigh more than a child, don't you?"

　The Dark Elf woman has a rather big chest, though not as big as Marina.
　He was taller than Ray, not as much as a child.

"For that reason, come back on your own, I'm sorry. But... I think monsters can do something about it, so don't worry.
"What?"

　Ray slaps Sett on the neck regardless of the dark elf's appearance of not knowing what he was saying, just as he did when he talked about the land clearing.
　As usual, Seth, sensing Ray's intentions, runs up in the air on a few steps.
　In a moment, the ground is getting farther away... but within a few minutes we arrive at the village.

"Set, don't ask,"
"Grull".

　He purr... and as he flies around the village, the seto chirps high and high.
　It's not the king's coercion, but purely Seto... to show to the other monsters that Gryphon is here.

"Gulping!"

　Seto's cry sounded to all the monsters in the vicinity of the village, and when they realized that there was a Gryphon near them, they ran away at full speed.