Slasha couldn't make out what Ray was saying.
　No, it's right that I understand, but I'm so surprised that I can't think that far.
　Of course, we see the forest eroding when we run away.
　But... still, it was completely unexpected that the forest would spread so much overnight.

"A few minutes?"

　Rey nods back to Suresha, who asks her to be wrong.

"Yes. The trees in the forest were quite big in their own way, but... if you really left the place where you camped, the rate at which the forest spreads is quite high."
"...well..."

　What did she think of Rey's words? Slasha covers her mouth and stops moving... until she starts talking again to Rey in fear.

"Well, my companions..."

　Didn't you see it?
　Ray shakes his head at Slasha, who is unable to speak.

"As far as I can see, there was no such thing anywhere." If I had gone to the heart of the forest, I might have found some clues, but... my duty was to make sure of the forest."
"Well, you were supposed to check if there was a forest... did you get down into the forest?"

　A worker breathes while looking at Ray.
　But there's nothing to blame about it's nothing to blame. Is it right that there are few?
　As a worker, I didn't want Ray to do anything dangerous if possible.
　It wasn't because he favored Ray, but because he understood that he had the ability to be a trump card in this case.
　a tornado of flame used by Ray
　It could not be more of a means of attack against the existence of forests.

"Oh... I'm sorry." but I see something shining above the forest."

　As he spoke, Ray's eyes were turned to Slasha's party baggage.

"…is that so?" However, it would be helpful for me if you could refrain from acting at will."

　If Ray had not gone into the forest, Slasha's party baggage would not have been swallowed up in the forest and returned to Slasha's hands.
　Workers can't say too strongly because they know it.

"Oh, I'm sorry," -- oh, and I've picked this up, too."

　Ray said so, and the next thing he took out was a branch.
　It was obvious what it meant to be put out in the current situation, though it was only a branch in general.
　Still, just in case, the worker calls out to Ray with a branch in his hand.

"Is this branch...?"
"Oh, it's a branch of the forest. I brought it because it was just on the ground. -- to help you find out about that forest, don't you think?"
"Yes, of course. but did you bring the branches and have no effect?"

　The forest that eats people... It's such a strange forest, so something could happen.
　In that sense, the worker looked at Ray, but he nodded that there was nothing wrong with him.
　After checking Ray's condition, the worker turns to the branch again.
　However, workers work in guilds, but they don't have eyes to distinguish monster material.
　I stared at the branch in my hand, but I didn't know what it was.
　Apart from the obvious abnormalities in the branches, the branches Ray brought are apparently only ordinary branches.

"Worker, can you lend me some?"

　That's what Marina said to the worker.
　As a dark elf, he decides that he is interested in plants, and that's why he wants this branch to find something strange about it, so the worker hands it over to the marina.
　Marina looked at the branches she received for several tens of seconds, and then put them on the table, breathing out a small sigh.

"No, it's not a special branch, as far as I can see. but... they seem to have a little more magical powers than ordinary trees."
"Don't you mean special?"

　Vihela sticks in Marina's words.
　But Marina shakes her head at the thrust.

"No, it's not unusual that trees have magical powers. but this branch is a little too much."
"...is that so?"
"Yes, except for the elves and the dark elves... oh, come to think of it."

　While talking, Marina's gaze turns to Reno as if she had noticed something.
　I know what I'm talking about is serious, but I'm nervous if I can look at someone like Marina who unconsciously expresses her charms.

"Oh, oh, wait a minute."

　Reno, who had been fascinated by the very existence of Marina, comes back to life with the words and looks at the branches with a magical eye.
　But... shake one's head at once.

"...no, it looks nothing more than an ordinary tree to me."
"Oh, really? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Mumbling regretfully, Marina passes the branch to the worker.

(Is it like a millimeter or two, if you just look at it...

　For some reason, Ray understands Marina's point and is surprised that she suddenly smiles at her.
　I think you've figured out what you've been thinking.
　But Marina says nothing more.
　Ray wasn't thinking anything bad, but when I see Marina's behavior, I feel like I was thinking something strange.

"What are you going to do now? Now that you know there's such a forest, you can't do it like this, can you?"

　Ray asked a little flusteredly, but the words were also true without doubt.
　Animals and monsters don't live in it, but if you go into the forest carelessly, you'll be attacked.
　That kind of forest spreads by...or moves by 10 meters a night.
　There is no doubt that it is dangerous for Gilm.

"Well... I doubt that we have ever found such a forest before..."
"That's probably because it's a long way off the road." I don't think there was anything particular in that area, and I don't think anyone would want to move away from the road."

　In Ray's case, he felt little distance because he was riding on a set, but the Slays intentionally went off the road and then walked around to reach that forest.
　She also ran from night to morning when Slasha escaped from the forest.
　Of course, when Slasha was working with the Dougzas, it probably took time to move around looking for monsters, and when she escaped from the forest, she was in a state of semi-depression, so she wasn't heading straight to the road.
　Still, it's true that the distance from the highway to the forest is considerable, and if an adventurer who knows nothing is going to go there, he will not.
　Many adventurers, however, are eccentric.
　That being the case, no one would ever go.

"Well, and it's probably also affected by the fact that it was winter not too long ago." No one goes out of their way in the winter... well, I don't mean there aren't any."

　The workers are probably talking about those who couldn't save money for the winter.The Red Lotus wings, including Ray, had no financial difficulties, but some failed to save money for lack of ability, bad luck, idleness, and many other reasons.
　Such people will naturally have to accept requests in the winter if they run out of money.
　And adventurers are asked to collect and subdue their work.
　In particular, a request for subjugation can earn a lot of income, such as a certificate of subjugation, a magical stone, a material, and meat.
　In addition, it is not uncommon to go to a place off the road when requesting to subjugate the enemy.
　But if such people had found the forest even in winter, they would certainly be explaining it to the guild.
　Without it, workers think the forest might have been built in spring.

"I'll ask you just in case, but you didn't forget to let me know about this when you took over, did you?
"Yes, I had no information whatsoever that there was such a forest."
"Is that so?"

　As workers interact with Marina, Slasha looks mysterious and unintelligible.
　You must have noticed it. Reno, sitting next to Slasha, whispered softly.

"That dark elf was Marina, a guildmaster until recently. I handed over my guildmaster position to a worker in order to return to being an adventurer."
"Well..."

　For Slasha, the guildmaster is in a different light from a notorious adventurer like Ray.
　Nevertheless, I didn't know why I was going back to being an adventurer.
　However, I expected to get involved in something unnecessary if I spoke, and I had nothing more to say.

"Anyway, Mr. Ray," I hope you will find out how wide the forest is every day, or how much it is moving, from tomorrow on, including that."
"...isn't it a little cowardly to leave later?"
"That may be the case," But I think that the reward is worth it?"

　The worker's words were an unerring fact.
　Considering the price of flame ore, it would be reasonable, if small, to fit in a barrel.

"...another barrel." So I promise to go and see the woods every day for a month. I would like to receive additional compensation in the future."
"Yes, that's all right,"

　The worker nods easily to Ray's words.
　I don't think Ray was able to do anything about that kind of workman.
　Judging from the tone of the current worker, he probably would have been paid more if he had pressed a little more.
　For Ray, who is not so good at this kind of negotiation, he misread it.

(Should I leave it to Marina? No, but...)

　Marina was the reason why we were originally able to get flame ore as a reward.
　However, there was little negotiation there.
　It's only natural that Marina was a guildmaster until the other day, so she knows more than enough how much she'll get paid.
　That's why workers gave Ray the flame ore he'd wanted from information he had collected in advance.
　In the end, Ray accepts a request for two barrels of flame ore.

"And that forest..."
"That's Trent," At least the monster who attacked us was Trent."
"...but Trent didn't show up when I and Sett approached?"
"Imitation... No, it's impossible to mislead Sett's senses, let alone Ray."

　Vichela interrupts Rey and Slasha's conversation, but this doesn't mean she's making light of Rey.
　In the first place, Ray's senses are much sharper than ordinary people.
　But Gryphon's set is sharper than that ray.
　Regardless of being a monster of the same strength, there is no way Trent could mislead Sett's senses...no, Vichela has some conviction.
　It wasn't just Vihela, but Marina and Bune, and, above all, Seto's partner Ray knew best.

"Well, even if you imitate me, I'm sure I'll find out that much. Sett, in particular, had met Trent once before. That being the case, you shouldn't miss it. But the set didn't respond at all in the woods. Why?"
"Isn't the monster Slasha saw Trent?" ... Hey Slasha. Have you ever fought against Trent before this incident?"
"Yes, there was Trent in the woods near where we were active. ...but at that time I had only one opponent, so I had a hard time, but I was able to defeat him safely."

　The words add to Ray's confusion.

"Isn't every tree that forms the forest Trent...?"
"But if it's not Trent, it won't increase so easily, will it?
"... well, if you say so,"

　In the first place, when the forest is so unnatural, many things are strange, so I wonder if the forest doesn't have to be Trent.

"At any rate, whether it's Trent or not, it must be a nuisance."

　Everyone there nodded back to Ray's muttering.