Landing outside the forest, Ray and Sett move cautiously into the forest.
　The goal was to reflect light through a gap in the trees seen from above.
　a place where apparently something was left behind
　Ray's expectations... eventually emerge as clear evidence.

"Is this a long sword?"

　Looking around, Ray found a stick stuck diagonally into the ground.
　Ray, too, was stabbing a disposable spear to see how far the forest had spread, so I thought for a moment it might not be, but this is clearly not where Ray came from yesterday.
　Also, Ray's spear was vertical, but the stick was slanted.
　Get interested in the stick, pick it up... pull it out.
　The stick then comes off the ground more easily than Ray had expected, and when he sees the tip of the stick with the tip of the ear, he realizes for the first time that the stick he had was a spear.

"Spear... ...but perhaps it was a battle, considering that it was stuck here?"
"Grull".

　When Ray mutters, Seto suddenly cries.
　Looking over there, Ray saw the traces of a bonfire on the ground.
　Clearly, it's a sign of encampment.
　Of course, however, none of them seemed to have camped there.
　Still, in Ray's eyes, it was undoubtedly true that the campers here did not leave, but that someone had attacked them here.
　This is the case with spears sticking unnaturally into the ground, and above all, the baggage is left intact.
　It was only a moment, but I thought maybe I was away on some business, but I immediately shook my head and dismissed it.
　In the first place, the traces of the bonfire clearly show that it has been quite a long time since the fire went out.
　That being the case, there is no doubt that the men who camped here... or those who camped here died in the woods.

"But why did you imitate camping in this forest?" Is it just for the achievement?"

　Many people still question the Guild's announcement that Trent's forests are free of monsters and animals.
　In spite of the fact that there was no such thing in autumn, let alone winter, a forest of this size appears in spring.
　It's only natural that many people doubt it.
　Still, most of them would not come to the forest of Trent unless it was profitable, and most of them would come back soon.
　At least he wasn't camped out as Ray could see.

(Well, I don't know everything about the forest, and I can't deny the possibility that some other adventurer might be in it.)

　It's not difficult to find if there are clear signs of encampment like this.
　But if you're used to camping, you're very good at hiding the traces of camping.
　At the very least, it would be difficult to fly over and find evidence of the camp.

"... for the time being, I don't know who the adventurer was who camped here, but I'm sure he was attacked in some way."

　Ray can predict that the attack was probably Trent from Slasha's words.
　Still, as far as I can see around me, there's nothing like Trent.

"Set, do you know if Trent is here?"
"Gururu? Gururu... Gururu..."

　Ray's words make Seto equivocal.
　If you are always there, you can be sure that you are there, if you are you are not there.
　But now Seto looks around like he's lost his minded.
　Ray, who has five senses sharper than the average human being, and Seto, who has five senses more developed than Ray, cannot smell even if he uses his olfactory skills.
　That surprises Ray.

"You don't know, Seth?"
"Guru..."

　At Ray's words, Seto bows his head slightly.
　Seeing his round eyes shining apologetic light, Ray gently caresses Seto on the head.

"Don't worry," I'm not going to blame Seto for this. Besides, there are many mysteries about this case. In a sense, it is a harvest that even Seto's sense of smell cannot find an enemy."

　Seth's keen sense of smell has helped Ray many times.
　However, it was meaningful information that even with that sense of smell we could not find the enemy.
　Determined that the case needs to be informed to the guild, Ray puts the package in a mistling.
　There is no problem with Ray receiving this package as there is no one here already, but in this case the package will be used to identify who was camping here.

"I wish it were a guild card... it would be difficult."

　Guild cards are very important because they can also be used as identification cards.
　If you lose it, you will be charged a small fee for reissuance.
　That being the case, adventurers often keep their guild cards in their pockets.
　However, it is quite a lot, not everyone.
　Some of them left it to their companions because it was troublesome to carry around, and others left it in their luggage.
　Ray also doesn't carry his guild card directly.
　...however, Ray's case is much safer than usual, as it is stored in a mistling.
　Anyway, if you examine the package for that reason, you won't immediately know whose it belongs to.
　A close examination of the remaining tools often reveals which adventurer's belong.
　Many adventurers are fully equipped at parties.
　If such a thing exists, you'll find out who it belongs to at once.

"...is this all right here for now?"

　At the same time, Ray looks around again, putting his spear in the mistling for some clue.
　There's nothing like bloodstains, and some kind of monster... ...maybe Trent attacked, but there's no meatstalk.
　What Ray sees is just a plain forest.
　But last night... I'm not sure, but there's no doubt that an adventurer was attacked by a monster here.

(Considering the site of the camp, it was probably last night.)

　Even if I knew that, I couldn't do anything about it now.
　As long as things were already over, Ray could only take his relics to the guild.
　If someone survives like Slasha, maybe they'll pick up their luggage... Ray knows it's unlikely because he's an adventurer.
　Still, just in case...
　When Ray has finished all his errands, he rides out of the woods once.
　The end of the road is where Ray felled the trees yesterday.
　If it meant cutting down trees separately, it could have been done here.
　But how much the forest was eroding compared to yesterday... it was still the quickest way to see that was to return to yesterday's place.
　Seto will head to the place without any hesitation, perhaps remembering his memory of yesterday's place.
　A little flying in the sky... and I found myself near where Ray had cut down the tree yesterday.
　though the forest's erosion had completely wiped out its traces.

"Well, this is about fifteen meters? ... If you think about ten meters yesterday, it's about fifty percent more." ...that's quite a difference. Maybe those adventurers aren't the reasons?"

　the remains of a camp that we found just now
　The adventurers who might have been attacked by the forest may have been nourishing to the forest.
　I think of it all at once, but there's no doubt that it's groundless.
　If so, there is no way to look into it.

(unless you use a criminal to investigate him or something else)

　With that in mind, Ray was able to see how wide the forest had spread, and he did what he needed to do next.
　...yes. Coming to this forest meant to find out how wide the forest had spread, but there was also a request to cut down the trees in the forest.
　The more you cut down, the more reward you get.That being the case, this amounts to a bonus for Ray.
　The axe would normally have to be shaken down many times to cut a tree.
　But in Ray's case...

"Huh!"

　It's just a magic trick on the death size taken out of the mystery ring and wielded it.
　The first tree to be cut does not seem to show any particular movement due to the slanted death size.
　But... then there was a warm spring breeze, and then the tree fell to the ground with its own weight.
　It had been cut diagonally, and the pointed part pierced the ground... but in the next moment it fell and leaned against a nearby tree.
　The only thing left was the tree trunk with a sharp point pointed upward due to an oblique cut.

"Is this dangerous, by any chance.

　As I mutter, Ray is the only one who comes here in the first place.
　This place is not on the road, so there is a very small chance of people coming.
　Those who come from the highways will find themselves at the site of the camp.

"Well, still, just in case.

　mutter, use magic again in death size, and then shake again.
　This time, unlike before, a flash just beside me, not diagonally.
　While triangling, the cut site falls to the ground.
　I don't know what to use this tree for, but I thought it would be better to have a flat cut than a sharp one.
　Then, when you put the tree leaning on the other tree and the triangular part in the mistling, you look for the next tree.
　However, since this is in the woods, there are many trees close by.

"Oh, Seto. I'll cut the tree for a while, so you can do whatever you want."
"Grull? ...Grull.

　Seth, choked at Ray's words, lies a little further away.
　Usually it's not surprising to be running around and playing around... but I think it's because I'm feeling something unusual in the forest that I can see Ray.
　In particular, it was not possible to feel the presence of monsters at the camp site earlier.
　Ray, who loves it, protects it's his favorite.
　With that in mind, Seto lies down and closes his eyes... concentrates on the sense of smell, hearing, and magic.
　Ray probably understands Seto's feelings. hold one's head with a smile on one's face

"Huh!"

　another magical death-size blow
　a flash right beside the first blow
　A death-size blow cuts the tree without feeling any resistance.
　Then, with his death-size swung out, he gently reached out to the tree... the next moment the tree disappears.
　It was stored in a mistling.
　The only thing left was a horizontally cut stump.

"I wish I had cut it down like this from the beginning. Then there wouldn't be any damage around me."

　Whilst muttering, Ray's gaze turned to the trees around him.
　To be exact, the first tree that was slashed diagonally was broken when it leaned against it was broken.
　You don't have to worry about it, especially since you'll be back overnight.
　I think so, but I'm sure I still have a lot of thoughts.

"Well, it's no use thinking about this now. In the first place, this forest is for adventurers. --for some reason it only extends towards Gilm."

　Why are you heading for Gilm? I don't know, but I guess it was fortunate for Abuero residents, let alone Gilm, that they weren't heading in the direction of Abuero.
　It's because we're heading in the direction of Gilm that we've been able to deal with it calmly so far. ...as Ray saw earlier, some of them seemed to have come into the forest themselves.
　If this had gone in the direction of Abuero, the adventurers in Abuero probably would not have been able to deal with it calmly.
　It was Abuero on the border with the frontier, but I understood the horror of the frontier more than ever.
　Thinking of it as a blessing in misfortune, Ray enchanted Death Size to cut down the next tree.