When he thinks the huge flowers that had been seeding him have fallen, the next moment he sees a number of similar giant flowers growing out of the forest in Trento, and he shakes his death-size uncomfortably.
　Flowers that pop out of the ground are cut off easily and fall to the ground.

"What do you think I should do about this?"

　Maybe that flower was the boss of Trent's forest.
　Even though there was no proof of this, Ray had a wishful view that it would be so if possible, but that view was easily dismissed.
　Marina responds to Ray's frustrated words by shooting arrows uninterruptedly, filling flycups with arrows.

"Well, I'm sure it won't change that the huge flower is a great force for the forest of Trent. So long as that is the case, if you knock that flower down, it'll make a noise over there."
"...that would be the case with ordinary monsters."

　In the first place, the monsters in the forest of Trent have no magical stones, even though the monsters they have fought against have never been.
　It meant that this monster was not an ordinary monster.
　You could wonder if Ray could use a method he could use to defeat such an ordinary monster.
　However, it is also true that there is no other way but to do it quickly in the current situation.
　Well, in the worst case Ray could have burned the forest, but if he did so, the whole forest of Trent would certainly... well, even if it didn't go that far, a good deal of it would have burned.
　Of course, there is a possibility that wood will grow again from the burning part, but as long as it is only a possibility, it is difficult to put it into practice.
　This was the reason why Ray did not use the flaming Emperor's red armor, which was so powerful against the plant system.
　Wielding death-size and twilight spears, Ray thought about what to do in the future, but as long as he had little information about the forest in the first place, there was nothing he could do.
　But... one of the people who was exchanging opinions with other researchers in spite of the situation, might have heard Ray and Marina's conversation.

"I think it's probably the opposite end of this forest, given that it extends only towards Gilm, but I'm sure there's something there."
"...the question is, can we do something about it?"

　Ray screams as he cuts the stem of a death-sized, strangely fruit-flying plant.
　In addition, when the thrown fruit hit the ground, it was scattered around with liquid that dissolved the surrounding grass.
　I'm surprised for a moment by a monster who lives in the forest of Trent and attacks grass like a companion, but I'm convinced that a monster of a different kind is unlikely to be considered a friend.

"I think it's quite possible that there's something in the middle of the forest... and yet you don't know what it is?"

　Water spirits move on the ground, gather and catch ivy that they were approaching under cover of darkness and shade at night, and twist it together the next moment.
　Some adventurers who were watching it showed their surprise with a whimper.
　Adventurers here naturally know what Marina is like.
　I know he's been a good adventurer in the past, but I never expected him to master such powerful spiritual magic.
　...some men hobble or grovel at the sight of the twisted ivy.
　They must have a lot to think about.

"Well, but if things go on like this, we'll either have to withdraw... or we'll have to fight on and on until morning." There seems to be no doubt that monsters don't appear during the day."

　Marina looks to Ray as the researcher calmly tells her what to do.
　In the wings of the party Red Lotus to which Marina belongs, Ray is the party leader.
　That being the case, the party's decision was taken for granted by Ray.
　Of course, if you're obviously wrong, you might disagree with it.

"All right, then I'll..."

　go
　Ray was about to say that, but before he could finish his words, he saw several adventurers struggling with monsters, unsteady... as if they were drunk or something.
　Strangely enough, the monsters around don't attack such adventurers.
　I was passing by it as if I hadn't seen it.

"Oh, Southard! Where are you going? Come back here!"
"Sharan, come back! You can hear me!"

　I hear some of those cries around me.
　All of them are directed at adventurers who have begun to walk into the woods.
　However, the person who was approached by the call went into the woods without a trace of concern.

"Oh!? It tastes bad!"

　The first person to notice it was Marina, who had been informed of the change by the Spirit of the Wind.
　Use magic immediately and ask spirits.

"Spirits of Water, swallow the thin spread of evil beings in the air!"

　Along with the words, water spreads widely and moves in the air in a plane.
　Some questioned Marina's appearance, asking her what she was doing, but decided she was far from it, and the adventurers kept her company fighting against nearby enemies and heading into the woods.
　But... when Marina pretended to move the water spirit in the air, no one would suddenly dance into the depths of the forest.

"What happened?"

　Ray, who flashed death-size across Trent's trunk, moves close to the marina and asks.
　In response to Ray, Marina looks at the water and opens her mouth.

"Look,"

　It was straightforward for Marina, but it was still enough to show what she wanted her to do.
　Then Ray turns his eyes to the water on the ground and frowns slightly.
　Something in the water...because I saw yellow powder.

"What about this?"
"Well, I think it's probably pollen. Those who smoked it began to walk in that state."

　Marina mutters as she looks at the adventurers secured by her companions before she manages to get into the forest, and Ray looks again at the water on the ground with a look of surprise.

"... that's troublesome,"
"Yes,"

　exchange brief opinions with each other

"What shall I do?"
"If you know there's something like this, you can deal with it. You can collect them with water, or you can blow them away with the wind, though it is dangerous to burn them all out."
`I think it'd be better to put them all together and burn them all together,'

　They cut through the air and hit the nuts with sharp spines, throwing the twilight spear.
　The twilight spear, released at a rate incomparable to the fruit of the tree, penetrates and crushes through the trunk of what appears to be Trent's subspecies.
　As I watch the monster fall in half to the ground, I play the seeds that come down from the new giant flower in a death-size... I wonder.

(There are not many seeds coming down? The number of Japanese hollyhock is increasing.)

　There are four giant flowers visible from the ray alone.
　The number of flowers could have increased further, given the fact that trees were obstructing them.
　But as far as Ray can see, the amount of seeds falling is the same as it was in a single tree. ...no, it seems to me that it's even decreasing.
　Ray didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing, but he decided to believe it was a good thing for now.

(Vihela did it for me, and that's not a bad thing at all. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ）

　One of the researchers screams again at Ray, who suffers like that.

"Not to mention pollen, but it's in the heart of the forest! No, it might be at the edge of the forest!"

　The researcher's words remind Ray of what he had said before the pollen issue.
　I meant to go there, and I actually tried to say so.
　But Ray remembers seeing the forest from above many times with Sett.
　And when I remember it, I couldn't even nod straight to what the researchers said.

"As you know, I've been looking at this forest of Trent many times in my set. But there was nothing wrong in the middle. At least there's definitely some meaningful space left. I don't know the end of it."In a place with huge flowers, there's a blank space as Ray said, but he doesn't know it now.

"Well, if you think of it as such a large forest, it is certain that there is something like a landmark."

　Researchers also mutter regretfully at Ray's words.

"Then is it still the edge of the forest?"
"But where exactly is the end? Doesn't it mean that the other side is the end, unlike the center?"
"Well, that's... well, that's what I think,"

　I'll return it, but it's not immediately useful information in the current situation.
　What we need now is immediate useful information.
　the center or edge of a forest
　At any rate, we have to go either way through the forest of Trent... or withdraw from the forest of Trent.
　But Ray has no intention of withdrawing.
　As long as Seto and Vihela are in the forest of Trento, that's natural.
　If we withdraw here, that could mean abandoning Vihela and Seto.

(Then... wait here until Vichela and Sett come back, or I'll go.)

　That being the case, Ray has a definite answer given his character.

"Do you want to go?"

　Marina looks a mixture of joy and sorrow at the words.
　That's because I was happy that Ray got his idea that he couldn't abandon Vichela and Seto, but given the current situation, I couldn't get out of here.
　Marina wanted to go into the forest with Ray, but I don't think there's anyone who can command her more clearly here, and it's only with Marina's Spiritual Magic that allows adventurers to take advantage of the fight against the monsters that come out of the forest of Trent.
　Marina is loved by spirits to the point where it is almost impossible to describe them as loved by spirits.
　That's why I can master the magic of spirits so well.
　Without the marina, the adventurers will undoubtedly lose the battle here.
　Marina can't leave here, after all, to avoid it.
　That was the reason for his disappointing expression.

"Yes, be careful,"

　In the end, all Marina can do now is say that and send her off.
　If you're acting selfishly here, you might as well follow Ray.
　But Marina's personality prevented her from doing so.
　...if this were Vihela, he would head with Ray to the forest of Trent, thinking that he might be able to fight against a strong enemy.

"Oh, leave it to me," For now, if possible, I'll join Vichela before I head for the center of the forest of Trent. --I hope it's not on the other side."
"Yes!"
"Bune is out here,"
"...huh,"

　Bune says she wants to go, but Ray immediately rejects it.
　I know Bune is attached to Vihela, but it's a completely uncivilized place to go.
　It's in the woods of Trent by day, but it's obvious from this situation that day and night are very different.
　You can't take Bune to such a place.
　Although they have acquired a certain amount of combat power in winter training, it is only to a certain extent after all.
　At least it wasn't enough for Ray to take him to an unknown place that might be dangerous.
　What's more...

"Please take me with you!"
"It's no good, isn't it, it's a drag?"

　The researcher was out of the question.
　Ray immediately truncates the researcher's request to take him with him.
　Taking a researcher who is intellectually curious but can barely defend himself is nothing short of suicide.
　Leaving a researcher shocked by his remark of encumbrance, Ray was walking into the woods, wielding death-size and twilight spears to defeat the enemy.