Entering the forest, Ray, Marina, Vihela, and Bune went straight back down the road that Ray and Bune had just taken.
　After looking at the leading Bune, Ray looks through the branches into the sky.
　After seeing Seto flying in the sky for a moment, Ray goes through the forest again, relieved by this.

"And yet, it's a cave," It's a little rare to be in a forest like this."

　Marina mutters, perhaps recalling the information she heard from Ray, who had been scouting.
　Nevertheless, it seems to be a good marina who is wary of the surroundings.
　Usually, Seto is the first to discover anything unusual, rather than the thief Bune, or Ray, who has five senses.
　But now the set is gone.
　No, exactly, Ray was not around because he saw the sky a while ago.
　Therefore, I was walking around guarding myself so that I wouldn't be found by thieves... and monsters.

"Oops!"

　Meanwhile, Ray suddenly sticks a thorn spear in his hand into the bush.

"Gyuppy!"

　and the death-scream that rings around.
　Ray, pulling a thorn spear out of the bush, saw a rabbit monster with three horns.
　If only I could call him a rabbit when he has tusks.

(Gamerion's child... No, it's not.) Still, it's my first monster to knock it down. ...as in the Monster Dictionary...)

　Marina opens her mouth as Ray looks at the dead rabbit monster stuck in the ear.

"Oh, it's not an Oul Rabbit,"
"Oh, that's it,"

　an Oul Rabbit Rank E monster with three horns and tusks.
　It's rabbit-shaped, but as you can see from its tusks, it's a carnivorous monster.
　It is a monster that attacks with three horns and tusks growing from his forehead with strong legs and quick movements, but it is not so powerful.
　But they had meat that was more delicious than rank, like oak, and in that sense they were popular monsters.

"For the time being, we'll dismantle it later." and we must drain the blood."

　mutter, pull the tip of a thorn's spear out of the body of the Aul Rabbit, and put it in a mistling.
　As long as the meat tastes good, it would be perfect as a souvenir for Seto flying alone.

"Well, let's move on," Bune, please."
"Yes,"

　Bune responds to Marina's words in a small way, and makes his way through the forest steeped in the forest.

(I'd like to get rid of it as soon as possible.) I don't know.)

　As Ray saw on the reconnaissance, the private armies to fight this time are not that strong.
　It was Ray's prediction that it would probably not be a satisfying battle for the anticipated Vihela.

(Well, the man who was called captain seemed to be quite strong, so I should leave it to him.)

　If it's a monster, it's impossible to give up the magical stones that can be absorbed by the magic.
　In this case, however, the other party is human.
　I didn't have to force myself to defeat the strongest enemy, as long as I didn't get the magic stone.
　Then there is no problem in handing over the strong enemy to Vihela.

"Yes,"

　make one's way through the woods
　Suddenly Bune, who was walking in front of him, utters a short voice.
　It was the same as usual, but the vigilance that lay there could be felt.
　And as long as Bune is on guard in the present circumstances, it is not necessary to consider who he is on guard against.

"...there you are,"

　Marina muttered, Ray, Vihela, and Bune nodded.
　Bune was a thief, Marina had high vision as a dark elf, and Vichela had high vision as a result of the absorption of Ambris.
　Yes, some men watching around the hideout.
　If this was a forest... it was natural, given that it was a monster habitat.
　If you stay in the forest without a watch or anything, you don't know when you'll be attacked by monsters will you?
　You'll need a lookout to avoid it.
　But Ray and Bune had just escaped from the hideout, stealing the watch's eye.

"What shall I do?"
"I'll clean it up."

　muttered Ray with a thorn in his hand.
　The other three nodded silently.
　We all know Ray is the strongest of these four.
　There was a feeling that if the ray were to move, it would be certain.

"All right, then, when I put away the watch, I'll move at once. There should be no one to look after, and you will soon feel something unusual."
"Can I have the captain of the enemy?"

　As Vihela asks for confirmation, Ray nods back.
　Vichela, with a content look on her face, had a ferocious smile at her mouth the next moment.
　They must be looking forward to the fight ahead.
　Knowing this, Ray jumps out of the shadow of a hidden tree praying for a fight that would satisfy Vihela.

"What!"

　The watchman tries to scream the moment he realizes something has popped out.
　But Ray's step had already caught him in time before he could speak out.
　Moreover, Ray's weapon is a spear. In terms of length of arms, they are superior to the dagger in the man's hand.
　Long‐handled weapons are difficult to use in a place called forest, but spears mainly made of thrusts are quite different.
　Eventually, the watchman, unable to speak out, is knocked unconscious by the dove tail and falls to the ground.
　Still, he must have been lucky that Ray's thrust was not a spearhead but a stonemate.
　However, Ray didn't go out of his way to catch a man because he didn't want to kill him.
　The idea is that there should be more sources of information to get a little bit of information from those behind this private group.
　There was no doubt that the reward would increase if they were caught alive.
　From there, without speaking, the Rays head for the enemy's hideout.
　If you can launch a surprise attack first, you can knock it down at once.
　That's why I knocked him down so that the watchman wouldn't speak out, but... the effect was less than Ray had expected.
　Suddenly appeared, strangers... the moment they saw Ray, the men in the hideout immediately launched an attack with weapons in their hands.

(Yes)

　Ray is just a little impressed by the response.
　When he sneaks in, he doesn't seem to notice it, but once he sees Ray, he immediately recognizes him as an enemy and attacks him.
　Of course, since we have a hideout in this forest, even if we have guards, we don't know when monsters will attack us.
　If that's the case, then it's only natural that we should be prepared for the worst.

"Enemy..."

　But... it's still too late.
　Is it an enemy attack or an enemy's arrival?
　At any rate, before shouting Ray's attack, the man is hit in the ribs with Ray's thorny spear and blows a few meters to the side.
　It must have been unfortunate for a man to have been able to swing his spear sideways in a rather spacious place in the hideout.
　However, it depends on the person whether you are knocked unconscious by a thrust or blown sideways.
　Still, the unconscious man's cry echoed through the hideout.
　Each person who hears it judges it to be an enemy attack and goes on an interception with a weapon.

"What!? He's not a monster!""Baby!"

　When Ray sees him in his Dragon Robes hood, some of them exclaim as if they were confused.
　However, the embarrassment results in fatal consequences for men.
　Ray stepped forward, completely indifferent to the men.
　and the thorn spears that are thrown.
　...with Sett, we might have recognized Ray as an adventurer with the nickname crimson, but unfortunately Sett is now in the sky.
　In the end, the man who calls Ray a kid is blown away by a blow with a thorn spear and hits the other man beside him.
　Once there is such a disturbance, naturally there will be a lot of movement around the area.
　But Ray is not the only one fighting.
　Marina uses her bow to shoot through the enemy's arms and legs to prevent further movement.
　Vihela searches for the captain of the mission, defeating the enemy with a single blow.
　Unlike the other three, Bune follows him by flying his long hand and cutting him with a white cloud when he has a chance.

"Calm down! All set up! There are few enemies, don't be upset!"

　Seeing his men faint one after another by the Rays, the captain exclaims.
　The voice must have brought him back to life. Private armies are rapidly settling down.
　In the first place, this group of private soldiers has the right level of skill to call themselves.
　That being the case, it wasn't that difficult to get back into trouble once.

"Yes,"

　Ray expressed his admiration.
　Using a thorny spear, he looks at the surroundings again, taking the consciousness out of those who appear one after another.










　where the man who had just shouted... the sight of Vihela, who had found it astutely, attacking the captain of the enemy captain.

"Captain!"

　When he saw the captain, a person close to him tried to help him...

"d*mn it!"

　An arrow shoots through the foot.
　If that happens, the captain should not be able to support him as a matter of course.
　Fists, feet and weapons are being released in front of the man at a speed that can barely be traced with his eyes.
　A man shot through his thigh should have been in the way of supporting the captain.
　And when he found out, Ray was already in front of him...

"What!"

　The moment you realize someone is in front of you, you lose consciousness with a blow from a thorn.
　Watching a man crumble to the ground, Ray looks around with a thorn spear in his hand.

(Considering that he did not use the special powers of a thorn's spear, could he have used the spear of twilight as his weapon? ... well, I suppose he ought to use the spear of a thorn once in a while.)

　As I look around, thinking this way, I see several men walking into a cave in the hideout.
　...it is not exactly the cave in the hideout, but the cave in the hideout that made it the hideout.
　Anyway, Ray, who had just infiltrated this hideout, knows what's there.
　In the first place, the laymen were hired to retrieve the materials.
　The sight of men entering caves where the materials are placed in this situation naturally gives me some bad feeling.

"Ray!"

　a brief call
　But looking at Marina, who had been calling for her, Ray understood what she meant by looking toward the cave.
　Most of the people already in this hideout have been crippled.
　Many had not lost consciousness, but they were usually shot in the arms and legs with marina arrows, and were barely able to move.
　Judging that it would be no problem to follow the person he entered the cave, Ray nods a little and walks straight into the cave.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Better, faster, stronger, sharper!"

　Let the joyful voice of Vihela be heard from behind.

(I was lucky that I was able to satisfy Vihela.)

　Thinking like that, I follow the men in the cave and go inside.
　At that time, the reason they had disappeared so that they wouldn't be found was to get a little bit of information about the men, or to make a surprise attack easier to win.

"What are you going to do with this?"
"Burning materials should be burned and everything else useless. or, if you don't get that far, hesitate to use it!"

　Ray smiles a little when he learns from the conversation that the men came into the cave for the purpose he expected.
　If the reason for entering a cave where the materials are gathered in the present situation, that would be to prevent it from being collected.
　When Ray did the reconnaissance, he said he would come to pick it up, but if it was impossible, he would have been told to destroy it.
　Now that we've confirmed that, we've had enough... no, if we listen any more, we'll lose the materials, and we'll open our mouths.

"That's a bit of a problem,"
"What!?"

　Facing the men who were stunned by his sudden voice, Ray attacked them.