Ray's expression on his face as he descended to the fourth basement was just as unpleasant.
　It's only natural that none of the pregnant women survived, except in the room where Lesel was.
　They ended up burning down the bodies of the giant's children in the other room and the pregnant women who had been left in a mess.
　I didn't hesitate to kill anyone anymore, but I still don't feel good about burning the bodies of women who were only used by Jaya.
　And it was the same for Ray to feel bad about his direct hand, as well as for Elena and other women.
　It's probably a great reason for this feeling that I'm the same woman.

"The second basement is where pregnant women are waiting, and the third basement is where they actually give birth. There is a black crystal on the fifth basement floor... what do you think is on the fourth basement floor?"
"...if you think about it normally, isn't it a room where the giant is on standby? Lesel said it's shipping, so you need a room where the giant is on standby until it's shipped."

　Marina answers Ray's question.
　The answer didn't seem wrong to anyone.
　But...

"I don't think there's a giant here,"

　Yes, the fourth basement is smaller than the third basement, and that's where there's only one room.
　In other words, the room, which had come down the stairs directly into the room, was an empty room.
　Having shipped it, it's safe to have a giant for escort purposes, as Lesel called for.
　And it never seemed to Ray that there were only three great guards.
　If that were the case, there might be a giant in this room."
　I'm sure others felt the same way about Ray's question. Strangely... but I looked around the room alertly so that I could deal with anything at once.
　The first thing I saw in the room was the stairs leading to the fifth basement.
　There was really nothing else but space.

"I personally expected a warehouse of magic items."
"But the magic item that Jaya was using wasn't made by Jaya alchemists, was it not really meaningful?"

　Ray nods helplessly to Marina's words.
　Ray naturally expected it.
　But I was thinking about the possibility of... really.
　The main reason Ray originally accepted the request to retaliate against Jaya was to seize the magic item.
　Having had a large number of slave collar, I thought there were many other magic items, but not really.

"""Black Crystal seems to be a very valuable magic item...it looks like a cursed magic item."""

　mutter Ray disgustedly
　There is no doubt that black quartz will have a great influence on the vast area of mejogo.
　But the effect is that women are turned into prostitutes -- which Ray expects can be changed around here -- and pregnant within that range makes them children of giants.
　Not very much, but I don't want to use Ray either.

(Well, how do you use it to infiltrate a hostile country and leave a black crystal behind? No, but you'll need a slave collar to make it work, so you'll have to use it as well.) i.e., stand out.)

　If you are going to use black quartz in an enemy country, you have to use a slave collar somehow.
　Then it had to resort to the sort of means of coercive enslavement, as it was done in this mejogo.
　Or, since the slave collar corresponding to the Black Crystal does not look like a slave collar at first sight, there is a way to make it popular as a fashionable.
　...but I'm not sure if it's really possible, as Ray doesn't know much about the situation.
　What's more, Ray would shake his head if he wanted to go that far.

(So, the possibility of remaining is to use the black crystal itself as some kind of material?…I'm a little scared that when I use it as a material, I'm going to see a lot of tricky magic items.)

　With that in mind, Ray heads to the stairs leading to the fifth basement.

"For the time being, there seems to be nothing on this floor, and I'm going to the fifth basement."
"Well... it was quite an unexpected sight, as I never thought there was anything like this."

　Vihela muttered as she walked beside Ray.
　For Vihela, he must have thought there were even giants here.
　However, if you actually come here, the Giants are nowhere to be seen after shipment.
　That was the biggest reason for Vihela's displeasure.

(However, it's a little doubtful that only those three were prepared for security. If Jaya recognizes us, it would be better to tighten security. There is something unnatural about it.)

　Ray wasn't the only one who thought so, and Elena and Marina were on the alert as they headed up the stairs.
　Of course, Bune, who sensed the presence of the two, was quick to check the surroundings like thieves.
　But in the end, nothing special happens, and the Rays arrive at the front of the stairs.

"...I didn't think anything would really happen."

　Elena muttered deeply, but everybody agrees with her.
　In fact, if the Ray's got the right information, it's the Black Crystal on the fifth basement.
　It wouldn't be surprising to think that such an important thing should be passed so easily in front of the Lays.

"Well, there could have been some traps, and it's this big. I don't think it's a better place to launch an attack."

　Ray muttered, looking around again.
　It takes a certain amount of space to rampage a giant because of its huge body.
　The last time Vihela fought against the three giants would not have been large enough for them.
　Of course, Ray's honest opinion is that there was not a single chance that Vihela would lose in a place that was actually big enough.

"Anyway, we must have been lucky that there was no trap like this. Then there is only five basement floors left. I don't know what's waiting in the basement, but I'll brace myself."
"There's a magic item called Black Crystal, right? Then no one's going to relax in a place like this."

　Vichela seemed to be a permanent battlefield, but for Vichela, who likes fighting, it seems quite natural.
　Viehla's appearance makes Ray smile.
　...but Vichela's smile may not have been very interesting, and she looks a little displeased and opens her mouth.

"What?"
"No, it's nothing. When it comes to fighting, I just thought Vihela would be a relief. What?"

　If Ray looks at the others, everyone nods without hesitation.
　Vihela seemed to want to say a lot about the surroundings, but she probably decided that she would not be satisfied with anything she said.
　shut one's mouth with a discontented expression on one's face
　As if using it as a signal, the Rays continue down the stairs.
　a different spiral staircase
　However, there is no trap like the first stairway, where the steps suddenly disappear and become a slope...
　For those who set this trap in motion, it would be meaningless to set it up here, since it didn't work at all.
　The fact is that it's not wrong.
　If the stairs suddenly disappear here, the Rays will only land on the fifth basement without any serious injuries.
　and now, if I had been injured in the previous trap, I would have been a little different."
　And what the Reys, who were going down the stairs, soon saw... a huge... a huge black crystal that would be three meters high.
　It has a sharp shape and a sharp point.
　The color is black, as the name suggests.
　It's a jet black crystal that makes you think you'll even breathe in the light of magic items on the fifth basement floor.
　Even though they know they have the capacity to call it evil, they are momentarily dazzled by the beauty of the Black Crystal.
　But... the next moment his face was filled with amazement.Because there were many giants around the black crystal.
　He sleeps curled up, but there's definitely nothing but a giant there.

(If you didn't think he was on the fourth basement, you would have been here.)

　Ray doesn't know why this is happening.
　But for some reason... there was nothing wrong with seeing the giant around the Black Crystal.
　I didn't know what it meant or what it was like, but I still didn't feel uncomfortable.
　a scene as if it were natural to be there
　Looking at these giants, Ray wonders... though it was really late.

(Giant as he is, he must eat a lot. Then, of course, you'll need a great deal of food, but... what are you doing with that?)

　These Lays came up to the fifth basement, but I don't remember seeing any food for the Giants on the way.
　There was a kind of dried meat in the basement warehouse, but it was just for human use.
　Not very much, but not enough for the giant to eat.
　Ray saw the scene where she ate her mother's belly when she was born and ate her whole body, but there was no need to eat anything after that.
　Ray wonders about it, but now he looks at the black crystal and the sleeping giants curled up around it.
　Ray could understand that, given the shape of the black crystal as if it had grown from the ground, what he now saw was probably half the size.

(By the way, I must do something about that black crystal."There's no way those giants should be quiet. Do you want to give up taking it away and destroy it as it is? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

　Ray and his colleagues were observing the fifth basement from the top of the stairs, but now they start to discuss what to do.
　Ray had the confidence that if he continued down the stairs and reached the fifth basement level, the sleeping giant would wake up.
　It's not a conviction for some reason, it's a gut feeling because we've survived many battles.
　Or, I can imagine the typical comic line Ray read when he was in Japan.

"What shall I do?"
"No matter what you say, if you don't do something about that black crystal, you'll have to do a lot of bad things, right? And you can't retaliate against Jaya any more."

　The first person to say so was Vihela.
　The battle against the Giants on the third basement level was probably reasonably satisfying.
　He was looking at the sleeping giants curled up to see if a battle could happen.

"Wouldn't the Black Crystal break down if there was a battle here? If so, I think we should attack the Giants right now. so that some giants may be reduced in number, and that the Black Crystal will not be harmed if they are attracted to the attack."
"A little Elena," I can fight to my heart's content as a giant, and if possible, let me fight normally."
"... I understand what Vihela is saying, and that could damage the Black Crystal?"
"I'll fight with caution not to do so. ...no?"

　By now, Vihela has already thought of fighting against giants, and her eyes are filled with excitement.
　Vichela, who exudes an overwhelming amount of charm, turns her gaze on Ray.

"It's no good,"

　get a flat refusal
　If the Black Crystal had been farther away... it might have nodded to Vihela's words.
　But considering the scarcity of black crystals... and what happens when they break down, I still can't nod to Viehra's words.
　Ray looked at Marina to see if she had any objections, but nodded back that she had no objections.