In the end, only a few of the Giants' bodies were stored in Ray's mistling.
　However, this is only to study what giants are, not as raw materials or food, as Bune pointed out.
　This was the best concession for Ray, too.
　Leaving the fourth basement where the giant's body remains, the Rays head back to the fifth basement.
　However, unlike when I first came here, there is no giant on the fifth basement floor.
　Ray's aim was to lure all the giants to the fourth basement and defeat them.

"...there is nothing particularly strange about that black crystal?"

　Vihela muttered as she looked at the black crystal from the stairs.
　In fact, looking at black crystals like this doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with them.
　It looks just like a black crystal.
　But... Ray knows it's just for show.
　The reason why the Black Crystal has no movement is probably because there are no giants.
　The Ray's were originally pulling the Giants to the fourth basement for that purpose, so this situation is calculated...

"Anyway, shall we go down the stairs?" I don't know what action they will take, so please be careful to respond immediately to whatever happens."

　If this is a human being or a monster waiting in the fifth basement, it's not impossible to predict what they'll do.
　However, the other party is an unknown being, called the Black Crystal.
　If you touch it carelessly and the black snow that Ray saw earlier falls on you... then Ray can't do anything about it carelessly.
　But Ray didn't know what would happen to the black snow.

(There are dragon robes, and I think it's all right if it's not a big deal. "But, even so... I honestly want to refrain from doing so if possible.)"

　I think so when I look at the black crystal, but that doesn't mean I can stay like this forever.
　Eventually Ray breathes in to cheer himself up and goes straight down the stairs.

"What shall we do?"

　Marina talks to Ray from behind, but Ray looks back for a moment and then opens his mouth.

"I don't know what's going on, so wait and see from there. and if you notice anything, you can tell me."
"All right. Be careful."

　Ray goes down the stairs, telling her by Marina to be careful.
　Then step on the floor of the fifth basement and look around again.

"Very different,"

　It was Ray's honest impression when he looked around him.
　The fourth basement level is well maintained, and the floors and walls are no different from the buildings on the ground.
　But this fifth basement was just as it had been dug.
　Ray naturally doubts the scene, which gives the impression of a cave.
　In the first place, black crystals should have been a very important thing for Jaya.
　The place to put the black crystal should of course be well maintained.

(Then there's a reason to do it like this... well, if you don't, there must be a lot of weird things about it.) But... well...

　Doubtful, Ray looks around again.
　There is nothing remarkable about it, and there is not a single survivor of the giant.

"First of all... I guess I have no choice but to try."

　As long as it remains dug out, the surroundings are naturally bare and small stones are rolling around.
　You can see that the soil on the ground is completely trampled down, perhaps because of the Giants' frequent visits.
　How many giants have come here?
　In the first place, why did the giants curl around the black crystal when they first came to the fifth basement?

(No, why is that really?)

　Ray was suspicious, but the reason would still be unknown if he looked directly at the black crystal.
　Deciding so, he gradually approaches the black crystal.
　As you approach it step by step, something that you can feel from the black crystal becomes stronger.
　I don't know what it is, what it is... Ray didn't know, but there's no doubt there's something.
　Realizing this, Ray continues to shrink his distance from the Black Crystal.

"Wait a minute, Ray," Is it all right to approach so straight!?"

　I can hear Marina's voice from behind me, but those words mean nothing to me now.
　I approached the Black Crystal under the influence of feelings which I could not understand myself...

"Ray, can you hear me? Ray! Can you hear me?"

　The voice of Vihela was heard next to Marina.
　As he heard the voice, Ray finally came close to the black crystal... gently reaching out.

"Ray!"

　with a start
　At the end of Elena's voice, Ray's movement pauses for a second.
　But by the time the movement stopped, Ray's hand had already touched the black crystal.
　Moments... as if something had been switched on, Ray had no idea where he was.
　No, I don't even know who I am in the first place.
　The surrounding scenery is not a cave-like basement, but a black one.

(Space? ... No, what is the universe? Who am I in the first place?)

　Don't even realize you're losing your voice, just look around.
　I don't even remember touching a black crystal a few seconds ago, and I can't even understand why I'm here.
　In the first place, he doesn't even remember who he is... a phenomenon that would normally be completely incomprehensible.
　Nevertheless, Ray's mind remained unshakable and, on the contrary, he himself was strangely calm.

(I'm... what the hell is this? Where is it? In the first place... Huh?)

　Ray was in a state of half-contradiction, where he was calmly confused, but suddenly he realized.
　to the increasing density of darkness around one
　Given that it was the right color to call it jet black, there would be no particular difference in density or density.
　But somehow I could see that the darkness around me was getting darker.

(What? What's going on? No, this is...?)

　I don't know who I am, I don't know where I am, I don't know what the situation is like.
　In such a situation, the darkness around Ray increases further...the darkness, which is a gas, becomes too dense and liquid...and eventually begins to seep into Ray's body.
　Ray didn't know exactly what that meant, but he still understood that it was an inconvenient phenomenon for him.
　But even if you can understand it, you can't really understand it as dangerous.
　The jerky sensation left me at a loss what to do and what to do...

"'Gurururururururururururururururururururur

　Suddenly, that kind of voice echoes through the space.
　Ray looks around him to see where his voice came from, eroded by darkness but still unable to feel a sense of crisis.
　However, even if you look around in a space where only darkness exists, you can't understand what's in it.
　Ray wondered if it was just his imagination, but he heard his voice out of nowhere again.

'Ray, what are you doing! You're with me!'

　A dignified voice echoes around me again.The moment he hears the voice, Ray looks around again.
　But there is no apparent presence of anyone.
　It's just that there's an empty, jet black space around.
　Nothing. I understand that, but as far as I can hear, I still feel that there is something around me.

(What's this in me? a warm yet vivid golden light Wait, it's warm? What's that? Gold? What's that? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?

　something in oneself
　I'm sure I know, but I don't know. Something like that can only confuse Ray.
　But there was no doubt that something was irreplaceable to me, and I still couldn't see what was important.

'Ray, what's wrong with you? You're having a party at my house today, right? I'll slowly show you how to spend an adult night after that, so please look forward to it.'

　a reacquired voice
　The moist voice calms you down just by listening to it... but makes you feel uncomfortable.
　However, of course, I don't know what that feeling is at all, and the only thing Ray can do is be bewildered.
　I understand that the emotions inside me are irreplaceable, but I can't understand the very feeling of irreplaceability.

Ray, I'll let you win today's mock game! If I win, I'll go to the river. Instead, if Ray wins, I'll go out and eat at the stalls."


　I heard it four times.
　A spirited voice creates a strange energy in Ray.
　Without knowing what that energy is, Ray still thinks of something that has sprung up in him.

(This is... I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, what?)

　Only bewilderment is born in Ray and disappears.
　Then it disappears, it's born again, and it disappears again.
　Ray couldn't tell how many times he had done such a thing.
　No, he doesn't even realize what he's doing.
　behavior completely subconscious
　But still... wanting means something important to Ray... somewhere in his mind.
　I'm pulled by something inside me... no, something that's not that easy, it's something that's sucked me in.
　Ray doesn't understand that there is. I don't, but I guess I still understand somewhere in my mind... or unconsciously it's irreplaceable to me.
　Although he was completely unaware of it, Ray still seeks it... to increase the speed at which the darkness around him erodes within him.
　Ray was completely unconscious, just looking at the dark space around him without saying anything, but in such a situation, the light in Ray and the darkness around him were fighting in a state of antagonism.

(Light... What's warm? Dark? What's dark?)

　Are you aware of what's going on in you or not?
　Ray is only there in the dark.
　Are you standing, lying down, or floating?
　I didn't know what was going on, but there's no need to be confused in that situation.
　No, Ray wouldn't even understand the word of confusion in the first place.
　Ray just gazes around him, feeling as if floating in the dark.
　How long has it been... Ray didn't even understand the word time at all, but even if he understood it, he wouldn't know if it's been a minute, an hour, a day since he entered this dark space... or even a month or a year.
　Ray just drifts in the dark, not doing anything.
　In the meantime, there was a battle between light and darkness in Ray, but he didn't understand it at all.
　But... in such a situation, Ray's voice echoes again.

"Ray!"

　Many women's voices overlap, and some of them even feel as if they were somehow calling Ray... and Ray instantly understands who he is and what the situation is like when he hears that voice from within.

"I am..."

　the first unvoiced voice trapped in this dark space
　And the moment Ray utters his voice, he finally understands the darkness that was about to erode inside him.
　Ray acted quickly after understanding the darkness.

"Get out of me, and the darkness... get out of me!"

　Along with the words, Ray released a huge amount of magic.
　The red armor of Emperor Flame, the most powerful of Ray's skills.
　Then the skill... the next moment, the darkness in your body, and the darkness around you, this dark space itself, burned with flames.