"…it was unexpected, wasn't it?" I thought I'd be stuck there for a few days now."

　As he walked down the road, Ray turned his gaze to the sky.
　What spreads out there is a clear blue sky that looks like summer.
　Yesterday it was raining incessantly, but that's what it's like to lie about.
　No one could have foreseen this situation, if not very much.

"Well, it seems that the summer weather is very changeable, but that's exactly the way it turned out to be. though I have no reason to complain, for it was an unexpectedly pleasant occasion."

　Elena, walking next to Ray with Seto in between, caresses Yero sleeping in the sun on Seto's back.
　In fact, Ray has no complaints about the fact that yesterday's weather was as clear as a lie.
　Well... highways are not made of solid concrete like in Japan.
　There are dents in many places, and many places have puddles due to yesterday's rain.
　Also, since there are nearly a thousand people in groups, not all of them are walking along the road, but some of them are walking a little off the road.
　Such people had to walk in places with even more puddles than the highways.
　Many wore clothes they made yesterday, and the number of prostitutes was much lower than the day before yesterday.

"You may not have to ask the Zorgay Chamber for cloth and clothes,"
"Why don't you get it? It's nothing to worry about having clothes and cloth, right?

　Marina, walking a little further away, muttered in response to Ray's muttering.
　Under normal circumstances, a thousand people's worth of clothes and cloth would have a hard time finding a place to put themselves.
　But in Ray's case, there is a mystery.
　Whether it's for a thousand or two thousand people... that's how easy it can be to store cloths and clothes for ten thousand people.
　What's more, there's no time in the mystery ring.
　In other words, there will be no deterioration over time.
　That being the case, Ray looks back at Marina's suggestion that she should get it if she can.

"It's not funny, to be honest, to have this happen so many times."

　Traveling with nearly a thousand people -- mostly amateurs -- is a burden to Ray, too.

(In the war against the Vestian Empire, we moved in larger numbers. --but it was comfortable for everyone to be able and physically strong at the time.)

　The speed of movement was also faster than it is now.
　That being the case, I can't help but think that the current speed of movement is slow.

"Well, I don't think it's going to be dozens or hundreds of times, but how many more times could it be?"
"I'm not very happy,"

　This time, Ray, who is taking this party with him half‐way through, couldn't agree when he was told to do such a troublesome thing over and over again.
　I honestly wanted this to be the last thing I could do.

"I agree with Ray. The giants were reasonably strong, but they weren't enough to satisfy them. I wish I could fight a stronger enemy."

　Then came Vihela.
　With regard to this request, I had no idea that I could fight against such a powerful enemy, since I was originally confronted by a dark organization of a small country called the State of Lavrellina.
　But I guess he still had the feeling that he might have.
　For Vichela, the fight against the giants was the only harvest in this request... but only by supplementing the quality with quantity.
　Not very much, but there was no fight that would satisfy Vihela from the bottom of her heart.

"Grull!"

　As we move on talking like that, Seto suddenly cries.
　In front of my eyes, for some reason I saw a wild boar running on the meadow.
　Of course, there is no rule that wild boars should not run near the highway. I don't think so, but... it would have been normal for the boar to move in places like forests and woods.
　This is because, to those who are above a certain level of ability, wild boar is literally nothing but prey.
　The meat is overwhelmingly better for travellers than preserved foods such as dried meat and baked bread. ...although some are devastatingly bad at cooking.
　Nonetheless, generally speaking, wild boar is the best prey.
　It's the same for the Ray's today...

"Go, Seto,"
"Gruly!"

　At Ray's word, Seto immediately begins to run toward his prey.
　The boar must have noticed the presence of Seto chasing him.
　Start running faster than a few seconds ago.
　It's only natural that ... A wild boar, nothing but a monster, can't do anything about it in front of Seto.
　He probably realized by instinct that if he confronted Seto, he would never have a way to survive.
　But... when Seto found him, the fate of the boar was at stake.
　The speed of the boar is about 50 km/h.
　Moreover, given the weight of the boar, it is impossible to keep running long distances at that speed, let alone short distances.
　As a result, Seto easily catches up with the boar, breaking his neck with a blow from his forefoot and extinguishing his life.
　The body of a wild boar whose neck is broken at the same speed as it was running, scraps the ground with that force.
　But it also stops when Seto catches up with the body again and holds it down with his forefeet.

"Slurrurling.

　and though Seto crowed with delight at the killing of the boar at one blow."

"What?"

　A little further away from the forest... several men emerge from the forest from which the boar sprang and exclaim in an involuntary manner.
　Watching it from the top of the road, Ray immediately judged it different from the clothes they were wearing, even though he was alarmed for a moment by the bow he was holding and wondering if it was a pursuer from Jaya or Rossi.

(A hunter? Of course, I can't deny the possibility that he was a hunter dressed like a hunter.)

　Just in case, really, Ray doesn't fully release his guard against the men. 　
　But, from the fact that men were dumbfounded to see Sett's boar -- well over a hundred kilograms -- I strongly suspect he was just a hunter.

"Come and ask them who you are,"
"All right!"

　The Resistance man immediately answers Ray's words and leaves.
　As I looked at it, I wondered if I had to say something to Sula, but... the Resistance guy didn't notice Ray at all.
　It's Ray who is leading this party, but it's not that he has the resistance under his command.
　That being the case, it is appropriate to give instructions to the resistance through a spooler.
　But the Resistance man followed Ray's instructions without any discomfort.
　That's how Ray thinks, and the Resistance man approaches the supposed hunters.
　Then, while the conversation was in progress, Seto returned to Ray's feet, dragging a wild boar.

"Gruly!"

　When I put my boar on the ground, he looked at me.
　Ray put such a boar in a mistling and patted Seto on the head.
　Perhaps pleased by Ray's compliment, Seto rubs his face against him.
　Of course, I keep walking while I'm doing that, so I can't do anything like complimenting Seth...
　Still, Seto, who was praised by Ray, must have been satisfied with it.
　He walks beside Ray, purring in a good mood.
　Of course, it's not the case that Seto is going to dismantle the boar he's caught.
　When you're camping, you do it with people who are free.
　...even if she was brought up in a village, not many women who had grown up in crowded places such as towns and cities had, of course, committed acts such as disintegration of animals, and some even vomited at that happened.
　But Ray... and his superiors didn't absolve women from work that they didn't like to dismantle.It's not harassment or anything else, but it's a good idea for everyone to be able to do that kind of work, considering the time between now and when they arrive in Gilm.
　Ray is not particularly disgusted with the demise of wild animals, as he usually disassembles monsters.
　That's why I thought it would be all right for others... but some of them fainted at the mere sight of blood, and I thought it was troublesome for them to go forward.
　In the case of Ray, since he was in Japan, he had been helping his father to dismantle his chickens, so he didn't have much resistance.

(Come to think of it, there were some things like manga that I couldn't do because I was afraid of dissecting frogs.)

　As he thinks like that, the Resistance eventually comes to Ray's side with the hunters.

"Mr. Ray, these people seem to be village hunters a little further from here."
"I see. I'd like to stop by if I could, but... how far away is it, specifically?"

　The hunters come to their senses with Ray's question.
　It's not a funny reaction, though.
　Yesterday's incident has seen more and more people wear shabby but ordinary clothes, but there are still quite a few who say they are still dressed as prostitutes.
　At the point of leading such women, this group was very eye-catching.
　What's more, it's a short opponent like Ray who doesn't look down on him at all, even a seemingly stronger resistance man.
　and on Ray's side there was a figure of a Gryphon who had easily knocked down a wild boar, and on top of that there were three beautiful women whom they had never seen before.
　I don't know where to start. Having faced such a group, it was only natural for the hunters to be confused.

"Koheon".

　The Resistance man, who understands the hunters' feelings, coughs them up and warns them.
　One of the hunters finally recovered from the cough opens his mouth, bewildered by Ray's words.

"It's a few hours from here,"
"Is it along the highway? I'd be saved if it were."
"No, no. Our village is far from the highway."

　Usually, a village is built in a place that is easy for people to pass by.
　That's because if there's a village by the road, people who pass by it will drop their money.
　In addition, merchants have no resistance to such places, unlike villages in the mountains.

(But why do you bother to build a village in a place that is not along the highway? I wonder if it's for some reason.) Then, should we not go to the village? But if I can do some shopping, I'd like to get some supplies.)

　Since it's still morning, it's only a waste of time to go all the way to a village off the highway, partly because of the rain yesterday.
　But we want to supply supplies.
　That's the conclusion that Ray came to...

"I'd like to go to the village alone and ask for supplies, would you mind if I had a horse, but I wouldn't be able to do it alone, so it would be helpful if I had cloth, clothes, food, and a horse-drawn carriage to sell."
"Oh, oh. I don't think that's a problem, but... you're the only one? That's...

　One of the hunters sees Sett stroked by Bune on Ray's side.
　It was obvious how Ray was getting to the hunters' village.
　Ray nods back to these hunters.

"Oh, I'm going on a set." -- would you trust me if I told you that I had heard from you?"

　Ray understood that if he pretended to go to the village on his own, he would be suspicious.

"I'm glad you've taken care of me. I'm Albado. If you tell me what you've heard, I'm sure they won't be too mean."

　The hunters bow their heads, saying that they noticed Ray's concern.
　Ray is a little surprised by the hunter's appearance.
　The hunters are not, let alone seeing their power up close.
　That being the case, I could not have been underestimated.
　though it would be either a strong enough man, or a fool who doesn't understand the situation, to look down on him when he sees him in attendance.
　After such a conversation, Ray flew off with Sett toward the person he heard from Albad.