2071 Episode 2071



After a little late breakfast with Dusker, Ray quickly took Gaga back to the Tower of Birth.
 Fortunately, there was a carriage for Gaga to ride in, and we had to take some lizardmen to test it out, and somehow we had to move in a few more or less.
 though Ray's companions Elena and Marina, Arra, and Yello never came to the Tower of Birth for their own business or other reasons.
 Zozo naturally works with Ray.
 By Ray's words, I decided not to stay with Ray all the time, but with my fellow Lizardman... but he was happy to be with Ray.

(I don't know how you can be so loyal just by winning.)

 I'm glad that Zozo is loyal to me. I'm glad, but I still wonder if I'm going a little too far.

'What's the matter?'
"No, it's nothing. I just wondered if the tower of birth would do well."

 That's what Ray replies to the letters written on the lithograph.
 It wasn't what I expected, but it was because of Zozo.
 Then the carriage would proceed and return to the tower of birth.
 I headed for Gilm just after 9 a.m. and now it's almost noon.
 I was talking to Dusker in the lord's house for about two hours.

"Can I have lunch a little later?"
'Well, I got a sandwich.'

 The sandwiches eaten at the training ground of the lord's residence were probably made in large quantities by the cooks of the lord's residence because many of them ate like Ray, Seto, and Gaga.
 The rest of the sandwiches are now stored in Ray's Mistillings, telling him to eat everything up at breakfast and to feed the rest of the lizard man from Dusker.
 Ray also accepted Dusker's request simply because the bite-sized sandwich was delicious.

"This sandwich is for lunch... ...but the lizards who came with us would eat it first."

 The Rays' breakfast was past nine o'clock, but the rest of the lizzards had finished their breakfast long before.
 Then it's only natural that the lizards will eat lunch first.

'That's likely to be the case, Mr. Ray, I see you.'

 In Zozo's words, Ray looks out of the window.
 At the end of his gaze was, as Zozo said, the tower of birth.
 But when Ray saw the tower of his birth, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

`Isn't there anything strange about the tower of birth?'
"What?"

 Zozo, who was told by Ray, looks at the tower of his birth, but I don't think there's anything strange going on in Zozo's eyes.
 Zozo was staring at the tower of his birth, but before long he shook his head.

"I don't know, but is there anything?"
"Probably... I'm afraid I'll go a step further, but what about you?"
"I'll accompany you,"

 Zozo didn't have the option of not acting with Ray for no reason whatsoever.
 Ray doesn't say anything to Zozo, but jumps out of the carriage door and lands on Seto's back, who was running beside him.
 I could tell by the sign and the cry that Seto was driving next to the carriage. That's why he moved.
 Zozo followed Ray and landed on Sett's back.
 Regardless of Ray, Zozo, who is about two meters tall, is inferior to Gaga, but has the right muscle.
 In other words, though heavier than it looked, Seto took Ray and Zozo on his back without any particular concern.

"Set, hurry to the Tower of Birth! I don't know what's going on over there, but now we need to hurry!"
"Gruly!"

 At Ray's words, Seto starts running at once when he cries sharply.
 When Sett tries to overtake the coach, Ray calls out to the coachman.

`Something seems to be going on in the Tower of Birth, and I'll be glad if you can speed up the cab!'

 At first, let alone at the end, I was forced to leave the carriage and shout, but I suppose I could still hear Ray's words.
 The carriage was undoubtedly speeding up.
 On the contrary, Ray's half-cry might have been loud, but the other cabmen could hear it, and all the cabs were speeding up.
 Wondering that there is only a coachman serving Dusker, Ray wonders what happened in the tower of his birth.

(I thought there would be no danger so long as there were no adventurers or knights left as bodyguards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .."

 When the tower of birth spread, Seto could sense it.
 But when the lizard and the greens are metastasizing, unfortunately Sett cannot detect it, let alone when he is in the forest of Trent.
 If Ray and Sett had metastasized while they were in Gilm, they could have fought before the Tower of Birth by now.
 I had hoped in his mind that it would not be a strange disturbance."

"That's..."

 Seto runs faster than a horse.
 It's slower than flying, but the Tower of Birth approaches rapidly.
 If the Tower of Birth had been transferred to the forest of Trent, it would be impossible to see the Tower of Birth in the way of trees growing.
 But having spread out of the forest of Trent, it was easy for Seto to get there, and he was able to see from afar the tower of his birth.
 And when Ray saw the approaching tower of birth, he exclaimed in surprise, not because he was fighting against the adventurers and knights in charge of escort... but because he was dealing with men.
 There was a mixture of beasts, dwarves and elves, most of whom were human.

"Isn't he a lizard?"

 A crowd of people meant robbers? Ray thought, but in the first place, robbers couldn't have come to the frontier.
 Now there may be bandits targeting migrants for the construction of the Gillum, but in the first place, they may be attacked in places such as Abuero and Subursta, rather than near the Gillum.
 Or I thought I came to Gilm to hunt monsters, but I immediately deny it.
 Of course, if you can fight and defeat monsters around Gilm in the frontier, you can earn money by letting the material flow behind you, but many monsters in the frontier are strong in the first place.
 It was impossible -- with some exceptions -- to defeat monsters around Gilm.
 And, of course, defeating such monsters or challenging yourself to a knight of Guillum, who is renowned for his strength, would be suicidal.

(Then what the hell is that?)

 If you're not a thief, what are you thinking about attacking the tower of your birth?
 As they approached, they could be seen clearly, but Ray could see that the raiders' equipment was not of the first grade, unlike the robbers' equipment.
 In addition, individuals fought occasionally like thieves, and not only could they do poor cooperation, but they fought against knights and adventurers of bodyguards while taking high cooperation actions.

(The adventurers in Gilmoo? No, but adventurers must know the danger of being more hostile to Gilmoo. Then I would never do such a foolish thing.)

 For Dusker, the Tower of Birth is a very important thing.
 Eggs, children... in the sense that they were born before they were born? What would happen if they found out that such people, children, children, and women in charge of caregivers.
 Needless to think, we won't forgive a country that has done such a thing.
 In the worst case, there is even the possibility of war.
 Fortunately, as the Gran Dragonian Empire is a country in a different world, it will not happen anytime soon.
 But the transition of the Tower of Birth means that there is no telling when the Gran Dragonian Empire will be.
 That being the case, the person who attacked the tower of birth will surely be executed...or, as long as he is executed normally, he will be happy.
 With such a risk in mind, Ray could not understand why he would behave like this.

"By the way, beating them is the first thing to do. ... Set, stick!"
"Gruly!"

 At Ray's words, Seto gives his consent with a cry.
 レイの後ろに乗っているゾゾも、自分の同族の卵や子供がいる生誕の塔を襲われていると知り、レイが何も言わなくても襲っている者達を排除する気があった.
 そして……当然ながら生誕の塔を襲っている者達も、走ってくるセトの姿に気が付く.

「ちっ、くそ! 何でもう深紅が戻ってきてるんだよ! あいつがギルムに行ってから、まだそんなに時間が経ってねえだろ!?」

 襲っていた者の一人が、忌々しげにレイの異名を叫ぶ.
 それを聞き、更には自分がギルムに行った時のことも覚えているということから、レイは生誕の塔を襲っている者達がどのような手段かは分からないが、自分に関する情報を手にしていたということを悟る.

(情報を漏らしていた奴……いや、あの連中の仲間がこっちに入り込んでいたのか?)

 レイが来たという叫び声で、襲っていた者達が動きを止め、それぞれ別の方向に逃げ出す.
 偶然そのような形になったという訳ではなく、明らかに前もって決めていた行動のようにしか思えなかった.
 幾らセトの足が速いとはいえ、そしてレイが強いとはいえ、それぞれが全く別の方向に逃げるといった真似をされては、全員を捕まえる訳にはいかない.
 そうなると、現状でレイが出来るのは少しでも多くの敵を情報源として捕らえるということだ.

「そいつらを逃がすな!」

 レイの叫びに、生誕の塔を守っていた騎士や冒険者達が即座に反応する.
 精鋭と呼ぶべき者達だけあって、生誕の塔を守る人数を最低限だけ残し、それ以外の者達は即座に四方へと逃げ散っていった相手を追いかける.
 特にトレントの森に中に逃げ込んだ相手は、向こうもトレントの森の中というのは殆ど入ったこともない為か、それなりに捕まえることが出来ていた.
 エルフのように、森の中こそが自分のホームグラウンドといった相手は、捕らえるのが難しかったが.
 そんな中で、レイ達はトレントの森の外を逃げようとしていた相手を追う.

「セト、ゾゾ、殺すなよ!」

 叫ぶレイだが、セトはともかく、石版を見る余裕がなかったゾゾはその言葉をはっきりとは理解出来ていないだろう.
 だが、敵の人数は多いし、自分やセト、それに生誕の塔を守っていた者達が敵を捕らえるという行動に移っている以上、ゾゾが敵を捕らえることなく殺してしまっても気にする必要はないと判断する.
 今は少しでも多く襲撃者の数を減らすのが最優先だろう、と.
 そんな思いと共に、レイ、セト、ゾゾはそれぞれが別方向に向かって逃走する敵を追う.
 レイが手にしたのは、いつものデスサイズや黄昏の槍……ではなく、魔力によって鏃を生み出すことが出来る、ネブラの瞳.
 モンスターでもなく、ましてや個として非常に強い能力を持っている訳でもない相手だけに、デスサイズや黄昏の槍を使った攻撃では相手にレイが想定している以上のダメージを与えてしまう可能性が高かった.
 このような時、ネブラの瞳で生み出された鏃は、非常に便利だった.
 相手に強烈な痛みを与えると同時に、余程のことがなければ致命傷にはならない.
 それでいて、レイの魔力を使えばほぼ無尽蔵に鏃を生み出すことが出来る.
 ……唯一の難点としては、鏃を投擲する必要がある以上、射程距離が槍の投擲等に比べると短いというところか.
 とはいえ、射程が短いという問題はレイが敵に近づけば解消する.
 レイの走る速度は、セトには劣るものの人間や獣人、エルフが走るよりは断然速い.
 ましてや、ドワーフはその体格上どうしても走る速度が遅くなるので、そういう意味ではレイにとって獲物でしかない.
 逃げる敵に近づくと、ネブラの瞳を使って魔力の鏃を生み出し、即座に投擲する.
 放たれた鏃は、逃げる敵の足を貫き、斬り裂き、肉を抉る.
 敵は倒れた仲間を全く気にすることなく……それどころか、それでレイの足が鈍るのならといった様子で走るが……最終的に、レイに狙われた者達は全員が多かれ少なかれ足に怪我をして、その場で捕らえられるのだった.