Ray and Anastasia were investigating Whisp in the underground space, but there were many other things to do, so he left.
　Ray was also worried that his intense curiosity would make him behave strangely.
　But Anastasia said she could control herself for a few days, so she believed it.
　...but that doesn't really mean I was able to believe it.
　But now that Ray has a lot of work to do, there's nothing he can do about it.

"In that sense, we need an assistant, after all. ... I don't want you to pick a strange assistant."
"Glu?"

　Ray's soliloquy on his back turns around and asks, "What's wrong with Seto, who was walking through the forest of Trent?"
　It's probably because of Seto's high ability to keep his pace as he steels back through the woods.
　However, I don't think Seto is particularly conscious of that extent.

"No, it's nothing. I just thought this case was going to be a big deal."
"Rolling".

　I'm not sure how to answer Ray's words.
　He was stroking his way through the forest of Trent, when he suddenly turned his gaze to his own direction, happy to be caressed by Ray.

"Grunt!"

　a set that looks forward and makes a sharp call
　A few moments behind Sett's reaction, Ray also cast a sharp glance forward.
　He sensed that a battle was taking place not far from Ray and Sett.
　Ray says nothing and slaps Sett on the back.
　That alone makes Seto understand what Ray wants to say and runs much faster.
　Running through the trees in the forest of Trent, it is safe to recognize that if the general public saw a black shadow for a moment...
　Running at such a speed in the thickets of trees is usually a suicide.
　But in Seto's case, he runs, runs, and runs in the woods, as if to say it doesn't matter.
　Even if there are bushes, they force their way through them and tear the ivy by thrusting it into the middle of the tree regardless of whether there are ivy.
　Then he ran for twenty seconds or so... until he broke through the bushes in front of him and reached the battlefield.
　What was unfolding there was a scene of adventurers fighting against horse monsters with grass bodies.
　The workmen behind the adventurers made it clear that they had not entered the forest of Trent without permission, like the adventurers who had been pursued by the Cobold, but had taken charge of guarding the workmen at the request of the guild.
　Above all, Ray knows many of the adventurers fighting.
　That being the case, Ray had no option of not participating in this battle.
　...as a matter of fact before that, Ray had no option not to fight when there was an unknown monster, a horse made of grass.

"I'll help you!"

　Lei pulls the spear of Death Size and twilight from Mistilling, jumping off the back of Seto, who is attacking the grass horse.
　As you can see from the grass horses fighting against adventurers, this place is quite large and has enough space to swing.

"Gul-l-r-r-r-r-r-r!"

　A thrusting set fires a blow on the forefoot.
　It's not just a blow, it's Seto's power crash skills.
　Set has many skills, but the power crash level is six, the highest among Set's skills.
　The blow strikes a grass horse...the next moment the grass horse splashes and grass splashes around it.

"Glu!?"

　a bewildered cry of a set
　The blow actually delivered to the grass horse.
　But the blow was far less responsive than Sett had expected.
　a set of questions like, "why on earth?"
　Nevertheless, Ray was relieved that he had defeated his opponent.

"Not yet! He's still alive!"

　One of the adventurers screams sharply.
　Although slightly smaller than Seto, the grass horse is more than half a meter in size.
　More than half of his body was easily crushed by the blow of Seto's power crash, and as he thought so, Ray's face twitches when he sees the grass scattered around him moving like a living creature through the ground and onto a horse that has lost half of his body.

"Multiple slashes!"

　At this rate, the ground-moving grass will recover... or regenerate.
　When Ray decided to do so, he sent out multiple slashes.
　With the skill of firing multiple slashes at once, Ray's current multiple slashes are level 3.
　In other words, in addition to Ray's death-size blow, three other blows are fired at the opponent.
　Moreover, the weapon Ray used to attack with multiple slashes was death-size, and the blade was about one meter long.
　If three other attacks are made, the grass horse, which is only half of its body, will be easily cut apart.
　As with Seto's power crash, the grass horse's body splashes about with grass.
　It was scattered, but...

"What? There's no magic stone?"

　The grass horse is already completely broken, but there are no magical stones around it that a monster would have.
　It wasn't that I didn't feel like I had destroyed and blown off the magical stone with multiple slashes, but if I had destroyed the magical stone, it would be strange if I didn't have the feeling that it had been cut and destroyed at all.
　But, of course, Ray's hand didn't feel that way.
　In other words, the grass horse had no magical stones.
　...as long as it hadn't been missed by a magical stone rolling to the ground or blowing off.

"What? This monster... There is no magic stone, by any chance..."

　Ray cuts his tongue there.
　Ray remembered a very special being, a monster without a magic stone.
　a lake in a different world that has been metastasized by Whisp
　I had knocked down monsters that lived there, but there was no magic stone there.
　fish with amenbo, lizards, and gigantic tusks
　There were no magical stones in the bodies of those three monsters.
　However, aside from the latter two types, the Amenbo monster exploded its head into the lake by a sudden descent attack from above, so there is no denying the possibility that a magical stone was on its head.
　Anyway, the only monsters Ray knows so far are lake monsters.

(I mean, did this monster come from the lake, too? Now that you say that, the grasses that make up the body are not the grasses that grow in the forest, but the grasses that make up the body.

　Then it comes down to where they came from, but only by the Tower of Birth do they have guards like the Lays near the lake.
　And the lake is as large as guillem.
　This means that monsters living in lakes can only be found near the tower of their birth.
　Isn't this grass horse a monster that came out of the lake?
　Ray predicts so.
　...as if it had been decided when it was a monster without a magical stone.
　However, there is no denying the possibility that this monster was not the main body, and that other monsters had gathered grass and formed it into a horse shape by some means.
　However, among Rei, it was determined to be a monster of the lake monster.
　When aquatic plants make up a horse's body, it is highly likely.

(Multiple slashes are easy to use skills...however, death-size is powerful with just one stroke, so if they are fired many times in a row, it is highly likely that they will be overkill unless they are a good opponent.)

　Check the surroundings and make sure there are no other similar grass horses before returning the spear to Mistilling.
　I thought, after all, that there was no chance for the spear in the twilight this time.

"Hey, Ray. Do you know anything about the monster?"

　Ray's storage of weapons must have really ended the battle. One of the adventurers approaches and asks.
　But Ray shakes his head silently at such an adventurer.
　Talking about that monster naturally requires talking about the lake, but you can't talk about it because it's a secret.The adventurer would not be more persistent in asking if there was anything to feel about Ray's appearance.

(For the time being, as is the case with Anastasia's assistant, we need to let them know that monsters of the lake are coming from somewhere other than near the Tower of Birth... it's only natural, if you think about it.)

　Until now, I had expected monsters to come out of the lake by the side of the tower of birth.
　But for monsters, you don't have to do that.
　There is no doubt that it is safer to go ashore from an enemyless place than to go all the way to where the enemy awaits you.
　Unless you were a fierce enemy like the lizard monster attacking the Reyes.

"Anyway... which part do you think is proof of subjugation?"
"No, that's..."

　Though slightly misleading, Ray's words confuse adventurers.
　The horse's body is really made of grass, and there is no place to prove its defeat.
　If we were to use it as a proof of subjugation, it would be grass scattered around the ground.

"Do you think this grass will prove to be a killing site? Or it made up the monster's body, and it's made of materials."
"Oh... I don't know. I think it's hard."

　In fact, it seemed to Ray that it was useful as a material, let alone as a proof of subjugation.
　However, given that the monster was likely from a lake, we decided it was unsavory to spread it carelessly.
　If the investigation revealed that this grass was a valuable medicinal herb, it would certainly be a bother later.
　In order not to happen, we had to talk to the guild first.

"It's an unknown monster, and I'll take this grass to the guild for now, so if it's a material that I can buy, like a medicinal herb, I'll pay you for it." ...is that all right?"
"That's fine with me. That's fine with you, too, isn't it?"

　The adventurer nodded to Ray's words and asked the others, who all said it was OK.
　In the first place, it was they who were struggling against the enemy who would soon recover from the attack.
　No one dislikes it because it is said that they will contribute their share to the guild if they buy it as a material.
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　But the adventurer who now works in the forest of Trent was recommended by the guild.
　The appearance of lakes, towers of birth and high-ranked monsters like Kerberos may also be influencing.
　those skilled as adventurers and without problems in character at the same time
　It's probably because we've carefully selected such people that we don't cause unnecessary problems.
　However, if you know Ray's power, you don't usually get involved with such a person.

"Then don't collect this for that reason... ...but it seems pretty hard to collect."

　The grass that made up the horse's body has been scattered quite extensively by the attacks of Seto and Ray.
　Collecting it is quite a challenge, and that's why Ray can't be bothered.
　You couldn't see Ray doing that. The adventurers had to work together to pick up the scattered grass...

"What? Is this grass different?"

　A lot of people got lost in that way.
　It was aquatic grass that made up the body of a horse, but many people couldn't tell the difference at all.
　Also, since it's spring, the present Trent forest is full of greenery.
　Then, naturally, it was difficult for some to find the grass that made up the horse's body.
　As a result, the people who were accustomed to doing that kind of work had to work together to find the grass... in about twenty minutes they had collected the grass.