"Well... now that I've done this, I guess I didn't have to keep watch, did I?"
"Guru?"

　Seto throats at Ray's words leaning against his body.
　The twinkling stars in the night sky, the moon shining brightly, and the bonfire burning in front of Ray.
　That's all the lights around.
　The night meadows are so dark that if you stare at them, you'll feel like you're going to lose your soul.
　However, Ray doesn't feel particularly uneasy when he's with Seto.
　...Maybe it was because Ray, who was originally night-sighted, understood that the darkness before him was not particularly a problem.
　The reason why Ray muttered in such a situation was probably because he was convinced that Seto's presence was effective in this world.
　Because this is a different world from Erzine, I thought that even with Seto's presence, monsters and animals might attack me.
　But neither the Centaurs, who had been on guard before Ray, nor even after Ray had been on guard, would be attacked.
　If that's the case, it's safe to think that there are few people who approach you carelessly because of Seto's presence.

(although it would be a different story if Dragonius had been there.)

　For Dragonius, who is dominated by hunger, the existence of Seto can only be seen as his own food.
　Therefore, if Dragonius comes here, we cannot expect him to stop just because he feels Seto's presence.
　On the contrary, they will ignore the chances of winning and attack Seto happily.
　...no, that's not all.
　Hunger-dominated Dragonius would no doubt attack Centaur, who was sleeping in a tent, if not Seto.

(Yes, when you think about Dragonius, it's essential to keep watch.)

　In the end, we come to such a conclusion.

"But... it's a different world from Erzine."

　Ray doesn't know everything about the position of the stars seen from Ergen.
　Still, the stars that blink in the sky looking up from this meadow are not like stars together with those seen from Ergen.

"Grull?"

　She looks at Ray, wondering if he felt something or if he was okay.
　In response to this, Ray spent time patting his body leaning against him, saying it was nothing, until he was replaced by the next watchman.





"Well, then, let's start well again today. After all, I made a lot of money yesterday."

　Centaur, who was known as the champion of the grassland, must have been the only one who was able to continue running without slowing down even though he left right after the martial arts meeting.
　Also, since we were able to use the tent we usually use, no one is left feeling tired from yesterday.
　There were people who were good at cooking, so the food was just as usual... No, this morning, Seto came back again to catch the prey, so I was able to eat a little more luxurious food than when I was in the village.
　Not only Centaur's food, but also Ray's food in the Mystery is naturally eaten together.
　In that sense, it was a camp where everyone was satisfied.
　Many Centaurs cheer up Ray's words loudly.
　...there was a figure of a drat.

"Okay, four days left. ... No, I might be able to shorten it even more at this rate, but just keep your mind strong so that anything can happen. ... Seto."
"Rolling!"

　At Ray's words, Seto starts running with a cry.
　Next to Seto is Centaur, who knows the home of Dragonius.
　The other Centaurs run on the meadow, wary of their surroundings.
　Eat a lot and sleep well.
　The present party was in a state of full energy.





"Rolling!"

　After leaving early in the morning, Ray thinks that it's time to take a lunch break, and suddenly Seto makes a sharp cry.
　What the hell happened?
　Thinking so, Ray looking at Seto.
　Then, I realized that there was a battle going on in a place that was about the size of a grain of beans in Ray's sight.
　Meanwhile, Seto has been running towards him, and it is clear that one of his opponents is Dragonius with scales of various colors... the other is Centaur.
　But the problem is that Centaur is at a disadvantage.
　If they fight normally, Centaur cannot beat Dragonius.
　I can't win, but on average, I'm running faster on the Centaur side than on the Dragonian side.
　If that were the case, even if we couldn't win the battle, we should have been able to escape.
　However, in the battles that are going on from Ray's point of view, they are fighting without trying to escape.
　Even though Centaur understands that if you fight head-on, you can hardly win.

"Ray".

　Living on the grassland, Zai must also have high eyesight.
　When he comes next to Ray, he calls out to him.
　With just one word, you can understand what Zai is asking for.
　There is also a bitter look on the face of Zai.
　From Zai's point of view, they are moving to attack Dragonius' home base.
　In other words, it would be foolish to waste wasted military power here.
　It is not surprising that if the battle causes damage to his comrades, he may be underpowered when attacking Dragonius' home base.
　It's not strange, but... still, Zai could not see his relative Centaur being attacked, let alone...

(Girls and children, and old people......they're slow.)

　By approaching, I was able to observe in detail the Centaur side fighting Dragonius.
　Apart from the Centaurs fighting desperately against Dragonius, the group that was moving away from the Centaurs was a group of women who were not fit to fight, and old men and children.
　That's why the group is moving slowly.

"I'll help you."

　As a result, Ray's judgment is to help.
　Or if only the Centaurian men were fighting with this, and there were no girls, children or old people, Ray might have ignored it.
　However, in the current situation, we decided that we should help.

"But..."

　Dolat says so, opposing Ray's words.
　But when Ray looks at Dorat, he says nothing.
　Maybe it's because I remembered what Ray said before he left.
　...and yet he looked a little dissatisfied.
　Dorat definitely wanted to avoid wasting his troops here.
　We are heading to the headquarters of Dragonius to protect our village, not for the people of the other villages.
　It was a cold judgment, but it was also a statement in view of the hopeless reality.
　Some Centaurs actually agreed with Dorat's words.
　In the first place, the villages that were still safe in the neighborhood have been contacted to join their own communities.
　There are people who are proud of it, who don't want to lose their vested interests by joining them, who simply don't like the other settlements... who have not joined for various reasons.
　It is highly possible that the people who are currently fighting the Dragonians in front of their eyes are those who avoided joining them because of their selfish desires.
　It's natural that many people think it's hard to help such a person in the current situation where they're going to hit Dragonia's home ground.
　Still, if Ray says he'll help in the end, he'll have to follow suit.

"You guys follow me and Seto. But the number of Dragonias is not that high. Did the warriors of their settlement defeat them, or did they find the Dragonians who wanted to scout them by chance?"

　There is no doubt that all of them are possible.
　It only has the worst consequences for the Centaurs being attacked.

"Anyway... If you don't come quickly, I'll knock everything down. Seto!""Slurp!"

　Seto kicks the ground, crying at Ray's words.
　It's quite a distance to the battlefield, so it might be faster to fly in the air depending on the situation.
　But to attract the attention of the Dragonians attacking the Centaurs, it was easier to find them running on the ground.

"LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!"

　As he runs, Seto gives a high, loud, echoing cry... no, a scream to attract the attention of the Dragonians.
　Even though they don't use the king's intimidation skills, they let the people around them know about Seto's existence and at the same time let them know how much he is.
　...Ray and Seto were trying to draw Dragonius' attention to them with their cry, but one thing was unexpected... but it was almost fatal.
　It must have been Centaur's women and children, old men, and so on, who instantly realized the difference in rank and stopped moving.
　If Seto's yelling is effective in distinguishing friends and foes, then there is no way he can do that.
　As a result, those who should have escaped first stopped moving.
　The good news of the misfortunes was that the Dragonians aimed more towards Setho than the Centaurs before them.
　Did you realize that Seto has more delicious meat than Centaur?
　The four dragons use the lower body of a lizard to narrow the distance from the set.
　...and passed by the centaurs of women and children and old men, but he did not seem to turn his attention to them at all.

(Lucky or unlucky... well, Dragonius is coming this way completely, and let's just say he's lucky.)

　As Dragonius approaches, Ray descends from Seto's back, taking his death-size and twilight spear out of Mystiling as usual.
　As long as there are four enemies, you can fight enough while riding on a set, but as long as you have an opponent nearby to protect, you need to defeat the Dragonians as soon as possible.
　...but the person Dragonius showed his appetite to was Seto, not Ray.
　So, when Ray disappeared from the top of Seto's back as a matter of course, without showing any interest, the four Dragonians attacked him.
　Yes, turn your back to Ray.

"It's just as I expected, but it's ridiculous!"

　With those words, Ray wields death size and thrusts a twilight spear.
　That alone, one of the Dragonians is beheaded, and his head explodes and collapses to the ground.
　Dragonius has a very dull sense of pain, perhaps because of his hunger.
　However, no matter how dull the pain is, it is meaningless if the head is amputated or exploded.
　The remaining two dragons, both broken necks by Seto's paws, extinguishing the flames of life.
　For a few seconds... No, in an instant, the four Dragonians were knocked down.

『……』

　Silence spreads all around.
　The Centaurs, who had been protecting the girls and children who had managed to escape, especially against the four Dragonians, did not expect that the Dragonians, who had managed to survive, would be defeated so easily.
　I can only be dumbfounded.
　The same applies to women and children and old people who were running away, and they probably didn't expect that the person they were running away with would be defeated so easily.

"Ray... tell him to follow us..."

　Breaking such silence is a word filled with the stupidity of Zai, who has finally caught up with him.
　I told them to come, but if they actually came, it would be only natural that Dragonius had been defeated before they arrived.

"... Zai?"

　One of the Centaurs, who had been fighting Dragonius until a while ago, spoke to Zai.