The three PTs continued to practice in the mass graveyard until a month passed, ten days before the rest of the month. The first three days were a terrible disaster. Eunice died after being targeted by skeletons as Barbara grew arrows from her head. It was a good opportunity for Tsutomu to see the Wraith's hate in action rather than on live video, but Diniel blurted out sullenly that all Tsutomu did was take it easy and cheat.

　However, after a week, she had become accustomed to fighting with skeleton archers, and Barbara had become accustomed to dealing with arrows and was able to defend against them by catching them with her shield or with her arms and legs. It wasn't often that she would be in a state where she had an arrow stuck in her head like before anymore.

　Yunis also no longer ran out of protection as long as he concentrated on the tank, and he was getting better and better at figuring out the effect time. He still doesn't have an accurate grasp of it like Tsutomu does, but he's getting some sense of seconds. Besides, the skeleton's hate management was becoming more and more common.

　Diniel was still slavishly attacking, but he seemed to rather enjoy the past week, as if he liked to get out of hand. I wish it was always like this, he had enough time to talk with Tsutomu during the battle.

　The three PTs finally finished practicing in the mass graveyard and moved their practice location to the green-covered ravine on the fifty-fourth level. It was just as well that they could use the orcs as a practice ground without too many consecutive battles here.

　Barbara, who hadn't been to the ravine in a long time, looked quite nervous and was leading the way. Until now, she had only been able to attract a single orc, and that was the best she could do. That bitter experience has taken over her consciousness.

　When Tsutomu looked at Barbara and was unsure whether to call out to her, Eunice tiptoed past him and tugged on her large arm with a chomp.


'Barbara, your movements are stiff.
Oh, yeah?
'It is all right. With my support, Barbara can fight the orcs as well.


　Barbara looked down at her in horror at Eunice's confident statement and nodded at her. Then, as if in time, Diniel spotted a green-skinned orc prowling around in a clique.


''Combat Cry, please,''
Combat Cry!


　Barbara draws the hate of five orcs with a spirited combat cry, and Diniel shoots three arrows in a row in one piece. After a crackling little sound, the arrows pierced both of the orcs' eyes and ended up in their brains. The orc fell to the ground as a magical stone.


''Pro-Tek, area heal.''


　Eunice also flies the protection to Barbara and sets up an area heel at her own feet. Barbara catches the Orcs' shoulder tackle from the front as they close in. The orc's pig face is right in front of Barbara's eyes, and the three orcs follow from behind.

　At this rate, he will be pushed around. Judging that, Barbara stepped back and abandoned the power comparison with the orcs and looked at the orcs that came around. When he sensed the slash with his sword, Bárbara prevented it with his round shield, and he also took care of the orcs to his left.

　The battle training with the ten skeletons has expanded Barbara's field of vision, and she has gained the ability to grasp the battle situation to some extent even when she is wearing a helmet with a narrow view. Before, he would have been too focused on the one in front of him, and the other monsters would have fired a series of critical attacks at him.

　Diniel fired at the orcs behind him, and Barbara prevented the blows and slashes of the orcs with her round shields and arms that came in armor with dangerous movements. That's when a few blows to the arm started to hurt a bit.


'Heel.'


　Eunice's flying heels hit Barbara and healed her injuries. You can also use your own body to help you in the fight.

　But unlike skeletons, orcs have large bodies and tremendous arm strength. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with your friends and family.

　Tsutomu instructed Diniel to leave the two orcs behind and wait the rest of the way. Diniel quickly took care of one of them and put away his arrows in the mood to take care of it.

　After that, Barbara and the two orcs continued to train in combat. First, they had to find out how to withstand the heavy attacks of the Orcs and what kind of attacks they would launch, otherwise it would be impossible to take on more than one.

　Even with Eunice's support, Barbara still battled with the orcs. In the case of the skeletons, Barbara's strength was greater than theirs, so it was easy to strike with them. But this time, Barbara is losing power to the Orcs.

　Barbarra crumbled in the striking contest and was poked in the gut with his sword from the side and blown backwards; the height of the Vit and the armor prevented some damage. But the next one, and the one after that, resulted in him being broken and blown away by the same strike.

　Green chi enveloped Barbara and she was fully recovered. But against two orcs, there is no way she could take on three or five of them in this case. It's a good idea to have the same kind of forceful stance as with the skeleton, so Barbara decided to switch to a stance where she can move around and not be attacked by the orcs from the front.

　Thanks to the change in her standings, Barbara was no longer broken down by the strikes. But she is a heavy knight. Her armor is heavy instead of having a high endurance value, and just running drains her energy. Moving around, Barbara's unaccustomed movements gradually made her exhausted and her breath was ragged, and the heat from her body transferred to her armor.


''Eunice-san. Please put a medic on her.''
Medic.


　The medic has a healing effect on the state of affairs, and that helps with fatigue. Barbara was enveloped by the sensation of the cool air waking up her burning body, and her erratic breathing subsided a bit.

　Then he let Barbara and the orcs play two-on-one for a while, and Eunice assisted Barbara with the heels, medics, and protection. Diniel and Tsutomu were dealing with the gathered monsters.

　When Tsutomu decided that Barbara and Eunice seemed to be okay, he started practicing to tank and buffer because he had some free time. Tsutomu basically didn't want to tank, as he never wanted to get hurt. However, it was never better to practice just in case, so he went to the front line while having Diniel give him Haste at all times.

　While using the barrier to prevent the attacks of grass wolves (Verdant Wolf) and earth boars (Uriboa), I would occasionally attack monsters with my airblade to gain hate while being aware of Yunis and Barbara.

　Tsutomu uses his airblade to attract grass wolves that come out from behind Younis and red bears (red grizzlies) that emerge from the bushes near Barbarra. Eunice almost stared at Tsutomu's movements for reference, but he quickly focused on Barbara to do his job.


(I knew that barrier's mileage was hard.)


　It could be that Tsutomu hadn't practiced the barrier much yet, but the mental power consumption of the barrier was moderately high. It didn't prevent attacks on its own, so it could make enough time to drink blue potions, but now that blue potions had skyrocketed, there was a problem in terms of funding.

　In addition to this, you must use your recovery skills to earn hate, as attacking and supporting will defeat you in hate buying if you have multiple attackers. However, Heal won't get you any hate if you hit a fully healed ally, and if a PT member is injured, you can quickly pile on a high heel or something like that to get some overall hate, but it's a bit too much mental energy expenditure.

　Plus, one mistake and a white mage with low VIT would be dead in an instant. This isn't a stone, Tsutomu thought as he watched the scene where the grass wolf was trying to gnaw on the barrier. Unlike the dog, its fangs extended viciously. The green mane-like fur around its neck was thick and defensive enough to make it impervious to ordinary blades.


(A zoo........not a zoo......but a monster park. (It's going to be dead.)


　Although there are some cute looking and harmless monsters, it is common knowledge in this world that monsters are dangerous.

　It is common to capture monsters in dungeons in order to investigate their ecosystems, but capturing them is also deadly and difficult. Monsters that overflow out of the dungeon during Stampede are still easy to catch, but monsters deep inside the dungeon are very difficult to capture and bring out.

　However, few people put that much effort into capturing monsters, since the appraisal skill can provide some information about them. Amy, who still has the appraisal skill and has the qualification to break through the fire dragon and dive into the volcano. She and her bodyguard Garum are busily appraising volcano monsters as part of their guild work.

　By the way, Amy and Garum encountered the Red Demon Army during their investigation of the volcano and were quietly recruited by the Red Demon Army, but both of them refused to join, saying they had prior commitments.

　As Tsutomu vaguely looks at the grass wolf head-butting the transparent barrier, an arrow is fired from the side of him and the grass wolf falls to the side and turns into a magical stone. Tsutomu released the barrier and handed the arrow that fell to the ground to Diniel, who also retrieved the magic stone.

　It's a good idea to have a good time with them.


''Look, Barbara. It's just as I said.
'Oh!　I got it!　Let's go!
Hey! Let go of me!


　Barbara, who was excited to feel a different response than before, lifted Eunice, who was holding her staff on the ground with a smile on her face. Eunice, who was lifted up with her hands under her armpits, smacked Barbara's arm clumsily while blushing.

　Tsutomu couldn't help but mutter when he saw Yunis and Barbara like that.


''You've changed a lot, haven't you?
'He's like that to other people originally. Attackers say he's annoyingly cute.
'Heh. What about you, Mr. Diniel?
Eagle Eye. .........nothing, I guess, normal. They don't like me cutting corners over there, though.


　With Barbara, who was lifting Eunice up and happily spinning around in a circle, Diniel was shooting arrows into the sky and searching for monsters. She was lowering the corners of her eyes sleepily, as usual, and didn't seem to be particularly concerned about Eunice's reputation as a skipping monster.

　But Tsutomu, who hadn't made such an assessment when he saw Diniel, followed her softly.


''It's not that there's anything wrong with cutting corners, though. From what I saw of the first battle, it seemed like you were only cutting corners where it wasn't necessary.
..........


　Diniel lifted the corners of his lowered eyes and looked at Tsutomu's profile with a bit of surprise. He hadn't expected him to look at him that much, because he hadn't been that busy moving around even when he was looking at him.


'Oh, but you can't skip the important part, can you?　The more I've preserved, the harder it's going to be for all of us, the harder it's going to be for all of us, and we're going to need you to do your job properly.
I'm tired of the PT with you as leader.
"Huh?
Because I can't skip work.


　Despite his words, Diniel put a hand to his mouth with a giggle and a rare smile, and after letting his smile cool, he turned his arrow and resumed his search.