Tsutomu, who was called in by Amy to handle the interviews of the reporters' men, told them something safe. He finished the interview with the two newspapers by talking about how to deal with the black dragon and Garum's activities. Then one of the reporters spoke to him while holding a notebook.


''I'm from the Solit Company, sir.


　With those starting words, Tsutomu's eyes grew cold as he watched. A female reporter from the Solit company turned her head awkwardly away from Tsutomu's cold stare, but she quickly recovered and opened her mouth.


''If you don't mind, would you be willing to be interviewed?　I wish you all the best in the Black Dragon, Mr. Tsutomu.
'I'm sorry. I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to be interviewed by Solitte.
Oh, I see...


　A female reporter from Solitte's office twitches at the corners of her mouth at the sight of Tsutomu's unapproachable behavior, but she leaves without any further reprisals.

　In order to extend the reach of other newspapers, Tsutomu has been trying to avoid being interviewed by Sollitte. The two newspapers that reported on Tsutomu's two fire dragon defeats made a splash, and the subsequent exclusive articles by Garum and Amy combined to increase their performance. And recently, among the information Tsutomu had provided about the dungeon, the one about the Shell Club had been the topic of conversation and had managed to sell out that day's newspapers.

　And the other clans have been cooperative in covering those two companies. Aldrete Crow, who had been quick to update the hierarchy recently, had also become active in covering other companies besides Solit Co. without regard to money, and Silver Beast, who had defeated the Fire Dragon, had refused to be interviewed by Solit Co. The golden research has also started to respond to interviews from the other two companies.

　Although they were keeping it because of the Red Demons who were still in the process of renewing their highest tier, Solit Company's performance was visibly decreasing. The company finally decided to contact Tsutomu for an interview, perhaps because they were getting impatient with the situation.

　However, Tsutomu had no intention of agreeing to be interviewed by Solitte. However, Tsutomu had no intention to agree to be interviewed by Solitte, but he would wait until after the two companies had grown up, and he would probably never agree to be interviewed by Solitte because he had a personal grudge against them.

　When he finished handling the interview, Tsutomu looked at Amy and Garum, who were surrounded by the people. Amy was popular with both men and women and seemed to be quite busy. Garum was surrounded mainly by children and women.

　Tsutomu was no longer popular with the people, although his former notoriety was gone, but he was not popular with the people. Once the notoriety had spread, some remembered the stench of the stink, even though there was an apology article from the Solit company. Although he was no longer being spoken of badly, he wasn't as popular as he should be.

　Tsutomu left the place and headed to where Aldoret Crow was gathering. It was to touch the summoned hierarchical master class monsters. Those summoned beasts were going to be de-employed after this stampede was over, so Tsutomu decided to touch them while he could.

　Seeing the demiliches up close reminded Tsutomu of the science room for some reason, and there was a child climbing up and playing in the shell club. Satisfied with stroking the hard shells to which the ores and other materials were attached, Tsutomu stood in line for the Fire Dragon Touching Corner, which was still very popular. The line was quite crowded with explorers and civilians alike, as the fire dragons seemed to be the most popular.

　Tsutomu's turn finally came after about 30 minutes in line, and while greeting Luke lightly, he gently touched the leg of the fire dragon that was eating meat.

　The scales of the fire dragon were very smooth and comfortable to touch. And Luke had arranged for Tsutomu to be put on the fire dragon's back and allowed to fly. Although he was used to flying, the view of the sky from the back of the fire dragon was different.

　However, the fire dragon's scales were slippery, so Tsutomu was shaken off when he turned. With his fly, Tsutomu braced himself and then, with a regretful look on his face, he quickly descended to the ground. This was the reason why the people didn't want to fly in the sky on a fire dragon.

　As for the Queen Spider, Tsutomu originally didn't want to touch it, but there was a woman who was rubbing her cheek on the Queen Spider's belly in some kind of eerie voice, so he didn't go any closer. The folks around him seemed to do the same, so Tsutomu was a little relieved.

　After that, he left the central square and Tsutomu waited near the northern barrier, waiting for Leon to return from his scouting trip. There was only the eldest daughter of the Babenberg family, the soldiers on guard, and the clan members of the golden investigation in that vicinity.

　This time, the golden investigation is working behind the scenes, but even among them, Leon's scouting is doing a very good job. With his overwhelming speed and strength that is as strong as most monsters, Leon's reconnaissance is highly survivable and he always comes back quickly with information. His best reconnaissance skills were on display as well.

　Every hour or so, Leon would go out and reconnoiter the places he could see in that time range. It's because if you can observe at such a distance, it's enough for the labyrinth city to start preparing for an interception.

　And after returning from three reconnaissance missions in the afternoon, Leon came back after observing the stampede's forces.


''Oh, hi. How did it go?''
Hmm?　What. You've been waiting again, Tsutomu. Does it bother you that much?


　Leon gave a dumbfounded look to Tsutomu, who was waiting near the northern barrier, while his hair, slightly wet with sweat, was toweled off by a clan member. The only people near the northern barrier were the noble soldiers on guard and the golden investigation, while the others were gathered in the central square to rest and rest.


'We found the Stampede, yeah. But it was a bit odd.
Strange?
''It looked a lot smaller than the scale we had at Ugaol. I also saw quite a few bloodied monsters, maybe they were cannibalizing each other?
...Is there blood all over it? Was there something else?
No, nothing else. I'll report back to you on the next reconnaissance if I find anything else.
Thank you.


　Then, Tsutomu saw Leon off as he went to report to the nobles and the guard. The Stampede's numbers had dwindled, and they were covered in blood. It would certainly apply if they were cannibalized, but considering the existence of dragons, the view changes.

　Among the many dragons, there are only a limited number of dragons that can make monsters bloody. A dragon that manipulates natural phenomena would not make a monster bloody. In that case, there would be reports of burning or freezing. When Tsutomu heard of a bloody monster, three candidates came to mind, but there was one monster that came to mind first.


(A rampaging dragon, maybe.)


　The first dragon that came to Tsutomu's mind was a monster called the Binge Eating Dragon. The dragon is famous for preying on the monsters in the field, and the more it eats, the stronger it becomes. In the game, the dragon is strengthened by eating countless monster MOBs that boil up, so the key to success lies in how quickly you hunt down and eliminate those MOBs.

　However, if we were to apply the dragon's tyrannical nature to this world, it would seem to Tsutomu that it was quite tasteless. If the dragon had gone out and devoured all the monsters in the dungeon and also preyed on the Stampede's army, the situation would be terrible.

　Of course, there are other dragons out there that can make monsters bloody, and there could be other factors as well. So Tsutomu began to check his own equipment, hoping that only the rampaging dragon would be stopped.


　--▽▽▽--


　After that, Leon's reports were no different until the evening. The only report was that the Stampede's numbers had decreased considerably. The searchers who had rested for four hours since noon were a little distracted by the intervals, and it was the same for the other noble soldiers and guards.

　However, it was also inevitable. If the original stampede of a group of monsters was attacking, it was natural that there would be no casualties from the labyrinth city, and even those dragons were able to break through without taking any casualties. So it was natural to lose your mind.

　The guild members around Tsutomu have become quite optimistic. The only one among them who wasn't distracted was Camille.


''Tsutomu is a worrier~. He says it's all right now!''


　And next to Tsutomu, who was sitting next to Tsutomu in thought while waiting for Leon's return near the northern barrier, Amy was sitting next to him, even as he said that. Garum was also following behind her, stretching as she clinked her silver armor.


'Hey hey. Let's go back to the plaza! Let's ride the fire dragon together!


　Tsutomu snapped the hast sphere to a stop in front of Amy's eyes as she wandered around the area to flirt and let it drift fluffily away. Then, as if Amy was interested, he held up the white cat ears to touch it, and moved it away quickly.


'This!　That's it!


　Amy happily chases the Haste sphere and tries to catch it with her hands. As they are playing a game of tag like this, something suddenly hits the north barrier with a thud. Tsutomu was startled by the sound and stopped his haste, and Amy grabbed the blue sphere in her hands as she grabbed it with both hands. Amy's AGI increased.

　Suddenly, it hit the barrier, and it was Leon, who was running back from scouting at high speed. He had his normally prone wolf ears up because he was uncool, and the gold tail behind it was standing upside down in full bloom. Clearly, there was something wrong with him.

　As soon as the eldest daughter of the nobleman realized that the one who had hit the barrier was Leon, she opened the barrier for one of them. She's trained and can share her senses with the barrier, so if there's something wrong with the barrier, she'll notice it immediately.

　Leon's face turned bright blue as he wobbled up and entered the barrier. The clan member of the golden investigation spoke to Leon with an anxious face, but he didn't seem to reply and was stunned.


''Leon-san!　What's going on?!


　Tsutomu swept past Amy, who was bragging about catching Haste, and approached Leon, grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him. He was then stopped by the surrounding Clan members, but Leon opened his mouth in a huff as he finally regained consciousness.


'There was a bad one, there was. It was eating a monster.
' ... Wasn't that bipedal and with a big head?
'Oh. It was indeed. It looked a bit like a ground dragon. But it wasn't even close. I didn't feel like I could win.


　Breathing hard, Leon said with a face that lost its spare time. It ate monsters, and its face was large and bipedal. From its features, Tsutomu could predict that it was mostly a violent eating dragon.


Mr. Leon. Hurry up and tell the nobleman. I'll speak to the guild as well.
Oh...


　At Tsutomu's nonchalant voice, Leon began to regain his composure, nodding vigorously and then disappearing. Tsutomu turned to Amy and Garum, who were waiting behind him, both of whom seemed to have seen Leon's unusual state of affairs and looked serious as well.


'Shall we go to Camille's place?
Yes.
Yeah.


　Along with the two nodding, Tsutomu headed back to the central square to where Camille would be.