Two weeks have passed since Hannah discovered the emptiness of the magic stone competition, and a month has passed since the five members of the Infinite Circle came together.

　Tsutomu has been touring the wilderness, the beach, the canyon, and the canyon for the past month, fighting various monsters and deepening the cooperation of the PT. This time, he was practicing PT coordination, focusing on fighting wyverns in the canyon hierarchy. And over the past two weeks, the cooperation between Hannah and Diniel, Daryl and Amira was slowly taking shape.


'Hannah. I don't misfire. So you can move as fast as you want.
No, I'm afraid of what I'm afraid of, right?
'Even with the golden examination I have never misfired. Trust my skills.
........I see. Then.
But Hannah's so quick, you might be tempted to guess.
I don't know what you mean.
It was a joke.
You could have told me more clearly.　If you say that with a straight face, that's scary!


　Hanna shouted at Diniel, who said something outrageous with a clear face, giving her goosebumps. The two of them seemed to have broken the ice in the past two weeks to the extent that they could joke around.


''...........''
..........


　There hasn't been much progress regarding the duo of Daryl and Amira. Amira doesn't say much to begin with, as she has a habit of trying to manage on her own, just like the clan before her. Daryl doesn't have the courage to talk to the mute Amira, either, and like her, he fights without saying a word.

　But since Amira is no longer selfishly standing around without turning into a dragon, she is no longer able to hit Daryl with her big sword. And since she has recognized all of the PT members as strong, although she doesn't speak out, she acts in her own way, caring about Daryl's position.

　On the other hand, Daryl has the technology to match with Amira, even if he doesn't say anything. So the current coordination is still working well and there are no visible problems.

　I'm not sure if the cooperation between Daryl and Amira can be considered a hundred points, but it did reach a respectable level. So Tsutomu is also having a hard time deciding whether it's better to make a point about the cooperation between the two of them. There doesn't seem to be any problems at the moment, so I don't know if I should nag him, and right now he's still in the process of gaining ground on the PT, so he has time.

　The two of them had been working together with Tsutomu neither good nor bad enough to make a decision, but today, the changes to Amira's dragonization finally began to appear.


''Medic.''


　Tsutomu hunted down Amira in her dragonized state as usual when the monsters were wiped out, using the medic to disarm her from her madness. And that's when he was about to call out to Daryl.


''Huh!　Yikes!
"Whoa?


　Up until now, every time Amira used a medic to release her dragonized state, she would fall unconscious and collapse. But this time, after being hit by the Medic, Amira seemed to regain consciousness, although her legs were tangled and she collapsed.


'Amirah?　Are you okay?　Isn't there a punchline that says it's actually still being dragonized or something?
Well then, why don't you guess the medic?
So that's it.


　Tsutomu kept his distance from Amira and hit her with a pathos and medic's bullets, and incidentally healed her scraped cheeks with his heels as well. But it seemed that Amira's dragonization had been completely lifted. Tsutomu approached Amira, who was out of breath.


'Could it be that you've been able to maintain consciousness?
No, I didn't have any consciousness while I was turning into a dragon. Maybe you just learned to wake up on your own.
Yeah. Well, I'm glad to see you're making progress. I guess the practice has paid off, huh?


　Tsutomu had been going along with Amira's dragonization practice after exploring the dungeon for the past two weeks. I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results, so when he smiled and praised her for her success, Amira slowly turned her face down with an expression that looked like something was stuck in her throat. Tsutomu put his staff on the ground without paying any attention to such Amira.


I'm sure it was the right thing to do to use the dragonization during battle. I'll continue to practice it. I'm sure you'll be able to find the best way to do that.
Yeah.


　But it seemed that Amira couldn't hold back the joy that bubbled up, as if she was happy to see the first change in her dragonization that had appeared on the day her father died three years ago. For the first time in a long time, Amira showed a vicious smile from the bottom of her heart. Tsutomu turned his smiling gaze on such Amira.


''.........''
No, no.
Tsk.


　Amira, who noticed Tsutomu's lukewarm gaze halfway through the process, glared at Tsutomu with irritated half-eyes, but when she noticed him as if he didn't mean it, she clucked her tongue and quickly cut off her gaze.


''Oh, did something happen to Amira?''
'Yeah. It looks like he stopped fainting when I deactivated his dragonization.
'Oh!　Congratulations!
Thank you very much.


　Amira bowed her head to Hannah as she popped up and congratulated her. Diniel also said a word of congratulations, and Daryl fidgeted and approached Amira.


'Oh, congratulations!'
'....Oh. Thank you.


　Daryl's body stiffened like a frog staring at a snake when Amira turned her gaze on him. But he was relieved to see Amira returning his words honestly, and he slowly relaxed his shoulders.


I'm going to go to the next one then. The wyvern is already here.
Oh, yes!


　When Tsutomu informed everyone of the wyvern's arrival, the four men who had gathered there scattered individually and began to prepare for the battle. As Tsutomu's support spread to all of them, Daryl and Hannah quickly took the wyvern's hate and Diniel made the first attack.

　One Wyvern was quickly dealt with by Diniel's arrows. Hannah is flying around in the sky, taking on the three wyverns. It's not just a matter of time before you're ready to go. The string of the bow is tightened and makes a last-minute sound.


Double arrow.


　As soon as Diniel said the skill, he let go of his fingers and fired an arrow at the wyvern. The powerful arrow split from one to two and pierced the wyvern's thin, membrane-like wings.


''Hammerbuster!''


　Using Hammer Buster, a skill that increases the damage compensation when hitting a monster that exists in the sky above, Hannah knocked the frightened wyvern down to the ground with a heel strike as it was hit by an arrow. The neck of the wyvern that was dropped to the ground bent with a jolt and particles of light leaked out of its body.

　Daryl is also waiting on the ground to intercept multiple wyverns. Amira flies from Daryl's side and cuts down the wyvern with her great sword.

　It is unlikely that Daryl will be hit by Amira's large sword as they are both concerned about each other. And even if Amira doesn't have to use dragonization, she still has enough offensive power. They have reached the 50th level, and their status has risen, so they can be expected to be even more active.


'Haste. Medic.


　And Tsutomu has gotten used to Hannah's maneuvering in the past two weeks, so he's been able to continue supporting her without that much difficulty. Mental power management has also become more comfortable if it's only support recovery.

　Tsutomu's level is currently level fifty-four, and his MND (Mental Strength) is B-. Normally, it would be difficult for him to perform supportive recovery like Tsutomu's with his B- mental power. However, he uses his support and recovery skills to change his mental power depending on the situation. Therefore, even if his MND was two levels lower than Eunice and Stephanie, he was able to respond to various situations.

　However, if you don't keep the mental power you put into your skills constant, you'll have a hard time managing your time. But when it comes to time management, it's easy for Tsutomu, who has a perfect body clock. He can change the time by altering the mental power he puts into his skills, which saves a lot of mental power. As long as he doesn't use a skill that consumes a lot of mental power, such as Raise, Tsutomu's mental power will not run out.


(It's getting easier.)


　Tsutomu hadn't been able to relax mentally for a while at the beginning of the five-man PT, as he had initially devoted his attention to the hastening that he put in place to match Hannah's agile movements. But now that his eyes had become accustomed to Hannah's movements, he didn't have to pay that much attention to it anymore.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well. When Tsutomu looked closely at Daryl, he saw a large copper-colored treasure chest sitting on the ground.


''Oh, a treasure chest.''


　Despite the fact that Tsutomu has hunted a considerable number of monsters in the past, he has never dropped a treasure chest. Although he had witnessed it once in training with Stephanie, this was the first time he had ever drawn a treasure chest with his PT. Tsutomu, who had thought that maybe he would never get out of it, let his face fall as if he was relieved.

　However, the drop rate of the treasure chest was 'Live Dungeon! The fact is that it's clearly lower than In this world, the drop rate of the treasure chests has clearly been narrowed down. That made dungeon-produced items more scarce, but Tsutomu did feel like he resented the management for revising it downward.


''Mr. Tsutomu!　It's a treasure chest!　Treasure chest!　That's fifty-nine levels too!
That's unusual!


　Treasure chests appear in the grasslands at the first level and forests at the eleventh level with a not uncommon probability of appearing, but the higher up you go, the lower the rate of appearance. Therefore, it was unusual for a treasure chest to appear at the fifty-ninth level. Daryl and Hanna were excited to touch the copper treasure chest.


''That's right. Who should open it?''
..........


　Daryl and Hannah, who are out of the standard body type, immediately shut up at Tsutomu's words. Basically, it is the customary practice for searchers to open treasure chests by the PT leader or a person of standard body type. So Hannah had little experience in opening treasure chests, and Daryl had never had any experience in opening treasure chests.

　Diniel is a bit tall for a woman, but she's not that far out of the norm, so she has opened treasure chests a few times. Amira had also been the leader of a previous clan, so of course she had opened it.

　Tsutomu thought about opening it himself, but when he saw Daryl's eyes filled with the desire to open it, which he could feel keenly, he let out a bitter smile.


'Daryl. You can open it.
What?　Are you sure?!


　When Tsutomu suggested that, Daryl's eyes sparkled with a turn of pleading.


'Really, are you sure?'
That's fine. I'm not in need of money.


　Daryl gulped and spat as Tsutomu extended his palm toward the treasure chest. Daryl clicked off the clasp on the treasure chest with a trembling hand and opened it vigorously. A thin light leaks out of the treasure chest.


''This is........''


　Daryl picked up a brown cloth bag from the treasure chest. It was similar to the one Tsutomu was carrying. The treasure chest disappeared as a particle of light when the contents were gone.


'It's like a magic bag.'
Oh, yes....


　Magic bags are the safest item to come out of a treasure chest. They are often found in treasure chests in the grasslands and forests, and can be traded for relatively cheap.

　I'm sure you'll be happy and sad to see that Daryl found the most innocuous item from the treasure chest.


''Ki, I'm sure that if I appraise it, I might find something!　Maybe it's a magic bag that doubles in size!
I mean, that's for sure!


　At Hannah's encouragement, Daryl managed to regain his composure and hugged the magic bag like it was his own child. Amira looked at Daryl as if he were a pervert.