The first three days were rest days during Melcho's week of return from King's Landing. The other four days were to be spent exploring the sixty-one levels of the volcanic hierarchy in order to get Xeno and Corina used to it.

　They were free to spend their rest days as they wished, but Daryl first headed to the Doren workshop to ask for repairs to his equipment. He raised his eyebrows as he called Doren, who was throwing fire seeds into the furnace, and handed him the broken heavy armor.


''You smashed it up in a big way again. Do you still have a replacement?''
'Yes. I still have two more outfits to wear, so it's not a problem.
Okay. Well, that's a weird place to be, anyway.


　Doren frowned as he quickly discovered a spot on the heavy armor that Daryl usually doesn't break.


It's been a long time since the neck portion was broken, isn't it?　Normally, you wouldn't even have a scratch on it, would you?
'Oh, sorry. It's just...
You're not being very clear. Come on!
Excuse me. I got hit by a bullet in a hurry.


　During the fire dragon fight, Daryl had rivaled Xeno, who was making a good move, and moved a little more recklessly than usual. In doing so, he had taken the fire dragon's tail to the neck and the part of the fire dragon had been crushed.

　Doren touched his chin as if he wondered at hearing Daryl's words of impatience.


'Why. Is the Clan so competitive?　Last time I heard from Tsutomu, there's no such thing as a battle for the first place, is there?
No, but I want to be the best.


　At Daryl's serious words, Doren looked away from his heavy armor and pouted. It was because he didn't expect that puppy-like Daryl to say such a thing.

　I thought I heard it wrong, but I also felt that Daryl's mood had changed from before, to one of straightness and core. Doren leaned forward and slapped him on the shoulder in support.


''Cluck!　That's good!　Then be the best!
Hey!　Mr. Dolen!　It hurts!


　A bang-bang and a strong tap on his shoulder made Daryl tear up and move away. Then Doren grinned, his face burning with fire.


'I'll fix your equipment as much as you want. So you'll be the best. Daryl.
"...Huh?　Did you just call me by my name?　You just called me, didn't you?
'Oh?　We're done here. Get the hell out of here, dog.
'Ahhhh!　You said it!


　Daryl protested to Doren, who made a motion that would have gotten rid of a stray dog with a shush, with the force of a bite.

　Daryl reluctantly walked out of the workshop afterwards after being taken away by an apprentice he knew, but Darrill's words remained firmly in his ears. Daryl returned to the clan house with a smile that he couldn't hide, almost skipping.

　On the other hand, Corina's day off was usually spent outside to see the God's Table, and the rest of the time she was relaxing in the Clan House. Korina is a person who had little money to spend on explorer activities and had a hard time making ends meet because she also worked as a nurse. That's why she was so happy to be able to live in a place where she could save on food and lodging costs.


The food was definitely better than those restaurants!
Thank you.


　Korina, who was munching on a steak as big as the one Daryl was eating, was a surprisingly large eater. Corrina is not as big as Hanna, but she is still one of the petite ones. To be honest, Oli couldn't help but wonder how she could fit that huge steak into her body.

　After eating a lot of food since the morning, Korina changed into thick clothes, and after receiving a large lunch box from Oli, she headed to the plaza where the God's table was crowded. Her hobby is solely to watch the shrine. She loves to admire the God's Table while eating and drinking from the delicious food stalls, and that hasn't changed since before she became an explorer.

　At first she was content to just watch, but a girl's reflection in the platform made Korina long to become an explorer. From then on, she couldn't resist the urge and made a status card and started to become an explorer.


(Let's see what number we'll start with!)


　Since the first platform has a very large screen, it naturally attracts attention from a wide range of people, from children to the elderly, from the common people to the labyrinth maniacs. Among them, curious people prefer to watch not the numbered God's Stand to begin with, but the TV-sized God's Stand in the living room where scenes of battles are randomly shown. Corina also liked to watch that one from time to time.

　However, since the numbered platform with a wider screen size and better picture quality is more stable, Korina first watched from the vicinity of the tenth platform. It was still early in the morning, so there were no famous PTs, but the mid-level ones who were striving to break into the big players were still diving into the dungeon.

　Corina loves to watch the explorers dive into the dungeons and fight their battles. But that's not the only thing to see when exploring dungeons. The dungeons are full of different scenery and monsters. I like to see the reactions of the explorers in various situations.

　I also love the interviews with explorers in the newspaper and at events. That often gives him a different impression from Kamidai, and he often likes the explorers themselves because of the gap between the two. Already Corina thinks in her heart that Daryl and Garum, as well as Hannah, who has recently become famous for her avoidance tank, are pretty cute in their own right. They don't get to see each other very often now that their PTs are split up, but she hoped to be able to talk to them one day.

　Corina never gets bored after that, walking across the various divine platforms and going through the live footage in detail.


(Oh, it's about time for that guy to die.)


　And when he saw one of the PT's in battle and thought so, the man in the tank was turned into a particle of light by a spear-horn deer in a few dozen seconds with his belly split open by a spear-horn deer. After that, those whom Corina had sensed such an atmosphere died one by one.

　Based on the battle footage of Kamidai he's seen so far, his own exploration experience, and his experience as a nurse, Korina is good at recognizing those who are about to die from the atmosphere. There are other things she can deduce from her experience of watching Kamidai to the point of being pierced.

　Prediction of death. It was something Korina had always been vaguely good at, but it has been further honed in combat in an environment where the three roles have become more prevalent. Because of this, her predictions have come to come true for the most part, to the point that her friends who were watching the Kamidae with her were creeped out.

　Around noon, when the workers on their lunch break began to gather near the God's Table, Corina also sat down on a bench to take a break and eat a sandwich that Oli had made for her, which looked delicious.

　She proceeded to crunch down on the chicken sandwiches with spicy sauce, and happily looked at the ham sandwiches and egg sandwiches. While the food stalls near the godown are also attractive because they are freshly made, these sandwiches have a wide variety and I never get tired of them.

　Korina eats a basket full of sandwiches and continues to watch the spectacle.


　--Oooh--


Good to know. Well, it looks like I have some mitigating skills. Argh!　It's too beautiful to look directly at!


　When Xeno looked at his own hands, which were wrapped in glowing silver, he turned away from them with heartfelt joy.

　The two first-time visitors to the volcano hierarchy were scheduled to spend these four days getting used to the environment and monsters, but as for the heat, they were able to reduce it considerably thanks to Zeno's Ember Aura. Therefore, the scorching heat hell they had experienced during their previous explorations was gone, which made it somewhat easier.

　Without such skills in the volcano hierarchy, regular hydration and temperature management mages were essential, so the skill of reducing terrain effects felt gratifying. However, Diniel seemed to be a little different.


''I want you to stop wasting light on me.
''Huh. Xeno colors naturally glow, no matter how much you try to suppress them.
..........


　Diniel closed his eyes as if he had given up, but fortunately, Corina also has a skill called Adventure God's Blessing, which reduces the terrain effect. This one only leaked a faint glow from her body and did not seem to affect her shooting, so Diniel chose that one.

　Incidentally, the job of adventurer is the most complete with these terrain effect skills, and its true value is especially evident in the volcanoes, snowy mountains and ancient castle hierarchy. For this reason, the Silver Beast led by Misil, an excellent adventurer, is currently doing very well, and Aldoret Crow is allowing them to get ahead.


''Alright, let's go then!　Mr. Diniel, please!
Yes.


　When Daryl said that with a note containing information about the volcanic hierarchy that Oli and his apprentice had researched, Diniel nodded and began to search for the sixty-first level.

　The Eye of God would definitely follow the PT as it would always be within the fifty-first level once they reached the sixty-one level. While Diniel was shooting arrows to search for the enemy, Corina was constantly looking at the spherical God's Eye floating in the air.

　The God's Eye is basically a camera-like entity that looks like an eyeball and has the ability to project what it sees onto the corresponding God's table. And they follow the explorer's instructions to some extent, but they can be made to listen to more precise instructions as they get closer to the first platform.

　As Daryl finished giving Diniel the terrain information on the likely black gates of the volcanic hierarchy, he noticed Corina looking into the God's Eye in the distance.


'What's wrong?'
Oh, no. Just the thought of so many of you watching me makes me, well, nervous.


　Corina grabbed the talisman as she squirmed downward to Daryl as he approached. The video of the infinite circle PT was currently being shown near the twenty-second mark, and the ratings were moderately high due to the fact that it was an expected clan. Corina hadn't actually seen much of God's Eye in the first place, and even if she did, it was in the low forties near the bottom of the list.

　But now that there are so many of them watching the images, it's rather embarrassing. Corina couldn't help but blush at the first time she experienced it. And when Daryl was told that again, he also became a little aware of the eye of God.


''........Indeed, it makes me nervous when I think about it.
'Of course!　Oh, good. Xeno is that, and Diniel doesn't seem to care about those things either. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
'Ah..... Right.


　Daryl thought of everyone's faces. Tsutomu had started to care about it lately in terms of publicity, but originally he didn't care about it at all. Amira didn't seem to be interested in such things either, and the only person who was somewhat aware of it was Hannah.

　Daryl didn't mind since he was PTing in such an environment, but when he became aware of it, he was certainly a little embarrassed. It was even more embarrassing because he knew what kind of eyes he was being looked at in front of gathering information on the divine table.

　As if sensing their awareness, God's eyes came closer and looked around Corina from below as if to lick it up sticky. She was dressed in a black and white monastic uniform, a common prayer's equipment dropped from the dungeon.

　And Daryl, who was equipped with rugged heavy armor, was also seen mainly with a black bushy tail.


''Wha, what is this?!
I don't understand.


　Instantly, their faces turned red and they began to run away from the Eye of God. God's eye followed them, and Xeno noticed it too, and started running to try to reflect himself as well.


'I'm fine.'


　Diniel took one look at the three of them, then continued to search for the Black Gate with his Eagle Eye.