Stepping on the black soil as if it had been painted over, Tsutomu and the other five PTs proceeded through the eighty-one levels. The ground was lit up with a pale red sky that made them feel uneasy, and there were countless rows of eerie stone statues in the area.

　The monsters that appear at the 81st level are not only demi-rich that appear by meeting certain conditions in the wilderness hierarchy, but also those that mimic stone statues such as gargoyles and dark statues. Therefore, the stone statues you see from time to time are likely to be monsters.

　If you continue on without checking the statues, you will find yourself surrounded by many monsters, which is the pattern of death on the 81st level. Therefore, you have to check the stone statues carefully, but there are also traps that are triggered by attacks and skills. In this case, all the statues around them will turn into monsters, so it's not a good idea to attack the ones you see to check them.


'That's a gargoyle, isn't it?'
Copy that. Haste, Prote.


　And Diniel, who was in charge of the search, used a skill called Eagle Eye to boost his originally high eyesight to distinguish whether a stone statue was a monster or not. There were multiple ways to distinguish a stone statue that was a monster, and Diniel could distinguish an individual that occasionally blinked.

　Diniel, who had been taught by Tsutomu how to identify them, fired six arrows in succession, and the gargoyle that received the arrows came out through the stone statue as if it were returning from its chrysalis, or chrysalis. The demon-inspired sculptures began to move one by one, and a sense of evil began to waft through the air.

　The gargoyles, mainly carrying trident spears and hammers, flapped their stone-powdered wings and tried to close in on Diniel at once.


''Combat Cry!''


　Daryl released an indigo combat cry, pointed like a spear, at each gargoyle to take the hate. Meanwhile, Xeno vigorously drew the one-handed sword on his waist.



''Enchant-o!　Holly!


　The most effective attribute for the dark attribute was light, and as a holy knight, Zeno could grant it to his allies as well as himself. Zeno wasted no time in spinning his one-handed sword on the spot, then gave the light attribute to his allies' weapons.


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


　Just the amount of light generated by that grant was so dazzling that Diniel narrowed his eyes and stared at his bow, which was glowing. Tsutomu also thrust his shiny wand into the ground and began to use his bare hands to aid recovery.


'Salamander, please.'
Yeah.


　Although not as effective as the light attribute, fire and water are also reasonably effective against the dark attribute. So Leeleia summoned a salamander and used spirit magic to attack the gargoyle that had been de-stoned. Daryl, who was receiving such a gargoyle's wielding spear with his large shield, was poised firmly and crossed over as an equal to a monster larger than him.

　Daryl, who was able to cross over for long periods of time by himself even against the Winter General using the VIT-focused characteristics of a heavy knight, rarely went down under the attacks of ordinary monsters. Now, the part of him that tended to be inclined to stand up to Garum's standing was gone, and he was using the strength of a heavy knight to cross over with monsters.

　And Diniel, who tucked the shining bow away in his magic bag and replaced it, fired one flaming attribute arrow after another with a languid face and shot accurately between the gargoyle's eyebrows.

　His movement is only 60% of what it was during the Winter General Battle when Amy was there, but even that is one of the best among archers. He never misses an arrow even while moving, and he has never misfired on a tank that is attracting a monster. It's also all aimed at the weakest part of the body, which is a skill that would make his peers cringe if they saw it.

　And when he finished easily eradicating the group of gargoyles, Tsutomu walked up to Zeno, who was paying off his silver hair with his index finger.


''Xeno,''
Don't look so scared. I'm sorry. My brilliance seems to have taken over the enchantment.
I told you to keep it in check beforehand.
'I thought I had it under control even then..... My excess brilliance seems to have spontaneously overflowed out of me. Next time I hope I can hold it back a bit more.


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


''Come on!　Let's keep moving!　We'll have to catch up with Aldoret Crow and Silver Beast, too, because we'll have to!


　But Zeno didn't even notice such an air and pointed forward, showing Tsutomu his pure white teeth. Tsutomu shrugged his shoulders at the bluntness that can only be thought of as deliberate, and then proceeded to step on the black soil with Daryl, who was smiling bitterly.

　The eighty-one levels are not that hard if you notice the gimmick of the stone statues. Besides, Tsutomu knows all the types of stone statues, so he knows all about ordinary stone statues and traps. The stone statues that Tsutomu has never seen before are all monsters at the moment, so they are very easy to understand.

　Therefore, I asked Solit Co. to take pictures of all the stone statues of the traps, and shared the information with the rest of the clan. Therefore, although all of us have been searching for enemies, Tsutomu and Diniel were mainly searching for them at present.


''Ah.''


　However, Diniel made a mistake once and attacked an ordinary stone statue, and even more unluckily, it was a trap that led to about twenty gargoyles and dark statues that looked like armored knights attacking him.

　Daryl was surprised as the stone statues around him started to move all at once, but even against twenty or so monsters, he didn't have that much trouble. The heavy knight Daryl and Xeno's stable tank group, which was growing mekily in the environment of the infinite circle, and Tsutomu's supportive recovery in all directions. In addition, Leleia, a spirit warrior, could also produce quite a bit of firepower together with the Salamander, so there was plenty of room for a gargoyle opponent.


''Power Arrow.''


　At that, Diniel, who had mistakenly triggered the trap by mistake, had slightly sharpened his eyes, and while running, he had blown his head off with a series of hard blows to the Dark Statue's helmet. Leeleia looked more surprised at Diniel like that than when the trap was activated.


''Rain Arrow.''


　The majority of the Dark Statues were defeated before they could close in on the hate-taking Daryl and Xeno, and the gargoyles they were fighting also used their skills to anticipate their movements and rain down arrows to earn damage. The action was fluid from the time the arrows were pulled out of the elongated magic bag to the time they were released, the arrows thrusting into the monsters alone one after the other.

　Then the last monster disappeared as a particle, and the dark magic stone, which was purple, fell to the ground with a coterie. Then Diniel, who was lightly distracted by the battle, raised one hand with his normal slack eyes.


''I'm sorry.''
No, that's totally fine.
Yeah, to be honest, I didn't know that either.
Another moving object caught me.


　When Tsutomu and Leleia returned such a carefree voice to Diniel, she said that in a nonchalant voice. Diniel, who just wiped up his own mistakes, was fresh, and Leleia seemed to have reviewed it a bit.


'Hahaha!　Don't worry about it!　I'd rather have more monsters come to me!　But then again, Mr. Diniel, you make mistakes too!　That's a bit of a relief!
I don't need to hear from you that you keep screwing up.
Not bad for a searcher's life of failure, huh?　I'm here now because of you!
We can just roll right down to the lowest level.
'Hahaha!　If you fall down, you just have to crawl back up again!　I'm not a quitter, you know!
'Well, it was brought up recently. They said he was squatting at his former wife's house.
..........
Come on. Come on up.


　Tsutomu's expression froze as soon as he was told that she was his wife, and while speaking lightly to Zeno, Tsutomu retrieved the fallen magic stone in the darkness that had fallen. And as I was spreading out my magic bag towards Daryl, who was holding an armful of magic stones, Leleia also put one of the dark magic stones in there. The salamander on his shoulder looks like he wants to jump into the magic bag with the magic stone in it.


''Diniel, you were brilliantly skilled just now. ........But why don't you usually do that move?
You're tired.
..........


　Leleia gave Diniel a dumbfounded look as she answered that, but still didn't say anything sarcastic.