It had been a little over two weeks since Tsutomu's little article had gone up. The appointment with Daryl had been extended a bit due to the fact that the restaurant couldn't be booked, but the awkward relationship between Tsutomu and Garum was slowly disappearing after that day. Daryl seemed to be aware of this as well, and seemed to be more fired up for the appointed day.

　In the meantime, the Infinite Circle and Silver Beast were still working hard on their humble treasure chest search, but their reputation was still rather good due to Amy and Xeno's crowd-conscious standings.


'Amy rock-paper-scissors, let's go!
Yay!


　The fact that Silver Beast is a loose PT to begin with makes it a good match for Xeno-Onya and Amy-Onya. That, combined with Tsutomu's serious monster commentary and the popularity of Lorena and Daryl, made for a minnow hunting scene that could be seen by both labyrinth maniacs and individual fans alike.

　With that and a modest amount of luck, a skill that adventurer Misil can use, the odds of getting gold coins and magic bags that are outliers are decreasing, so equipment is steadily gathering. And while treasure chests can appear in random places other than drops from monsters, the surrounding terrain is easily similar. So the rate of discovery has increased even more with Missile, which has learned this.


'That's unavoidable, isn't it?
''Maybe we need countermeasure equipment like we did with the Mounted Golem........ Let's put the eighty-five levels on the back burner for now.


　In contrast, Aldrete Crow was excited to break through the Faren Rich in front of the Black Gate, where one army leads to the eighty-sixth level, but after experiencing the devastation twice from the all-area attack of darkness released at the end of the game, he seemed to have switched to searching for the treasure chest.

　However, Aldrete Crow had already broken through eighty levels to the sixth army, and the contents of the treasure chest could be concentrated in one army. Therefore, it could definitely collect equipment more efficiently than the Infinite Circle and Silver Beast.

　However, that policy of single-armament specialization has caused dissatisfaction among the rest, and furthermore, the situation in the clan is quite chaotic because of the disagreement over Mina. Since there are so many people in the clan, it is difficult to settle the situation, and it will be extremely difficult to correct the current situation once a confrontation structure has been established.


"How do you feel about investigating the Golden Demon?
...only to make a temporary alliance.


　The Red Demon Clan and the Golden Investigation, which had been late to the three clans, had, to no surprise, formed a temporary alliance to conquer the Divine Dungeon with a mixed PT. The fact that Weiss and Leon, who had unique skills, would be in a PT together had caused the labyrinth maniacs to talk about it.

　And Eunice had been chosen as the first army healer for the Red Demon and Golden Research Mixed PT. As for Tsutomu, it was quite an unexpected choice, as he thought it was Cecilia, the Red Demon Dan's first army healer. It was strange because it was hard to think of connections as well as being mixed with the Red Devil Gang, but the reason for that was made clear by looking at Kamidai.





　Eunice had made a name for herself there with the development of a technology called the dango, which trapped skills in a barrier, but now she was using it to trap a raise. Its use was similar to the skill Tsutomu was familiar with, Relaise.

　Relaise is a convenient skill that, if you apply that skill to a PT member in advance, it will automatically revive them when they die. However, it is a skill that can only be learned by White Mage Level 100 or higher, and can only be learned by going to the back dungeons.

　However, you can store the Raise that shoots up into the sky by surrounding it with a barrier, so it's practically like a Raise. The idea was something that didn't come to mind in Tsutomu, who originally had the fixed concept of having a reraise.

　The biggest advantage of storing a dango raise is that the healer can keep it with him or herself so that if he or she dies, it can be revived automatically. So far, you couldn't revive a healer without other healers, but if you store your dango raises, it's easy to rebuild by yourself. This is a huge advantage in the current environment where there is only one basic healer.

　The downside is that the raise skill cannot be activated unless one of your PT members is dead, and there are technical difficulties surrounding it with barriers. When you use Raise, it instantly shoots upwards like a firework, so you'll need a lot of practice to surround it with a barrier. Also, the passage of time weakens the power of resuscitation, and sometimes you'll be revived while you're still pretty damaged.

　But even taking that drawback into account, the dango raise was still a revolutionary thing for healers. Just making one in case someone died was enough to create an insurance policy that you would be safe even if you died, and furthermore, since the raise was not activated at that time, you wouldn't buy any hate. If you spontaneously die, the only thing that will be reduced is your mental power. If the healer dies, the barrier cracks and revives itself, which buys a lot of hate, but it's as much as the tank can bear.


(But the raise can't be used in the first place unless one of the PT members is dead... and it wasn't even leaked in advance. In other words, you didn't dive into God's dungeon to practice technical matters on your own, and then tried it out in a straightforward manner. (At that time, you probably didn't even know that you could actually do a dango raise in the first place, so how did you feel the urge to practice like that?


　Eunice, who may have invented the dango raise, had experience as a self-sacrificing healer in the past, and was probably familiar with the skill of raising. However, even if you take that into account, it's still difficult to enclose the Raise in a barrier as it shoots up into the sky. In the first place, changing the barrier to a round shape is a task that normally requires a great deal of care. If you are going to create it at a single point in the sky, even Stephanie, who is currently the best at manipulating her skills, will probably find it difficult to do so.

　Come to think of it, I hadn't seen Eunice in Kamindai lately, but it seems that she was holed up practicing to complete this dango raise. 'Live Dungeon!' But there was a race of people who developed such frontline strategies and kept them somewhat secret, but Eunice seems to be a genuine developer of them.


(Not that I didn't have an idea, but I don't know how you managed to develop one for a long time on your own. I'm not the type of person who can develop, and that helps.)


　Tsutomu was good at further refining existing skills, but he rarely developed something from scratch. So he appreciated Eunice's dango skills as well, and as far as dango raises go, it's a major skill that can change the way healers stand. So I naturally smiled when I saw a newspaper article about Eunice.


''Your disciple, Tutom-san, is amazing. It's on the front page of every newspaper.


　Corina caught sight of such Tsutomu during a leisurely holiday breakfast and picked up a newspaper other than the Solitte company while biting down on her ham. She's probably laughing high and dry right now as most labyrinth maniacs are writing articles about how revolutionary it is to see Eunice's dumpling-raise operation. Tsutomu, who imagined such a Younis, made a blatantly disgusted face.


''It's true that the dango raise is an amazing technology. It would be strange if Younis, who developed it alone, didn't also get credit for it, so this article to bring it up is fine, too. But if you look at it as a white mage, Eunice's own abilities aren't much of a stretch, so she'll be bogus sooner rather than later. Especially when the Stephanie area incorporated the dumpling raise, that was the end of it.


　He deserves credit for preserving the dango raise until he can make it practical for himself, but one day he'll lose that privilege once he's released on the divine table. When that happens, Eunice will be as un-snatchable to the three great healers as before.

　Tsutomu is spouting words and criticizing Eunice, but Korina is looking at him with a smiling face. No matter what Tsutomu, who had smiled a surprisingly pure smile when he saw the newspaper article on his apprentice earlier, it didn't sound like he meant anything at all.

　But to Korina, who was only praising this article as if it were someone else's business, Tsutomu returned a slightly accusing look.


''I mean, I hope that Korina won't be smoldering and explode soon enough to get this article up?
Yeah...?


　To Korina, who has a look on her face that says she doesn't understand why she's talking about it, Tsutomu sighs as he taps the side of his forehead with his fingertips.


''Unlike before when we had a wild PT, all of the current PT members are excellent, right?
Yes, of course!　You are all so awesome!
'Corrina's skills and sense of style are also among the first or second among prayer warriors. The eyes that can see other people's mortality is also a unique skill, which is a wonder it's not a unique skill. And even the level is already in the frontline class.
Oh, I see...
'So why hasn't it been talked about this much? There's hardly any talk about prayer warriors.
..........


　Corina was pecking away at the praise from Tsutomu, as if to say she was afraid, but the last word made her body stiffen.


''Well, I'm at fault in some ways. To begin with, when challenging the hierarchical lord, I'll go with the PT I've decided on, so no matter what, we'll be treated like one army and two armies. I'm sure it's a good thing that it wasn't brought up until now because Corrina is hiding in the shadow of the first team.
No, it's not like it's Mr. Tsutomu's fault or anything.
I see.


　I put my hand to my chin to think for a moment as I let out a desperate squeezing sound to Corina. Then he looked straight into her eyes.


I'm sorry, but I will continue to decide on the ninety levels. I have a PT plan to some extent at the time of gathering equipment. However, as for the PT that will challenge the 100th level, I'll let Korina decide.
What?
"At the 80th level, equipment and cooperation with PT members are not that different from mine anymore. From now on, my position as a healer will be the same.
Oh, come on!　I'm nothing compared to Mr. Tsutomu!　It's not fair to say that our positions are the same!
'Are you sure?　You're already able to do the exercises I've instructed you to do without any problems, and you're probably quite familiar with how to get around as a prayer warrior. In fact, capturing the 80th level was a bit of a hot topic among the labyrinth maniacs. I'm the most skillful prayer warrior of all.


　Corina is "Live Dungeon! He is able to learn advanced techniques day and night, as he obediently follows the practices instructed by Tsutomu, who has experience as a praying man in a That, combined with the rebuilding power and the immense sense of the Grim Reaper's eye that she had originally forged in the stray PT, she had grown so much as a prayer warrior that she was unrecognizable from before. That's exactly what she was, to the point where there was no one who could beat her as a healer if they were both prayer warriors.

　Perhaps it was just because she was hiding behind the shadow of Tsutomu, but it wasn't as if Korina was aware of that. Besides, when she originally joined the infinite circle, she had the awareness that she was perfectly fine with being a member of the second force, so she herself tended to be reluctant to step forward.

　But from Tsutomu's point of view, that would be a problem. ''Live Dungeon!'' It could be that it was the prayer warrior who was in a rival position as a healer, but even without that, Tsutomu had a big opinion of Korina. Since he was already at the top among the prayer warriors, he wanted her to move towards the next step of the beaten white mage.


''Once you cross the ninety levels, the Infinite Circle's single army PT will be decided by Corina. Please keep that in mind from today.
Ho, are you sure you want to do this?　Just kidding, you know...?
You can call me by my first name from now on, too. Like Daryl, I'll call you by your nicknames whether you like it or not, both of you.
Why?
No, not at all.


　Tsutomu sniffed with a huff and a snort at Korina, who was screaming in grief after a change from the happy holiday, and went out to clean up the dishes and look at the God's table. All that was left was Korina, who was pale as a prisoner sentenced to death.