Rayos returned and confirmed Zagan had returned to his human form, then reassured Shiers and the others, bringing a cheerful atmosphere. “Welcome home ♪” he replied to their “I’m home~ ♪” with a smile, and started preparing dinner, with meals ready one after another.
This included making up for their lunch.
There was no problem with food ingredients, as they had “confiscated” most of what they could use from the storage behind the Border Guard Unit’s guardhouse.
“Kyurururu ///”
The Rock Lizard wasn’t as worried about Rayos as Shiers and Tar.
It was Rayos’s strong and beloved mate.
“So wonderful! I want to be held right now!” it declared its love to Rayos, making a mating approach.
Thanks to being in the Party Registration.
The Rock Lizard gained experience points from the Border Guard Unit (mana diffused from its possessed magic power flowed according to the laws of this world).
Shiers, Aiz, Shiers, and Sharz also gained experience points.
Tar, not being of the same lineage as the World’s Strongest, received no experience points, just like Rayos.
“Honey~~, sorry. Dinner comes first right now ♪”
“……Kyu”
Dejected. The Rock Lizard, influenced by the experience points it received, sadly rubbed its more rugged, scaly skin against the ground.
It looked like a crocodile. The fluid smoothness characteristic of lizards was disappearing. Once it achieved Existence Evolution, it would undoubtedly become a crocodile-type monster.
Monsters have no final evolution. Because they constantly feel jealousy and admiration towards new species, their evolution’s end has never been confirmed.
“…So, we still don’t know anything about Zagan,”
“Both”
Aiz, also known as [World’s Eyes].
She didn’t use
When she subtly probed the remaining Shiers and Tar, she found they genuinely knew nothing?
They were lying. But it didn’t feel like the people she had killed before. They truly loved Zagan, a D-rank adventurer, and possessed no other information.
Where did you meet? How long have you been together? How was your relationship with your parents?
Every question was met with “Since I like him, isn’t that enough?”
It wasn’t an answer. It wasn’t a lie or a way to dodge.
It was complete with love. It was abnormal.
“Come on~~, dinner’s ready ♪”
Rayos said, creating a dining table and chairs for the number of people present with Earth Magic.
The Rock Lizard ate on the ground, served on a large plate.
“Gyuuuu…”
“Human bodies…” it grumbled with extreme regret tonight.
Its beloved mate went hunting and brought back food.
It couldn’t be there to praise his powerful efforts up close.
“I’m frustrated… that I have to give way to this flimsy human female who joined us later… I’m frustrated…”
“…I want to kill her. Her thin neck… I want to stomp it with my forelegs…”
“Honey? There are no enemies nearby.”
Rayos, pretending to misunderstand the Rock Lizard’s killing intent and thinking an enemy was lurking nearby, acted naive.
Why?
“Both, “……Za, Zagan.””
Shiers and Tar, more concerned than the lizard, grabbed Rayos’s arm to pull him to the table to eat dinner together.
This was to prevent the situation from progressing to a sexual encounter with the Rock Lizard.
“Both, “Yes, ***///””
Rayos wanted to finish dinner quickly and appease the Rock Lizard.
The two of them, shyly, offered him the “a~n” that couples in a heated relationship do, feeding him with their bare hands.
They pushed fried chicken, coated in crispy batter, into Rayos’s mouth.
“Both, “Eat mine, please~~~~”
“Nn, I’ll eat! I’ll eat, so let go for a bit–!?”
Rayos, pushed forward by the two, distanced himself, saying “time out, time out.”
He then stuffed both their fried chicken into his mouth simultaneously.
Chirp chirp ♪
Gaa gaa!
Aiz and the others observed the entire dinner scene from the opposite side with smiles.
“You’re really close ♪… Disturbingly so.”
“……”
Shiers, Sharz.
They heard their master’s mumbles but continued to move their mouths, silently eating their dinner.
Aiz had a small appetite.
She avoided leaving any unfinished food, fearing Zagan would worry and discover her observations.
Also, to freely and intentionally…
To investigate Zagan’s mysterious abilities.
“I will absolutely unravel that ability and use it as a hidden trump card to get ahead of others ♪”
Rayos and the others finished their dinner without leaving any leftovers.
Rayos, trying to appease the Rock Lizard, found Shiers and Tar boldly attacking.
Their chest plates, revealing glimpses of their waists and thighs with thin clothing, were a tempting display.
It was manipulative, but Rayos had a smitten look on his face.
Aiz and the others didn’t flinch.
They planned to observe until bedtime to uncover Rayos’s mysterious abilities.
Then, the Rock Lizard charged at Shiers and Tar, crying, “Humanssss–!”
Shiers, skilled in combat, dodged the Rock Lizard’s attacks while counter-attacking.
Tar, with combat experience equivalent to self-defense techniques, clung to Rayos.
Rayos wanted to intervene in the fight between Shiers and the Rock Lizard but struggled to pry Tar off.
Clang clang clang!
Bash crash!
“Haaaaaa!”
“Gyaooo!”
“Both of you, stop it!? Can you let go, Tar?”
“I’m scared! If you let go, I’ll be in danger!”
“……You’re not doing anything.”
“Both, “It looks like a completely normal response.””
Rayos and the others’ commotion was interrupted by monsters and soldiers, drawn by the delicious smell of dinner.
“Enemy!
Rayos, offering thanks for the appearance of the enemies, raised a rock wall around them to protect Tar and Aiz and the others from the approaching enemies.
Shiers and the Rock Lizard, directing their anger at the enemies who interrupted their fight, shouted “Die!” and “Read the room!” as they charged out with Rayos.
There was a concern of being defeated one by one, but Rayos, with his greatly depleted possessed magic power, provided cover.
His awareness and maneuvers while engaging the enemies in front were impressive, Rayos.
“Send over the women! A fun interrogation will be… Gyaaaaaa!”
“Who the hell are you! This is Emperor His Majesty’s garden–!”
“Won! Won! Kyaaa–!?”
Soldiers in unified gear.
Wolf-type monsters with keen senses.
They were successively hunted by the ridiculous physical capabilities of their vessel bodies.
Aiz and the others, aiming to catch Rayos using his mysterious ability, killed approaching enemies with a single strike and continued to observe.
“Come on, use it quickly.”
Eagerly waiting. They subtly lured enemies to confront Rayos.
They forced him into a crisis situation, compelling him to reveal his hand.
However, no matter how surrounded he was.
Rayos sank into the ground to evade.
Suddenly, a whack-a-mole game began.
As soon as he extended his hands, he unleashed attack magic.
If attacked by enemies, he immediately escaped into the ground.
If ignored, he would be attacked from behind with magic.
While dealing with other opponents, he created pitfalls in the ground.
Enemies couldn’t ignore Rayos.
They grew impatient. They snapped. They trembled.
With what magic power was he sustained?
If they themselves burrowed into the ground, they could last about 30 minutes at most.
Beyond that, they couldn’t leave the ground and would die from magic depletion, forced coma, and suffocation.
“He’s a monster!! Run!”
Despite numerical superiority, they couldn’t defeat him.
Neither the soldiers nor the monsters.
Imagining the consequences of further damage to their superiors,
They retreated like startled rabbits.
They decided to return within the ambiguous border line.
“Now’s the chance! You can shoot my back freely ♪! Don’t get in the line of fire, you two? ”
Despite his possessed magic power being less than half,
He massacred them as a fixed gun emplacement without considering magic recovery.
Consumption exceeded recovery,
And it seemed the remaining magic power would reach its limit from the continuous absorption and use.
Rayos blinked awake.
How much was a dream? How much was reality?
For a moment, he held his wish and asked Shiers and the others.
Regarding the facts of the Dungeon’s nest.
“Amazoness…!”
Rayos uttered a word that made no sense to anyone else and slammed his forehead onto the ground.
