Kuna, the Silver Witch.

　After the battle with Zafarada, we return to the empty ship.
　Glorious and Guno and the others are back on the ship.
　The enemy is also retreating, so a temporary truce is in place.

'Grrrr.'

　Glorious looks worriedly at Kroki, who is sitting and meditating.
　I'm worried about Kuna too.
　But I believe in him. He believes that Kroki is not going to let anything stop him.

"Dear Kuna. Do you mind if we take these men on board?

　Guno sees the vampire (vampire) and the girl's ghost (ghost) and says.
　I don't know why the vampire (vampire), who is a member of Zafarada's household, betrayed her.
　In fact, they may have just made it look like they betrayed him. But that didn't seem to be the case under the circumstances.

'Good. We'll see how it goes for a while. It doesn't look like you're lying to me, you know.

　Coona's lie-sensing is not accessible to those who aren't alive, but it doesn't look like he's telling a lie either.
　So we'll see.

'Thank you. Thank you for believing me: ......

　The girl's ghost (ghost) thanks me.
　She said her name was Ange, as I recall. But I didn't believe her.
　If you betray me, I'll erase it mercilessly.

That's all well and good. I'm just a little busy right now.

　Saying that, Kuna looks at the sky.
　Two people riding on clouds are facing each other in the sky as she looks up.
　One of them is a three-necked frog witch wearing robes.
　One is a single-eyed Dharma master dressed in vestments.
　They are Herkert and Zarbute.
　They are both powerful magic users.
　Now the magical warfare is about to begin.

"We didn't expect to see the famous witch of the Great Mother of Sorcery. But I won't hurt you.
Guffaw guffaw. You think you can beat that old woman? You're the son of a b*tc*!

　Zarbute laughs and Herkert laughs in response.
　As far as Cuna can see, Herkert has the better part of a minute.
　Herkert is weak in direct combat. If Alfoss is against Kroki or the brave men of light, he will lose immediately.
　However, I hear that Zarbute is not good at direct fighting.
　If it's pure magical warfare, Herkert is at the top of the heap, even among the gods.
　I've heard that Zalbute is also a pretty good magician, but he would be no match for Herkert.
　To begin with, in a frog and fly, the frog would win.
　But looking at Zalbute, it seems he has no intention of losing.

'You'll never know unless you try!　All right, let's go!　Fly cloud storm!

　The cloud on which Zalbute rides spreads.
　The cloud he rides on is a mass of flies.
　Clowns have told me that flies feed on the flesh of the living, lay eggs and multiply indefinitely.
　Their weakness is fire, but Herkert is not good at fire magic.
　How will he deal with it?

Guffaw. So that's how it's done. Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. Devil's face!

　When Herkert says this, a small frog's head grows out of three faces and grows larger.
　And finally, the head becomes twelve.
　Onioniformis is essentially a type of disease. The symptoms are the growth of the faces of various creatures on parts of the body, sucking out the vitality of the body and causing death.
　If it is a human face, it is called "human chilblains", if it is a wolf, it is called "lupus", and if it is a frog, it is called "froggy chilblains".
　The cure is to put an elixir made from the scales of the lily of the plaited lily into the mouth of the scaly face.
　However, some of the best sorcerers and witches have the ability to control this disease.
　By creating many heads, they are able to use multiple and complex spells.
　And Herkert can also control this disease at will.
　It is a powerful magic, but it looks bad, so Kuna has no desire to learn it.
　The twelve-headed Herkert is an eerie sight.
　It's not just a matter of time before the fly is swallowed.
　Then, in a few seconds, the fly cloud disappears without a trace.　

You are very good. 'That's great, Lord Witch. My little flies are no match for you.
'Hmm, you don't expect to beat me with this much. I guess the real aim is different. Geez, geez.
'That's right, I'm not after anything else!　Mister Witch!　Open the eight gates!　Open Gate, Rest Gate, Raw Gate, Wounded Gate, Du Gate, Jing Gate, Death Gate, Alarm Gate!

　Zarbute shouts, and suddenly eight spells appear around Herkert.

'Vomit?　Have you been hiding in a cloud of flies and releasing spells?
That's right!　Mister Witch!　This is the fugitive squadron at the Odd Gate!　Be forever trapped in the different space consisting of eight gates!

　When the spell glows suspiciously, it swallows Herkert's body.
　And when the light disappears, Herkert's figure disappears.

''Kukku, I guess I won. The next one is Shirogan-dono. Are you my opponent?

　Zalbute looks at Kuna.

'Wait!　Zalbute!　That woman is my prize!
'Wait!　Sister!　It's not safe to move yet!

　Zafarada and Zasha come out.
　Zafarada has a spell on the wounded area. He won't be able to fight with those wounds yet.

'Zasha is right, sister. 'Zasha is right, sister. You mustn't move yet. Leave this to me. Shall we do this?　The "White Silver Hall

　Zarbute is composed.
　But Kuna is not going to fight.

'I'm sorry, but Kuna won't fight yet. Do you think you've won that much in the first place?　That witch was Kuna's mentor. You can't get beaten in that thing. Look at that.

　Then he points to the space where Herkert disappeared.
　Clouds spread out from there.

'What?!'

　That's when Zalbute shouted.
　The clouds spread out like a burst.

'GUTS!'
Kyahhhh!

　Zafarada and Zarbute blowing away.
　Herkert floats in the place where the clouds have popped.

'Geez, geez. 'Unfortunately, it doesn't work. It was created by Lugas, to begin with. I'm sure Baba knows what he's doing.

　Herkert pulls a spell out of his robe.
　Zarbute steps back.
　He realizes that he can't win with a spell.

'Well, we'll go this way next. Guess I'm going to have to come up here now. Come on out!　The cauldron!

　A large cauldron appears in the air.
　What comes out is a magical tool called a witch's cauldron.
　All of Herkert's students have their own cauldrons.
　In that cauldron, they make medicines with various effects and poisons.
　Most of the potions in the world are invented by Herkert.
　The cauldron of the Witch's Cauldron is large and black.
　In the cauldron, Herkert stirs a twisted staff.

'Nair nair nair, nair nair nair nair. The more you knead, the more colourful you change, the more you change, the theretere. Guerro guerro.'

　Herkert casts a spell.
　Nale nale nerne is a powerful word that witches chant when they stir the cauldron.
　It's safe to say that all witches use it. Kuna also chants Närne Närne Närne sometimes when she makes a potion.
　Every time Herkert mixes the cauldron, a brightly colored light floods out of the cauldron.
　I can feel a powerful magical power from that light.

'Nuh-uh!　What magic!

　Sensing the magic overflowing from the cauldron, Zarbute steps back.

''Come on!　Don't eat this!　The healing light of the seven colors!

　Seven colors of light flooded out of the cauldron and attacked Zarbute and the others.

''Goooooooooooo!　Of what!　A hundred spellbook formations!

　Zalbute produces a spell and defends himself.
　But the light goes beyond the spell and strikes the army of death.
　A cry is heard from the death's household.
　The seven-colored healing light spell that Herkert put out is supposed to be a healing spell. However, the healing magic is poisonous to the death family.
　When you look at it, the higher level undead, ghosts (specters) and vampires (vampires) disappear, which is quite powerful.
　When the light disappears, all that's left is the Son of Death and a small army of death.

''Gigi-gigi. I didn't expect it to be this great. My negative vestments are in tatters.''

　Zalbute touches his own vestments with his unusual insect-like hands.
　Most forward and illuminated, Zalbute is half transformed into its true form, a large fly.
　Four fly limbs are exposed from the vestments, and the hood has been removed, revealing the head of a monocular fly.

'Oh?　It looks like he's endured, well, it's not originally meant for attacking magic, so maybe that's what it is. Geez, geez. More importantly, do you still want to do it?

　Herkert laughs.
　Zarbute will still be able to fight. But Herkert is stronger. If we fight any more, we will win.

'Of course. 'Of course, Lord Witch. If we just hold out a little longer, my boys will win.''
Vomit?　What do you mean by that?

　Zalbute laughed, the fly's mouth quivering.

'Kishakishakish. 'I meant what I said, Lord Witch. You will be here soon, you know. I can see that, my boy.'

　That was when Zalbute said that.
　Raina's warning voice rang in Coona's head.

'This is not good!　Hercart!　He's coming!　Hurry up and get out of here or it won't taste good!

　He grits his teeth.
　Then he curses Alfos in his mind.
　He wondered if he couldn't be satisfied with stalling.

'Not so fast. I'm going to keep you stranded.'

　Black flies spread from Zarbut's body like a cloud.

''This guy is tasteless. I don't think this baba is going to be able to beat Zarxis either. Vomit vomit.''

　The Hellcart is coming back to us.
　It's not good if we don't move the empty ship. But it looks like Zarbute and the others won't let us do that.
　If we fight, we can win, but the other side will do more to stall us than to win.
　In other words, there's no escaping Zarxis.

''Garlululu!''

　Glorious raises his head and snarls. It's a snarl of hostility, unlike the one he had with Kuroki.
　Glorious looks in the direction Glorious is looking and sees Zarxis coming, his lower body turned into a spider on giant bat wings.
　Is he already here?
　He's very fast.

"You can't get away from me!　Give me back my soul orb!

　Zarxis's angry voice.
　He hastily deploys his magic shield.
　What came next was a shock.
　It's the power of the twisted sword that Zarxis has.
　All magic shields are instantly cancelled out. It is more powerful than Zafarada's red flash.
　The magic shield is deployed again.
　No matter how many attacks my opponent makes, I'll bring out my magic shield each time.
　I have no choice but to do so.

''Hmph!　Persistence!　Well then, how about this?　Come on out!　Eat the roots of the world!　O Nidheg, the great serpent of the soil that corrupts everything!　Answer this call of Zarxis!

　Zarxis summons the upper spirit of the earth, Nidheg.
　A giant snake emerges from the earth.
　I've seen it summoned by Herkert before, but it looks bigger than that.

'This land is an advantage for Zarxys. It looks like Nidheg has absorbed the miasma and become more powerful. Guess I'll have to think of something better. If you don't come up with a good move, you'll have to deal with both Zarxys and Nidheg.

　Herkert says the obvious.
　We know the situation is bad.
　Nidhegg raises his sickle-neck to us, releasing a miasma.
　If Zarxys and the higher-ranking spirits attack us at the same time, we won't be able to hold on.
　Herkert will have to deal with Zarbuto and the others.
　We need Glorious and Guno and the others to cooperate with us to prevent this from happening.
　He was just thinking about this when he heard a warm surge of power.
　Suddenly, I feel a warm surge of power.　

''Grrrr.''

　Glorious roars. There is no hostility in that roar.
　It seems that Glorious has noticed it too.

''What's the matter with you?　Suddenly he started laughing. Guffawing.

　Herkert doesn't notice.
　He tilts his head to look at Coona.

'Have you not noticed, Herkert?　Looks like we made it too.
Gello?

　Herkert gives me a surprised look.
　Then he moves his head in one direction.

'Vomit!　Are you saying you're on the mend?　What power!

　Herkert shakes his head in disbelief.
　But Kuna is believable.
　Of course Glorious would have believed it too.
　Out of the corner of my eye, a black flame spreads and rises to the heavens.

"O Dark Wolf and Dark Serpent (Apopis)! Come forth from the planet Rahula of the Nine Dao Stars and reveal yourself! Light Eater (Light Eater) Eclipse!

　Coona hears a lovely voice in her ears.
　A black dragon emerges from the black flames and attacks Nidheg.
　I can see Eclipse, the higher spirit of darkness, completely suppressing Nidheg, the higher spirit of earth.

''Ugh!　Eclipse!　That's ridiculous!　You have been in the shadow of my mother!　Are you saying you've recovered already?!

　Zarxis's frustrated voice.
　Everyone in the place looks up at the heavens.
　Black flames are spreading in the cloudy sky.
　At the center of it is a dark knight in jet black armor.

''Zarxis!　The City of Death continues!

　The resurrected Kroki pointed his black blood magic sword at Zarxis.
　The battle between the Dark Knight and the Grim Reaper was about to begin right now.