Inside the dome of ice, which was never wide, I analyzed the current situation as calmly and quickly as possible while confronting the dark elf warrior Norzuri.

　The pit of my stomach seemed to be boiling, but this is not an opponent that can win by forgetting myself in anger.

　First, there are three ingredients in our favor.

　The sword that was just fused with the defensive wall and [Fused] has been abandoned, and Norzuri doesn't have a weapon in his possession.

　The fact that the accuracy of the attack is clearly reduced due to the fact that Nagi has crushed my right eye.

　And that I haven't yet shown all of the means available to me.

　--The last one in particular should be important.

　I haven't shown him all of my full strength [Decomposition], and I haven't consumed the Amulet and Scroll that Noir gave me before the battle of the Suspension Bridge.

　We can never win in a battle ability bumping contest, so we're just going to make sure we hit our limited hands.

''You want to kill me?　You know what you're doing, human!

　Norzuri generated ice blades in both fists of the metal armor and closed the gap between them with tremendous speed.

　In response to the assault, Sakura put her hand on the armpit made of Hihiyrokane alloy and unleashed a divine speed extraction strike.

　The scorching heat blade melted the ice blade one way or another.

　Furthermore, a stab of the white-hot blade was unleashed at Norzuri's head, which was still missing its helmet.

''Futile!''

　Cold air explodes at the tip of the hand that Norzuri quickly holds up.

　[Ignition] The armpit that had been heated by the skill lost heat in the blink of an eye, and the area from the tip of the cut to Sakura's elbow was covered with ice.

''Kukko......!''
Not after you!

　A cleaving kick was seen from the side and Sakura was sent crashing into the ice wall.

　At the same time, the surface of the ice wall changed shape and took Sakura's lower body in an instant.

　The only thing that can be free is his left arm.
　If both of her legs are hardened, she can't even activate [Shrinking Earth].

''Ore......!　Lord Luke!
We won't get anywhere if we kill them and then fix them. First...

　-- but Sakura made enough time.

'Blackfire!'

　The scrolls that grasped and unfolded the magic crystals spun a magic formula and showered Norzuri with black magic flames.

''Nuh-uh?''

　He seemed to hold up his arms to protect his face as quickly as he could, but the dark flames heated the metal full body armor mercilessly.

　The armor itself is no longer a torture device to torment Norzuri.

　If it had been a one-on-one fight, I would have been killed without being able to take the scroll out, let alone open it.

''(Normally, the scrolls would collapse under high load right after activating the magic ...... This flame shouldn't even last more than a few seconds ...... but!

　What happens if you keep applying [restoration] that exceeds the rate of collapse even before the collapse begins?

　The solution was this.

　Blackfire's scrolls continued to be effective without collapsing, increasing in scale with every second.

　If it was my 【Restoration】 skill of the past, it would be impossible.
　It was a rough job because my skills had evolved and my 【Restoration】 performance had also improved.

　However, I learned firsthand that there was an unexpected danger lurking there.

''Guh......!

　The scroll itself is beginning to overheat abnormally, and is beginning to take on an amount of heat to the point of burning my hand that I am touching it.

　I had to continue to [repair] that one as well, and I didn't know when the magic crystal would be used up.

''(As expected, this guy is a miscalculation!　I can't control what magic does!　As long as you keep on [restoring] it, it's going to suck up magic power without limit!

　Scrolls are magic items with a disposable premise.
　If it is not considered from the beginning, such as stopping midway through the process, and if the collapse is prevented by some external factor, it will continue to be effective as long as the magic power lasts.

　This kind of thing can only be called a runaway state.

　There's no way to know that now, much less notice it beforehand.

　Just as I was preparing to see if the magic power would run out too quickly or if my life would run out too quickly - just as I was preparing to see if it would turn into such a battle, Norzuri spewed out an enormous amount of magic power.

''Whoa!''

　The metal armor that had been heated to the point of scorching flesh popped off from the inside.

　Instead, covering the guy's entire body up to his head was an ice armor with a disastrous shape.

''......!　That ice, can you block the flames: ......!

　Like the ice walls that made up the dome, the ice armor was able to block out the dark flames by regenerating in the blink of an eye as it melted.

''Die, source!

　A step with unresponsive speed breaks through the flames, and a fist shot with unavoidable speed breaks through the scroll.

　The black magic flames break and the fist causes a cave in my chest.

　Several shattered ribs tore my lungs apart and fresh blood spurted out of my mouth instead of exhaling.

''Gosh--''
"Lord Luke!
You missed the heart. It's hard to aim accurately with one eye.

　If Norzli's body was in tip-top shape, he would be dead right now - the intense pain in his chest is the proof, making him realize that without question.

'You can't die like that!　They won't even give you time to revive him, they'll just drop his head!

　Immediately after Norzuri raised his fist and generated an ice blade on his arm, the ice armor covering his upper body shattered into pieces.

''What?!''

　Norzuri stops moving at the sudden change.

　What I did was quite simple. If you've been around long enough, you'll instantly understand.
　I simply touched the ice armor and activated the [Disintegration] with all my might.

　It might take some time to break through the ice wall, but with a mass the size of armor, it's not that difficult.

''(While we're at it: ......!)

　While hastily [repairing] the chest injury, I tried to touch Norsuli's body with my other hand.

　Then Norzuri jumped back away from me with unnecessary caution.

　He doesn't know that [Decomposition] is extremely difficult for the creature to work on.
　That's why we have no choice but to assume the worst and act accordingly.

　Continuing to be the bottomless, unknown enemy - that was the last chance I had left to win.

''It's got to be that way!　It's a disgrace to the generations to come that our troops are at the mercy of small fish that could easily be killed!　To keep scratching and dying is what you know as redemption!

　Multiple masses of cold air arose around Norzuri, and an ice block like the tip of a spear appeared there.

　I immediately understood Norzuri's next move and reached out to the ice wall behind me and scraped off a handful of ice on the surface with [Disintegration].

''Struggle to death, human!

　A series of ice bullets in the shape of the tip of the spear are fired.

''d*mn!''

　Using the remnants of the ice armor that I [disassembled] earlier, I [repaired] the ice wall with the material.
　Attempting to surpass the round of fire with an apologetic, distorted barrier.

　The ice shatters, bounces, and the scattered fragments split my cheeks.

　The ice bullets fired by Norzuri increase in number at an accelerated rate, and I use the remnants of them to further extend the barrier.

　Evading was not an option.

　Because behind me lies Garnett, who is still unconscious.

''(So far so good!)　The question is: What's next?　(What's your next move!)
Very impressive. However, the use of ice in front of the Norzuri is a bit too reckless, don't you think?

　Norzuri popped a small icicle with her fingertips.

　The moment it hit the ice barrier, the entire barrier cracked open.

''--!

　I realized what was going to happen and draped myself over the garnet that lay behind me.

　The barrier shattered, debris rained down like a sideways rain, and a large number of ice bombs roared and attacked.

　Eventually, silence fills the ice dome.

　My entire body was drilled into the ice by Garnett's shield, and I couldn't even move while covered by Garnett.

　[Restoration] is of course activated.
　It's a simultaneous full-body activation that doesn't involve a hand gesture.

　Even so, it was still all I could do to move my face.

''You, do you prefer that person to your own life?

　Norzuri walks up to him leisurely.
　It's as if he's convinced of victory.

'Interesting. And I've got an idea.'
"Stop ...... and go to .......

　He raised his upper body with his arms and moved from the garnet to crawl.

　Sakura's voice shouting something also reached my ears, but I couldn't quite make out what she was shouting.

'First of all, I'm going to dismantle that human in front of your eyes. I'll allow you to revive him as much as you want. Each time you do, I'll repeat the dismantling.
"I'm going to kill ....... ......
Of course we don't want you to bleed to death. We'll freeze a section of the blood vessel and tear it open bit by bit at the end.

　I couldn't get up properly and headed towards Norzuri.

　However, Norzuri randomly walked past me, and at the same time, countless ice spikes and stakes appeared from under my feet, sewing my flesh to the spot.

''Gah......!''
"You will rue the day you were foolish enough to challenge us.

　Norzuri's arm extends to Garnett, who has yet to regain consciousness.

　Although I immediately [disintegrate] the ice thorns and stakes, there was no power left in my body, which had suffered several deep injuries and lost a large amount of blood, to stop Norsulli's murderous actions.

　--Yes, in my 'body'.



　Norzuri let out his first pain-filled scream.

　His entire body had been pierced by countless bright red thorns.

　They were similar to the thorns that pierced me, but the color was almost the exact opposite, and the shape was severely distorted.

　If the ice thorns he generated were sharp needles, this was a twisted thorn.

　It pierced through the legs, arms, and belly, robbing the body of its freedom and causing tremendous pain.

'Wha...... what the hell is this!　What the hell is this?!
'You just showed me ...... maybe you thought you had built a wall with your ice manipulation skills?'

　It's nothing.
　I just used the ground that Norzuri was trampling and standing on, the ground that was full of my blood, as a material to [repair] the ice thorns that I had just [disintegrated].

　I used only a small amount of ice, the majority of the constituent materials were only blood and soil.
　Naturally, the [Repair] was incomplete, and the sharp thorns were recreated in a distorted shape.

　No matter how confident he was in his handling of ice, there would be no meaning to this.

''Ugh, ......!

　As if intending to protect myself, Norzuri tries to generate an ice armor.

　I placed my left hand on its shoulder and [disassembled] the armor that was being generated, while at the same time [analyzing] the physical structure of the dark elf's body.

　The position of the internal organs is the same as a human.
　The only way for the impotent me to defeat this man is by striking precisely at the one fatal point.

''Impossible ...... unbelievable ......!　Please forgive me!　His Majesty Gandalf!

　Pressing my palm against Norzuri's back, I generate an ice-blood spine that is made of ice shards and my own blood [synthesized].

　I pierce Norsuri's heart from a close distance.

　As it was, a few seconds passed, and the moment Norsuli's heartbeat completely ceased to beat, the ice dome shattered into pieces with a sound.