They escape from the fierce melee and continue to sprint to escape from the Demon King's Castle.

　The two companions are Sakura and Garnett.

　Everyone else--Noir and Alexia, Nagi and Melissa, and the five knights of the Golden Fang--continue to battle the modified soldiers that Bran has unleashed.

　After all, they are back in the same form as they looked when they were taken to the Demon King's Castle.

''Hurry up, White Wolf!
"Enemy, four in front!　We'll get rid of it!

　Sakura activates [Shrinkage] and cuts down the Demon King's Army soldiers at the end of the corridor in the blink of an eye.

''There are no more enemies in this area. Let's hurry.''

　With the help of the two men, they ran through the castle at full speed, fending off the enemy soldiers.

　Eventually, you pass through a long corridor and arrive at a hall that leads to the outside.

　It's a small entrance hall separate from the main gate, which can be considered an auxiliary entrance, but it's still large enough to fit an entire standard house.

　One more step - the moment I stepped out to traverse the few remaining distances, the large door that should have been open, was blocked by a thick wall of ice in an instant.

''Nnaaah!''
An ice wall?　No way. ......!
No way. Luke of the White Wolf Forest.

　Slipping through the thick ice wall like a mirage, a dark elf girl wearing armor appeared.

　I had never seen her before, but I could strangely figure out who she was.

''I am one of the four Demon Generals of the Demon King's Army - the Ice Norzuri. Huh, I never thought I'd be fighting you guys again with a body of a substitute. I can't help but feel that my luck has failed me.
''I knew the four demon generals could change their bodies and come back to life ......, but I didn't expect that to be the case.

　We're on the far side of the hall, and Norsli, in the girl's vessel, is on the exit side. We face each other across the entrance hall.

　Of course, the current Norsulli is slimmer than her former body.

　When he attacked the humanity side base that was under construction and caused us a lot of damage, he was using the body of a man with a physique comparable to Austri's.

　As he himself stated, 'a substitute body', his fighting ability is probably even lower than before.

　Whether we can break through on our own will depend on how much of his original specs he is able to display--

Master Luke!

　Suddenly, Sakura swings her sword at the top of her head.

　A high-pitched metallic sound that rang out.
　A warrior who jumped down from the second floor part of the hall and slashed at me without identifying himself.

　Sakura brushes away her opponent's sword and Garnett quickly slashes at Yokonagi.

　The opponent tried to catch the slash with another short sword, and while being snapped, he jumped to the side to escape the chase.

　The strange warrior, wielding two swords - one large and one small - a weapon from the Eastern region, had a suspicious and strange appearance, with his entire body, including his face, covered with cloth.

''You failed? You have pretty good instincts.''
Suzuri, you ...... used me as bait and what the hell is going on here?
"You don't always get what you want on the battlefield.

　The warrior called Suzuri didn't even show any signs of being offended by the blatantly uncomfortable Norzuri.

　He remembered.
　That unidentified warrior's demeanor looked familiar, even as he read the Falcon's memories.

'Watch out, both of you. He's the fourth demon general.

　When I told them that, Garnett and Sakura immediately raised their alert level and prepared themselves.

''Since you're on the verge of escaping, it looks like you're getting serious.
This is a real critical moment for you, isn't it? It's all good. Let's do it.

　Garnett is casually looking at the ice wall blocking the doorway while pretending to be belligerent.

　He acts as if he thinks he will defeat them in battle, but if there is an opening, he is thinking of ignoring the two demon generals and escaping.

　His opponent is two demon generals. It's naive to think that they can win in a head-to-head battle.

　Even at worst, if we persistently [disintegrate] the ice and castle walls, drill a hole, and join our friends on the other side of the wall, we can say we've won.

''The critical moment is the same here. We'll have to avenge our former defeat here.
It's a disgrace. ...... You want to take me alive and turn me over to the Demon King?
'You, why did it ...... or mostly Austri let it slip out of his mouth? That man is too frivolous in his behavior.

　Norzli swore at his companion, who wasn't here, and drew his sword from his waistband and released it.

'Let's go. Prepare yourself!

　The two demon generals flesh out at the same time with a fast step in.

　Garnet's Mithril sword catches Norzuri's sword and Sakura's Hihiyrokane sword catches Suzuri's sword.

　Then an epic exchange of sword fights began.

　The slashes are carried out at a speed that I can't possibly follow.
　I was so busy just following the four of them with my eyes that I didn't even have the slightest chance to think of a spear or cover.

　It's especially fast with Sakura and Suzuri's sword strikes.
　It's not just a matter of time before you lose track of them, it's also a matter of time before you lose sight of them if you take your eyes off them for a second.

　After about ten seconds of striking each other, both of them abruptly stopped dead in their tracks, separating their pauses.

''You, well, you're cutting corners.

　Sakura glares at Suzuri with a grim expression.

'Of course. We can't put out the charcoal, let alone our targets.'

　They are saying that they can kill him instantly if they get serious - no, they are actually declaring that.

　Considering the strength of the three demon generals they have fought so far, even if it took two people, Sakura and Garnett, they should be at an overwhelming disadvantage.

''From the looks of it, it looks like that one is also hiding its inner workings, but the reason is the same, right?
...... Come on, I don't know about this!

　The unseen bout resumes.

　On the other hand, the battle being waged by Garnett and Norzuri was surprisingly equal.

''It's looking pretty hard to fight, Mr. Norzuri!
'Hmm, you see. I can't help but find it hard to use any of the muscle strength, dimensions, reaction time, ...... and so on!

　The swearing Norzuri spat out was definitely true.
　Even from the side, I can see that his fighting style is awkward.

　Rather than a simple physical performance difference, it seems that the fact that it is an unfamiliar body is dragging them down.

　While Sakura draws Suzuri in high speed combat and Garnett is stalling Norzuri in a head-to-head battle, I head to the ice wall blocking the entrance and exit.

　Destroying that one would open the way out of the castle.

　And as soon as we are able to get close to the castle walls, our objective is accomplished.

　But we're almost there, and we're almost there.

But!　And yet I will not be defeated by you!
Ugh. ......!

　Norzuri unleashes a slash with an extremely cold gust of wind and blows Garnett towards me.

　I stopped in my tracks due to the sheer intensity of the gust, and when Garnett lost his stance at the moment of landing, Norzuri leapt to the very edge of the ceiling and unleashed an enormous amount of magical power.

''Luke of the White Wolf Forest!　You're the only one I'm willing to give up for anything to get you!