When most of the high elves had been eradicated and the survivors detained, Meldina's parents, who had finally regained consciousness, confronted them and explained the situation to Vilm and the others while releasing their restraints.

''Oh no... Meldina has been kidnapped?''

Maybe Lady Harzun is taking you out on a date?

"I won't hold you then. I had to do it because I had something to hide.

After all, the elves, who said they couldn't believe it, were immensely disappointed by Fumir's words.

''Speaking of which... just now, the High Elves said something like, "Until the end of the Hartsang-sama's ceremony,

More or less, he was starting to distrust it.

The elven man who was caught up in the words of the high elf, who until now had not even thought about believing and doubting, muttered to himself.

Hearing that, Virum's eyes changed sharply.

''Not good. Doesn't look like we have much time to spare.''

What...? Oh, Master, what do you mean by that?

Vilm's words and atmosphere made her anxious, and Cunaria fearfully visited her, but she didn't get an answer to her question.

Vilm wanted to say something, but he quickly closed his mouth and turned his back to her.

'I'm sorry Coona, but I don't have time to explain. Mel is going to help me and Fu out. Coona, along with Oma and Hyshela, will explain and escort Mr. Merus and the others... Fu, let's go.

I'm in a hurry.

'Oh, Master! Just a minute...

The two of them, who had already started running as if they wouldn't listen to any objections, were already out of sight.

Indeed, if he follows Virum (his master) and the spirit beast Fumil, who is much stronger than him, he might end up dragging his feet.

Now that her best friend might be in a critical situation, Kounaria bites her teeth at her own weakness that she can't do anything about it.

''What's bothering you, woozy?''

The beloved great axe is presented in front of the prone Kunaria.

When she looked up in surprise, she saw Oma looking straight into her own eyes, though bluntly.

'You're worried about your sister Mel, aren't you? We're coming with you.

But Master told me to stay...

Oma let out an exaggerated sigh at Kunaria's uncooked appearance.

''That's right. If Mr. Wyrm says so, he was a heartless person who abandoned even his best friend, Mel sister. Well, okay, fine. I'll go alone...

No way!

The way Oma said it too badly, Cunaria ate at it with a desperate look.

Seeing her condition, Oma loosened her cheeks and thrust the big axe into place, then turned away from her spinning around and carried the cleaver up.

'Then let's go. I'll get angry with you when you get angry at me, Wyrm-san, I'll get angry with you. (...I feel like I'm the only one who's going to be pissed off...)

For a moment, Cunaria was dumbfounded, but she nodded her head with a different expression than before, as if she had made up her mind.

The two left Heishela to escort the elves and ran off in the direction that Virum and Fumil had run.



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Meanwhile, Virum and Fumil were tracking Meldina, relying on the remaining scent to help them track her down.

Fumil was doing his best to find her place, but when they left the village a little while later, Virum had an idea of where she was.

(This place... no way.)

As if to affirm that idea, Fumil brakes to a halt.

'I think I'm in this one,'

It was that ruin that I had just entered with Meldina earlier this morning.

I stepped into the ruins, but the scene was no different from the one I saw in the morning.

''Hmm... The smell of mold is amazing. It's so stinky, it's hard to follow Mel's scent, maybe.''

(Mel, I believe...touched on it here.)

I made Fumil, who was struggling with the stench, step back and try to recreate the procedure fresh in my memory, but there was no reaction at the entrance.

(If it doesn't open........does that mean it's still a trick that only reacts to a specific (Meldina) magic power? Well then...)

Having given up on the regular procedure prematurely, Vilm takes a stance while wearing magic power all over his body.

''There's no choice but to force our way through, nah!

As soon as he stepped in, the fist that was shot at the stone wall shattered into pieces as if it had exploded through it or engulfed the surrounding area.

It might have been a little excessive attack power to break a mere stone wall that wasn't even the Holy Tree's ward.

At the end of the crumbling stone wall, a familiar passage led deeper.

''Huu, there are traps set up everywhere from here, so be very careful.

"Okay, okay. Take care of yourself, brother Vi, okay?

They nodded to each other and stepped into the ruins.



A few minutes after entering the ruins, Virum and Fumir were struggling with a terrific array of traps.

As expected, they didn't fall for the Magic Arrow traps they had experienced firsthand this morning, but the number of traps since then had increased dramatically.

''Poof! What the hell is going on here?

"Whoever built this place is absolutely out of character.

I'm not going to be able to get away from the orbit of the large rock that has been rolled away from the spear that is randomly thrust out from up and down and left and right, but I'm going to be able to escape from the orbit of the large rock that has been rolled away.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about the best way to get the most out of your new job.

Magic Arrow traps are also set all over the place, and not only are the number of traps shot out greatly increased, but they also have a tracking function (homing), which is extraordinary for a devil.

I don't need to tell you what's in the pitfalls that are scattered here and there, but there were times when they were supposed to be in the foreground and not in the back, or in the front and not in the back, or even both.

The two of them finally passed through the many vicious traps and arrived in front of the last room, but Virum, who suddenly felt a sense of discomfort at the scene, suppressed the urge to go in as it was and let his thoughts wander.

(...When I came in this morning, there wasn't anything like that...)

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two huge golems standing in front of the door.

The heavy armor that emits a dull glow wraps around a massive body that is twice the size of Virum's, and in his right hand he carries a large sword that is too disproportionately large to be called a one-handed sword, and in his left hand he carries a huge bowgun that looks like a ballista, a siege weapon.

I'm sure that the two sets of twin eyes, glowing purple, have caught Virum and Fumir in the act.

It looks like we'll have to do it.

"Hmm, if you interrupt me, I'll take it easy.

After a few seconds of staring at each other, the four shadows collided.