...phew.

　We take a break.

　Since it's the twilight danger zone level 5, the twilight around here is getting thicker. I myself have not been affected that much, but my body is definitely reacting to this twilight.

　Sherry and I have no normal resistance to twilight, so we can operate normally in this dense area. On the other hand, Gil-san, who was a normal human being, seemed to be having a bit of a hard time.

　Still, being the oldest and having exposed himself to the twilight for a long time, he might not be a normal human already.

''Gil-san, are you alright?''
Hmm?　Well, it's okay for now. Besides, this body was originally completely invaded by twilight. It doesn't really matter now.
...I see.

　You seem to have already split the difference, but maybe Gil's life is infinitely short. This is completely up to the individual, but some people who are affected by twilight end their lives earlier than others, while others live longer.

　However, even if they lived longer, there were few people who lived to be over sixty years old - almost none of them.

　In fact, the average life expectancy of people affected by twilight is around 40 years old. Gil-san is already over 40. It's not surprising that it's about to get tougher.

''Gil-san........well........''
'Oh. I know what Julia's going to say. It's my lifetime, right?
'Well...'
Well, maybe not for long. My body seems to have slowed down a bit lately, too.
Well....
But then there's Uriah and Sherry. We have the younger generation. So, as much as I'd like to be gone at any time I'll still be alive.　I'm stubborn, you know.

　The grin was not a false kind of grin.

　That's right. Gil-san is the oldest among the special class anti-magicians. He has been exposed to more deaths than we have. In other words, he is living with the deaths of an enormous number of people. They have a different season and a different determination than us.

　When it comes to life, they may be more greedy than we are.

Well, then. Isn't it about time we took a break?
Yes.

　Shelly, who was watching from a little distance, pattered over to us.

'This one seems to be fine. The demons aren't too rampant. Do you want to move on?
Yeah. Let's do it.
Okay. Shall we continue?

　And so we began to go further. The fog of dusk grew thicker. The fog was steadily invading our bodies. Even for me, this even denser space is enough to make my body feel numb.

M........what is that?
'It's a demon. Are they eating each other's food?
Well that's pretty gross.

　The one that was there was a giant scorpion, the Huge Scorpion. Its body was purple-black in color and it seemed to be preying on its companions.

　As we stared at it, that unit turned to us.

''Kyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

　Apparently, they've come to their senses.

　Finally, the battle was about to begin.