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"Hmmm. Waiting is just waiting. I'm getting worried.

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"Why don't you just tell Norn to come back upstairs as soon as possible?"

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"I wish I could do that. Unlike the demon sword, the fresh-blood soldiers' Norns are self-reliant. They have their own will and make their own decisions over there, so we can't call them back.

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　The plaster seems to be attracted by the presence of the spirit stone.

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　He seems to be digging a hole deep into the ground even as Lassen investigates.

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　We cannot afford to have Norn attacked by any chance.

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　However, there was no way to call him back.

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　I fretted, wondering if he would be all right.

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　The fresh-blood soldiers themselves are made of my blood, with a reddish-black magic stone from the magic labyrinth as their core.

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　The norns in my blood are the red armor, and they act on their own judgment.

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　This allows me to move in response to the moment, even in distant places, but they do not notice anything unusual about me.

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　Of the good and bad sides of the fresh-blooded soldiers, the bad side stands out this time.

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　I hope they come back soon, but there is no way to tell them that.

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　So I have been fidgeting all the time on the ground.

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　Or rather, if Norn, who left his magic bag with us, doesn't come back, we will have only a small amount of food on hand.

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　If that happens, we might have to return to the variant without meeting the deadline for getting the permission to dig.

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"I'd say we have half a chance of making it back in one piece," he says.

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"Is it that low? Mister Barca?　Didn't that Mr. Norn return from the Hellfire Cauldron as well?　If that's the case, I'm sure you'll be able to handle it."

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"I hope so. We're at the bottom of a hole 1,000 meters below the surface. Even without the plaster, it's going to take a while to get back. We'll see.

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　Well, I guess we can't worry about it any more than we already have.

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　The rest is up to Norn.

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　Besides, although the plaster is said to be moving through the soil, it doesn't seem to be able to reach the bottom of the earth where Norn is.

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　Lassen says that the hole he dug is too small for the size of Dokkui's body.

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　So he has to dig his own hole to reach the bottom 1,000 meters down.

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　However, Lassen also predicted that it would take a long time to dig a hole to let that huge body through while eating soil with its mouth.

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　In fact, it is said to be moving very slowly.

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"But then, if there are demons like that, wouldn't the village of Atmos be full of more holes?"

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"Indeed. That's what I thought too. Maybe this canyon was created by subsidence due to the digging of holes by the plow. Somehow, I have a feeling that this is the case.

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"Heh. A landform created by demons? I can't confirm this, but it may be so. It's an interesting place, isn't it?

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　I was worried about Norn, but the tension around me gradually eased as I felt that the plaster was not coming this way.

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　Lassen even began to talk about his hypothesis.

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　It's true that the formation of this big canyon may have something to do with the power of the demons.

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　Or it could have been the result of a very strong man gouging out the ground.

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　Ian once told me that in the lore of the village of Atmos, the cracks in the earth were made by the warriors of our ancestors.

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　It was a long time ago, but I can't say it's a lie.

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　In fact, Ars changed the topography of the land.

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　It doesn't necessarily mean that there were people who did such a thing.

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Well, we'll talk about that another time. For now, Lassen-dono, you can use my and Ian's magic power too, so can't you change the vertical hole?"

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"Okay. Let's make a ladder-like projection on the side of the hole. We can only make it a little easier for Mr. Norn to return to the surface.

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"Well, not us, just Mr. Lassen. That's why I'm asking for your help. Because the only one we can rely on right now is Mr. Lassen.

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　Saying this, I touch Russen's body and send magic power into it.

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　Russen manipulated the soil, saying that my magic power seemed to be more efficient than that of the magic stone and that it was easier to manipulate the soil.

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　When I was about to run out of my magic power, Ian supplied it instead.

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　Perhaps it was because of his efforts that the fresh-blooded soldier Norn returned safely to the ground after a while.

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"Thank you, Norn. I'm glad you made it back safely."

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"...... something happen?"

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"Yeah. A wounded demon was moving through the earth toward the spirit stone at the bottom of the earth. I was worried that Norn and I might run into each other under the ground.

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"Heh. I didn't know that was going to happen. I did feel the presence of something, but it must have been a demon. I couldn't make a decision because I couldn't see what was going on in the absence of light."

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"I'm just glad you're okay, Norn. So how did it go?

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"Check the contents, Alphonse. For the moment, I'm not sure, since I put all the stones that looked like they might have magical power in this bag in total darkness.

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　He handed me a magic bag.

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　After brushing dirt and sand off the surface of the bag, he checks its contents.

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　He put his hand into the bag and grabbed it, which was indeed a spirit stone.

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"Well done, Norn. I am sure that it is a genie stone. With this, you will have many more eyes. It's a treasure."

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　A quantity of spirit stones that would fill a warehouse of its own.

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　It was packed in a magic bag.

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　Lassen says there is a lot more in the basement, but I don't want to send Norn out there again.

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　We can't go any further without risking losing the bag.

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"Well, shall we go home?"

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"Are you leaving already?"

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"Yeah. There's still a deadline left to dig, but there's no point in staying here any longer. Let's get the hell out of here."

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　There is still time before the new moon day.

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　But we have achieved our goal, so we decide to go home.

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　With a large amount of harvest in my magic bag, I set out for home in high spirits.

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