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"You did it, Thor. The sun's still high enough. We'll make it.

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"Yeah, I guess we've got a break."

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"I'm going to sing Moo's happy song to you all. I'm tired and hungry... but I'll be fine...

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"- Don't let your guard down too soon, ladies and gentlemen."

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 At Yuril's warning, Thor and the others who had been chatting and laughing stopped talking at once.

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 It seemed that the signs were already beginning to appear.

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 The wind, which until a few moments ago had only been weakly caressing their feet, was somehow gaining momentum.

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 Suddenly, a grain of sand mixed in with the headwind slapped Thor on the cheek, causing him to frown slightly.

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 A low, roaring sound of the wind enters his ears.

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 There was a clear sense of something approaching.

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 Thor and the others look around quickly as a precaution.

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 However, the wind only increases in strength, and no noticeable changes can be found.

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"Ugh, it looks dangerous..."

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"Moe, what do you see?"

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"No, but it does feel weird, Tor-chan."

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"All right, let's hurry up to that rocky hill."

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 Thor pulls a cloth from the sandbank to his mouth, pointing to a low rocky hill ahead that might block the wind.

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 Immediately, the air licking the ground turned against him.

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"It's coming. ......"

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 Almost as soon as a small murmur was heard, a tremendous roar echoed from the front.

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 A cloud of dust was soon to rise high into the air.

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 Thor, who was suddenly knocked off his posture by the gust of wind, lowered himself and reached out his hand.

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 But he was too late.

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"Tor-chan!

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 Moe, who was using the , was easily blown away by the wind due to his shoes.

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 He was hit by the wind and hit Sora, who was right behind him, with great force.

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"Gufu!"

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 The girl, who had been hit in the back of the head by a child, screamed and crouched down, as a maiden should.

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 Holding onto her shoulder, Moe asked her with a surprised look on his face.

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Are you all right? Sora-nee-chan. Who did this to you?

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"Ugh, don't shake it a bit. ......"

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I'm sure To-chan will take care of it!"

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"No, no, it was Moo-chan who did it."

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 Thor's mouth relaxes a little at the sound of their happy conversation, but now is not the time.

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 He found that his entire field of vision was now covered in a cloud of dust and sand.

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 The wind was blowing much harder than ever before.

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 The situation was changing so quickly that a decision had to be made right away.

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 But there was too little information to do so.

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 Thor hurriedly turns back and looks into the face of the guide standing behind him.

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 Saralisa's face was clearly tense and she seemed to be holding something back.

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You said you would come. What is coming?

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 When Thor asked her a question, the woman of the Soukei tribe stared at him silently.

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 Touching her slightly shaking shoulder, he asked her again.

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"As a guide, please warn me."

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 Perhaps Garudo has been dosing him with something, but there is no point in pointing it out here and now.

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 Saralisa looks up at Thor's words, takes a small breath, and opens her tightly closed lips.

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That was a gale. We need to get ready now. ......"

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"Is that it?"

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 The strong winds that suddenly swooped down from the sky above were the very weather that had become the article of the wilderness.

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 The name is said to come from the way it blows as if breaking the heavens.

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 The breaking winds that fell on a group of rocky mountains seemed to be violently chipping away at the rock surfaces, causing violent sandstorms. 

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 The grating sound that I heard earlier must have been the sound of the wind escaping through the gap.

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 And at this rate, Thor and the others would surely be caught in the strong wind.

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 But even if they tried to turn back, there is nothing but wilderness behind them.

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 There is no time to turn back.

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 Cut off from the path of retreat, Thor wonders if this is what Yuril was concerned about before.

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 Just when they finally made it through the flat terrain, a sandstorm like this awaited them.

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"That's warning number two. What should we do? You said we need to be prepared."

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 The guide nodded firmly and, as if shaking off his hesitation, loosened the straps of his backpack and took out a long piece of rope.

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 He handed the end to Thor and instructed him to tie it tightly around his body.

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"This will tie everyone's body together. ......"

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 The rope extending from the waist of Thor, the leader, is bound several times in a loop, and then Saralisa ties it to her own body.

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 Yuril then wraps the rope around his body, followed by Mu and Sora.

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 In the meantime, the amount of sand that rolls up is increasing at a frightening pace.

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 Thor, after making sure that everyone is securely tied, begins to walk around the rocky hillside.

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 He must find a place where he can take shelter while staying as far away from the source as possible.

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 Holding his hands over his head, Thor makes his way step by step, trying to dampen the force of the storm as much as possible.

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 His vision is completely covered with sand, and he is gradually losing track of where he is going.

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 When Thor manages to catch his breath, he shouts behind him.

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"Sora! If something goes wrong, you take care of it."

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"All right, I'll wait for you..."

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 Thor nodded at the carefree voice that came back to him, but his arm blurred slightly.

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 The sword, drawn in the fastest possible motion, moved instantly from the bottom to the top.

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 A hard, sharp sound emanates from the blade.

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 Thor slashed at something that emitted a low sound that came flying in the wind.

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 From the response, it seems to be a flying pebble.

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 But in this gusty wind, even a small stone could be fatal.

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 Thor continues to swing his sword again and again, paying maximum attention to the strange sound ripping through the air.

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 He has gone about a dozen paces when he comes to a halt.

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 Suddenly, the curtain of sand covering Thor's eyes disappears.

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 In its place was an open space and a white tornado rising in the center of it.

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 The tornado, while shaking its body slightly back and forth, left and right, strangely enough, did not move from its spot.

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 Thor has a small clue as to why this phenomenon is so unnatural.

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"...... the evil spirit of the stormy wind?"

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 Like the evil spirit of red water that we once confronted at the bloody river, it is a spirit-type monster that occurs in this wilderness.

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 Thor raised his eyebrows at the worst opponent he had encountered in the worst place and called out behind him.

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"Can you go? Mr. Yuril."

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 Normally, they would have responded immediately, but there was no sign of them.

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 Thor turned his head gently back with a terrible feeling of foreboding at the absence of even the noisy voices of Sora and Mu.

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 There was only Saralisa, her face pale.

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 Thor slowly gulps down his spit at the sight of his guide standing there with a shredded rope.

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