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"Not yet. It's not over yet!"

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　Shouting a warning, Thor was already running.

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　Bouncing off the mud, the witch's head emerged from a myriad of thick, tangled ropes.

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　Writhing like snakes, they lifted up all at once, and from their tips scattered black mass, this time in all directions.

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　Thor, who had gone and erased the lump that had pierced Bettina, slashed the black shadow that had flown toward him with his sword.

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　At the same time, he quickly checks on the safety of his companions who are still on the log floor.

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　The black mass headed for Yuril and Barconia stayed in midair or bounced back to its original position.

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　Rasel seems to have cut them down with his sword, as did Thor.

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　Garudo and Godan seem to have defended themselves with their shields, but the three vanguard members were not moving with any precision, perhaps as a reaction to their use of the Kamieda martial arts.

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　What is more problematic is that their swords and shields are melting as they twist and shrink.

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　Thor's sword, which had cut the black mass, was already losing its weight.

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　And that's not all.

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　The mud-like lumps scattered indiscriminately were rapidly melting the logs on the floor.

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　A strange smell immediately pervades the area.

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"......?"

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　It is a dark technique that rapidly decomposes the target it hits.

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　Of course, Thor's can restore the object to its original state, but the problem is how many there are.

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　The witch's head, now positioned in the center of the log floor on top of a muddy pile, was now writhing with nearly a dozen hairs.

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　No, not a trace of her face remained.

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　What was there was an ominous mass of flesh with black tentacles outstretched.

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"Is this the madness phase? Or is this the main body?

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　In front of Thor, who mutters to himself, the tentacles lift up all at once.

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　And again the black mass was scattered in all directions.

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"Run!"

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　Thor's and Sora's magic techniques require a specific target.

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　Therefore, if the number of attacks to be prevented increases too much, the number of usable attacks will quickly run out.

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　Realizing that they are slowed down in this situation, Garudo and the others jump into the swamp as if they were rolling.

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　But Euril and the others are not so quick to move.

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　Bettina, who had stood up, stepped forward to cover them.

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　Then the rotten bullets poured down on them mercilessly.

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　A thin sword flashes, and the black mass is bounced away.

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　A few more of them stopped in mid-air, or turned in the wrong direction.

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　But still the number of bullets was overwhelming.

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　Bettina's flesh was rotting and her bones were beginning to twist from cheek to jaw, as well as her armor.

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　Her handsome face was contorted in pain.

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　But her hand is still firmly holding up the sword, the blade half-edged.

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　Thor quickly raised the strength of his snakeskin cloak to shield himself, but even so, a terrible stench of decay began to waft out.

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　It would be tough to catch the next one.

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　Perhaps Sola's and are almost exhausted now.

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　The number of times can be used is also limited.

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　However, the old ice master would not have stood idly by and let this happen.

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　Yuril's chanting had already ended.

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"Moonlight, bind-- ".

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　A true circle of the frozen moon is invoked, and a wave of frosty water pours down on the witch's body.

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　No matter how formidable the opponent is, once she is iced, she is finished.

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　Immediately, the black, undulating tentacles did not stop moving.

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　The black hairs, which should have been bathed in the freezing light, begin to move even more violently.

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　They grew thicker and longer, and grew larger, wiggling and twisting.

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　At the same time, the silver space that had opened up above them seemed to distort and disappear as if sucked into the witch's body.

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　At the sight of this impossible situation, Barconia turned pale and muttered to herself.

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"......Was it ............ or did she suck ...... magic power from the witch's body? ......?"

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　It is a hard phenomenon to believe, but that is all we can take from what has just happened.

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　Yuril also falls silent with his eyes wide open.

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　And the situation gets worse.

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　Mud is gathering again in the mass of flesh under the hair.

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　The log floor, which was already rotting away, has been restored, but it seems that in the short time it took to fix it, it had sucked up a lot of mud from the swamp.

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　Before the eyes of Thor and his friends, the witch was slowly regaining her original form.

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　The use of the trusty Kamieda magic technique would only cause her to absorb the mud and speed up her recovery.

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　The upper branch martial arts that seemed to work were already in use and could not be used immediately.

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　It seems that we were completely mistaken in thinking that we had him cornered.

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　A deep look of despair covers the faces of the adventurers who have been watching breathlessly from the rear in the face of the unfathomable power of the beings of lore.

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　The witch raises her black tentacles high in the air in front of the crowd, which has lost its voice.

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　The four men left on stage have nowhere to run.

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　Many of the young people turned away and fell on their faces in horror at the tragedy that was about to befall them.

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　But Thor, standing in this absolute predicament, looks up straight.

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　He his rotten and twisted sword and lifted it up to the sky in the air in high spirits, as if defeated by the witch.

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　Then he called out a single word.

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"Good, shoot him!　Moo."

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　The cheerful voice of a young child suddenly rang out from overhead.

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　At the same time, a large number of somethings are pouring down on the witch all at once.

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　Perhaps the air is shaken by the movement, and the presence lurking just above Thor and the others is revealed.

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　Floating in the swampy sky was a large flying dragon.

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　Fluttering its wings, it stayed dexterously in the air.

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　Leaning out of a small boat attached to its abdomen were Moo, his purple eyes shining, and Sora, his staff outstretched.

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　Upon closer inspection, the child's body is tied to the girl's with a cord, with no space between them.

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　In fact, they have been participating in the battle from above.

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　And now, when the flying dragon let go of the large cloth that held her legs, Chita's wind concealment was lifted and she appeared.

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　Something white, tightly wrapped in the cloth, fell one after another toward the witch.

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　It was a big, fat, and magnificent mushroom.

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　However, inside the mushroom was a flammable and dangerous gas.

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　Perhaps sensing the presence of danger, the witch scattered indiscriminately without a moment's pause.

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　Naturally, the black mass is directed at the exploding mushrooms that are falling from directly above.

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"Rairai!"

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　With a childish shout, a space with a mixture of purple electric currents appears unexpectedly just below Moe.

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　Objects that enter this space slow down rapidly.

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　In an instant, the white mushrooms and the black stop moving.

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　More fly toward Thor and the others, but suddenly disappear as if drowned out in mid-air.

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　This is a new skill that Sora has learned.

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　The black mass that could not be erased is hit by a flying from the opposite direction and bounces off.

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　The magic technique whose use had been unknown had now been transformed into a powerful technique that could create at will what had been erased.

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　Thor nodded to them as he ducked.

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　Thora smiled and waved back, and Moe tapped his cage and waved his index finger down.

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　A very small purple current is produced from his fingertip.

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　The child's sparkle falls down, glistening and shining.

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　It penetrated the electric cage and reached the mushrooms where it stayed.

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　Without a sound, one of the mushrooms hit by the lightning bursts into red, engulfing the one next to it.

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　The flames accelerate at once, spreading brightly...

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　An explosion engulfed everything around it and the sound of the explosion shaking the air was heard right above the witch.

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　The bright red flames erupt, engulfing all of the black tentacles.

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　The tremendous blast sent Ulir and the others, who had been lying face down, flying off the ground and rolling violently on the log floor.

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　Thor thrust his sword again and managed to hold his body in place.

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　When the fierce wind died down, all that remained was a charred and shriveled mass that had lost most of its tentacles.

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　It was still smoldering in places and a white smoke was rising.

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　There was no trace of the muddy soil that had gathered, either evaporated or was blown away.

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　Shaking his head, which still rings in his ears, Thor puts his hands on the floor, keeping his eyes on the monster in front of him.

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　The black tentacles, though slight, were writhing faintly as they burned themselves.

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　The tentacles crawl desperately on the floor, looking for safe mud to protect them.

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　Then, as if spitting out a black mass, they rotted a log and inserted their outstretched bodies under it, one after another.

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　But all that awaited them was a solid stone floor.

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　Thor, who has just finished his , stands up, exhaling quietly.

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　According to the scattered Central Region history, the perimeter of this prison was covered with walls and cobblestones at that time.

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　The records had already been read.

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　All we have to do now is to find the time when we need it and put it back.

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　Surrounded by the log floor, which is now on fire, the remnants of the witches are on a deadly rampage.

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　But the cobblestones cannot be allowed to rot, and there is nowhere to run.

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　Thor watches the Legendary Monster, a monster of folklore coiled in flames, freeze in place, until the very end.

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