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　The footsteps of the monsters gathering in the corridor are much slower than those of the black dogs.

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　However, their appearance was no less bizarre.

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　Its form is clearly human.

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　However, the color of their hair and skin, not to mention even their facial features, are not clear.

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　All of these were covered by the red flames that engulfed its body.

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　The eyeballs have long since evaporated, and the empty sockets of the eyes are turned toward Thor and the others.

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　At the same time, the jaws of the monsters opened wide, as if seeking something.

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　But not a single ear-piercing scream or even a single sound escapes from their jaws.

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　Their tongues, which should have been in their mouths, have already been rolled up in the fire and disappeared.

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　Showing his empty face, the moving burnt corpse approaches Thor and the others with his blackened, charred arms outstretched in front of him.

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　The sight of the corpse is so cruel that most people would be horrified.

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　In fact, Moo, with his hair standing on end, runs behind Yuril and sneaks a peek at one of his eyes.

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　But this was a needless worry for the ice master, who had slaughtered many deformed creatures.

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"Slide, ice!

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　The words of a dignified prayer are hurled at the slowly advancing group of wights.

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　Without a moment's pause, the ground bordering the passageway and the plaza is covered with gray ice.

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　Normally, the is just a magical technique of the lower branch skill, which only creates an unstable state by freezing the water on the ground.

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　However, when used by a person who has mastered the freezing branch, the effect is something else.

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　The former humans, frozen below the knees in a single breath, easily stopped moving on the spot.

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　Then, Thor comes forward.

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　However, his target is not the slow wights.

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　It is the entity lurking behind them.

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　As Yuril had hoped, he seems to have succeeded in stopping the burning corpses before they blocked the passage.

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　Thor kicks the ground and slides into the gap that is barely big enough for one person.

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　He slips through the wall of burning people and finds himself in a large space.

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　Waiting for him in the center of the room was a hideous monster.

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　Its stature must have been at least twice or three times that of Thor.

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　A large head and two legs supporting an erect torso.

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　Its shoulder joints are large, and its arms can move over a wide range.

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　At first glance, they share many similarities with humans, but the details are very different.

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　The first thing that stands out is the long, thick tail that could be mistaken for a third leg.

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　The hands are also so long that they almost reach the ground.

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　The most striking point is that all of them are covered with a red skin that radiates a unique luster and slickness.

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　The shape of the head was also very different from that of humans.

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　There was no hair at all, and the scalp was covered with red glowing flames.

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　Two horn-like projections, which curve in an arc, extend from the area corresponding to the eyes, and the mouth protrudes forward like a beak, the tip of which is swirled like a bud.

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　Suddenly, as if the arc had been lifted, the mouth opens just like the petals of a flower.

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　The monster's six pointed jaws, lined with fangs, quake as it lets out a deafening roar.

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　At the same time, its right arm lifts up.

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　At the end of the log-like hand, there were no fingers where they should have been.

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　Instead, there were tentacles, undulating and rippling.

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　The tips of the tentacles were connected to the bases of the necks of the burning corpses.

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　This is how they control the revived dead as if they were puppets.

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　These horrifying-looking monsters are actually demons.

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　They are a race that lurks in the depths of the earth and is strongly hostile to mankind, but their full identity remains unknown.

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　Thor's body slows down slightly when he sees the demon's form.

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　But his confusion is short-lived.

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　As Thor closes the distance in the blink of an eye, the monster's free left arm swings down.

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　Thor's body moved fluidly in response to the blow that ripped through the air.

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　He steps forward lightly, and at the same time, his body moves forward to the right.

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　At the same time, he takes advantage of his half-body position and the blade leaps up from below.

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　The slash from directly below, however, only strikes the demon's wrist hard.

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　The reddish skin seems to be stronger than expected.

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　A further swung tail strikes Thor, who has just parried the initial blow.

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　However, the tail, which is approaching with tremendous force, suddenly loses its momentum and stays in the air just before the collision.

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　Thor quickly sinks down and passes under it, swinging his sword as he passes by.

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　This time the blade passes through, and black bodily fluids gush from its surface.

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　The monster, wounded in the tail, howls in frustration.

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　Then it pulls the tentacles of its right arm toward it, as if to draw them in.

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　Naturally, the wights ahead of it turned around at once.

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　The ice under their feet has already melted away with the flames on their bodies.

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　Just as they were about to take a step toward Thor, a purple electric current covered the wights.

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　The monsters are sucked into the ground, and their movements are stopped once again.

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　The demon's attention is slightly diverted by the attempt to control his minions.

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　Thor's sword runs in all directions, missing the opportunity.

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　The monster, slashed in the back of the knee and again covered in black bodily fluids, turns its ugly face in a circle.

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　However, its purpose is not Thor.

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　The demon, who had seen several magic moves, seemed to have easily realized how troublesome its wielder was.

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　His left arm was raised again, cleaving the empty void.

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　But the next moment, a huge fireball was born from it, and it shot out toward the passage.

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　The demons are tough because of their intelligence to understand the situation instantly and for another reason.

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　As their name suggests, they possess magical power.

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　The fireball appears unexpectedly and approaches Yuril and the others with a roaring sound and high heat.

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　However, before they could sense the danger posed by the collision, the fireball suddenly vanished.

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　The demon's body cringes faintly at this uneventful situation.

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　Then, a cheerful prayer echoes.

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"Sae, freeze..."

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　What came back to replace the fireball was a pure white bundle of cold air.

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　The monster, its upper body frozen without mercy, screamed loudly and flailed its arms around.

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　Naturally, Thor did not miss the unprotected lower half of his body.

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　He closes the distance smoothly and releases his body to the maximum speed at once.

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　The golden glow of his arms creates a beautiful trajectory in the air.

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　Thor, who had fired more than a dozen slashes in an instant, jumped back lightly.

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　A beat later, reddish-black organs gush out from the demon's abdomen, along with its bodily fluids.

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　The monster's tail, which it had swung in agony, suddenly snaps in the opposite direction in mid-air, and the monster falls to the ground, as if it had run out of power.

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　At the same time, the corpses, freed from their tentacles, also crumble and burn away.

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　All that is left is a black, charcoal-like mass.

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