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　The long blade swept through the air in a beautiful semicircle.

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　The entangled roots were cut open, exposing a red section.

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　Next, boiling bodily fluids spurted out from the roots in a violent gush.

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　As Razzel bent down to avoid it, something long and thin came out from between the roots.

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　It is a thorn with a pointed tip like a cone.

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　The swordsman strikes the thorn with the belly of his sword and uses the recoil to gain distance.

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　Razzel lands on a safe patch of ice and looks up at the monster's huge frame as he regains his breath.

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　The area where he has just slashed is quickly covered by a gray cold air.

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　It is the work of Yuril's magic.

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　The ice that froze the wound in the root penetrates into its interior.

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　Already the numerous tangled roots that are the legs of the monster have turned gray up to the knees.

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　How many swords have I wielded?

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　His white breath comes out in a rush, and his arms and legs are heavy as if they were made of lead.

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　He was aware that he was close to his limit, but he also knew that he did not have much time left.

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　Yuril's spell to freeze the ground and Rummella's spell to protect himself had already been used twice each.

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　In other words, it would be impossible to stop them any longer today.

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　It was up to Razzel and Thor to crush the monster's legs completely before the effect of the Freeze spell was lost.

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　The swordsmen, having regained their exhalations, use the frozen scars as footholds from which to run up to the monster in one bound.

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　Blades flashed and muddy bodily fluids danced in the air.

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　Three thorns fly out this time, and the one that is not fully dodged shaves a large chunk off the flesh of his thigh.

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"d*mn!"

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　Razzell clenched his teeth tightly in frustration.

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　With his strength at a low ebb, he could not move properly with his legs.

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　The next moment, however, the swordsman's body was standing in the exact same place it was before he started moving.

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　The wounds on his legs were gone, but the cuts he had just made were still clearly visible on the monster's body.

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　Realizing that he has been saved, Razzel looks sharply at the man who is swinging the sword at the other leg.

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　His back teeth grind more sharply.

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　If only he could unleash his overflowing fighting spirit, Raszel's work would have been done long ago.

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　But the red skin that covers the labyrinth master's body is completely impenetrable to the power of fire.

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　Instead, it only melts the ice that is its ally.

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　Raszel gazes silently at Thor's back, lifts the tip of his sword to its usual height, and breathes in at the bottom of his lungs.

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　The familiar motion immediately pulls the swordsman back into a state of calmness.

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　The defeat of Thor, who was of a much lower rank, made Razzel realize many things.

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　The most important of these is that a well-trained sword will never betray you.

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　Until then, he had been convinced that he could defeat any opponent with his powerful martial arts.

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　However, Thor's slash easily shattered Rassel's conceit.

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　And it is because of that defeat that Rassel is standing here today.

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　It is not martial arts that a swordsman must truly rely on.

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　It is the sword itself that he has wielded.

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　The swordsman exhales loudly and leaps high into the air.

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　The sword is already as much a part of Razzel as his outstretched arm.

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　A flash of the side cleave.

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　It was a swing of the sword that completely relaxed Razzel's spirit.

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　Slightly later, a clear sound echoes from the blade.

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　At the same time, Raszel sees a section of the severed root rapidly withering away, covered in ice.

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　And the unbelievable sight of the master of the labyrinth slowly collapsing.

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　The swordsman can't help but mutter a few words at the sight before him.

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"I could have been ...... stronger ............?"

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　Razzel landed on the ground and hurriedly turned his head to the next side.

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　There stood Thor, who had also just cut off the monster's leg, breathing hard and hanging on to his sword.

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　The men looked at each other for a moment, then lifted the edges of their lips in agreement.

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　A breath later, there is a loud crash, and the monster, missing from the knees down, falls to the ground in a heap.

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　A loud cry of joy rose from behind the monster as it fell to the ground on its buttocks.

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　Thor and Razzel nodded to each other, lifted their swords and began to run, hoping to stop the monster.

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　Before they could do so, another loud rumbling echoed through the air.

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　The Lord of the Labyrinth, who had fallen backward, raised his arms wide before he knew it.

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　In time, the tentacles are pulled out from under the ground.

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　The tips of the tentacles broke through the ground and pulled out huge, burning corpses.

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　No, upon closer inspection, it seems that numerous wights have gathered together to form a giant body.

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　They are more than three times as tall as Thor and the others. There were about twenty of them.

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　Just when it seemed that they had a chance to win, the king of the demon tribe showed them the hopeless difference in numbers.

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