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　I quickly check the state of the altar. The spell power that had maintained the hole in the space is long gone, and the power conduit that had been used as a path for the spell power has been severed.

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"What does that mean?"

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"...... no good. It still won't close. The connection is broken too. ......"

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　A premonition suddenly crossed my mind.

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　I hastily take out the jar. It is the jar that should have contained the homunculus. But before I know it, it is completely empty.

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　Anxiety grows. I unfold all the scrolls I can find. I remove my right glove and release a spell that covers me up to my elbow.

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　He carefully probed around the hole that was left in the space.

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"-This may have been a total knockout. All the connections I have prepared, both in terms of magical elements and spell power, are broken. But then, where is the source of energy to sustain this phenomenon? It's as if...

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"Rabbi Rust, tell me so I can understand."

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"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But we don't know for sure yet. There are two possibilities. One is more like a natural phenomenon. Like fire. Even if you start it artificially, as long as there's something to burn, it won't go out, right?"

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Do we need something to put out the fire?

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"Yes. The other one is more serious. There is the possibility that an entity from the other side is taking over all of this in a way that I don't understand at all.

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"...... second, we should act as."

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　Roa said seriously and raised his spear.

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　I look at the point of Loa's spear, the other side of the hole.

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　Before I knew it, a being made of blue-white light was standing there.

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　The homunculus, several times the size of a man, waves one hand lightly.

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"Look out!

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　Roa shouts sharply and lunges toward me, hugging me as if he were right next to me in the hole.

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　I feel a side impact on my body.

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　Roa's body slams into me, and we both fall to the ground and away from the hole.

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　The hole in the space expands with great force.

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　The hole passes through the place where I was. Its edge seems to cut through the space.

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　The ground where the edge passed through has been gouged out.

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"Thank you, Lois. Oh, my spear...

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　I thank Roa for saving me. They both seem to be okay.

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　One...

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　My eyes go to Roa as he stands up.

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　Loa's spear has been sliced cleanly down the middle of the hilt.

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　It must have been caught in the expanding hole.

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"No... no..."

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"No, but!"

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"But more importantly, that thing..."

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　The point where the loa...

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　The hole in the space, which was originally barely big enough for two people to crawl through, has now widened to about half the size of the room.

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　The white room beyond the hole can be seen clearly.

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　The huge chair on which Taura had been sitting. There, the giant homunculus from earlier is sitting comfortably with its cheekbones on the floor, looking at us.

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　Its face, made of pale light, has no expression, but somehow it seems to be very happy.

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　The huge homunculus lifts one hand toward you again.

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　Then he snapped his fingers.

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