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　The moment I rounded the statue of the goddess Aleithra. Something swings down from the shadows.

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"What!

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　Reflexively, I raise my knife, held in my reverse hand.

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　What I heard was a strange sound, somehow different from a metallic sound. And then, a slight flash of blue light.

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　I caught a glimpse of something sickle-shaped.

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　It swings down at me again, one after another, and this time I hold up my knife as if to parry it away.

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　The enemy's slashes flowed along the knife.

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　Finally, we can see the whole picture of what has attacked us. It was a praying mantis that had attached itself to the statue of the goddess Aleithra and was attacking us.

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　Unfortunately, it was a big one. And for some reason, it had two pairs of four scythes.

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　Not as big as I am, but bigger than Kalene, I guess.

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　The compound eyes of the giant praying mantis are tinted blue. The blue-white light I just saw must be it.

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"Grind, grind, grind!"

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　I fly backwards and plant the scroll on the giant praying mantis.

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　Three tornadoes of powdery vajra stones hit the giant praying mantis.

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"Oh no, it was blocked!

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　The giant praying mantis skillfully blocked the tornadoes approaching from three directions with its sickle, although it was careful not to damage the statue of the goddess Aleithra.

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　The mantis's sickle must be harder than most metals.

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　I was looking forward to seeing what kind of materials I could get from the monster I was seeing for the first time, when I saw the figure of KAHERONEY peering at me.

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"Kahelonee, you take shelter in that passageway! By the way, do you always get praying mantis like that here?"

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"What? No. ....... It's my first time, too. It's that big and weird ......"

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　Just then, a giant praying mantis spreads its wings and flies away from the statue of the goddess Aleithra. The sight of it must have been clearly visible to Kahelonee, who was peering at us from the aisle. Her mouth is clamped shut and her face is twisted in disgust. Apparently, she does not like insects. Still, Kahelonee does as I tell her and pulls her head back toward the passage.

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　I guess they don't always appear. Is it hard to get a lot of material? Well, that's beside the point... I wonder if ZWEI has something to do with it... Instead of feeling the magical element, she's covered herself with the blue of pure light.

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　His whole body has a faint bluish tint.

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　I continue to kick out scrolls, following the giant praying mantis with a persistent tornado of "polish".

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　I see that he always uses his scythe to repel the "Grinding" tornado, so it seems that the other parts of his body will be able to get through the attack.

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"Ah!"

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　A voice leaked out unintentionally.

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　The giant praying mantis changes its trajectory as if twisting in mid-air. At the end of its trajectory was the root of the tornado, the scroll.

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　The pair of scythes clamped down on the scroll, and the scythes swung down on it.

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　The Scroll of Grinding is torn into four pieces. The tornado that had been created from it also disappears.

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What is it? Rust."

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　He must have heard my unintentional outburst. Kahelonee peeks her head out again.

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　His movements are a little awkward, as if he is trying not to look at the giant praying mantis too much.

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"No, it just broke one of the scrolls."

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"What do you mean, only? It's a valuable thing, isn't it ......?"

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"Well, you know. But it's okay."

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I put the knife away once and took out six "polishing" scrolls, three in each hand, and deployed an additional one.

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