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　Had Hazan ever experienced such a clean killing before?
　The pleasure of being able to put his hand down to that miserable end of a girl who does not give up until the end. The one who is powerful is right, and the one who was standing last is right. The status quo that seems to support that made the arm that grasped the hilt blot the hot thing that was moist to the arm that held the hilt.

　The arm that swung down vertically with more force than necessary did not convey the feeling of tearing flesh.

''--!

　The next thing you know, a scene so unnatural was happening right in front of Hazan's eyes. Hazan's face contorted in anger as a blue streak appeared at his temples at the phenomenon.
　The translucent blade was prevented by the cobalt blue water that covered her entire body as she scooped up the girl. The cutting edge that does not move slightly. A protective barrier that is far denser than the magic power I put into it. Its color was clear, as if to show the amount of magic power it contained.

　In front of the silver-haired girl who looks as if she is trapped in a capsule, Hazan draws his AWR and instantly retreats.

　This was because the membrane attacked her as if it had a will.

　And at the same time as it lands, a shadow comes towards us at a terrific speed at the back of my vision.
　With red robes dominating it and feinting in small increments, it runs towards Hazan. That one causes Hazan to be momentarily unsettled, though, and he immediately moves into a battle stance.

　The diminutive shadow doesn't slacken his feet beside Loki, and instantly makes an impending move on Hazan.
　The diminutive shadow bends down to slide away from the reflexively cleaved sword, and as he evades, he sees a kick to the side. His axial foot spins and a few whip-like leg kicks to the inner knee of one leg.

　The sound of the blows are continuous in a second of things. Then, the knee snaps to the ground before Hazan brings his swinging arm back again.
　There is only a small foot on the ground spinning on its axis so that it hasn't moved a single step in place. Then again, the axial foot turns to scrape lightly over the ground.

　The turning kick slams into his abdomen, and Hazan is blown away as he scrapes the ground with an impact unimaginable by his petite frame.

　There's little damage - but.

''--NAH!

　As Hazan is blown away with a line of feet on the ground to resist the impact, he manages to slow down and just when he thinks he can stay on, a huge ball of water that shouldn't be behind him.
　My entire body is swallowed up as if I were collapsing.

''The Prison of Dead Water (Wolpinos)''

　The lovely voice is youthful and that of a child, though the hood does not allow us to see even its expression.
　However, the magic emanating from it violates the prohibition.

　A bright red hood is taken off, and red colored hair from its ends. An adult-sized robe.
　The figure was known to Hazan.
　He still wouldn't try to get out of it because he could always do it. But now that he'd identified her, he understood the significance of the strange container Krokel had given him.

'You've been badly manhandled,'

　If one only looked at her appearance, she didn't seem much different from the silver-haired girl she looked down on. However, in terms of her actual age, she was many times older than the dying girl.

　In order to get out to the outside world, it took quite a long way to break through the heavy security, but it seems that she was able to make it in the nick of time. Healing magic combined with the magic eye. She herself can't use healing magic, but it is the only magic eye that is considered unique. The [Salem's One Eye] is a magic eye that is said to control life.

　If that is the case, that power is capable of interfering with even life force. This power is said to breathe life into it, but in fact, it can't be created with regard to human life. That is the work of God.
　So she--.

Ilyce...

　A ball of water popped from inside, wetting the surface of the ground.
　Hazan was impatiently breaking his face as he landed with a thumping weight.

'You look happy, Hazan.'
Yeah, no more than that. That Crockel guy was a smartass. He said he knew you'd betray him more than anything.

　At those words, Ilyce raises her eyebrows and makes a thoughtful face. Her principle of action was not decided or guided by anyone. She simply changed her mind because she met a single magician named Ars, a change of heart - no, I guess she can't change that easily.

　After all, Ilyce himself knows that. This is just a return for making me aware of that.

''I thought you wouldn't challenge an opponent you can't win?　Does that mean the chicken is cured, Hazan? Or did you soar by bullying the weak?
I'll take care of that kid until the end. I'd tell you to get off my back, but I don't. I always wanted to shoot you in the face. You get your wish.

　However, Ilyce looked at Hazan's body and inwardly admired the girl who was wrapped up asleep in front of her eyes for being wounded there and then.
　Somehow, the bleeding seemed to have been stopped. Even though it is the power of the magic eye, the composition itself is different from simple magic, so the magic eye must be used in conjunction with it at all times. As expected, it won't be able to completely heal you, but if you are in the power created by this pure magic eye, it will increase your self-healing power. I never imagined that I would use it for something like this, though.

　Slowly, he let them slide away from the ground and get to the very edge of their range.

　--let's get this over with. I decided. I'll at least be able to thank you for the last time.

"Her life, shall I protect it with all my might?

　With unrepentant resolve in his eyes, he turned his hostility towards Hazan. Ember and azure on either side, but they carried the same thoughts. She dwells on revenge, scorching herself and wasting time. She can put an end to the label that fell at the end of it.

'So there's no doubt about it, then? There's no mistaking it, ah?

　Hazan, whose ugly face revealed an innocent smile to the limit, felt an elation all over his body that seemed even intact.

'There's no reason for me to be in Krama anymore, you know. I'm out.'

　Ilyce crooked her fingers with a coy smile, somewhat unnaturally.

''Come on, wooden figure.
The old lady!

　Ilyce lightly swings her arms, and as if in tandem, a [water blade] sprouts from the extra sleeve.
　Against her running while pulling her arms, Hazan also holds a sword with a blade length of about 2 meters with blood rising to his head. Considering the fact that the sword's blade was almost invisible, it was approximated to a buster sword.

　In an instant, he stepped into the space between the two without hesitation.
　He deftly deflects Hazan's upper-level slash that literally split the earth, cleverly deflects his body and passes it off with a single piece of paper, and then slides the [Water Blade] onto the back of the blade.
　The trajectory was precisely aimed at Hazan's face and ran.

　Instantly releasing his hand from the AWR, Hazan deflects his upper body. Ilyce slips past him.
　With a bleep, he rips a thick cheek from Hazan's thick cheek.

　Of course, the two of them are not so used to fighting that this is a partition.
　After several spins in the air and wrapping around the edge of his robe, Ilyce flips over as soon as he lands and aims for the huge back in a single step.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.
　Immediately after, Ilyce's sword is flicked off by an invisible wall.

“--!

　But the transparent sword blade backfired. If the sword is this wide, it should have prevented Ilyce from seeing. I'm not sure which side to swing from.
　I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to find out.

　I thought that Hazan would intercept Ilyce, who blocked the line of sight with his sword blade and chose between the two options. Right after he tried to instantly take the battle method of leaping on the back of it and leaping over his head.

''Oraa!''

　Beyond the translucency, the giant body loomed as if to break through the sword blade. No, before I knew it, the sword blade disappeared and the giant foot struck from directly in front of me.
　Ilyce blows away as if returning to the way he came. I was barely able to prevent a direct hit by crossing both [Water Blade] hands, but still........

　-- He's going to hit me with his magic power like an idiot.

　If you look at it, the 【Water Blade】 was disrupted in its composition by a blow that was clothed in its enormous magical power.

''Binding Earth (Quake Garden)''

　The earth splits like an ocean to envelop the blown-up Ilyce, sandwiched between waves of open-mouthed earth to be swallowed from both sides. A semicircle is drawn from both ends up to overhead in a dome shape. It continues to the farther end where Ilyce is blown away at great length.

　Sunlight closes in on the front and the hollow is filled in as the sun gradually closes in on the front. His feet kicked the ground, and as he retreated after a few bakkes to gain momentum, Ilyce took off his robe and threw it off. It was originally intended to hide the magical formula carved directly into his arm, to hide his true identity. However, there was no need for that against Hazan.

　The magic formula engraved on both exposed arms shines.

''The Flood of All Things (Arunkadra).''