Ars gave the two of them a battle, and looked ahead - the demon in front, a few hundred meters away.
　At the same time, Loki also moved right behind Tesfia and Alice while shifting to an adversarial position.

''You've noticed, two B-rate classes are coming ahead of us in one piece.
'This is where we start. Depending on who you're dealing with, we'll change places, but, well, we won't be isolated here.

　If the place is more or less open, it is easy enough to fight. However, if the size of the company is large enough, it is usual to disperse and destroy each of them individually.
　In this case, the fact that Ars and Loki could easily join as helpers was also taken into account.

　The dense rows of trees sprawled out in a cluttered manner to block the view. The ground rumbles with something clearly approaching from behind it.

'In fact, even you guys are fiddling with two B-rates at the same time. Three of you, including Loki, are going to intercept them. As for the other one it's up to you. If it takes too long, I'll be on my way.
'Yes!　Either way, it's going to be me and Alice to take them both down.
I guess we'll just focus on the monster in front of us.
Get your bravado out while you can. Don't get hung up on the magic, assume an attack pattern based on your body shape.

　The number of times they actually hold a demon in their eyes is countless.
　Any demon in the outside world is beyond their imagination. The quality of their magic, their shape, everything about them surpasses what humans can imagine.
　The sight of "things" that don't even take the form of living things preying on humans instills a fear that cannot be expressed in words.

"I don't have a replacement for you. Don't piss off.
Terrible?　I mean, delicacy.

　Quickly turning around, Tesfia fishes out the corners of her eyes and sticks her tongue out at Ars.

''Haha ... it's okay!　Maybe.

　Unconfidently, Alice regrasped the golden spear with a squeeze.

　It was at the point where Ars indicated with his chin, "Hola, here it comes," and at once it revealed its full form.
　A stocky, spherical physique. Using the short arms and legs attached to it, a huge balloon-like black object rushed forward, crashing into the trunk.
　Its short legs swayed its body from side to side as it ran as if it were stepping. Its body was easily three meters long, and its balloon-like body was dark and dull.

''Whaaaaat?
Individual name [Humpty]. It's a type of demon you don't see on Alpha, after all.

　As soon as he hears Loki's report, a black body like a falling stone vigorously falls over the heads of Tesfia, Alice and Loki. Then I finally notice a head-like projection at the top.
　A sinking of the ground that makes you feel the weight. However, apart from that, a shock like an explosion hits the three of us like a ripple spreading.

　You'll be able to find a lot more than just a few of them.
　It is likely that the structure of the body allows it to amplify the impact internally so that it is widely transmitted.

　In fact, this level of impact is not a big deal, but if you have no tolerance and cannot control your own magic power well, it will affect your body. While many people vomit even with this alone--

　-- both Fia and Alice were able to endure it.

　Tesfia, who instantly jumped back to the left and right, held her ears with one hand and shook her face.
　Alice was also taking a big deep breath on the tree roots, understanding what they had received and being able to deal with it.

　Magic manipulation is a much needed skill in terms of control. Without it, they wouldn't have been able to fight the demons satisfactorily.

　--But they shouldn't be too far from the line of defense yet, but they come across it often.

　I'm somewhat amused, but I don't forget my original role.

'You see now,' he said. You see now, it can disrupt your magic more or less. You'll need a well-defined magical structure to manifest at close range, so be careful. Well, I've trained with that training stick so do something about it.
You don't have to tell me.
That should work out for you.

　Tesfia kicked the ground, as if Alice was somewhat convinced.
　But the short limbs, which would never be able to get up, were stowed away in a swollen body in front of the girls. And the arms and legs grew anew in a standing position.

　This demon doesn't even have an up and down, or even a front and back. If you notice, the head has also moved to the top of the fallen body.
　The eyes, which were not accompanied by a hole in the light, were pointed straight at Ars alone.

''--!

　Although Tesfia and Alice were startled by the demon that had returned to its stance, it was too close to stop the attacker's hand as it began to move.
　Then, with the demon looking straight at only Ars, it stretched its short arms horizontally and jumped a few inches with a pounce. The body stayed in the air while spinning at high speed in the blink of an eye and sucked in the wind around it. It's a very similar magic to the 【Ascilde】 that Ars has also used.

　However, if you touch the 【Humpty】 at the center of it, it will likely shatter.

　Tesfia and Alice, who were facing the high-speed spinning demon themselves, hurriedly thrust their swords and spears into the ground and stomped on the sudden tornado-like phenomenon that occurred.
　If you're not careful, your feet will float away.

　But before that suction accelerated further--.

''The Great Roaring Thunder [Lightning Ray]

　Before he knew it, Loki had jumped up above the spinning demon's head and thundered down to the top of its head directly below.
　A crunching, ear-splitting sound covers the demon's entire body as it is guided by Loki's knife.

　Slowly, the rotation stops and swooshes and white smoke rose from the demon's body.

'As expected of a B-rate. The damage is small!''

　Loki quickly flies his warning voice downward as he remembers that the lightning was swept straight to the ground from the response and dispersed.

　Naturally, that worry is unfounded. Alice had already passed her magic power through the AWR and carefully composed her magic as Ars advised.

'But the magic core is in the centre of the abdomen,' Loki tells her, landing on the demon's floppy head.

　And ahead of time, Tesfia ran right up to the side of the demon, and with the slightest chance of jumping back in a big way, she floats the small taiji [Snow Princess] from its scabbard with a chuckle.

''Perpetual Freezing Realm [Nibbleheim]

　Magic spun like a whisper. The scope of her inexperienced event alteration is narrow and limited, and the effect is also short.
　However, that small amount of time is effective in this place.
　With a crunch, she suppresses the demon's magical power and freezes up to half of her abdomen in an instant as evidence of her replacement.

　At the same time as Tesfia jumped back in a big way, Alice drew her golden spear and thrust out the tip of the spear clad in particles of light with a single threadbare movement.

''【Light God Penetrating [Sirisleit]!

　This distance fully demonstrates the power of the 【Light God Penetrator 【Sirisleit】. The thrust of light through the air strikes the demon's abdomen without aim - but it didn't penetrate.
　I don't need to imagine the extent of the result from the fact that Loki immediately jumped back.

　So.........

''The range is too wide. We should have focused it more.''

　Watching from a distance, Ars advises him to connect with the next time.

　The demon's abdomen seems to evaporate with a bump. There was no doubt that he had drilled a large hole in it. However, it wasn't enough. Neither the magic power nor its compositional density........
　A rhombus-shaped nucleus peeking out faintly from the body of the demon that seemed to have been gouged out. I can't reach one more step - no, I should have originally reached it. If it was as usual.

　However, there is no way they can demonstrate their abilities as usual. There was no way I could be normal in the place called the outside world. There was a tension and a fear that even I didn't realize was there, which is why Ars didn't raise a voice of reprimand either.

'If not, next time.'

　In front of Alice's eyes, who came to her senses at the sound of Ars's voice, the demon that should have been unable to move begins to move. It's a behavior that can be clearly seen in the midst of restoration.
　The black flesh fills the gaping hole while continuing to flow a thin creepy blood.

　Humpty's body swelled up to nearly double in size without completely healing. It sprinkled blood and still swelled up.

　At that time, "Argh! And Loki's twitching voice crackled through the air. Even without telling him everything, Ars remembered what he was trying to say.

'There's another one coming.'
'No!　I can't believe you're in this state... Alice, hurry up and pull out!

　At the same time as an impatient Tesfia's voice, Alice also back stepped back, and that's when.
　A new shadow slipped out from the direction Humpty came from. That's right, when Tesfia and Loki recognized it, a situation that no one expected to happen.

　It passed right beside them at a speed where even Tesfia's gaze couldn't catch up with it, and plunged its fangs into Humpty's swollen body.
　A moment after being caught in the huge jaws and flooded with an enormous amount of blood, a sound like a burst rushed through. It was a small-scale magical explosion.

　It happened right after Alice had evaded it, and the magic power explosion at close range greatly disrupted Alice's magic power. Alice was unconscious in the air where she was blown away.

　Tesfia also managed to just try to control her magic power.

　Ars caught Alice's body, which was about to crash into a giant tree, and looked up above her head. Caught in the giant fangs of the demon swimming in the air, Humpty had already begun to disintegrate its body.

　The fish on the ground meandered and swam as it slipped through the numerous turbulent trees. Its speed is far quicker than the demons that run the earth. Because it swims floating in the forest, the demon is named thus.

"The Forest Sea Fish [Redd Fish].