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　I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one for you. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future.

　I'm sure some people felt as if their whole body was being caressed.
　The male member of the team stepped up and laced his hands together and held them next to his face. His fingers were bent like claws. It was as if he was trying to pry open a solid door.
　He pulled his hands gingerly together and swept them out in one swift motion, as if tearing the air with his ten claws.

　The swirl of wind that surrounded him tore the air apart as he moved, creating several layers of wind. They bobbed through the gaps to the swarm of bodos as if they were being sucked in.
　The wind played and blew along the contours of those who blocked its progress - and it blew through.


　An unpleasant gingling sound, like the tapping of hot iron, suddenly rang out. I don't need to cover my ears, but Exeles reflexively distorts his expression.

　【Wing Wind Baptism (Skrynos)】 blasts several layers of wind against the targeted target.
　It's like a massless thread. A number of thin winds dashing around and blowing through the target. Then, along the contours of the substance, they tear the flesh into thin strips.

　Immediately after the gusts of wind blew through the swarm, they sliced through Bodos' body one by one. After making a faint scratch and seemingly finished, the flow of the wind changed in an instant. The air currents, which suddenly became turbulent as they followed, became indiscriminate blades and tore deeper into the wounds given. As if the wound was a marker, the bodos were shredded by the raging whirlwind.

　A blackened piece of flesh that was lifted up.
　Fortunately, due to the direction of the wind, no bodily fluids adhered to Fanon, but the first thing that drifted out was a thick, strange smell that strongly irritated the back of his nose.

　The light source that clearly illuminates the dustification of such bodos is now emitted from the right side.
　The companions who were fighting on the front line in that magical shape had all retreated to the back, leaving one person behind.


　The female squad member who exercised 【Right Arm of Molten Flow (Agni)】 held her hand to support her shoulder and gingerly put strength into her right arm that made a fist. Her right arm, from the elbow onwards, was all enveloped in bright red flames.
　The black smoke was probably due to the fact that her sleeve had been burned.

　Her powerful gaze was not on her right arm, which was engulfed in flames, but further on.
　As the space flared up with a bang, the blaze spread out in the blink of an eye and took the form of a giant right arm. As a form of summoning magic, she constructed a giant's right arm wrapped in flames.
　No, the flames immediately began to become viscous and turned into rock plasma, or magma, dripping down to the ground.

　She pulled the interlocking giant's right arm, and with a monotonous movement, she vigorously cleaved Bodos and others away. Some range of motion due to the support pillar.
Although it was limited, it still burned nearly thirty bodies with a single swing.
　Even if you can't catch the demon nucleus, your body will be burned and it will be difficult to remove the rock plasma that is attached to it. Rather, it would harden into fetters after a few seconds.

　The Bodos, which had failed to die slightly, emitted a strange sound in pain and thrashed about on the ground. Leaving the heat source, he was unable to move, glued to the ground along with the rapidly cooling and hardening rock plasma.
　Still hot enough to envelop Bodos' body in flames.


　It seems like a drastic strategy, but it's obvious that it was really efficient.
　Furthermore, in the coordination of this unit, Fanon is not often in direct command. For this reason, the person who gives orders among the troops is determined, and this is the role of the rear guard who can see the battle situation from a bird's eye view.
　Normally, it would have been the second in command, Exeles, but she needed to be the hands and feet of her detection characteristics and carrying Fanon's AWR.

　The reason there were so many women in the squad was because they also had to take care of themselves, but of course, they were perfect as a fighting force.
　Of course, it's not that Fanon is ruthless and selfish. At the very least, if he decides that his subordinates will not be able to win for sure, he will willingly step forward to take credit for it.

　No matter how much time you spend with him, you can never be sure of what's in your gut, but Exeles was particularly fond of that in Fanon.

　He took out nearly half of Bodos at once, enough to defuse the situation.

(A little bit of magic consumption, but it was the right decision. This allowed us to make a breakthrough.)

　Exeles's heart's admiration was painted over with a situational assessment that outweighed the trivial concerns. At this point, some magic power consumption was inevitable. It would be better than encountering unexpected resistance and causing injuries.

　You can't expect demons to be upset, but they were still facing strong resistance.
　Fanon's troopers quickly moved in response to the current situation, which reduced their numbers all at once. All at once, the dustification begins, and they run through the dancing residue of magic power to resume the hunt again.

　The strength that Bodos can have is not in the generation of weapons, but rather, it is largely due to its physical body that surpasses that of humans, to say the least.
　There is no such thing as a martial art, and its purpose is very simple.
　There is no way that they can compete with the skills that they have developed in actual battle as magicians.

　Bodos's weapons are indeed of the same shape as the AWR that mages handle. It is certainly what is called a weapon. But that's as far as you can go in terms of imitation, and the skill level of the wielder is far from that of the wielder.
　It is countered by technology against an attack by force, so to speak.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say about it.

　While maintaining a high morale, Exeles also concluded that it was only a matter of time. However, there is only one person in this squad that remains eerily silent.
　Although Exeles had been curious about him from earlier, he still felt that it was no use thinking about it now.

　So, a moment before Exeles was about to call out to Fanon, her gaze turned not to Fanon, but to the crowd of bodos - as if her gaze was absorbed into the back of it.

　
　My spine tensed up and my muscles involuntarily stiffened because the source of the raw sound that jumped in was human. I couldn't help but imagine it. That the sound now couldn't come from a demon.

　Bouncing off the ground, my fellow squad members blew past Exeles and Fanon. If it weren't for the existence of a demon, the humans would not have found a cause to bounce off like a ball.

　How can the sound of spurting blood being sprayed on the ground be heard so clearly?

　You'll be able to find a lot of people who will be able to help you.
　Exeles is also worried about you and won't do the folly of running up to you. He gazes at it, blaming himself for not being able to detect what had happened instantly as a detection magician.

　The swarm of bodos, magic power spread by magic, and magic residue made detection difficult.
　The bruises crawled up Exeles' neck with a thud.

'Exeles, I don't know how long you've been around but you're here.
'I'm sorry. I didn't realize it until later.
'It's fine. I just kind of saw it, too, and I had a bad vibe about it.
But I'm pretty sure he's there. Probably felt it when we detected it outside.
I see. Well, then, if you defeat that big master, you'll find some unusual ones.

　Fanon's voice, which was about to declare himself on the front line, was muffled by the a**h*le, either for analysis or for the work of digging it out of his memory.

　A hulking figure, perhaps three times the size of the diminutive Bodos, emerged from the dim depths of the nooks and crannies. It was as if he was standing in front of Bodos as if he were the commander, fighting him and asking for the status of the battle.

　It's not so much the intelligence of the monsters that showed up, but rather the belligerence of the species.
　The eyes are painted black, as if they were really a deformed monster. It has a crushed nose and a large mouth with fangs sticking out from its lower jaw to the top.
　The thick, frizzy hair that reminds you of animal hair is growing out like hair.
　From the structure of its body, it doesn't resemble a human at all, but even so, the reason why I immediately associate it with this demon was because it was bipedal?

　It has a strong-looking physique. The unnaturally elevated outer skin gives the impression of twisting a number of tubes that were bundled together.
　Most distinctive is the horns extending horizontally on both sides of the head, which would make it possible to identify it as an [Ogre species] at a glance.

　And as if it's known, Fanon opens his mouth somewhat plainly.

''The [Hungry Monkey Demon [Shava]
"--!　Is that the name of the first Ogre species to be reported for discovery?

　The individual name announced by Fanon's mouth was the very first demon that led to the recognition of [Ogre] as a species.