It seems that the mud doll-like enemies we saw before coming here were defeated in order to make the Mud Giants appear.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world. It's not clear at present if it's the kind of demon that can be controlled by the 'Mud Giant' or not.

''Aricht, isn't your level up because you fought the 'Mud Giant'?'''
'Yeah, let's check it out ... me, Theresa, and Igarashi-san are on the level.

　Even though it was unforeseen, it's a shame in terms of experience that the entire party couldn't come together to defeat the 'Mud Giants'. It's possible that the Four Seasons could have been leveled up as well - even though they struggled, they were all safe in the end.

　◆Current Party ◆.

　1: Alihit ◆×□# Level 7
　2: Theresa Rogue, Level 7.
　3: Kyouka Valkyrie Level 6
　4: Elitia Carth Blade Level 10.
　5: Theon Silverhound Level 6.
　6: Melissa, Demolition Shop, Level 6.

　The experience of 'named' is still large even for non-leveled members, and the ball-like display of experience on the license shows that even high-level Elitia has accumulated about 5. 10 seems to raise the level, but since Theon and Melissa have also accumulated quite a bit at once, leveling up is not far away That's right.

'Normally, after the adventure was over, you would check your leveling up when you reported to the guild.
'It's up while we're exploring, but I want to take my time thinking about my skills, so that's basically what I'm going to do.
'Let's keep in mind that there are more skills we can take. Thank you for telling me, Elitia.
''It's times like these, but it's also exciting to see people raise the bar,''

　Melissa seems to be starting to be interested in humans as well as rare demons - is that too much to say? As for me, Melissa has a lot of skills that she can take, so I'm looking forward to seeing her level up. Of course, I'm thinking about all of them.

''And yet, it's really wide open...''
Rearward, are you sure you want to keep going straight?
'Yes, I can vaguely tell the direction Silone went, or maybe it's because he used his skills earlier.

　Marking, a skill that allowed me to activate the effects of the 'Scroll of Return' limited to me alone. I don't know how long it will last after it's activated, or if it's permanent, but I can vaguely see the direction that the master of the mark, Shirone, was headed.

(I'd appreciate it if the effect wore off in time, like until I got out of the labyrinth...)

　It could be that I ask for a release when I meet Cyrone. I don't know if I'm in a state to talk to her properly, but that's why I can't leave her alone.

　Right now, I'm thinking about getting out of the second layer. The primary color plateau is still very vast, layer by layer - there are many similar terrains, and the fact that it's hard to tell how far we're going adds to the perception that it's large.

　It's not just the mud giants we were fighting against, the second level terrain is full of pond-sized puddles and salamander-like demons.

　The demons we encountered◆
　Slow Salamander A: Level 6, friendly, resistance unknown, drop: ?
　Slow Salamander B: Level 7 Sleeping Resistance Unknown Drop: ?

　The length of its body, including its long tail, looks to be nearly two meters long, and it has a branch-like sense of touch, but I wonder if it will use that to attack me in some way - the way it looks at me with its face out of the puddle is quite charming.

''It's a time like this, but you're kind of a laid-back demon... you have a plush face...''
'I know it looks cute, but that kind of demon will become active and attack you if it's stimulated from the outside, or if it rains.
'You know a lot about this, Ellie... well, if that's the case, you can't let your guard down.
"'Slow' could mean an attack that would slow down the opponent. It could also mean 'throwing (slow)', though.
.........

　Theresia on her knees reacts - an angry looking 'Slow Salamander' is waiting in the path between the ponds, which she inevitably has to get out of ahead of her - and the path between the ponds.

'That guy... something in his mouth...'
I think it's the twin swords that Shirone had in her possession.

　Melissa guessed that, and I agreed with her. It sounds pretty, but we can't let our guard down, as Elitia said.

　There's no indication that Syrone has been captured, her presence of mind hasn't been interrupted here. If she had engaged and fled here, why did she choose to drop her weapons and run away at a high level?

　When the 'Mud Giant' was defeated, the damage from Elitia's 'Blossom Blade' was displayed as 'feedback' to Sirone as well. Although Sirone was able to control the Mud Giant, it seems that there was a risk that the damage would bounce back to Sirone when he destroyed the target he controlled.

''Shirone had taken quite a bit of damage... in her current state, she couldn't defeat this demon even with the level difference?
You've lost your weapon and you're still trying to go deep...

　Elitia seems to have mixed feelings about this. What Sirone is doing is, objectively speaking, nothing short of suicidal.

''........Syrone attacked and turned the demons into a hostile state. Since that she's out of the search range, she's going to come after us.......!

　There's still plenty of distance to spare, but with Alphecca's running speed, he'll soon be close to the enemy. I wondered if I could resort to using 'Aura Spike' or some other type of body strike, but Alpheka's spirit body, whose expression was translucent and I couldn't see it clearly, seemed to be hesitating in some way.

''What's the matter?''　Alphecca. Could it be that you're not good with that type of demon or something...?
"There are advantages and disadvantages. We're resistant to magic, but we're not perfect.

　Murakumo speaks to me on behalf of Alphecca. In other words, you are not good at the attacks used by the 'Slow Salamander'.

''Even if you do become dysregulated, the skill to remove the dysregulation requires the blood of an unholy maiden, so it cannot be abused.''

　You should also be able to use 'Rose Javelin' and the like as a long-range attack, but the reason why you don't do so is because you are a bitter demon?

　I'm not going to force the "armament" that doesn't have the same emotions as people to give orders. It's a good idea to think of the two 'armament' members as part of the party, and their weaknesses should be mutually compensated for.

''Igarashi-san, let's set them up with a long-range attack!
Copy that!
Ahhhh!

　Igarashi-san rides Zion and looks as heroic as a female knight. Combined with the white and silver armor, it's nothing short of picturesque.

　The demon that I encountered◆
　Slow Salamander D: Level 7 Hostile Resistance Unknown Drop: ?　Possessions: heavens stilettos +4
　Slow Salamander E: Level 7 Hostile Resistance Unknown Drop; ?　Possessions: * Bloodsucker + 3

　One by one, Syrone's twin swords are held by another 'Salamander' - they are wrapped tightly in their long tails and seem to be able to swing and attack.

''--As I thought, this kind of attack........is also extremely troublesome.......''

　The 'salamanders' turned a tactile sort of thing towards us. And before we set up, they did 'something' from a distance still.

　◆Current Situation◆
　Aricht activates Eye of the Hawk.
　Slow Salamander D activates "Breathing to Stop Water" → Target: Medium Range
　Slow Salamander E activates "Breathing to Stop Water" → Target: Medium Range

　The attack was invisible - no, it was extremely difficult to see and extremely difficult to discern the range of the attack, to the point where it was finally slightly visible with the 'hawk's eye'.

　There was only one thing I could do - even if I didn't know what they were going to do to me, I would just use my sling shot to aim at a different one than Igarashi-san's target (target), that's all.

　◆Current Situation ◆

　Aricht activates the Force Shoot Freeze.
　Kyoka activates Thunderbolt.
　Stop Breathing hits → Alphecca, Melissa and Elitia slowed down and Theresia disabled.
　Stop Breathing' hits → 'Sion' and 'Kyouka' slowed down
　Respiratory Deactivation" resonates → "Slow Down" level 2
　Kyoka's "Thunderbolt" activation is delayed.

Woah...!
H..........?

(What's this technique.......it doesn't even look good and the effect is too powerful.......!

　Alphecca and Sion slow down significantly at the same time - Teresa and I, who didn't 'slow down', are thrown into the air due to inertia, but I activate the 'eight boat jump' in the air, pick up Teresa and manage to land on a foothold.

　I didn't think that having Theresia on my lap would be a blessing in this way - whether it was due to the equipment's resistance or her own trait, she blocked the 'Salamander' technique.

　Igarashi-san's 'Thunderbolt' revealed its effects, and before she could run through the space, she stopped with a barrage of lightning bolts. It means that even my skills are made to 'slow down'

　-- but my skills have not been cancelled. The magic bullets filled with the power of the 'ice stone' fired by the sling hit the head of one of the 'salamanders'.

''........gee.........''

　Current Situation
　Force Shoot Freeze' hits 'Slow Salamander D'. Weak attack, freeze

　The tactile sensation of the 『Salamander』's head is wonderfully frozen - the damage didn't seem to be small, but it's still hard to make a decisive strike without using support damage.

(Even so, it's too nasty an attack... it doesn't make you unable to move, but if it hits you, it reduces your speed by several percent...!

What ... this ... is ... moving ... slowly ...
This.... attack... this... hierarchy...

　Even Igarashi-san and Elitia's speech has slowed down - slowing down doesn't just mean slowing down their movements, it seems to literally slow everything down.

　The two 'Slow Salamander' techniques resonate with each other, increasing the effect of the state anomaly. If it had been one piece each, they wouldn't have been made to slow down as much as they did.

　It seems that Sirone had no choice but to throw his weapons and run away in order to escape the range of this technique. It was fortunate in hindsight that this 'Salamander' didn't interrupt the fight with the 'Mud Giant'.

''........Gui......''
Qua.........

　We can only hear a slight cry, but it's clearly killing us. The 'Salamander' in its frozen state is unable to move, but the other 'Salamander' opens its large mouth to threaten us, and then crawls over to us. It's not quite as fast as the Komodo Dragon, but its movement speed was faster than I had expected.

''From the enemy's.......attack range, I'll pull back.........''

　It's a good thing that he has such a powerful conditional disorder, so he wanted to avoid it as much as possible - however, he had exhausted his magic power with Vanishing Burst and was able to activate Floating, which makes him float in the air. There was not. Even if I ran on foot, I would have been unable to avoid encountering the two 'Salamanders' here.

　In that case, there was no choice but to fight. It would also mean recovering Sirone's weapons.

Theresa, I need you to do me a favor and stay in front of me as close as possible. Otherwise, that 'slowing down' could work on me as well.
..........

　Theresia nodded with a persistent nod and held up her 'Razor Sword' and 'Circular Shield (Tajae)'. While hoping that everyone's state anomaly will be lifted over time, the two of us aim to defeat it - I prepared a sling to strike the first blow to the approaching 'Salamander'.