"I can't see anything clearly in the vast white area." Yuexing looked at the surrounding area in confusion.
The presence of the white whale cannot be felt, as if it has disappeared in the fog.
"Subaru! Please hold Rem tight!" A voice came from not far away.
"Rem?"
Yuexing looked towards the sound, but due to the fog, the visibility was zero
The earth dragon was running aimlessly. He couldn't see anything but the ground. After thinking for a while, the earth dragon stopped.
"Everyone, retreat——!!"
The roar came from the depths of the fog
Yuexing looked around and jumped off the earth dragon
"I remember I wrote down the positioning spell..." Yuexing raised the bracelet and kept groping in his mind.
"Ah, I found it. It's right in front of me. That's fine."
As Yuexing led Earth Dragon one step forward, a biting coldness came from the back of his head——
"Yuexing, you are here"
Subaru's voice of surprise came from the side.
"It's okay...that's great."
Then Rem's voice came over.
"I'm fine," Yuexing said
"Are you okay, buddy?" Yuexing touched Earth Dragon's neck.
Earth Dragon gently rubbed Yuexing's face with his mouth
Suddenly I remembered the coldness and looked back
The plain ground directly ahead seemed to be missing as if it was melting, and the road surface disappeared without a trace with the fog.
"This is……"
"careful!"
A male voice came from the thick fog on the right
Looking over at Yuexing, a very dense fog broke through the fog that blocked the view not far away.
Then Yuexing saw a piece of ground missing.
"If you get eaten by this thing..." Subaru also saw this scene
"This level... is a bit dangerous," Yuexing said
"Rem, keep an eye on Subaru and my Earth Dragon," Yuexing said to Rem.
"Yes, Rem understands."
"Yuexing, what are you going to do?" Subaru asked
"Save people"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuexing raised his long sword high, and a strong green light poured out from the sword.
"Everyone around me! Squat down! I'm going to disperse the thick fog!"
Yuexing roared, and the light in his hands flourished
Rem quickly pulled Subaru and pushed the earth dragon down.
"The wind is scattered!"
The long sword slashed across, and the broad green sword arc was scattered in all directions with the strong wind.
The dense fog was cut into neat cuts
A strong hurricane blew up in the fog, and the thick fog dispersed
A group of people crawling on the ground appeared in front of them
Crusch rushed out of the thick fog on the side, wiped his sweaty forehead randomly on the earth dragon, and breathed out disordered breaths
Centered on the dissipated fog, the scattered expedition teams quickly began to gather.
Crusch drove the Earth Dragon to Yuexing's side
"Well done!" Crusch praised
"Hurry up and count the number of people," Yuexing said
The teams gathered together and Crusch looked around at his men.
"——How many people were knocked down?" Crusch asked
"There are twelve members in our team - three are missing."
"...Who was killed?"
"There's no way to know...!"
Faced with Crusch's anxiety, the strong man shook his head and squeezed out his voice.
The team leader who was supposed to control the number of team members reported that he could not remember the names of the team members who had left the team.
"There are fourteen people here, and one person is missing."
"There are two people in our team, and they are equally unknown."
"Six people... I'm extremely sorry! The position was too far forward and I couldn't avoid the fog...!"
The same reports come one after another, and no squad leader can give the name of the missing companion.
"Now that we've dived into the fog, there's no way of knowing which way that guy will attack. So staying together is probably a bad idea - spread out and use the Demon Repelling Stone."
Everyone nodded. This was a figure appearing in the thick fog.
The bloody sword ghost with a tragic appearance covered his body. Veruhelum shook the blood on his sword and wiped the blood on his cheek.
"You rushed too far - where are the casualties?"
"Twenty-one people in total... One team was almost completely wiped out. Those who were defeated cannot even be remembered for their achievements."
Behind Wilhelm, ligers appeared in groups. Ricardo and the two deputy captains were also among them, sitting astride a large liger. It seemed that like Wilhelm, he was entangled with the white whale.
Those who fought had few casualties.
"The troublesome mist has appeared. The Demon Repelling Stone is a rare item and the quantity is limited... If you make a mistake in using it at the right time, it will be over."
"If we use the same concentrated attack again, we should be able to hit the ground. Since we have lost the enemy's shadow, now is the time to use it for the first time at least to avoid sneak attacks. Do you have any objections?"
Crusch's judgment was approved by everyone
His eyes turned to the support team led by Phyllis.
"Phyllis, use the magic stone cannon to shoot up the magic stone. It can only be used twice, so use it carefully."
"I am ready, and I will obey the Lord's orders at all times."
Facing Felice who was patting his chest, Crusch nodded, and then looked at everyone again before restarting the battle.
"Starting now is the key! Our attack is effective against the white whale, and the feeling left in the hands of the gentlemen is proof! That guy is indeed very powerful, and his origin is unknown. In the worst case scenario, our death may not remain
In anyone’s memory, but——”
Crusch raised his sword
"Even for the dead who cannot carve names on their tombstones, even for the weak who will be threatened by the fog of the white whale in the future world, we must make sacrifices and defeat them! - Follow my pace!!
"
"--oh oh!!"
Everyone raised their weapons in the air and shouted in unison
…
"Demon Repelling Stone, launch!!"
Under Crusch's command, the members commanded by Felice raised the muzzle of the magic stone cannon together.
With the sound of explosion, the magic stone was thrown into the air
The magic stone shattered in the air emitted light, dispelling the white mist covering the field of vision in one breath.
However, not all the fog that fills the plains will be eliminated.
"Can we only reduce the density of the fog?" Yuexing looked around and asked.
The original effect of the magic stone is to forcibly restore the surrounding magic power into colorless magic power. It is a magic stone with a nullification effect. It is this power that invalidates the magic power of the fog and then dispels it.
Crusch in the conference room also said that using it means that "if the effect of the magic stone is too strong, it will easily weaken the power of the magic attack here".
"Isn't it enough to clear away all the fog?" Subaru said to himself
"On the other hand, the magic here has not been affected, and Rem is in perfect condition."
"——Okay! Yuexing, Rem, how can you retreat here? So far, we haven't played any role. It's almost time for us to appear!"
"Um"
"Yes! Let's go!"
Rem manipulated the reins of the earth dragon, and in response to its roar, Subaru sat upright.
The expedition team led by Crusch also dispersed to look for the huge figure.
The fog suddenly thinned in the streets of Lefaus, and the sound of being squeezed was heard throughout the streets.
"What?" Yuexing looked around
The sharp hum was like a woman's scream, and the surge of hatred made people cover their ears.
At this moment, Yuexing felt that the fog around her was invading her body as if it was dissolving.
[Psychic attack detected, counterattack is being constructed!] The voice of the system sounded in my mind in time
"Yuexing, how are you feeling?! Are you okay?!" Subaru's roar came from the side
"I'm fine, be careful with the fog!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of screams came.
The surrounding cavalry fell off the dragon chariot one after another.
"Are you okay?!" Yuexing ran towards the fallen person.
"Yuexing, here I come."
With the sound of the earth dragon's footsteps, Rem and Subaru followed.
"Oh... Ugh! Uh?!"
This weird cry is not like the sound that humans can make, but closer to the moans of beasts
Some people were spitting foam and staring with white eyes and convulsing. Some people were groaning and scratching their arms desperately. Some people were gritting their teeth until their molars were broken and banging their heads on the ground.
"This is……"
"Because of the sound just now, the fog directly interfered with the spirit... Although this is similar to magic poisoning, it is more serious..."
Rem said seriously
"Is Rem okay?"
Yuexing comes to Rem
"It's okay. It only hurt for a while at the beginning, but this bracelet seems to have solved the problem." Rem looked at his wrist.
"It's okay," Yuexing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hey, don't continue! The wound... ugh!"
Subaru's voice came from the side
Yuexing looked over
Subaru was thrown away by the confused man, and his arm was scratched mercilessly. When Subaru backed away because of the pain, the man started self-mutilation again, scratching his face until it was bloody.
"Do you really think that your young master won't do anything?!!!"
An angry voice sounded from beside the uncle, and the silver knight roared
"Subaru, come here quickly, this guy has an idea!" After Yuexing saw the figure clearly, he blocked Subaru and Rem behind him.
"Hades—curse!"
The dark gray light curtain instantly covers the entire battlefield
People who self-harmed strangely stopped what they were doing and fainted one after another.
A strange feeling of weakness came from
"Damn, are you really ignoring any goals?" Yuexing curled her lips.
"Yue Xing? What did he do?" Subaru asked in confusion.
"It's very simple. Use higher-level DeBuff to cover the lower-level ones. Even I was affected." Yuexing shrugged.
"Bring the wounded to the tree!"
Crusch's voice was heard again from the depths of the fog
——After giving the order for all-out attack, the sober people immediately changed their policy.
"Rem and I are going to lure away the white whale! In the meantime, you and Tsukisei are going to receive treatment from Phyllis. After handing over the guy who looks fine to Phyllis, go and meet Crusch!"
"Lead it away!? What should we do..."
Smiling at the veteran who asked his question, Subaru took a breath and raised his voice.
"Rem, run!"
"yes"
Rem flicked the reins, and the earth dragon began to gallop.
"——Those who can hear, plug their ears!! Those who can't, forget about it!!"
The knights nearby also hurriedly blocked their ears. It seems that within the range that the sound can be transmitted, all members of the expedition team should have done so.