The red-haired sorceress who was waiting for Shade at the mouth of the well turned around to look at the burning mansion. Although she saw the fire, she had no intention of putting out the fire because she agreed to wait for Shade here.
Suddenly a fiery red light flew from the roof of the building into the night sky. Miss Daniste, who was well prepared, raised her hand to split a ray of moonlight:
"Moonlight Slash!"
The scarlet moonlight collided head-on with the fire in the night sky. Amidst the quiet explosion, the figure in the fire tilted towards the north of Hoy Manor.
"After chasing it, it seems that thing started the fire."
The red-haired sorceress said to Shade behind her, and the two of them chased the falling fire together.
Hoy Manor was originally located at the northernmost end of the city. After leaving the manor and continuing north, it left the city and entered the forest area. But it was not difficult to track the falling fire because it left a faint red trace in the night sky.
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The fire fell in the forest with a loud noise, and a raging fire ignited in the forest before the two people rushed to the place where they fell. The forest in autumn is easily ignited, and when viewed from above, the place where the fire landed is the center.
, the sea of fire is rapidly spreading to the surrounding area.
The center of the sea of fire has been blown to the ground due to the fall of the fire, and the fallen trees are burning rapidly. In the large pit in the center of the clearing, as fiery red claws scratch the ground and crawl out, the moonlight splits
Out of the flames, Shade and Miss Denister also rushed over.
"Is this the devil?"
What I saw climbing out of the deep pit was a ferocious monster about three meters high that was roughly human-shaped but actually made entirely of flames. It was not standing on the ground, but floating almost close to the ground.
The flames on his body are black and red, and the flames on his left hand are thicker and heavier than the flames on his right hand, roughly in the shape of a beast's paw. The flames that make up his right hand are in the shape of a human hand, but a whip is taking shape as the flames flow.
As for its head, there are hollows in the flames, with two round holes and a lying crescent forming the shape of eyes and mouth.
Shade blinked his eyes, and the color of the thing in front of him in the vision of the "seeing demon" changed to the deepest and most malicious black:
"It does look like a demon, but why."
The flame whip came to the front with a swish sound as it cut through the sea of fire, striking ripples on the ink shield of the "Night Seal".
Immediately the seal disappeared, and Shade appeared out of thin air ten meters to the left, holding Miss Danister's hand. The fire in the surrounding forest illuminated their faces, and Shade put his hand into his pocket:
"No matter what, we'll deal with it first. I'll do it myself. You're responsible for preventing it from escaping. Can you temporarily seal this open space?"
The red-haired girl looked up at the moon in the night sky that was dyed red by the firelight:
"No problem, just be careful."
[Demon Hunting Seal] was put on the finger of Shade's left hand, and as the monster made of black flames howled "Demon Hunter!", the surrounding sea of fire exploded, and several flame tornadoes formed in the sea of fire and headed towards
They gathered in the central open space, but were immediately dispersed by Miss Danister.
Shade entrusted Miss Bell with the formula of the exorcism potion given by the doctor and was still preparing it, so he took out the bottle containing No. 3 holy water and the bottle containing moonlight water. But the demon would not watch Shade cast the spell.
The flames spurting out from under its body made it leap into the sky, and then it raised its left claw and roared towards Shade's position with a roar.
But it did not hit Shade. When the black flames that melted the earth reunited and became a demon, it turned back and saw the two liquids in Shade's hands intertwined with each other, forming a liquid sword in his right hand.
In Shade's left hand, the small witch ice puppet has been dyed with light by the spirit.
The complete eight-ring life ring appeared behind him, the aura of the miraculous [Echo] spirit rune bloomed with incomparable golden light, and the small ice puppet also turned into ice-blue light and clung to Shade's body.
"Chloe's Echo of Ice!"
As the life ring rotated, the rustling sound of ice became louder and louder as the sword in his hand froze. At the same time, Miss Danister, who was casting spells on the outside of the clearing to prevent the flames from rushing towards the clearing,
I looked up and saw the falling snow in the night sky:
"Is it the power of the Witch Emperor again?"
But this time was obviously different from the last time, because at the same time that the heavy snow appeared above the fire scene, she actually heard the sigh of a strange woman appearing in her ears.
The sigh seemed to make her see the melancholy silver-haired girl looking at the moon on the ice field surrounded by mountains. At this moment, the cold wind was howling in the forest. This time, the chill was heartbreaking, and it was more real than the last time.
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Even the sea of fire around her was suppressed by this magical technique. In the heavy snow, when she turned to look at Shade, she was shocked to see the long sword in his hand completely condensed, and the ice-blue transparent hands behind him.
She hugged his neck, and then the strange girl put her head on his left shoulder.
Chloe's phantom hugged Shade tightly from behind. The little girl pressed her side face against Shade's face affectionately. There was a peaceful and gentle expression on her face with her eyes closed.
Shade, who was using this thaumaturgy for the first time, also got a hint from "her":
[During the use of thaumaturgy, any spiritual attack will have the effect of an ice attack. 】
"Moonlight Great Sword!"
The index finger and middle finger of the left hand wearing the "Demon Hunting Seal" came together and pressed on the end of the frozen sword.
As the fingers traced across the sword, the bright silver moonlight gradually enveloped the entire long sword. Finally, after the silver rune chain outlined by the light formed on the surface of the ice sword, the silver sword's body was completely wrapped
That ice sword.
The power of ice, silver moon and [Demon Hunting Seal] were completely concentrated on this brand new weapon. Shade, embraced by the ice blue phantom, jumped up, and the moonlight splitting from the sky was already attached to it.
There was a deep chill.
The flaming demon raised his arms and caught the moonlight in front of him. After the arc-shaped moonlight was in a stalemate with it for a second, as the flames in the demon's arms were suppressed by the ice, the moonlight cut off the two flames.
Hit it directly on the head.
"roar!"
The black flames spat out from the demon's mouth shattered the moonlight, but at this time Shade's figure had already arrived in front of it through "Raglai's Leap", and the moonlight sword pierced the demon's chest, and opened
The white frost breath came out of his mouth, making the devil's body shrink in size.
After the flames on both arms were extinguished, what was revealed inside was the withered arms of a human mummy, but if you look closely, you can see that it is a piece of wood made to look like a human arm. The arms seemed to break if touched.
He pinched Sha De's neck, and the ice blue phantom behind Sha De also opened his eyes at this time.
Those eyes were not Chloe's golden eyes, but ice blue. When Shade's spirit disappeared without warning, a large part of Chloe's phantom eyes could not be seen.
, the demon's arms were directly blown into ice powder, and the flames all over its body were once again suppressed, and even the wooden mummy wrapped in black fire could be vaguely seen.
Shade held the sword in his right hand and raised it sharply, and the suppressed flames on the demon's body were divided into two parts. The demon still wanted to make a death struggle, and the mouth of the split burning head opened and faced Shade.
His face was filled with another black fireball.
But immediately Shade also exhaled cold air, and with the opening of the eyes of Chloe's phantom on the left side of his shoulder, the fireball extinguished in the air, and then Shade's ring-wearing palm directly pressed on the demon's head:
"Shadow ball!"
The darkness emerging from his hands immediately began to petrify the wood carved into a human skull beneath the flames. At the same time, the chill completely extinguished the flames on the demon's head as the darkness spread.
But the sound of "dong dong dong" suddenly sounded in the demon's chest. Miss Danister, who had been paying attention to the battle here, immediately reminded loudly:
"It's going to blow up!"
Flame enemies seemed to like to self-destruct. Shade, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately penetrated the beating heart in the demon's chest with the sword in his right hand. But this did not stop the thumping heartbeat sound, but instead caused
The flames in the demon's body expanded even more violently.
Shade immediately jumped back, using space to jump to avoid the power of the subsequent self-destruction. The red-haired girl came forward and wrapped the expanding flame with a wave of red moonlight with both hands.
So the demon exploded in the red moon. Although Miss Danister's face turned pale, she still managed to completely suppress the power of its self-destruction - this is also related to the fact that Shade's last sword greatly weakened its power:
"If the enemy wants to self-destruct, the best solution is not to hit it again, but to avoid or defend it immediately."
The eighteen-year-old girl who pinched her waist with one hand did not forget to "teach" Shade, but what she looked at was not Shade's face, but the ice-blue phantom behind him.
"Yes, yes, I understand."
Shade had no choice but to say this. He did not cancel the spell, but quickly walked towards the location where the demon exploded. In the pit of the explosion, the brilliance of the red moon had not dissipated, and a small black flame danced at the bottom of the pit.
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Shade then rummaged through his pocket and found the old lantern from the [Sin Mansion] that could hold fire, and filled it with the black flame.
The forest fire had not yet been extinguished, and Miss Danister's long shadow fell next to Shade in the pit. She did not feel relieved:
"I still don't understand. Has that demon been eliminated by us? I don't have as much experience in hunting demons as you, but from a common sense point of view, this matter shouldn't be that simple, right?"
Shade took off the ring on his hand and hung it on the lantern, and the black flames were immediately suppressed until they were almost invisible:
"Let's put out the fire here first. I think this fire is going to get out of control. As for whether it's too simple, sometimes it's better to be simple."