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Somehow, the faces of the academy professors were exceedingly calm.
A completely different reaction from when Davian announced the invasion of the demons.
"I don't know how she resurrected so quickly, but if it's the Gray Witch invading Elton City, it's not that big of a deal, is it?"
"That's right. The Gray Witch is someone any one of us could easily handle. And Professor Stella has kindly volunteered."
The professors' gazes turned to Stella Cloud.
The next generation's greatest swordmaster of the continent.
A skilled individual who could single-handedly defeat the Gray Witch.
Of course, that's only if it's the Gray Witch without a heart.
The professors of Elton Academy haven't figured that out yet.
Fortunately, Headmaster Hugo Molton was cautious.
"Just check the situation and come back, in case."
Stella Cloud tilted her head.
"Even if it's the Gray Witch?"
If it was indeed the Gray Witch heading into the city, as the city guard's letter stated, she meant she could handle it alone.
"It's safer and less damaging to go as a group."
Stella Cloud nodded.
"Understood. I'll just check the situation and fire a flare according to regulations."
Stella Cloud went to one side of the professor's conference room wall and took out a "Colors Well Done" from the shelf.
One of the "Done Well" series of Davian's inventions.
It looks like an ordinary flare gun, but you can select the desired color before firing.
It was made to send signals by dividing the degree of danger into five levels by color.
"I'll be back."
"Be careful, Professor Stella."
Beep, beep, beep.
Davian, who was sparring with Bonita in the autonomous training grounds, tilted his head.
"What is it?"
These days, Davian and Bonita are improving their skills by sparring with each other whenever they have time.
"I don't know? Level 2 alert? Are the demons invading again?"
"No, if the demons were invading again, a Level 1 alert would have gone off."
"Is that so?"
Davian waited for a moment.
However.
The alert that should only be heard in Davian's ears wasn't ringing.
The event or quest notification window didn't appear either.
'A Level 2 city alert went off, but there's no quest?'
It was clear that something big had happened in Elton City, but there was no quest.
This was a first.
Step, step.
A pace that was neither slow nor fast.
Whether due to fear or the chill emanating from the Gray Witch, the doors of all the surrounding buildings were tightly closed.
Stella Cloud was cautiously following the Gray Witch at a certain distance.
'The Headmaster is right. Something's different.'
The Gray Witch.
The ruler of the northern ice plains.
She gained immense power and eternal life by becoming a witch.
But long ago, her heart was cut out by a hero's expedition.
Even so, she continued to resurrect, but she couldn't exert the same power as before.
'Did she regain her heart or something? That can't be.'
Step, step.
The one walking ahead was clearly the Gray Witch.
But it was also clear that she was not the Gray Witch that Stella knew.
'An aura that makes you unable to rush in recklessly.'
She didn't know if she had regained her heart or not.
But she could instinctively tell that she was in a very dangerous state.
'Dangerous.'
Stella Cloud took out the "Colors Well Done" flare gun.
Click.
She turned the color adjustment device to red and raised the gun barrel to the sky.
Whirr.
She poured mana into it.
Whoosh!
The mana compressed inside the flare reacted and shot the flare high into the sky.
Bang.
The flare exploded, and red smoke billowed in the sky.
'I have to move with the professors! As many as possible.'
Meanwhile, the Gray Witch arrived in front of Davian's house.
Of course, Davian, who was training at the academy, wasn't here.
Instead.
"Hey, you there. What are you, a witch?"
A man with long black hair opened the door and pointed at the Gray Witch, asking.
"What are you? Not human."
Chilling cold emanated from the Gray Witch's body.
"Is Davian inside?"
"No."
"I'll see with my own eyes."
Step.
As the Gray Witch took a step, Insanis spread his palm out in front of him.
"This is the house of a friend where I'm currently staying. If you're thinking of breaking down the walls or anything, you'd better stop."
"Friend? Then I'll kill you too."
Then.
A beautiful woman with red wavy hair walked out from inside the house.
"Insanis, what are you doing? I told you to kick her out. I hate the cold. What's coming that's making the house so chilly? Huh? Are you a witch?"
Click, click.
Ice spirit Glacie walked out between Insanis and Ignis.
"I think I heard Davian's name?"
The Gray Witch reacted to the name Davian.
"Whether Davian is here or not, it seems I've come to the right place. I'll eliminate you all..."
Thwack!
Ignis suddenly jumped forward and grabbed the Gray Witch's neck.
"Hey, witch. I hate the cold. If you don't take away that chill right now, I'll twist your neck off."
Creak.
The Gray Witch's head turned towards Ignis, making a chilling sound.
Her neck was still grabbed by Ignis.
"Die."
The Gray Witch's palm headed towards Ignis's abdomen.
Tremendous cold was present in her palm.
"Eek!"
Surprised, Ignis dodged to the side.
Insanis, who was standing behind, let out a chuckle.
"Red Dragon Ignis's scales can't even block that level of attack?"
Ignis turned her head sharply and glared at Insanis.
"That witch is trying to blast cold air into my stomach! If my stomach gets cold, I can't digest properly."
Whoosh.
Dragon flames rose in front of Ignis.
"Hey, witch. I told you to take away that chill, didn't I?"
Whoosh, whoosh.
Ignis's flames shot out and enveloped the Gray Witch's body.
Tremendous heat spread in all directions.
Pure flames that would have instantly made any nearby human mage kneel.
Glacie walked forward.
"Ignis, are you planning to burn down the whole neighborhood?"
Glacie waved her hand.
The heat that was spreading in all directions remained within a certain space as if trapped behind an invisible wall.
"Kkyaaaak!"
The Gray Witch's chilling scream echoed.
Insanis frowned.
Kkyaaaak!
"My ears hurt."
Insanis stretched his hand forward.
Khaaaa.
A jet-black aura spewed out towards the Gray Witch's head.
The Gray Witch's head, which had already been almost burned by Ignis's flames.
Bang!
Burst open as it was.
The Gray Witch, who had finally regained the eternally unmelting ice heart.
Came to take revenge on the boy who had regained all of his original power and burned himself.
And in front of the boy's house.
She met two dragons and ended this life.
Whoosh.
Ignis's flames still burned the Gray Witch's torso.
The bones all burned away as the Gray Witch's body collapsed.
"Why is there still cold coming out? I have to burn it so that no ashes remain."
Although the Gray Witch had already been dealt with.
Ignis made the flames even hotter.
Glacie, who tilted her head, approached.
"Ignis, pull back the flames a bit."
"Why? There's still a cold aura coming out of here."
"Just for a moment. Even if we burn it again later."
Ignis withdrew the flames.
The Gray Witch's body, which had become black ash and fallen to the ground.
In the center, a sparkling ice heart could be seen.
"Hmm."
Glacie tilted her head.
"It's not just simple ice."
Insanis, who came closer, nodded.
"A tremendous amount of mana is condensed."
"It's still maintaining its ice state in my flames. Cold is still emanating from it."
Glacie, who had been staring at it for a while, opened her mouth.
"Ignis, can you completely burn this away?"
"Of course. There's nothing in this world that can't be burned by my flames."
Glacie turned her head and looked at Insanis.
"If this all burns away, the mana will be released all at once. Can you suppress that with your breath, Insanis?"
"I can for a moment. Not for long. Mana has a tendency to return to nature."
"A moment is enough."
Ignis asked.
"Glacie, what are you trying to do?"
"I'm going to make a gift for Davian."
"A gift?"
"Yeah. Burn this a little more. Ah, not here. It doesn't look like it'll burn with ordinary flames."
The two dragons and one spirit moved to the eastern beach of Elton City.
"This is a good place. Ignis, now completely burn this away."
Whoosh!
Red Dragon Ignis's flames began to burn the Gray Witch's ice heart.
"Insanis, you have to suppress the mana as much as possible so that it doesn't scatter."
"Got it."
Ignis, who was raising the flames, asked.
"Glacie, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to re-freeze the mana that Insanis suppresses. Not in the Gray Witch's way, but in my way."
"The way of an ice spirit, huh? Sounds exciting."
Whoosh, whoosh!
The heat emanating from Ignis's flames grew hotter and hotter.
The sand on the ground all melted and caved in like craters on the surface of the moon.
The nearby seawater all evaporated, creating white steam.
Glacie and Insanis stood far away and watched this scene.
"It's almost done. Insanis, get ready."
Flap.
Insanis took the form of a dragon and flapped his wings in the sky.
Ignis looked up and looked at the huge black dragon's body that had turned over the sky.
"To that extent?"
"Do you think suppressing the mana that's bursting out is a normal thing?"
"I guess so. Well, it's really all done."
Crack, crack.
Cracks began to appear in the Gray Witch's ice heart.
After a while.
Crash!
With a huge sound, the ice heart burst open.
Khaaaaa.
In the sky, Insanis widely exhaled black breath to suppress the mana from spreading.
"Okay. Shall we make a gift?"
Glacie stretched out both arms forward.
Creak, creak.
From the edge of the mana that Insanis was suppressing, it began to freeze as it was.
Freezing the mana was also a great feat.
The ice crystals grew larger and withstood the Black Dragon's breath.
Khaaaaa.
Insanis breathed out even stronger.
The intention was to suppress the mana that was about to scatter.
It was also true that she was stimulated by Glacie's ice crystals, which withstood her breath without any problems.
Creak, creak.
Whether knowing Insanis's heart or not.
Glacie's ice crystals became thicker and harder.
Creak.
Eventually.
The ice crystals, which had frozen all the mana, began to reduce their volume on their own.
As the volume decreased, the density became even higher.
Khaaaaa.
Insanis breathed out even stronger.
Ignis, who was watching the scene, shook her head as she shook her red hair.
"Hey, Insanis. It's all frozen. You can stop now."
In fact, Insanis also knew.
The mana was already frozen solid, and there was no need for him to suppress it.
However, he was just excited for a moment by the ice crystals that withstood his breath without any problems.
Insanis, who had become embarrassed, withdrew his breath and returned to human form.
He turned his head and looked at Glacie, who was further compressing the ice even smaller.
'To show this much influence in the human realm...'
By the time I thought that it was no different from when I was in the spirit realm.
Glacie clapped her hands.
"It's done!"
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