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"Oppa!"
Bellus burst into Ignis's mansion, panting.
Her whole body was soaked with sweat as if she had fallen into water.
Bellus, who had rushed through the front gate, stopped for a moment and bowed to Ignis and Insanis.
"What's wrong?"
"Oppa, this."
Bellus held out a letter.
"What's this?"
Davian unfolded the letter Bellus handed him.
"These bastards, they've gone too far."
Tears welled up in Bellus's large eyes, which looked as if she would burst into tears at any moment.
The glistening tears streamed down her cheeks.
"What do we do, Oppa? What about our Undine...?"
Insanis approached and turned his gaze to the letter.
"They're holding Undine captive. If you want to get the water spirit Undine back, tell the ice spirit Glacie to come to the location marked on this map? What is this? How can humans imprison a spirit?"
Ignis also showed interest.
"Imprison a spirit? That's ridiculous... Oh? It really says that. Hey, Bellus. How long has it been since Undine disappeared?"
Bellus, sniffling, took a deep breath and barely answered.
"It's been a little over two months..."
"What? Is it real? Humans have imprisoned a spirit?"
"Plea... Please help me. What about our Undine..."
Whoosh.
Flames erupted from Davian's hand and burned the letter.
Bellus, startled, shouted.
"Oppa?"
"We have to go together. We can't let Glacie go alone. They're definitely planning something and waiting for her."
The moment Glacie sees this letter.
She might immediately lose her mind and head to the location on the map.
They must know the power of the ice spirit Glacie, so they've definitely set a trap.
"Ah..."
"I memorized the map location, don't worry, Bellus. Let's go save Undine."
"Yes! Oppa!"
"Glacie."
Swish.
Snowflakes fluttered in the empty air.
Glacie, wearing a sky-blue dress, appeared.
The ice spirit Glacie greeted Davian with a bright smile.
"Hi? Davian. You called me after a long time. What's up?"
"I found out where Undine is."
Brrr.
The surrounding air turned cold.
The Red Dragon Ignis instinctively crossed his arms to protect his shoulders.
"She's doing it again. I hate the cold."
Glacie, with a cold, frozen expression, asked Davian.
"Where's my sister?"
"I know the location. Let's go together."
"Is she in the human world?"
Davian nodded.
"Is she trapped somewhere?"
He nodded again.
Brrr.
Now the front yard of the Red Dragon Ignis's mansion began to freeze.
"Stop it, Glacie. This is my mansion, Ignis, the Red Dragon. I won't allow you to emit any more cold air..."
Glacie interrupted Ignis.
"Humans did this?"
"Yeah. It seems so."
"Davian."
"Yeah?"
"If you weren't here, I might have wiped out humanity today. Let's go quickly. Where is my sister?"
She's just saying that in a fit of anger.
In the first place, without Davian, Glacie would not be able to exert any influence on the human world.
However, it was clear how great Glacie's anger was.
Davian greeted Ignis and Insanis.
"I'll be back."
Insanis opened his mouth.
"Humans can imprison spirits. It's an unbelievable thing."
Ignis nodded.
"Indeed."
"I think this could be an important event in the human world we live in."
"I think so too."
"Let's go too."
"Yeah. We agree on something for once."
And so.
A rescue party for Undine was formed, including even the Black Dragon and the Red Dragon.
Southern Manum Continent.
Flash.
A bright light flashed.
Five people appeared.
It was the Black Dragon Insanis who moved the five of them at once without any magic circle.
Dragons can instantly warp to anywhere they have been before.
Spirits are also beings that traverse dimensions, so they can appear anywhere in the human world as they please.
However, the method is different from the dragon's warp magic, so they cannot move other people with them.
"Just tell me the location? I'll go there right away."
"No, Glacie. The fact that they're openly telling you to come means they must be preparing something."
"I don't care. I'll just wipe them all out and bring my sister out."
Davian sighed deeply.
"You disappeared for two years after being hit by dimensional rift matter and then reappeared?"
"Ah, that's... I won't get hit twice."
"They must have prepared another trap this time. Anyway, let's go together. It's not far from here anyway."
"Okay, Davian."
After following the forest path south for a long time, they reached the coast.
They didn't know how many sentries they had taken care of on the way here.
"They probably know we're coming."
Sentries were stationed in layers on every route approaching the coast.
Rather than aiming to monitor with the sentries' eyes, it seemed to be a strategy to know that someone was approaching when a sentry died.
'They've placed the sentries so densely to figure out the approaching distance.'
Ignis pointed to the center of the coast.
"There's a lot of them gathered there."
They could see a legion-sized force stationed on the coast.
The largest scale of the Imperial Army Davian had ever seen.
Insanis asked.
"What's that?"
There was a large mechanical device installed on one side.
Davian, who had been active in the Dungeon Exploration Club, could tell at a glance what it was a modified version of.
"It looks like they're playing around with a dungeon core."
And next to that device.
The water spirit Undine was squatting.
"Sister!"
Glacie jumped up.
Davian quickly grabbed Glacie's wrist.
"If you're thinking of teleporting over there, stop it right now."
"Let go!"
"Can't you see your sister is trapped? You could end up the same way."
He could feel her trembling with anger through Glacie's wrist.
As the trembling subsided.
Glacie's voice became calm again.
"I can't go in there anyway."
Davian tilted his head.
Judging from the fact that Undine was sitting still, it seemed like she was trapped by something invisible.
Even now, several Imperial soldiers were walking past Undine without any problems.
Glacie opened her mouth.
"I can feel it. It's like... that feeling when you stand in front of a dungeon entrance."
"A dungeon entrance? Ah! Spirits can't enter dungeons, can they?"
"Yeah. We spirits can't enter dungeons where the human and demon realms are mixed."
No wonder.
They took a dungeon core and made a strange device.
"So that device is using the principles of a dungeon to trap my sister."
Glacie nodded.
"You see those humans passing by as they please? They must have created a space that only spirits can't pass through. If my sister can't get out, I won't be able to enter either."
Ignis asked.
"But isn't she the highest-level water spirit? The Imperial Army is passing right next to her, why is she just letting them? She should kill them or take them hostage and escape."
Glacie shook her head.
"Her contractor is probably being held somewhere. Knowing my sister's personality, she would never let her contractor get hurt."
"A spirit might do that."
In the center of the coast was a legion-sized Imperial Army encampment.
On one side was a large device made by modifying a dungeon core.
Next to it, Undine was squatting.
And large pillars were scattered around the coast.
Woo, woo.
The pillars emitted ominous energy, each with its own unique vibration sound.
"Let's do this. Anyone can see that this is a trap to catch you, Glacie. I'll go and save Undine. You wait here."
Glacie shook her head.
"I appreciate the help, but let's go together. This is my job and the job of a spirit."
Davian nodded.
This was an unprecedented situation where humans had imprisoned a spirit.
And a top-tier spirit at that.
"Okay. But promise me. Don't run off on your own because you're angry."
"Can I just stay close to you, Davian?"
"Yeah."
"But don't interfere with whatever I do either. I won't get excited and run off on my own."
"Okay."
Insanis crossed his arms.
"I want to help, but I don't think there's much I can do. I, Insanis, have sworn never to harm humans."
Ignis nudged Insanis's side.
"Unless you just came to watch. I think there's something you can help with?"
"I don't harm humans."
"Over there."
Ignis pointed.
Drrr.
The coastline began to split.
The crack widened,
and an unfamiliar energy overflowed from within.
Krrr.
The sound of a giant beast wailing.
It was definitely different from the monsters from the demon realm.
But it was also a sound they had never heard before.
An ancient Behemoth appeared.
Splash.
This time, the seawater split apart.
Krrr.
Similarly, the sound of an ancient beast's wail erupted.
What emerged from the split seawater was.
An ancient Leviathan.
Beings summoned by reversing time, not from another dimension.
Look at that strong waist.
Look at the power emanating from that belly.
Look at those thick legs with bulging tendons.
Bones like bronze pipes, ribs like iron bars.
Behemoth.
The beast that rules over other beasts.
If Behemoth is the king of the ancient species of the land.
Who can stand against Leviathan unharmed?
Look at the rows of terrifying teeth.
Look at that back, sealed like a solid stone seal.
Scales touching each other without even the wind being able to find a gap.
Fire spews from its mouth, and smoke pours from its nostrils.
Leviathan.
The only mate of Behemoth, the beast that rules over other beasts.
And the beast that dominates the sea.
Starting with Behemoth and Leviathan.
Various ancient species continued to be summoned.
Red Dragon Ignis frowned.
"Ancient species."
Insanis as well.
"Indeed."
Ignis's red eyes blazed.
"Humans dare to arbitrarily imprison and threaten a noble being from another dimension, a spirit."
Insanis's jet-black eyes grew darker.
"Now they are reversing time, a promise with the gods, to try to kill the ancient species twice."
"We can't just let this go."
"I think so too."
Dragons are beings who believe they exist for the order of the human world.
In front of the two dragons, the order of dimension and time was completely collapsing.
And that too, by humans.
"The role of the dragon."
"It's time to fulfill it."
Ignis and Insanis followed the three people, no, two people and one spirit, who were descending the hill.
"Over there! They're coming down!"
Intelligence Chief Heinz Grayton turned his head.
He saw five people descending the hill.
Clack, clack.
Among them was Glacie, wearing ice shoes and a sky-blue dress.
Drizzle, drip.
Ice rain began to fall from the clear sky.
"Everyone, stay alert! The spirit hunt begins!"
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