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"Sophia, let's continue to walk to Hinako."

The extent of the freeze continues to expand.

They should be able to notice what's going on here......

With the addition of Suzuki's magic, Hoshino's magic power has increased exponentially.

The icy temperature made everyone inside feel what it was like, including the griffons.

The griffon, still rushing forward, stopped.

It spotted the anomaly behind itself and watched its surroundings alertly.

"It's cold...... Yes! It's Nao-chan's magic! Captains, they're here to save us! ”

"Look, I'll just say that Miss Suzuki won't abandon us."

"Let's go, Harina-chan, let's go meet the captains."

"Hmm!"

Taking advantage of the griffin's target behind her, Harina immediately burrowed into the bushes and hid.

Roar———

The griffon, which had lost its target, roared in anger and spewed fire in search of Hinako.

But the burning trees were soon frozen by the ever-expanding freezing magic.

The cold temperatures made the griffins very uncomfortable.

"Nao-chan's magic is amazing!"

"We slowly leaned towards Miss Suzuki...... Don't make too much noise! ”

"Well, it won't."

The two quietly weaved through the grass.

"Hey, Harina-chan, Captain, they're behind the griffin, right?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Then we won't be noticed when we walk past it, right?"

"Miss Hinako, please don't say anything like that."

"Well, I'm just a little worried."

"Haven't you remembered the previous lesson?"

"What lesson?"

"Shhhh Don't talk, the griffon is right next to you. ”

The two of them quickly moved into the grass parallel to the griffon, and the griffin seemed to sense their breath as well, looking around for them.

“……”

The two crept along.

"Ahh

Hinako's sneezing was especially loud in the silent forest.

"Miss Hinako!"

Huan is Qingna is also a little angry, and reprimanded loudly.

"Sorry, it's too cold...... I didn't hold back and ......."

Hinako also knew that she had made a very serious mistake, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Harina.

Roar ————

The griffon spotted the two of them based on the sound and rushed down with fire.

"Run!"

"Wait for me...... Wow! ”

Harina, who had just run two steps forward, ran back and picked up Hinako.

"Thank you, Harina-chan."

"Help me keep an eye on the griffin's location, and find Miss Suzuki's location."

"Hmm."

……

"Sophia, have you seen Hinakoto?"

"Not ...... yet"

"Damn...... Haven't they noticed the situation here......"

"Look, the griffons are coming towards us."

"Oh? Great, they should have noticed us. Quick, fly that way! ”

"Yes, yes......"

……

"Harina-chan, look, it's the captain and Sophia-chan!"

“…… Hold on, I'm going to speed up. ”

"Huh? Can it be any faster? ”

"Of course!"

Harina's speed increased again, and she instantly widened the distance between herself and the griffon.

"That's amazing!"

But the griffon's flame followed.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

"What's coming?"

Haruna, who was focused on running, didn't notice the scorching flames behind her, and she didn't understand Hinako's words at all.

"Griffon's Flame!"

"You should have said this kind of thing earlier!"

Haruna realized the danger behind her, but it was too late.

Flames exploded around her, splashes of flames lit her clothes, revealing her snow-white skin.

"Are you alright? Hauna-chan? ”

"Can I use water magic?"

"No problem! Made of Water! ”

Cold water poured over Hauna's body.

Soaked through her clothes, and with the cold air around her, Haruna felt like her body was about to freeze.

"——— Sneeze"

"Are you cold?"

"What do you say?"

"Do you want me to use some fire magic?"

"Forget it, don't make any more trouble for me...... ——— Sneeze"

Affected by her physical condition, Haruna was obviously a little overwhelmed.

"Really, don't?"

"No need...... Miss Suzuki is very close to us. ”

In the past few minutes, the two have run a short distance, and they can clearly see Suzuki riding on Sophia.

"Captain! Captain! I am here! ”

"Miss Hinako, can you be quiet? My ears are going to be deafened by you. ”

"It's okay, Captain, she saw us."

"Ahhh......h It's really ......."

Suzuki also noticed the two of Haruna, who were desperately trying to escape under the pursuit of the griffin.

"Sophia, get ready to do a big job!"

Suzuki made such a heroic speech at Sophia's head.

"What do you want to do?"

"Griffin meat, of course!"

"Huh?"

"I'll give you some meat today."

"Are you an idiot? When did I say I was going to eat the meat of this monster? ”

"It's okay, I'll let you try it today."

"Try your size!"

"Holy Sanctuary! Come on, Sophia, hit it! ”

The brilliance of magic shone on Sophia's body, greatly improving all aspects of Sophia's attributes.

"Huh? Bump? Are you sure? ”

"Of course, let it see the hardness of your dragons."

"Don't act like I'm just hard!"

Seeing the griffon getting closer and closer, Sophia had no intention of stopping, and of course the griffon was the same, roaring forward, not caring at all that it was a real dragon in front of it.

"Harina, get out of the way!"

Suzuki shouted at Hauna, who had already run directly below Sophia.

"Huh? Oh......"

"Is the captain planning to crash into it?"

"Seems to be...... We'd better stay away. ”

Harina, who had just stopped to take a break, picked up Hinako again and ran.

"Kill it, Sophia!"

The high-speed flying griffin collided with the turtle-flying Sophia, and due to the magic bonus, Sophia's physical strength more than doubled, and directly knocked the griffin away.

"Well done!"

"Oh...... The strength feels so comfortable......"

Sophia also couldn't believe that her strength could reach this level, according to common sense, its strength was not comparable to that of a griffin, but it was not easy to defeat a griffin head-on like this.

"Go and get Hinako and Harina...... Hmm! What are you doing, stupid dragon? ”

Sophia, who suddenly moved, made Suzuki, who had not stood firm, almost fall off the dragon's back.

"I'm going to kill it!"

"Wait, wait, we need Hinako's strength to ......"

"No, you don't! Now I ...... It can be done! ”

……