With the dull wail of the stone demon, the circle collapsed in an instant, and the black light dissipated. Guladan fell to one knee and clutched his head. The black smoke around him slowly dissipated, and the killing intent in his eyes quickly drained. Hanging his forehead listlessly, the stone demon raised his head and looked around, letting out a cry of annoyance.

A sense of detachment accompanied by vertigo came him, and Deerno stood in stze, unable to believe his eyes: we really let him out of control!

There was a burst of cheers, and the air of excitement filled the entire cavern. Just after a carnival-like commotion, the elf, who was holding Lusha in distress, suddenly turned his head and stared at Guladan with a sad face.

Frustrated by his staring, Gulladan slowly approached the elf with a crying voice. However, Cyberdat only sighed, pointed to the suffering that the stone demons had brought to them, and did not speak again—including Lusha who had fainted in her arms, the captain who was also unconscious, several soldiers who had been stoned to death, and the blocked entrance.

After the cheers, there was a long silence - as if the party had suddenly gone cold. The sound of a pounding rock could be heard at the entrance, and the soldiers sat down in exhaustion, their eyes on Derno, as if waiting for some order or speech.

By the way, the captain is now unconscious, and I should take over the command as an adjutant...... However, after opening his mouth, Deenor was annoyed to find that he still couldn't say anything: some words were already in his mouth, but he swallowed them at the critical moment. In the end, he let himself and others down, as usual, and could only say the words from the bottom of his heart: "Mr. Sebodart, and Miss Lusa—thank you very much this time." ”

"Didn't I say that? I'll talk about this kind of thing at the celebration banquet. Lowering the brim of his hat, the elf looked at the girl in his arms with great distress: "This battle is not over yet...... Far from it. A few steps away from victory. ”

Is the battle not over yet? Is he talking about Winter's Breath or what?

Forget it, I'll check the captain's injuries again...... Breathless by the atmosphere, Dernor, seeing that the elf didn't want to speak again, approached Edus and carefully checked his snort and pulse: there was no problem. It appears that the injury was only a slight blow to the back of the head, possibly some concussion.

This little wound can be healed in a moment by handing it over to Dr. Enis. It's just that Eders will probably be ridiculed by the poisonous doctor again. For example: Your intelligence is really a match for a concussion.

Captain, how big is your life, so you won't die?Although this time it was thanks to Miss Lusa, but after being attacked in Cold Snow Castle last time, she didn't die like Quill, but was only locked up in a secret room. What else do you say "time is running out", which makes people worry blindly......

A startling voice came from his ears, and when he listened closely, he knew that it was Guladan who was crying. Turning his head to look at the stone demon in shock, Denor's pupils reflected something he never thought it would exist: the stone demon was sitting on the ground covering his face like a child and crying, and large transparent tears flowed down and smashed on the ground. In just a short time, it had accumulated into a puddle.

The stone demon actually has feelings...... And it seems that the feelings are not ordinary delicate.

It's the catharsis of this emotion...... How do you look so much like a child. The contrasting scene of this behemoth crying loudly is really eye-catching and incongruous. Witnessing all this greatly challenged Denor's emotional intelligence, and he sincerely felt that he couldn't judge people by their appearance - no, they were stone demons.

"Alright, don't cry. As if coaxing a child, he patted Guladan on the calf with a sympathetic face, and the elf withdrew the leather whip and hung it on his waist: "I don't blame you, it was all done by the black ice mage." It's time to stone him to revenge - go and help carry away the rocks? They're blocking the entrance, you just threw them. Be responsible. ”

Whimpering and nodding, the stone demon seemed to be very shy, still covering his face and standing up and walking towards the blocked staircase. Worthy of the stone demon's tremendous strength, he moved all the stones away in just one minute. Several people who were holding pickaxes looked at Guladan and the exposed corpse, and retreated in fright after putting on a sluggish expression.

"It's hard work, you guys go back to the surface first. Seeing that they subconsciously raised their weapons to defend themselves, Deerno suddenly remembered his duty and hurriedly shouted at them, "Besides, there will be a monster that you may all be familiar with in a few moments to come up to the ground." Let the unfamiliar guards not panic. ”

It was clear that they belonged to the unfamiliar group of guards. After hurriedly kicking away the rubble, several people hurriedly climbed the stairs, and even before one had reached the top, the second began to climb up. Hurriedly screaming to stop them, the adjutant ran to the side of several people anxiously: "This temporary wooden ladder is not strong, at most one person can climb on it." Didn't the people up there tell you?!"

"No, no. Frightened, they jumped off the ladder, and several of them looked dazed but didn't care—they really didn't know, because one of them was visibly frightened.

Did Eders forget to say it again? It's such an important thing...... Feeling a wave of chagrin and anger, Deerno glanced at the captain with a complicated expression: what if someone climbs the ladder because it is not strong and falls to death?

"Dereno, I have something to tell you! The voice was extremely low, and the elf patted the stone demon who was still sobbing: "Hurry up and get smaller, otherwise your remaining mana won't be able to hold on." Hold Lusa for me for a while. ”

Nodding, the stone demon's body suddenly shrank to a height of about two meters, and even the size of Edus's was almost the same. He took Lusa sadly, hugged her very lovingly, and stroked her broken wings.

Your body is so hard, no matter how light your movements are, it's easy to hurt her...... Approaching the elf with doubts, Deerno looked at the exhausted man puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"We've got to get to Snowcastle right now, Dereno...... Bring all the troops here. After Edus fell, you were already a commander. Pinching his arm, the elf's expression was very solemn: "The enemy is attacking from east to west, and in just a moment, Cold Snow Castle may be full of enemy soldiers like last time." Guladan was unable to grow larger again due to the lack of magical energy from Lucina and the Black Ice Mage. In short, if Snowcastle falls again, it will not be able to regain it. ”