"Ellie, what's going on??"

I couldn't grasp the situation in the face of the great magic that disintegrated from the air, the ice lumps scattered around us. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"No, I don't know, whew"

The little guy's body was cold and shivering, but beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead.

Ellie's right hand gripped her heart, and she didn't even notice it.

Something very bad is happening.

I put my arms around Ellie and immediately activated the teleportation magic.

Boom, woo

It didn't feel like it was normal when teleporting, the mana was as heavy as lead, and the spell couldn't even be driven.

After a brief moment of teleportation, through a puff of gray smoke, I realized that I hadn't even teleported out of the range of the Satie chieftain!

The snowflakes had covered almost the entire Satie chieftain, only a few high-rise buildings could still be clearly distinguished, and everything else had fallen into a blank white.

"Phew-ha-"

The little one's breathing became heavier, and he could feel a sense of powerlessness from the soul link.

Belch......

No, I didn't notice it just now, and this feeling of powerlessness also came from myself.

It's like-

Yes, it's like waking up from bed, my head is dizzy, my whole body is weak, and I even get extremely tired when I take a breath.

"Ellie, what's wrong?"

The little one had no strength at all, leaning into my arms like a pile of mud, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

'Heart...... Feel the power is draining'

Thankfully, the Soul Link is still working.

Sensing the past from the link, the little one's magic is rapidly frozen, and the heartbeat is becoming slower and weaker......

This is......!

Lives are draining?

No, no, I don't feel any damage, it's just that my strength is draining.

Detective magic can't find any hidden spells, and the surrounding snowflakes are also cut off by my barrier, and have no effect on Ellie.

But Ellie's power is draining away for no apparent reason.

How could there be such a ridiculous thing in the world?

Whew――

"Hey!"

Timia flew from afar with a levitation charm.

"What's wrong with Ellie?"

"I don't know, but she's losing power, and it's fast!"

"Huh?"

Timia leaned over and looked at Ellie in my arms, curled up like a sick little girl, with no strength in her little hands.

Sweat drenched Ellie's long blue hair, twisting it into strands, and the white dress on her body was clinging to her skin.

It's the first time I've seen Ellie weak like this.

"What kind of magic?"

"The point is that I didn't find any magic!"

"Calm down, little ghost"

Timia lashed out at me, and I realized that I had panicked beyond the most basic facts.

"I'll do it again"

Discover the magic.

The magic is so heavy that even such a simple little magic is exhausting and numb.

The result of the magic was still not changed, and the magic on Ellie's body was pure and undisturbed by any other magic.

But it's freezing fast.

It's as if it's freezing in this cold environment.

Environment?

Could this be the reason!?

Witch Padanna's magical 'Snow Mountain'?

"Timia, can you help me find out what this snowy mountain magic is for?"

"Huh? I want to ask you about this."

Timia looked puzzled.

"Why doesn't this magic, which is filled with almost the entire magic of Chief Sati, have no effect at all?"

"Huh?"

Wait a minute......

"Timia, aren't you affected in any way?"

The princess nodded strangely, Timia was not affected by this magic, and she herself did not understand what was going on.

And yet Ellie and I were so oppressed by this magic that we couldn't even breathe?

Boom -

A violent explosion from some kind of magic-induced electric current, which is a lightning strike.

Thankfully, my enchantment can hold up.

'But Isadul, I don't feel any usable magic from you, and my magic will dry up soon'

My patron elf, Moggery, is as clear as if he were standing in front of me.

The old and wizened elf is as shriveled as a mummy, and the magic he has received from me is probably completely exhausted.

After that, I'll lose the protection of the barrier and become extremely vulnerable.

'Will your black and white shield still work?'

'Of course you can'

'How many times can you use it?'

I felt like I had grasped a lifeline.

'If you attack like this just now, three times at most.'

That's enough.

Whew――

I disarm the barrier.

Collect all your mana and gather it on both hands, ready for your next attack.

Whoosh -

The lightning seemed to burst out of space, completely unresponsive.

Clicked and slammed into my shield, torn apart by Mogore's black-and-white vortex, turning into countless branch-like currents that slammed into the ground around me, scorching small holes in the thick snow.

Determine your opponent's position from the blow you just hit, and then activate the magic in your other hand.

Bang -

The violent spin threw my magic away, and the black and white swirls carved a hole in the air, revealing a fierce spiral shape.

'Are you crazy?'

Mogory was furious.

'This is my last magic!'

That's right, now I can neither defend myself nor attack others.

But even if all the magic was used for defense, it was only a matter of time before they were besieged and killed by countless Satie chieftains.

If I let them know that I haven't lost all my resistance, then they won't be the first to surround me.

With a little bit of time, we can hide—

My last sanity said to me.

"Timia, please"

"Uh-huh!"

The princess leaned over and grabbed me by the shoulders with one hand and squeezed Ellie's hand with the other.

"Sedwell, the Gate of the Abyss"

Coaxing-

Black magic gushed out from under the ground like asphalt, staining the surrounding snow black.

The magic unleashed by Timia's patron elves evokes an instinctive sense of disgust, and to say there is a feeling of wanting to vomit, but this is only a small matter of the current situation.

If we don't hide, we'll be eaten alive by Chief Satie.

A wave of magic suddenly tugged at us, as if swallowed by a sea monster, and along with the ground around us, we sank into a bottomless black abyss.