"Awesome......

The canyon fortress below is suffering from extinction.

High in the sky, Ronald, who remains floating, is admiring the spell that Nicole has just cast.

"I thought that when you got two rune systems, you should devote yourself wholeheartedly to the study of runes. But I didn't expect that while taking care of the development of new skills, your original spells will continue to deepen and become stronger."

"Nicole, yours is yours!"

Ronald's emotion comes from the heart.

Just now, when he took Nicole and Costadt to the top of the canyon fortress.

Through the detection of multiple spells such as terrain and human perception, they have determined that this place is indeed hiding the caster of the [Nine Rings Secret Society], and Ronald is also ready to take action himself, and attack this place as always.

However, before Ronald got his hands dirty.

Nicole responds first, showing her strength as an ace investigator and as a true top-level canon holder!

The girl took out a few seeds from the pocket she was carrying.

After carefully carving a string of runes, she tossed the seeds downward.

The moment it comes into contact with the soil.

Huge vitality erupted from these tree species, and the seeds blessed by rune transformation grew rapidly like pea seedlings in fairy tales, and spread their roots downward.

Ordinary plants, which absorb water from nature and nutrients from the soil, grow slowly under the sun.

But the seed that Nicole left behind completely defies this common sense.

This plant uses magic as the entire source of energy for growth, and it also completely breaks through the boundaries of its own growth. Especially with Nicole's unsparing magical support, these fast-devouring magical plants soon completely covered the eastern side of the canyon and continued to spread to the soil below.

The thick and powerful roots are bound to each other, and the earth and stone are cracked by the force of life, and the latter two are crowded and indistinguishable from each other.

Look away at the moment.

The eastern side of the canyon does not look like a cliff, but rather a handful of taro that has just been pulled out of the soil, and only between the carefully cultivated fruits, you can see the rocky soil tangled in the cracks of the plant rhizomes.

This scene is even just the surface.

Beneath the invisible land, Nicole cultivated plants found the fortress hidden within the cliffs, destroyed it at will, and then devoured it greedily, destroying the barrier that was originally used to hide it.

The tearing of the barrier accelerates the plant's growth, as it grows by devouring mana.

So, tragedy ensued.

This plant can grow unbridled with Nicole's magic, while also devouring the magic of other spellcasters.

In the underground space where the retreat was enclosed, those [Nine Rings Secret Society] casters who were originally on a mission here naturally became the source of nutrients that these plants were seeking.

The roots, which were meant to be used to draw nutrients, wound around these living beings from which there was no escape, crushed into pieces, and greedily sucked the flesh and the magic within.

A huge fortress, a hidden structure that could have fended off armies and even played a major role in strategic events. ….

Under the erosion of the plants driven by Nicole, it and its garrison were reduced to ruins.

Kaka –

The situation intensified, and a huge crack spread out of the cliff.

The uncontrolled growth of plants has expanded the entire eastern side of the canyon in a full circle. The sudden increase in weight also made the stable soil unable to bear the weight, and then tilted to the side.

Winter - Boom -

With a loud sound.

The weight of the cliffs, torn apart by the weight, and the plants wrapped in dirt, mingled and smashed against the cliffs on the other side of the canyon.

Looking down in the air high enough for Ronald and them, a straight canyon turned out from side to center as a twisted and crusted sphere, like

The giants of the earth slowly opened their eyes at this moment.

This happened until Nicole stopped supplying mana and the target of the plant hunt was depleted.

These plants, which have lost their source of growth, are withering and shriveling at the same rapid rate.

「……」

"Hmm—it's actually quite tiring."

In front of this shocking scene, Nicole's somewhat weak voice sounded out at an inopportune time.

Ronald turned his head to look.

Sure enough, I found that Nicole's palm that had just calmly dropped the seed was trembling uncontrollably at the moment - she was very weak.

The investigator girl is still the guy Ronald knew.

When faced with a powerful enough enemy, Nicole did not hesitate to go all out, pouring all her magic power into spells, striving to completely destroy the opponent with a devastating force.

And show the price of such exaggerated attacks.

It's physical exertion.

Just like Ronald had seen several times, when this spell was completed, Nicole was naturally unable to maintain her normal state due to excessive consumption, and the runes engraved on her body in advance were her last resort to protect herself.

The only difference from the past may be that Nicole is strong enough now.

So under this almost energetic attack, she was able to stand trembling in place without fainting immediately.

"You guy...... It's time for some adjustments to the way you fight."

Ronald showed a ridiculous expression among his friends and scolded with a smile:

"It's okay to have me here today. If one day you really overturn because of this way of fighting, then you will be in great trouble!"

Nicole retorted strongly with her little strength:

"I'm doing this because you're here!"

"If I didn't have a trusted companion by my side, I certainly wouldn't have used this outrageous attack!"

With that said, Nicole wanted to share with Ronald what she thinks about trusting her peers.

Just don't wait for the investigator girl to speak again.

A dizzyingly powerful wave of mana suddenly erupted from the direction of a plant that had lost its source of mana and was rapidly withering.

Ronald and the three looked down in unison.

The source of this magic was immediately discovered, and it was found that it was located in the huge ball stuck above the canyon.

"Hey, that's an exaggeration."

Nicole couldn't help but exclaim.

Because on the earth where her spell had just raged, a flame made of magic power actually devoured the plants that could swallow the magic power, and incinerated the huge plant body like an appendage!

Just a few breaths between the three Ronald noticed and looked down.

The flames burned along the trees Nicole had made, quickly turning everything that could burn into flames, and the canyon was lit up like a bloody dusk in the early morning.

Even at high altitudes.

The three Ronald also clearly felt the temperature of the raging flames below.

At the same time, it is also obvious that this flame contains a threat to all spellcasters! .

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