70 - And then there's the pressure.

The three brothers shout in unison as they turn back at a furious pace.

"We're in trouble!"

"Oh, shit!"

"Oh, no!"

Thor's cheeks relax a little at the report that there is no more information, but he looks sharply at the height of the waves crashing on the riverbank.

Yuril sensed something, too, and nodded his head quickly while looking at Thor.

The twins, who had also sensed something unusual, muttered quietly to each other, their faces contorted.

"......It was probably Rishi who sent the rampaging river horse or something like that."

"...... foolish thing to do. You've been cornered that hard."

With sad eyes, Tapa and Tali continue to speak.

"...... quickly take the little ones and run away."

"...... we'll pay for this with our lives."

"Not so fast. This isn't just about the two of you anymore, it's about all of us. And if we abandon the bridge and run away, it won't end well for us.

"You already smell of water, Mr. Tapa, Mr. Tali. If you're in trouble, don't do it. It's only natural that we help each other.

Moe, you can be a little bit of a hard ass too!

"That's right. I'll do my best, but first let's save the bridge.　

The twins, their narrow eyes wide open, hung their heads silently as Thor and the others spoke.

When they were in agreement, Thor spoke to the woman who would be his trump card.

"Can you help us?　Mr. Yuril."

"Yes, I think I can manage. Sola, where is my luggage?　It's a long, thin package.

"Uh, where was that?　Oh, is this it?"

Oh, that's it. Thank you very much."

When I opened the package I received, I found a short cane made of a strange blackish material.

At the end of it was a large, gray, translucent, angular stone.

With the staff in his hand, Ulir walked calmly out onto the riverbank, where a light rain was falling.

A larger wave was already breaking on the shore, and the sound of the earth was getting closer.

The three men, their faces deeply impatient, were still waving their hands in the air in the middle of the riverbank.

They probably had no idea what to do.

Yuril, seeing this, now looks a little troubled.

"Excuse me, I'm going to use my magic technique there now, can you give me some space?"

But the panicked trio seems to be out of earshot.

They are arguing loudly, occasionally punching each other in the face.

"Excuse me! You're in danger!"

Yuril, realizing that they could not hear him, began to signal with a mixture of gestures.

As he called out, he waved his cane toward the bank in a large, repeated motion.

Immediately the third son's face moved in the direction of Thor and the others.

His eyes are fixed on the body of the silver-haired beauty, which is bouncing from side to side and swaying.

The older brothers, noticing the suspicious behavior of their younger brother, turn their faces in this direction and stop moving in the same way.

Thor muttered in disgust at the sight of the three of them staring at Yuril.

"Mr. Yuril, I think it's okay to involve them now..."

"Not so fast. Please run toward the bank.

The bank, the bank. It's that way!

Sola joined in, waving her arms in the air, but this seemed to be the only thing that stopped them in their tracks.

Tapa, exhaling a small gasp at the sight of the three men stretching out under their noses, lightly nicks an arrow.

Roloff and the others seem to finally come to their senses as the arrow pierces the ground at their feet.

They run up the bank, dodging the arrows that follow.

Yuril nods his head in relief at the sight of the riverbank, which is now finally uninhabited, and turns to speak to Thor.

"I will get the monsters out of the river and stop them on the riverbank. But using this wand is very effective, but it also consumes a lot of magic power. ......"

If so, I will it immediately."

"No, if there are five monsters, you will use up the number of times you can use it anyway. Please save them for the final blow.

I understand. Please take it easy.

Yes, I will enjoy it very much.

Although he could not see it from behind, Thor could see an icy smile on Yuril's beautiful face as he spoke his last words.

Pointing to the riverbank with her upraised staff, the beautiful woman began to recite a prayer in a clear voice.　

"Bloom with your foes--".

A snowflake-like pattern appears on the ground for a moment, but it quickly melts away and disappears.

After repeating this gesture five times in succession, Ulir's shoulders swayed slightly, but he returned to his straight posture as if nothing had happened.

The red water had already overflowed the riverbank and covered the riverbed in no time, as if it was full of time.

The large waves on the surface of the water clearly indicate the presence of something huge approaching.　

The sound of violently shaking water rises to a maximum level.

Monsters appear from around the corner.

With frenzy in their eyes, the monsters open their mouths to their fullest, their thick fangs jutting out, and let out a roar as they furiously roll up the riverbed.

The slender woman remained calm and motionless in the face of this overwhelming sense of intimidation.

The air trembled and the tips of her long ears twitched slightly, and she lifted her staff gracefully once again.

"Sae frost..." (Sae frost fog.)

A breath delayed by the words of the prayer, a pure white mist was born around the rampaging river horses running on the surface of the river.

Even the air freezes instantly in a whirlpool of cold air, and the red wave caps immediately stop moving.

At the same time, the red mucous membrane covering the monster's skin loses moisture and turns white.

The attack comes as a surprise, and the rampaging river horses let out a cry of rage.

Then, to escape the frigid mist, they open their flank flippers and flap their wings, beating the surface of the water with all their might.

"Oh my, you can fly!"

Euril exclaims a little in surprise as his huge body soars through the air with ease.

However, there is no sound of impatience in his voice as the monster easily escapes from the special magic move.

One after another, the monsters land on the riverbanks with a resounding crash.

If all of their huge bodies came rushing toward them at once, Yuril's slender body would be crushed in an instant.

But it was not to be.

As soon as Kawahara and the others stepped forward, white icicles erupted from the ground beneath their feet.

They instantly enveloped the monster's entire body along its surface, freezing its body.

Everyone was stunned and speechless in front of the huge ice flowers blooming with the frozen monster as their core.