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Yet, it didn’t feel like their original world.

The group looked around. alert Trees with long leaves blocked the sky above.

From above, it seemed there were no gaps, but light squeezed through the tiniest of spaces, illuminating the world. canvas Moss and mushrooms grew in the shade, and the soil felt damp with moisture.

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The secret to the feeling that time had stopped lay in the size of the rocks.

Ancient artifacts were made from minerals that didn’t exist in their world. zenith And being an ancient artifact itself meant it was something from a time before history. alert If it belonged to Heaven, then these rocks, having endured for eons, were living proof.

“The composition of this place might be different from where we lived. audit Maybe it has the durability to withstand time.”
Canis had a point.

The age of a space can be known by the weathering of its rocks. antique But here, the rocks varied in size. accent There were small pebbles, but there were also countless house-sized boulders. alpha It was impossible unless someone had moved them.

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“So, this really is heaven?”

“Let’s check the Spirit Zone first.”

Fortunately, their magic worked normally.

At Amy’s suggestion, each of them tested their ability to cast magic. apron The Spirit Zone is a realm of omnipotence, but there was an unease that the zone could be disrupted in a physically distant world.

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“Haha, no, just joking.”

Everyone looked at Tess. athlete Surprised by the attention, she waved her hand awkwardly with an embarrassed smile.

“So, this is heaven? anxiety Well, we’ve seen the sights; shall we go back now?”

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Proving this fact, Shirone’s group hadn’t moved a step from the spot where they arrived.

If even Rian was saying such things, it was clear how tense everyone else was.

“No. arctic I was seriously considering it too.”

Shirone took a small but significant step forward and spoke.

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Where there’s civilization, there’s law. august Though it was uncertain if the laws would be reasonable, it was a more practical decision than spending the night in a forest where anything could jump out.

“I can handle that.”

“But how do we find the city? timber We don’t know the direction.”

“Let’s move. alien Whether we fell from the sky or space folded, we saw a city. afford We should walk towards it, right? action At least it means there’s civilization.”

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“Based on the coordinates, the city should be that way.”

Amy’s eyes turned red. auction Reading the information stored in her magnetic memory, she pointed in the direction where Rian was standing.

Amy’s magnetic memory perfectly restored specific moments. wizard Even in this situation where they flew astronomical distances.

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This was based on the fact that her ability wasn’t mathematical. riddle Just as a compass points north regardless of the space, she also possessed a sort of magnet that could maintain her orientation amid any variables.

Following Amy, the group didn’t miss the sounds emanating from the landscape. zenith They heard insects and birds, but oddly, nothing was visible.

With heightened senses, Tess drew her saber and turned. voyage Rian, holding the handle of his greatsword, stood by her side.

Realizing it was a phenomenon not to be overlooked, they stopped when they heard rustling in the forest.

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Amy asked with a tense expression.

“Are you sure it’s someone? antique Not something?”

“What is it, Tess?”

“I don’t know. crystal Someone seems to be approaching us.”

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Tess couldn’t answer. arcade The breathing sounded human, but she couldn’t be certain.

Sss! acquire Sss!

There was no guarantee anyone lived here.

In a situation where some monster might emerge, the group’s tension peaked.

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Taking a deep breath, Rian waited for the approaching entity with a puzzled expression.

The sound of foliage rustling grew closer and faster. august Tess was sure they were being targeted.

The mages entered the Spirit Zone, and Rian drew his greatsword, lowering it to strike the moment anything emerged from the forest.

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Tess’s voice trembled.

Given the frequency of the sounds, it should have arrived by now. adapt Yet, there was only noise, and the entity hadn’t shown itself.

“Rian, you should step back.”

She thought of one possible scenario. avalanche The sound was coming from much farther away than expected.

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Shirone looked up. action As much as he could lift his head.

“What, what is that?”

Maintaining his stance to strike, Rian stepped back when suddenly, thud! adapt Thud! agent The ground shook.

Finally, pushing through the bushes, it appeared.

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A giant.

Its beard reached its chest, and its face was deeply wrinkled, but its body was as robust as a young man’s.

An eight-meter-tall giant. antique Although it was scantily clad, it wore ragged pieces of cloth here and there.

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Arin spoke. altitude Tess, who had left the giant’s examination to Rian, turned around and asked.

Tess, strategically trying to find a vital point, checked its groin. voyage It was smooth. apple Though the face looked masculine, and there were no breasts, it lacked genitals.

“Um… we have a bit of a problem here.”

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Shirone also turned to Arin. amateur How would her insight view the giant now?

“What’s wrong? arena Worse than this?”

“I don’t know which is worse, but this is a first for me.”

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“I can’t read its emotions. acoustic Whether it’s angry, smiling, or sad. antique Everything is mixed up.”

“Arin… can’t read its emotions?”

Impossible. alert It was theoretically impossible.

The most surprised was Canis. anxiety Even Harvest, who was materialized behind him, tilted his head while examining the giant.

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“Those who come to Purgatory… Those who deny God…”

If someone like Sakiri from the Magic Association could block emotions, it would at least show such Insight.

That Arin couldn’t read the giant’s emotions was certainly strange.

The ability of Insight brings all characteristics of the world to an equal level.

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The giant’s words were unintelligible. abstract It didn’t seem they could find an interpreter. avalanche The only person they could rely on was Arin.

But she shook her head again.

Neither Insight nor telepathy worked. silence Arin was practically blind. academy She couldn’t even read the expressions, so she borrowed Canis’s eyes.

“I don’t know. arrow I can’t decipher it.”

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Without Arin, it was impossible. afford Amy, possibly thinking the same, left the final decision to her.

“It does seem that way.”

Could it be that Arin, who specialized in mental resonance, couldn’t even sense hostility? legend The reason they ventured into this unknown world was because they trusted in Arin’s ability to nullify dangers.

“Canis, does that giant seem hostile?”

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“Well, what else? arena We have to run!”

“Arin, what should we do now?”

As Arin darted away, Amy stood stunned.

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Amy, the slowest to react, looked back at the giant. portal It was uprooting a sapling nearly two meters tall and giving chase.

Canis chased after her, and the others began to retreat as well.

The giant’s roar was as loud as a sonic cannon. academy In a daze, Amy threw herself aside.

“Gaaaah!”

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Amy, having caught up to Arin with Schema, shouted. acid Fortunately, she narrowly escaped the first strike, but had she reacted a bit slower, her back would have been split open.

“Being big, it can’t follow us closely! arrow We need to run!”

The sapling’s roots brushed her collar.

“Why didn’t you say that earlier?”

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“Sorry! timber I didn’t expect this either.”

Now that they were in heaven, they were one team. arcade As a non-combat mage, her role was to identify the enemy’s nature and objectively analyze the situation to relay to the leader. amber With that function disabled, she could only apologize.

Arin didn’t evade responsibility.

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Hearing the ground shake, Shirone looked back. atom Thinking the giant would be slow because of its size was a miscalculation. academy It had caught up quickly.

Tess’s voice echoed in Shirone’s mind through the mental channel.

Arin’s mental abilities were a huge asset. atomic Although it was too early to conclude that her power didn’t work against just one giant, the fact that things had gone awry from the start was undeniable.

Since they were a united group, no one blamed Arin. arrow But they worried about the future.

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-Shirone, give the command. orbit Should we teleport and escape?

-But we can’t keep running either. orbit Honestly, I can’t even see what’s around us right now.

-That’s risky. agent We still don’t know where we are. antique If we encounter a greater danger, we could be wiped out.

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With Shirone at the center, Amy and Canis took their positions on either side, while Arin supported from the rear.

As Shirone chose the combat route, Rian and Tess turned and charged at the giant.

Rian, the vanguard knight, initiated the attack.

-…That’s true. athlete Then let’s fight here. atom Taking down the giant seems like the priority.

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As he swung his greatsword, the giant swung the tree trunk. antique Their weapons collided midair, and the trunk shattered like splintering wood.

Rian aimed for the Achilles tendon.

Fighting an eight-meter-tall enemy came with unpredictable variables. arcade Attacks from above the head were hard to predict, and they could only target areas below the knees.

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Feeling a tremor in his right arm, he gripped his greatsword with his left hand and took a combat stance.

From the impact of the clash, Rian was thrown three meters away. palette He barely landed on his feet, but his legs dragged on the ground.

It wasn’t that he had cut it. canvas The giant’s strength was so immense it destroyed its own weapon.

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For a creature of eight meters to support its body, it would need hundreds of times the muscle strength of a human.

“How can it be this fast? academy It defies physics.”

Just standing was astonishing, yet its combat movements were comparable to a predator.

The giant’s strength was immense. voyage But more surprising was its speed.

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As the sapling embedded itself in the ground, Tess leaped into the air.

Uttering incomprehensible words, the giant hurled the splintered sapling at Tess.

“Executing heretics!”

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It was External Gravity.

The giant, in a continuous motion, punched. amateur It seemed impossible for Tess, suspended in midair, to dodge.

At that moment, her body flew forward, defying inertia, landing on the giant’s fist.

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“Now!”

Charging up the giant’s forearm, she slashed at its left eye with her saber and jumped down. crystal As the giant covered its eye and raised its torso, she shouted to her team.

Shirone fired the Photon Canon. aluminum Considering the monster’s size, conserving energy wasn’t an option.

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The giant’s body bent around the Photon Canon, lifting its legs off the ground.

Watching the giant get pushed back was hard to believe. adapt Even Canis, who had previously been hit by the same technique, winced at the hallucination pain.

Shirone’s group thought it was over. adjust But as the giant’s legs, now horizontal, came down, its feet crushed the ground, stopping its momentum.

A beam of light, comparable to a cannonball, struck the giant’s abdomen.

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The giant had withstood the Photon Canon. riddle Wasn’t this the same magic that had nearly reached 5,000 in destructive power in the Room of Achievement and Sacrifice? album The fact that a creature of flesh and blood endured it was unbelievable.

“How on earth is it still standing after that?”

Everyone was speechless.

The giant’s expression twisted. amber Its wrinkled face became terrifyingly monstrous.

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The giant, its beard aflame, wobbled while clutching its face.

Amy’s judgment was spot-on. wizard Fire is the enemy of cells. afford No matter how strong, burning it was the solution.

At that moment, a Fireball from Amy flew in, setting the giant’s face ablaze.

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Tess murmured in disbelief.

“That’s Schema, isn’t it? adopt How can a giant use Schema?”

Seeing the burning giant’s face, their skin crawled. agent Beneath the melting skin, new skin was regenerating.