Cursed Orb: Ice Wolf King
Suddenly, a gigantic Ice Wolf appeared in the forest.
Of course, the 2nd Knights Order outside the forest must have seen it as well, but we had more pressing concerns!
"Whoa! Watch out!"
"Damn it! It's not just attacking with its limbs and head; it's attacking with its whole body!"
We didn't have time to grasp the situation around us.
Up until now, we felt safe as long as we were on Talat's spider webs, but now we had to dodge attacks not just from the wolf's legs, jaws, and tail, but also from ice spikes extending from its entire body.
This is beyond difficult!
"Damn, even at this size, offensive magic doesn't work! Water magic slows it down, but that alone won't solve anything!"
"That's true! How about we try dousing its entire body with water?"
"Can you do that, Lily? Only you and I can use powerful water magic here."
"I'll do my best! Talat, buy us some time!"
I commanded Talat to wrap a wall of spider webs around me, shielding me from the wolf's attacks for a while.
Now, to prepare my magic!
"Haaaa!"
"Hmm? You're drawing external magic to cast your spell... What? The wolf's movements are visibly slowing."
"Lady Rumaja, what's happening?"
"Ah, I see. So that's how it's been moving this massive body. I'll prepare my magic as well! Hold on for a bit longer!"
"Y-Yes!"
It seemed Rumaja was also casting a spell.
Wait, is my magic also drawing in hers?
Rumaja, like me, could gather and use the surrounding magic.
If we combine our powers, we can unleash a powerful spell!
As I gathered more magic, I could feel the surrounding area becoming devoid of it, and the Ice Wolf's movements slowed further.
This is looking good!
"Ready, Lily?"
"Yes!"
"Then, let's go!"
Rumaja and I synchronized our water magic.
I cast a spell that unleashed a torrent of water spears from above, while Rumaja cast a spell that shredded with a water vortex.
Both spells froze on contact with the Ice Wolf, but that was enough to immobilize it.
The wolf was pinned and stopped moving.
This should secure our victory.
"... It seems we've succeeded in stopping its movement for now."
"Yes, but what should we do next?"
"Fundamentally, it should be the same as the smaller Ice Wolves. In other words, Talat's poison should work."
"So, we just need to dissolve it with Talat's poison?"
"No, we don't need to dissolve it completely. Remember the giant magic stone we saw earlier? We need to extract it from the wolf and securely wrap it in threads to carry it out. That should make the Ice Wolf disappear."
"Understood. Talat, can you do it?"
(Leave it to me. I'll handle it.)
Talat approached the frozen wolf and began to weave threads around it.
As the threads wrapped around the wolf, it started to dissolve from the points of contact.
It seemed the threads contained a special poison effective against ice.
Initially, I wondered about the purpose of a poison that only melted ice, but it proved extremely effective against ice-based monsters.
You never know what will come in handy.
After about two hours, Talat had dissolved the Ice Wolf to its core and returned with a large cocoon.
This must be the giant magic stone.
(I brought it. But this magic stone is strange.)
"Strange?"
"What's the matter, Lily?"
"Talat says the magic stone is strange."
"Well, that's..."
(The magic stone has a woman trapped inside it. What could this mean?)
"Huh? A woman is trapped inside?”
I couldn't believe Talat's words, and neither could everyone else when I repeated them.
What on earth did you bring back, Talat!?
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