Freeze
The prototype locomotive's noble sacrifice proved capable of guiding the monster, Nibel
A chemical steam locomotive runs in front at walking speed.
The place to be guided is the salt lake of Nark, northeast of the main city of the Berdreich region.
That's where the battle will be fought.
"There are 400 ice mages…"
Giran mutters while confirming the thickly stacked document
"It really doesn't seem to have much intelligence. It could have blocked our progress just by circling the locomotive in the salt lake."
"But can you keep it running until the mages further south arrive, Yukikaze?"
"Impossible. The chemical formula is still not strong enough. It will break in three days if we keep it running at this rate."
"Then there's no choice but to go with these 400 people. What about Shiro Edgeworth?"
"It looks like they haven't returned yet. I want to send people, but I can't send them because of the danger of the blue light."
"They will die before they make contact."
Giran put his hand on his chin and pondered.
After a while, he raised his head and asked me
"Are you going to stop it with this number?"
"Even if you ask me. But if we don't stop it, the continent will be in a terrible mess."
"The Empire was destroyed within eight years of its creation! That's no laughing matter."
"It's only one generation of Emperors, you know. If other continents heard about it, it would go down in history as a funny story."
"That's why it's not funny. I can't let my son become a prince of a lost country."
"Well, we'll manage."
"He'll be 6 next year. He'll be busy with his education, so let's finish it quickly."
And Shiro is definitely the one who is busy with his education.
By the way, Giran's son was named Miriu.
"Yukikaze-sama, preparations for departure are complete."
An imperial guard comes to report.
"Then let's go! Giran, be ready to escape right away, okay?"
"I don't think it's necessary, but I'll be ready just in case."
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By the time we arrived at the salt lake
Something had already happened.
"Isn't it getting bigger?"
It's obviously bigger than it was when it was walking on the sea.
Its size had already tripled.
"Yukikaze. The locomotive is emitting black smoke."
Sedona was right.
There's probably a crack in the locomotive's furnace.
It won't move soon
"If the locomotive is eaten, it'll come after us next! Everyone, prepare for magic bombardment!"
400 Mages and Wyverns
Me and Sedona
1000 soldiers as guards
This is the best we can do right now.
"The locomotive has stopped!"
One of the soldiers reports
Immediately after, Nibel rushes to the locomotive, grabs it, and swallows it whole.
It swallows it as if it were tasting it.
"Here it comes!"
It stops for a moment and then turns around.
Then it starts walking.
"Attack!"
"Fire! Firee!"
Masses of ice that fill the sky fly toward Nibel
Everything melts and evaporates before Nibel's eyes.
"Don't slow down! Keep attacking and take the monster's heat!"
Gradually
It's really small, but the speed of evaporation is slowing down
The question is how long the magic will last.
It's a race against time.
"GYAAAAAA!"
Nibel immediately changed its behavior, perhaps it didn't like it.
"What?"
Nibel thrusts a limb deep into the salt lake.
And then the soldiers...
"W-what?"
"Suddenly it's cold..."
It started to get cold
"You must be kidding!"
"Yukikaze, what's going on!"
"It's taking heat from the air!"
That's impossible!
Air conducts heat less than 10% as efficiently as water.
Far from being inefficient, it's a self-defeating act where you lose your heat
That means
"It's turning on us!"
That means it is prioritizing eliminating us over survival.
"Of course, even an idiot would get angry if someone hit them!"
"Yukikaze-sama! Start a fire..."
Saying that, one mage let out flames
"Frozen…"
His arms were frozen in ice
Then the entire salt lake begins to freeze.
"You monster! Adjust it, you idiot!"
Moisture in the air begins to freeze
Everyone complains of sore throats.
If the temperature continues to drop, we'll all be wiped out for sure.
"GYEEE!"
At that moment, Nibel gives a short bark.
A straight line of ice stretches towards me
"Ah…"
"Yukikaze!"
Sedona reached out to me
But I understand
If I grab it, Sedona will freeze with it.
So I didn't grab it.
"Sedona! Take care of the rest!"
It's fine
I am a fairy
Even if I receive a fatal wound, someday I'll wake up again somewhere.
I just don't know when.
All three of them have a long life ahead of them.
I'm sure we'll meet again somewhere
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