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Chapter 72

Even among the trolls, it had an overwhelming stature, its head about two sizes larger. Its slightly darker green body was packed with wriggling muscles. On its already ugly face, rugged horns sprouted here and there.

Did I just see that? It crushed its own kin!

"A proper mutant."

Everyone, raise your guard!

Irmarel tightened his grip on his sword at the sight of the true mutant trolls beginning to show themselves.

"Ugh!"

"Delroo!"

Barely dodging the horned troll's arm, Delro hastily backpedaled. He was still a fair distance from rejoining the group. With that mutant troll right in front of him, he couldn't just turn and run……

"At this rate, he'll be surrounded by trolls in no time……!"

Elija crouched, lifting one heel as if ready to charge forward.

I can't let Elija run into that danger. Aish. That Delro bastard, always causing trouble.

"Eriya stay put."

I was a step faster than Elija. Sshu-sshuk, my small body quickly crawled onto the mutant troll targeting Delro.

"Echo!"

I could clearly see Elija's startled eyes darting around.

But don't worry. I know best how soft and sticky my body is.

Teop.

While Delro drew the troll's attention, I rolled my body into a round water-balloon shape and covered the troll's head in one go.

Hehe. Taste acidic slime.

Ssii-

I could feel the troll's skin melting inside my body. Uwek.

But even my acid wasn't strong enough to take down a troll. I could only manage to annoy it a little. Between its overwhelming regeneration, the melting speed and the regrowth speed were about the same.

The troll swung its arm a few times, annoyed. Then, perhaps more drawn to the gleaming greatsword in front of its eyes, it ignored me completely and threw a punch at Delro again.

Kwaang!

After Delro's greatsword clashed with the troll several times, the mutant troll's movements became noticeably more aggressive. Delro was unexpectedly quick and nimble. Hmm-hmm. Looks just as brutish as you, but not so easy to hit, is it?

"Aack! I just got paid at the dwarf village! And I'm about to lose another one! I haven't even had time to get a new sword made!"

……Judging by his angry shouts about his greatsword, Delro was still doing fine.

Kreuk.

The troll's face, covered by my body, contorted angrily. Thump-thumping frantically, unable to land a hit on Delro, it slammed the ground repeatedly and shook its head.

"Muang!"

Then it raised its hand and grabbed me, pulling and twisting.

Ggureuk. Ggik.

Now it bent its large body and struggled to peel me off.

……Ah. It can't breathe because of me.

"Hwaat!"

Seizing the moment, Delro's greatsword, filled with a red aura, struck the mutant troll's thick neck. The headless body slowly collapsed.

Thud.

Its sheer size made the ground tremble. Even the busy elves' faces brightened at the sight of the most menacing troll falling.

"Muang! Got it!"

"Keu-ha-hat!"

Delro quickly rejoined Elija and gave me a thumbs-up.

"Hey, that's handy! If you do that, it's so easy……."

Delro's face, as he continued, gradually crumpled. My smiling face also slowly turned to look behind me.

"……Phew."

Ah, what a headache.

Beyond the fallen troll's body, a horde of grotesquely shaped mutant trolls was approaching.

"How many of them are there……."

The three of us turned white.

Were all the ones we'd just dealt with just an appetizer?

With that many, I couldn't block them all one by one—they'd just push through!

While I was seriously considering grabbing Elija and running, Irmarel extended his arm, signaling the elves to fall back, and shouted.

"Lady Nérien! At least thirty mutant trolls at the front!"

At that, the rear unit, which had been casting spells from a distance, repositioned in unison. The robed elf elder, coughing repeatedly, walked forward.

Uh, she looked really frail. Is it okay for her to come fight? I looked back worriedly.

"……Gruyfin."

A single, tiny whisper, and a frost-like chill enveloped her and radiated outward in a circle.

Kagak.

A strong wind blew off her robe, revealing her pale mint-colored hair, which scattered like silk. Ice crystals gathered on her sleeves, forming a small ice dragon that coiled around her arm and opened its mouth contentedly.

-Nérien.

"……Cough, cough. I'll freeze all the trolls behind him."

Wow, her hair is mint-colored. My mouth fell open. Hidden under her robe was a stunning beauty. Are all elves this pretty?

Eueu, the shivering beauty shook her arm. Her pale, almost white, light-blue eyes narrowed into a straight line.

"Ah, cold."

As soon as she spoke, a streak of ice spread rapidly from her feet across the ground.

Bba-jik, bba-jik.

In the next moment, all we could see was ice. In an instant, every troll in sight had frozen solid white.

"How is this possible……."

Elija stared at the white landscape, mouth agape. White breath escaped his lips. As if a frost storm had passed, the area once filled with trolls was completely frozen solid.

Kreuk.

Cutting through the chilled air, Irmarel's sword flashed.

"Don't let your guard down! Resume the attack!"

In the distance, a few trolls at the rear were still unfrozen. Surely the frozen ones would eventually break free and emerge. They were that persistent.

"Elf."

"Di……e."

……They're speaking. Irmarel tightened his grip on his sword, his face growing fiercer.

I'd never seen trolls articulate proper words before—they were using language with clear intent. The sight of these mutant trolls, seemingly with increased intelligence, sharpened everyone's eyes.

"As Lord Zelmir said, we need to wipe them out now."

The remaining trolls tried to push past their frozen comrades to attack, but kept slipping and tangling on the icy ground.

Tsk-tsk, with those big bodies, charging in woo-dada would make them slip and fall.

Kreuk. Out of the way.

A cluster of trolls in the back struggled to get up on the slippery ice.

"Attack."

It's Aria.

At Aria's command, stars filled the night sky.

No—arrows shining like stars filled the sky.

Ssae-ae-ak.

A chilling sound. The sound of arrows cutting through the wind echoed through the forest. And then the bombardment of spirits raining down. The trolls' regeneration was certainly impressive, but faced with the elves' concentrated firepower on the fallen trolls, they were helpless. The number of motionless trolls grew.

"It's getting a bit easier now."

Of course, Elija and Delro were also putting on insane performances. With the mutant trolls slowed to less than ordinary troll speed thanks to the elves, dealing with them was like taking candy from a baby.

I also helped out in small ways, like blocking trolls' breath, and did my best. Though my main role was quickly moving wounded elves since Elija was worried.

"The trolls are almost gone!"

"At this rate, the elves alone would have been enough."

"Ice! So coool!"

Jusseom-jusseom.

Jjoreureuk.

"……What are you doing?"

Elija frowned, seeing Delro crouch down beside a fallen troll. Suddenly, what are you…….

"Yes!"

Delro beamed, rummaging through his pocket. With a chareureuk, small glass bottles appeared.

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