I walk again through the desert’s relentless sandstorm.
Where the ghosted Nymphairs had vanished, only broken masks and blackened petals remained.
But from afar
Huuuuuuung……
The wind cried strangely.
Gais stopped.
"It’s coming again."
Dryard looked at the desert.
This time, there were no footprints in the sand.
But something was approaching.
The air itself was becoming distorted.
Heat distortion body.
After that, the sand surged.
The Sagugum-nim fairies appeared.
Both arms had turned into huge sand swords.
“You who have been driven out of the forest…….”
A person pair muttered.
"We are not over yet."
Gais raised a spear.
"You probably don’t want to finish it, do you?"
Kwaaang!
Sagu-gum’s friend charged.
A huge sand sword struck down.
Gaisga shifted his body to the side.
The sand where the sword had passed split open deeply.
Another sword came in from the opposite side immediately.
Kang!
I blocked it with a shield.
The shock traveled up my arm.
Gais pushed the shield forward as it was.
Crack!
Nimpair’s body was pushed backward.
At that moment, from the sky—
Puuuuak!
The desert moth’s nymphs spread their wings.
Thousands of sand particles spread out as if exploding.
My vision completely vanished.
"Dry-up!"
"I'm here!"
The earth quaked.
Rumble rumble!
A tree trunk broke through the desert and climbed up.
A huge intangle wrapped around the Nymphairs.
But the sand tentacles’ nippers scattered their bodies.
The sand fell to the ground.
And it rose again at the feet of the Gais family.
Crack!
“……It's annoying
Gais went and slammed the shield onto the floor.
Jijijijik!
The electric wave spread in all directions.
The bodies of the Nimpairs, which had been hidden in the sand, were revealed in an instant.
Seizing the opportunity, he swung the spear.
Screech!
The wind compressed and cut away the sand as a whole.
Some Nymphairs have fallen.
However, one of them rose slowly.
The mask on the face had been broken.
There was no face inside.
Instead, there was a small flame.
"We...… It went out in the forest
The flame grew.
"So even in the desert...…”
A huge pillar of fire rose from behind her.
Hwaaaaaak!
“……I’ll stay
Gais raised his shield.
A massive fire fog covered the battlefield.
Blaze and sand mixed together and completely engulfed my vision.
Dryard spread his hand.
"This is like fire burning the forest."
"Okay."
Gais went into the flames.
"But even fire eventually goes out."
Water gathered at the edge of the window.
Kraaaak!
Water split through the flames and exploded.
Steam covered the desert.
At that moment, the ghostly appearances of the Nymphairs were fully revealed.
Gais went and charged straight at it.
The spear swung.
The shields collided.
The electricity went out.
A tree root sprouted.
The sand sword shattered.
The ice‑hard‑sand masks shattered one by one.
And the last ghost knelt down.
We...… Where should I go
Gaisga looked for a moment and then spoke.
"That’s not something I should decide."
The ghost lifted its head.
“Then?”
"But at least we don't have to keep fighting here, right?"
It was windy.
The spirit’s body slowly began to turn into sand.
There was no scream this time either.
There was no resentment either.
It simply turned to sand and scattered into the desert.
Dryard said quietly.
This time...… You looked comfortable
Gaisga slung the spear over his shoulder.
"Then that's fine."
The two walked forward again.
But far away
A massive black fortress wall emerged in the middle of the desert.
Countless Nymphair masks hung above the fortress wall.
And beneath it, a sentence was engraved.
Those cast out of the forest end here.
Gaisga looked at the castle wall.
“……Not only not ending
He adjusted his grip on the spear.
"It looks like they started something here."