Arborest district west of Fontana territory.
This is a land where rivers flow from more than one aristocratic territory, making it an even greater river.
It was once a general appreciation that the Great Lakes also had water fortresses that were said to be difficult to attack, and that they were hard-preserved aristocratic territories.
However, although that noble territory was defeated and surrendered last year by the Fontana family, which ruled the neighboring noble territory, soon after the death of a new principals, he was forced to claim compensation and went into a situation of impoverished retreat.
And now the former Arbalest territory has been cut off the territory by the Ikes and Bales families of the Fontana family.
The Ikes family, led by Ghana, dominates the territory centered around the Fortress of Paramere, and the Bales family in Vargas dominates where the Old Territory capital is located.
And further behind its Knights of Bales, the Nelson Wetlands, a land untouched by mankind, were spreading.
The river that flows into the Arborest District continues into this Nelson Wetland Zone.
If so, it is something that seems to be connected to the sea if it continues along the stream of water, but no one has made it happen.
Because you're bound to be the one who won't return after a demonic raid.
There seems to be a large number of troublesome demons due to a special place called the Wetlands, so much so that the Arborest family, once rulers of the land, also gave up the development of this wetlands zone.
But it's not like the Arborests didn't get anything.
Rare magic sword material was found in the Nelson Wetlands.
The Arborest family is proud of the thunderous sword material.
You can't get it on any other land. By getting it, the Arborest family got an attack method that was good at driving other nobles back and against the majority.
"So, what demons get that material, Admiral?
"It's a mud monster, Vargas. A human rattle monster made of mud that appears in the wetlands. The nucleus that's moving the mud doll will be the material of the thunderbolt sword."
"A monster with a body made of mud... There's such a thing in the world."
"I hear you're here. They say he's a real pain in the ass. Mud bodies can't even scratch properly just by attacking them normally. Moreover, even if you manage to scrape some parts of your body off hard, it is renewable using other mud from the wetlands. Plus, you can't run out of strength because you're a body of mud. When we sailed along the river and into the wetlands, we were attacked by the mud puppet, so the old Arborest family gave up any further."
"I see. That's a pretty nasty opponent to think about. Doesn't that mean the attack's barely working?"
"Oh, yeah. So the Arborests also continued to fight mud dolls while losing many of their soldiers over a long period of rule, and eventually had to give up. Fortunately for you, the nucleus of that monster could have been used as a magic weapon."
"Uh, what was it? Did you say Magnetic Steel or something, the thunderbolt sword material? So, how do you take it down, that mud doll?
"The Arborest family records indicate that the movement would stop if the nuclear electromagnetic steel somewhere in the mud doll's torso could be removed from the body. It's like he was directing a mud doll from somewhere in the wetlands to an easy place to fight and beating it with a big hammer."
"... what about that? The other guy's body is mud, right? Hammering mud sounds pretty tough."
"I think so, too. So the number of thunderous swords made in a long history is limited. But I'm gonna try another way. Make it a little easier for Keri."
When I joined Vargas, I took Vargas straight to the Nelson Wetlands.
Ask Valkyrie to pull a warm box soli with a flaming ore fireplace on it and talk as we head to our destination.
Based on what Ragna told me about the mud doll that appeared in the Nelson Wetlands, a lifeless monster, I was thinking of a different way to defeat the mud doll than the Arborest family did.
"Another way? Speaking of which, the Admiral heard the story a long time ago, when he was fighting the Memento army, right? That means I've been waiting ever since I heard that story. I mean, don't you mean you've been bothering to wait for this cold winter time?
"Correct, Vargas. The Nelson Wetlands are also a world of snow and ice this time of year. I believe that will be the key to defeating the mud doll."
Apparently, you got an idea what I'm after.
As Vargas said, I waited until winter to come all the way to the land to pick up some magic and electric steel.
Sometimes that means I've been busy with other things, but I dare to.
And so suddenly Valkyrie's pulling box soli stopped moving.
I feel the car pull up and I jump right outside.
Then, as expected, there was the figure of a human rattle monster made of mud.
You can see a mud doll looking like a big two-legged walking figure with wooden branches and algae-like things making up a mix of bodies in the mud.
This guy seems to be about 3m tall, but I hear that mud dolls come in many sizes.
The bigger the Magic Steel, the bigger the Magic Steel, so given the hassle of knocking it down, they don't really aim for anything smaller.
but as the first opponent, this much would be enough.
If you try it on me, who usually sees a giant named Tanatos, I think so because he's no longer surprised at this much, but I think a normal person would be scared enough.
The temperature is very low around and the more runny your nose is, the more it freezes.
Observe the ground.
There's snow, but everything's frozen underneath.
Originally, it's probably swampy if not winter around here.
But now there's solid ice, and it's perfectly fine to move up.
I moved my gaze from the ground to the mud doll in the front and started running towards you.
"Burn it, Ice Flame Sword"
And he cut it with a sword into a demon made of mud.
Normally, what meaningless behavior.
If it's just a sword, the sword just enters the mud body with a zubuzub, and it can't do any damage to the opponent.
Even if you cut off your arms, legs, etc., they will soon regenerate the mud around you.
But it didn't.
The mud doll burned up in abundance.
What immediately bothered me when I heard that my body was a demon made of mud was that the mud used mud from the wetlands.
This means that the body of the mud doll is the core electromagnetic steel, but it is the mud in the wetlands that makes up its apparent body.
If so, what happens in winter?
Apparently, the Arborest family has only fought mud dolls in the mobile and fightable summer, but it would also not mean that those mud dolls would hibernate in the winter.
So what happens to the mud in that body during the winter months?
Maybe it's so cold that the mud from the mud doll's body is frozen.
And that was brilliant.
The body of the winter mud doll was made of frozen mud.
It's also strange that it moves in a frozen state, but it would be a mystery in itself that mud moves when you mention it.
And, normally, it may be harder than mud and harder to deal with extra, but if my magic sword, the Ice Flame Sword, is my opponent, the story changes completely.
Anyway, this magic sword burns the ice without question.
The burning of the ice that comprised the body caused the mud doll to burn completely.
Or because it was pretty hot, I could do something as if it were a big honeysuckle with cracks in it as if it were pottery.
I'll slap that burning hardened ceramic mud doll with my sword again.
Pikipiki and cracks grew larger from the cracked place, smashing it to pieces.
And a slightly yellowish mass of metal was found in the torso.
"I did it. It worked better than I imagined, Vargas. This is the electromagnetic steel that became the material of the Thundering Sword."
"Dude, this is awesome. With the Ice Flame Sword, it's so easy to defeat."
"Well, winter only. So do the rest, Vargas. Keep a good collection of Magic Steel."
"What, I'll do it, Admiral?
"Well, this is your territory, too. Unless I have to do it, and if you have an iceflame sword, there's nothing wrong with Vargas doing it. But be careful. If you burn the ice in the swamp below, you'll probably drown, freeze, or burn."
"Ah, that sounds like it. Okay, I'll be careful."
"Okay, I asked for it. For once, I'll handle Magic Steel in the beginning. I'll pay according to the quantity picked, so report it."
The mud doll exorcism using the ice flame sword is over quickly.
If this didn't work, I thought I'd have to ask Tanatos for it, but apparently I don't need it.
I'll pick up the electromagnetic steel in my hand and try to put a little magic into it.
Then the electricity was released all the time.
I guess this still has the properties of unleashing electricity based on magic.
Thus I succeeded in obtaining a substance that would replace magic with electricity.