CLACK! CLACK! CLACK!
My Obsidian Steed gallops through the snowy path, and I have a steady leash on it, my fierce gaze staring at the gaping chasm etched on the mountain wall. Its mass is indescribable, like a fatal wound on the Mountain’s peak.
It’s strange.
I never noticed it, or the cavern beyond it, during my previous tis here.
’Was this Ciel’s arrangent?’
Discarding the thought as unnecessary, I simply charge forward, completely consud by a great determination to save everyone. I am deeply tempted to use Clairvoyance so I can confirm everyone’s safety, but that would strip of the ability to use Frontflow for another hour.
That isn’t a risk I can afford to take.
Every hour or so, the Obsidian Steed returns to its normal form, and I need Frontflow to constantly activate it. If I opt for Clairvoyance, I won’t be able to make much progress when it cos to travel.
My speed isn’t enough, so I have to rely on the Obsidian Steed.
However, after using Frontflow to affect both myself and this Armant, I have discovered a flaw with its chanics. The ’hour’ it lasts in is calculated by the ti experienced in Frontflow.
Essentially, if I replace my Minute Layer with my Hour Layer and use the Obsidian Steed, then after this Conception ends, the Obsidian Steed returns to its normal form, since an hour has passed according to my use of it.
To reactivate it, I have to wait until the cooldown period—a few minutes—elapses before I can reactivate the Conception.
It’s an inconvenient arrangent, but it’s the only thod I currently possess.
Still, I can’t complain thanks to the speed.
Thanks to it, despite just concluding my match with over fifty Direwolves, I have already returned to the cavern. Unfortunately, even at the entrance, there are what appear to be hundreds of Direwolves.
Their numbers make my earlier experience feel like playti.
’Thankfully, Frontflow is still on...’ At this mont, I enter deep thought and rapidly consider my options.
I can either choose to ignore these Direwolves and advance so I can save those who are trapped inside, or I can slaughter them before proceeding.
Doing the forr will allow to reach everyone faster, but it will also make their rescue more difficult, since the entrance, which I suspect is also the only exit out of this one-way cavern, would be blocked by Magivores.
I can imagine that Ciel has all kinds of arrangents in this Cavern.
If she’s certain that I won’t survive this experience, I have to brace myself for a great threat. I will likely not be able to protect everyone in the face of such a threat, and the most I can do is create an escape route for them.
But if I do not eliminate these Direwolves now, they will only be trapped while I am occupied with whatever awaits inside.
So...
’Although I need to hurry to rescue them, I have to make sure the path is as safe as possible, so that my efforts won’t be in vain.’ I sigh deeply, my hand tightly gripping Frost Bite’s hilt. ’Forgive my delay, everyone. Please hang on for a little longer.’
With Frontflow activated, the Direwolves are sixty tis slower than I am, and the sa applies to their attacks.
Although they already spotted a distance away, a second to them is about a minute to .
They can’t keep up with my speed.
"This makes things easier..."
While controlling the Obsidian Steed, I ascend to the air, easily dodging all the Air Blasts that have now arranged themselves on my path below.
Then, I make the vessel twist in the air, allowing to hang upside down while it flies forward.
My blade hangs steady in my hand.
Death cos.
Not for ... but for these pitiful adversaries of mine known as Magivores.
Their blood imdiately freezes as I slice through the army with relative ease, encasing their bodies in blocks of ice. Although hundreds are blocking the path, all shooting air blasts to occupy the air, everything is moving so slowly that I have more than enough ti to react to everything while dealing counters.
But this doesn’t an I can relax for even a mont.
Frontflow doesn’t last forever.
And after this Conception is over, it will take so minutes—almost seven—to completely recover. It used to be ten, but that number has noticeably reduced over ti. I have to get rid of as many Magivores as I can before that period elapses.
Also, from this point on, I should resort to using Frontflow in shorter bursts.
In essence, replacing my Second Layer with my Minute Layer.
The cooldown period is much shorter.
I’ll have a Minute while others experience a Second. The cooldown is also only about thirty seconds, so I should be able to manage.
It’s also a good thing I brought a considerable number of Potions with on this trip.
Those three especially.
Clear Mind Potion, Blood Flow Potion, and Energy Revitalization Potion.
Without them, I would probably hit my limit pretty soon.
But, thanks to these Potions, I should be able to last for a considerably longer period. Ciel should know this, since I told her so things regarding my Leviathan journey, including these three Potions and their effects.
Thus, I should be even more careful about what exists inside this Cavern.
’Will there be a horde of Cadre 4 Magivores? Even now, I’m only seeing Cadre 3 Magivores blocking the entrance...’
Cadre 2 Magivores are too weak, so Ciel must not have dispatched them for this carnage.
Cadre 4 ones are too powerful, so they are likely waiting for inside.
Let’s not waste any ti and just kill them all.
SWOOOSH!
SWISH!
VWUM!
Right as Frontflow concludes, I pierce the heart of the last Direwolf, turning it into an icy statue before it collapses and shatters on the ground.
"Haa... haa..." Exhausted sighs slowly leak out of my lips.
I need to consu Potions.
While I quickly drink the Potions to restore my strength, I realize just how difficult this venture will likely be. Although it has only been about an hour since everyone was attacked, it has been several hours for already, since I have used Frontflow a few tis already.
Moving forward, I will be experiencing a Minute per Second for multiple events, which will keep stacking up my experience as ti passes.
It is likely that I will spend an entire day in total in the span of a few hours.
Going that long without rest, while also exerting myself to eliminate all of these Magivores, will certainly be an extrely difficult venture. However, I can’t stop now just because of its evident difficulty. It’s not a hopeless situation, since I have my Potions.
Plus, if I can overco this situation, I can restock in Lumian Town before returning to fight Ciel.
Let’s not think too much... Just one step at a ti.
I’ll win.
I just have to keep going!
After advancing further into the cavern, I et my next batch of Direwolves.
The cooldown period of Frontflow hasn’t been consummated, which ans I have to face all of them in regular ti. As inconvenient as this is, I hold no complaints and simply brace myself for what is about to unfold.
The Direwolves before are barely a hundred, far less than the ones at the entrance.
But, there is a problem.
’A Cadre 4 Magivore is present.’ I sigh deeply.
’This is bad.’
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