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nThe wolves started to growl all at once.

nThe next moment, the cursed rock is already in front of me.

n「Uwa!」

nI instinctively protect myself with my arms….

nI have no time to calmly analyze what’s happening.

nCrash

nAfter a loud crashing sound, the pain…areh? I don’t feel any pain.

nWhen I checked what happened quietly, the cursed rock was embedded on the wall of the cave opposite of us.

nMoreover, the shape of the cursed rock has changed.

nIt got smaller.

nWhen the cursed rock comes out of the wall, it moves along the wall for some reason.

nIt looks like it’s taking its distance from me.

nI don’t remember doing anything against it though.

nWhat happened?

nIt knocked against us….was it attacked?

nAh, the barrier.

nThe barrier successfully protected me.

nHowever, that’s a little different from the result that I thought of when I cast the barrier.

nWhy did it even get into the wall?

nThe place here is bigger compared to the space where the wolves were.

nWe got here from a path that is connected to a corner of this space.

nThis place is rectangular in shape and the cursed rock that moved to the opposite diagonal corner looks small.

nIt seems like it was trying to escape but I really don’t know.

nI wonder if there was something in me that scared it.

nDoes this rock even have a will?

nI twist my neck and look back at the wolves.

nThey stared at me with their round lovely eyes.

nThey are relaxed.

nMy tension also loosens up a bit because of them.

nIf I try to get a little closer, the cursed rock will attack me again.

nLet’s try to receive its attack.

nIt is blocked by the barrier and the barrier shines and attacks back.

n….attacks back?

nThe light that pierced the cursed rock like a spear disappears.

nIt was only for a moment.

nThe barrier attacks back, what is it?

nI never thought that a barrier can be this frightening.

nThe cursed rock sunk on the farthest wall again.

nAt first, it is so big that it looks like it’ll reach the ceiling of the floor which is about 25m high…now, it has become much smaller.

nIt became smaller twice so it is probably around 7 – 8 meters.

nWell, pardon me but you attacked me first so I can only fight back.

nOr rather, it was the barrier that attacked.

nWhen I looked at the wolves, they tilted their heads.

nIt looks like they don’t know what’s happening too.

nIt’s a waste of time to think about barriers so let’s leave it alone.

nThe problem is the cursed rock.

nI couldn’t attack so I could only try to get closer.

nIt’s not even moving from the corner.

nIs it just me?

nI feel like it’s giving me the same impression as the wolf when I first met it but this is an inorganic rock.

nCould it be a living rock?

nIs that the reason why it can curse?

nI tried purifying it.

nThe cursed rock shines for a moment but turns back to being a black rock immediately.

nIt seems like the purification power is weak.

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