The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

51 You're an enemy

Icicles extended with explosive force from the cracks in the Dragon Golem's torso.

Vandalieu and Eleanora were far away, but Vigaro and the others had been caught up in it with no chance to react.

Bone Wolf and Bone Bird let out screams as the icicles pierced them while bones and pieces of armor flew and rolled across the ground all the way over to Vandalieu.

Vandalieu's eyes met with those of a skull that had landed nearby.

"Bone Man... What about your other parts?" he asked.

"Jyuuh! My lower half is on the other side and my left arm has been swallowed by the ice. The rest is all around this area!" replied Bone Man, his lower jaw and teeth clattering energetically. It seemed that he had split himself into pieces to escape the icicles.

"A-as expected of an Undead," said Zadiris.

"I've started to lose confidence in my own immortality," said Eleanora.

The two of them smiled bitterly with relief and looked up to see Rita and Saria, who were combining their armor pieces to make up a single suit of armor now that they lacked the parts to make two. Vigaro was unharmed and Borkus was getting onto his feet, despite having now properly lost half of his head rather than just his face. It seemed that there was surprisingly little damage done.

"Those icicles... That cursed ice moved with the Dragon Golem's fragments that cover it like armor," said Vandalieu. "The surface of the ice has Orichalcum fragments in it, so it nullified my Energy Absorption and Zadiris's Arrow Evasion."

On top of that, the cursed ice was a special substance that only Orichalcum and Vandalieu's death-attribute magic could break down.

Bone Man and some of the other Undead had managed to avoid the icicles by splitting themselves into pieces, but Bone Monkey and Bone Bear had instinctively tried to stop the ice to no avail.

Bone Bird, who was missing a leg, gave a sorrowful cry.

Vandalieu saw the crimson color of Bone Monkey's femur fade away, returning to its original white color.

"My lord...!" Bone Man began.

"I know." Vandalieu used Spirit Form Transformation on his right hand, connected it to the spirits of Bone Monkey, Bone Bear and Bone Wolf and poured his Mana into them to preserve their damaged spirits. Their spirits had been gravely wounded by the Orichalcum, and though it was possible to heal them, it would be difficult to have them return to fighting shape right away.

"Is everyone alright?!" shouted Vigaro.

"Tch! My good looks have been ruined!" Borkus lamented.

They were both still holding their weapons, which were crude and barely weapon-shaped at all. But they were still weapons made of Orichalcum.

They had managed to block the Orichalcum-covered icicles with these to protect themselves.

"Here you are, Rita-jouchan," said Borkus.

"Thank you," replied Rita.

While Vigaro was unharmed, the skull-like right half of Borkus's face had been broken... because he had immediately grabbed the bra portion of Rita's bikini armor.

"I was thinking about how embarrassing it would be to fight in front of everyone with my chest exposed," she continued.

"Chest, you say... there's nothing there," said Borkus, seemingly disappointed at the fact that Rita was still just a spirit other than her armor, but it seemed that she had no intention of being upset by his remark.