Beltane around this time.

"Huff! Huff! What rotten luck!!" shouted Wu. "You damn bastards!!"

"[Firebolt]!!!"

"[Luminous Wind]!!!

"[Hell Kaios]!!!

"(Tuvalo)!!!"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

"Gaaaaah!!!!"

They bombarded her with magic after magic.

"I… I will not lose!! I gained this poison to kill Cirrus!!!" Wu shouted with great distain and fury in her voice.

"You are not worthy to fight him!!" Ryuu gracefully evades her attacks while chanting. "(In the sky of a now distant forest. Infinite stars scattered in the endless night sky. Respond to my foolish voice, give me now divine protection of star fire. Give the mercy of light to the one that abandoned you. Come, wandering wind, the wandering traveler. Cross the sky and run through the wilderness, run faster than anything else. Imbue the light of stardust and destroy the enemy.) [Luminous Wind]!!!"

A series of winds and lights strike her from all sides before falling to the floor.

"G-geh! I… I will survive!! I got what I came here for!" She jumped back into the swamp and held out her hand. "(Hate, hate, the sin within you. By my law, I shall draw for your punishment. Bathe in the jar of poison of an exuberant banquet. Go and melt to the marrow of your bones.)!! [Senshibankō no Kokuhatsu]!!!"

           A light-drinking liquid sprang from her magic circle, and the scent of the poisonous swamp was overcome by an even more powerful poison.

"Talvi!!" shouted Lidari.

"Haruhime!!" shouted Bell.

Haruhime rose her staff and quickly chanted her magic.

"(Grow. That power and that vessel. Breadth of wealth and breadth of wishes. Until the bell tolls, bring forth glory and illusion. -Grow. Confine divine offerings within this body. This golden light bestowed from above. Into the hammer and into the ground, may it bestow good fortune upon you. -Grow)! [Uchide no Kozuchi]!!"

A light envelope Talvi as she chants.

"(Liberate, blood bonds. Come winter's balance. Dance, snow queen. Obey my true name. Be warned, close away. Go back to paradise. My dream, fasten. Into tomorrow's limit, thousand year ice castle.) [Beltane Träumerei]!!"

A large barrier blocks the poisonous water, stopping it from getting to everyone.

While they were dealing with her poison, Wu escaped.

"Tsk… she got away." Said, Aisha.

"At least the Spring of Revival will be cleaned, right?" asked Haruhime.

"Yes," said Hestia. "But I fear where that spirit will go now?"

"I assume she will go to find more strength." Said Ryuu. "She took over this place to gain an even more powerful poison to kill Cirrus, so she will look for more poisonous material."

"But how did she escape the Dungeon?" asked Bell.

"I was told she was the only one to have escaped to the surface for a long time." Said Ryuu. "Cirrus was looking for her for a while and even asked me if anything about poison came up."

"Which is why you came to help, correct?" asked Uskari.

"Hm, yes. It was unfortunate that Cirrus had an emergency quest to take care of."

"It’s fine. I’m glad we were enough to help!" Bell said with a big smile.

As they were talking, Hestia pulled Ryuu aside.

"Hey, elf, what mission?"

"From what I heard from Ai is that it was an emergency quest directly from the Guild."

"Hmm…"

"Is something the matter, Lady Hestia?" asked Bell, looking at her troubled face.

"I’m fine! I just wanted to know something, that’s all!" she said with a smile.

‘Ouranos couldn’t possibly have sent Cirrus to deal with that, right? I mean, there was a Rift, so…’ Hestia’s eyes darted around. ‘I will talk to Artemis about this. I doubt she would send her child to deal with that when he has nothing to purify the flame.’