In the world of Moe King, I became the ruler of ice.

Time seemed to stand still.

With a "whoosh" sound.

Gransta flew above the head of the Flame Giant, and an astonishing aura of magic emanated from it.

Gripping the Ice Demon in his hand, he swung the sword down towards the head of the Flame Giant.

silence

With this single sword strike, even heaven and earth seemed to weep in despair.

Oh, that was just the sound of the wind, then it's alright. Let's go back to the sword strike the protagonist made.

The space was torn open into a blue crack, and Gransta's voice followed.

"【Ice Crack Cutting】"

This is an innate skill of the Ice Ghost that combines one of its two characteristics, and the resulting power is unknown! Gransta hadn't had a chance to try it before, but now he has the opportunity.

The blue icy light penetrated directly into the Flame Giant's body. The Flame Giant, which had been struggling violently, stopped moving and its magical aura gradually disappeared.

No, it didn't disappear, it was swallowed up by the ice demon in my hand!

Gransta couldn't be wrong; it was indeed swallowed by the Ice Demon. This must be its second characteristic!

(No spoilers yet, I've decided to keep you in suspense (˵¯͒〰¯͒˵))

Gransta sheathed the Ice Demon Longsword, and one could feel that the ice-blue blade had become even more eerie.

Looking at the body of the Flame Giant, it was impaled on the ground by ice spears, and its entire head was covered from top to bottom by a vertically intersecting rhombus of ice crystals in shades of blue.

All that could be seen on the outside was a blue ice crystal wound, but Gransta knew that his entire head had been split in two, only the wound was frozen together by frost.

That's quite powerful!

Gulansta nodded in satisfaction.

"Notification: Host has successfully slain an A-rank Flame Giant. Raider activation successful! Extract?"

"The ruler has been confirmed!"

"Extraction successful! Host has obtained the A-grade material, the Flame Demon Core..."

at this time

Gransta had just dealt with the Flame Giant here and hadn't even had a chance to check his spoils when a huge commotion came from Rimuru's side.

An astonishingly thick pillar of fire shot into the sky, spreading a terrifying aura of magic.

Gransta squinted his beautiful eyes, and with his eyesight, he could see a blurry figure in the pillar of fire.

Rimuru's voice could be heard.

[Gransta, have you dealt with things over there? Miss Shizue has turned into a strange-looking demon! Come and help!]

"A strange demon? Could it be that high-ranking demon Ifrit?"

Gulansta was also muttering to himself, not reacting for a moment.

"That's the only one left!"

Gransta unfurled its transparent wings and charged toward the pillar of fire at an incredible speed.

......

Meanwhile, on a distant high ground, Lan Ya and the others stared intently at the location where the pillar of fire had just appeared.

"Then... isn't that the legendary fire spirit Ifrit? If so, then Miss Shizue is..."

"O Blazing Inferno Master!"

"Didn't that legendary adventurer retire more than twenty years ago?"

Ranga looked anxiously in Rimuru's direction, but when he realized that Gransta's battle was over and they were heading towards Lord Rimuru's location, a huge weight was lifted from his heart.

"If it's Lord Gransta, then there's nothing to worry about."

Upon hearing what Ranya said, the trio's expressions instantly turned extremely awkward, as if they had been slapped in the face, their faces burning with pain.

They had already heard Lan Ya explain in detail that the little elf they had encountered earlier was actually one of the two adults they had mentioned.

Moreover, judging from Ranya's relieved expression, this person is definitely a very reliable individual! Ironically, they had previously boasted to this person that they would definitely protect that little elf.

Especially that magician named Eling, she really "protected" the elf the whole way.

Thinking of this, Ai Ling wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, or dig a hole with her toes to hide her face.

Just then, Gransta's figure arrived at the battlefield as swiftly as a ghost.

He could see from afar that the Great Pillar of Flames was still erupting, its raging flames illuminating the entire sky.

Rimuru should still be inside the Flame Pillar! Gransta thought to himself, not worried about this chosen one at all.

Don't underestimate Rimuru now! Did you know that Granstas delivers the monsters he hunts to Rimuru for him to devour?

Just like the mutated armored dinosaur that was stolen from the dwarf kingdom before.

Rimuru is practically a cheat code! He can keep getting stronger just by using Predators, unlike Gransta who has to hunt monsters himself.

Since they came out of the Storm Cave together, Rimuru has hardly made a move, and he probably doesn't even know how strong he really is.

"Tsk tsk tsk!"

Gransta stared intently at the humanoid monster in the air, scrutinizing it closely, and kept exclaiming in amazement!

The magical aura emanating from this humanoid demon had actually reached the level of an ordinary demon lord. Although it was only just reached that level, it was enough to make Gransta's eyes burn with intense desire.

"S-rank material!"

"Granstad licked his lips and said."

While enjoying the fiery baptism within the pillar of flames, Ifrit seemed to sense something and opened her blood-red eyes.

Then she heard someone muttering something that enraged Ifrit.

"The Platinum Demon Lord Leon Cromwell truly lives up to his reputation as one of the strongest Demon Lords; even a fire-attribute summon possesses the strength of an ordinary Demon Lord..."

Ifrit had already seen the person who spoke, a pair of icy blue eyes staring intently at her, their gaze icy cold.

"So it was you! I could already sense that repulsive aura emanating from you when I was inside the parasite."

"And one more thing, I'm not one of those low-level summons, but the fire spirit Ifrit!"

Ifrit spoke to Gransta below in emotionless words, as if these were extremely important.

"Huh? Isn't he a demon? How dare he call himself an elf?"

Gransta looked completely bewildered. So this high-ranking demon was troubled by these things?

"Shut up! You damned ice sprite!"

Ifrit became even more enraged, flames erupting from her entire body; Granstas's words had struck a nerve.

"Hmph! In a moment, you'll be burned to ashes by me, just like your tiny slime."

Ifrit's voice turned icy cold.

"Ha, where does your confidence come from?"

Gransta hadn't expected Ifrit to be so arrogant. He clasped his hands together and slightly moved his neck.