At that moment, Elaine noticed that something was wrong with Shizue.
Shizue, who had been sitting on the ground, suddenly fainted.
"Shizue, are you all right?"
Seeing this, Elaine could no longer spare a thought for anything else and immediately rushed over.
"Shizue, what's wrong? Wake up!"
Elaine held Shizue in her arms and called out to her.
Is that Elaine? She's all right... that's wonderful. Thankfully, I wiped out all the monsters before I passed out, or this would have been troublesome!
At that moment, Shizue was not thinking of herself, but of Elaine's safety.
Just then, Bal and Gid, who had gone back to retrieve their weapons and equipment, hurried back. They ran while shouting.
"Elaine, Shizue, we're here to save you!"
But when Bal and Gid saw the scene before them, they were instantly dumbfounded.
"This isn't right. Where are all those giant ants? Why isn't a single one left? And what are these piles of ashes on the ground? Did we miss something?"
A flood of questions instantly filled Bal and Gid's minds.
"Bal, Gid, come help! Miss Shizue has fainted!"
Elaine cried as she shouted at the two of them.
"Elaine, what happened? Where are those giant ants? How did you get to safety?"
Bal came before Elaine and Shizue, asking in confusion.
"Stop asking questions. My healing magic isn't working on Shizue. Give me my staff—I need to heal her."
Elaine said anxiously.
"Oh, oh, oh, got it."
Gid then took the staff Elaine had thrown away from his back and handed it to her.
Elaine then used her staff to cast Advanced Healing Magic.
A dense white light surrounded Shizue's body.
But it had no effect. Shizue's body remained just as weak.
"What do I do? My Advanced Healing Magic isn't working."
Elaine's