"What? This relic can move?"
The witch voiced the same question as Shade, but after only a moment of surprise, she commanded her summon to rain heavy blows on the pitch-black stone statue. After all, a pierced chest was hardly a fatal wound for a stone statue.
Battles involving Supernatural Beings were naturally not merely about attacking with brute force. No one knew what kind of power the witch had bestowed upon the statue, but blazing flames erupted from its fists.
Everyone by the lakeshore stared dumbfounded at the struggle in the middle of the great lake. One of the two colossi had flames pouring from both hands, while the other gripped solid ice. Though both moved somewhat sluggishly, the battle between such enormous beings was still shocking and unbelievable to humans of ordinary size.
"They're believers of the evil god, the Stone Heart Demon!"
Luvia shook the pendulum she had just acquired and suddenly said to Shade:
"Their tampering really wasn't meant to summon the relic, but to give the statue the ability to move! The Stone Heart Demon's believers specialize in this sort of power, so it is indeed possible for them to affect a relic. Oh, but what method could directly affect a Keeper of Secrets Level relic?"
There would be no answer to that question in a short period of time. The two colossi fought wildly atop the stormy, snow-covered Black Lake. Though Miss Benanis's summon had the advantage in size and, under her command, was more adept at fighting, this Thaumaturgy had only been mastered for a week. Moreover, the relic's hardness was absolutely beyond comparison with ordinary stone.
Their battle lasted three minutes. During that time, the High-Ring Arcanists at the camp across the lake repeatedly used Thaumaturgy to repair the damaged portions of