Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Just as the guards were panicking, the giant spiders in the distance launched another attack!
Six or seven webs descended from the sky once more.
If this continued, Nalant's guards would lose their fighting strength before those Dark Creatures even reached them!
Seeing the webs in the sky drawing ever closer, Nalant simply discarded his longsword and immediately began casting magic.
"Flame Explosion Ring!"
With Nalant's low shout, seven or eight fireballs the size of washbasins abruptly appeared before him.
Flame Explosion Ring was an advanced spell, one Nalant had only learned recently.
In truth, these fireballs were not much different from ordinary fireballs, except they consumed more energy, were more powerful, and came in greater numbers.
The next moment, several scorching fireballs scattered apart and shot straight toward the webs in the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the fireballs collided with the webs, bursts of flame exploded in the sky, strikingly like the brilliant fireworks of New Year celebrations in his past life.
Unfortunately, this was a brutal battlefield in another world.
Yet as those dazzling fireworks burst open, the spider webs—even ones difficult to cut through with swords—began to burn.
Like the fuse of a firecracker, the flames spread from the center toward the edges.
Until, at last, the entire web was reduced to ashes.
"Ah, these webs are afraid of fire!" Nalant's subordinates saw the scene as well and immediately cried out.
The quick-witted ones even raised their torches and pressed them against the webs.
Unfortunately, they had thought too simply. Though the torches were pressed against the spider webs, the webs showed no sign of catching fire or burning through.
"They aren't afraid of fire—they're afraid of magic!"
Seeing this, Nalant immediately threw out a Little Fireball.
Boom!
Sure enough, with just a