A musky, orchid-like fragrance spread through the entire street like mist in the heat of the flames.
Hunger and greed filled the demons.
They ran faster and faster.
Sharp teeth and claws emerged uncontrollably, like those of wild beasts.
"Watch out!"
Dico shouted instinctively.
But more than a dozen figures obscured Qin Ran almost instantly.
Bang!
With a barely audible sound, the charging figures seemed to freeze in midair.
No!
They did not merely seem frozen!
They had frozen in the literal sense.
The ice shield on Qin Ran's right hand shattered the instant the figures lunged at him.
Frost surged from the spreading cracks, bursting outward like a tide.
Everything within a three-meter radius froze.
Including... the flames.
The mortal fire, already suppressed by [Hilt's Right Hand: Ice Shield Hand], offered no resistance whatsoever now.
Just like the demons lunging at him.
The demons at the front turned into ice sculptures without so much as a struggle.
Those a little farther back had their raised claws and outstretched heads frozen.
Only a handful on the outermost edge escaped.
But that was hardly good news.
As [Words of Arrogance] whistled through the air, those demons were severed at the waist along with the frozen demons in front of them.
Before the sharpness and reach of [Words of Arrogance], not one could escape.
Having waited a moment for this, Qin Ran would not let them get away, either.
With [Lesser Elemental Damage Resistance] and [Uncanny Body], Qin Ran could suffer no real harm from the flames, but the earlier explosion was another matter. Without [Prus's Carapace], he would not have emerged completely unscathed.
Qin Ran had to admit that a trap designed with his abilities in mind was quite good.
It was just that...
The enemies were too low-level.
Or, more