Book 18 Chapter 4: Part 1
The following day, Shin’s party moved out again at dawn. They were not attacked during the night and they could confirm that the Red Core Pillar they defeated the previous day had not reformed.
The enemy either wanted to observe their movements or, as Shibaid suspected, focused on bolstering their defenses. They did not know which it was, but could only advance.
The party expected the Red Core Pillars’ level to rise as they approached the Sacred Place, their attacks and tactics to change, but nothing of the sort happened: they defeated the monsters in the same way as before.
Shin’s party advanced too smoothly even — until they came upon six Red Core Pillars, arranged in a trench-like formation.
When they attacked the Red Core Pillar in front of them, the ones next to it — though they were quite a distance away — shot their heat beams too.
They knew something like that was coming sooner or later: Shin and Schnee promptly parried the beams, which targeted Sety and Milt.
“Their range finally started to overlap. I’d have preferred getting closer while it was still easy, though.”
“It was a matter of time, nothing we can do about it.”
Milt replied to Shin’s complaint while recalling her Water Spirit next to her.