The grey smoke continued to extend and tried to engulfed Kouki and the others.
"Come, O' wind! "Wind Bomb"!"
Kouki immediately used wind magic to create a squall, which pushed the grey smoke outside the room.
Maybe because it was created with magic, the smoke didn't easily get blown out of the room unlike ordinary smoke, but because Kouki's magic was strengthened thanks to the "Limit Break," he successfully blew the smoke away after some struggle, into the dungeon passageway.
However, what was left by the smoke was...
"That can't be, Suzu!"
"Nomura-kun"
"Saitou! Kondou!"
Saitou and Kondou had completely petrified and became unable to speak, while Suzu had her lower half of her body petrified, and Nomura who covered Suzu had the left side of his body petrified.
Saitou and Kondou were petrified with dumbfounded expressions because they didn't understand what had happened. Suzu whose lower half petrified, coupled with severe pain, had lost her consciousness with a truly pained expression.
On the other hand, the one who protected Suzu, Nomura, had the most negligible damage, but he still let out a pained groan while gritting his teeth looking like he seemed to be enduring an acute pain. Nomura's damage was slight because he was an "Earth Magic-user." Carrying the highest aptitude to earth attribute, it was natural he had high resistance against magic from Earth element.
In addition, Nomura instantaneously saw through the Demon race woman's magic because it was of the Earth element, which he had studied — high-ranked offensive magic, "Final Prison." It was a troublesome magic scattering petrifying grey smoke. Even if it was only a slight touch, the magic would gradually invade the body until one was completely petrified, and the only action to prevent it was to create barrier that'd hold up until the effect has worn off, or use strong magic to blow the smoke away. Moreover, the barrier would also be petrified unless it was a high-ranked one, and the smoke could also only be blown away using a high-ranked magic.
"Bastard! How dare you!"
Kouki raised an enraged expression because of the disaster that fell upon his comrades. Kouki, who was wrapped in a shining light due to the effect of "Limit Break," began to shine in a brighter dazzling light. He looked like he would charge towards the Demon race woman at any moment.