"Whoosh!"
With a swift sound, Richard's ice cone precisely pierced through the spider's body, pinning it dead to the roof of the cave—the spider, though aggressive, was very weak overall, not even considered among the weakest of Demonized Creatures, and could be killed by ordinary people, let alone Richard.
After successfully killing the spider, Richard turned his head to look at Waltz, seeing Waltz standing stiffly on the ground, motionless.
"Slap!"
Richard lightly patted Waltz's shoulder and softly asked, "Mr. Waltz, are you alright?"
"Uh, I'm fine."
"Good to hear. Let's continue onward then."
"Okay."
The brief conversation ended, and Richard took strides forward while Waltz followed behind, head lowered, eyes vacant, movements stiff, like a soulless corpse.
