human
Utakata:  “Aaaaaah? !” The flames erupting from his hand became a furious blaze that scorched the edge of the cliff, burning the vines and branches hanging over the battlefield.
gpt
Yellow-haired woman:  “Waaaaaah! Be careful, Utakata!”
human
Talitta:  “Aaah, sister! Sister! Is this really okay? !” As the valley went up in flames, the Shudrak began to shout. Talitta looked to her sister for permission to shoot Subaru down.
gpt
Utakata:  Utakata and the yellow-haired woman hugged each other.
human
Mizelda:  Mizelda, eyes shining, did not hear their pleas. She just clenched her fist and watched. “Yes, yes, this is good!”
gpt
Mizelda:  “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! !” Mizelda’s cheer and Subaru’s shout as he ran out of steam coincided. The light from the ring went out, and as if answering his final desperate shout, the fireball it sent out collapsed a section of the cliff on top of the giant snake that had been avoiding the falling rocks.
human
Narrator:  However…
gpt
Narrator:  As the snake slithered backward, it realized it had nowhere to escape to. Burning branches and vines had already fallen into the valley, and there was no longer any need for torchlight. And more than anything, after he had flung so much fire all around them…
human
Abel:  “So it mostly sees through heat? However, that is no longer reliable.” Abel had lost track of Abel, who’d hidden himself with his cloak in preparation for leaping out at just the right moment.
gpt
Snake:  “Tsss!! !” Sensing danger, the giant snake’s eyes gleamed fiercely. But Subaru was up above it, oozing with miasma; and its infrared vision no longer worked with all the fire around it; and Abel was invisible. What it did next was simply rush in the direction with the least fire.
human
Narrator:  And that was just the escape route that Subaru had set up when spewing fire all around them—
gpt
Abel:  “Haaaaaah!! !” The next instant, Abel leaped down from above, attacking the snake’s head. His sword traced an arc through the air, slashing into the twisted horn growing from the snake’s head. It cut deep into the horn, trying to sever it in one go—
human
Snake:  “Tsss.” Just before the horn would have gone flying, which would have caused the demon beast to lose control, it twisted its head in an attempt to flee the blade. But it was a vain struggle. Its desperation would have amounted to nothing—if it had been struck by a warrior.
gpt
Abel:  “Gah—” Abel’s slash was deflected by all the twisting, and his attack came to a stop halfway into the horn. Before he could push any harder, a swipe of the snake’s tail caught him. Struck by the tail, Abel’s slender body was knocked aside. Unable to catch himself, he rolled through the fiery valley, coughing up blood.
human
Abel:  “Cough… A blunder… It would seem things do not always work out like they do for that fool…” Abel was coughing up blood, hunched over in the dirt.
gpt
Narrator:  The snake turned toward Abel. The snake’s eyes gleamed menacingly; it had sensed the perfect chance to counterattack and slithered over toward Abel.