Chapter 41

Moment for Resolve (のための) is the forty-first chapter of Yamada Kanehito & Abe Tsukasa's Sousou no Frieren.

Summary
Right after the events of the previous chapter, Fern and Wirbel's teams continue to fight. Fern faces off against Ehre, who declares that if Fern were facing off against Wirbel, she would be dead. Fern finds this curious, as she feels Ehre is the strongest among her party. Ehre refutes this and says that Wirbel's experience is on an entirely different level and as such, Übel is likely to be killed. Fern appears unconcerned and fires a swarm of offensive magic that overwhelms Ehre's defenses. Meanwhile, Übel fights against Wirbel using her cleaving magic. Though both manage to figure out the weaknesses of their opponents' magic, after a brief fight where Übel is able to slash Wirbel's face, Wirbel is able to immobilize Übel using Sollganie, the Target Binding Magic. Wirbel notes that Übel had aimed for his eyes instead of his neck and in his experience, this marked her as a degenerate who enjoyed killing. He muses that it would be better to kill Übel on the spot. Übel buys time by asking about Wirbel's history, and points out that despite his experience with killing, Wirbel's magic seems designed to delay his opponents' deaths. Wirbel agrees and says that his magic allows him time to build up the resolve to kill, but in the end he has never shirked from a necessary kill; as he speaks, he raises his staff to Übel's head. However, he is stopped short by Fern, who sneaks up behind him and holds Wirbel at staff's point. As the three of them are now at an impasse, Fern proposes that they strike a deal.

Plot Details
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Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Scharf
 * Land
 * Ehre
 * Fern
 * Frieren
 * Wirbel
 * Übel

Locations

 * Grube Basin

Battles

 * Fern, Übel, & Land vs. Wirbel, Ehre, & Scharf

Spells

 * Steel Petal Conversion Magic: Jubelade
 * Rock Pellet Conversion Magic: Dorgatte
 * Zoltraak
 * Defense magic
 * Cleaving magic
 * Flight magic
 * Target Binding Magic: Sollganie

Chapter Notes

 * Wirbel's Staff is smaller than most other mages'