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Guooooooo! The Rock Lizard screams, and The Lesser Dragons on both
side step forward.
At the same time, The Rock Lizard's
forehead cracked vertically, and the third eye pop out from it, Alvin and
others caught sight of it.
Just looking into that third eyes, Alvin and others felt as if their
bodies were being held down from above by an invisible force.
"What's
this...! My body feels heavy...!"
"It's
hard to gather magic power...!"
Alvin and Milis are struggling to hold their weapons in place.
Shinji and Renka are the same, but Alvin seems especially painful.
Freri and Flair seem to have no problem with it.
[That's
magical eye that makes the instincts of the human species fearful]
[Because the
last time using force is failed, this time using different method]
(Is this a
countermeasure to what Emily did to it...? The Goddess says that the monster of
the outside world is very clever)
It's a horrible effect of the magic eye, but if one understands the
logic, it can be countered.
"Milis!
cast <Lion's Heart>!"
"Give us
courage... <Lion's Heart>!"
The Lesser Dragon took a deep breath to breathe out the flames.
As Shinji shouted, Milis cast a magic, and the magic was cast on
everyone. The fear is suppressed and the courage is inspired. The magic that
binds the bodies of Alvin and the others is made somewhat better.
"I can
move...!"
"Let's
go!"
Alvin and Renka split off to the left and right and start running
just as The Lesser Dragon spits out its flames. Milis followed after Alvin, and
Shinji and the spirits followed after Renka.
The flames did not hit anyone, but landed on the ground and scoured
the earth.
"I will
hit the eyes!"
Renka quickly shoots an arrow.
However, Renka's arrow was blocked by a black barrier that appeared
in front of The Rock Lizard.
"The
Rock Lizard is really skilled...! It can even use magic"
The color was different, but the effect seemed to be the same as
Milis' physical barrier.
Shinji instructed Freri and Flair to defeat
The Lesser Dragon and pointed the tip of his staff at The Rock Lizard like
Renka.
"<Crush>!
<Gust>!"
The stone that was lying on the ground in front of The Rock Lizard
was crushed roughly by magic. And the sand was blown up by the wind and rushed
to the face of The Rock Lizard.
The magic itself is so simple and basic that anyone can use it, but
it is effective in blinding.
The aim is to keep manipulating the wind and blowing the sand to
keep The Rock Lizard using its magical barriers and attract its attention.
Like Shinji, Renka knew that the barrier was unbreakable, so she
continued to shoot arrows at The Rock Lizard.
"Let's
go! Mil!"
"Yeah!"
"Don't
be late, flower spirit!"
[You too!]
Alvin-Milis pair and Freri-Flair pair are superior to The Lesser
Dragons in terms of strength, and if the unique monster doesn't interfere,
they can be defeated without problems.
And the unique monster rock lizard is aware of the same thing.
Shinji and his team's interference were successful in keeping The
Rock Lizard from using magic.
However, The Rock Lizard was able to combine magic with the magical
eye.
Alvin, who took the opportunity to slash at The Lesser Dragon,
suddenly stopped moving.
He who had stopped moving for a moment,
missed the perfect moment to slash at The Lesser Dragon's body.
In addition, he attacked by The Lesser Dragon's tail, so to prevent
The Lesser Dragon from hitting his body, he used his arm as a shield.
An unpleasant cracking sound is heard from his arm, and Alvin is
blown away.
"Gua...!"
"Al-kun!
Kyaa!"
Then, The Lesser Dragon approaching Milis more quickly, and the
claws approach her.
However, the <Physical Barrier> deployed in front of her
prevented a blow from the claws, but the next blow from the tail cracked the
barrier, and although Milis managed to avoid a direct hit with her staff, she
was blown away like Alvin.
In the meantime, Freri and Flair, who had no interference from The
Rock Lizard, had succeeded in killing The Lesser Dragon.
Another lesser dragon leapt forward to thrust its claws at Freri,
but the claws never reached Freri's body.
[<Mud
wall>]
The ground in front of Freri rose up and formed a wall to defend the
claws.
The claws pierced the wall, but the thickness of the wall prevented
the tips from reaching Freri. In fact, when The Lesser Dragon tried to pull it
out, the claw remained stuck.
Because the moment it pierced the wall, the soil hardened by Freri's
magic power will make The Lesser Dragon unable to pull it out even though with
its power.
Flair jumped on the stuck lesser dragon.
"<Flame
Sword>~noja!"
Flair creates huge sword made of solidified flames that can easily
cut down The Lesser Dragon.
Shortly after slashing it, The Lesser Dragon burned up and became a
mute wreck.
"Freri,
support the two of them!"
"Al!
Mil!"
Freri is directed towards The Lesser Dragon that was about to attack
Alvin and the others who were blown away. Renka also quickly shifted her
attention from The Rock Lizard to the remaining lesser dragons and changed the
aim of her bow.
At that moment, The Rock Lizard closed its third eye and cut the
barrier.
A large amount of sand that sprayed on The Rock Lizard does not
damage it.
"Oh,
Renka!"
"...Aah!"
Shinji feels The Rock Lizard's magic power increase and shouts the
name of Renka who is in The Rock Lizard's line of sight.
The third eye opened again and a pile of darkness was forming when
Shinji turned his gaze back to The Rock Lizard. Renka, who was holding her bow,
could not take evasive action...
Shinji, who quickly increased the power of his body-strengthening
magic to strengthen his leg strength, slipped between The Rock Lizard and
Renka.
The pile pierced Shinji's flank as if it was sucked in.
Shinji's magic power, raised to the extreme, and make him became
resistance, but although it pierced Shinji, it did not reach Renka.
"Gua...
Flair... Please...!"
"Tch...
you goddess enemy!"
Flair, still holding the flaming sword, attacked The Rock Lizard.
The Rock Lizard tries to evade with its nimble movements, but
Flair's movements are faster.
Shinji endured the pain as he thought about the fact that Flair, as
a spirit, had no effect on the magic eye, and that Flair was unlikely to be
defeated because it was a pure contest of specifications.
"What do
you do to her!!"
***
The remaining lesser dragons also gained the upper hand when Alvin
came back, holding his great sword in one hand.
Alvin's emotions inflamed by the fact that Milis had been injured
and flung away, and make him raising his magic power.
The sharpness and range of the <Magic Blade> that came out was
the best so far.
The Lesser Dragon that was fighting with Freri was cut down with a
single sword and became a corpse.
"Go to
hell!"
Flair, who cornered The Rock Lizard, burned out the enemy at the
same time as Alvin killed The Lesser Dragon.
"Shinji...!
I'm sorry...!"
"Shinji-san...!
I'll close the wound...!"
"It's
okay... Milis, Thank you..."
When the Rock Lizard collapses, the pile that was sticking into him
disappears.
The pile that sealed his wound is gone, and blood gushes out, and
Shinji staggering. Renka lends her shoulder to Shinji to keep him from falling,
and Milis, who is covered in scratches from being blown away and rolled, rushes
over to him.
The hole in Shinji's arm was safely closed with Milis' recovery
magic.
Alvin also had a broken bone in one of his arms, and Milis cuddled
up to him, applying recovery magic to heal him.
Leaning on Renka's shoulder, Shinji looked at the corpse of the
unique monster.
(I should
handle this, right...)
"Renka,
I'm going to use magic... <Funeral Fire>"
The corpse of the unique monster was set on fire.
The fire quickly burned the corpse and turned it to dust.
Shinji heard the screams of unseen something.
The only one who heard it was Shinji, the apostle, as Alvin and the
others did not react.
"Is it
over?"
"Yeah,
I'm glad we're all okay"
"Our
injuries are moderate, though"
Alvin who had finished being treated called out to Shinji after he
had finished burning the bodies.
Thanks to Milis's treatment, Alvin's and Shinji's wounds are healed,
but they are exhausted and fatigued.
"But now
we pass the test, right?"
"Ah...!
Upper-Intermediate rank... but I guess we'll have to wait until we get home to
be happy about that"
Shinji nodded to Alvin, who gave an unusually tired laugh.
"Are you
sure you're okay, Al-kun?"
"Shinji,
hold on to me...?"
Alvin leaned on Milis and Shinji leaned on Renka.
"I'm
fine! Let's all go back to ......home"
"Thank
you, Renka. It's a quest to get home"
[I will
report to the goddess properly~noja. You can rest assured]
[I will
protect you on the way home]
As he listened to Flair and Freri's words, Shinji walked away.
There were no problems on the way back, and <Running Wolves>
was able to return safely to the desert city.
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- So that was the adventure episode!
- It was hard to tell how much they was struggling. Debuffs are scary.
- They'll report to Miko-sama tomorrow.
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