Chapter 214 Youma Attack
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
(Liz’s POV)
”Seriously, it’s way too early! I couldn’t even prepare properly!”
I’m on the second-floor balcony, nocking an arrow to my composite bow and shooting at the approaching youma. Martina and Noriss are firing their Black Bows in the same way.
”Complaining won’t change anything… they’ve already attacked us like this.”
Dorothy readies her longbow.
”There are 20 youma in front… no, 25──wait!”
Rena shoots a ‘Light Arrow’ and then looks back.
”There are youma in front of the mansion too!”
”Yeah… about 20 youma──I’ve got this covered.”
They both must have sensed it with ‘Detection.’ Dorothy taps my shoulder and leaves the balcony.
”Asuka and Gorge are going out. I’ll provide support, and Rena, you take care of Dorothy. Aluda, Eluda, Meluda, and Gièze are going out over there. Sister-in-law Karina and Lotta are there too, but…”
Kazumi comes out to the balcony from the bedroom.
”Got it. I’ll head over to support them. …By the way, where’s Ms. Hanna?”
”She’s on the third floor with the wolf maids.”
”Then we’re good.”
Rena smiles and heads out from the balcony.
”Alright, Kazumi, Martina, Noriss, let’s take down as many as we can!”
”””Understood!”””
(We just have to hold out until the lord arrives. We’ve got to manage somehow…)
I just hope Otto doesn’t show up before then…
* * *
(Asuka’s POV)
”Good thing it’s just low-level youma. If they had regeneration, we’d be in a lot more trouble.”
I thrust at the pitch-black youma in front of me, taking it down, and as I turn, I slice through another one behind me.
”Yeah, with this level of youma, I can handle them just fine.”
”I can manage too!”
Gorge swings the bastard sword around. Next to him, Koichi swiftly slashes through youma with a larger long sword. And Aelia accurately supports him from the side.
(As expected of Hiroya’s brother)
The surrounding youma can’t easily surround us thanks to the support from the mansion. It’s really reassuring.
Then, it happened. I felt a strong presence coming from beyond the backyard, from the direction of Karina and Gièze’s house.
”That boy was sleeping, huh… So you’re my opponent.”
What emerged from the darkness was… a demon. Seeing its left horn is broken──
”You’re the one who attacked the caravan, huh? A demon that moves through shadows…”
”Unfortunately, with just a little light creating shadows, I cannot hide. I’ll come at you head-on.”
It raised both hands in front of its face, sharp claws extending from its fingertips.
”Gorge, Koichi, Aelia, I’ll leave the youma (the weaklings) to you.”
”Got it. I’ll fight without holding back.”
”Understood!”
”Leave it to me!”
I readied my sword with a blue gaze.
* * *
(Gièze’s POV)
”Hah!”
I cleaved the youma that jumped at me with my unsheathed shamshir. I looked around to find the next enemy.
Ms. Aluda swung her hammer, crushing the nearby youma in a sweeping style. Ms. Eluda and Ms. Meluda deflected attacks with their shields and cut down enemies with hand axes, steadily reducing the number of youma.
”There!”
I spotted a shadow approaching straight toward the front entrance and dashed forward, hand on my sheathed shamshir.
”Ms. Gièze! You mustn’t! Come back!”
Ms. Dorothy’s warning came from behind, but the opponent was already right in front of me.
(If I just dive into their space──!?)
Just as I thought that, the opponent closed in on me in an instant.
”──!”
Before I could even draw my shamshir, I took a heavy kick to my left side.
”Ugh!”
I was sent flying by the kick, crashing to the ground and then slamming into a garden tree.
”Ugh!”
I tried to get up immediately, but it felt like I hit my head hard, and my vision was distorted. My body swayed, and I fell back to the ground.
”Hoh… a new face, huh?”
My hair was grabbed, and I was pulled up.
”It, hurts!”
”Nice scream. It’s tempting…”
A dark face with crazed red eyes.
(Is this guy… a Demonkin (Majin)…?)
Warm liquid flowed from the corner of my mouth. It tasted like iron, so it was probably blood… And, in contrast to the blood that was flowing down, something warm was ‘crawling’ from my chin to the corner of my mouth.
(So gross…)
”It smells like iron, but it tastes good.”
”N-nooo!”
(This Demonkin (Majin)… this ugly man──he’s licking me!?)
At that moment, Ms. Dorothy’s figure jumped into my distorted field of vision.
”Hmph! A crotch tattoo elf!”
Still with my hair in his grip, I was thrown to the ground.
”Let her go!”
Ms. Dorothy shouted that and swung her fist down onto the arm of the Demonkin (Majin) who was holding my hair. Her fist had long, shiny black nails.
(Those iron claws… perfect weapon for Ms. Dorothy…)
In the midst of the pain that was making my consciousness fade, I thought about that.
* * *
(Dorothy’s POV)
”Whoa! You’re hiding something strange!”
Otto dodged my strike by letting go of Ms. Gièze’s hair.
”Ms. Aluda! Ms. Eluda! Ms. Meluda! Hurry and help Ms. Gièze!”
Thanks to the 3 sisters, most of the youma were cleared out. Now it was just this Demonkin (Majin) left.
”──Looks like there are more tasty women around. If I kill that kid, a feast awaits me…”
”I won’t let you. ──I will stop you here.”
I crossed my fists with ‘iron claws’ right in front of me, ready to fight.
I never thought I could win against this Demonkin (Majin) to begin with. But at least until I can get Ms. Gièze to safety inside the mansion…
”Doro-Doro!”
”Get going, hurry up!”
I leave Ms. Gièze in the care of Ms. Eluda and Ms. Meluda, then I shout at Ms. Aluda, who’s readying her hammer behind me.
”I’ll be right back with everyone!”
I watch Ms. Aluda finally retreat from the scene out of the corner of my eye, then glare at the Demonkin (Majin) Otto again.
”Don’t make that scary face, crotch tattoo elf. I’ll kill the kid──and set you free… yo!”
Without any warning, the long sword hanging down swings at me from below at an angle.
”Ugh!”
I barely lift my leg and deflect the sword with the metal part of my shin.
(So fast… and heavy. I can’t take this many hits…)
Just then, I see the ground at Otto’s feet start to freeze.
(Rena’s ‘Ice Bind’! Even from this distance… as expected of Rena.)
I glance at Rena, who I can see through the mansion’s window, then I circle around behind Otto and slash at him with ‘Iron Claw’. But──
”Magic Eye!”
The ice at his feet shatters, and Otto’s spinning kick comes at me.
”Guh!?”
I manage to raise my arm to guard, but I get sent flying from the impact on my left shoulder.
(Oh no, I can’t… move…)
”First, I’ll take you. …You probably can’t feel it because of that crotch tattoo, but I can get excited seeing you writhe in pain.”
Otto approaches with a grotesque grin.
(No… I have to run…)
I try to crawl away, but he grabs my legs and drags me closer.
”Noooo!”
That’s when I heard it.
”You filthy bastard!”
With that shout, Otto’s hands released my legs.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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