84 Episode 0084



"Isn't it better to leave here, Mr. Elena.

 Leaping from the top of a tree, Ver shoots an arrow at Water Monkey, who was about to attack Arra.
 It's already been more than an hour since we started fighting in the forest, a battlefield that the attacking water monkeys are good at.As Arla and Custe continue to fight without a break, their physical strength was approaching.Especially terrible is Arra, who has already endured the situation with only her energy.In order to follow him, Ver continued to shoot arrows, resulting in in insufficient support for Custe and increased fatigue there.If Elena had not supported him with a connecting sword or wind magic, the front would have collapsed long ago.
 Elena, who listens to Ver and looks in the direction they've been going for a moment, certainly has few enemies and seems easy to break through.as if you were being told to run away from me.
 To Elena, who had been walking across many battlefields, the very escape seemed nothing but a trap.

"No! There must be a trap for them behind us, no matter what you think."
"But if you keep fighting here, you'll only lose your strength!"

 It was a scream like a scream.As he supports Arla and Custe from behind, he understands that their limitations are close.

(If things continue as they are, we will be dragged down by a war of attrition.Do we have to do something big here?)

 While I'm thinking about it in my heart, Water Monkey attacks Elena.

"Yes, persistent!"

 The junctured sword is returned to the normal state to cut off the water polo released as a check, and at the same time, the water monkey close to the sword is killed in an instant.
 He wields his sword again with a flowing gesture, and cuts off the water monkeys who were about to attack him by stretching the blade like a whip.
 but only a few of them had their throats cut, and most of the others had only shallow wounds to their limbs.

"Ahhhuh!"

 While the Elenas were struggling against the Water Monkeys, so was Ray -- no, they were attacked by more Water Monkeys than they were attacking them.
 A water polo is blown off, and several water monkeys attacking with their tusks and claws exposed as if to pierce the gap are gathered and cut by a death-size blade, or the handle is swung around to blow off the ribs while being covered with water.

"Fire, make a pebble!"

 While avoiding water polo attacks like dancing, he also swings his death size to keep the enemy in check and cast a spell.As might be expected, it is impossible to chant such a long spell for the purpose of fighting close to the water monkey and avoiding the attack of water polo released from the forest, and the magic released naturally is short and powerful.

"'Fire gravel!'

 Shake out the flame ball with a diameter of about 50 cm that appeared on a death-size blade.Then, the fireball burst a few meters away and scattered a small flame about 1 cm in diameter around it.

"Kikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikikik

 Seeing the water monkeys, who suddenly burn an uncovered area of fire before them, scream and distance themselves from each other, Ray spells again with magical powers.

'Fire, turn it into a boundary that returns evil intentions to those who have evil intentions.Build a wall of extreme flame that separates me from the enemy, and give me the benefit of it.'

 Ray thrusts a death-size handle into the ground while chanting a spell.At the same time, flames of several centimeters high run through the ground as if they were drawing complicated patterns around the ground where the handle pierced.

"Ray, what on earth!"

 The flame running on the ground takes Ray and even Elena into its range and forms a huge circle.Then, as soon as the circle goes around, Ray invokes magic.

"The Flame Wall of the Red Lotus"

 As soon as the magic was invoked, a huge 8m high flame wall burned up surrounding the magicians who ran through the earth while Ray was chanting a spell."Glu?"

 Seth looks around him, patting his worried head.
 Water Monkey, who was on Ray's side, was surprised by the impact of the gravel and retreated backward, so he was not near.At the same time, there were no more enemies around Elena, and only a few of them were left in the fire wall.
 and even the rest of them were suddenly taken aback by the wall of fire that had covered them, and they were killed by the last blow of Arla and Custe, and by the sharply stretched sword of Elena.

"Ray, this magic is your job. Tell me what effect it has."

 For the time being, he judged that all the water monkeys in sight had been knocked down.Elena asks Ray, looking sideways at Arla and Custe, who are recovering from falling to the ground and breathing.
 While nodding, Ray first takes a water bottle containing water from the mistling and distributes it to each of them.
 Custe, who was always on the verge of Ray's death, took the water bottle silently, breathing hard.

"Mr. Elena, please.For the time being, I feel safe for about half an hour."
"Well, it's Ray's magic, and I'll trust you."

 Elena also receives the water bottle and fuses it in one breath.
 Ray watched his white throat move glamorously and drink water, but Seto pulled his dragon robe back to him and drank water himself.At the same time, take some juicy fruits out of the mistling and give them to the set.

"You're back to life... Now, please explain."
"I used the magic of the Flame Wall of the Red Lotus.The effect is to form a fire barrier around me.What's a little different is...

 said Ray, turning his eyes towards the wall.
 Several water monkeys were shooting water polo there, and the response was intense.As soon as I thought the water polo touched the flame barrier, a flame sphere as large as the water polo was released from the flame barrier and several water polo-shooting water monkeys were instantly burned down.

"As you can see, if you attack the flame barrier, it's counterattacked.So I think I can recover my strength without worry for about 30 minutes when the fire barrier can withstand it."
"...it's a very sophisticated magic.But I'll be saved here."

 It was next to Elena, who was not as convincing as Arra and Custe, who were not as physically exhausted as Elena, who nodded that he had been saved, however, this was an attack with a bow.

"Well, Ray, this is a bulwark of fire, isn't it?"
"I think you'll find that out if you look at it."
"Well, then, why don't we feel hot in the fire wall?"
"That's the image when you put together magic.Although it is a fire barrier, the temperature inside is adjusted to keep the temperature unchanged.On the other hand, the temperature is quite high outside the flame barrier, so it must be out of control for a water monkey to cover its body with water."
"Wow, can you do that?"
"That's a good idea,"For now, let's concentrate on recovering our strength for about ten minutes, and then consider what they should do."

 He nodded to Elena's words, and each sat down on the ground to recover his strength.
 Ray still has enough energy, but it's not that he doesn't have enough energy.He leans on Seto's body lying on the ground, closes his eyes and concentrates on recovering his strength.

(The number of water monkeys was a little unexpected.About 20 of them attacked yesterday, but at least more than 100 of them were there today.Of course, I think it's that rare species that is leading the way... but it was so quick to attack me. I was just wondering if I'd be more tired before I could attack you.The possibility that I might have thrown the spear...?)

"Excuse me, Mr. Elena.I showed you something ugly.To fall behind the monsters..."
"So do I,"As Ray closes his eyes, he hears the voices of Custe and Arra.
 He was a knight, but he seemed to have been able to get his breath together in such a short time.Then one of them approaches Ray.

"May I use this sword as it is, my lord Ray.

 When I opened my eyes to the question, I could say that it was only natural that I saw Arra, who had a voice.

(Well, if there were Custes here, that would be a nuisance.)

 Perhaps because he was a little tired, he nodded while thinking like that... he looked at the sword that Arla had and frowned in spite of himself.
 for the sword, which should have endured practical use, seemed to have already been slightly bent, although I would not say that it was as good as new when I threw it away during the battle.

"I don't mind... the sword seems to be at its limit, but is it all right?"
"...I can't say it's all right, to be honest, but my sword is like that."

 At the end of Arra's glaring gaze is a sword that is broken halfway through the blade.

"... Ray, if you don't mind, do you have any better weapon to use?"

 Couldn't he see Arra, who is slightly shrugging off his shoulders, or did he just want to increase his military strength?Elena asks Ray so.

"I understand that Arra's power is attractive as an avant-garde, but unfortunately, the sword is only the one that Arra has now."

 In the first place, Ray doesn't have any other main weapon as long as he has a death size.The death size produced by Ray's own magic is extremely strong, and there is little possibility that it will be damaged by using magic.Therefore, Ray's weapons are daggers and knives that can be used for dismantling, as well as spears that are believed to have caused this battle.Or magic items are mainly used because of their high scarcity value.

(No, wait?)

 At that moment Ray's head passed through four words: arra, monstrous power, magic item, and hawk's nail.
 Yes, he certainly doesn't have a sword that he can use.However, by force alone, he must have had the right weapon for a first-class arra.
 A list of mysterious rings is displayed in the back of the brain, and the list displayed as power access is selected from the list.
 It's one of the top D parties involved in Ray's game, Falcon's claws, which he took from Vargas, the leader of the party, as a bet.Afterwards, I heard that it was a labyrinthine, a magic item that I had obtained by searching for it.

(Is it also fun to lend the magic items you got here to the person who lost his weapon here?)

 The next moment, Ray's hand was filled with a huge battleax.

"Arra, do you want to use this?"
"What is this?"
"Power Axe.Well, it's a magic item, a kind of battleax."
"... well, certainly don't feel the magic.And what's the effect?"

 Elena asks Ray's Power Ax with an interesting glance, but Ray shakes his head to and from.

"Unfortunately, I don't know the detailed effects of this item because it's just a magic item that I got.But I can almost imagine it from the name Power Axe."
"I suppose... What shall I do, Arra? Shall I use Ray's axe?"
"... Mr. Ray, could you lend me a little?""Oh, I don't care,"

 Ray hands the Power Ax to Arla's timid hand.

"Oh!"

 Arra receives the unexpected weight of the battleax, screaming that doesn't match her strength.

"This is the magic item."

 While muttering, he held the handle of Power Axe in his hand, and lifted it up and shook it down.

"Oh,"

 Ray was amazed at the scene.

"What's the matter?"

 Elena asks, looking at Arla, who wields her powerax as if she were adapting herself to Ray.

"No, that Powerax was originally a prize for a bet, but the previous owner held it in his hands and handled it.I didn't think it would be easy to shake with one hand."

 In the meantime, Arra repeatedly swings down or rounds up the Power Ax slowly as if to familiarize herself.

"Ara! I understand you want to get new weapons into your body, but don't forget that you have limited time to recover your strength.
"Oh, all right, Elena!"

 He approached Elena's words, holding the Power Axe in one hand.

"Ray, let me use this magic item.I get used to it as if I had used it for many years."
"No problem, I'm in trouble not to be able to use Arra as a military force... ...so, Mr. Elena.from now on."
"Well, I refuse to withdraw first in the direction you came.Even if we see that there are not many enemies, we can see the desire to drive us there."
"But, Elena, do monsters have such intelligence?"
"Custe, you saw it, too.They were intelligent enough to surround us and wage a war of attrition.Don't you think it would be so popular as to set a trap?"
"...I'll just say that there's a possibility,"
"Then, all that remains is a point above the trap.I should like to destroy that rare species if possible."
"If I were to think of it normally, there would be a rare species behind the thickest part of the enemy's power... because they are monsters in the first place.whether it will work as we expect it to."

 Ver, who is back again, interrupts in a light tone as if he had finally recovered his form.

"Well, as long as we are in position on the tree in the first place, our means of attack are limited.Then it would be best to break through one point in the direction we are heading and get out of their siege."
"Then the question is what to do with the water monkey?"I'm not happy to be pursued from behind."

 Everyone nodded to Ver's murmur.
 Meanwhile, Seto pulls Ray's dragon robe with a kuchibashi and cries in his throat as if he were appealing.

"Grull".

 Ray understood what Seto wanted to say.The skill that Seto acquired by absorbing magical stones.It was also widely effective, and he told me to use the "king's coercion," which did not cause any extra damage like Ray's flame.The effect is to shrink lower-grade monsters and slow them down by about 10 percent due to the intimidation generated by Seto.It would certainly be an effective attack on the Water Monkey, who would be chasing them quickly.There is also hope that a lower-grade monster than Seto himself will probably work for the rare species that lead the Water Monkey.

"Ray, what's wrong with you? What's your complaint?"

 While listening to Elena's question, Ray struggles inside.

(What do you do? It's the Gryphon of the already valuable Rank A Monster.May I tell you that you can use the skills that ordinary Gryphons don't have?No, there would be no problem with Elena alone.If I ask you to keep it secret, you can expect it to be kept secret, and if Elena tells you to do so, you will keep it secret until you die.But Custe and Ver, who look down on me, have a soft tongue -- no, if you hold Elena accountable -- and if you get out of this predicament, you have the option of using 'the seed of caution.'Some may not like it, but when it comes to the crunch, they will have to choose between death and death.)

 After concluding this through internal conflict, he opens his mouth to the feeling that the effect of the flame wall will soon be extinguished.