They're coming!　Flick!　I'll cover you, too.

'It looks like we won't be able to escape Cerberus, and it looks like we'll have to.

[Ready, checkmate?

Yeah, please.


　The demon sword releases a fire arrow for a check.

　At the same time, I began to chant the Fireball.


"Become a hot ball of fire and burn up my enemies, Fireball.


　The large fireball that was generated above his head was followed by the fire arrows fired by the demon sword and shot towards Cerberus.

　The large fireball emitted a sound that cut through the air and hit the body of Cerberus, who had dodged the checking fire arrows released by the demon sword.


　A direct hit!　Did you do it?


[Master, not yet]


　When the explosions caused by the direct fireball (fireball) hit subsided, the Cerberus with its three wide open mouths was staring at us, looking like it hadn't been damaged.


　It's not working!

　You're kidding. ...... Maybe you've adjusted the power too much?


　The next moment--

　From each of their mouths, lightning, poisonous fog and flames were being spat out towards us all at once.


　I avoided the lightning that came faster than sound with a paperweight.

　The lightning was so fast that it was absolutely unavoidable if you didn't strengthen your body.


　Awesome!　You can't avoid this stuff forever!


Flick!　Stay alert!　Fire and poison are coming!


　Gawain, who was keeping his distance, had already put up a magical barrier (magic barrier) for himself to prevent the fire that was radiating out.


　Fire and poison!　Fire can be prevented by a magic barrier. ......


"Become a white film and envelop yourself in it. Magic Barrier!


　Being encased in a white membrane, the Cerberus' flames never reached my body.

　However, the poisonous fog had penetrated the membrane and reached my lungs.


　The inhalation of the poisonous fog had caused my lungs to emit a stinging pain and I couldn't stop coughing.


''Gosh gosh!　d*mn, you can't prevent attacks that can't be prevented by magic or ...... troublesome attacks.

'Gehoghoh!　Geho!　Flick, if you don't, you're going to get poisoned in your lungs and you won't be able to move. What do we do?


　The poisonous fog seemed to have reached Gawain's side as well, and he seemed to be sweltering.

　Meanwhile, Cerberus was waiting for us to weaken through such a poisonous fog and preparing for his next attack.


　I suppose it would be better to blow it away with a magically created wind to clear the fog, but while I'm doing so, the next attack will likely strike again.

　I wonder if I'll be able to dodge that attack then. ......


''Kueeeeee!


　As I was wondering what to do with the poisonous fog, I heard Dimol's cries from above.

　And I heard Noelia chanting along with it.


''O drifting air, become a great whirlpool of blades and cut through my enemies. Air Blade Tornado [Air Blade Tornado]


　As Noelia finished her chanting, a tornado rolled out of the ground near Cerberus.

　The tornado swallowed Cerberus and began to suck in the poisonous fog around it.


　Taking advantage of the gap, Dimol descended low and brought Noelia down near me and soared up again.


''Kueye!''

"Master Flick, we'll cover you. I'll hear your scolding later, so for now, you can focus on the enemy.


　Both Noelia and Dimol seemed to be worried about us coming back.


'All right. Thanks for the help!

I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that the pelt has a high resistance to magic, which means that both Flik-sama's and my magic will be much less powerful. If you try to attack them physically, they will bite you to death with their claws and fangs: ......


　It's still hard for magic to work .......

　Shall I try the physical attack ......?


　Hearing that magic is hard to work on Cerberus, I glance down at the magic sword.


[Duh, it's fine. I'll do my best with physics too!　I can go!　Go for it!　It won't break!

'An ordinary swordsman wouldn't be able to do it, but a body-enhancing Master Flick and his child would: ......


　I know that the magic sword is a top-notch sword, so the rest depends on whether or not my skills can pass through to that guy.

　I've learned magic since coming to the frontier, but I still want to master the sword.

　I'm going to do it!


Noelia, can you handle the poisonous fog?

'What?　Ah, yes. Yes--no way!


　He speaks to Gawain, who is a bit farther away from Noelia, who is puzzled, beside him.


'Gawain-sama, please bait me for a moment. I'd like you to draw that guy's attention to me, just for a moment.

'What?　Did Fricke decide that my magical sword's first sacrifice would be to a magical beast, Cerberus?　You're very brave. All right, I'll leave the bait to you. I'll show you the essence of body-enhancing magic.

Please.


　Before I could finish listening to my words, Gawain had jumped in front of Cerberus, moving fast from side to side as if to tease him and alter himself.

　He was still unfamiliar to me, but he certainly caught Cerberus' attention.


''Dimol!　You can distract that guy's eyes to the point where you can't help yourself!

'Kuehueh!'


　Dimol also replied as he flew through the air, keeping a certain distance from Cerberus, his whine threatening to hold the gaze of one dog's head in place.


'Oops, here we go. Let's see if your powers and my arms can get through!

Yes, sir!　I'm going!　I'll do it!　I'll do my best!]


　The magic sword was making the magic stone flicker strongly.

　I grabbed such a magic sword and ran at full speed towards Cerberus.


　Two heads were focused on Dimol and Gawain, but the remaining one was reacting to my movements.

　A poisonous fog is spat out of its wide open mouth.

　However, the poisonous fog was dissipated by the gust of wind (Gaelic Wind) that Noelia had released.


　Thanks to Noelia's support, I was able to dive to Cerberus' feet in one fell swoop.


''Alright, if we get to this distance, the poisonous fog won't be so scary--''

Master!　Claws!　It's a claw!]


　With no time for relief, a sharp claw shot out of Cerberus' paw and swung down at us.

　I received that claw with my magic sword.


[Gukigigi!　I'll do my best!　I'm okay with this!]


　Although I caught it with my magic sword, the tip of Cerberus' claw snatched my cheek.

　I can feel blood dripping from the cut cheek.


　But this kind of thing doesn't even enter into a graze.

　Don't be frightened, we can fight.


[Ha, yes. We're doing it!　I'm going gung-ho!]


　An irritated Cerberus was trying to crush me as it was, and was putting more weight on my paws.


【Gunnuuuuuun. It's heavy. I won't bend ...... it. I won't bend or break, so I'll do my best!　Guts!!!!]


　I don't know if you'd normally say the magic sword is gutsy or not: .......

　No, but I think it's okay to say it if it's you.


　I'm not going to be able to get the same thing for you.

　That laughter made me feel that the tension that had been tense was released.


　In order to escape the pressure that was trying to crush me, I relaxed for a moment and flew behind him.

　The Cerberus, which was trying to crush you, is now squeezed in front of you.


　We're not going to let that happen.


You're a good boy. You're a good boy. We'll take it from here.

Yes!　Let's go for it!　Yes, sir!]

Yeah, let's go for it.


　I re-holstered my sword and unleashed a slash at Cerberus' front legs, which were on the verge of losing their balance after falling to their knees.

　With the body strengthened by my body strengthening magic, the demon sword doesn't even bother with Cerberus' thick fur, slicing through his flesh one after another.


【I'm going to go for the gun!　


　Each time the magic sword cut through Cerberus' flesh, it spewed out flames.

　Apparently, he was shooting fire arrows (Fire Arrows) when he reached the inside after slashing.


　I'm sure it's a modestly painful one from Cerberus.

　The one that hurts so soberly that his little finger is struck by the door every time.


[It's the welcome that I stepped on earlier!　


Gaaaaaaaaaah!


　Cerberus, whose front legs had been slashed open, was barking hard from the pain.


　This could work: .......


[It should be able to do it!　Let's go!]


　But Cerberus had not yet lost the will to fight.