137. Battle to recapture the Cultural Center (4)
The strategy for the eastern stairs is simple. It is to deal with the Lord of the Abyss.
‘As usual, Lucius should defeat it.’
Well, the Lord of the Abyss would be fine. In terms of expression, it was only the mid-boss of this Apocalypse situation, but in reality, it was classified as a named monster.
There is no special reward for defeating it, just a little more experience. It’s not a mob needed to progress the story, so it’s okay to deal with it here.
Here’s what you need to do. We defeat the Lord of the Abyss.
If it doesn’t work, turn off aggro as much as possible. In the meantime, move troops from the other side of the stairs to rescue the princess.
“Hey~, you became on the same team as our Eri~?”
Flooding.
It looks like the center of gravity has not been set at all. The way he leads his body as he pleases.
From an objective point of view, the face is unmistakably pretty. If this world were Earth, would you have become an idol? At least I would have been a model or an entertainer.
Such a pretty and cute female college student-like beauty, her behavior and words are all devouring…… Such a madman is walking next to me.
“Call me normally, Mr. Lead.”
“No~uh~. Ariel can call me Bianca too. If you don’t like Bianca~ Anka? Like that. By the way, Anka has a similar pronunciation to an anchor~. Shall we drop anchor?”
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about. And if you can, try to be a bit more nervous.”
What is this woman so excited about?
From the first time we met, she pretended to be strangely friendly. Isn’t there something that the affinity for me was set a little high from the beginning?
─Everything you think is an illusion. Because this woman just has no idea.
It’s not that I’m talking to you because I have a special crush on me.
I am tired.
Something, tired.
“Ah, the enemy~, the enemy~.”
Climbing the stairs, Bianca exclaimed innocently.
Bianca has her hatchet in both hands.
It’s an ax that doesn’t look like anything special. Such a design makes you wonder if such an ax is stored in the warehouse of a carpenter living in a mountain village.
Four monsters are coming in front of Bianca who jumped out excitedly.
Bianca threw her ax at her head and broke it.
“One~, one~. The remaining three~, three~. All three are mine~.”
She withdraws her hand as she hums a song.
If you look closely, there is a thread attached to the handle of her thrown axe, through which she retrieves her axe.
Meanwhile, the other four monsters from the abyss were approaching.
With a grin, Bianca kicked her foot in the air,
The ax that was being dragged by her thread hits Bianca’s toe, sending her ax up.
– Kwajik
The ax is driven into the jaws of the beast of the abyss, which thrusts her head in.
Bianca did her sneak jump and hit the back of the ax with her opposite foot.
Drive the ax blade one more layer like that,
Bianca reached out as she watched the monster of the abyss collapse.
There was the monster of the abyss trying to swing his arm at Bianca.
Bianca grabbed the fist that was coming toward her and used it as an axis to lift her body up.
– Pot
When Bianca stretches his leg, an ax rises.
The thread is so thin that you can’t see it, but it got caught in Bianca’s foot.
Controlling it only with the foot technique, the ax floated in the right place,
Bianca’s body rotates rapidly and kicks the axe.
– Enemy
An ax is driven into the face of the monster of the abyss. This is the third one.
Then Bianca floats in the air with only the strength of her arms, She
As she spins, she seems to land and then slams her ax in her hand down.
– Kwajik
The head of the last monster of the abyss is split in two.
The monster of the abyss collapses on the floor, spilling brains of an unpleasant color.
“I’ve finished cleaning up, Mom~. I’m doing a good job cleaning the room now! Praise me! A deep-sea fishing boat would be great as a compliment gift!”
“…Well done, but I’m not your mother.”
And no matter how much money I have, I can’t buy a deep-sea fishing boat.
Bianca also didn’t seem to have wanted a deep-sea fishing boat. She just said the words that came to her mind, but she doesn’t seem to care at all about what I’m saying.
I gesticulate as I sigh at the out-of-body speech that seems to be disorienting.
“Even moving.”
So we continued to climb the stairs of the Cultural Center.
Most of the enemies that appear will be wiped out by Bianca. She didn’t even have Er A to step out.
Bianca’s fighting style is like her acrobatics.
She handles her ax freely by hanging her thread from the end of her axe hilt, while at the same time using her fast body vision and physical ability to mount opponents or walk on walls… Despite her slender body, she exhibits unbelievable muscular strength.
Superpower that can break any enemy that appears.
Tricky and stylish, but also destructive at the same time.
It’s like a berserker,
It looks like a dancing executioner.
In particular, it is an indoor battle with a limited space.
Bianca uses that characteristic sensibly to lead to victory.
[This is Jin. I checked the location of Ariel Beheritt from this side. Ariel Beheritt, please enter when you give the signal.]
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Arriving at the landing to go up to the third floor, I receive From Jin.
Jin will be on the west stairway opposite us now.
Nevertheless, the reason I can see my position is because Jin has excellent skills in Flash Elemental.
By delicately refracting the light, he must have seen through the situation on this side.
‘… It’s an incredible skill.’
When it comes to one type of elemental magic called ‘Flash Elemental’, Jin Kartix is literally a genius. Other wizards can’t follow that.
Because he is an ally, he is very reassuring. It means you can see the battlefield at a glance.
[This is Jin. They are pulling aggro from the west and south. Ariel Beheritt, please enter.]
Jin sends a signal.
I nod my head and immediately run away.
Bianca is the first to get ahead.
Laughs and cuts all enemies in front of you with an axe.
“Move, move, move! I’m busy with a date today!”
As soon as we first met, the person who had introduced himself as having no boyfriend shouts like that and wields an axe. It was obvious that he was just spitting out whatever came to his mind, so he didn’t bother pointing it out.
Meanwhile, Erea was running from the very back.
It could be said that it was unexpected. Until now, the man who was the first to kill the enemy at the front now seems to be the most passive.
However, the intention was quite predictable. Leaving all the advanced mouths to Bianca, who rushes out without thinking, Erra must be on the lookout for her rear to protect me.
‘You probably don’t have much experience in party battles, but this side is too familiar with combat.’
Come to think of it, did Erua and I have the same party once during vacation?
At that time, he played the role of a tanker under the pseudonym of Maurice Ibarra, and Erua must have had little experience as a tanker, but his ability to perform the role was impressive.
If Jin has delved deeply into the ‘flash elemental’, it feels like Erua has delved deeply into the genre of ‘combat’.
The dimension of depth is different than other students.
So we continued.
The density of monsters is never high. Because monsters flocked to the western and southern troops, the number of monsters in the eastern area must have decreased.
‘It’s not very difficult.’
The Lord of the Abyss serves as the mid-boss of Apocalypse, but is not strong as a single entity.
The only annoying thing is that you can command the monsters in the abyss and change the battlefield. It’s just that his ability as a commander is a little annoying, but he can be defeated by just creating a one-on-one situation.
Above all, there is Erea.
Erada tore apart the demon Joshua was trying to summon. As long as he can bring Erea closer to the Lord of the Abyss, victory is certain.
Eventually, I saw ‘it’ from afar.
It definitely looked like a pangolin, just like Bianca said.
It’s obvious that it’s twisted and grotesque like the monsters in the abyss, but it’s rather less repulsive because its entire body is covered with scales that look like armor.
The monsters surrounding them are peeking out,
The monsters recognized this side.
Gently give instructions.
Of course, Bianca rushed first before giving the order, but
“Ahahahaha! The popularity of this body!”
All monsters are attracted to Bianca.
Monsters coming. Bianca wields a hatchet without being frightened by that.
The change of the battlefield overlaps with the appearance of running rampant on the battlefield without the slightest sense of anxiety.
Tentacles covered in armor scales fall from the ceiling.
“Oh?”
Bianca, who showed off her animal senses, braked suddenly.
Evasion with backstep with deft body movements.
But as if that was what was expected, the floor Bianca stepped on floated upwards.
“Aha☆ You’re that type?”
Bianca’s body floats up, but he grabs her by the thread and throws her axe hilt.
An ax blade stuck in the ceiling.
Bianca puts weight on his thread and throws his body like Tarzan to change his position.
Spinning around in the air, Bianca steps on the monster of the abyss.
While Bianca was pulling aggro,
I was finishing the turret.
-To da da da da da da da da da da da!!
A turret that fires bullets and does not allow enemies to approach at all. With this, the formation of the rough defense line was completed.
At this point, Erua decided that it would be better to eliminate the danger altogether by defeating the enemy than to protect me directly.
Erea also believes that the turret will protect me and runs forward.
“.”
According to Bianca’s movements and Erea’s movements, Tia applied magic support.
Lightning strikes enemies in positions that Bianca and Erea find difficult to deal with, creating them with an electric grill.
The Lord of the Abyss glared at Tia, perhaps thinking that Tia was such a nuisance.
From its body, tentacles covered in armor scales aim precisely at Tia.
“Don’t let that happen.”
From here on, it is entirely my responsibility to protect Tia.
At the right timing, I swung the weapon I had prepared.
—–
[Magic Engineering Tool: Sorcery Chainsaw]
Crafting Rating: 9
Quality: very good
Attack Power: Very High
Endurance: Very High
: A chainsaw created with the essence of sorcery technology. It boasts excellent cutting power and continuously deals lightning damage.
You need to hold it with two hands to use this item.
—–
-Geeeing!!!
The saw blade in your hand rotates and emits an intense mechanical sound.
A weapon that was also used when defeating an elder kobold in the Blatta Dungeon. Compared to that time, my Skills have improved a lot, so my performance has improved slightly.
-Kwaji Jijik!!
Swing in a forward diagonal direction slightly obliquely toward the flying tentacle.
The tentacle that was aiming at Tia was severed.
“───.”
Tentacles covered with armor scales continue to appear.
Appears from the ceiling, appears from the floor, appears from the front.
About 40% of them were to block the approaching Erea.
However, Erua couldn’t block it that much and cut everything off at once.
Another 40% is for Bianca.
But it didn’t reach her in the slightest, as her body was as good as her mollusk. Bianca avoids all of her.
The remaining 20% were aimed at me and Tia.
—–
[Magic Engineering Tool: Saw Blade Injection Device]
Crafting Rating: 13
Quality: Fair
Attack Power: High
Endurance: Normal
: An injection device made in the form of a bag. Carrying it on its back, it emits and fires saw blades whenever a certain signal is sent, making a coordinated attack.
The ejected saw blade deals physical damage and affects the weight the character is carrying.
You must be level 7 or higher to craft it.
—–
To save weight, I set down the other bag and activated the saw blade ejector.
Lighter weight than full armor. It’s heavy though.
However, there is a clear difference. Ariel now has much better stamina than Kim Il-hwan in his military days.
That’s why, while minimizing the loss of mobility, I rush at the tentacles that pounce on me.
-Fajik!
-Fajik!
Tentacles break as if breaking a tree branch.
Saw blades fly from my back, slicing through tentacles that bother me, and I only slash my chainsaw at the most threatening tentacles.
If you add the interception using the turret, the defense system is perfect.
‘… Can you endure it or can you not endure it?’
Will I be able to hold out until Erea defeats the Lord of the Abyss? From now on, it’s a fight to decide it.
In other words, my improvisation was important.
If I can counter all of the enemy’s attacks, I win.
If the enemy creates a variable that I can’t respond to, I lose.
And the battle,
Flowing into my crisis.
-Quaaang!!
The turret exploded.
There was someone who smashed the turret as the walls of the ceiling collapsed.
“Ariel…!”
Erua shouted in a surprised voice from the front.
This is the first time she has shown emotion.
Around the time I thought about it
Unknowingly, I was wielding a chainsaw.
The saw blade screams without being able to rotate all the way.
Although I was dizzy because of the sudden change of situation, I was acting by trusting the instincts in my body.
“…!”
Tia fires sparks from her hands in a panicked voice.
Then the enemy who attacked me reacted.
The sword that collided with the chainsaw fell off,
Backstepped to the place where the turret he had destroyed was, and put some distance away from me.
Eyes with red eyes glared at me.
“Eh, real, Beherit…”
Can we call it a human voice?
A beast that seems to have been forced to learn human speech. Weaving that strange discomfort and displeasure, ‘it’ speaks the word.
Does that monster understand that the word is my name?
Without even knowing it, I put down the chainsaw.
“Evans.”
Yes. It must have had that name attached to it.
The 25 traitors who joined Joshua to kill me.
Among them, the girl who served as her general manager appeared in front of me as a monster.