Episode 163 – Extreme Efficiency
Three heads were decapitated in an instant.
Now there are five left.
‘What about the other kids?’
When I glanced sideways, the three of us except for Kania were watching us.
No, to be precise, it looks like Stia, the girl with Dina and Scarlett stamping her feet, is holding on.
Are you trying to check how you fight against monsters?
Or maybe he just thinks it’s not necessary for everyone to step up and relax against just 8 minotaurs.
‘No problem.’
In fact, it can handle about 8 minotaurs alone.
Because I have become stronger than before.
However, clearing the labyrinth means that you cannot simply deal with enemies in front of you.
Traps set up everywhere.
Monsters that rush at you without even trying.
Dark, damp air.
A closed space where even the wind does not enter.
There is no additional supply.
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I can’t even take a break properly, but my stamina continues to decrease at a rapid rate.
It’s not just a physical impact.
‘Because if I’m under extreme stress, my mind may collapse.’
Labyrinth means that.
Clearing the labyrinth and moving forward means you have to survive in a place like this.
Survival is your number one goal. Doing your best to quickly kill the enemy in front of you is not a skill.
Preserve your strength and arrange the future.
Since you may spend a long time here, your stamina is your most important resource.
So, Stia’s judgment about saving stamina must not have been wrong.
‘It’s a bit sarcastic, but.’
But since Kania came to help, I don’t have to worry about losing a lot of stamina.
Moreover, when fighting Kania, they tend to get along well.
Under the assumption that there is only one person who can fight together, fighting together with Kania will not be the strongest.
However, I can be confident that choosing Kania is the most stable.
Basically, Kania has [Super Regeneration] And I have [Regeneration], So I lose less stamina than others.
In addition, both of them use swords, and their souls are connected, albeit weakly, so if we fight together… Should I say it’s a feeling of sympathy?
As if becoming one body.
Sometimes it’s possible to drive the fight like a whirlwind, and sometimes to make up for each other’s weaknesses and take the fight for a long time.
Since Kania is well aware of that fact, she must have come to help first.
“I am hungry.”
“… ….”
Looking at it like this, it seems like he followed me without thinking….
But thanks to that, the tension was relieved.
Maybe PTSD was caused by Odin’s eyes in the past, because even though it was a virtual labyrinth, it made me feel a bit sick to my stomach.
I tightly gripped it, capturing the laughter that leaked out.
Keying——!
The purple star that started to rotate thuds according to the heartbeat! Thud! And starts to pulsate.
As I said before, honestly, no matter how many Minotaurs come to me, they won’t be my opponent.
But I’m not used to fighting while conserving my stamina.
So, what I need to practice here is to minimize the amount of magic power consumed and conserve physical strength.
The efficiency of movement must be raised.
Don’t block it. Just the act of blocking will cut your stamina into chunks.
It’s better than getting hurt, so if you can’t avoid it, you have to block it, but if possible, avoid it.
Minimal movement. Pursuit of extreme efficiency.
I see a Minotaur running towards me.
The guy raises his arm wide. In his hand is the greatsword of the guy he killed earlier.
Movement is great. This means that the attack path is easy to read.
Booung!
As expected, a greatsword that strikes in a straight line.
However, it does not move in haste. Stay calm.
Throw your shoulders back slightly and take a step to the side.
Sarak.
Due to the slight difference, the greatsword could not slash my body and cut through the air.
Is it because of the concentration? Everything in the world seems to move slowly.
My cold, hardened face was reflected on the side of the splattered sword.
I was able to make a face like that.
An expression that would never be made in the original world.
A face determined to kill something.
It was the face of a human with the intent to kill.
‘What. Good is good.’
Before I was possessed, it was so serious that if I had walked down the street with an expression like this, people would have avoided it on their own.
Anyway, this world is a world where I die if I don’t kill.
Murder leads to my survival.
So there is nothing wrong with this. No, rather eager.
Now I feel like I am truly accepted as a resident of this world.
With that feeling in it, I stabbed Durandal as it was.
The magic power contained in the sword is minimal. Would it be at least about a thread?
As usual, I don’t blindly hit Durandal with magic.
‘With the minimum mana.’
Magical power as thin as a thread lands on Durandal’s blade.
‘Maximum efficiency.’
The right arm that holds Durandal also has a small amount of magical energy.
Not even half of the usual amount, let alone half.
But enough. If this is the case, it might be barely possible.
Shaak!
Durandal swiftly crosses the air.
What I’m aiming for is the Minotaur’s neck. But minotaurs aren’t stupid creatures either.
Seeing the sword being swung towards him, he seems to have judged that it was dangerous, so he pulled back.
Push!
Because of that, I couldn’t cut his head with one shot.
However, the overflowing wounds are not enough to lead to death.
The Minotaur, with half of its neck ripped off by magic, opens its mouth.
It looked like he was about to scream, but the only sounds that came out were the weak wind and blood gushing out.
“Kkeuk… !”
Booung!
Could this be the last push before dying?
Pull out the greatsword stuck in the floor and wield it randomly.
A sword that can only be wielded by instinct after losing reason.
Such a sword is easier to dodge.
Just by lightly twisting the body, the greatsword slashes through the air in vain.
It easily evades whenever it is swung, and instead of retreating, it burrows inwards.
The greatsword the Minotaur is holding is long.
No matter how much magic power is a gangster, the reach of the weapon cannot be ignored at all.
‘Especially in this situation where mana must be conserved.’
Pulling out sword energy with magical power is a shortcut that quickly consumes magical energy.
That’s why I dig inside.
In that case, a weapon with a long reach would turn into a disadvantage.
The weapon rides a lot of terrain unexpectedly.
You can’t wield a huge greatsword in a confined space.
No matter how open this place is without a labyrinth….
‘I can’t swing up and down at least when I’m close.’
If you swing it from top to bottom, the greatsword will be firmly embedded in the ground, and even if you don’t, there is a strong chance that the lich will not be able to swing all the way to the end.
It is even more so when swinging from the bottom up.
Even if it’s not possible, it seems that the size of the blade will reach the Minotaur’s chest, but considering the position of the hand, it is impossible to swing the greatsword from bottom to top.
Of course, since it’s a magical world, it’s not impossible to just split the floor, but….
This is a labyrinth. It is not made of a material so soft that it can be broken by a greatsword wielded by a dying mob.
Then, the options for attack naturally narrowed.
An attack that swings sideways.
There was a possibility that the Minotaur, who had lost his temper, could swing it up and down, but then it would be better for me.
It will be much easier to kill.
Boo-woong!
As expected, the minotaur’s greatsword aimed at me sideways and rushed at me.
If left untouched, that greatsword would surely shatter my ribs and tear me in half.
What should I do to receive this attack with the least amount of physical strength?
Simple.
All you have to do is make the attack misfire in the first place.
Cut your wrists? Or cut off the greatsword?
Both are wrong.
The surest way is to break the center.
It is the lower body that is the center of most attacks.
The lower body that is firmly fixed to the floor and supports the upper body.
The moment you get injured in the lower body, you lose your balance, and even if you manage to keep your balance, you will be pushed back in the fight for strength.
Imagine that a person standing still loses one leg.
In that case, of course, people will lose their balance and fall.
Wouldn’t it be okay if I calmly centered myself? You’re welcome.
It is the legs that play the role of holding the center.
If you are falling to the left, step on the floor with your left leg, if you are falling to the right, step on the ground with your right leg.
That’s how you focus. The flapping of the arms is, in the end, to make it easier to balance.
If one leg is suddenly blown off, you could count on one hand the number of people who can balance.
Except for those with super-fast regenerative abilities and those with the ability to fly, of course.
Ugh!
Durandal contains a handful of magical energy.
Gather it up, roll it up. Make it elongated Sharpen the ends to make them pointy.
It’s easy to understand if you think of it as a magical miniature spear.
If it’s a little different, in the process of piercing the spear, the sword energy will fly to some extent and even if it pierces the enemy, most of the magic power will remain in the sword.
But what I prepared now is different.
To fire all the magic contained in the sword in the form of a stake.
Swords play the role of guns, and magic powers play the role of bullets.
Of course, the risk in case of failure is high as it completely discharges the mana.
No matter how fast you deploy it, it will take time to put magic back into the sword.
Even if the time is fleeting, it is the same. Life and death go back and forth on the battlefield because it’s a fleeting moment.
But I won’t stop now.
If you don’t learn how to be extremely efficient here, you don’t know what will happen when you attack Babel.