Water and Earth. Area of crabs (2)
I saw it on a documentary channel once.
Even the claws of a very small blue crab can generate pressure over 100 times its own weight.
However, if it was a crab bigger than that, it was said to be more than that.
In such a yard, it is clear needless to say that the claws of a snow crab the size of a house possess the monstrous power.
I don’t know, but it’s probably more than I imagined.
‘Don’t touch those claws. That’s a dangerous weapon.’
Judging from the amount of magical power he felt, it was clear that he was a formidable opponent. It was a monster with a considerable amount of magical power.
Its level is so remarkably high that it cannot be compared to the likes of Owlbears and Orcs.
But it didn’t look like he couldn’t deal with it either.
‘Normally, a monster of that size would be quite sluggish. If you try it and find it difficult, it’s okay to drop it right away.’
As if understanding Winter’s thoughts, Yui also nodded once.
It is a response in the sense of being ready.
A bruise, a bruise. Winter, carefully stepping out, wandered around and looked at the liver.
The more he does, the more menacing the sound of his claws becomes.
As if he would not tolerate any further approach.
‘Where…’
Let’s start by lightly shooting magic, shall we?
With that thought, Winter raised his mana.
Suddenly, the surging magical energy starts leaking out in a blue light.
Then, it soon completed the shape of a long arrow and was shot like a beam of light.
‘Ice Spear!’
Ferberbug!
The sharp ice arrows were shot straight down and hit the snow crab’s hard shell.
[Kiii!]
Then he was shocked at once and showed embarrassment.
It can be seen that he is at a loss for what to do with that large body.
Some of the countless ice arrows hit the guy’s leg joints.
One leg fell off intact.
For a guy whose claws were his main weapon, it was no different than a fatal wound.
In terms of people, it was as if one of his arms had fallen off.
At that moment, it staggered greatly and the large torso shook.
‘Enough!’
A color fell on the winter snow.
This guy was a lesser opponent than it looked.
It looks quite menacing, but its movements are sluggish and it doesn’t notice.
He was an opponent with nothing particularly difficult.
‘If I just drive them in and catch them-… What?’
But at that moment.
Winter has stopped.
Looking at Yui and Winter in the distance, he suddenly started acting strangely.
Bubbling!
White bubbles bubbled up from the corner of his mouth.
‘What, what is it? What are you trying to do?’
But it was clear that something was wrong.
A visibly clear blue mana was gathering around his mouth.
And in winter, somehow this scene felt oddly familiar.
There was a sense of familiarity, as if I had seen it before.
‘What is it? This feels like a breath that Fenix would use…’
That moment.
Quaaa!!
Indeed, a thick stream of water poured from his mouth with a loud noise.
‘Damn it! Breath?! You really know how to shoot a breath?!’
It was an overwhelming force of water.
Breath sprayed with terrifying momentum sprayed like cannonballs and attacked them all at once.
[…?!]
A sudden surprise attack.
It didn’t react at all to the point where it could be avoided.
Moreover, since it was almost right in front of your nose, there was no way you could move faster than that breath even if you moved your body in the first place.
A startled winter reflexively activated a defensive spell, a shield.
A translucent blue curtain lit up in front of them, blocking their path.
Fur Ock!
That water cannon, a breath full of water power, hit the shield magic triggered by winter.
The hind legs of Winter, who activated the shield, slipped.
It’s because of the enormous pressure.
‘This, you son of a b*tch! Could this bastard also use elemental powers? The ability to handle water is not normal…!’
In addition, its properties also belong to the same water power as winter.
Through the shield magic, he managed to save time in winter.
He quickly spread the distance with Yui.
But the attack did not end there.
He even knew how to rotate the spraying breath.
He fired his breath and moved his body even while grinding, aiming for the fleeing Winter and Yui, and pursued them.
My heart pounded.
I almost got hit directly.
‘Isn’t that a joke, you bastard?’
It was terrifying.
It wasn’t until it was so far that the breath couldn’t reach it that it stopped attacking.
Even if it was the same breath, not all of them had the terrifying range and destructive power of the Calamity Fenix.
That guy’s breath was at a level that could be blocked with the Winter Shield, even though it was difficult.
Moreover, he didn’t seem to be a very fast monster.
If that were the case, he would have followed Winter and Yui long ago.
It’s like giving up like that and then focusing on eating again.
But even so.
I couldn’t take my eyes off Yui and Winter, who had already threatened him.
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As if the memories had already been firmly imprinted in their minds, the two long pupils constantly glanced at them.
‘But he’ll soon focus on eating again, that guy.’
Georeum and Yui thought as they looked at the guy who started playing with the claw diligently from afar.
The reason he was dull was probably because he had excellent karate skills to match.
‘Perhaps the only weapons you have are that breath and claw. That guy.’
I found out about it through the previous blow.
The guy’s fighting ability is not much to look at.
There is no flexible coping ability or anything. If he could just evade those brutal water cannons, he wouldn’t be particularly threatening.
Moreover, from Winter’s point of view, it was clear that he was a prey that was very difficult to give up.
It was clear that he was a tough opponent, but even so, he was hesitant to throw out unconditionally.
That big piece of flesh.
That guy alone is enough to feed two days.
Will you hunt with a little risk as collateral? If that’s not the case, should I quietly back away from here and find someone else?
Winter, where I spent a while doing calculations and thinking over and over again.
He immediately stood up from his seat.
‘Okay. Let’s do it!’
Winter decided not to give up hunting.
* * * *
Werewolves are pack hunting monsters.
Of course, their close cooperative relationship and flexible coping skills according to the situation are incomparable to other monsters.
They split in both directions.
Georeum was in front of him, and conversely, his sister, Yui, was in the back.
They circled around each other as if drawing a circle.
[Kururu-.]
A low wolf growl.
The snow crabs responded to their threat with a serious life.
They surrounded the snow crab in the middle and circled around, reminiscent of an irina or a hyena.
Kwajik! Kwajik!
Then the guy, the snow crab, also let out a threatening sound with claws.
Elongated snowflakes stretched back and forth, skimming winter and Yui.
Its large, heavy, slow body rotates little by little, taking turns examining them.
The pupils were constantly rotating.
I can feel that he is very flustered.
‘Okay. It works.’
At that appearance, Winter grinned.
‘I don’t know what to do. That’s the difference between you and werewolves.’
An opponent who doesn’t seem very intelligent at first glance.
He is only intimidating with his natural physique and breath.
Then they just had to put on their intellectual side and deal with him.
Moreover, this division of roles was the greatest strength and specialty of werewolves.
They are a species accustomed to hunting through efficient division.
There are two main ways for hunters to hunt prey.
One is to ignorantly shoot and press using the innate outstanding physical ability.
The other is to effectively drive in little by little through the hunt of a herd that never gets its prey.
As always, strength is not everything in hunting.
‘The only advantage that guy has is that his ability to respond in front of his line of sight is terrifying.’
However, on the other hand, the response from other directions was not very important.
His legs are slow.
In other words, the reaction speed is also extremely slow compared to other life forms.
The fact that it is vulnerable to attacks from other directions also played a part.
The durability was also weak.
It was a limitation peculiar to crustaceans.
While normal animals are mostly made of flesh and muscle, that one is made of hard carapace. I mean, it’s the same as insects.
Furthermore, one of the eight legs fell off due to an attack from the previous winter. Now there are seven