Chapter 432
432 – Through Broken Bones
I ssed up. I let the sli get close to while its stats are overwhelmingly higher than mine. What makes it worse is that in a close-quarters fight, the battle can be decided in an instant. I can’t take the path of fighting while slowly chipping away at its MP. In the first place, because of the stat difference, I can’t win a direct fight.
No, it coming to this was inevitable. In the first place, I don’t have enough long-range skills to fight an opponent that’s equal or stronger than at a distance. All my ranged attacks are wholly blocked by that shell shield, so my only way of dealing damage is at close-range. If I can’t endure this, then it ans this fight was lost the mont it started.
The sli raises its three swords high. As I look up to focus my gaze on them, the owl in its chest cries.
“PooooOOOOh!”
A bright red sphere of flas appears in front of the owl’s beak, imdiately shooting towards . It’s the [Fire Sphere] skill! I hold my left wing in front to block. A pillar of fire rises from the surface of my wing.
As the left half of my vision becos blocked by my wing, the sli swings the sword in its right hand into my blind spot. I raise my left foreleg to block, and manage to catch it with my forefoot. The blade sinks into the flesh between my claws as I break it to pieces.
The two other blades swing down towards . I raise my right foreleg in preparation to block them, but stop myself. Unobstructed, the swords stab deep into the base of my throat.
My consciousness recedes. Imdiately, my partner’s [High Rest] reaches .
『Why didn’t you block!?』
…With just two hands, blocking everything is impossible. The next attack is still coming. My objective shouldn’t be to avoid everything. I should choose which attacks to receive.
“PooooOOO…”
Its eyes rotating round and round, a black light gathers in front of the owl’s beak. It’s [High Slow]. If I’m hit by that now, it’ll be the end there and then.
It’s as I predicted. I’m glad I kept my right foreleg ready. Just before it can release the magic, I punch my free right foreleg towards the owl.
The only advantage of soone like is my toughness. So then I have no choice but to push through, even if I have to break my bones and cut my flesh.
“It’s useless.”
The sli sticks out its tongue. My right foreleg is stopped by the hard shell shield. No matter what sacrifices I make, I can’t get even one hit to land. This is bad. That stupid owl’s [High Slow] is coming!
“GuuOOOOOOOh!”
I pour more strength into my right leg, trying with all my might to push past the shield.
“Ttoto!”
The sli’s body sinks down. From the recoil of my blow, my body flies backwards. The black light of the owl’s [High Slow] flies past .
“You’re annoyingly tenacious! Even though I keep telling you you’re going to die soon!”
From the sli’s three swords, three [Shockwaves] fly. The first two graze past my head. They were to prevent from escaping upwards. The last was aid directly below into my path as I was drawn to the floor by the first. I lift my forelegs as I fall to avoid it. A huge crack opens up in the floor where it hits.
“PooOOOOh! PoooOOOOh! PooOOOOOOh!”
Three spheres of fire fly towards , burning curved trails through the air. I dig my claws into the rift in the floor created by the [Shockwave] just now and forcefully lift it up. The floor peels, becoming a shield. The spheres of flas collide with the raised floor, exploding into pillars of fla.
N-nice, fine play, … This special tal floor is quite useful defensively.
“You…!”
The sli crawls across the ground with its scorpion lower body, coming around my shield.
“[Gravity]!”
From the sli, a black light expands. As it touches , I’m pressed down by an imnse weight, and my posture lowers to the ground. It’s heavy, I can’t move… But, compared to the first ti, the range and power feels a lot weaker. It’s still plenty to tie down, so the fact that I’m in a pinch is unchanged though…
“Guu…”
Groaning, I try to provoke with [Telepathy].
…What’s wrong? It’s a lot weaker than your first [Gravity]. It feels like you’re holding back. You say you’re going to kill with plenty of leeway, but aren’t you secretly panicked over how much MP you’re using?
The sli’s human body frowns, glaring at .
“This is the end. God-sama is saying it too. You’re boring, so hurry up and die!”
…I had hoped to learn sothing, but it was an empty response. I had hoped to find out how much MP it wanted to have left after this battle, or whether recovery with that [Life Mana] thing was possible, but there’s nothing I can take from that response.
The sli’s swords swoop down on the stationary . From the left, two of the three swords swing down towards .
My partner stretches out and catches both swords in her mouth. Her broken teeth fall, and blue blood dribbles out of her mouth. Great! Two of the swords are stopped! This is huge!
“Cheh!”
“GaaAAA…”
My partner moans from deep in her throat. Her eyes shine red. It’s [Ruler’s Demon Eye].
But the sli should have complete immunity? Even if it doesn’t count as a status condition, I don’t think it’ll be able to go through against an opponent with such strong magic. Though it would be great if it could even give us a slight gap…
“Ah? A-a-aaah!”
The sli drops the sword from its raised hand and presses its hand against its head… I-it was effective? It glares at between gaps in its fingers.
“PogoooOOOOO!”
The owl screams. Spheres of fire, water, earth, and wind appear in front of its beak in quick succession and fly towards .
H-hey! Is that okay!? It’s letting that owl use magic skills without reservation! Damn it, with this many shots, I have no choice but to evade.
Each of them possess high power. This is no ti to push forwards. For a recovery-type monster, using MP is the sa as shaving away at HP. There’s no need to force through an actual attack.
I kick off the ground with my rear legs, leaping backwards while raising my upper body high. My partner pulls the sli’s two swords away in her mouth, but the mont they separate they lose their colour and revert to sli and crumble away.
『Geh, peh!』
She spits sli from her mouth.
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