Chapter 120: Stalling for Ti
queen: “Illumination magic should be fired after the troops finish mounting the Spirit Turtle. Please hop on then, Iwatani-sama”
random soldier: “Understood. Then, operation start!”
shield: “Roger that. Everyone! We're going!”
raphtalia: “Okay”
filo: “Oka~y”
rishia: “I'll do my best!”
Ans thus Filo and I faced the Spirit Turtle for another assault.
During that ti, Raphtalia, Rishia and half of the Allied forces circled around the Spirit Turtle's back to mount it.
filo: “Together with Master~”
Filo let ride on her in good humour, and ran towards the Spirit Turtle.
Such a fearless kid.
I checked the number of Mana Potions and.... dicine.... and stood before the Spirit Turtle.
turtle: “――――――――――!”
As the Spirit Turtle detected us, it simultaneously released a swarm of familiars.
And then it used its body to trample down on us.
shield: “Zweite Aura! teor Shield!”
I chanted protective magic while raising my voice, and deployed teor Shield.
The Spirit Turtle's foot rained down on us and caused an earthquake.
As if I'm going to take that obediently!
Just like that, we evasively dodged its foot before teor Shield could be broken.
Fissures ford in the ground.
In the midst of a dust cloud being raised, I used my whole body to grasp the Spirit Turtle's foot before it could lift its gigantic leg.
turtle: “―――――――――――!?”
It seed that the Spirit Turtle raised its voice in surprise at being unable to raise its leg at will.
Such a sorry state.
gu....gu gu...... *clench*
Nevertheless, if I show even a little hint of an opening then the Spirit Turtle will try to raise its leg. And in terms of strength, I don't have nearly enough to prevent from being thrown out into the air.
The good thing is that the neck didn't extend up to the tip of the forefoot that we were on. I'll try to make use of that.
turtle: “―――――――――――!”
Familiars were released in our direction.
Now!
A large number of magic circles were deployed in the sky, and fire ca raining down incessantly.
A wave of supporting magic swept down from the rear and descended upon the familiars, stitching up that interval.
filo: “Tahh!”
Filo kicked the familiars away, protecting .
filo: “How long do we hafta wait?”
shield: “Who knows”
gu gu....... *clench*
This is bad, if I lose even a bit of focus I won't be able to restrain the Spirit Turtle's foot.
All the sa, it's only focusing in my direction so the rear was defenceless.
filo: “Master......that”
I looked behind the Spirit Turtle, through the gap in its legs. Well, what I could see was no larger than a speck.
A ladder or rope hung in order for the army and Raphtalia's party, who had circled to the rear, to climb onto the depths of the Spirit Turtle's shell.
It appeared that there were also wyvern-riding soldiers who boarded the Spirit Turtle favourably and were lending a hand.
All right......
A crackling vibration transmitted through the Spirit Turtle.
This is.......
The Spirit Turtle turned to use and tried to fire its special move.
shield: “Filo!”
filo: “Kay!”
Filo hid behind my back.
The Spirit Turtle opened its mouth and fired that intense thunder, intending to wipe out its own foot together with us!
I imdiately changed to the Wrath Shield.
Anger ignited in the depths of my heart
filo: “Master”
Filo's arms and legs were covered in black flas.
Not yet..... I could endure it. Because Raphtalia and Filo were lending their strength.
There was a dazzling flash, which was imdiately followed by a loud roar one beat later.
I held out the shield and defended with the Wrath Shield.
...... There wasn't any pain like the last ti.
As expected from the Wrath Shield. I'm unhard.
As I thought that, and waited for the Spirit Turtle's attack, I realised a ti counter had appeared in the corner of my vision.
4 : 37
This number that was decreasing every second......
What the?
When the number fell to just below 4:30, the Spirit Turtle's attack ceased.
All right, I withstood it. And then I realised. Sohow strength wouldn’t enter my body.
filo: “Master?”
What just occurred?
I checked my status.
......My SP beca 0!?
What the? Why was my SP 0?
It couldn't be that that Spirit Turtle's attack also drains SP, can it?
I changed to the Soul Eater Shield and recovered SP by stealing it from the swarming familiars with a counter-attack.
I summoned teor Shield.
The number that appeared when I changed into the Wrath Shield has disappeared......
I have a bad premonition.
Could it be that that number was the duration that the shield couldn't control , or otherwise Filo, converted into a nurical value?
It seems like sothing bad would happen if it reached 0.
The Spirit Turtle regenerated its burnt foot and trampled down on us.
shield: “No way!”
Like before, I seized the Spirit Turtle's foot to halt it. If I changed to Wrath Shield, the Dark Curse Burning S would activate from the neighbouring attacks and Filo would be caught up in it. I can't change it until the very last mont.
When I did, the Spirit Turtle took a breath as though to say it was waiting.
No matter how much, wasn't this a bit quick!?
Sweat dripped down my face unpleasantly.
It had an ability to drain SP.... would spit out a lightning attack with that recovered SP, and then sucked away the SP I acquired again.
I could remain uninjured with the Wrath Shield but my SP would be absorbed. I'd receive a lot of damage with the Soul Eater Shield but, because it invalidates the drain and steals SP, it would take ti before the lightning attack could be fired.
So it's like this?
shield: “Tsk! Shield Prison!”
I aid at the Spirit Turtle's head and summoned a cage.
However, the cage was broken as soon as it appeared.
As expected, I can't encase sothing as large as that.
Well, it looks like I can't attack with Iron Maiden.
I withstood the next lightning attack by changing into the Wrath Shield.
However, I lost all the SP I had as compensation.
I changed back to the Soul Eater Shield to counter but........
When I look to the vicinity, the familiars hadn't finished assembling together.
filo: “Are you alright, Master?”
shield: “Gu......”
Should I get on Filo and flee?
The power of that attack is no joke. If it misfired and hit the allied troops, it would have caused a serious loss.
I deployed teor Shield with the SP I just managed to recover.
shield: “Filo, it might be painful but bear with it”
filo: “Kay!”
I caught the lightning attack with Filo supporting up.
shield: “Guu.....”
The lightning attack pierced through for about 30 seconds.
It's a pain I've never felt when I was in my original world. This feeling was like receiving an electric shock together with the pain of my whole body being roasted.
..... My consciousness took a leap.
I chanted recovery magic concurrently with supporting magic invoked by the troops behind .
My wounds healed but I lost physical strength and accumulated fatigue during the ti I was recovering from the injury.
filo: “Filo's also gonna go”
shield: “I'll leave it to you”
If Filo could blow away the head, that would buy us so ti.
Filo took the stance for her special move, established her aim and attacked.
filo: “Spiral Strike!”
Filo's assault arrived at the Spirit Turtle's throat and pierced through.
And yet, it may be because Raphtalia wasn't there but, it didn't manage to sever the head.
Before our eyes, the Spirit Turtle's wound repaired itself with an unpleasant tearing sound.
filo: “Fuee....”
Filo sought refuge in my barrier as she landed and dropped her shoulders in fatigue.
The Spirit Turtle once again opened its mouth to spit a lightning attack.
Wha...... did the ti for the next attack shrink because of the damage!?
shield: “Filo, get away the next ti this guy tries to stomp on us”
filo: “Kay!”
I braced myself so that Filo could have ti for her magic to recover; Filo's feathers bristled as she concentrated.
Speaking of which, the duration of the Spirit Turtle's lightning attack and the ti it takes for Filo to accumulate magic power is equal.
The Spirit Turtle spat out its lightning attack and I changed to the Wrath Shield to resist it.
And then, the Spirit Turtle's blackened leg regenerated again and it attempted to stomp on us.
shield: “Now's the ti!”
filo: “Oka~y!”
Filo retreated back at a high speed and I stopped Spirit Turtle's trampling with the Wrath Shield, then started running towards its face.
Dark Curse Burning S activated and black flas coiled around with as the centre.
The Spirit Turtle's leg and face was thoroughly burned by the cursed flas.
shield: “How's that!”
Dark Curse Burning S has an effect of diminishing recovery. It might be able to seal that miraculous regeneration power.
If that's the case then stalling for ti will be easy.
However.....the blackened leg and part of the face regenerated as if nothing happened.
turtle: “――――――――――!”
W-What vitality.
filo: “Master”
shield: “Yeah, I know”
I changed the Wrath Shield into the Soul Eater Shield to economise the ti.
This will turn into.... quite a drawn-out battle.
Once again, I instructed Filo as I endured the lightning attack.
shield: “Filo, please go and ask the queen, who's monitoring the timing, for the state of progress. This is quite relentless. Make them hurry up as much as possible”
filo: “If I do that then Master will.....”
Filo replied with a voice that seed like it would break into tears at any mont.
shield: “I'll be fine.....”
filo: “......okay”
That Spirit Turtle let out a mortifying cry, possibly because it couldn't steal any SP.
I think I can endure until the next discharge.
Filo kicked the enemy away.
filo: “High Quick!”
With high speed, she ran down to where the queen was.
I materialised teor Shield with SP taken from the familiars, and repeated the action of pinning down the Spirit Turtle's foot.
It was difficult, because all the lightning attacks made the footing worse. There were fissures caused by the earthquakes as well as crater ruins.
This is harder than I thought.....
The Spirit Turtle's familiars forcefully attacked the barrier made by teor Shield.
.......If I didn't learn those strengthening thods from the other heroes, wouldn’t I have died?
Well, this situation is the fault of those other heroes.
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