CH 68.3

This was a skill that was not taught at Swordsman’s Guild and that Roma had developed on her own.

Thanks to this skill, Roma succeeded in drawing the monster crocodile away from Litty, even if she was not able to defeat it.

“Escape while you can!” (Roma)

“Yes…” (Litty)

Roma’s decision was correct. Another crocodile had already started to attack. In addition to the one that had escaped earlier, a total of three had gathered.

The vicious devourers could move on land or water, and the way one of them charged at the two despite being wounded was a testament to their ferocity.

“This isn’t like Litty! Calm down…oh!” (Roma)

The monster crocodile’s fangs slightly scraped the flesh of Roma’s shoulder, along with her armor. Seeing this scene, Litty’s mind finally cleared up.

What had she done because of her impatience?

“Litty! Focus! You just need to do your best to have a great adventure. Don’t think about anything else.” (Roma)

–Litty-san, you’re really just trying to have an adventure.

–That’s right. That’s all I’ve dreamed of for a long time.

The conversation from sometime ago replayed in both of their minds.

Because Roma respected Litty, who was single-mindedly chasing her dream, she could not stand to watch Litty’s current confused state.

Roma could see that Litty was trying desperately to gain victory as if she was in a hurry.

“Roma, -san…!” (Litty)

Despite being wounded, Roma grabbed the attention of the monstrous crocodiles.

Then Litty remembered the first time she and Roma had fought together. It was when they worked together to defeat the Forest Leader at Mount Baruni.

In addition to being wounded, Roma’s speed made it impossible for her to continue dodging the onslaught of the monstrous crocodiles.

But even so, Roma took action. All for Litty’s sake. Remembering how Litty behaved, she believed that they would soon overcome the situation.

“…teyaaaaah!” (Roma)

Finally, returning to her senses, Litty changed places with Roma who was facing monstrous crocodiles, while sending Roma away by body slamming into her back and following with a plunging attack of her one-handed spear into one of the monstrous crocodiles.

After fixing her position, she sent a spiral thrust deep into the monster crocodile’s throat which finished it off.

Litty spun around to face the other two crocodiles that were approaching. With the weight of her one-handed axe, she crushed the scales of the approaching giant crocodiles, regardless of size.

She slammed her axe down again on the belly of the monster crocodile, after flipping it over on its back.

“Li, Litty…you, how much did you…” (Roma)

“There’s only one left! Let’s keep calm!” (Litty)

Roma could do nothing but watch as the two Named Beasts turned into corpses.

Although Litty managed to flip the 3rd one, it quickly got up and made a quick attack on her. The distance was so close that Litty was not able to unleash a proper spiral thrust in time.

“Litty! Use Explosion Slash over that fellow’s big mouth!” (Roma)

Without replying, Litty accepted Roma’s suggestion. A blast of flame landed in the long gaping maw of the monstrous crocodile, forcing it to close its mouth. Roma leaped into the air and climbed on top of the crocodile.

“Now!” (Roma)

Even the Vicious Devourer with its strong jaws was vulnerable to the pressure from above. Unable to open its mouth quickly enough, Litty immediately landed a Skull Crusher on its head with her axe.