CH 42

[Enemy Attack]

Rolling on the ground, my back hits a tree.

Neither sword nor magic seems to be effective on him…

Was Abyss Walker strong to that degree?

I was surprised, feeling the strength of the creature that looks like the Abyss Walker who Lloyd and co fought against.

However, I can’t let it go just like that.

I have to find a way to defeat him somehow.

Strength enter my injured body, and I forcibly stand up from the ground.

However, the Abyss Walker-like creature, who had kicked me, has disappeared into the depths of the forest.

“Frick-sama! Are you okay?”

Making Dimol descend and landed, Noelia turned pale and rushed toward me.

“Ahh, I’m fine. My internal organs haven’t ruptured because I’ve enhanced my body… but, it seems that I got some bruises and my bones got some fractures…”

I spit out my accumulated blood mixed with saliva inside my mouth behind the tree.

“I’ll heal you immediately! Oh mana that dwells in me. Become a light that heals those who I touched. Healing Light.”

When Noelia, who ran towards me, touched my abdomen with her hand wrapped in warm light, the pain in my body was eased.

“Thank you…the pain has eased a lot.”

“Y-yes. Do you have any other wound? Please take off your outer garments and let me check it.”

“A-ahh. Please.”

Because Noelia said she wanted to check my body to see whether I got other wounds, I took off my leather armor in front of her.

Thereupon, while her face turned red, Noelia found a small scratch on my body, she touched it with her hand and while breathing roughly, she activated Healing Light.

It’s just a small scratch, if she’s so tired till she breathes roughly, then she doesn’t have to force herself to heal me though.

I’ve learnt healing magic from Noelia, so I can use it to some extent.

Unable to stand seeing the appearance of Noelia breathing roughly, I proposed to heal the wound myself.

“Noelia, if you’re tired, should I do it myself?”

“Yesh!? Yeish!? No. I’m not tired at all. Rather, I’m feeling spirited…like, I’m full of vigor. Ahh, no. I’m fine. If it’s only this much, please leave it to me.”

Noelia waved her hands exaggeratedly, and asked to leave the healing to her.

It’s a troublesome place to be in if she collapsed in place due to fatigue, but as the person herself said she was fine, I can’t say no as the disciple.

“I-I see. In that case, it’s fine but…”

“Yes, I’m fine. Nevertheless, the human figure from just now, it’s certain that it is an Abyss Walker… But the Abyss Walker that I’ve heard from my father is not insusceptible to magic…he said that my mother massacre the Abyss Walkers with magic after all.”

Since the treatment is done, I wore the leather armor that I took off, and Noelia talked about the Abyss Walker from earlier.

Certainly, as Noelia says, even though it was just a low-level magic, but I feel that it had no effect at all on the Abyss Walker.

“Perhaps, the power of my magic was too weak?”

“If it was said the power of Frick-sama’s magic is weak, then most mages will have to lose their job. Perhaps it would be more correct to seen it as it nullifying or reducing magic like Cerberus.”

“As I thought, that’s the case, huh…moreover, the hardness of its skin wasn’t normal…”

“Is what we seen is another creature in the shape of an Abyss Walker…?”

Although I and Noelia had heard the story of Abyss Walkers outbreak in the Great Invasion, we had never actually fought them.

However, I shuddered when I think that many of those things would crawl out of Abyss Fall.

Noelia seemed to have a similar thought.

“For the time being, we have to chase after the one who escaped. I haven’t confirmed whether the Spell Sword would be effective against it yet.”

“That’s right! Flick still had the Spell Sword.”

“Ahh, we haven’t lost yet. Those things are the things which should never be let to overflow.”

We decided to chase after the Abyss Walker who escaped again.

Afterwards, we investigated the traces of the Abyss Walker who escaped until nightfall, but we could not find its track.

Therefore, we decided to give up on the pursuit temporarily, and join up with Lloyd and co to give the report.

“It can’t be cut even with Frick’s skill and the magic sword that I made, huh…how hard that thing is. The sharpness of that sword is extraordinary y’know.”

“Moreover, magic is ineffective too? Is that really an Abyss Walker? …The Abyss Walkers we fought were blasted away by Florina’s magic.”

“Is the Abyss Walker that the two reported…a new s-species? …Its strength is unbelievable…”

“If neither sword nor magic is effective on it…it’s going to be troublesome…”

Inside the tent of the knight order that was set up at the entrance of the Demon Forest, the faces of attendees who heard our report were dark.

The attendees were the Frontier Count Lloyd, the Knight Captain Meiss, the Magic Research Institute Director Linus, and for some reason Gawain.

“But the Abyss Walker we encountered showed the strength we just mentioned.”

The faces of the attendees who heard Noelia’s words became even more dark.

“Twenty years have passed since the Great Invasion ended. It was an Abyss Walker that had never been sighted but, don’t tell me, the specimen that hasn’t been sighted in a long time has become that strong…what in the world is happening…?”

Hearing the report from his daughter about the threat of the Abyss Walker, confused expression rose on Lloyd’s face.

Compared to the Abyss Walker they fought, the specimen of Abyss Walker we fought seemed to be stronger than the standard.

“Neither sword nor magic worked on it. However, I haven’t tried the Spell Sword yet, if it works like in the battle against Cerberus, I think I can still deal with it.”

“That’s right. You haven’t tried the Spell Sword yet, right.”

Lloyd, who had a confused expression, also seems to have found hope in the existence of my Spell Sword that has a track record of defeating the Cerberus.

Although it was hard, it did not mean that its skin could not be cut, and if the blade touched its inside, the blade should be able to throw in the magic effect.

If it can be wounded with that, then it shouldn’t be an unbeatable opponent.

I don’t want to think of it as the last trump card, but from the feeling I got when I fought it, if the Spell Sword doesn’t work, I think the following moves would be futile.

“I’m sure it’ll be fine with Frick-sama’s Spell Sword. That Abyss Walker will spew flames from all over his body and fall to the ground, just like the Cerberus.”

“You’re right. Certainly, the power of that Spell Sword was impressive, right.”

The two who were watching the fight against the Cerberus knew the power of my Spell Sword, so their complexion was brighter than the other attendees.

At that time, the other side of the tent suddenly became noisy.

“E-enemy attack!! A tremendously fast creature has invaded the camp!! Captu――gahagh.”

“O-oi! That is A-Abyss Walker! Abyss Walker has slipped in! Capture it!!”

“It has some kind of weapon! It’s a lie right, Abyss Walker use a weapon!?”

“Shoot it! Get away from it! Gagh!”

“O-oi! Hold on! N-no he’s dead.”

The confused voices and explosions sound from outside resounded in the tent.

Inside the tent, we immediately reached out for each of our weapons and went out.

Outside, the smoke and flames of tents burning rose up, and knights wielding weapons were running around in every direction.

“Everyone, calm down! Report the number of enemies!”

Lloyd gave instructions to the panicking knights with a loud and clear voice.

I saw a red light extending from the depths of the forest to Lloyd’s cheek.

I got a bad feeling from that light.

“Frontier Count-sama! Get down!”

Getting a bad feeling, I pushed Lloyd, who was illuminated by the red light, to the ground.

The next moment, the tent behind Lloyd exploded and burned.

“Explosion!? What in the world is going on!”

“Protect Lloyd-sama! Don’t ever let that red light come in contact with you!”

Immediately, Meiss jumped out in front of Lloyd and stood in his place.

I saw a red light again.

This time, it is aiming for Noelia.

“Noelia! Dodge!”

“!?”

Noelia noticed the red light, but perhaps she was frozen from fear, she didn’t show any sign of dodging.

Damn it, make it in tiiiiiiiime!!!

“Become a stone wall and manifest at the point where my finger points out. Stone Wall!”

In front of the red light that aimed for Noelia, the Stone Wall that I activated rises.

At that moment, the stone wall shattered with an explosion.

However, thanks to the stone wall, Noelia was not involved in the explosion.

I ran up to Noelia and stood in front of her as if to protect her.

“Frick-sama…I’m sorry I became a burden.”

“No, I’m glad you are safe. Nevertheless, that attack…it was a magic no matter how you see it.”

“Yes…but it’s as powerful as advanced-level magic. Also, the distance it was illuminated from was quite far, but the moment of the blast was unknown.”

Regaining her composure, Noelia was muttering about the red light from just now.

Even during that time, an explosion occurred from the illuminating red light.

The number of the illuminating lights is only two… there are only two attackers, huh.

Explosions are occurring in various places, but it seems that there are only about two enemies.

Eventually, the illuminating red light disappeared.

“It was coming this way!! Hold up your sword!”

The knights in the direction of the inner part of the camp ground raised their voices.

“Everyone, let’s go! Frick, I’m sorry, but please help us.”

Lloyd and co take along the escort knights and rushed forward while raising their voice.

“I understand. I’ll go immediately. Noelia, can you go?”

“Yes, I won’t be a burden.”

“Alright, let’s go.”

Noelia and I chased after Lloyd and the others and ran to the back of the camp ground.