CH 293

“Chapter 293: Defensive Battle 3”

– Who sent you here?

– Uhh, Letty-sama. We saw water leaking out from the other side, so the maid told me to come and see if everything was okay.

It was when Diine helped us.

So the demon world is aware that we’re in trouble.

But even if they come to help us, it’ll take way too long for them to get here.

– Woah, what is that giant thing? It feels out of this world. I wanna go back home. It’s just like this but with miasma. (Moruru)

– If you want to go back so badly then shut up and help us out. (Ralph)

– I know. If I left you two to die here I would get my head chopped off as soon as Letty-sama sees me.

– Moruru, open your mouth.

– Aaa? Wha ih ih?

– A miasma candy, since you’d have trouble breathing underwater.

Creating the candy out of nowhere caused a numbing pain in my arms, but I have to deal with it.

– Peachy, are you ready?

– My name is Moruru. And yes, I’m ready.

– That’s the spirit. Once the 5 minutes are over, get to cover or else you’ll die.

I have yet to see how strong a charged attack from Ralph at 100% is, but I believe he’ll be able to at least save us from this.

– Let’s go.

At my mark, Ralph pointed his sword towards the whale, and Moruru jumped into action.

【AAAAAAAAAAAA】

Perhaps realizing the plan, the dark jerks rushed to Moruru in response to the whale’s cries.

The serpents were quickly overwhelmed by Moruru’s hundreds of weapons.

She’s grown a lot since our battle with Shiori. It might not be long before this girl becomes a guardian.

– …

Ralph dug his feet deeper into the floor.

Not even a minute in and his sword is shining so brightly that I can’t look at it.

【OOoooooooo!!!!】

The little that remained of the barrier preventing the water from coming in finally cracked, and several torrents started to pour in.

Ralph realized this, but he couldn’t stop his charge.

Diine told us that the dark jerks have developed some sort of lungs for emergency cases in which they need to catch their prey on land.

A few dark jerks were using the torrents of water to dive onto us. However, when Moruru is busy, and Ralph can’t move, “a few” is more than enough to kill us.

He could release his charge early to get rid of them, but that would mean having to start from scratch.

– Ralph, don’t stop.

– What about you!?

– Moruru is the decoy, and you’re the final weapon. I have to do something.

– Takaya!

– I’ll try to get their attention. Don’t worry, I’ll run if it seems like I’ll die.

– Hey!

Without waiting for Ralph’s approval, I ran straight onto the wave of dark jerks.

– It’s my turn.

Moruru isn’t the only one that changed after the battle with Shiori.