24 The Battle of Two Shea

I followed Shea, who ran out, and I moved on.

Slowly with fading feet - still at full speed - keep going.

The stride was slow and irritating unexpectedly.

I wish I could use [acceleration] too...

I'm getting closer, even as I feel worse.

The distance to the enemy is about 40 meters left.

It seems Shea had already defeated the majority, and the remains of more than ten monsters had folded.

Behind it is the appearance of a girl who looked frightened.

Apparently, she was being attacked by a monster.

... That's odd.

I was surprised.

I didn't know so many monsters would attack just one girl.

No, catching up with Shea is a prerequisite now.

I shook off the suspicion that arose in the corner of my head, and I went all the way.

"All that's left is two..."

Shea tells Rin and rebuilds her sword.

Before her, two monsters lined up.

The whole thing is Flame Golem, a huge doll-shaped monster about five meters tall.

As its name suggests, he specializes in ranged attacks utilizing strong defenses and flames with a golem that wraps his whole body in flames.

The other one is the dual tiger, a two-headed tiger-shaped monster.

It has a powerful melee fighting capability and also performs mid-range battles with a magic bullet of wind and thunder emitted from two heads.

They all look awesome.

Nevertheless, both of them have HP ranging from 700 to 1000.

If you fall within my skill range, you will die instantly.

If Shea can't win, defeat the enemy with [Fixed Damage]...

The battle between Shea and me had begun while I was walking.

The first thing that moved was a two-headed tiger.

With a slight acceleration, it fleshes to Shea in an instant.

"[Acceleration]"

But there is no such thing as a speeding match against her.

Shea, who avoids a light dual Tiger advance, flips and slaps her sword on its back...

"Huh...!

No, in the meantime, Shea jumps like a panic.

The flamethrower burned down the point where she stood until a moment ago.

It was an attack unleashed by the flame golem that stood behind the dual Tiger.

There is!

Dual Tiger chases Shea, who jumps back and falls apart.

It's a pretty brilliant coordinated attack, though a monster.

─ ─ Even afterwards, when Shea packed the distance, Flame Golem emitted a flame of restraint, and Dual Tiger set it up at the flinch.

"This...... Huh! Doesn't hit...... Huh!

Shea, who can't hide her frustration at the struggle.

Flame Golem fires flames in a row that disfigure him and prevent him from moving into attack.

Dual Tiger is attacked there, and she is being chased into battle defense.

"... not good"

Indeed, her skills work immensely in melee combat.

But Shea herself is not a real knight.

My arms are good because I have the qualities of a sword, and I was hands-on from my sister, who was a former Knight Commander.

There is just an overwhelming lack of experience in action.

Skills alone pushed me through the Minotaur battle shortly after I gained skills and against the Irina escorts, but if they are opponents who will work together as well as this one, the struggle seems inevitable.

"I may not win... run away now!

Shea yelled at the girl behind her.

"Ah... oh..."

But she's losing her hips or she can't get up.

"Come on, if I leave, she'll..."

Shea's voice is in a hurry.

I guess you already understand.

On my own, it's hard to beat these two.

But still, Shea is trying to stand up to protect the girl.

I haven't had any real experience yet, but my soul belongs to a real knight.

Or maybe her sister did, too.

For the weak, wave the sword.

Be courageous and proud, even if you are a more powerful opponent than yourself.

Maybe he was a true knight.

"Just hold on a little longer, Shea. Now I'm going--"

Feeling like whipping me on my fading leg, I moved on.

Twenty meters away...... nineteen meters......

"Ha ha..."

Shea retreats to flames of flame golem.

Eighteen meters... seventeen meters... sixteen meters...

With the wind and thunder magic bullets spewed out by Dual Tiger, Shea is blown even more.

"Ugh..."

I get slammed to the ground and can't get up with a noose.

Did it hurt somewhere, or maybe it's broken bones.

Fifteen meters to go... fourteen meters to go...

Dual Tiger pushes his fangs out on fallen Shea.

Flame golem flames from behind.

Thirteen meters away...... twelve meters.

Almost there.

Go ahead, Shea.

"Because I'm not running... Huh!

To support the sword, Shea stood up.

"I'll try to protect you with this sword more than someone is attacking you in front of me... like your sister...!

Burn up your fighting spirit and set up your sword more than ever before.

Dual Tiger unleashes a magic bullet of thunder and wind, and Flame Golem unleashes a flame, respectively.

There is no escape for Shea in a magical attack that looms in three directions: forward, left and right.

-No.

"Well, you don't have to run away from the beginning...!

Shea raised her sword with a look like she noticed something.

"[Disconnect] -"

Activate your skills and wave down your sword.

All magical attacks, which should not have been slashed by mere steel swords, were amputated.

[Darkness] skills [Disconnect].

The effect cleaves all things apart.

Not just matter, even magic...

The two monsters stopped moving as confused.

It was a moment.

But that makes it worth a thousand bucks.

I was able to pack the last distance in that moment.

"You kept me waiting, Shea"

The moment, [fixed damage] captures two bodies.

"Gino, no, no, no, no, no, no...!

Weeping a shrieking scream, the flaming golem and the two-headed tiger fell at the same time.

Its body becomes countless black particles, scattered and extinguished.

Did you make it?

I was relieved that I was able to protect Shea.

And the girl Shea tried to protect for her life, along with...