CH 41

As a central character in her class, Aoi’s daily school life seemed so fun that I became happy just by listening to her talking.

“Aoi, it is about this Friday. How about we go shopping after school?”

“This Friday?”

“Yes, though I’m hoping to go together with you. Is it not okay?”

“No, not at all, let’s do that.”

“Then, when school is over, we’ll leave our luggage and go shopping.”

“Yes.”

Fuu~. For now, I am glad to have successfully invited Aoi. Even though I am together with her most of the time, it is so nerve wracking to invite her to go shopping.

“ “Beep Beep” ”

As we were walking toward home, a notification came to our terminals.

Since we’ve set the settings not to receive the notifications while we are at school, it is rare for us to get a notification at this kind of time.

Aoi and I hurried back to the rooms, wore the equipment, and rushed to the scene by riding the racing bicycles.

About 15 minutes later, we arrived at the scene. So, we got off our bicycles and headed toward the monsters. Then, we saw two monsters rampaging there.

“Those are E-rank ogre and jaguar man.”

Is that the famous ogre?

Its size is about 2 meters, almost the same as an orc. So, compared to a troll, it feels like it is small. However, unlike the soft and flabby orc, it is a brawny macho with well-defined muscles covering the whole body.

“Aoi, I’ll take on the ogre, is it okay?”

“Yes, no problem. Then, I’ll defeat the jaguar man. We’ll switch if it gets dangerous, so please tell me right away.”

“Alright, I’m counting on you.”

To be honest, I don’t know anything about the jaguar man. On the contrary, I have a higher chance of winning against the ogre, which I have some superficial knowledge of.

Although it looks like cowardly behavior, I better choose the easier target. I am weaker than Aoi. I am no more than an F-rank who is accompanied by E-rank Aoi. If I get carried away and make a mistake in my judgment, it might result in our party dissolving.

It isn’t a problem for me to face the danger alone. However, me becoming unable to attack means Aoi is directly exposed to danger, so I have to prevent that at any cost.

Although I still have some dignity and pride, those are nothing compared to Aoi’s safety.

“I’ll defeat it somehow. [Fireball] [Fireball] [Fireball]”

I fired [Fireball] in rapid succession to test the vitality and responses of the ogre. Unfortunately, [Fireball] couldn’t damage the ogre; moreover, it was even brushed away annoyingly when it hit.

Although the power of my [Fireball] was undoubtedly low, I didn’t expect the ogre to come out unscathed. It is probably because either its magic resistance or fire resistance is high.

I crafted a new strategy in my head while shooting [Fireball] continuously.

“That’s it! [Wind Cutter]”

I activated the skill by aiming at the ogre’s leg in the same manner as I chopped the troll’s leg.

The wind blade flew toward the ogre’s leg, but the ogre sensed it and avoided it by jumping as high as its own height.

“Its jump is too high…..!”

It seems those muscles aren’t just for show. As far as I can see from its jump, its physical abilities are far better than the monsters that I’ve seen so far.

I checked Aoi with a sidelong glance. She was continuously firing her skills while running. However, as the jaguar man was a four-footed monster, it was evading the incoming attacks by repeatedly moving left and right with tremendous speed.

As expected of an E-rank monster, it doesn’t look easy over there either.

This time, I focused my attention only on the ogre.