CH 42

Although the ogre didn’t avoid the earlier [Fireball], it evaded [Wind Cutter] by jumping. Perhaps, it knew by instinct that it would take damage. If that is the case, it is possible that the ogre is weak against wind-type skills. Or the skills possessing more power than [Wind Cutter] are needed to damage the ogre.

I fired [Wind Cutter] again, but my timing was perfectly seen through, and it was evaded by jumping just like earlier.

Now!

I released [Lightning] towards the airborne ogre.

“End with this! [Lightning]”

“Gaaaaaatsuusuu!”

The ogre had no choice but to fall prey to [Lightning] without any means to avoid mid-air.

“Not yet! [Lightning]”

I released another [Lightning] toward the crouching ogre that was clearly wounded.

“Guuuaaaarrrraa~”

The second [Lightning] also firmly struck the ogre, whose movement became sluggish, giving it more damage.

Having been charred by the lightning, the whole body of the ogre had become a mess, and it fell on its knees. This time, I baptized the ogre with repetitive [Explosion] until I reached my skill-usable limit.

The moment all my explosions were over, the ogre also disappeared.

“I did it……!”

Compared to my previous troll battle, I was able to win this battle with slightly more remaining energy; even so, E-rank monsters were still formidable.

In particular, [Fireball] was totally ineffective in this battle, so I have to think about some countermeasures from now on.

After confirming the disappearance of the ogre, I searched for Aoi. She was still engaged in a battle at a distance not too far from here.

It seemed she was yet to completely grasp the movement of the jaguar man, so I ran towards Aoi and joined the battle.

“Aoi, I will stop it. Give it the finishing blow.”

“Rin-kun…… Looks like I’m the one receiving help. Alright, I’m counting on you.”

Since the jaguar man was violently moving without stopping, I activated the skill limiting its movements.

“[Ice Javelin]”

I didn’t think my attack could hit the target that Aoi couldn’t even after chasing so much.

My role was to limit the movements of the jaguar man as much as possible. So, I deliberately aimed at the right side of the jaguar man and forced it to evade to the left.

Aoi caught my intention when I launched the second [Ice Javelin] in the same way. With a slight time difference, she released [Explosion] about 2 meters to the left side of [Ice Javelin].

The jaguar man that evaded [Ice Javelin] jumped straight into the detonation area of [Explosion] and instantly became a mass of flames.

Then, Aoi finished off the flame ball jaguar man that was running amok with [Wind Cutter] and concluded our battle.

“Although we defeated them, both were strong.”

“Yes, thanks to Rin-kun, it took much less effort.”

“That may be the case. Still, to think that even Aoi was unable to catch it, that jaguar man was simply too fast.”

“This was also my first time facing it, so I couldn’t fight it well.”

“Eh! Aoi, was this your first time fighting that monster?”

“Yes, it is. Of course, I had theoretical knowledge about it.”

“Still, it would have been better if you said so from the start.”

“Either way, I believe I am more suitable to face that monster.”

Well, what Aoi has said was not wrong; even then, doing so should have created the clearly familiar feeling of leeway before the battle. To think that this was her first time seeing the monster… Sure enough, Aoi probably has some screw loose in her head.

Well, considering she even formed a party with me—with that point alone—I believe that she is already hopeless to some degree in some areas.