Chapter 32: Adventurers and Knights (14)
The Chanter of Magic was locked in a bitter battle with the rest of the beasts, and his own arrows could not break through the opponent's defenses, and when he noticed that the opponent was absorbing the life force of the environment to perform defensive magic for energy, Melluo realized that the quiver behind him was empty.
"Have you finished shooting the arrows...... Mellok groaned in a low voice, even if she couldn't use the artifact [Suzaku], but one-on-one, she wouldn't lose to the other party.
Drawing his sword from his waist, all the knights were basically a capable swordsman, regardless of the weapon they used, and Melloc raised the sword in his right hand to the top and swung it downward, and no one present could see him make such a move.
Cut the body of the monster that pounced on him in half, and when the monster spewed blood mist, the two monsters that circled Melluo's side attacked from the left and right sides at the same time.
"Martial arts—haste."
The battle-hardened knight slashed the monster on the left from directly above, and then drew a large arc at an astonishing speed and ended its life directly above the beast on the right.
Killing the enemies on the left and right in the blink of an eye can really be said to be a god-like sword skill.
There are still three left, no, plus demons and four monsters.
Do you want to pounce on them at the same time, or do you want to attack them continuously?
Melloc jumped back to avoid staining her gorgeous dress with black blood foam, and prepared for the next attack.
Melloc held his hand on the hilt of the sword, and if the other party pounced at the same time, he would not hesitate to use the six lights to slash in a row, although the power was not as strong as the rest of the four knights, but except for the demon, it should be able to kill with one blow.
The fifth beast rushed recklessly from the left side of its sight, without making a sound from the other directions.
"Hmph, boring."
With a brief sigh, she slashed out the sword placed on the left side, drawing an arc-shaped tip with a silver light, and was directly sucked into the enemy's right abdomen.
In an instant, Melloe's eyes widened.
As his slash stopped, claws pierced his foe's chest from behind and stabbed straight at him.
The sharp claws splattered the blood of their surviving companions, closing in on Mellok's throat.
At this point, it was impossible to dodge or defend with martial arts, and the rest of the magic chanters were also in a bitter battle, and there was no time to use the barrier to block the blow for themselves.
By judging the part of the left arm that was raised in time, it collided violently with the claws that emitted a dull light.
There was a sharp pain like paralysis, and although his own gown was enchanted with enhanced magic, the same as the bronze gauntlets worn by the rest of the knights, the impact was transmitted from the flesh to the bones.
"Ahem!"
As the screams drove the stunned away, Melloc forced her claws to the left, a clicking sound coming from within her body, announcing that the bones in her left arm had cracked.
It's just an arm!
Melluo, who was strong enough to block the slash, directly stabbed the sword in his hand forward, and the long sword originally pierced through the abdomen of the fifth demonic beast that had become an outcast, and then stabbed the body of the demon stacked behind.
But I don't feel that the other party has been hurt deeply.
The claw that had pierced his arm was left behind, and the demon who retreated to a safe distance miraculously regenerated its claws.
You have to quickly pull out your claws and get away for the next attack.
Melluo, who didn't know when his forehead was already oozing with sweat, pulled out his claws in one breath, and what he saw behind the fifth demonic beast that collapsed with his life was-
A demon that pounces with its arms outstretched as if it were flying in mid-air.
Ordinary training is used in archery, and at the moment there is no martial art that can attack an enemy who takes this position.
Melluo, who fell into a stiff state in an instant, was grabbed by the demon at the same time with both hands. Melloc couldn't resist the strength of his arm, and he fell.
His eyes widened as he saw the demon's cruel joy pressed against him, and the third hand stretched out from behind it was smashing towards his heart.
- I didn't expect to die at the hands of a demon in such a place.
- As a Four Horsemen, Mello would never have made such a mistake!
"Absolutely impossible!"
The more tenacious the will, the more such thoughts will turn into a dangerous poison that erodes the spirit, and the constantly struggling arms make clicking sounds, and the bones are rubbing and shattering.
Melloc could only look up as the deadly pitch-black palm pressed towards his heart, and he couldn't help but think of two laughing teenagers.
Feather ......
"Knight-sama————!"
At this time, there was a majestic cry in her ears, which was hoarse from fatigue.
An adventurer lunged towards the demon with a menacing face, it was the adventurer who had just spoken to him, the young man who hadn't even asked his name, raised the staff he held in both hands, ready to release the barrier made with all his magical power.
The demon, on the other hand, stretched out a fourth hand as if he was bored.
There was a heavy, violent clatter of metal.
Although not as good as the demon, the tall, leather-clad adventurer was held high like a paper man, the first punch breaking the shield and the second punch choking the throat of his fate.
Then he was thrown away by the opponent who felt bored, and then rolled two or three laps on the ground, which was an overwhelming arm force that could easily subvert the gap in technology, speed and equipment.
The demon's glowing red eyes narrowed rapidly, and it leaped as it exuded a beastly murderous aura, raising its four fists in order to deliver a fatal blow to the adventurer who could not yet stand up.
- No, I can't.
- Again, again, nothing was protected.
- Even once, Yu ...... Please give me strength.......
This momentary thought pierced Mello's stiff spirit like lightning.
There is no time left to get back on your feet and move in front of the adventurer. Even throwing the sword in his right hand would only allow the young adventurer to live for a few more seconds.
Before thinking about what to do, the right and left hands almost moved on their own – doing things they never thought possible.
Instead of an arrow, use the sword in your right hand and place it on the horizontally raised Suzaku bowstring and pull it apart.
The heaviness of the hand felt like pulling a rope attached to the earth, followed by a sharp pain that almost made people unconscious.
"Let me be your sword and cut through all the thorns for you."
The voice of the boy in his head made Melloc let out a low roar from his clenched teeth, and pulled the bowstring all the way away, and as soon as he finished firing it, he immediately shouted:
"A beast once told me that not only orcs, but also humans, the more dangerous they are, the more they can stimulate their potential, so ...... O flames! ”
Although there is no chanting technique, the ring in his hand responds to the will of his master.
The flames that erupted from the entire bow were far more powerful than any previous attack.
The long sword mounted on the bow was an ordinary iron sword, and it could not withstand the heat of the flames and began to fuse, but the burning flames formed new arrows that covered the broken long sword.
Melluo's heart, which should have felt cold, immediately began to burn, and the demon who had turned back when he felt something was wrong, his eyes widened with respect and anger, and he sprinted at great speed.
But before its four hands touched itself—
"—Burn the demons that are supposed to be in hell!"
Melloc shouted as she let go of her bowstring, and with a loud thud the sword that was fired out, flapping the crimson flames like wings and flying in a straight line. It was almost like the name of the artifact, Suzaku.
"Uh-huh, ahhh——!!h
The demon roared, and the four fists that tensed the muscles in front of his body, the next moment when Suzaku, wrapped in flames, touched his fist—
The grip was strong enough to easily crush the four fists of a human with armor, and they were easily vaporized.
And the owner of the fist, the demon, did not go through the burning process at all, and in an instant it turned into black charcoal—and then it turned into powder and vanished without a trace.
Melroku, whose mouth was still dripping with blood, smiled for the first time since the battle began.
"Thank you...... Feather. ”
Mellok closed his eyes and listened to the chirping of the Suzaku bird, the rest of the magical beasts, although they deliberately avoided it, but they could not escape the flames of the immortal birds at all, even if the last five magical beasts that rushed into the air wisely and quickly turned into ashes and disappeared on the battlefield.
"Saved...... Is it so? ”
The adventurer who was knocked to the ground, judging from the clicking sound on his body, did not know how many bones had been broken, but he endured the severe pain, and under the sight of other adventurers, the adventurer raised his right hand into the air with force.
"We've won !!"
Then, it caused cheers from everyone in the group.