Section F, Chapter 22: Talon (Anusen)

This time, there was no mistake in predicting only the fluctuations of the air flow, and the hard touch of the claws was immediately transmitted through the shield surface. The knight was knocked back by the massive impact, nearly overpowering Lusha behind her.

Without the slightest gap, the enemy's claws struck again with a whistling air current. However, there was no trace of the enemy at all, so he had to blindly wave his shield and constantly resist the attacks.

It's a lot worse than I imagined...... A cold sweat broke out on her back, and the knight glanced nervously at Lusa: she had no time to look elsewhere but to keep shooting to suppress the other monster. However, the sound of vigorous, angry footsteps could be heard that the enemy could no longer be stopped from approaching the area.

A moment of distraction almost caused the knight to be wounded in the shoulder by a sharp claw that slashed straight at him. Judging by the impact of the shield, the two claws the size of the entire shield were enough to show the height of its original figure. Unable to see the enemy's body, the knight couldn't find the opportunity to counterattack with his sword, so he had to defend passively one after another.

No, I'm one foot deep and one foot shallow in the snow, and my movement is restricted. We have to find a way to retreat to the avenue...... Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Lusa, who was engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy, and the knight was a little dumbfounded: unlike his own clumsy move that could only be resisted head-on. The Aya Girl is incredibly fast, and can almost always stay behind her enemies. This undoubtedly bought Lucina, who was using Aya's ability to regulate her body temperature to hug the mad dog to keep her warm.

Although it is difficult to be hit due to the fact that she can see enemies and the height difference caused by her too small body, Lusha's agility is far beyond her imagination. However, he quickly came to terms with the fact that it was not unusual for the Aia to be more flexible than humans could match.

What's more, her blood of the wolf king, which contains terrifying combat power, still has an effect after all. Her father, Jeos Emile, who was a household name throughout the Seventeenth World and known as the god of war, seemed to have passed on his skills to his daughter—only a little evasion and anticipation, of course. Even the average Aya woman can barely do much of the same with her flexibility and danger prediction ethnicity.

Just after successfully smashing the enemy far away with a heavy blow, the knight seized the opportunity and immediately gathered the divine energy, praying for the arrival of the angelic power. A violent pure white shock wave immediately spread, shaking the large pool of snow away, causing it to spread in the surrounding air and slowly fall. However, the enemy was not as invisible as the dragon hunter. Instead, it staggered back a few steps before swooping down on the knight again.

It seems that the enemy is not yet heavy enough to be immune to this impact...... Staring at the huge footprints in the snow, the knight seized the opportunity to sprint and sprint under the enemy's body, turning and unswielding a sword. With the touch of flesh cutting, blood sprayed out of thin air, sprinkling the knight's body. Smelling the bloody aura that quickly dissipated, Anusen stepped back quickly, holding his shield to block the angry claws.

The enemy spun around, but his movements did not slow down in the slightest from the wound. Seizing the opportunity to parry the swing, the knight lowered himself again, slid past his legs, and slashed a sword around his back.

Although the physical exertion is relatively large, it is indeed convenient to maneuver...... Despite being much taller and bulkier than Lusa, this learn-and-sell combat strategy is still effective. Since the enemy is invisible, the knight cannot accurately attack the hamstrings to bring them down. Thinking of the illusory figure of the enemy, the knight moved back step by step, ready to lead him to the avenue.

The original plan was for four people...... No, the three of them work together to defeat one of the monsters and then track the other. But whether it is the situation of the mad dog losing its combat effectiveness, the invisibility of the enemy, or the huge body of three meters high, it is far beyond expectations. The only good news now was that the shivering, stiff mad dog had been dragged by Lucina to the safety of the grass to rest.

Seizing the gap between dodging the enemy's massive attack, the knight stepped back quickly, glancing at Mad Dog. With an iron-blue face, Ceresya hugged Aya desperately as if she was hugging a hot pillow. It seemed to be hugged too tightly, and the latter was a little out of breath, but still with a gentle expression without the slightest disgust, he tried to get as much body as possible to the mad dog. Even a moment before the knight looked away, she touched the head of the mad dog.

I can't see that this guy seems to be quite good at taking care of people. Although she is a person who can't get rid of childishness in her heart and appearance, she has lived for more than three hundred years after all. She is really good at doing this kind of thing.

I had to find a way to make them manifest, but what should I do? The holy light just now failed to illuminate the form...... With no experience in dealing with invisible enemies at all, the knight tried to calm down as much as he could, calmly observing the strings of footprints and dripping blood that were constantly printed on the snow: in short, it was necessary to keep a distance, and not to involve the mad dog. I can't see the enemy, so I can't get close enough to fight with Lusa......

Just as the enemy swooped down to begin a new onslaught, the knight parried one attack after another, trying to circle the rear again. However, after several successive defeats, he shuddered, and soon realized that he had made a terrible mistake: he should not have shifted the battlefield to the road like Lusha did.

Lusha must get out of the snow due to her height and the way she dodges with small jumps. But there's no need to be yourself. Although his movements have become swifter, the enemy has also lost the shackles of the snow, and his movements have become extremely fast. The benefits of shifting the battlefield are simply disproportionate to the risks they bring. Taking advantage of not being able to spy on their figures, each round of enemy attacks became more and more deadly and difficult to parry.

The parry action became more and more passive, and the knight's left arm was extremely numb, so he had to put the shield close to his body in frustration, greatly obscuring the already useless vision: damn, it was all because he was too surprised and a little panicked...... If it were normal, it would be impossible not to take this kind of detail into consideration.

I slashed it twice, and this guy's movements didn't slow down at all? After barely defending against several successive slams, the knight, who felt extremely struggling, gathered his divine energy and launched a pure white shockwave straight forward, hoping to disrupt it. However, the shockwave was dispersed in an instant, and the knight was knocked down by the massive impact, flying straight out of the distance and falling heavily to the ground.

The chirping of an owl suddenly rang out and resounded throughout the woodland.