Chapter 97 – Ep.5 – Twins on Top of the Tower (3)
I couldn’t follow the battle situation with my eyes,
I could feel the sensation of rolling and flying around in Rico’s arms, just how intense the fight was going.
“Forward, avoid!”
Rico read her opponent’s attack position with her eyes and continued to shout at everyone. After the warnings she sent, she always gave her a dizzying sound all over her before seconds passed, and something of hers bounced against my skin, giving her a signal of how strong the attack was.
“Hit it properly! When we fought earlier, you were fucking strong, but why can’t you be a kid right now!?”
Of course, even in the middle of her fight, Rico’s mistreatment continued. She was probably shouting at Kaede.
“I-I’m working hard too! I was definitely stronger earlier…!”
“Roll back, you asshole!”
Exactly two seconds after her warning, another tremendous vibration spread in all directions. She had never experienced an earthquake, but she wondered if it might be so great that she couldn’t even match an earthquake of magnitude 8 or higher.
“Hey! Try to support me with a prayer or something like that!”
“They were already putting their strength into the fight. But the captain couldn’t fight properly, so the spirit effect is weak.”
“There’s no such thing as getting rid of fear…”
Stopping her words, Rico rolled over her again. Right next to her, a thunderclap sounded as if it would tear apart the eardrums. Unpleasant tinnitus lingered in both her ears.
“…!!”
“!!!…”
From the sound of the ringing, it seemed that they were shouting something to each other.
When the tinnitus showed no signs of subsiding, I gently opened her eyes to examine the situation and looked up at Riko.
She shouted something in front of her, splashing her spittle with great passion.
When I moved her eyes to follow hers, I saw Helen holding her hand and protecting Eva while flying through the air.
Beyond that, an indescribable centipede-like thing wielded her sword, blunt weapon, and so on in all directions.
‘Ugh…’
Fortunately, it seems to be fortunate that I turned my eyes quickly. Its shape, like a human-made centipede, was too disgusting to just watch.
However, wouldn’t it be possible to lean on them with your eyes closed forever?
‘Well, anything I can help with…’
I opened my eyes again and opened my mouth.
“Status window…!”
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[Status window]
Name – ___ (Delrin)
Gender – male
Age – 20
Special Effects – Fertility (x37), Fatigue, Fear, Panic, Forgotten God’s Protection
Save Point – Outskirts of Dikenen Forest, near the campfire (7 hours 58 minutes ago)
[Quest] [Colleagues] [Skill]
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There remains one square that I hadn’t checked before.
Pressing it down without hesitation, I pray. Please, I hope there is a way to add strength to anything.
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[Colleagues]
Rico
Neva
Eva (X)
Chichi
Kaede
Helen
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Only six women were written in the selection of colleagues.
Among them, Eva with an X mark and Kaede shining brightly…
It didn’t take long to figure out what the shiny name meant.
‘The bond of souls!’
Words I had seen many times immediately came to my mind.
The hand moved right away. As if it were natural, I pressed Kaede’s name, and soon the status window popped up a strange phrase.
[Congratulations! You have a colleague of your own who is deeply connected physically and mentally, right? Hidden skill ‘Soul Binding’ has been added!]
Okay!
It was true that it became stronger through the bond of soul. I knew it would be like this!
[Allies who have formed a bond of soul become stronger! Please strengthen your comrades!]
‘Enforce?’
My eyes open again at the word reinforcement. Isn’t this just what you need right now!
In particular, if you can help Kaede, who is diligently attacking the monster from the front, this fight will surely be easy to solve.
..However, looking at the status window is delayed for a while.
Ignoring the trio who were desperately attacking, the monster began to attack us who had fallen behind.
“Keep it…!”
Even in the state of being held, the shockwave and power are transmitted intact.
As if missiles were pouring down, huge sounds swarmed one after another.
However, more than that merciless attack, I was mesmerized by Riko’s body movements in avoiding all attacks while hugging me.
Her movements are quicker and more graceful than those seen in cartoons or movies.
It closely examines the opponent’s attack without blinking an eye, and then perfectly avoids it.
There are no words to describe everything as great. Tremendous. Wonderful.
“…!!!”
At the moment when I can still hear the tinnitus, Kaede comes to us and strikes the monster’s sword.
No. It’s not just the sword. He counters almost all eight weapons by himself.
You can’t ask Neva and Chichi for help. Already, each of them is slicing away flesh while avoiding attacks with three or four arms.
Kaede knows. She knew that she had to hold on like this so that the knights and witches could attack the monster from either side.
“Hhhhh!”
The wriggling, maggot-like monster’s weapons gradually begin to crack due to Kaede’s swordsmanship.
Even though she looks so small and humble compared to her counterpart, her sword strikes back at everything. Every time each other’s weapons clashed, a terrifyingly sharp roar resonated, but Kaede slammed harder and overwhelmed her opponent.
She is adjusting to her fight. She is adjusting to the horrors that gripped her body.
The mind that needs to be protected begins to drive away fear.
Bravery dwells in her greatsword, leading to sharper sword attacks.
The size difference with the monster seen through her back is enormous, but Kaede gladly accepts all of those swords, giving me and Riko time to get away…
Gagagakgagak-
A terrible, indescribable sound is heard. An echo louder than thunder erupted from Kaede’s side.
She just didn’t get hit once.
There was a sound as if all the bones in her body were breaking, and Kaede was thrown out.
“Kaede!”
Neva hugs Kaede’s body as she flies away, dissipating the shock she would receive alone. The two fly like that for a long time. The path they flew was full of red blood.
Helen heads to the two prosecutors to treat them, and Rico runs away without looking back at her. It seems that he is trying to distance himself from the monster as much as possible.
However, the speed of catching up is too fast. It is as big as an apartment building, but the speed at which it wriggles and crawls is unusually fast.
Again, dozens of attacks are pouring in simultaneously. It seems like it would be difficult to dodge properly, but Rico hugged me and found gaps in his attacks and managed to dodge them.
“Look at this side, not that side…!”
Taking advantage of the monster’s gaze, Chichi screamed in mid-air. Suddenly, a large magic circle was drawn in the sky that could cover the entire body of the monster.
“Filmmark! Take care of yourself!”
The magic circle flashes.
At the same time, dozens, no, hundreds of spears began to strike simultaneously from the sky.
“Keeeeek!”
Her magic was truly amazing. Her high-level magic, prepared for a minute, brilliantly penetrated even those who were beyond humans.
But that doesn’t mean she can kill monsters. The hole that had been punched through her body began to rage more violently and go on a rampage.
“No, that’s nonsense…!”
Even though it wouldn’t be strange if her life had already ended, it immediately swung her arm at her chichi.
As the difference between the size of a fly and a human is as large as the situation, the monster’s attack was enough to render Chichi incapacitated.
Fortunately, the mana barriers she had built prevent her from dying, but that’s not what’s important now.
“…Fuck.”
That the monster’s nerves are focused on me and Rico.
That’s what’s most important.
Rico teases her body at a speed that makes it hard to even open your eyes properly.
The four sides spin round and round, the wind roars,
The nimble movement of going left and turning right quickly avoids the monster’s attack,
It also prevents my hand from manipulating the status window.
“Ugh…”
My eyes struggle to manipulate the status window on the left side of Rico’s head as the air resistance alone threatens to snap her fingers.
It doesn’t even read properly. In fact, I don’t even open my eyes.
I just play around with her hands, wandering around looking for the vague word [Soul bond].
As I continue to do something, I see a status window where a lot of this and that is written,
Manipulating it properly in Rico’s arms is next to impossible.
So, I press on randomly, telling people to do whatever they want.
It would be more accurate to pretend to press rather than press.
Anyway, I poke the status window randomly like that.
