Pretending to Be a Girlfriend？ 117

Chapter 117 – Cliff’s End (3)

A shadow as huge as its size fell upon Starchis, and he was able to roll in time thanks to Reckd’s voice.

The giant lizard’s mouth bit through the space he was in.
Missing the target, the monster slipped down the hillside, knocking over deeply planted trees.

Without Reck’s voice, he wouldn’t have escaped.

Starchis was able to see the form of the monster for the first time.

Red lizard skin.
Two gigantic legs and a head, on the other hand, two short forelimbs that seemed to have degenerated.

Standing upright, the lizard trembles and calms the crackling lightning.
He let out a heavy snort from the other side of the remaining trees and confirmed the newcomers.

Meanwhile, Reckd approached Stachis and laid Shane next to him.
Shane was unconscious and didn’t even groan.

“Treatment..I need treatment right now..!”

“Bien!”

Bien rushes over and begins treating Shane.

“It’s cold..”

Vien said cautiously.

At first glance Starchis could see that Shane’s complexion was serious.
From one bite or scrape, she had a huge gash on her stomach.

The pity is doubled when the person I once talked to and thanked for is now lying down like this.

“… Can you survive here, hyung?”

Starchis asked Reck quietly.
It was impossible to move anywhere now that treatment had begun.
At least until the end of emergency treatment, they had to hold on and stand here.

“…I do not know either.”

Reck staggered for an instant.
It didn’t look like he was covered in blood already, but he seemed to be suffering from several injuries.

Starchis kept in mind that he was at his limit.

“… Anything to be aware of?”

Even if Reckd is on the verge of fainting,
Ask for essential information.

He who came as a support had to be more alert.
Even if Reckd collapsed at this moment, he had a goal to protect and take them.

With the monster in front of them, they continue to exchange information.

The red lizard now watched them in a big circle.
It seemed that they were still wary of newcomers.

The more Stachis did, the more confidently he took his stance.
If I showed even the slightest hint of nervousness, they would belittle me and attack me.

Lexd says

“Sound. Focus on the sound When the sound rings, it immediately appears from above. I don’t know what kind of ability it is, but it moves like lightning…!”

Even as Reckd spoke, he noticed that he couldn’t believe it.
Stachis also understood that.
He also sees such a monster for the first time.
A monster that moves as if using magic.

The monster that was spinning in a circle stopped right there, let out a white snort and lowered its head.

“Come..!”

Lexd says

And as he said, the red lizard screamed and charged.
The trees erected in front approached me in a straight line, not paying attention to anything.

The trees hit by the lizard shattered as if they were bursting, and fragments rained down on Stachis and his party.

Starchis tried his best not to close his eyes.
Even if small pieces of wood could get into his eyes, it was over if he lost sight of the lizard.

Just as he was about to get into his stance, a knight in shining armor appeared in front of him.
It was Russ.

‘Russia-‘

Russ and the lizard collided before Starchis could finish his thoughts.
The sound of something heavy hitting a shield echoed through the mountains.

And everyone present is amazed.

Russ withstood the monster’s attack with his shield intact.
It was pushed a little and left a mark on the floor, but it didn’t happen that it was blown away or hurt.

Russ didn’t stop there.
As the clash between the monster and Russ ended and the power showdown began, she got down on one knee and lowered her shoulder.

It could have disrupted the balance of her powers, but all she needed was an instant.

In battle, Starchis and Russ didn’t need to talk to each other.
It always has been.

Starchis ran forward and jumped on her shoulder her.
He rose high into the air, swinging his tonfa, and landed on the lizard’s head.

– Prick!

And just before his weapon he touched the lizard’s gigantic head,
Lightning sounded and the monster disappeared.
At the same time, Starchis closed his eyes at the burst of light.

Starchis lands on the ground,
Russ, who was fighting for power, leaned forward as her opponent and her disappeared.

And then the sound of thunder.

-Kwaaaaang!!

“Harm!!”

Once again, the monster appeared above their heads.
It was impossible to stop.

As Starchis landed, he blew his body to avoid sideways,
Russ, whose body leaned in front of her, used that force to roll.

-Thud!

The lizard takes its place in the space where Russ and Stachis were just a few seconds ago.

A fight broke out over each other’s heads.

Stachis quickly adjusts his stance and only quickly rolls his pupils to grasp the surroundings.
Russ looked fine.
Vienne was busy treating Shane.

Reckd’s other party members were in a confrontation, barely holding their stance.
And Reckd… Was staggering, grabbing his head as if he was dizzy.

Lily moved.

She reached out and grabbed something in the air.
Then, thick tree roots rise from the ground and bind the lizard.

“Sister! If you use your abilities, run away-“

“No! That monster is in a state where he can’t use his abilities right now! Attack quickly!”

Everyone except Reckd, Shane, and Vien moved after hearing only ‘I can’t use my ability’.

It didn’t matter why the monster couldn’t use its ability right now.

It was Lily who created the opportunity,
It was up to the rest to grab it.

The lizard shook its head and threatened them with a cry, but that was all.
I couldn’t break or break trees as easily as before.

The tree roots combined with magical power had a different strength from the trees they had cut so far.

For a long time, the gatherers harassed the monsters whenever they saw an opportunity.

It creates deep scars on its thick legs, and slashes its mouth, shattering several long teeth like a medium-sized dagger.

It bothers me for a while, says Lily.

“Get off now! Within five seconds!”

At her words, everyone distanced themselves from the lizard.
Sure enough, when Lily finished speaking, the lizard disappeared with a thunderclap.
Lights flashed.

Starchis looked up and prepared for the attack, but
It wasn’t over their heads that the lizard appeared this time.

A short distance away, it reappeared.

Retreated for a while.

A little rest, they rearranged.

Reck’s party members run to the staggering Reck and check his condition.

Starchis approached Lily.
I didn’t have time to ask, but
Now I had to share a lot of information.

His eyes were still on the distant red lizard.

During her battles her, it was difficult for her negative feelings towards her to intervene.

“How did you know that monsters wouldn’t be able to use their abilities?”

And the moment Stachis looked into her eyes, it explained a lot.
Her eyes were shining blue, and her magical energy was activated in her.

“That lizard is using magic. I don’t know how it’s being used… Anyway, right before it’s activated, the surrounding mana rushes to that monster.”

Stachis listens to Lily in silence.

“It means that you don’t have your own mana barrel. If that’s the case, you can’t use magic consecutively. The frequency of activating the ability has no choice but to decrease.”

“…Anyway, you’re saying you can’t use them consecutively, right?”

No other information was required.
All that was needed was that the lizard couldn’t use its abilities continuously.

“Yes.”

In other words, it was the most dangerous when using the ability, but it was also the biggest opportunity.
After using the ability, you can’t run away or make unusual movements, so you just have to feed them big attacks.

“Yeah… I see.”

Reckd stood up too, picking up her weapon with her trembling hands.

But she was visible to Starchis.
Even now, it happened while struggling.

Seeing that, Stachis abandons the idea of ​​defeating the lizard.

I don’t know if there were only Barefoot party members.
Russ was more dependable than I thought, and the speed of her snort was different, as if the lizard was tired from chasing Reckd’s party.
Lily was able to anticipate the monster’s attack.

However, now with the injured, there was not one or two they had to worry about.
Even Vien was busy treating Shane.

It was too dangerous to subdue monsters here.
Even if caught, there was a great risk that someone would die.

Rather, it was better to lead these injured people to the entrance of the dungeon and hold on to the monsters for a while while sending them out one by one.

And the judgment was short-lived.

“Bien, how much more?”

“Hey, are you in a hurry?”

“Urgent.”

There’s nothing good about staying here too long.
When Shane’s first aid is over, he has to be lifted up and go back.
Anyway, it was impossible to recover enough to come to my senses here.

From Bien’s point of view, he would have wanted to treat Shane more somehow, but he couldn’t afford it right now.

The monsters were now more wary of them than before.
Instead of surrendering to anger and rushing forward, Starchis felt chills as he looked for gaps and recovered his tired body.

The scariest thing might be the lizard’s intelligence rather than its fighting ability.

“..Baby..If I can go back quickly.. I’ll be able to hold on until then.”

Bien still stuttered.
It seemed that Starchis was still frightened.
Or maybe it’s because he’s too shy to see her face to face.
In any case, thanks to these appearances, Starchis has always thought that Vienne was fragile.

“Russ, pick up the injured quickly.”

“What?”

Russ also kept her eyes on the lizard.
She was fighting a fine qi fight, blocking it from approaching.

“No. You carry it, Starchis.”

If someone carries an injured person, they are excluded from battle.
Stachis’ words were that he would take charge of the battle himself.

Russ, who was still worried about his physical condition of her, could not accept this.

“Up, Russ.”

But at his next words his, Russ gritted his teeth and walked up to Shane and carried him on his back his.
There’s nothing good about arguing for a long time,
I couldn’t disobey the leader’s words.

And Starchis has the personality of not looking back once he has made a decision.

He thought it was pointless to fight.

“..If you are in danger, I will protect you by throwing away the wounded and everything.”

Russ declares with one last exasperation.
She didn’t care how she looked to others.
Even if Starchis objected, she wouldn’t mind.

“…”

Starchis himself also kept his mouth shut.
Russ was stubborn, just as he was stubborn.
So, just as Russ was convinced, Starchis was also convinced.

“Do you know the direction?”

Starchis asks the remaining beer and wine party members.
He could not go back the way he had come.
The path was blocked by a lizard.

You have to go back to the entrance of the dungeon without fighting as much as possible and not to be noticed by the monsters.

A woman with a bow comes out and speaks.

“…I don’t know. Because we were kicked out here too…”

Her voice was full of fear.

She had lost her way back in the high mountains.
If you are in the mountains, even if you get lost in broad daylight, it is easy to get lost.
Even the monsters were behind them.
It was enough to give anyone hope.

But that is the end.
If you let go of hope, your body becomes dull and your judgment slows down.

Their party must have experienced many terrible things, but now was not the time for that.

In the end, Starchis pointed in one direction, but in the direction that seemed to be going downhill, he said.

“Let’s go in that direction.”

First you have to move
I had to move so that they didn’t lose hope and didn’t have time to think about it.

“Beer & Wine party members, take good care of Reckd hyung. Russ! Don’t miss Shane hyung! Lily noona, noona, watch out for that monster with me.”

The party turned around and started running.
Just like that, the monsters also began to pursue them while keeping their distance.
Starchis put himself between the party and the monster.

I hope you come out on the right path.

****

Starchis was getting more and more anxious.
Even though the monsters were widening their distance, at some point, they came closer and drove them in a certain direction.
I hadn’t rushed to see if I was on guard, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I did.

The height of the mountain did not decrease.
Still they were confined to high ground.
As much as he climbed up high following Reck, the road to go was long.

Starchis did not take his eyes off the monster.
Now the lizard had lightning wrapped around its body.
It seemed that he could use his powers whenever he wanted.

As expected, the trees in front were following without paying attention.
All the roads the lizard passed through were in ruins.

“…It’s a big deal…”

Starchis murmured as the road continued to fail.
Maybe I made a mistake in my judgment.
I avoided a fight to see who would die, but at this rate, everyone might die.

Did I have to make sacrifices and fight?

Such doubts plagued Starchis.
Reckd was now barely following with the support of his party members.
He seemed to have risked the most things until Barefoot arrived.
With that recoil, the power was going out.

The trees gradually turn gray, and a field thick with rocks and stones appears.

It was also a struggle to be careful not to slip your feet.

“…What?”

Starchis, who was wary of the side, feels puzzled as he sees the monster gradually falling behind.
Could it be that he gave up like this?

‘There’s no way that’s the case.’

It can’t give up
Seeing him wearing lightning all over his body his, it seemed like he would never give up.

The answer came quickly.

“Hey Chis!!”

At Russ’ call, Starchis looked ahead and stopped.

“…Under.”

Didn’t see.
He thought that what was ahead was just a tall hill.
And like a mountain, I thought that after an uphill road, a downhill road would follow.

But it wasn’t downhill.
A vast forest area spreads behind the raised hill.

It was a cliff.

There was a cloud of clouds below the far-off cliff, and nothing could be seen.

There was no way.

He had to go back.

“Go back soon-“

The moment Starchis turned around, his breath stopped for a moment.
Since when have you been watching me, on the way back
The red lizard was slowly approaching, shaking the ground.

I just found out.

That monster drove them.

– Prick!

As if waiting, a flashing and bright light burst out.