Chapter 637 (1/2)

Edited by Phantom0408

「「「「「――Water Arrow」」」」」

『It used water magic now…!』

Unlike Fire Arrow, which was accompanied by an explosion, this one had an inferior range of attack. But instead, it had excellent penetrating power, so the physical power of the water arrow was superior.

Moreover, the number of water arrows it created greatly exceeded the number of fire arrows it created earlier.

There seemed to be over 2,000 of them.

This was probably also a matter of affinity. Thanks to Rhyn’s power within it, it was only natural that Water Magic would be a better suit for the Great Magic Beast since it had high affinities for Time and Water Attributes.

But if that was the case, I wondered why it used Fire Arrows on its first attack… I’m not sure if it simply used that without thought, or if it was prioritizing control over numbers.

If it was the latter, this was gonna be quite annoying. It would mean that it had the intelligence to use different attributes depending on the situation.

I knew this magic beast wasn’t stupid, but maybe it could be capable of thinking several levels higher than I had anticipated.

(Master, what should we do?)

『We’ll need to get together with Sierra and Zelos Reed and turn to attack it at once』

(Nn)

While evading the water magic with Dimension Shifts and Short Jumps, we discussed our plans for our next move.

Now that the opponent was aggressively attacking us, we couldn’t afford to use the wait-and-see approach. The longer we waited, the more of a disadvantage we would be in.

As I thought, this magic beast seemed to really have high intelligence.

It shot out water arrows at regular intervals and it seemed to have calculated each shot so that they wouldn’t collide with each other. That was an impossible feat for a magic beast that acted on instinct alone.

The barrage of water arrows coming at us still hadn’t stopped yet.

It was as if the barrage of the countless arrows that were being shot at us would never come to an end.

A wide area of the surface of the lake then raged violently because of the stray arrows, and high waves kept forming up.

The Great Magic Beast kept launching its tentacles and magic bullets at us, leaving no safe place within a radius of 500 meters of the magic beast.

『And its current size is just still the size of its arm!?』

It was also being weakened by the Sacrament of the Evil God, right!?

『What about Sierra and Zelos Reed…!? They seem to be safe』

I checked on the safety of Sierra and Zelos Reed after the barrage had stopped.

They were far farther behind us. They must have managed to retreat to the outside of the barrage range in time.

But they did not come out unscathed.

Zelos Reed, in particular, was in a really bad state. The lower half of his body had been completely obliterated. There was also a large hole in his head, he would have died if he were not an Evil Person. And it seemed that his regeneration had begun to restore his body.

Sierra was also hurt quite badly, but it was a minor injury compared to Zelos Reed’s.

「Oji-san! You don’t have to cover for me…!」

「Kuh…Do-n’t mind… it…」

「But!」

Zelos Reed seemed to have protected Sierra. Even though he had grown up, it seemed that Romio’s affection towards Zelos Reed hadn’t changed much.

Well, it was not like I didn’t know how he felt. After all, If the grown-up Fran from the future was here in Romio’s position, I’d probably do the same too.

『Let’s get some distance! We’ll fall back until we’re close to Sierra and Zelos Reed!』

(Nn!)