Chapter 94 - Breaking Through the Neighborhood Labyrinth (2) (2/2)
I know that hitting it normally does not work, this was simply just to get it to pay attention to me.
I swung at a speed that allowed me to reposition myself immediately, and immediately pull the rake back as soon as it hit.
Of course, I didn’t forget to maintain a distance from it.
“Horaa! Come on!”
I raised my voice so that it’ll focus on me.
Dungeon monsters are not alive.
If you had to say it, they would be pseudo-lifeforms.
It follows the commands of the dungeon’s magic stone, and pretends to be like a real creature.
So I”m not sure whether it will actually work.
However, it wasn’t ineffective.
The Rock Wolf looked back and locked on to me.
Then, now!
“Kusaka! Run away! You have a chance right now!”
“But, but!!”
“Just go!”
Kusaka, who finally reached the utility pole, was looking at me and the Rock Wolf.
I pressed Kusaka to go first without worrying about me.
Honestly speaking, even if he was here, he’ll just get in the way, and it doesn’t seem like he can fight.
Oh, it’s no good. He’s too scared and can’t move anymore.
I miss my father’s support at Tusk Crag!
“Guruaaa!”
“Come on!”
I raised my voice on purpose to encourage myself.
Kusaka was still trembling behind the utility pole.
My nerves were high-strung.
If I let my guard down even for a moment, then in the next moment, I will be a pile of meat on the ground.
I avoided it many times, hit it many times, swung it many times, and kept the distance many times.
“A-Aniki.”
“Hah! Hah! Are you still here?”
I told you to run away.
My breathing was getting rough.
Actually, it wasn’t a lot of exercise.
The amount should be less than the first 10 minutes of PE class.
It was all the tension that made me tired.
It’s no wonder, since my life is on the line.
If would have already run away if it was possible.
However, that lump of rock will easily catch up with us, and the speed is completely different between me and Kusaka because of height differences, physical strength, and muscular strength. If I ran at full speed, Kusaka would be left behind.
If I can run away, it means that Kusaka was already eaten.
The rake was already completely deformed.
It was bent into a zigzag shape like a lightning bolt and was likely to break soon.
This is bad.
The situation is getting worse, we’re being driven into a corner.
I can’t see us recovering from here. But…
“Huh… Haaah… Kazamachi Kunpei… waits for the wind.”
At such times, I desperately scrutinize every conceivable possibility.
“Guuuu…”
The Rock Wolf growled loudly and once again stooped down.
“Smell the scent of the wind…”
I calmed down and caught my breath.
“Anytime.”
Are you going to die in a situation where you don’t understand anything?
“Anywhere.”
I can’t die and leave Jaja and Nana behind.
“When you want to fly!”
The Rock Wolf drove power into its hind legs, and my body reacted.
“Guaaaaaa !! Geh!!”
Blown away.
Not me.
The Rock wolf.
It was hit by a huge red ball of light, and smashed into pieces.
“Heh?”
I froze in the stance where I was about to swing the zigzag rake.
“A-Aniki? What did you just do?”
Eh?
No, I didn’t do anything.
“Are you kids alright!”
I heard a rough voice from the bottom of the slope.
I looked for where that voice came from.
“What are you doing fighting monsters! Evacuate immediately!”
He looks familiar.
A gaudy golden down jacket with huge red fur that hid one’s face.
A huge build, 2m tall.
A fluffy mane.
He shouldered a large cylindrical object with fine patterns and mysterious decorations.
“I’m a treasure hunter! I’ll take you guys to a nearby evacuation shelter.”
“Y-you! You!
I reflexively pointed my finger.
I see! So that’s it!
There was such a possibility!
I thought that he was no longer in this town!
Was this all their doing!?
There was no basis or evidence, but it must be!
“Woah! What?! What?!”
I pointed my finger, and took a step back in surprise.
“Gaseraio!!”
“It’s Gasaraio! Wait, no, why do you know my name!”
The kidnapper who stole Jaja and Nana.
The lion, Gasaraio.