Chapter 87 (2/2)
While fidgeting due to Licht’s words of gratitude, Rose’s face turned bright red.
I wish you didn’t turn this scene into some love comedy when it’s not the appropriate place though…
I exchanged glances with Yumir and we made the same evil expression.
「I-It’s not like I, it’s not like I covered you for your sake you hear me!」 (Yumir)
「Don’t get the wrong idea!」 (Hind)
Having heard that, Rose’s face turned bright red for a completely different reason.
In other words, it was anger.
「What are you even saying!? I didn’t say that you know!?」 (Rose)
「「We were just expressing your feelings for you, got a problem!?」」(Hind and Yumir)
「…!! These guys, they are so infuriating!!」 (Rose)
「R-Rose! Rose! Calm down! You are falling into their pace!」 (Licht)
Ignoring Licht as he was trying to calm down Rose, who was stomping her feet in frustration, I calmly used healing magic on Yumir to restore her HP to full.
Like that, I used buffs on her too and kept casting spells…
「Ah, Licht!! That guy is using magic! Attack him, attack him, hurry up!」 (Rose)
「What!? Let’s go, Rose!!」 (Licht)
They noticed. However, I finished casting 『Attack Up』 on Yumir and then it turned into a four person close quarters fight again.
I only used low cast time spells that were hard to interrupt and only cut in when Yumir was going to get hit by dangerous attacks.
In this match, my role is more of a middle guard.
But I have to say that…these two are quite strong.
Since both of them have shields, their defense is solid, as Mitsuyoshi-san said their coordination is good. Both of their reactions are good so until now, they haven’t shown fatal gaps in their defense yet.
They both look like students though, maybe part of some sport club…? Their movements are quite nimble.
Like that, the match continued with both sides not taking much damage.
It was the complete opposite of Albert’s match, a slow battle of endurance. It was something we were used to.
A long long exchange of attack and defense continued and eventually…
「Even though that True Self is not attacking us at all, why are we the ones being pushed back!?」 (Rose)
「Even though they are so close to each other, they haven’t bumped into each other even once…even without looking, they have a clear understanding of each other’s movements.
「Rose, it’s unfortunate but their coordination seems to be better than our-」 (Licht)
「I won’t accept that! I can’t accept it! I mean, we have worked out together that much! Don’t stop moving, Licht! The match is not over yet!!」 (Rose)
We started to pressure them.
From the middle of the match onwards I only used 『Healing』 for our HP recovery so currently our HP kept decreasing bit by bit, however, they were losing theirs at a much faster pace than we did.
However, looking at them fight side by side with their sword, even if I’m no Tobi, it made me a bit envious.
The action of releasing sword skills mutually that is happening in front of me right now is something that wouldn’t be possible to do with a vanguard and a rearguard.
「…What do you think, Yumir?」 (Hind)
「Nuh? What do you mean, Hind? Hah! Deyah!」 (Yumir)
「The image you had in mind when we first started playing this game, should be something close to their fighting style…whoops! …Or that’s what I was thinking!」 (Hind)
「Something like that…there! It’s such a foolish question! It’s true that I would love to use combination sword skills with you but…seyah! …Our current fight style is the best and strongest! No matter what anyone else says!」 (Yumir)
She sure said something that made me happy.
The battle continued without big changes…having been left with only a bit of HP, Licht and Rose started showing signs of impatience.
Having reached this point, there was only one choice for them to make.
「…Rose, we have no other choice! We are going to use that!」 (Licht)
「…Got it! I believe in you, Licht!」 (Rose)
In other words, they will try to use a powerful skill to turn the tables around.
These two are balanced types…which means that their skill with the highest offensive power is that one.
Both of their MP was reduced drastically and their swords were overflowing with a dazzling light.
The skill called 『Judgement Sword』, was a magic sword skill of the light element that dealt a big amount of hybrid damage.
It had a persisting effect but the effect didn’t last long. In other words, it was a skill similar to the 『Hakkei・Yabu』 that Walter used.
In PvP it was particularly effective against Heavy warriors, but with Yumir’s current HP, she would definitely get knocked out if she took a direct hit.
「Interesting! I’ll take you on!」 (Yumir)
In response, our vanguard here declared that while spreading out both of her arms.
Most likely, Yumir plans to use 『Burst Edge』 on one of them.
…With Yumir’s current level of concentration, would she be able to do something against them even if it’s 2 vs 1?
I was hesitating thinking that I might have to start casting 『Revive』 as insurance…but I opted for 『Quick』.
Yumir’s aura was still going strong and the sparks and its intensity made the air tremble.
Let’s trust her here and bet everything on her.
If we can’t deal with a situation of this level, we’ll end up facing Albert aniki anyway and won’t be able to win.
「Let’s go, Rose!」 (Licht)
「Yes! We are ending it with this!!」 (Rose)
「Hahaha! Come at me!!」 (Yumir)
The sensation that Yumir had sharpened her senses was transmitted to me through her back.
It was a pincer attack with no way to escape, at the first sign of a gap she could rush towards…Yumir strongly rushed at it and swung her longsword.
The sword slipped through the shield and the torso was stabbed through…then magic power exploded.
Immediately after Rose was violently blown away towards the wall, Licht’s sword approached.
The shining sword grazed Yumir’s head but even with just that, her HP bar decreased to dangerous levels…however, her counter hit Licht directly.
I used 『Quick』 right after Rose was blown away and just now I finished casting 『Entrust』 on Yumir.
The explosion happened again…and Licht’s body was flying following the same trajectory as Rose and stopped moving as he fell on top of her.
The audience that had fallen silent during the exchange of blows burst into loud cheers.