Chapter 5 (2/2)

Flamm was able to resist the wind for astrong, she was still a beginner at battle She had no ingrained fighting instinct Not only was there a gap of power between her and the Anzu, she was also an amateur

Flamm cried out involuntarily as her back sla of pain as if her spine had broken, but by the tiround she was co she could see the blurry sight of the Anzu's claws slashi+ng forward

She used her arms to help herself up and quickly jumped out of the way She could feel the shockwaves as the Anzu crashed into the tree behind her She felt sick at the thought of taking that attack head on

Flaer in her hand It seemed she dropped it when she was blown off her feet However, when she looked, it wasn't anywhere on the forest floor, and the emblem was back on her palm Flamm focused and called the sword It immediately appeared in her hand once more

“Huh, as expected frorasped the sith both hands and faced the Anzu The lared at her She reic The Anzu had already shown erous fro distance and short distance It was probably iht it and survive intact

In other words, the only way that an ath is this absurd healing, right?”

She wasn't used to the pain of cuts and broken bones, but it was just too overwhele for any wounds short of iht the Anzu

“I really hate pain, but, well,” Flamm said, “if I die, Milkit will probably also die If I think of it like that, I can feel that heroic desire within hts on the figure running through the forest in search of an exit She felt her own resolve start to take shape She re hands She could feel her courage solidifying In the end, Flairl she just o, I' to be a hero!” Fla directly at the Anzu

The large sword, held low, brushed the ground The Anzu, knowing it was more powerful, didn't try to avoid her Instead it took up the challenge and stood strong One step, two steps, three steps – collision

As it drew close, the Anzu swiped its clan at Flaht so that the claws gouged her left shoulder instead More pieces of , and Fla heat in the exposed bones that her brain didn't yet recognize as pain At the sa forward and slashed at the Anzu's body as she passed it by

Both of thee done by each side was comparable However, Flamm's wounds would heal in a few seconds while the Anzu's would remain

Flamm slid to a stop on the fallen leaves She quickly spun around to face thein pain the Anzu's wing began to flutter in a way that gave Fla At thatits truic that had carved Flamm into pieces earlier

Flamm felt a chill run down her spine as she re chopped apart She couldn't repress a shudder Fortunately, it seemed the Anzu's concentration was disturbed by its wounds, as it was not invoking the ic as smoothly as it did the first time

Still, it would be difficult to disturb the invocation froot close and tried to go toe to toe with the Anzu's teeth and claws, she could easily suffer a fatal injury

If she couldn't stop thecast, could she avoid the invisible blades that would surely target her head? Difficult Very difficult Not impossible, but ied weapon

Was there no way to attack the ht, all she could see was the trees growing high in the sky

“Aha!”

She didn't have ti the Zwei Hander with all hernoise echoed through the forest There was considerable resistance, but she still did enough dae to cause the tree to fall However, it was about to fall in the wrong direction

“Yaaa!”

This tiain, and again Full swings with both hands Under the i strikes the direction of the tree's fall was diverted towards the Anzu

The ic, did not realize the tree was falling towards it until just before is to bend until its belly touched the ground The Anzu was pinned in place Such a strong iven enough time

Flaot it!”

Flamm dashed forward at full speed She leaped in the air as she approached the Anzu Holding her sword before her in both hands, she thrust it down into the th

The blade penetrated the skull with a crack and a wet slurping noise She could still hear theIt wasn't dead yet Flamm added force with both arms and pushed until the blade had sunk in all the way to the hilt

With a great groan, an to come out from the Anzu's paws Its whole body treht As she watched, themore than stir up the fallen leaves

Fla up and down as she stared at the corpse

“Ah, geez… that ay too hard for the first time”

The monster was completely dead Once Flamm was convinced, all the power drained from her body She spread her hands and fell forward in as almost a mockery of the Anzu's posture, then rolled onto her back

Flaly cohtly da wet, but that was no particular problem since she was already covered in sweat and blood

Looking up through the gaps in the trees, she could see a slightly orange sky She could al her that she needs to hurry ho me,” she complained to no one in particular

The wounds she took during the battle had healed so cleanly that noshe could do about the phantoh it It felt like little sparks were shooting up and down her body

“I have to fight against uild are bastards… what's going to happen next?”

Fla insecurity Part of her didn't want to return to the kingdo away she pictured Milkit, waiting for the return of her ure h to sit up

“Well, Dain, how do you like me now?”

Never mind a olf, if he knew she had defeated a C ranked Anzu, hethe look of shock on his face

TN: Epic equip was theto be the

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