Vol 2 Chapter 12 (1/2)
LEVEL 2: Everything is Precious, Nothing is Replaceable
Chapter 12: Critical Time
They had reached the third stratuh in relief when an elder and two of its underlings appeared, taking theht quickly turned chaotic
Haruhiro grunted as he rapidly [SWAT], [SWAT], [SWAT]-ed and deflected Kobold A’s successive attacks There wasn’t anything else he could do This was just what happened when he fought an enemy face-to-face And because he had to devote all this attention to the kobold’s weapon and ar on with everyone else
Was everyone okay? Hoere they doing? He orried but couldn’t spare any further thought on it Ti the attention of one enezo’s current skill level should allow hiht so she should be holding her own against Kobold B
He also had shi+horu and Mary to back him up If Haruhiro could keep Kobold A fully occupied, there was a good chance everything would be okay He probably couldn’t kill it on his own, but at the very least he could keep it busy
Kobold A growled and suddenly turned its back towards hi the way its tail moved, Haruhiro kneas in trouble Kobold A spun around, swinging its sword, arm fully extended Haruhiro realized that there was no way he could deflect a blow like that, but his body moved to execute [SWAT] out of reflex
Whenever he was being attacked, [SWAT] just came out He had overused the technique until it had fors turned out exactly as he’d feared
“Argh!” Haruhiro grunted as the kobold’s sword crushed through his dagger and knocked hi furiously
Haruhiro had no ti wastedhe had into twisting his body away He knew that his movements were entirely inefficient and wished that he could calht properly But he couldn’t He was panicked
Haruhiro felt hiasp as the kobold’s sword bit into his left arraze… he told hi fro And it hurt What the hell?! Kobold, givenicely, here! Why was he asking in the first place? Haruhiro hadn’t the slightest
Even if Haruhiro asked nicely, the kobold probably wouldn’t listen Kobold A would probably reply with, Don’t take ain and turned its back oncethe exact same attack
Go ahead and try! Haruhiro thought now He saw right through it this ti the technique perfor to be afraid of anyh distance that the kobold’s attack couldn’t reach hiht But the kobold suddenly perforht towards him
“What the—!” Haruhiro stared wide eyed in surprise
Rather than attack with its weapon, Kobold A kicked hi He landed on his behind, hard, with the kobold still coht at him shi+t! He was done for
“[LIGHT OF JUDGEMENT]!”
A beaht shot towards Kobold A Mary’s spell The kobold hurriedly leaned backwards hard to dodge it As Haruhiro got back up to his feet, Mary slipped in, graceful and sht her staff up and around in a wide arc
“[SMASH]!”
Mary’s weapon connected crushi+ngly with the kobold’s side It was a brilliant, gorgeous combination of the [LIGHT OF JUDGEMENT] and [SMASH] skills Can’t just stand around and adht Kobold A swayed on its feet Haruhiro deftly went behind it, closed the distance between theer under its chin
As he quickly jumped away, his eyes met Mary’s for the briefest of seconds “Thanks!” he said, before turning his attention to the scene around him
Mogzo was doling against the re worker kobold and appeared to be hurt, too She needed help immediately shi+horu cast [SHADOW BIND] on the elder, stopping its zo an all-out offensive to finish it off After that, everyone fell in on Kobold B and killed it easily
Things quieted down afterward and they were finally able to catch a break They hurriedly collected the talismans from the kobolds’ bodies and had Mary heal them
“Seeht sh exhaustion was evident in her expression
Like Haruhiro, she had also been injured in the previous fight To hied” was less accurate to say than “they made it out by the skin of their teeth”
“But… it was a close call, I think,” shi+horu said, gaze on the ground “Maybe… Yu in the front lines Ah… but it’s not like I’…”
“I know,” Haruhiro srin caree Me and Yuhts, no o badly I getwell, it’s because I’ to avoid that Or that’s the way it feels to hts turn her for you and Mary I think iton”