Vol 4 Chapter 4.2 (1/2)

Vol. 4 Chapter 4 Part 2

KyUAAAAAA!

At the same time as Rionne muttered, the Gryphons cry echoed.

s.h.i.+n was waiting and watching in the shadow of a building when the Gryphon released its breath in every direction, trying to cover its surroundings with ice.

Oi oi, its recovering.

Other than the buildings covered with ice, s.h.i.+n also saw the left half of the Gryphons body.

The left half of its body, which was previously burnt by the Flare Burstthat s.h.i.+n had thrown, was already considerably recovered. Though it was not fully healed yet, its wing had almost restored to about 70% of its former shape.

The HP that s.h.i.+n had greatly reduced was mostly restored, too. The current Gryphons HP was about 90% of complete recovery.

Its too fast, even for self-recovery!

Hearing Rionnes words, s.h.i.+n looked closely at the wing.

Thats regeneration rather than recovery. The melted wing is sucking in the blue steam and is restoring to how it was previously!

The steam, without leaking out of the Gryphons wounds, had gathered on the tip of the wing that hadnt finish regenerating.

Was it regenerating by gathering the steam? Though it wasnt conclusive whether it hastened the regeneration speed, it was certain that the Gryphon would restore completely over time.

It seems that the steam will disappear soon. Rather than dealing a large amount of damage all at once, it seems better to shave it down little by little.

s.h.i.+n had no conclusive evidence, but as far as he could tell, the steam that didnt vanish was used for the regeneration of its wing and had gushed out in large amounts from its gaping wound.

Since the wound on the front leg and the body had already recovered, there was no way to tell how those places had regenerated.

Ill go to the front. Rionne, you observe the Gryphons state; if theres any change, tell me. Because theres a possibility that its still hiding something, dont let your guard down. Just be careful.

Yeah, there still may be something like the abnormal state from a little while ago. But, s.h.i.+n, will you be alright alone?

You can count on me. Its not my first time fighting like this.

They confirmed their course of action and s.h.i.+n jumped out from the building first.

The effect of the black smoke still remained, as the Gryphon didnt turn towards s.h.i.+n.

Going near it seems bad. Ill do it from a long distance.

s.h.i.+n went around to face its right side where the damage was still being restored, and shot the wind system magic skill Air Cutter.

A blade of wind flew and cut through the black smoke, and slashed the body of the Gryphon. It wasnt a deep wound. He had deliberately dropped the power, and intended to make a lot of cuts on the surface of its body.

As for the length of the wound, it was about 20 cemels long. The steam, which spouted out, vanished when it rose by approximately 30 cemels. This state wasnt really different from the one he saw in the early stages of battle.

The damage dealt is small. Though the wound itself appears to have steam coming out, its state doesnt seem to have additional decreases to its HP. I need to pay attention to the changes in its body movements and its attacks, huh?

s.h.i.+n thought about the countermeasure while observing the state of the Gryphon.

For cautions sake, he didnt forget to prepare the cure, so that it was usable anytime.

Next, Ill go head on.

The Gryphon spread its wings and released the ice spears.

Even though the wing had not fully recovered, it was not inferior even when compared with the time it was in a perfect state. Among the widely scattered ice spears, s.h.i.+n accurately struck down only on those whose trajectory pointed toward himself while advancing.

KyUAAAAAA!

Then, a breath of ice approached.

However, as the ice breath had a small range and slower speed than the ice spears, it couldnt catch up to s.h.i.+ns speed. The ice spears that were shot in order to not interfere with the ice breath, were no longer functioned as the primary artillery barrage, and for s.h.i.+n, it wasnt difficult to break through the barrage of ice which had become weak.

Yo, hows the condition of your body?

The Gryphon, which concluded that there was no effect from the breath, answered s.h.i.+ns remark with a blow of ice talons.

If one looked closely, the ice talons which extended from the Gryphons foreleg became one size bigger than before.

It is reinforced each time it regenerate, huh?

The ice talons which crashed onto Kakura, shattered like the last time.

However s.h.i.+n felt that even the size of the shattered ice seemed to have increased. It was likely that its strength went up, too. Though it was natural, the ice spears which transformed from the shattered pieces were just as big as the huge pieces.

By going around to the back, s.h.i.+n made the Gryphons huge figure a s.h.i.+eld, causing the ice spears to fly over him.

Kyiiiiiiiiii!!

However, the Gryphon also kicked the ground with its hind legs and tried to maintain the line of fire by hovering with its wings.

Thats a poor move.

Though the Gryphon displayed a nimbleness which didnt match its gigantic figure, it was in the line of fire of its own ice spears. Guaranteed to hit the Gryphon, it received a huge damage.

In addition, when considering their physical differences, it was like showing its belly to s.h.i.+n as the Gryphon flew and floated in the air. It could be said to be a heaven-sent opportunity to drive in a single blow, although there was no guarantee that the belly was soft like an ordinary creatures.

Hoo

Without overlooking the little opening, s.h.i.+n, who wielded Kakura, jumped at the bosom without holding back.

From Kakura that cut up the air, a purple flame burst out.

raAAA!!!

The feathers of the Gryphon were blown away and scattered at the flank of the swung down Kakura, and sank into the skin and inside the meat.

Just like that, the Gryphons belly caved in and it slammed against the ground with its whole body.

GIE!!?

With a giant body more than 5 mels long falling to the ground, an earthquake traveled through the ground.

The sound of buildings, which were about to crumble, collapsed, and arrived at s.h.i.+ns ears along with the Gryphons groan.

Was that about 10% just now?

s.h.i.+n confirmed the Gryphons remaining HP while landing.

Although his stats were restrained and although his weapon was not Ancient grade, a single blow directly from s.h.i.+n had only dealt damage equal to about 10% of its total health. It was an exceptional defensive power for a monster he came across in this world.

The Gryphon didnt continue to expose the gap while lying on the ground. A gaze of precaution was directed at s.h.i.+n as it immediately kicked the ground and stood up.

G-GIIII

However, there was no power in that gaze. It was because the purple flames were still spreading in the part where s.h.i.+n struck the single blow.

At this moment, the Gryphons HP gauge was decreasing little by little. What s.h.i.+n used was the mallet technique and flame technique combination skill Wicked Flame Fall; it generated a flame which dealt additional damage for a certain period of time when an attack hit.

Was it because the Gryphon was clad in ice that it was weak to the fire? The Gryphon made a groan like sound. It was going to let the flame induced wound freeze, but the power of the flame was strong and continued to burn its body.

That one blow is effective, huh?

It didnt seem to be able to recover the internal damage, as there was no steam gus.h.i.+ng out that it could suck into its belly. It didnt recover the HP which continued to decrease.

As for s.h.i.+n, who judged that dealing damage by blows was more appealing, he once again thrust from the front.

Though the Gryphon came to intercept him immediately, the accuracy of its attack had declined, probably because of the flames burning in its stomach.

s.h.i.+n slipped through the weakly aimed barrage, eluded the talons, and hammered Kakura on the places where it wasnt covered in ice, such as the Gryphons body or its neck, etc. Along with its decreased HP, the movements of the Gryphon became duller.

Then, that moment came around. The acc.u.mulated damage had reached its feet. The Gryphon had raised its ice talons toward s.h.i.+n, but its hind leg that was on the ground suddenly lost power.

The Gryphon which swung up its foreleg, couldnt recover from its collapsing posture. s.h.i.+n didnt miss that fatal opening.

Sorry but I cant afford to miss here.

The one who got attacked was the Gryphon. The one who tried to hunt was being hunted, it was the way of the world.

s.h.i.+n kicked the ground and jumped up, a bluish-white sphere appearing on his right palm. This was the flame technique system magic skill which had burnt half of the Gryphons body;Flare Bursts sphere, before the heat ray was discharged.

s.h.i.+n then pushed the sphere onto the falling Gryphons head.

Can you withstand this at zero distance?

As soon as s.h.i.+n finished speaking, a heat ray was discharged from the sphere.

Against the mighty amount of heat emitted from point blank, the Gryphon had no way to defend. The heat ray which charged straight, melted the Gryphons head as it went through the body in the line of fire, and melted the ground.

The body of the Gryphon, whose head had vanished, fell down to the ground as it lost power. The HP which was displayed was 0 without a doubt.

From its body where the heat ray penetrated its head, and other wounds as well, a mix of blue and green liquid flowed out.

Is it over?

As s.h.i.+n landed on the ground, he was wary of the surroundings next to the Gryphons corpse.

He felt only Rionnes presence.

s.h.i.+n! You did it!

Rionne, who had been hiding, came running up. She called out to s.h.i.+n, after confirming the Gryphon had ceased to breathe.

Its possible to go outside now with this, huh?

Worst case, even if we cant go out from the side entrance, we can use the means to open the gate.

Will that be alright? Its possible for the outside monsters to come in.

The side entrance here is somehow connected to the room with the gate opening and shutting device. Besides, it has a width to the extent where a carriage can pa.s.s through when the gate is open, and it also closes after several minutes. Even if there are monsters outside, if its you and I, its possible to escape as soon as we defeat them.

After verifying the detailed operation and time taken, etc, when it seemed to be no problem, s.h.i.+n also agreed with Rionnes opinion.

However, at that time when the two people began to walk, a change happened.

What?

It was s.h.i.+n who noticed it first. When he turned around, on the periphery of the body, fluid was flowing out of the Gryphon, blue steam was generated.

The monsters body fluid?

I think its the steam coming out from the wounds simultaneously with the body fluidsalthough I have a bad feeling.

Almost at the same time when s.h.i.+n said that, the steam converged mid-air and a familiar silhouette was formed.

In just a few seconds, there was a figure of Gryphon which was exactly the same as several minutes before in front of s.h.i.+n and Rionne.

KyuAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

A roar together accompanied by ice spears a.s.saulted the two people.

s.h.i.+n and Rionne resisted it, and escaped to shelter for a moment.

Now then, what will you do? It has resurrected!

Yeah. What I think is, it has a separate main body, and the rest was created by magic.

Hmm, what do you mean?

There is another main body, it means that the Gryphon is a puppet or something, and another monster or conjurer manipulates it. As the monster is created by magic, its the technique to engrave on something, but it feel like the revival and the reconstruction of the monster was done automatically. Its good if the main body is defeated. Also, in case it was engraved with magic, its settled when the magic formation or the catalyst is destroyed. Given the circ.u.mstances that emerged, I think its the latter, but

As far as s.h.i.+n knew, there were several skills to summon a monster.

However, in this case, it was different from the monster partner of tamer and monster summon of summoner. It was also not the doll summons of exorcists magic and puppeteering.

The monster was created by magic it appeared to be the closest method he could think of. Normally it was often used as a trap in dungeons.

Then, there is a magic formula that became the key somewhere in this Sacred Place?

Maybe. Because it is usually close to the emerging monster, finding it should not be so difficult . Its suspiciousits over there as I thought.

While s.h.i.+n slightly peeked out from under cover, he pointed toward the wall.

The side entrance? Near the place where the opening and shutting device for the gate is, could there be something that would make such a monster appear, s.h.i.+n?

That Gryphon, I think it prevents us from going outside Sacred Place. Because it holds a position in front of the gate, we cannot get close to the side entrance either. But it doesnt mean there is no other choice, its the most suspicious at the moment.

Given that the Gryphon had attacked regardless of the place, there shouldnt be such a thing in a building where it would mistakenly bombard the surrounding area.

Ill become a decoy again. Rionne, you enter the side entrance in the meantime and use this item to inspect things. It reacts when there is a magic formation nearby. Here, this is for defensive use when youre in a pinch.

s.h.i.+n said while materializing 2 items in his pocket, and handed them over to Rionne.

Both items were necklace-shaped items, so it would never get in the way of action.

I have a feeling that these are superb items againIll not ask about it now. I dont worry because its you, s.h.i.+n. Just dont act too recklessly.

s.h.i.+n nodded at Rionnes words, and jumped out ahead into the Gryphons line of sight.

Im here!

He raised his voice on purpose to notify his presence.

The ice spears came flying instantaneously, but they were brushed off by Kakura as he approached the Gryphon.

After confirming that the Gryphons attention was directed at s.h.i.+n, Rionne also started to run.

It could stand a blow of Limit II. Unless I go further, its unlikely for me to beat it down.