Episode 18.7-8 (1/2)
”Alright, time to go.”
”At two of Princess Turtle (Fengel) today again I see.”
”Hm?”
”There are times when Lecan-dono would wake up later than usual depending on your degree of exhaustion the day before. Your breakfast periods would also slightly shift at times. And yet, you will always wake up at two of Fengel if it's for fighting.”
”Hou. Really.”
”In a place with no nights or days like inside this dungeon, Lecan-dono's inner clock always gets its time right, I see.”
”That doesn't matter. I fight once I'm ready to. That's all.”
That day, the group went down the floor 40.
The magic beasts got even faster, their legs and heads got even sturdier.
During the first and second battles, Lecan and Heles couldn't match their timings and almost resulted in friendly fires.
Then that happened in the third battle.
Lecan would always choose the most effective and sure-fire attacks to kill a magic beast. On top of that, he also adjusts his action so that he won't end up hitting the other, or get in their way.
If anything, Heles kept getting in their way.
Nevertheless, Lecan would patiently include Heles in his calculations as he launched his assault.
However, something was changing in Heles during that fight.
That is, she managed to lead Lecan's actions.
Heles rushed headlong toward the magic beast, and when the spider opened its mouth to attack Heles, Lecan felt like she was swinging her sword in a way that induced Lecan to wield her sword toward her head from behind.
Lecan followed that demand. Unleashing an attack that would pulverize Heles's head if she did not dodge.
Heles bent over and hit the magic beast's front legs.
Lecan's sword coming at her head from behind grazed the top of her head as it cut the attacking magic beast's face horizontally.
That ended the fight.
”Heles-san!”
Arios ran up.
”That was a wonderful coordination!”
”What?”
Heles is dumbfounded.
It seems she hasn't realized what she's just done.
”You got it.”
Lecan spoke to her from behind.
The look on Heles's face changed as she recalled what she just did.
”Ah, I, did I.”
”That was good.”
”But, why did I. But, I knew that Lecan-dono's sword was coming from behind my head right in that moment. Hence why I could act so reckless.”
”You led Lecan-san to initiate that attack, Heles-san.”
”Led? No, that's not it. I foresaw it. How Lecan-dono would swing his sword.”
”Yes. In practice, or rather, that's how Heles-san sees it subjectively. But to Lecan-san, he swung his sword as instructed by Heles-san. Isn't that right?”
”Yea.”
”Coordination? That was a coordination?”
”Heles.”
”What is it.”
”Adventurers who fight with their lives on the line don't form up coordination. They come up with it.”
”Coordination isn't formed up. But come up?”
”You can't beat magic beasts by chaining down your arms for the sake of coordination. Give your maximum effort at attacking, and let other guys incorporate your effort in their attack to the fullest. That's coordination.”
”Incorporate, to the fullest.”
”Doesn't matter which did the attack first when you look back later. That's how a proper coordination's like.”
”No looking back.”
”Knock your left fist to your right. Which fist hit which?”
”Both hit each other.”