Episode 19.8-9-10 (1/2)

Lecan stopped himself just when he was about to reflexively shoot a <Flame Spear>.

Because Eda had swiftly dodged to the right, missing the magic beast's fangs.

The magic beast couldn't change its course in the middle of its leap.

Instead, it used its left leg to attack Eda.

Eda parried that left leg with her short sword held in an overhand grip. She's supporting the short sword with the part of her left arm that's covered.

Even though she managed to skillfully kill the majority of the momentum, she still took a direct hit from an attack with the magic beast's weight behind it yet she didn't lose her balance. Her physical strength has improved so much, incomparable to her former self.

The Silver Wolf landed and quickly turned around.

Eda had already gone around it from the right.

(Nice!)

Eda went around in the same direction the magic beast turned around.

Thus it lost Eda for an instance.

Eda presses ahead as she goes around.

(Don't get reckless!)

The magic beast sensed what Eda was doing and turned its body even further with its fangs going toward Eda for the kill.

Eda slashed at its snout. She swung her short sword to the right from the left.

The short sword Lecan lent to Eda is only as sturdy as average store-bought swords, it's not that sharp either.

However, that one hit cut quite deeply even though she didn't put that much weight behind it.

'Gyan', shrieked the petrified Silver Wolf.

Eda's short sword has been thrust into its neck from right above.

Eda quickly jumped away.

Silver Wolf furiously writhed.

Both sides stopped moving.

The Silver Wolf fell down.

Eda has prevailed.

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Lecan was fretting so much and yet the battle was quite one-sided.

Eda's class as a warrior already far exceeds common Silver Wolves.

If you think about it, she's someone who's survived through many battles against dungeon depths' magic beasts.

In a one-on-one fight against a magic beast above ground, it wouldn't even be a match unless the opponent was a high-ranking magic beast and an especially strong individual.

Eda is gasping for breaths while looking down at the foe she just beat.

Rather than physical fatigue, it's more like a reverberation from a fresh experience of fighting a powerful magic beast.

Eventually, Eda turned around toward Lecan.

”Lecan.”

She ran up to him and hugged him.

Lecan gently caught her.

After a while.

”Put away your short sword.”

”Un.”

Afterward, Lecan drained the blood out of Silver Wolf and put it in a <Box>.