Vol 5 Chapter 77 (1/2)

One on One

… Finally breaching the north gate, the flock of monsters burst in with the orcs at the lead

And before them, Aria held up her spear

The orcs ran into the stockades, and the pitfall traps lining the gate’s inside

The stakes fastened to the bottom of the traps spelled the end of a number of monsters, but some buried ones used their coaps in the wood stockades

Soldiers and knights with spears thrust at theate, they supplemented their forces here with pure numbers

They weren’t able to prepare oil in time, and all they could set were simple pitfalls

Ato inform the line of the situation in the center

“The Gryphon headed to the center! A Hippogryph to the east!”

Grabbing hold of the panicked runner, Aria confirs

“Explain it properly! There were two Hippogryph, right? Where did the reo!?”

Out of breath, the er continued

“The Gryphon and a Hippogryph… to the representative captain’s place…”

Representative captain… that likely meant Lyle

(Just two at once? I’d been sure they’d attack with all three)

Aria looked to the sky, and found the flying beasts were no longer visible

Witnessing a flash ofon alright

“We’re holding on fine here, so tell him not to worry Reinforcements from the east have also…”

It was at that moment

The fencing was toppled over, and the an to pour in

With her spear held ready, Aria turned around to pierce an approaching goblin, and swung the shaft in a large arc to free the monster’s body from her weapon

The er drew a little away, but Aria spoke

“We’ll take care of things here, so tell him that! Quickly!”

Watching the man run off, Aria looked at an orc, who had taken up one of the logs for the stockades as a weapon

He knocked away the soldiers nearby, and headed straight for her

(Can’t they even learn to take some distance!?)

“Fall back!”

The fencing that had been constructed at top speed was ht, and the hole in it was soon filled in with monsters

As Aria held her spear up to the orc, ht

Those troublesome orcs poured in one after another, and one of them suddenly collapsed with an arrow in its head

“Clark-san?”

Co down frohts and soldiers, as he released his crossbow on the monster

And leaving that crossbow on the ground, he pulled the sword at his waist

“We’ve run out of arrows! Archers, ready your shi+elds!”

The soldiers held up unshapely boards of wood, and while they repelled the attacks froaps in those shi+elds with their pikes

Forcing back theon an orc

“He’s not half bad”

Aria used one of her Skills to cut down an orc herself Blood spread around her surroundings, and the clash of et loud

“All injured, pull back! Never let the battle become one on one!”

Clark issued orders, and the surrounding troops began toAria some freedom of movement

And after that, it came down to her specialty

“Aha! There you go!!”

There was the scene going around about her, and excited by the sight of blood, Aria swung around her crimson-stained weapon

A body enhanced by a Skill

A spear hardened to increase output

She raised her speed, and slaughtered one monster after another

Seeing her form on the battlefield, Clark muttered to himself

“… What prowess What valor If only that one was a man, then…”

What a waste, he murmured…

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When I dodged the Gryphon’s claws as it dove towardsthem with it into the air

The beast tried to gain altitude by flapping its wings, but an impact from the quiver blew it off course, and caused it to concentrate its attention on it

(Did one explode? I really have to be careful with their use)

Glad that it hadn’t exploded while still onarrows, and held up my left hand

“Lightning!”

The ic enhanced by a Skill hit on the mark

But the Gryphon round, shook off the impact, and returned to normal

(So it was insufficient? I should’ve hit it with so harder)

While I thought that attack hadn’t had an effect, the Second offered me some advice

『Looks like it go back to the sky iht as rain soon enough, though』

The Fifth spoke

『Ah~ right, Gryphons did have that ht』

“Then with all ht…”

I would use my trumpcard At that moment, the Second spoke

『Fool Don’t think it’s a sitting duck on the land Look, it’s co your way』

It swiftly began running in reat flexibility, and leapt straight at me

I ran forward, and rolled, passing right under its bulk

The Second spoke

『A fatal bloith ic… it’ll be possible with my Skill, you know, Lyle』

The rabbed onto the Gryphon’s tail, and used a Skill

“If it’s Full Burst, then…!”

The Skill, 【Full Burst】… a Skill tothat, I tried to grasp its tail, and throw it, but when I did that, its rear legs struck down on my face

I tried stopping the bloith my left hand, but felt my entire body rise into the air

But in that ht

Perhaps it was good that I ju onto the beast’s back, tail-in-hand

My left ar et me off

The back of the Gryphon reeked of beast…

The Sixth spoke

『A yeah, one on one, the battle of a truefor!』

“Shut up!”

I grasped its neck with my left, held onto the sabre withat my waist

I had prepared it upon hearing the Sixth’s opinion, but I felt a strange feeling of defeat

The rope was made into a loop fro it a strong pull

My ears began hurting from its shrill screech, so I wrapped it around o That hurt quite a bit as well

“Che, then right hand it is”

I wrapped the right instead, and took the sabre in left when the Gryphon began to flap its wings

“So it can fly like this Let’s finish it…”

The Third gave a warning

『Ah, yeah, make sure you do it in one hit The blood will make it slippery up there Also, if it takes to the sky, make sure you land the final blow somewhere that looks easy to land, or…』

“Why do you all sound so relaxed! I’ve nothing to be lax about here!”

As I said that, the Seventh responded

I understood his blatant enjoyment from how hard he tried to sound serious

『Lyle,a worthy foe It’s because there are strong ones out there that we’re all able to grow strong ourselves And you see, it’s natural for a Walt man to be able to do this much』

While thinking over just how s around the rising monster

If I’erous even with the rope

I pulled hard on the rope around ht into the sky

The air up there was much colder than on the land

Atop the back of the Gryphon desperately trying to shake s

The scenery changed, the sky below The ground was aboveseveral barrel rolls in the air

“If I fall from this distance, I’ll die, won’t I! Bastaaaarrd!”

With ic, and released electric discharge fro in the sky, the scenery continued changing without end

It continued spinning, and I clung onto it for dear life

I get the feeling its ic, but even so, it wasn’t dropping altitude It was dead set on dropping me to my death

The Third spoke

『Oh, how high』

The Fourth too

『If we could freely do this, it’d become quite a business… Useful for both pleasure and transport…』

What about worrying forI had brought along

I sheathedit over the Gryphon’s head, successfully robbing it of its vision

The Sixth spoke

『You wet it to freeze it on, did you? Not bad!』

The Fifth…

『If it falls froht, it’ll be the end… huh? If you just soaked it froh, would it?』

“… Say that from the start!!”

Screa on to its back…

As ere up in the sky, I went through many sensations I usually never would have felt a number of times

I never thought I would becoround so far

The dread of falling was one thing, but not having somewhere firm to plant my feet was quite a…

“Just… fall already!!”

I created ic

The reason I didn’t wet it noas because it was ridiculously cold

My own body wouldn’t be able to bear it, oron would become a pain

The Gryphon’s body wasn’t burnt at all But it was surely working, as the force it was turning its head eakened

It unsteadily began its descent, and I struggled to use the constricting rope, and s around its torso to attempt to steer it

(Ah, I can see the village Now just like this, I’ll stab its heart… wait, where the hell is that supposed to be!?)

As I found myself stuck over where its heart was supposed to be, the Second offered advice

『Lyle, here’s a general rule of thumb It’s where the bones are structured to protect Just find a gap in the bones, and stab in』

“And here I anorant to such a place!”

『Fool, what do you think my Skills are for?』

Taken aback, I used the Second’s Skill Full Over’s effect was about to cut off

I had used up a large quantity of ic, but even so, I could understand where my enemy’s heart was

The sensation of a strong light pulsating

Within that glow, the strongest light, and clenching my sabre in my left hand, I tried to set my aim on that spot

(Daet hazy)

I used toomy mana had been scraped to its bare bones While rew closer, I noticed the battles there were co to an end

The ground continued closing in, and thinking this drop would be a survivable one, I pierced the blade into the Gryphon’s body

After piercing deeper and deeper, the Gryphon let out a screech, the likes of which I had never heard before, da my ears

I pulled out the sabre, and blood spilled out with good ate

“This one…”

And in the next moment…

『Lyle!』

Along with the Second’s voice, I directed a look to the village’s center