Volume 11 Chapter 187 (2/2)
The entrance of the cave that was once a Labyrinth had spread wide, and from it came one monster after the next An uninterrupted streae had already been burned down
I atching from afar, so I couldn't be certain, but that wasn't the work of monsters
It felt they had received retribution by human hands
Behind me, Shannon held onto , and with how high up ere, she was properly wearing a coat
”Are you cold?”
When I asked, she turned to me
”I'h in the sky!? Don't forget the current me can see from the line between us!”
A teary-eyes Shannon was sharing the visual input I took in
The reason I took her along was that her eyes were necessary for this reconnaissance My Skills… the Fifth's Dimension created a three-dimensional map, and on top of that, the inforround in pure red
There was no point in counting numbers at this point, but no matter how you looked at it, it wasn't on a ten thousands scale Hundreds of thousands ofout of the Labyrinth, their nu
May was in quite high spirits, and her bearing was one that o off to attack at any moment
”… I don't have any coather after a while Still, you sure you should just leave it like this?”
Monsters were crowding below my eyes Their ominous voices reached the sky, and I confirmed the form of a Gryphon
Not only Orcs and Ogres I saw a Land Dragon as well
They weren't heading in our direction yet, but there were ht
One of the greatest fears of a Labyrinth out of control was the fact its army of monsters would never draw back Its majority wouldthem, they'd scatter into the area
If it were a Labyrinth no one had ever set foot in before, even if it went on a rarown by huions upon legions
And that scale of nu, and traround
”This is a nightmare… May”
I gripped the Jewel in my left hand, and turned it to the silver Bow When I ly
High in the sky, I pulled the bow, and produced an arrow of light Froue and hazy shape, when it took on the clear form of an arrow, I used a Skill
”Select…”
With the Second's Skill, I set my aim on the monsters below
I wanted to take care of the troublesome monsters beforehand The one I should crush isn't the Land Dragon It's the Gryphon
And the winged monsters
Thetheht, and fired the arrows
I hit a foot against May's sto arrows as she ran
When I had fired five arrows, the first hit the Gryphon head on Right after that, the ed round rose, and took to the skies
A hundred, two, five…
The increasing hoard of flying ht to find us With the away
I fired the arrows, shooting down around another five round
Shannon looked at the monsters, and cried out
”What are you doing! Now they're chasing us!”
May still found it insufficient
”You should wipe them out more flashi+ly”
I continued firing at thethem down They weren't able to keep up with May's speed as she ran through the air
But one monster alone…
”Uwah, a troublesome one came out”
I turned to verify the foe May called troublesome
A black body, with long and yelloings, a bird-likeus at a rapid pace
Those spread out wings were adorned with red eye-like patterns As I looked over those eyes drawing me in, Shannon pinched my face
”What is it!?”
I held ht hand
Shannon looked at me with teary eyes
”It's because you were getting sucked in, dammit!”
I didn't understand why she sounded like she meant it literally, but May explained
”That's the sort of otten to calling it, but before you notice it, you won't be able to move”
There, the Third gave me some advice
『I don't know it Is it rare? Well, that aside… Lyle, it's not likefeature is its effect on enemies, you know?』
The Third said that, so I recalled and used the Skill… Mind
It was a Skill that brought about mental interference, so it could block these sorts of psychological attacks
I got ht, and sent an arrow off at the ene the distance at a breakneck pace
The ene speed, the arrow gave pursuit
”It's fast”
”That's why they're troubling Even for quilins, it sometimes eats the little ones”
As May said that, I tried another arrow Thearrow, and spun to evade it in midair
Without hitting its ht disappeared
”It dodged right before it hit? This one really is troublesome”
I fired a third and fourth, and the monster raced around the sky chased fro them off, it started back up in our direction
Its body was larger than May's, and the talons on its legs looked exceedingly sharp Black, with purple at the tip, those claws gave off a poisonous feel
”Those have a strong poison, so watch yourself Hu that liquid, you know”
Hearing May's counsel, Shannon clung to me, and screamed
”Why did you take !?”
I thought she could do her share of work on recon, but her teary outburst wasn't doing us any good
I heard Milleia-san's sigh, sending a light chill down my spine
『Good grief How can she be so useless when she has the power of those eyes… She's cute, I'll give her that, but she'll need a little… scratch that, a lot of training』
Hearing that, the Fifth quietly…
『I think Shannon's better as she is, you know』
Said that
(How about you guys worry about me too!)
Mildly irritated, I took a deep breath, and drew the bow With lared at theMay
”… Up 'n Down”
When I used the Fourth's Skill, May's speed rose even further In contrast, the rew dull
But it used some sort of Skill to brush off that interference
”This really is a strong one”
Thinking I'd encountered quite a monster, I loaded my mana into the next shot
The e, but the arrow burst on the way, splitting into a few scores of projectiles
Surrounded, without a place to run, the monster was pierced by dozens of arrows, and split
It fell to the ground in pieces
I wiped offaround to see if there were any monsters of the same sort There didn't seem to be any, but that was quite a horrible foe to encounter
And I looked at Shannon clinging tothe way, so I wondered what had happened…
”She lost consciousness with a grip on my clothes”
Seeing the whites of her eyes, I let out a sigh