episode_0010

“Ugh…Harry?”

Before the tentacles headed towards Elisias, he threw his body and pushed her away, avoiding a dangerous situation.

“Ugh…what kind of power does this guy have…”

A Mimic concealed in the form of a treasure chest.

This monster stretched out its tentacles and wrapped around my arms and neck, preventing me from moving.

I try to resist with all my might, but my body lacks strength, so it is just a futile effort to resist.

The Mimic’s slitted eyes and sharp teeth inside the box made an unpleasant sound, as if it was trying to devour me or taunting the weak prey for a futile effort.

“Is it okay?”

“Don’t worry! It may be early, but think of it as a real test!”

When Elysiasa came to her senses and raised her sword and asked urgently, I gritted my teeth and spoke with even more resistance, pretending to be okay.

In fact, I was planning to finish farming at the treasure warehouse and leave here to deal with the scattered goblin remnants.

It was my fault for not thinking that Elisias would touch the Mimic that the goblins had left in the treasure trove for crime prevention purposes.

“Wait, Harry! I’ll help you right away!”

Elisias bites his lip and rushes towards Mimic.

As if telling the Mimic not to approach, he swung his extra tentacle around like a whip, and at the sound of the air being torn apart, Elisias hesitated for a moment and just struck the tentacle away with his sword.

“Ugh…”

The feel of the tentacles holding my wrists and the nape of my neck was indescribably terrifying, and it felt like a large slug was passing by.

The wet, slippery tentacles started groping my body and penetrating through the gaps in my clothes, and I flinched in goosebumps from the goosebumps.

“Ahh…shit!! I am a man!!”

I cursed and tried kicking the guy’s body, but it was no use.

I struggle to get away from the tentacle, but it’s not easy because of the slimy tentacle.

“Haaaab!”

As Elisias swung his sword and cut off the extra tentacles, the strength of the tentacles surrounding my neck became slightly weaker.

I didn’t miss this opportunity and pulled my neck with all my might and bit down on the tentacle holding my neck.

“Kiyaaa!!”

Mimic, perhaps feeling pain, began to scream and run even further, and the whipping began to become more severe.

Fortunately, the restraints surrounding the neck have been lifted, but the body is not completely free yet.

“Elysias! There is no point in attacking only the tentacles!! Wow!!”

As if it didn’t miss its prey, the Mimic stretched out its extra hidden tentacles and snatched my foot, lifting me up and leaving me tangled up in the air.

“Harry!”

Elisias shouted and swatted away the tentacle coming towards him, stepped on his tiptoes, accelerated, caught the Mimic, and swung his sword.

-Tee-ing!

“Ugh…it’s hard.”

Due to the metal shell that protects and surrounds the Mimic, the attack was bounced back shamelessly.

“Physical attacks don’t work! Use fire attribute magic, which is his opposite! For you, one fireball from this guy is enough!”

Elisias cried out while hanging in a rather comical manner, blocking the tentacles that flew in again and maintaining a certain distance between them.

“It’s magic…huh…”

Elisias, knowing that his attack was not working, looked down at his limp arm.

The exterior of Mimic, which has the appearance of a treasure chest, is made of metal and wood.

Because of this, it boasts a high defense in the game, showing that physical attacks rarely work and only spell attacks work.

“Hey profit!! Wait a minute!”

The Mimic turned its attention back to me and stretched out its dirty, wet tentacles towards me, and I flailing my arms to resist as best as I could.

“Are you saying that it’s okay as long as it tastes good, regardless of gender? You’re a dirty bastard…”

When I looked down at Mimic with a sneer, he was smiling evilly.

“[Fire—!]”

Mimic swung its tentacles at Elisias, who was trying to cast magic, as if he would not be taken lightly.

Elisias clicked his tongue and distanced himself from the flying tentacle, but strangely, he could not do anything other than swing his sword to keep the tentacle in check.

“Elysias! Just hit the tentacle with your sword, then dodge and use magic right away!”

“Even if you say that! Wow, that’s easy! No! What timing should I go in…”

She took a breath, the cold sweat running down her head, and raised her sword again.

“What?”

Elisias keeps the flying tentacles in check by attacking them. Only then did I begin to understand this situation.

Looking at her swordsmanship and gestures, it was really the same as the character’s basic attack.

I’m sure I can do more than this, but I feel like I can’t keep up.

It was similar to having great hardware, but running it with only basic software installed.

“Damn…is that so…”

In the end, expectations and worries end up being right.

Elysias is not currently a playable character that I can play.

Unless I can control it like a game character, Elisias has to think and move on her own.

The swordsmanship and magic that have been honed through indoctrination training are literally just the basics.

Because they have no experience, they only move with basic actions like they do now.

That means, if an attack comes, defend.

This means that she, who is only equipped with the basics, cannot digest the commands I think of: defense → evasion → counterattack → magic.

She has almost zero practical experience right now, so she just acts according to the manual.

It will get better if you gain a little more practical experience.

“It’s like playing minesweeper with a high-end computer.”

Hanging in the air, trying to find a way out.

I tried to stand up, but it wasn’t easy, probably because I lacked core muscles.

“Gagging!”

The Mimic seemed to be bothered by my struggling and swung its tentacles at me as if to tell me to stay still. As I was hit directly without any armor, I almost lost consciousness.

“Harry!!! [Fire-] Phew!”

Elisias was surprised and quickly cast magic, but the magic was cut off again by Mimic’s attack.

“Elysias! Continuing to counterattack after defending is meaningless and will only waste your stamina! Watch and evade his attacks as much as possible until the end while casting the spell!”

I regained my consciousness of moving away and answered with my best facial expression.

“I understand! Phew…”

Elisias aimed his sword, took a deep breath for a moment, and carefully checked the movement of the tentacles until the end.

When the tentacle was aimed at her face, she slightly lowered her head to avoid the tentacle’s attack and accelerated toward the Mimic.

“That’s right! That’s what it feels like! Move forward by striking down things that cannot be avoided with your sword!”

Fortunately, although he is not very intelligent, he uses his body to show genius.

“Now is the time, Elisias!”

When Mimic swings his tentacles to stop her advancing further.

“[Fire Bolt!]”

Elisias quickly turns his body to avoid the incoming attack, extends his hand and casts magic.

With that cry, a red magic circle was drawn on her palm and flames appeared.

-has disappeared.

“What, what!”

Elisias looks at his hands with surprised eyes like a cat.

Before she could understand the situation, a tentacle flew out and hit her in the chest.

“Kaaah!”

“Elysias! Are you okay?”

Elisias, who fell off after a short scream, didn’t seem to suffer much damage, perhaps thanks to her armor.

Elisias stood up, trembling on his legs, using his sword as a staff.

“Ugh…Harry…I think I’ve almost used up all the mana I have…”

Elisias clenched his molars and began to fight back, dodging the tentacle’s attack.

I seemed to have become quite familiar with the tentacle pattern and was able to quickly cope with the tentacle’s movements.

“I’m running out of mana!”

It’s frustrating because you can’t see the status window like in a game.

“Damn it! Is that so!”

I realized a few days ago that I had just twisted away from the prologue episode.

Given that the prologue episode had progressed, I should have noticed that her basic stats and level were all at 1.

Since she was in front of me as a human being and not a game character in the first place, I even forgot about the existence of a level system.

One memory flashes through my mind at that moment.

[Although magic like [Light] is a low-level magic, it is a persistent magic, so continuing to use it will be a bit of a burden to the user.]

After coming here, I finally learned what it was like to feel undesirable.

[light]

A low-level magic and a persistent magic that can be turned on/off.

It uses 1 mana per second and there is a risk of the user’s mana depleting if used continuously.

At LV 1, Elisias’ maximum mana was 600 and the mana required to use the fireball was 100. So, out of ignorance, we used a whopping 501 or more mana just to light the way.

“Damn, I was too lazy.”

I overestimated Elisias’ abilities.

“If only I had used torches from the beginning instead of just relying on magic…”

I habitually bit my nails again.

“Damn…what should I do?”

I got angry and messed around with my hair and tried to think of a way to fix the current situation, but I couldn’t think of anything.

I would have rather handed over the remaining mana potion I have to Elisias, but since it is an unrefined potion, it will not be able to restore mana enough to use [Firebolt].

So what potion does Elisias have?

Can not be done.

Elisias only has potions that restore HP, but does not have potions that can restore mana.

“―Ugh!”

When I am lost in thought and can’t see anything, I hear Elisias’s groaning sound.

Elisias, who was breathing heavily, looked tired and ended up giving up a valid hit.

Her face was covered in dirt and small scratches were visible here and there.

When the sight became more urgent, she opened her mouth.

“Don’t worry, Harry…I can still move, and as you can see, the armor is in good condition. Even if something happens, I will definitely save you…”

Is the armor in good condition…?

Every word Elisias uttered tickled my mind, and I looked at her armor closely.

Elisias’s specially designed armor that glowed silver…it had high defense power.

The H event scene, which could not be easily seen even if captured by a monster due to its high defense, was an item that removed the high defense and made it easy to view the H scene…

“Ah! That’s it!!!!”

A last resort, only one silver bullet comes to mind.

To be honest, I’m not sure if this method will work for Mimic, but I decided to take a gamble.

“Elysias! I have a plan! First, get this damn guy’s attention!!”

“I understand!”

Elisias took a deep breath for a moment and started moving quickly again, dealing with the tentacles faster than before.

The Mimic now screamed as if it was irritated, shook the box surrounding its body, and moved even more roughly.

“Wow wow!!”

Although Mimic’s body was shaking back and forth, Mimic’s eyes seemed to be focused on Elisias.

The restraints were slightly loosened, so I tried my best not to miss the timing and searched the inside pocket of my robe.

Fortunately, the items in the pocket were in their original condition without breaking or falling.

“I’m not sure if it will work, but…”

Hanging and swinging, he pulls out the cork of the vial containing the goblin’s saliva and slowly pours it into the lid of Mimic’s box.

Fortunately, the guy didn’t seem to notice yet due to the battle with Elisias, so I took out the mana potion and poured it into Mimic’s head.

“Kiek?”

Sensing something strange, Mimic turned his gaze towards me and made a strange voice.

“Please…”

Now that I want things to happen as they should, I entered into a desperate prayer meta.

Was the Lamb’s earnest prayer fortunately delivered properly?

The lid of the Mimic’s box began to boil, emitting a disgusting smell, and quickly corrode.

“That’s it! Elisias! Aim for his head!”

With a happy cry, Elysias immediately closed the distance between herself and Mimic, and the creature swung its tentacles around as if making a final struggle.

When dodging and dodging tentacles with flexible body movements to perfectly close the distance

“Smash the earthen pot, Elisias!”

“Hiaaaab!”

After dealing with the last tentacle, slash the sword diagonally towards its head.

Unlike before, Elisias’ attack did not bounce back and was effectively hit, and the lid of the box protecting the Mimic crumbled easily like a cookie.

“It’s not over yet! We have to deal with the core inside!”

“Huh!”

Elisias raised his sword and plunged it into the tentacles writhing inside the box and the red core visible between the teeth.

“Kkiss!!!”

The Mimic screamed and moved its tentacles around, looking like it was struggling to resist death.

After struggling for a while, the tentacles it had were dried and twisted like a plant that had not been watered.

Inside, it crumbled like dust and disappeared, and at the same time, the restraints holding me were released and I fell to the ground.

“Ouch…my waist…”

“Sorry for saving you late…”

Elisias put the sword back, looked at me with pitiful eyes, and offered me my hand.

I stood up holding her hand, brushed off the dust from my clothes, and approached her.

“Well, that…I’m…sorry…?”

When I placed my hand on Elisias’ head, she closed her eyes and flinched.

Did you think I might hit you?

In fact, he was angry at Elisias’ careless behavior and tried to say something, but he probably suffered more than anyone else.

However, it didn’t suit me to say words of encouragement or comfort, so I playfully ruffled her hair.

“It’s okay if you don’t get hurt.”