episode_0019

“Zion. You are the key to the strategy. Listen carefully to what I am about to explain.”

(huh)

“Among the pupils covering the bastard’s body, there are some that glow red once every 10 seconds or so. If you hit them accurately, the bastard’s regenerative ability will be stopped, and normal damage will be inflicted.”

(……….)

“As you destroy other eyeballs, the bastard’s combat ability will gradually increase. This is a situation where mistakes are absolutely unacceptable, so shoot carefully. The other party members will adjust the timing of the attacks, so you just focus on destroying the red eyeballs accurately. ”

(….okay)

“Geuhehehe… Is the operational meeting over? Then… I’ll go!!!!”

— Other schools….!!

Thousand Eyes approaches at high speed and swings his attack with a reckless full swing.

Its speed and destructive power are truly worthy of being called a high-level demon, but…

— Pot, papat…!!

“Sigh….!!”

“You’re bullying Luna…. I won’t forgive you…!!”

— Paang….!!

Julia and Krimhild calmly withstood the bastard’s attacks.

and.

— Pot, papat…! Tata tatak…!!

Zion, who was running across the roof of the bandit hideout and observing the guy…

At one point, he stopped, took his shooting angle, and carefully fired an arrow.

— Paaang…!!

An abnormally difficult mission where you must find and accurately hit the red glowing eyeballs among the hundreds of eyes of a maddeningly rampaging demon.

But Zion’s ghostly eyes, marksmanship, and concentration had already reached the realm of superhumans…

— Phew….!!

The arrow pierced the exact center of the red eye.

“Keeek!!!?”

Thousand Eyes stiffens as he lets out a terrible roar.

After confirming that its shell was turning a deep red, I immediately gave the order to attack.

“Everyone, attack with all your might!!”

“ .”

“Gadesuuu…. Strikeuuuu!!”

— Papapapapapak…! Kukuaaang….!!

Julia and Krimhild attack with fierce momentum.

However, there is a limit to the damage that can be inflicted by just two people’s attacks….

After the 10 second cooldown, the remaining damage to the creature’s body was soon repaired.

“Th, ugh…. These insolent women…. How dare they…..!!”

“Tch…..!!”

“Haa, haaak… It’s, it’s so cold…..”

Sigh….

It seems like it’ll be difficult with just Krimhilt and Julia’s attack power.

If we can continue to drag out the deal time like this, it might not be impossible to take it down, but…

It seems like we’ll have to drag out the deal time more than fifteen times to have a chance of winning.

–Tat, tataak… papat….!!

Did he decide that in the current situation, the opponent that poses the greatest threat to him is Zion?

Thousand Eye leaped onto the roof, leaving Julia and Krimhild behind, and began to pursue her.

“Stand there, you bitch…! I’ll break your butthole right now!!”

“….!!”

Zion, who will never be outdone by him in terms of agility…

–Whew…! Kookwang!! Boom, bang….!!

“Ugh….!!”

Thousand Eye continued to pursue Zion, tearing off the roof of the hideout and throwing it at him, and the elf archer barely managed to avoid it, looking as if he would be hit at any moment.

“Gasp, ugh… huh….!!”

Ugh….

If possible, I don’t want to expose my abilities any further than this…

Is there nothing we can do in this situation?

— Swish….

After taking a few deep breaths.

I put salt in Zion.

“Zion, have you figured out where his next eyeball is?”

(Huh? Uh…. Yeah. But, huh…! In this situation… Right, I can’t…..)

“Okay. I’ll create an opening. Get ready and shoot when I give you the signal. Julia, Krimhilt, track him so you can attack him when you have the time. ”

(All right)

(Yes~!)

— Kukuaaaang…! Boom, bang…!!

“G-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!! What are you doing, elf girl!! Is running away your only talent? Is that bow in your hand just for decoration aaa!!”

Thousand Eyes continues to throw the roof off while spouting out a haughty voice.

When it was judged that the positional relationship between him, Zion, Julia, and Krimhilt had reached an appropriate point…

I unfolded the ritual I had prepared in advance.

“ ….!!”

— Guuung…!!

“————!!?”

A gravitational hammer that presses down on a local area.

Unable to respond to the impact from a completely unexpected direction, Thousand Eye was slammed into the ground…

“Shoot.”

“Sigh….!!”

— Paaang….!!

The second arrow fired by Zion pierced the eyeball located precisely in the bastard’s chest.

“Kuwaaah….!!”

Thousand Eyes, writhing all over while letting out a terrible scream.

The bastard’s body was once again dyed a deep red, and Julia and Krimhild quickly rushed in and launched an all-out attack.

“ !!!”

“ !!”

and.

While the two people are attacking, calmly unfold the spell.

I have prepared a great magic with sufficient destructive power.

“That…. Eeeeek… Kkaaaak…! You bitches, I won’t forgive you, absolutely not…! Over and over again, over and over again, tearing and biting that body… A pain worse than death! ”

“Julia, Krimhilt, step back.”

“………!!”

Julia and Krimhild quickly distance themselves.

and.

I’m targeting the Thousand Eyes, whose deal time is almost up–

Unleashed a great magic spell with the attributes of fire and earth.

“– .”

— Papapapapat…. Zeeeing…. Pat, papat…!!

Dozens of three-dimensional magic circles unfold around the body of the Thousand Eye.

Surrounded by a magic circle of such a complex and bizarre structure that it was mind-boggling just to look at it, the guy let out a dumbfounded voice.

“What, what is this…? You guys, what the….”

The next moment.

— Kwaaah….!!

At the same time as the magic circle began to glow.

A dark red flame shot up, tearing at the ground the creature was standing on.

The volcanic acid, which had a calorific value and mass that could not even be compared to pure flame, swallowed up Thousand Eyes…

The creature let out a terrible scream and struggled to escape the volcanic flames.

“Kuaaah…! Ouch, aaaah…! Wh, what the… This is ridiculous…!! Euaaaah…!! Aaaah….!!”

“………”

“Please, stop…! Forgive me….!! Ha, I surrender!! I surrender… Aaaah …

“….disappear.”

Desperate resistance and pleas are useless.

The flames of Volcanic Lore continued to rise, engulfing Thousand Eyes…

The thing completely melted away and disappeared into the darkness of the volcano.

After the boss fight with Thousand Eyes.

The party members of the warrior party captured the surrendered bandits and took their loot, etc.

“Waaah…. Lunayaaah…!! You’re safe, really…. Thank goodness…..”

“Cream…. Thank you so much. You came to save me…..”

“You’re not hurt, right~? Are you in pain or anything? Ugh… I was worried….. Renayaa…..”

“Why are you crying, Cream is really….. ugh…..”

The saint and the guardian knight share a touching reunion.

Under normal circumstances, this would be a pretty heartwarming and touching scene.

Maybe it was because of my own ill feelings toward Krimhild. I didn’t feel very good about it.

As the two of them tried to move to a place where they could be as out of sight as possible, Julia quietly came up to me.

“Hi, Mr. Hire.”

“Do you have any business?”

“The great magic you showed in the battle just now was truly impressive. I’ve worked with famous adventurers from various high-ranking clans, but… this is the first time I’ve seen great magic of that power with my own eyes.”

“It’s a mediocre technique. Since the casting time is so long, it’s a magic that can’t be used properly unless party members buy time.”

“………..”

He looked at me with a calm expression for a moment.

Julia slowly pulled her lips away.

“But…. it’s true that I also have this thought.”

“…….What are you thinking?”

“If Hire had participated in the battle from the beginning, wouldn’t we have been able to win the battle much faster and easier… I think.”

“……….”

Julia’s eyes filled with suspicion and reproach.

I sighed lightly and answered her question.

“If I take the initiative and take care of everything, don’t you think the warrior will nag me and tell me not to bother him?”

“Yes….?”

The reaction of being absurd was short-lived.

Julia nodded with an expression that seemed to indicate that she soon understood something.

“That’s…. um. Certainly…. That possibility…. I don’t think we can ignore it.”

“Right? Considering that guy’s personality, I think staying back and just giving advice like I am now would be a shortcut to running the party smoothly.”

“………..”

“Well, if you guys get too overwhelmed like this, I’ll help you out a little, so don’t worry too much.”

“I see…. Okay, I understand.”

“And.”

“…..?”

“Seeing us talking so amicably like this, I think the warrior will start nagging again, so I think it would be better to slowly break away.”

“…..Yes. Thank you for the advice. I will be careful. ”

Julia turns away with a bitter smile on her face.

Looking at her back, I gathered my thoughts.

I heard the story later, but the reason why I was discovered by bandits while I was rescuing the saint and a battle broke out was…

It was none other than Hyunwoo who kept talking behind my back about my party management.

One of the bandits who had crawled out to do his business overheard this and shouted at him, calling him an intruder. He tried to deal with him quickly, but he couldn’t stop all the bandits from waking up and crawling out.

……ha.

Well, I guess that’s what I was aiming for, but this time too, it seems like that idiot Hyunwoo’s idiot power stack is accumulating smoothly.

I don’t know how many more requests I’ll have to complete to reach my goal…

I have a feeling that this won’t be something that happens in the not-so-distant future.

Hyunwoo, who had been lying down injured, also regains consciousness after receiving treatment from the saint.

The post-war processing was more or less completed, and the warrior party began their descent.

So… when we reached the foot of the mountain.

— Thud, thud….

Zion quietly approached me and whispered in a small voice.

“Hi.”

“……..”

“Thank you.”

“……What are you talking about?”

“You chose this commission…. You’re being considerate of me, right?”

“……….”

The structure of the enemy hideout requires sniping skills for infiltration, and the gimmick of boss battles that require precision shooting.

An event that will inevitably highlight the skills of Zion in many ways.

I coughed lightly and shook my head.

“I didn’t choose it specifically for you. If that filthy warrior guy keeps discriminating against one or two people within the party, it will cause problems in running the party. It’s not a development I’d welcome either.”

“Yeah…. But, I’ll say it anyway. ….Thank you for caring.”

“Thank you for your kind words.”