episode_0376

Although we called it Operation C as if we had some great plan, in reality, Ethan and I did not have a way out of this current situation.

Because the contents of Operation C were not that grand to begin with. While I’m buying time, have Ethan attack the opponent with effective attacks. That was the entire content of Operation C. The opposite is Operation B.

It’s up to each person to figure out how to buy time and what means to use effective attacks.

In fact, it was a mission closer to solo play than party play, but in any case, as long as Ethan responded that he had confirmed it, the operation was decided.

‘Sally, Say. Please use the fireworks to draw the golem’s attention to me.’

‘okay! Let’s go, Sei!’

‘… … .’

‘Say! ‘Let’s go!’

‘… … huh.’

Sally prepares a firework magic in the air after forcibly taking Sei, who had become slightly disobedient after the previous Battle of Bridget Village.

While I was thinking that I would have to do something to ease Sei’s mood sooner or later, a small but powerful sounding firework exploded above my head, attracting the bone golem’s attention.

-Phew!!

‘Crack, crack, crack…’ .’

-thud! thud! thud!

A giant skeleton moves its gaze from Ethan to me at the loud sound of fireworks and approaches me step by step.

First of all, this gave Ethan enough time to concentrate, so now he had to deal with that bone golem one-on-one.

-Wheee!

“Waaa!!”

A bone golem that swings a huge sword at high speed with the intention of completely crushing my body.

The most difficult thing about the Giant Skeleton was its extremely high speed. Unlike other large monsters, it only had bones left, so it was able to swing its lighter arms with a whimper.

Moreover, the blade of that huge sword had the sharpest and most pointed part of the bone attached to the blade, so I always had to be prepared that if I hit it wrong, I could literally die without even removing my bones.

‘If you think about getting even a little bit, it’s over, and you avoid it as much as possible.’

until when? Until Ethan’s sword skills are ready.

Since he said that he had learned swordsmanship that could be used against undead monsters from Harold, it probably means that he had learned one or two techniques such as cutting ghosts or similar techniques.

And when I recalled the memories of my past life, in order to use the ghost cutting skill, it was necessary to go through the process of gathering energy in the body and fusing it with magical power.

‘If you count the process of fusing energy and magic in a game turn, it takes about 2 or 3 turns.’

It is said that it is possible to fuse within one turn once you get used to it, but since Ethan has never used Ghost Slash before, it will take a good three turns.

First, assuming it would take about three turns, I had to somehow earn five minutes by myself.

‘Sally, I’ll give you magical power, so please transform into a flame giant right now.’

‘good! How much will you give me?!’

‘Half.’

‘Ahhhh!’

Sally swallows half of Lilith’s magic power, looking excited at the unusually large supply of magic power.

For a moment, I felt empty, as if something was leaving my body, but fortunately, the result also appeared before my eyes quickly.

– Grumble. Grumbling.

‘Release! Transformed! ‘What should I do now?!’

‘Please attack the entire body of that giant skeleton as much as possible. ‘Everything from head to toe!’

‘Okay, Lilith!’

With those words, Sally, who had become a giant, swung her fist at the giant bone golem without hesitation.

I followed the sight of her fist slamming into the golem’s body with my eyes and calculated the bone golem’s regeneration time in my mind.

‘Fire Punchyyy…’ !!!’

-Quaaang!

‘Let’s start with the left shoulder.’

I start counting down the seconds in my head as I chase Sally’s first attack.

After about two seconds had passed, I was able to confirm that her next attack was to kick the bone golem’s right leg.

‘Flame, kiiig!!!’

-Phew!!

‘The second is the right calf. The left shoulder began to regenerate after 2 seconds, and the third attack, which followed 1 second later, was to the head… .’

As I instructed, Sally attempted to attack the large monster by hitting various parts of its body.

Of course, the Giant Skeleton was not a monster that could be defeated with Sally’s power. Even though it consumed half of my mana and turned into a fire giant, even if I attacked hard in that state, the giant skeleton’s regeneration speed would have been much faster.

Instead, what I was checking was the playback time of the undead monster, which differed slightly for each part.

In order to cause damage to undead monsters, it was important to accurately identify the center of the monster’s core. This core was not located where the head or heart is, as people generally think of as weak points.

The easiest way would be to blow up all parts at once, including the core, instead of finding where the core is, but as I said before, there was absolutely no time to use Mana Blast right now.

I would only have one chance to compete with Ethan’s swordsmanship, so for that one time, I had at least done the work of finding the core in advance. If you calculate the regeneration speed of each part of the body, it is not that difficult to calculate backwards where the core is.

‘The head is closer than the right calf, and the left shoulder is closer than the head, so it’s roughly around the stomach or waist… .’

‘Eat this, eat it!!’

-Quaaang!!

Amid the noise, I somehow created a floor plan of the giant skeleton in my head and then calculated the approximate location of the core.

The blade of the bone golem flew in front of me once again, and I felt something wrapping around my body, which almost delayed my reaction for a moment.

-Whoa!

‘Oh, it’s late…’ !!’

-Wheeing!

‘… Lilith, it’s dangerous.’

‘Ah, thank you, Sei… .’

‘… Don’t do something dangerous.’

‘are you okay. I believed it because it was Sei.’

‘… … .’

I briefly thank Sei for saving me from the Giant Skeleton and then focus on the battle with him again.

To be exact, it was more of an evasion circus using Lilith’s physical abilities than a battle, but that was a minor problem.

-Wheeing! Whiing! Whiiing!

“… … ! … ! … … !!!”

I twisted my body, suppressing the exclamation that almost escaped inadvertently, fearing that it might disturb Ethan’s concentration.

Using ventilation, shock waves, and even Sei’s tailwind and wind magic, they somehow bought the remaining time until Ethan could concentrate.

-Srumbling!

“… … … … !!!!!”

Oh, shit. That skull bowl.

Why is there a skull on the blade, damn it. My heart almost dropped.

It took about 5 minutes for me to get out of a crisis where my voice almost leaked out of surprise several times.

“Release! I’m ready!”

Finally, after waiting and hearing that Ethan’s sword skills were ready, I also hastened to convey to him the information I had obtained while he was concentrating.

“Wait a minute, Lilith! Now I’m going to cut off that skeleton’s head in one fell swoop!”

“It’s not the head, Master Ethan!”

“Huh?!”

“It’s the left side! That Giant Skeleton’s core is now inside its left side!”

“… Ah Okay! All I have to do is cut off the left side!?”

“Yes!!”

I somehow succeeded in conveying information about that guy’s weakness before Ethan could cut through the harsh spot, and Ethan also changed the trajectory of his sword towards the bone golem’s side without hesitation after hearing the information he heard from me.

Rather than holding the sword in both hands like usual, his blade gathered all of his energy and magic into one sword and dug straight into the Giant Skeleton’s left side.

– Crispy! Let’s go!!

‘Kaggeuk, kkaggeuk, kkaggeuk…’ . Crack, clap… .’

Ethan’s sword cut halfway through his left side and then stopped as if caught on something.

At first glance, it might seem that Ethan’s sword was not powerful enough to cut through the guy’s body, but that was not the case at all.

Looking at the giant skeleton slowly disintegrating at the end, it seemed like Ethan’s sword had already reached the core of the large monster.

-Click, click, click… .

The bone fragments of dozens or hundreds of people that had been forcibly held together by the core’s magic lost their binding and fell to the floor as soon as the magic power was lost.

It was obvious that if I left it like this, it would resurrect in less than a few minutes, so I had to seal it right away at this moment when it was weak.

“Master Ethan! Use the Undead Sealing Magic Stone!”

“Confirmed!”

As soon as Ethan heard me, he took his magic stone to the purple core that protruded outside the skeleton’s body.

I also took the Undead Sealing Magic Stone with the Giant Skeleton’s fallen body.

Not only to leave behind evidence that I contributed to defeating him, but also to retrieve the mountain of corpses that, if left alone, will turn into dozens or hundreds of skeletons.

-Saaa… .

A giant skeleton that is placed in Ethan and I’s magic stone through an unknown sealing ceremony created by Professor Mamali.

After all the sealing was completed, Ethan’s magic stone contained the Giant Skeleton’s core, and my magic stone contained the Giant Skeleton’s body.

“Uh, it seems like it ended somehow… .”

“… That’s right, Master Ethan.”

“Phew. Still, I was glad that the swordsmanship I learned from my father worked well. Lilith also properly identified the weaknesses of this gigantic monster.”

“… yes. Thank you for your hard work, Master Ethan.”

Ethan let out a sigh of relief, as if he was relieved, but apart from that, I still couldn’t help but feel very uncomfortable.

‘I’ve only just caught one skeleton-type boss monster. If it stays like this… .’

I was already feeling dizzy thinking that I would have to fight boss battles tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.