Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 24
Chapter 18: Decisive Battle : First
Using the return stone, we returned to the front of the beastman village.
I climbed to the top of the hill just like last time, and was a little relieved to see that the Chimera hadn’t moved yet. In the worst case, there was a possibility that we would have to start from looking where it was.
While eating the food with buffs, we do the final confirmation. As a side note, the buff effect of the food is a little long and lasts for about 30 minutes, The effect increases or decreases depending on the type.
“For first, Let’s assume that due to the miasma, most attacks other than the ones from Uru may not work.”
“Umu”
“Damn… if only I had more power…!”
Regulus slammed his fist into his palm and looked frustrated.
Even though he had Uru (who and gave in to ‘please made me a disciple’ offensive) to watch the training together with Lieze, there was no way he could improve that much in a day.
I had a quick look around, but Lieze was actually stronger than Regulus, even without her weapon of choice, the spear. Well, even Lieze with her spear was no match for Uru at all.
Me? I don’t even need to fight to know, I am the weakest! I may not be defeated with a bow, but I’m confident that I’ll be knocked down by someone approaching me before I can shoot!
……Gununu……My job is to create, and not to fight! That’s an excuse! Yes!
“Regulus and Lieze should move without going too far from each other. Don’t try to launch unreasonable attacks, and if something happens to either one, quickly get in a support position.”
“Usu!”
“Understood”
By the way, I will also participate in the battle, but I told to them in advance to not to expect too much.
“There are two main points to note about the Chimera. The first is the roar, we can only endure it with willpower. The second is the snake tail poisonous breath and swinging attack. Have caution to not get hit from your blind spots.”
“Ugu, Dad’s yelling is scary…”
……Is that what you are worrying about in this time? Well, it is better than just being tragic and became unable to move like last time…?”
Putting that aside, I gave them a lot of recovery items.
“However, that is no ordinary Chimera. It is quite possible that attacks will come from other parts. For example, if a great crow was absorbed by it could shot a wing cutter or if it’s from a mage-type monster part, it may even shoot magic. Anyway, keep your field of vision wide and evacuate immediately if you feel any signs of attack.”
For the main body(?), I decided to ask Uru to take care of it, and asked both Regulus and Lieze to gradually shave off the extra parts growing from it. Well, I thought it would be unbearable to let them fight the lion (their parent).
In preparation for unforeseen circumstances, I also created and handed over various recovery items for status ailment that I can make, such as paralysis, freezing, and curses.…… All of them are just at the beginner level, so depending on the strength of the enemy attack, it may be like a drop of water in a hot stone, but this is also is with the “better than nothing” spirit.
Also, Regulus and Lieze ended up having the rest of the Holy Mist. I was planning to have Uru take it, but she said “Because they seems to be the least resistant ones” and refused.
I wonder how much my resistance is?
“Finally, If the time limit of 10 minutes is about to run out or you think it’s impossible to continue the fight, I’ll give you the order to withdraw, so at that time, please retreat. Certainly, I can’t forgive the existence of that chimera…but that’s not worth trading your lives for.”
If there is no miasma, in a dangerous situation we could immediately withdraw with a return stone, but if the area is contaminated with miasma, I can only use it under certain conditions.……Because of that, conquering the Abandoned Continent was tough in the game…….
“And that’s it. Any questions?”
I looked at the faces of the three in order, but no questions came out.
“Hmm, then… The chimera’s lion head is facing the east, so Uru will come from the north, and the three of us will come from the south. When Uru starts attacking, we will also charge at it.”
Originally, we should have acted as a diversion, and Uru should have launched the surprise attack, but it was rejected for safety reasons.
Is there any blind spots against Chimera, whose faces are growing all over its body? It’s not that I haven’t thought so, but I can’t even start to move if I continue to think too much, so I decided to assume that the main brain would be the lion head or the goat head.
“Then Uru, see you later. Don’t forget to use the Holy Mist right before the charge, okay?”
“… Umu”
Saying that, I waved my hand at her, and we parted temporarily from Uru.
Going around the hill and approaching from the south side of the village, while keeping a distance so that we won’t be seen, we got as close as possible. Luckily, there is a tall grass and the ruined houses are still standing, so we could still hide ourselves..
We stopped when I thought that we couldn’t get any closer. And with the Holy Mist in hands, we waited for Uru’s attack to begin.
As I got closer, I could see just how big the Chimera was. The total length, excluding the tail, is about 7-8 meters. The tail is long, so it looks like it’s length is about twice as long if counting with the tail.
For a mid-boss monster it’s not that big, but because the miasma, Its piercing presence reach here.
And…the number of parts attached to the body is so many that it is troublesome to count them. If I take a close look at them, I felt that I might start to feel nauseous, but it is possible that they all could be means of attack for the chimera, so I can’t just look away from them.
…… My hands tremble with tension and I almost drop the holy mist.
At times like this, I have to take a slow, deep breath. Suuha, Suuha*……??
??Try to eat it!
??Goaaaaaaaaa! !
It’s here!
“……Let’s go!”
“Oh!!”
“Yes!”
We rushed out while using the items.
Lieze runs in the lead, Regulus is one step behind her and I am ten paces away from them.
……I knew it! There is no way that a hyuman(?) can keep up with the high physical ability of a beastman!
When I turned my gaze forward, I could see Uru fighting the Chimera head-on. She seems to have been roared several times from close range, but it doesn’t seem to work at all. As expected.
She is swinging her fists in a speed that my kinetic vision is barely enough to keep track of it, but the mane that moves like a group of snakes and the parts growing from it are getting on the way and the number of times that her fists reaches the main body is small. She is frowing at it angrily.
It doesn’t seem like Uru’s attacks are ineffective, but it seems that there are too many parts and the miasma is attenuating the attack. I hope the battle doesn’t last too long…
“Hah!”
And then Lieze arrived at Chimera. She flicked her spear at the snake-tail, which had been distracted with Uru, but it only wounded the tail slightly.
The snake finally noticed Lieze’s existence after being slashed, stretched out to bite her multiple times, but Lieze easily avoided it everytime.
Far from just avoiding the poisonous breath that is spewed in between the bites, she demonstrates her excellence in guiding the attack so that it does not hit us who are behind her.
“Wooo!!”
Next, Regulus punches a some kind of monster part near the buttocks of the chimera.
Although the chimera didn’t show any signs of flinching from the pain, I could confirm that the part was crushed.
…… Hmm, it seems possible that the defense power may differ depending on the part.
“Lieze, continue to attract the attention of the tail! Regulus, crush the parts wherever possible!”
“Understood!”
“Sure!”
Leaving the most troublesome rear part to Lieze, who is the most skilled of us three, Regulus and I will gradually reduce the Chimera’s power.
“Hahaha! My body is light thanks to Lion’s food! With this, I think I can fight as much as I want!”
“Regulus-nii! Don’t get carried away!”
“Ugh… No, but at this pace we can really do it!?”
Indeed, they are fighting more than I could have imagined.
Even if Uru is being able to attract the attention of the Chimera’s main body to the front of it, the fact that he was able to fight against a strong enemy that the adults of the beastman couldn’t fight against was probably due to the miasma countermeasures.
If you come close to a miasma clad monster, you can’t even concentrate in the fight because the miasma aura will it hurts you, and in the first place, just getting close to attack will decrease your LP and eventually you’ll die…
“Really, I’m not good with spears…ha!”
I’m not just watching from behind, I was about to be attacked by a mass of overgrown limbs that looks like they jumped out of a horror film, but I somehow manage to repel them with the spear handle and the shield and shoot a single stab in retaliation.
??Stab
“Giguaaaaah!”
“… Oh~?”
*translator note: Suuha(????) is a japonese onomatopoeia for breathing deeply. I couldn’t find an onomatopoeia for it that could fit the situation so i decided to use it from the raw.