Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 94
Chapter 29: Countdown 3
We discussed the basic strategy before coming here. It’s just the basics and we have to move flexibly according to the situation.
As long as Zephyrus is on ground, Uru will challenge him into close combat, and if Regulus and I can get close, we will launch a direct attack, If it seems to be impossible, I will support Uru, and Regulus will support me.
If he is in the sky, I will try to drop him to the ground using the [SparkField Arrow] (although I hesitated, I ended up making an arrow). In addition, the reason why I don’t use it while he is on the ground is that its range is too wide that will involve Uru.
If it doesn’t work, I’ll consider withdrawing… I was supposed to, but is possible that we can’t retreat now.
The retreat itself would be possible. We can, but if we choose to do so.
Something will end.
I can’t help but feel that way.
Anyway, the wind will reveal our position, so let’s focus on speed rather than stealth.
I was thinking something like that, but… It seems they won’t let us go.
Because as if they were waiting for us, there were countless monsters in front of us. There are so many different types that it would be troublesome to count.
“Ugh…-!”
Regulus can’t help but groan.
It’s a problem that there are too many monsters, but even more disturbing than that, It’s that they are all rotting away. It’s obvious that this dense miasma would do that.
The miasma makes their flesh rot, melt and drip, and even the bones are visible… But even so, the monsters had no intention of running away, and were advancing toward us with open hostility.
I take my halberd, sprinkle holy water on its blade and turn to Uru with a feeling of impatience, and I speak.
“If it’s Uru, you can ignore these guys and jump over them, right. Leave this place to me and Regulus and go ahead.”
“Rion!?”
No matter how much the monsters took damage from miasma and their LP was reduced, their offensive and defensive power have been increased.
So it’s not strange that Uru raised a surprised voice with a tone of protest against me who said such a thing.
But now she doesn’t have a choice but to listen.
“We don’t have time, you know that, right?”
“B-But…”
“No matter how you look at it, these guys are buying time. To be honest, we don’t have enough time to discuss that here. … So go.”
Uru was showing hesitation, but by my words, she seems to have given up.
After leaving the words, “… You have to come right after me.” She leapt forward, bypassing the monsters in the ground through the roof and pillars of the abandoned houses, she headed towards Zephyrus.
“Now then, Regulus. If it’s this much, you can blow them away, right? If you say you can’t, I’ll send you back.”
“… It’s obvious that I can do it.”
Regulus also took out his spear and held it with both hands. Maybe because he’s unaccustomed to use a shield, he is keeping it for later. I sprinkled holy water on the tip of his spear as well.
We’d like to scatter the guys in front of us quickly and head to Zephyrus, but… If we don’t kill them as much as possible, they’ll definitely get in our way in middle of the battle, putting Uru aside, we would definitely be hindered by them.
As a start, I sprinkle holy water on the kobolds in front of me.
Gyoaaaah!
The kobold screamed and started to writhe on the ground. Due to the miasma, it has become weak against holy attribute attack. Immediately after that, Regulus plunged his spear into his chest.
The spear easily pierces through, and something like smoke comes out from Its wounds.
But even that didn’t became a decisive blow, the kobold grabbed the spear by the hilt and, surprisingly, buried the spear deeper??trying to pull in Regulus, who was still gripping the hilt.
“Uwooh!?”
“Regulus!”
I glanced sideways at the surprised Regulus, and cut off the head of the kobold and as a bonus I also cut the head of the monster next to it together. The miasma was concentrated on their head, so it was an act on the premise that the magic stone was there, but it seems that I was right. The kobold, losing its power source soon dies.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Regulus drew his spear into his hand.
“I’ll give you as many weapons as you want, so let go next time.”
“I-I understand. Sorry.”
At first, he was frustrated by their unexpected actions, but from start Regulus is a quick learner.
After that, he tried to pierce the areas where the miasma was thickest as much as possible, and we slaughtered the few remaining kobolds without any particular danger.
As for me, after talking big like that, I can’t afford to lose.
I sprinkle holy water generously(After all, the necessary material is just water, so there is a large amount in stock) to stop a Big Rat. However, a Red Boar rushes over the stopped Big Rat and crushes it.
“You too, be crushed!”
I made a stone block appear above Red Boar’s head and put it under the ground. This is not only a mean of attack, but also have the purpose of blocking the road.
Of course, there is some bandit apes climbing over the stone blocks, but Regulus and I stab them to death.
If we leave the stone blocks in place, our vision will be blocked and we won’t be able to move forward, so I occasionally store them away. When we came out on a wide road, I dared to block it so that we wouldn’t be surrounded by monsters.
“It seems that they don’t shoot magic.”
“… Regulus, can you stop raising flags?”
“Eh?”
I wonder if there was no concept of a flag in this world, he replied with a “What are you talking about?”.
And then, as expected the flag was collected, or maybe it was my fault for creating an opening, a magic??a Goblin Mage’s Fire Arrow flew towards us.…… I’m glad it wasn’t Zephyrus’ wind magic!
“Ugh!”
Regulus, who was being targeted, hurriedly took evasive action, but he couldn’t avoid it, and his arm was grazed by a flaming arrow. The surrounding goblins attacked him, perhaps taking it as a further opening, but while frowning, Regulus swung his spear in a horizontal line and knocked down them with all his might.
While keeping it in the corner of my eyes, I instantly changed my weapon to a bow and arrow and shot at the goblin mage who was preparing to cast magic again.
A saber wolf with its fangs bared jumped at me from my side as my attention turned far away, but it was blown away by a kick from Regulus lauched from an unstable stance. His eyebrows are raised because of his bad posture, or because he had some of the rotten flesh was splashed on his face?
“I’m sorry, Regulus, are you okay?”
“Oh, no problem.”
When it ended I use a potion on Regulus. He was trying to be tough with his words, but what hurts, hurts, and after recovering he let out a sigh of relief.
After letting off a sigh of relief he must remembered it, he was about to wipe his face with his hand, but I stopped and washed it off with holy water. Wiping it will only do more damage.
And so, while sustaining minor wounds, we continued to advance while annihilating the monsters.
“Ugh, what is this…”
Regulus, who thought he had gotten used to the grotesque sight of this place, which was full of rotten things, let out a weak voice again. Ahead of his gaze was a black puddle of what is probably monster rotten and discolored blood, It’s probably not a mistake because there are bone fragments floating with a few pieces of meat.
It’s not that big and it would have been easier to just take a little detour.
“Yes yes, It’s not a problem.”
But I shoveled it along with the dirt around. And I don’t forget to fill it with normal soil so that we can easily cross it.
It would have been fine to simply put a wooden board on top, but I have a feeling that it would rot and be eroded in an instant??
“… You just wanted it as a material, right?”
… He knows!
Kuh, I never thought the day would come when even Regulus would see through me…!
“No, anyone can see it. I also can see that you are casually collecting monster materials.”
In response to Regulus’ exasperated voice, I averted my eyes.
No, I know that we don’t have time, I know that… But my hands are moving on their own…!
It’s just the ones in front of us! I haven’t touched anything that seems like a waste of time!
In my mind, I made excuses to no one and moved on.