Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 95
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Chapter 30: Countdown 2
Neither Rion nor Regulus are weak. I believe in that too.
Even so, it can’t be helped to me feel uneasy when there are so many enemies. Rion had just been seriously injured, even without the fact that I have become a little overprotective, It’s normal to worry.
“So go.”
However, there was no way I could match Rion’s frustrated, but strong-willed gaze.
“… You have to come right after me.”
I had no choice but to leave the two of them and move on.
After jumping up and looking down from high ground, I understood that Rion’s decision was correct.
The number of monsters wriggling here and there is clearly large. What was the lack of monster of the last time we visited?
…… It’s for the’ last finishing touch’, or It’s exactly like Rion said they are just buying time?
It might not have been possible to reach in time if we all had to deal with them.
From the top of a crumbling roof, passing by the top of some barely standing pillars, when sometimes there’s nothing left to walk on top, I land on the ground and jump again. There were times when magic from monsters was shot from below while I was in the air, but there was no way something like that would hit me.
While reducing the number of monsters by picking up rubble and throwing, to make it even a little easier for Rion and Regulus to get through, I rush towards Zephyrus in the shortest distance possible.
??Guoooooooooon……
It’s crying.
Its hurt? It makes you sad?
You hate it? It’s loathsome?
It’s possibly that the roar meant all them.
“… Zephyrus. I hold no grudge against you.”
On the contrary, it even makes me pity you.
For you who live in the sky be bound to the earth. To be hurt and tormented.
After jumping several times, the church comes into view.
He was still crouching under it. He stretches his neck to the heavens and raises his voice again and again, as if cursing, as if begging for salvation.
He must have already noticed that I am approaching, but why is it still not trying to fly?
…… No, I think he doesn’t have much room to spare left.
The miasma was so thick that it became unbearable, the number of white scales decreased and the number of black scales increased… Some parts seem to be rotting just like the other monsters. To rot the scales of a dragon, that was supposed to be tough even for monster standards, just how much miasma is being gathered in his body.
And his wings, which in terms of body composition are weaker than the scales, are obviously rotten.
That’s why.
“It’s some kind of fate that we met here…. Let me put you to rest.”
From my heart, such thoughts naturally welled up.
I won’t hold back just because he has an injured wing. Rather, let me take advantage from it.
I reached the steeple of the church that had its top broken in the previous battle… And from there I kicked the wall and jumped down onto Zephyrus’ back.
However, Zephyrus didn’t just sit back and let be attacked. With the intention of not letting me come near him, he shoots wind magic at me while sprinkling black blood from his neck.
Goooaaaa!
“Humph!”
I quickly take out the wooden board prepared by Rion on a whim. It doesn’t have any effect, is it a little tough(?) it’s just a wooden board at just that level with a handle attached. It is quite crude, but it can work just right as a shield.
Using it to parry instead of blocking the wind magic, I hit the bullet diagonally, and at the moment I slightly deflected it, I swung my arm and repelled the wind bullet. At the same time, the shield was blown away… But if anything, it might be not the magic fault, but mine instead. Unuu.
Well, as expected, it’s a trick that can be done because the wind can be seen due the miasma. To Zephyrus, the miasma may not be a buff, but a debuff.
The impact of the bullet caused my drop point to shift slightly, but this much is fine. This time, I take out the holy flame arrow and grip the shaft??And stab Zephyrus with all my might!
Gyaaaaaaaaa!!!
“Ugh…!”
As the name suggests, it’s worthy of being called an arrow of holy flames, as soon as it touches its target, it shoots up flames with ferocious force, burning Zephyrus’ body as if swallowing all the miasma.
…… And even if it is holy attribute, fire is fire. I was also involved in it, my skin was scorched and my clothes are on fire.…… At this pace I can’t get too angry about Rion’s recklessness
Even so, to burn my skin, Fricka seems to be a quite excellent mage. Originally, I should purely praise her for it, but as expected…… It hurts a lot.
I rolled on the ground to extinguish the fire and gain some distance from Zephyrus, then when I saw Zephyrus again.
Gurururu……!
“Haha, you’ve become a little shabby. Or, on the contrary, have you became light?”
Perhaps because the user was me, it didn’t have the same effect as when Rion used it on the Evil Treant??as a result, the damage to me was also reduced, so if it was good or bad is a point to consider??but the effect worked well enough, and about 20% of the miasma clinging to Zephyrus disappeared. I’m sure this alone is worthy of going ahead alone.
However, there’s no way I’m satisfied with just this. It’s better to put an end to it before Rion comes.
After glaring back at Zephyrus who was glaring at me and using the potion, I ran forward to make a follow-up attack.
Guruaaaah!
“You’re slow!”
Even if it’s a high-speed wind magic, even though there is no chanting, there is always a slight pause before it is activated.
In addition, he’s right in front of me. It’s easy to avoid if it’s right in front of me??
“… -Tsu!”
The blades of wind were approaching not only from the front, but also from the sides and above. I immediately changed direction to the direction where there is no wind but…
“Guh!?”
Some of the wind blades collided and offset each other, but one of them slipped through and changed its trajectory to follow me, so I was hit on my back.
My feet leave the ground and my body was blown in the air.
“Hahahaha… Does this look enough to make me collapse!?”
However, even though I felt a bit of pain, I used the momentum of the wind on my back to straighten my posture in the air and thrust the holy flame arrow into Zephyrus again.
Guoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Zephyrus screamed even louder at the pain of being burned by the holy flames again.
Incidentally, I was blown away again. …… I feel that the most of the damage I received is from self-destruction. S-Should I keep quiet so Rion don’t get mad at me?
Perhaps because the extra miasma has diminished, or perhaps because he realized that staying within my reach is the greatest danger, Zephyrus flutters his wings full of holes and moves into the sky.
Unfortunately, not only I was blown away, but he also was too far away, so I couldn’t stop him. At least I threw some debris to obstruct him, but it didn’t make much effect because it was blocked by the miasma and the wind.
Every time Zephyrus moves his wings, black blood scatters, and what the blood hits is either burnt or corroded, and a black smoke and a foul odor are emitted. As if he dared to use his own blood as a weapon, he began to swirl the wind and scatter it around.
…… Unuu, don’t splash it on me. Isn’t it dirty?
I got up and threw the holy flame arrow at him in frustration. However, he must have been on maximum alert, It was blocked by a gust of wind and didn’t even scratch him. I did something wasteful.
“… Hmmm, I have no choice but to wait for Rion…”
I muttered while looking up at Zephyrus flying overhead. Even when it was a great opportunity, it’s a pity that I couldn’t defeat him before he flew away.
I’ve shaved off the miasma quite a bit, so Rion will probably come in time. No, he’s already almost dead. Isn’t he about going to fall on his own soon?
…… Should I not consider such a convenient development? In any case, let’s continue to provoke him from below and make him use magic as much as possible to exhaust him.
“Uru!”
It was about ten minutes later that I heard the long-awaited voice.