The Earth-san Has Leveled Up! - Volume 2 Chapter 8 Part 4
Meiko’s Water Bullet was avoided with a barrel roll-like movement as it approached her.
“What? Eh…ah…?”
Meiko had considered the possibility that the Water Bullet could be avoided, but when the most powerful means of attack was evaded, she panicked.
She readied her Pestle Handle Sword in a panic and prepared for a close encounter.
As soon as she was in range of the Grimoire, she immediately attacked with a Grimoire Attack at high speed.
The Grimoire Attack was much slower than the Water Bullet.
However, the Japanese Doll could not react to the attack from right above its head, and the attack succeeded.
Meiko immediately hit the Japanese Doll with the Pestle Handle Sword as she lowered the altitude of the floating enemy below Meiko’s eye level.
Meiko’s hand felt as if she was hitting a stone, and several cracks appeared on the Japanese Doll’s face. The fear doubled, but she couldn’t let that stop her.
Meiko slashes at the Japanese Doll with her Pestle Handle Sword, but the Japanese Doll evaded the attack.
At that moment, Meiko smashed it with her Grimoire attack once more, knocking the Japanese Doll to the ground.
Meiko had practiced this pattern of attack at home.
It was a fusion of Grimoire and swordsmanship.
Usually, anyone could come up with this, but only those who have a Grimoire could actually do it.
So, she was ahead of the rest of the world in her training. Meiko worked very hard for this new martial art full of romance.
Even after being smashed on the cobblestones, the Japanese Doll did not let go of its small katana.
Even the blade, which looked like a toy, was a tremendous pressure for the 15-year-old girls.
Too scared to get close, Meiko hit it with a series of Grimoire attacks.
After two or three hits, to her surprise, on the fourth hit, Japanese Doll turned it’s body around to avoid the Grimoire Attack.
It then flew low, aiming at Meiko’s feet.
The range of the Grimoire Attack was only 2 meters. Meiko, who had been caught off guard, thinking she could take it down with the Grimoire Attack, was unable to react quickly enough.
It had already lost half of its face, one leg, and one hand, and its body was in shambles.
But it was determined to take a swing at her, as Meiko tried to get it to let go of the katana that it was holding horizontally with one hand.
Meiko’s eyes saw the Japanese Doll’s face as it looked at her, that seemed to be showing a grin.
At that moment, water spurted out from under the Japanese Doll’s body.
The Japanese Doll, suddenly drenched with water, stiffened slightly.
Meiko, however, was unable to respond to that opening.
Instead, it was Sasara who responded.
Sasara intervened between Meiko and Japanese Doll, pushing Meiko backward, and slammed the Pestle Handle Sword into Japanese Doll’s body.
At the same time, the katana wielded by the Japanese Doll struck Sasara in the ankle.
“Sasara!”
“Sasara!”
“Ugh! This thing desuwaaaaaaaa!”
Sasara selflessly slammed the Pestle Handle Sword all over the Japanese Doll, even though her leg was slightly pushed back by the slash.
Soon the Japanese Doll disappeared, turning into particles of light, and Sasara turned back to Meiko, letting go of her weapon.
“Me-me, Meiko-san!”
“I’m alright! Sasara is, ugh, is Sasara alright!?”
Tearful, Meiko crouched down and checked Sasara’s leg.
When she was pushed away, Meiko could see that the Japanese Doll attacked Sasara with its sword.
Sasara’s feet, however, were firmly attached.
Instead of her ankle, the white jersey and the sock hidden beneath it were torn to shreds, as if it had been forcibly ripped open with a saw, and the ankle itself had a bleeding scratch on it.
Tears streamed from Meiko’s eyes, thinking about a citation where Sasara’s leg could have been cut off.
“Thank God, Sasara, Sasara!”
“Please, please don’t cry. I am fine, desuwa!”
Sasara fumed as Meiko cried herself hoarse with worry.
Sasara looked at Ruru for help, but Ruru was also fidgeting, holding her hand halfway forward.
“Idiot! I told you I would be okay because I can at least take damage from one attack, any attack, aaah!”
Sasara made a shocked face as if she just realized.
“I apologize. I’m sorry. I forgot.”
“Ugh…but Sasara, thank you for covering for me.”
“Nah, of course desuwa!”
Sasara, who had been looking at her and fawning over her, narrowed her eyes gently.
“Ruru, I’m sorry too, you gave me a chance and I couldn’t react in time.”
“Nyao, that’s not always the case!”
At that moment, Meiko was too confused to do anything.
She was thinking unnecessary things like, “I’m going to use [1st Floor Breakthrough – Solo]!”
Meiko was so confused that the situation almost resulted with Sasara losing a leg. Meiko reflected on the situation.
Even if she had the power, if she did not compensate with quickness and judgment, she would end up in a situation like this.
Meiko now had one more problem to solve.