CH 207

Episode 207: The light of life, precarious situation (Third Party Perspective)

"Haa!!"

"Blizzard!!"

The voices of two people, a man and a woman, echo inside the dungeon.

The man swings a Western sword in the vanguard, and the woman in the rear chants magic.

"Kishaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"

The opponent is a mighty scorpion-type monster. Its strength is SS-rank. It is one of the strongest monsters in the world.

However, the monster was also damaged by the attacks of the man and woman in front of it. In other words, both the man and the woman have the ability to deal damage to that monster.

"Haa ... Haa ..."

"Haa ... Haa ..."

However, the man and woman are quite exhausted.

"Kishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa."

The scorpion-type monster's tail attacks continuously.

"Tch."

While the man manages to parry, the man was barely able to parry with his weapon.

"Kyaa!!"

However, the woman's legs tangle from exhaustion and she can't dodge the last attack, and the tip of the tail with a poisonous stinger stretches towards the woman.

"Anna!!"

The man immediately kicks off the ground and jumps out in front of the woman called Anna.

"Gah!?"

The man manages to block the attack from the tail's stinger with his shield, but the tip of the stinger grazes his cheek.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaa!!"

And although it was good to block it, the body of the man who flew away trying to protect Anna involves Anna who was behind him and is blown backwards.

They roll around on the ground and finally stop after about 10 meters. The two manage to get up quickly because they prevented a direct hit.

"Guu. I'm sorry."

"N, no, I'm saved. More importantly, you, that wound ... It's just temporary, but ... Antidote."

"Tch. I've grown dull."

The monster won't wait for them, so they immediately turn to face it. Anna casts her detoxification spell on her husband, who has been poisoned and is turning pale.

However, this monster's poison isn't something that could be easily detoxified with Antidote. Even so, if you apply it, you can delay the poison from circulating in your body.

"Kishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa."

"Tch. Can't be helped!! I'll do that. Anyway, we have to get through this now!!"

"I understand. Entrust the disturbance to me!!"

"Right!!"

The scorpion monster approaches the two who were blown away at once.

By the time they got here, both their physical strength and magical power had become almost empty.

But, you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. If they don't get through here, they'll lose their lives either way.

The man decides to use his remaining physical strength, or rather his life, to show off his skills with all his might. Along with that, Anna also decides to attract the enemy's attention with what little magical power she has.

"Over here!! Icicle Lance x 10!!"

Anna manifests ten gigantic spears of ice and hits the scorpion monster.

"Kishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"

The monster pounces at Anna, targeting her with an ice spear impaling its epidermis.

She made a mistake by getting her legs tangled before, but she won't make the same mistake again. With the barely remaining magical power flooding her whole body, while dodging the monster's attack, she casts attack magic continuously to attract its attention.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"

During that time, the man's magical power suddenly explodes. Then, he focuses that energy on his own sword.

Strangely enough, it is very similar to a technique that a girl showed at a certain school.

"Anna!!"

"Yes!!"

In a harmonious exchange, Anna was just heading in front of the man, but she suddenly changes direction and jumps out of the line of sight of the man.

"Katsuragi-style swordsmanship, Third Form, Hien!!"

The sword is brandished in a unique form and then swung down.

-Zubaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

A slash that is visualized along with a white flash approaches the scorpion monster at unstoppable speed as if crawling on the ground.

"Kishaa!?"

The monster immediately tries to intersect, but it's too late as Anna attracts it.(TN:Guessing 'intersect' here means something like doing a 90 degree change of direction or something like that.)

It is swallowed by a wave of white slashing attacks.

"Haa ... Haa ..."

"Haa ... Haa ..."

The man is on one knee, thrusting his sword into the ground, relying on it to barely support his body. Anna also manages to stand, supporting her body with a cane that is as tall as she is.

The white flash passes by, and when their vision clears, there is the scorpion monster cut in two.

The monster immediately disappears, and only the magic stone drops.

"Haa ... Haa ... Somehow, it's over ... Guaaa!!"

"D, Dear!!"

When he sees that the monster has turned into a magic stone, he collapses on the spot. Anna quickly runs over and lays the man's body on his back on her own lap.

"I'm sorry, I just made a mistake."

"Haa ... It can't be helped. Anyway, let's get some rest now."

"Yeah, right ..."

Anna peers into the man's face with a worried expression, and the man stiffens with a wry smile.

They have already run out of potions, and now there is no way to recover from poison, and magic and health can only be recovered by resting.

Anna realizes that the life of the man she loves before her eyes will be lost in the not too distant future, and she understands that without him she will soon disappear as well.

"Alexia, it looks like I won't be able to keep my promise ..."

Anna mutters, imagining the face of her daughter who is somewhere.