CH 57

“Somebody! Tell the Baron right now! Explain the situation and ask for backup! And barricade the gate on the inside. I don’t care if you knock over those carts. And advise the civilians around the West Gate to evacuate.” (Waller)

Guild staff began to disperse in response to the Guild Master’s command.

“There’s nothing else I can do… Before that, what should I do with the Great Boar? …I’m not sure what to do about it, but I’m sure I can find a way to get rid of it by firing a volley of magic and arrows and surrounding it with C rank adventurers…” (Waller)

The Guild Master murmured in a soft voice.

When I heard that, I was quite upset.

The Guild Master believes that the gate can no longer be defended.

Perhaps we’re in a pretty bad situation?

Cold sweat flows down my back.

“That’s enough, we’re done! Everyone, move back inside the gate! And everyone away from the gate!” (Waller)

At the Guild Master’s words, all the people who had been working outside rushed out and entered the gate.

After everyone had retreated, the gate was closed and bolted with a large, thick log.

“Ready! The target is the Great Boar! I’m not telling you where to aim. It doesn’t matter where. Just stop that incoming charge! We need to do some damage!” (Waller)

“Yeah!” (Adventurer)

“Leave it to me!” (Adventurer)

Some of them shouted vigorously, and I nodded silently.

Looking at the Great Boar.

It’s getting closer and closer at a terrifying speed.

…What can I say… big? No, I’ve known for a while that it’s big, but the closer it gets, the more I’m frightened of its actual size.

“All hands, prepare to attack! Target is the Great Boar!” (Waller)

At the sound of his voice, everyone began to prepare.

The archers put their arrows in their bows and drew them tight, and we began to chant.

“Wind, shoot down my enemy!” (Adventurer)

“Water, pierce my enemy!” (Adventurer)

“Fire, pierce my enemies!” (Adventurer)

“Fire, shoot down my enemies!” (Adventurer)

“Light, shoot down my enemies!”

And we wait.

The Great Boar is getting bigger and bigger.

And the footsteps of the Great Boar, sounds like the rumbling of the earth, disturbs me.

My heart started to beat faster and louder.

“… Isn’t it too big?” (Adventurer)

I can hear the mutterings of the archer next to me.

…I’m afraid I have to agree with you.

The height is more than 4 meters, and it looks to be as high as a two-story building or even the West Gate here. Isn’t it bigger than an elephant?

It was coming towards us at a great speed, with the earth shaking and sand clouds billowing around it.

How can I be safe from being hit by something like that?

My common sense from Earth is sending me a signal that says, “NO!”

No matter how I try to imagine it, I can’t imagine surviving an encounter with something like that.

Something that could not be called impatience or fear swirled around in my mind.

My left hand, which was holding the iron spear, naturally began to sweat, and I squeezed it tightly.

Suddenly, a thought from deep within my heart springs forth, “Should I have stayed in this place?”

At first, the stampede started suddenly, and everyone took me to the guild. From there, as if swallowed by the flow of events, I joined the defense. But was it really the right thing to do? Was it really necessary for me to face such a monster?

I turned around and looked at the adventurers inside the gate.

There was an adventurer I knew from the guild, and then there was Dan. Then I look at all of them, but I don’t see the young adventurer who left the place after the first wave, saying he was just going back to the inn to fill up on wine. I can’t help but feel that some of the other adventurers who were there at the beginning are gone as well.

“…”

That’s probably what happened.

I’m not sure if I should have run away as they did, but I did.

I thought about it in my head.

Then I let out a sigh and shook my head.

I couldn’t imagine abandoning my party members, Dan and Rocky, and running away alone. In the end, I had to do it.

Then I glared hard at the Great Boar.

“Now! Let loose!” (Waller)

Everyone starts moving with the Guild Master’s cry.

First, the archer’s arrows unleashed on the Great Boar swarmed in and pierced its entire body.

However, about half of the arrows fell to the ground without piercing, probably because they were repelled by its fur.

“[Wind Ball]!” (Adventurer)

“[Water Arrow]!” (Adventurer)

“[Fire Arrow]!” (Adventurer)

“[Fireball]!” (Adventurer)

“[Light Ball]!”

The magic we released soared and crashed while creating a cacophony of explosions.

“Bugiii!!” (Great Boar)

The Great Boar raised a grating squeal, but still charged in not even pausing.

That’s terrible!　It’s so much stronger than the monsters I’ve seen so far!

My Light Ball is powerful enough to blow away even an El Sheep if I put a little more magic into it, but it doesn’t care about that, and even though it’s taking magical attacks from other people as well, it’s taking almost no damage.

Are you saying this is the strength of a B-rank monster?

Is this the strength of the monsters that the people of this world continue to fight?

“Don’t rest your hands! Keep firing without stopping!” (Waller)

At the Guild Master’s chiding, everyone hurriedly began to prepare for the next attack.

“Light, shoot down my enemy, [Light Ball]!”

More and more arrows and spells were hitting the Great Boar, but it only slowed down a little and kept running.

The Great Boar ran into an overturned carriage that had been set up as a barricade.

With a resounding crash, it knocked the carriage away.

“Huh?”

While I was making a stunned noise, the blown carriage plunged into the wall with great force, and with a thunderous roar, the wall and the carriage exploded.

What the hell is this?

What the hell is this?

What is this? …Are you saying that people can do something about this? Can they really?

Even so, the Great Boar did not stop, and the wall made by Earth attribute magic was smashed with a single blow as if a child kicked a sandy mountain, before hitting the gate.

At that moment, the Great Boar’s charge stopped with a banging sound.

“Yes! We’ve stopped the Great Boar!” (Adventurer)

Someone’s cry echoed.

But the next moment, the bolts of the gate exploded and cracked with a thunderous sound.

The unbolted gate opened with a piercing crack.

And so the real battle between us and the Great Boar began.