CH 21

The Werewolf is trembling while crouching and holding the kicked part.

Um well, I suppose everybody can empathize with that pain. Or more like cries of pain?

I mean, when did she even get behind the Werewolf anyway.

BOOSH, Alma's sword was clad in a blue flame along with that sound.

She swung it down at the Werewolf's head who perceived the crisis and barely dodged it by rolling away.

Managing to move in that state huh... This guy's got some guts himself.

"Aren't you that Apprentice Paladin... What is that sword!?"

Rasfin looked surprised as she stared at Alma's Burner Blade.

"I'm no longer an Apprentice. More importantly, we need to defeat that."

"Y-yeah... What's your level?"

"I leveled up once to 11 after defeating a few magic beasts earlier."

Come to think of it, I seem to recall several Bladewings crashing down after eating the Spark Wolf Horn's blinding light, maybe Alma beat them?

She must have gained exp from those and then killed a few more mob to level up and refill her MP.

"That's not quite enough to go up against that thing... Let me handle this, you get back, guh...!?"

Rasfin fell on her knee before she could finish.

Looks like she's starting to lose motor functions due to running dangerously low on MP and SP.

"You can't possibly fight in that state. I will defeat that."

"B-but..."

I felt the Werewolf converging mana in its mouth while the two were talking.

That's a sign of 'Berserk Howling' activation huh.

Looking again, the surrounding magic beasts have had their Berserk state undone.

Either it had a time limit or that ball kick earlier prompted their sanity back...

"I won't let you."

『Uuou..!?』

"W-what's up with that speed!?"

Flame disappeared from Alma's blade, then right afterward she closed in and slashed at the Werewolf at tremendous speed just as it was about to howl.

Fast!? What the heck is that, her speed rivals my maximum flying speed!

...Hm? I can feel some sort of mana flow on Alma's blade. Is that the source?

<<Magic Sword Lv2 Ability 'Tempest Blade':  Enshrouds sword in wind element as well as grants half of INT to AGI and increases ATK and INT by 10%. 『Addendum: By controlling mana directly, one can consume MP to further increases speed and power.』≫