CH 224

Cathedral Labyrinth 3

Bogah-san readied his shield in front of me.

「Spirit’s Riot Blade!」

「Fire Storm!」

「Rock Pile!」

「Wind Storm!」

Sophia’s Wind Spirit magic, Maria’s Fire magic, my Earth magic, and Akane’s Wind Magic rampaged inside the dome, but I could sense that there were quite a few monsters that were resisting.

After the devastating ranged spells, I confirmed that the Orcs, Orc Archers, and Orc Mages died. We had gotten stronger compared to the time we fought the Goblin colony led by a Goblin General a little over three years ago, but…………

「So the King is slightly injured, while the General and the Knights are seriously wounded?」

「That’s right. Please take care of the weakened ones.」

After telling that to Heath-san who had verified the situation, I broke into a run with my partner, the ice spear 【Ice Bringer】, in hand.

Afterwards, Sophia with her storm spear 【Tempest】 and Maria with her ignition spear 【Explode】 followed.

Heath-san and Lyle-san ran to annihilate the orcs in the surroundings with Bogah-san at the front.

Akane and Laeva were supporting us with magic. Guarding them were Lulu-chan and Marnie.

Titan leaped out of the Subspace and began decimating the orcs.

Kaede moved freely to keep everything in balance.

Gan!

Bogah-san[1] blew orcs away with Shield bash, then Heath-san and Lyle-san finished them off. Bogah-san and Heath-san, who wouldn’t lose to the nearly 2 meter tall orcs in physique, defeated the orcs injured by magic.

Akane fired fist-sized hail, and Laeva shot Fireballs. Marnie and Lulu-chan killed the approaching orcs.

Gan! Dogo!

A large adamantite alloy fist crushed the orcs. Though the orcs boast of their size, it didn’t matter to Titan’s fists. Heads were crushed, turning into lumps of meat.

The invisible threads manipulated by Kaede sent orc heads flying, while cutting the legs of those approaching Akane and Laeva.

I was at the vanguard, attacking while making a path to the Orc King. Afterwards, Sophia and Maria expanded the gap I created.

Dogoooooon!!

It was then that the Orc King’s gigantic battle axe swung from overhead, creating a crater on the ground. I dodged and swung Ice Bringer upwards, cutting at the Orc King’s arm but it was shallow.

Sophia and Maria’s spears lunged at it, slashing and burning its body. It was clear that the Spear Handling skill of the two was increasing.

The Orc King let out an irritated roar, swinging its gigantic battle axe sideways. I dodged its attack with a back step.

As the vanguard, I hit and ran repeatedly, while Sophia and Maria attack in the openings that I created.

Perhaps because of the Orc King’s equipped armor, it was challenging for our attacks to go through.

So I readied myself, storing Ice Bringer and changed my weapon to a sword.

From here on, I’ll switch to ultra close quarters combat unbecoming of an artisan.

The Orc King swung. I dodged its gale-like battle axe, then I closed the distance, meddling with its armor when it missed.

「(No matter how much of a magic item that armor is, there’s no way I can’t do it.)」

Slapping the armor with my left hand, I activated the alchemy skill 『Synthesis』. At first, I tried 『Decomposition』, but as it was a magic item, only several microns on the surface disintegrated. I then tried using 『Synthesis』 on the armor with the carbon in the atmosphere. It felt like it had more of a reaction than with 『Decomposition』.

Feeling the absurdity of facing an enemy more formidable than a lesser dragon[2], I repeatedly tinkered with its armor in a hit and run fashion.

As I have a good command of the Insight Skill and Evasion skill, I handled the Orc King’s attacks from the front.

Just how much time had passed? Before I knew it, the Orc King’s underlings were defeated by my comrades.

Kaede impeded the Orc King’s movements with her threads, while Akane and Laeva restrained it with magic.

Using the opening that everyone made, I did nothing but apply 『Synthesis』 over and over again on its armor.

Then that time finally came.

It may have been a magic item, but metal is metal. Its carbon content increased too much and grew brittle.

Bakyanーー!!

The heel of my palm, Sophia and Maria’s spears, Akane and Laeva’s magic. All attacks hit the Orc King, its ominous black armor shattering.

From there on, my companions showered the boss with attacks during the pauses in my attacks.

The Orc King recovered by regenerating every wound, but the more it got injured, the less its recovery was able to cope.

I coated my sword with magic power and slashed at it.

The thick armor of muscle that covered the Orc King’s body was cut open and blood danced in the air.

Erasing his presence, Lyle-san snuck up from behind and thrust his dagger into the nape of the Orc King’s neck and withdrew the next instant. Not letting the moment the boss stiffened, Heath-san swung his battle axe on the Orc King’s foot fully. Screaming in pain, the Orc King swung its enormous battle axe at Heath-san. At that time, Bogah-san’s shield bash caused the Orc King to lose balance and its battle axe hurled through the air.

ＧＵＯＯＯＯＯＷＷ！！

When the Orc King roared, a magic circle appeared on the ground. It was the subordinate summoning of a King type.

「What a bad move.」

Orcs and Orc Knights appeared from the magic circle.