CH 68

It is reasonable to leave E-rank monsters to our party, where there is an F-rank like me, while they face more dangerous D-rank monsters as their ranks are higher. It also doesn’t feel like I am being looked down on either.

When all members finished preparations, we continued to advance in our respective parties. And then, two monsters, which I’d never seen before, and three familiar monsters appeared.

Our opponents are two trolls and one jaguar man.

It isn’t an easy line-up, but that won’t be a problem for us.

All three parties were trying to figure out when the other parties would start the battle. However, as we were still unfamiliar with each other, we couldn’t seem to match our timing.

“Let’s go, Aoi.”

“Alright.”

It would become unfavorable for us if we kept hesitating. So, I decided to start the battle even though I was unwilling.

“Eat this! [Wind Cutter]”

As usual, I shot a wind blade at the troll’s legs.

“Aoi, I will corner this guy. Give it a finishing blow.”

“Understood.”

I ran toward the jaguar man and tried to close the distance. But, since the jaguar man was much faster, the distance between us was widened instead. And I released [Explosion], creating a fiery blast in its immediate path.

“Aoi!”

“There! [Explosion]”

Aoi’s [Explosion] caught the jaguar man. I also fired another [Explosion] at it as a bonus.

“Fuu~. It went well. What about others?”

When I looked at the other two parties, they were still engaged in their respective battles. As far as I could see, Nozaki-san’s party was repeatedly attacking their slow-moving enemy, the rock turtle. And they still seemed to have energy to spare. On the other hand, Aidani’s pair seemed to be struggling so hard to endure being pushed back by the giant ogre.

“Aoi! Let’s help Aidani’s pair! We will face the giant ogre.”

If there is no support for Aidani’s pair, they might die at this rate.

In the first place, a single party cannot possibly face the giant ogre, which is of higher rank.

Aoi and I ran to Aidani’s pair, who were fighting on our front-left side.

“ “[Explosion]” ”

Both Aoi and I fired [Explosion] at the giant ogre almost the same time.

“Gaaaarrrrrrrr~!”

The giant ogre turned toward us with its face distorting in pain, but I immediately launched follow-up attacks.

“Not yet! [Lightning]”

A lightning bolt shot toward the giant ogre with a flash, causing further damage.

“Thanks, you saved us. I ain’t finished yet. [Earth Spear]”

The spear shot by Aidani-san pierced the giant ogre’s right leg.

“I will do it too! [Ice Javelin]”

Following Aidani-san, I also aimed at the giant ogre’s left leg with an ice spear, but it was easily evaded.

As expected of D-rank, it won’t be defeated that easily.

“Also I! [Water Shot]”

The skill released by Higashima-san rained down countless water bullets on the giant ogre, but it wasn’t enough to cause a fatal injury.

Since her skill seems to be more suited for dealing with wide areas, I suppose the giant ogre is a bad matchup for her.

“Stoppp! [Explosion]”

Aoi fired her skill without a moment of delay and added more damage.

Under the barrage of skills from us four people, the movement of the giant ogre became visibly slow.

“We can do it! [Ice Javelin]”

It is really going well.