chapter 48

A flash of light runs through the forest.

Seven of them echoed like a thunderclap – all of them hit the Skullhead.

“Kyyaaaaa!”

A scream-like sound comes from the goblin.

A bolt of lightning runs through Skullhead’s entire body.

“How did it go?”

A bolt of lightning shot out of Skullhead and hit the ground, Sen and Nana appeared there.

Did they use their own bodies as a catalyst for seven attacks at the same time?

It’s a pretty powerful ability. If you are hit too much, it could kill you instantly.

But Skullhead—

“Yeeee-ing.”

He was standing. He was covered in scorch marks, and black smoke was rising from his body.

Skullhead Goblin

Race: Goblin

Level: 120

HP: 96/988

Goblins have a high level of defence, probably because of their hard skin.

However, there was only a little HP left.

If we use our current momentum to attack again…

But Sen and Nana are not moving.

“Hey, hey, Sen. That goblin is still alive!”

“Damn it! We won’t be able to move fast enough!”

I could see the impatience in their expressions.

Can’t you use the Bonds ability consecutively?

Sure, there’s a cooldown time or recast magic in games, but is there anything similar in this world?

I’ve also confirmed that simple skills can be used in succession. I don’t know of anything that requires chanting or cooldown time until the ability can be used again.

Anyway, with a disadvantage like that, I have to join the fight, or all of us are in danger.

When I decided to stand up for myself.

–snap.

It sounded like something had been cracked.

The sound became louder and louder – the skull that Skullhead was wearing broke in half.

The shattered bones of Neikra-san fell to the ground.

For a moment.

“AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

Skullhead let out a strange, throat-crushing cry.

It was an indignant cry mixed with rage.

The only element that made him a Skullhead Goblin was the skull of the human he had defeated.

Since that, which could be considered an identity, was broken, that reaction was quite natural.

Skullhead lifts his long sword.

His gaze turned to Sen and Nana.

“Okay, that’s it, Nana!”

“Yeah!”

They both seem to have lost their rigidity, too. They hold hands again.

“Bond-ability–”

“—-”

“Hey, Nana! Quickly, Abilities?”

What does Sen see now?

Is it Nana with her face twisted in despair?

Is it the night sky where the stars and the moonshine?

Is it the place where Skullhead should have been?

“Swosh…..”

I probably wouldn’t have been able to see it, neither would Ouka or Nana.

I had no idea what Skullhead had done.

The tree behind Sen swayed wildly.

Before I knew it, there was a long sword stuck in the trunk of the tree with Skullhead next to it.

And then—

Only Sen’s head danced through the night with a bemused look on his face.