Chapter 12

I don’t know how much time have passed .

Though my legs are numbed, and I felt frustrated, but I cannot wake Arisu who is sleeping soundly . And I do not have any courage to prank her who is sleeping, hence I can only stare at her sleeping face .

It was me who pushed her to the battlefield .

I use this girl who is younger and weaker than me as a shield, and hid myself in safety while battling .

I am after all a guy, to this, more or less I would feel sorry about it .

If it’s just this level of numbness in the leg, it can be considered as a sort of repayment for her……

Me who is always thinking in such a petty way, is probably a coward .

Hmm, being a coward is not bad . I will depend on my wits to survive .

I remembered the scene seen from the cliff .

A never-seen before grassland, a huge bird .

And the orcs that attacked us .

「Another world . 」

I could not help but say it out .

Even if we escape from the orcs, and successfully left the school, and went down the mountain . Our homes may not be there .

So that is the reason why there is the existence of such a room .

So that is why these Skills exist .

In this world that seems like a joke, and like a game, but yet is reality, we have to survive on .

「I don’t wish to die . 」

2, 3 hours ago, I had intended to kill that fellow, and as for the things in the future I could wait until then before thinking about it .

But now, I am only concerned on surviving .

Perhaps it is before I experience combat . Perhaps I have a more realistic experience towards 「Death」 . Now that I know, to me, death is scarier than I expected .

Just be a coward, and then use the power of these Skills to survive on .

For this aim, I must use Arisu .

Since so, just only having numb legs, is nothing much .

While thinking, I felt that a long time has already passed .

Arisu moved . She opened her eyes, and rubbed her eyes sleepily .

Ah—— She wiped her saliva with her hand .

Fooo—— then she gave out a cute voice, and yawned……

Then her eyes which has been directed downward, met my eyes .

「Wah!」

「Good morning . 」

I revealed a pranking look . Arisu shrieked and rolled away from my thigh .

After that, she kneel and kowtow to me as an apology, saying 「Sorry, sorry」 .

「After all time does not move in this room, so what is the matter . 」

「B . . but!」

「And your sleeping look is adorable . 」

「Yo . . you saw it!」

「I enjoyed it thoroughly . 」

Blushing, Arisu keeping shouting 「Please forget it!」while hitting my head . And I remained sitting .

The reason why I was sitting, is because my legs are so numb that I cannot stand up .

…… After returning to the real world, will my legs no longer be numb?

It should be . Even if you get ample rest in this world, once you return to the real world you will still be as tired .

So, even if you get injured in this world, once you return to the original place, the wound will heal?

Then, if you use magic in this world?

I have many things that I want to experiment, but these have to be put aside .

We have got to return to the battlefield which we fought with the orcs .

We have to leave this time-stopped room, and return to the vicious world .

「Kazu-senpai, should I raise my Heal Skill Rank?」

Arisu had leveled to level 3 . Spear Skill Rank 2, Heal Skill Rank 1 .

Using the newly obtained 2 points, although it cannot be used to raise Spear Skill, but it can be used to raise Heal Skill to Rank 2 . But……

「No, I feel that saving it is better . 」

I said so .

「Just by raising Spear Skill Rank 1 to 2, you can easily defeat the orcs, if you raise it by 1 more Rank, to Rank 3, then you maybe able to deal with the situation of being surrounded by orcs . 」

「That is all due to Kazu-senpai’s support magic . 」

The effect of Support Magic is indeed good, because due to the rise in physical ability, Arisu could obtain the upper hand in fight with the orcs .

Because of this, to continue to maintain such a situation, I feel that she should raise Spear Skill as a priority . I told my thoughts to her .

「Then I will follow your words . 」

Arisu agreed…… No, she agreed to follow my thinking, and sat in front of the computer .

She breathed in deeply .

「Let’s return . 」

「Okay . 」

We are about to return to the battlefield which is like hell . The killings are about to begin again .

Arisu pressed the confirm button .

In the next second, we are back to the lounge of the Cultivating Centre .

The Cultivating Centre is full of an odor that makes one feel like vomiting .

Arisu look another peek at the naked body of the girl who was violated by the orcs before being killed and shook her head, before turning to look at me .

I walked a few steps into the lounge, and surveyed the empty balcony at level 2 .

The sounds of rushing footsteps could be heard from level 2, it could be that the orcs on level 2 have discovered that there are intruders .

There are 2 paths linking to level 2 from the lounge, situated at the left and right side of the lounge respectively .

「Arisu, if there are orcs coming from the left side, you will take care of it . I will think of ways to deal with the right side with the Puppet Golem . 」

「Yes!」

It will be bad if we are surrounded by enemies . Arisu and I reached the bottom of the left and right side of the stairs respectively .

Taking a look up, we only saw 2 orcs swaying their fat bodies, on the way down the stairs . But because the stairs are too narrow, hence they can only walk in line .

Good chance . I ordered the Puppet Golem to deal with the orcs, and at the same time ran towards Arisu’s direction .

Arisu stood at the left side of the stairs, waiting for the 2 orcs to come down .

「Right side also have 2! We will deal with this side first!」

While saying so, I chanted 《Summon Puppet Golem》

The second Puppet Golem appeared behind Arisu .

「《Keen Weapon》,《Physical Up》,《Mighty Arm》」

I used magic to strengthen the Puppet Golem, and signaled to Arisu .

Current MP/ Maximum MP = 7/21

My MP is almost finished . I wished to preserve the MP left, and use them on Support Magic . The battle, can only depend on the current battle strength .

「Arisu!」

「Yes, I am attacking!」

Arisu took a step back, and stood beside the newly summoned Puppet Golem . One of the orcs could not wait and jumped down from the stairs, wielding its sword at Arisu……

The Puppet Golem took a step forward, and blocked the attack with the shield .

The puppet nearly fell over, but in the end it hung on .

Good, you did great, my puppet . Do your best . I cheered for it while clenching my sweaty fist . All I can do is only cheer .

On the other hand, the orc whose attack was blocked, lost its balance more severely than the Puppet Golem . Arisu striked at it, and the metal spearhead pierced into the orc’s belly .

The orc retreated shakily……

The Puppet Golem’s rod hitted the orc’s head .

The orc fell down, no longer moving .

The other orc seeing this, was in a rage .

It came down from the stairs, wielding its sword and rushing towards Arisu .

Arisu quickly put some distance between the orc, and hid behind the Puppet Golem .

The Puppet Golem’s shield once again blocked the orc’s attack .

Arisu lowered her body, and using the Puppet Golem’s body as an axis, and spinned anti-clockwise .

The orc could not catch her presence for a second .

This battle method was similar to just now how she dealt with the orcs in the lounge . That time she used the body of the orc she just defeated, and now she lowered herself and used the smaller Puppet Golem to block herself .

When the orc saw Arisu again, her spear has already pierced the pig-man’s throat who did not have time to protect itself .

Arisu’s moves are still as mesmerizing . She uses her brain when fighting—— not just completely relying on Skills, always taking the most appropriate actions to give her foes the fatal blow . Perhaps she has the special combat talent?

Arisu looked at me who was surprised for a second, before running to the right stairs which the 1st Puppet Golem is defending desperately . I quickly tried to catch up to Arisu .

The 2nd Puppet Golem also followed behind me .

Due to Arisu’s efforts, the other 2 orcs on the right stairs also quickly died .

I leveled up .

We are sent to the white room .

Ah, seems that after defeating these orcs, the experience was just enough for me to level up to level 4 .

Then again, there is nothing much to do, because I cannot rank up Skills, nor is there a need to reorganise strategies .

Arisu and I once again confirmed our action plans in the white room .

「First send the Puppet Golem to scout the rooms on level 1 . Then go to level 2, and search for the remaining orcs . 」

Since we cannot predict when the enemy will assault us .

Hence the role of the bait, is done by the Puppet Golems .

Arisu is the main force . If it was a drama, then I will go up to scout first, then say to her 「It’s up to you sensei . 」, then she will leave behind the words 「Leave it to me」, then stroll towards the battlefield——

Ah~ But an Arisu who will say 「Leave it to me」seems a bit irritating .

「Even if we discovered surviving students, we must also put exterminating the orcs as a priority . 」

「Yes . 」

「If we meet any situation that we cannot handle, then we must run away without hesitation . Understand?」

「Even if we discovered surviving students……?」

「As long as we are still alive, we can come back . If we die, then nobody can save them . 」

「…… I understand . 」

Arisu nodded unwillingly .

「Okay, then let’s go . 」

I pressed the confirm button .

So we returned to the lounge of the Cultivating Centre once again .

First we search every classroom on level 1, in the end we did not see any signs of orcs .

In this period, orcs on level 2 walked down the stairs .

But, they are quickly dealt with by Arisu .

The orcs that came from level 2, amounted to 3 .

「It should be okay . Let’s head up . 」

I let the Puppet Golem walk in front, and carefully walked up to level 2 .

It was silent around the vicinity at the level 2 balcony .

「……There shouldn’t be any orcs here . 」

I walked a few steps in the corridor without any suspicions .

Just as I was about to walk past an intersection, I carelessly thought that there was nothing, and just glance there .

「Danger, Kazu-senpai . 」

Hearing Arisu’s screams, I turned my head to look again .

An orc happened to show itself at the end of the corridor, and threw an axe at me at the same time .

Shit .

I could not react all of a sudden, my body was frozen . It is just like when crossing a road intersection, then seeing a car suddenly rushing out, then you will freeze on the spot .

This is a human reflex . It is said in the army, the soldiers will keep training, get the habit, and completely removing this sort of reflex that is not beneficial to survival .

Of course, I am not a soldier . If you insist, I am just a high school student who is not apt at sports .

The axe that the orc threw, is about to hit my head .

In my eyes, all of these seems like slow motion .

Suddenly, my body fell to the side . When I discovered it was actually Arisu who rushed over and push me down, I have already fallen onto the ground .

A painful groan was heard from the girl who tried to suppress the pain . I raised my head, only seeing Arisu pressing against her shoulder that is full of blood . It could be that the axe grazed it .

The orc rushed over . I quickly ordered the 2 Puppet Golems to intercept .

Arisu also immediately raised her spear, heading to support .

The orc was immediately wounded fatally .

Arisu leveled up .

In the white room .

「Why do you save me, Arisu?」

「What do you mean by why……」

Arisu had a face of confusion while looking at me .

That is true, being questioned by someone whom you saved, anyone would think 「What is wrong with this fellow」 .

「In my heart, the thought of『I have got to save him』appeared, then my body automatically rushed out . 」

「Because of this thought, you almost died…… No, sorry, you saved me, how could I say this . I was too much, please forget those words . 」

「Yes, yes . 」

I took a deep breath . Just what am I angry about? Why am I so angry with Arisu?

Perhaps it is because Arisu saved me with a selfless heart .

Defeating this orc, the clean-up battle of the Cultivating Centre should be almost done .

To her, even without me, she should be able to deal with it alone .

But yet she stepped out, and saved me . In the viewpoint of profit and loss, this is a complete loss .

But, why can she do such a self-sacrificing move?

I clearly know what is the answer .

Because her act of saving me, is not based on profit or loss or a result from logical thinking .

I had suspected her . I had thought of it before, if she is actually lying to me, and even those blur looks were all just an act . If each of her moves has an objective behind it?

It is really stupid . She had decided to save me from the start, because she is such a person .

I suddenly felt that I am very despicable . No, actually, I am a despicable, filthy and cowardly person . I had just decided that no matter what I will survive .

Even so, looking at Arisu, I……

「What is wrong?」

My sight accidentally crossed with a girl whose face was full of doubts .

A sharp pain came from my chest . Not knowing why, I silently looked away .

I quickly find an excuse, and answered Arisu who had a doubting look .

「If everything is fine then it is good . 」

「……Hmm, I am fine . 」

The wound on Arisu’s shoulder, can be healed with 《Heal》, but now there should not be a need to raise the Rank of Healing Magic .

Hence, Arisu raised her Spear Skill to Rank 3 . With this, she does not need me even more .

It should be like this .

Arisu: Level 4 Spear Skill 2→3／Healing Magic 1 Skill Point 4→1