Chapter 61

My body won’t move.

However, thanks to his usual training or perhaps due to his extensive experience in battles, Revis quickly drew his one-handed sword and raised his shield.

As if in response, the creature moved its massive body, swung its head, and brought it down towards Revis.

Revis knew that a direct hit from that head would not be something he could take lightly, so he took a large step back, and the ground where he had been standing was gouged out.

“GAROOOOOO!”

“Sir Christophe, please retreat to the rear!”

Primera stood in front of me, took the bow from her back, and nocked an arrow.

I was paralyzed by the killing intent emanating from the creature and couldn’t move to retreat...

How pathetic.

Why am I like this?

*Swish!*

The arrow Primera fired hit the creature’s torso but was blocked by its tough scales, failing to deal any damage.

“It’s no good, the arrow won’t penetrate!”

“Aim for the eyes!”

Revis was giving instructions to Primera, but the creature had too many eyes.

Primera fired two, three arrows, but thanks to the head moving around without stopping, none of them hit the eyes.

Damn it!

What am I doing!

Just standing here won’t improve the situation!

Be brave!

I can do it, no, I’m the only one who can defeat it!

At that moment, a freezing breath was released from the creature’s mouth. Revis couldn’t avoid it and took the hit with his shield, but the force of the breath blew him away.

““Revis! (Sir)””

Primera rushed to Revis’s side, took his large shield, and prepared for the creature’s next attack.

“Sir Revis, hold on!”

It’s impossible, there’s no way he could be unharmed after taking that breath.

He’s not dead, but he shouldn’t be in a state to move.

Damn it, move!

Move!

I tried to force my body, which was frozen with fear, to move, but it wouldn’t respond as I wanted.

The creature seemed to consider me a tiny, insignificant existence and was advancing its massive body, step by step, to attack Revis.

Is this okay?

Are you a coward who can’t move because of this?

If we don’t do something, the three of us will definitely die.

Revis is already near death from the breath’s damage.

If you don’t move, Revis will die first, and then Primera will die protecting you.

Is this okay?

Self-questioning... the answer should already be clear.

All you need to do is take one step forward.

You might die, but dying without doing anything and dying while struggling are different.

You’ve already accepted death once, right? Dying again would be the same!

Do you want to die again like you did, running away from the convenience store and getting stabbed in the back?

Step forward and die!

Fall forward and die!

If you’re going to die, struggle to the end!

“Gaaaaahhhh!... hah hah hah... Spatial Barrier!”

“Sir Christophe!”

My feet, hands, and body finally moved.

Fear is still there.

But I won’t let it do as it pleases!

It’s just an eight-headed serpent, it’s not my enemy!

The spatial barrier won’t hold it for long.

But even a little is enough.

“Extra Heal. Primera, take Revis to the rear!”

“But—”

“I’ll kill it! I’ll definitely defeat it! You’ll just get in the way, so stay in the corner.”

It might be harsh, but I can’t afford to be polite right now.

As we were talking, the spatial barrier I had set up started to crack and was about to break.

“Hurry!”

*Crack!*

The spatial barrier was destroyed, and the creature immediately unleashed a massive water breath at me.

I can’t avoid it!?

“Earth Wall! Urrrrahhhh!”

My Earth Wall collided with the creature’s breath with a loud boom.

The Earth Wall held for only two seconds before cracking and collapsing, allowing the breath to hit me.

Damn it!

I was blown away by the force of the breath, but thanks to the barrier bracelet, I didn’t suffer a fatal injury.

However, the barrier bracelet was damaged beyond repair from that single hit.

You did well!

Damn it, my body hurts...

“Cluster Bomb!”

“Poseidon Arrow!”

“Windstorm!”

“Iron Catapult!”

“Diamond Dust!”

“Thunder Sword!”

“Sun Ray!”

“Dark Mist Rain!”

I unleashed attacks of all eight elements at each of the creature’s eight heads.

As an eight-headed serpent, it had eight heads.

From the tip of its head to the tip of its tail, it was easily over 20 meters long.

What a monster.

But to be honest, I regret using the eight-element attack.

The explosion and shockwave blew me away, and I ended up blowing myself up.

I was thrown back, doing a backflip two, three, four times, and crashed into the wall.

It hurt a lot without the barrier bracelet.

It really hurts.

The explosion created a cloud of smoke around the creature, so I couldn’t see it, but I could sense its magic, so it was still alive.

If it could take that much damage and be unharmed, I’d be seriously angry.

My body ached all over, and I was bleeding, but I pushed myself up against the wall and cast a healing spell on myself.

I needed to recover while I could and set up a defensive barrier to prepare for the creature’s counterattack.

I wanted to press the attack, but I realized I couldn’t decide on my next move without knowing how much damage the creature had taken.

I still lack experience in these situations...