Chapter 178
Immediately after the sound of something sharply piercing through the wind rang out—- I found Seras’ arrow pierced on a monster’s forehead .
The monster that was about to leap towards u lost its momentum as it tumbled down on the ground .
Eve’s iron ball brought along the sound of chains as it flew in the air .
The spikes covering the iron ball dug into the monster’s face and snapped its neck .
Skillfully making use of the centrifugal force, Eve pulls back her iron ball .
The rumbling of the horse’s hooves rang as she rushed forward with the four wheels in tow .
The black horse with horns runs through the demonic forest regardless of how bad the roads are .
A large monster resembling a hippopotamus came charging from behind us .
Seras tried shooting an arrow, but its skin is too tough for her arrow to pierce .
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Stopping its movement with paralysis, we left this hippo-like monster behind .
The huge wheels of our chariot continued to spin as it powerfully tread on the ground .
The bushes behind us, diagonally to my right began to intensely rustle at the same time .
A big tree suddenly got blown off the ground .
Immediately after…
Raising an ear-piercing roar, a humongous gray horned gorilla jumped out .
Golden eyes filled with cruelty .
Strings of saliva gleamed in the sun as it showed its fiendish fangs .
Its height probably reaches up to eight meters .
Smaller monsters of the same species appear a little after the humongous gorilla .
A group of them are now chasing after our chariot at a frightening speed .
……Within this distance, my won’t be able to reach the rear most gorilla .
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[Gugogaaaaahhhh!]
The humongous gorilla leading their pack suddenly turned around and charged at its companions behind it .
The following flock was suddenly thrown into chaos and they began collapsing .
That humongous gorilla was probably their boss .
But, their boss suddenly began attacking them .
It’s probably really confusing for them .
Behind me—– In front of the chariot, a hoa.r.s.e, strange voice resounded .
The owner of the strange voice is a monster .
Waiting on the branches of the tree ahead of us, an insect-shaped monster jumped towards Slei .
However, Eve skillfully swung her iron ball and swatted the bug away .
[Leave the smaller monsters to Seras and I . ]
[……Yeah, I’m counting on you . ]
Monsters were attacking from all directions .
We have to quickly respond in all of these directions while making sure to protect each other’s backs .
Seras shoots an arrow .
[As for those large monsters and those in large groups, I’ll leave it to you, Touka-dono!]
[Gyoogieehhh!]
A purple imp clung onto the railing beside the chariot .
Drawing out her sword, Seras leaps toward the side foodhold…
[Guueeeehhh!?]
—and thrusts her sword into the imp’s head,
The imp who had lost its strength was shaken off the railings and fell off, vanishing from our sight .
[?]
Seras covers her nose .
[This smell……?]
The imp’s blood had melted some of the railings .
It seems that its blood had turned into acid .
[As expected of the Northern Demon Zone, even dislikeable monsters were in this place . ]
Ahead of us .
Two golden-eyed unicorn-like beasts appeared running on the left and right, as if they’re planning to corner us in between them .
These two unicorn-like beasts have multiple eyes and an ominous green smoke was fuming out from its mouth .
My Abnormal State Skill—- is still out of range .
Fwoooshhh!
The horns of the unicorn-like beasts shot out at the same time .
They flew out while rotating .
It’s like they’re flying drills .
Their aim was—- Slei huh .
Just as I was about to prompt her to evade, Slei swung her large horns .
[Guruuuaaahhh!]
Slei easily flicked away the horns that the enemies shot .
The unicorn-like beasts who had their attacks blocked began regenerating their horns .
A new horn was sprouting from the depths of the hole where their horns used to be .
However, Seras and Eve will not allow it to send another attack .
One of them was tripped over by Seras as she pierced its legs with an arrow .
Meanwhile, the other horse was crushed by Eve’s iron ball .
However, it happened right after that .
Perhaps, because she flicked off the enemies’ attacks, Slei temporarily lost her balance .
The carriage leaped up high .
[Guh—-!?]
Eve’s body flew up the air and was thrown out of the chariot .
[Pigimaru . ]
[Pigii!]
Quicker than I could fully say it, Pigimaru turned some of his body into a roped and chased after Eve .
Grab!
The rope-shaped Pigimaru wrapped around Eve’s body .
[Alright . ]
We’ve caught her .
Leaning forward, I fixated my body on the railings of the chariot as I grabbed unto Pigimaru .
Then, I pulled Pigimaru as hard as I could .
Eve is then pulled back to the foothold on the roof .
[Thanks for the help, Touka . ]
[When you fall, Pigimaru and I will just pull you up . That’s why, you could fight to your heart’s content . ]
Eve regains her grip on the iron ball and chain weapon of hers as she stands up .
[Umu, I’ll be relying on you on that . ]
Pigimaru’s second enhancement .
What has visibly improved was his “strength” .
Until now, it has been impossible for him to lift more than a certain amount of weight .
The only thing he could do was to help me climb up a tree .
But now, he can pull even the combined weight of Eve and her iron ball weapon .
Of course, it will still require my own strength to pull her up .
However, thanks to my status correction, it was possible for me to lift Eve and her iron ball if I put all of my strength into my pull .
Fwishh
I rewrapped Pigimaru around my arm .
[……With his strength, I feel like I could move around like a certain spiderman . ]
Incidentally, the range of my skill didn’t expand yet because we’re not really “fusioned” .
Fusing with Pigimaru should only be used when I think it’s time .
If I use that technique, Pigimaru will be inactive for a while after .
I must properly discern the timing of using it .
The same can be said for my .
Due to the relationship between its MP consumption and cooldown time, it isn’t possible for me to just randomly use it .
Nevertheless, it’s rea.s.suring to know that I have two cards hidden under my sleeves .
There are also the other magical tools that Erika gave me, as well as the weapons that this chariot itself had .
[After all, I’ve been able to fight all these opponents with just some of my Abnormal State Skills so far…… I guess it’s just as Erika said, it’s also not that good to overestimate my enemies that much……]
It’s also a good way for our team to work together .
Seras calls out behind me .
[Touka-dono . ]
[Yeah . ]
It feels like Seras is waiting for an ascertaining response .
Feeling the presence of another monster, I began preparing to unleash my skills .
[Like before, let’s run through them in one charge . ]