Monster Musume Chapter 53: With Rin
Sliding down the back of the snake, I followed the knight leaders after I collected my talisman. There was still some mana left, but it wasn’t enough, so I refrained from using the snakes. Indeed, I don"t want to take it out and use all of it any more.
Many buildings were built in the fortress. The inside probably seemed to have the form of a town. The soldier’s families seemed to live in this fortress too, and don"t have a residential area on the south side. We invaded from the southeastern end and are advancing to the south gate were the feint corp is attacking.
There were no signs of life near by. When the monsters attacked, they would have ran away. However, they will remain living in their houses in the future. It depends whether the devil beasts stay there.
"There are almost no monsters here...did they gather on the south gate?"
“I guess so. I don"t know whether reinforcements have arrived, but it is likely that they didn’t.”
“From what basis?”
"Intuition. Well, we also chased them once, so even if they haven"t come, it wouldn"t be strange."
"Before reinforcements come, we must seize this place.... However, how long will it take until they reach here?”
“I don"t know, but they will come soon.”
We hurried to the south gate while hiding ourselves in a house. In the place where we advanced for a while, we heard a big noise. There were devil beasts but we don"t know what they are talking about.
"Hey, hold on everybody. There is a scout.”
"Then, let"s have my subordinate go. They won"t be found if they conceal themselves by magic, because Elves are good at cutting off their sign."
"Good, then it is left to you. Everyone else confirm their equipment. We will go into battle soon.”
When the Elf knights used concealment magic, they disappeared at a stretch and we also didn"t know where they were. It"s very different from mine...the main vocation was just too different.
We don"t know it, but the Elves already faced the scout. By the way, I was asked to support them.... Saiko would apply support magic, while I throw talismans from far away.
"Everyone take part in the battle. Think about what comes after this, so please use magic."
“I see, what about Mikado?”
“Well...I will support on Rin"s back. Ruu and Lime will go to the front and open a s.p.a.ce in front of the gate. The dwarves will open the gate.”
“A herald.”
“-Nod-”
“It’s left to you.”
I got on top of Rin and shared magic with her. As usual, I took charge of the fine control.
“Rin as always is bad.”
“Buru?”
“No, you want to fight on the front as before right? However, because I´m on top of you, close combat can be done..."
Usually, it was Rin who took the charge of supporting, but actually she is an all-around girl who can also do close combat. The kick surrounded by electricity can shatter the enemies’ bodies, and can accomplish a powerful dash that is amazing. My role is to utilize Rin´s ability to the fullest....
“...Burururu...”
Since I"m weak, I can only silently protect them from behind... Unlike Ruu and Lime, speaking frankly, Rin is useless in a useless place. I can only stay in the rear.
“...Okay, I also strengthened my resolve. Now Rin, go charge.”
“Buru!?”
"It"s okay, it’s fine as long as we don’t let them approach you. Besides, with your legs, you can avoid them if they approach you."
“...Buru, Bururuua! Burururuu!”
“Oioi, Aren’t you getting desperate here . ...Well, since there is no plan, it can’t be helped”
Because an image can be done, I will manage it somehow. It"s like the animes I have seen.
"We"re back now."
“That was quick. What happened?”
“A large number of devil beasts are on the wall and they are engaged with bows and magic. Because many devil beasts are gathering in front of the gate, it’s necessary we should defeat them quickly”
“Then, let"s knock them down quickly. Gradually, we need to ease the feint! Hey heroes, you’re heroes so fight neatly!”
“Understood! We cannot cause more deaths any longer!”
Monsters are also creatures...well, it is us to have induced to be able to happen.... And I think that they"re still slightly special. I have to make sure variously and it can"t be entrust to someone else. Unless it is me.
“We, the empire, the cave country, and the kingdom"s knights and heroes come from the front. The Elf territory Imperial Guardsmen attack from the buildings roof with magic. Mikado..."
“I will smash the enemy on the wall. It isn"t a problem to go up there for us, because my familiars can fly.”
“Okay, we rely on you. When the fellows below are defeated and the gate is opened, we must face the reinforcements at once.”
“First of all, everyone let"s defeat them. So let"s go”
"We will go, too!"
Lime went up the wall on Ruu´s back at a stretch. To us who jumped up from the bottom, the devil beasts which met the feint corps there suddenly looked all together at us. As soon as we land, they already had their weapons ready. They"re quick to respond and they don"t seem to be normal devil beasts as expected.... There are only human-type monsters here and no animal-like monsters. Did they return or haven"t they come to the south gate yet.... Let"s pray for the former.
At the area right above the south gate, just where we went down, we were encircled by the surrounding devil beasts. Truly, we aimed for it. The goblins who were comparatively near, immediately attacked the nearby Ruu. They wielded a sword to her stomach, but Ruu resisted it with her left hand and struck their bellies hard with her right hand.
“...Come”
This word was a trigger. The devil beasts which were in the front row of the wall attacked us at the same time. Ruu fought against the enemies in front, while Rin and I fought against those in the back.
“Bururu!?”
“I leave it to you!”
With Rin blindly firing an arrow of thunder, I casted magic, too.
Four regular octahedron, with a crackle, split open and appeared and floated around Rin. Sphere Bit, a restraint magic that shoots thunder arrows. When an enemy approaches, it collides with them and self explodes. Because the number is little, I can control it with Rin’s magical power.
Rin just looked back and crashed into one of the enemies while scattering magic. Magic concentrated at her horn and it shone palely. While the lightning pattern that extended even to her body released light, Rin and I broke through the enclosure at a dash. The monsters who were in the course of Rin were blown off and their bodies that were grazed became hollow. Instead of the range narrowing, the accomplishment power polished. The top and the bottom cries and the guys who were hit directly divided. We continued pursuing them further, by me drawing out firebees to attack them. However it wasn’t enough to knock the devil beasts down. And far from decreasing, the number of monsters instead increased because of the devil beasts which came as reinforcements from other places. Although the enclosure collapsed at once, they seemed to have reorganized immediately.
“Rin, it is troublesome if you"re encircled. Move around and disturb them!”
“Buru!”
Rin who was attacked by devil beasts again has no time to take a breath. Knocking it down a while ago, the enclosure still crumbled at the sweet spot. Although there was a veteran who started slashing at the pa.s.sing state, we prevented it with the Bit as a shield. Her leg strength was easily reinforced with magic and I seemed to pay out a dash here only with my devil hands. There was a great difference between now and the time I started as a tamer.
In the bottom, the dwarves seemed to have reached the hoist at the gate at last. The fight of the heroes was quite good too, but Regitto-san was greater. Using his high body ability peculiar to Werebeasts, he ran around inexhaustibly but needs to turn around sometimes. He surely was suitable to beat and cut. With such a good weapon, he can"t move fast there.... Jamir instead attacked with magic. Because we took care of the enemy on the wall, he can now concentrate on his attack. A big pillar of fire went up when the fireball was shot, while many thick rock spears are being given off with terrible speed. Umm, there isn"t anything superior to an Elf than his magic as expected. Humans can"t cast magic so fast.
The south gate which began to give up slowly by the muscular strength of the dwarves and seemed quite heavy opened steadily. Do the devil beasts understand that it is bad that the gate opens, because the monsters rushed up to the hoist. However the knight leaders didn"t permit it, and the gate of the fortress was open at last.
The feint unit surged in quickly and attacked the devil beasts by the momentum. Unrest also spread over the monsters which are on the wall at time, and their movement became bad. Rin attacked them and they suffered injuries while their numbers decreases, besides they don"t fall into a vicious circle of being cornered. Lets overcome it before it"s too late!
“Rin, let"s use a technique, so we can kill all of them. With the magic consumption so you can still fight after this, is there something?”
“Buru...”
“Oh, that one. Should I control it?”
“Bururuu..”
“Okay, leave it to me. Rin, concentrate on the preparation.”
I centralized her magical power in the front of the body as it was said by Rin. A lot of magical power was gathered in the small range and it went up like heat waves. Wearing the magical power like an aura, Rin took a dash posture. Aa, I see. Somehow, the thing that Rin wants to do has been understood. After all, our magic sharing is convenient. Maintaining the aura-like magic, the following shape was imaged. Transforming anytime to allow her to go wild.
And Rin plunged right into the middle of the enemy. When her speed reached the climax, the magic transformed and was instantly released. Rin became a white flash which looked like a big thunder aura, she ran through the wall’s top. It was totally reinforcement decoration. Her magical power settled, and the aura dispersed. When turning around, there was a straight singe on the wall and things which were monsters getting burned, rolled around. The number was few, but they would probably vanish obviously. It was quite a power.
“Tsuchio on Rin? If you do a combine attack, you should say to us earlier! If we didn"t notice, we would be involved too!”
“Kokukoku!”
“Ah...sorry. I will pay attention next time”
“Buru..."
“Really...well, you were able to sweep away all devil beasts on the wall with this. Because reinforcement seems to have come too, let"s go help.”
“You"re right. Rin, are you okay? Though I said that you could fight after this ..."
“Bururuu!”
“Uh, that"s a good answer. Lime are you also alright? No injuries?”
“Purupuru..." Purupuru
“Lime you also take care, because I don"t know what happens in this world."
Uusha, let’s do our best!