グリムリーパーが大鎌の一撃を放つ。
クリティカル狙いの〈竜殺刈り〉だ。
俺は確実に躱した後、素早く接近して剣を振るう。
だが、奴のスキルである〈霊体透過〉で透かされた。
グリムリーパーはそのまま俺から離れ、ルーチェの方へと向かおうとする。
「させるか......〈影踏み〉!」
だんっと、グリムリーパーの影を踏んだ。
道化師クラスのルーチェは、HPと防御力に難がある。
彼女がクリティカル率と攻撃力の高いグリムリーパー相手に、正面から戦うような形になることは避けたいのだ。
それに、こうしてグリムリーパーの可動域が限定されれば、ルーチェは弱点である死角を取り放題になるし、確実に敵の一撃を避けながら有利な間合いで戦い続けることができる。
グリムリーパーは反転し、俺へと大鎌を振り回す。
捕らえられた以上、速攻で俺を倒す方を選んだらしい。
俺は大鎌のひと振り目を〈パリィ〉で受け流し、ふた振り目を大盾で防いだ。
「焦っているな......グリムリーパー。まるで威力が乗っていないぞ」
俺の挑発に、仮面に描かれた顔が歪む。
グリムリーパーは大きく大鎌を引いた。
〈竜殺刈り〉で盾ごと叩き潰すつもりらしい。
「てやぁっ!」
当然、死角を取っていたルーチェはその隙を逃さない。
素早くグリムリーパーに連撃を叩き込んだ。
「オガァッ......!」
既に弱っていたグリムリーパーは、これがとどめになった。
霊体が千切れ、小さくなっていく。
仮面や鎌が地面へと落とされる。
【経験値を2609取得しました。】
【レベルが71から72へと上がりました。】
【スキルポイントを1取得しました。】
レベルアップしたようだ。
俺はふぅ......と、安堵の息を吐いた。
「やっぱり〈霊体透過〉主軸で動かれると、苦しいですね......。レベル下でも、魔術師クラスの方を雇ってみてもよかったかもしれません」
ルーチェがそう口にする。
「ただ、グリムリーパーは動きが速いし、当たり判定も小さいからな......。魔法頼みはそれはそれで苦しい。魔法だけで倒し切るとなると、かなりMPも使うことになる」
「なるほど......じゃあこうやって削っていくしかないんですね......」
「とはいえ、ルーチェも、グリムリーパー狩りがなかなか慣れてきただろ? なにせ......これで、三体目だからな」
「......まぁ、はい。間合いもなんとなくわかってきたので、クリティカルのリスクをケアしながらも、結構物怖じせずに攻められるようになったといいますか......」
......そう、これでグリムリーパーは三体目だった。
二体目も一体目同様、ドロップしたアイテムは〈魂刈りの鎌〉であった。
かなり高額なので武器ドロップもありがたい。
......ありがたくはあるのだが、いい加減お目当ての方のアイテムが欲しい。
塔の中を駆け回ってグリムリーパーを探すのも楽ではないのだ。
それなりに時間も経っているため、なかなか疲弊が溜まってきていた。
グリムリーパーの仮面が、音を立てて割れる。
俺達の見ている前で砂へと変わった。
そうしてその横で、依然として変わらずに残り続ける、一本の〈魂刈りの鎌〉の姿があった。
「......駄目だったみたいだな」
まぁ......なんとなくだが、そうなるんじゃなかろうかという気はしていた。
ルーチェは覚束ない足取りで〈魂刈りの鎌〉へと近づき......その場に崩れ落ちた。
「どうして......どうして外れの方ばっかりが溜まっていくんですかぁ~!」
「落ち着けルーチェ、その外れは千五百万ゴルド換算だからな......?」
もっとも......本来レアアイテムの〈魂刈りの鎌〉を三本も一気に店に渡せば、その価値は一気に暴落しそうな気もするが。
元々、鎌使いはさして多くはないのだ。
しかし、ルーチェの〈豪運〉の力ならば、いい加減〈
欲しいものほど何故か手に入りにくい。
これが物欲センサーという奴だろうか?
「まぁ、〈豪運〉込みでも三連ドロップは間違いなく恵まれている方ではあるんだが......なんだかな......」
厄介な魔物に目を付けられず......かつ上手くグリムリーパーを見つけられて......運がよければ、あと三体狩れるかもしれない、といったところか。
その後は、MP的にも純粋な疲労的にも、さすがに〈幻獣の塔〉から撤退せざるを得ない。
だが、近くの村まで撤退して休眠を挟めば、さすがにもうこの〈
「うう......せっかく〈死神の凶手〉を手に入れるチャンスでしたのに」
「......いや、まだまだチャンスはある。ただ、MPを節約して戦っていく必要がありそうだな」
項垂れるルーチェへと、俺はそう口にした。
「グリムリーパー以外と戦わないのは、入る前にも言った通りだ。ただ......今後、戦闘回避のためにも極力、スキルを使わない方法を模索していかないと......」
かといって、それで戦闘が長引けば余計に悪手になりかねないのだが。
と......そのときだった。
遠くから、ドンッ、ドンッと、重みのある足音が響いてくる。
「ゲッゲッ、ゲゴッ」
黄金の......でっぷりと肥えたラーナが、遠くの通路から歩いてくるところだった。
黄金のラーナが立ち止まり、大きく頬を膨らませる。
「ウ......ヴェ、ヴェー......ゲゴッ」
俺は自然と、音を立てないようにピタリと動きを止め、黄金のラーナに視線を奪われていた。
あの色に、あの体格......間違いない。
豪商ラーナだ。
「ルーチェ、奴を狩るぞ! 刺激しないように近づいて、機会を探る......!」
「言ってること、さっきと変わってません......!?」
俺の様子に、ルーチェが苦笑いをした。
A Grim Reaper swung its giant scythe.
It was a [Dragon Reaper], aiming for a critical hit.
After making sure to dodge it, I closed in quickly and swung my sword.
However, it neutralized it with its Skill, the [Spectral Permeation]
The Grim Reaper decided to distance itself from me and head towards Luce instead.
"Like I will let you.....[Shadow Stomp]!"
I stomped heavily on the Grim Reaper's shadow.
As a Clown, Luce has problems with her HP and Defense.
I want to avoid having her in a situation where she would fight a Grim Reaper, who has high critical rate and Attack power, head on.
Also, with the Grim Reaper restrained like this, Luce should be able to make use of its blind spots as she pleases, staying at a range that's most advantageous to her while dodging its attacks.
The Grim Reaper turned back to me and swung its large scythe towards me.
It seems it decided to take me down first as fast as possible now that it was caught.
I deflected the first swing of its large scythe with [Parry], then blocked the second with my shield.
"How impatient.....Grim Reaper. These swings are lacking weight behind them."
The face drawn on its mask distorted from my taunt.
The Grim Reaper raised its large scythe for a decisive swing.
It seems it intends to crush me through my shield with [Dragon Reaper].
"HAAaah!"
Suddenly attacking from its blind spot, Luce did not miss the chance to take advantage of that fact.
She quickly delivered a barrage of hits into the Grim Reaper.
"GAAAah.....!"
With the Grim Reaper already weakened at this point, this was the end of that.
Its spectral body was torn apart, shrinking down in the process.
Its mask and gloves fell to the floor.
[(You have gained 2609 experience points.)] 
[(Your level has increased from 71 to 72.)] 
[(You have gained 1 Skill points.)] 
It seems I also leveled up.
I let out a sigh of relief.
"It's really a pain when it uses its [Spectral Permeation] in a fight.... Perhaps we should've brought a mage with us, even if they were lower level than us."
Luce voiced her thoughts.
"However, Grim Reapers move fast and are hard to hit as well.... Trying to rely on magic has its own disadvantages. If you want to take it down with nothing but magic attacks, then it would use up a lot of MP as well."
"I see....then we have no choice but to keep shaving down their HP like this...."
"Even so, you got used to hunting Grim Reapers as well already, right Luce? Since this was the third one already."
".....well, yes. I can more or less tell the optimal distance now where I can watch out for possible critical hits while still being able to attack at every opportunity, or something like that...."
....that's right. That was the third Grim Reaper we fought.
The second dropped the same Soul Reaper Scythe as the first one.
Those costs a lot, so weapon drops are welcome too.
....although they are welcome, I would really appreciate getting what we want instead by now.
It's not that easy going around this tower, searching for Grim Reapers all the while.
Quite a bit of time had already passed, so we were getting tired too.
The mask of the Grim Reaper broke up with a crack.
It turned into sand as we were looking at it.
Next to that, the unchanged appearance of another Soul Reaper Scythe could be seen.
".....it seems we didn't get it again."
Well....I had a slight feeling this might be the case somehow.
Luce walked closer to the Soul Reaper Scythe with shaky steps.....then crumpled to the floor right there.
"Why.....why do we keep getting the one we don't want~!"
"Calm down, Luce. Each of those unwanted items means 15 million gold, you know....?"
That being said.....if we try to sell three, normally quite rare, Soul Reaper Scythes at once, then I have a feeling their price would plummet.
There aren't that many people that use scythes to begin with.
However, with Luce's [Great Fortune], we should be getting that Skill Book drop already....
It seems the more you want something, the harder it's to get for some reason.
Is this what you would call a greed sensor?
"Weell, even with [Great Fortune], getting three drops in a row is lucky for sure.....but still...."
If we don't attract the attention of troublesome monsters....and we get lucky with finding Grim Reapers....then we should be able to hunt another three of them, probably.
After that we will probably reach our limit, both in terms of MP and with general fatigue, and will need to retreat from the Phantasmal Beast Tower for now.
However, if we return to the village nearby to take a break, then this Phantasmal Dungeon will most likely disappear by the next time we visit.
"Uugh....even though this was our chance to get the [Reaper Assassin] Skill Book."
"....we still have a chance. Although we need to be economical with our MP as we fight."
I said to the downcast Luce.
"We won't fight anything other than Grim Reapers, like I said before we entered. However....we also need to think up some way to avoid those fights without using MP too...."
That being said, fights dragging on would be even more problematic after this.
It happened at that time.
Bamm, bamm. Heavy footsteps could be heard from far away.
"GEGEH, GEGOH"
A giant golden corpulent rana was incoming from a far away corridor.
The gold rana stopped, its cheeks bulging out.
"Uh......Weh.....Weeh.....GeGOH"
Suddenly I stopped entirely, trying to avoid making a sound, as my gaze was stolen by the gold rana.
That color and that body shape.....there is no mistake.
It's a Grand Merchant Rana.
"Luce, we are hunting that one! Try to get closer without spooking it, then wait for a chance.....!"
"Didn't you just say the exact opposite of that.....!?"
Seeing how I was acting, Luce had a strained smile on her face.
The Reincarnated Heavy Knight Who Was Exiled After A Supposed Big Miss Is Unparalleled With His Game Knowledge
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