174話 魔法少女の適性
白い雪原を赤と茶色で
......地雷原とは厄介だ。
俺はマモル君が、地面から飛び出た紅煙に呑みこまれたのを悔しく思いながらも、突如現れた少女を注視する。
「爆発のキーワード? みたいなのを呟いてるあたり、自動で爆破が起きるアビリティではない、か」
つまりは、あの少女さえどうにかすれば、この地雷が埋められた雪原もタダの雪原になるって事だ。
「あッ」
って、分析に気を取られすぎて、ちょっと爆炎に被弾してしまう。
赤いエフェクトが触れた左足が少し熱い。
「ぐっ、ここは一旦、静止する! 訳にもいかないんだけども」
「っていうか、馬車が突っ走ってるって感じ! それに検問兵にも追いつかれるって感じ」
状況は一言で表すなら最悪。
でも、打てる手立てがないわけじゃない。
「マモル君たち! あの子は俺がどうにかするから! ほんの少しだけ持ちこたえて欲しい!」
「そんな! タ、タロちゃっ! 天使さん、危ないよ!」
俺の決断に一早く反応してくれたのはジュンヤ君で、なんとなく避けられていたと思ったのに、真っ先に俺の心配をしてくれた。
正直に言えば勝算なんてこれっぽっちもない。敵の強さは未知数だし、俺は素早さ以外取り柄のない貧弱ステータスだ。よっぽどあの少女が近接戦に不慣れな相手でなければ、勝利をもぎ取ってくる事なんてできないだろう。けれど、敵の、あの少女に一撃を加えられるのは......魔法攻撃を可能とするマホマホ君がキルされたこのPT内では、俺だけしかいない。
『狙い撃ち花火(小)』のストックが尽きてなければ、もうちょっと確実な戦法が取れたんだけどなぁ。
「ジュンヤの言う通りだけんども、今は少しでもこの状況を突破するために、お願いする!」
「ごめんねって感じ、タロちゃん任せた! 俺っち達はなんとか踏ん張ってみせる!」
「おうおう、任せたぜ! タロちゃんよう!」
「そ、そんな。それじゃあ、タロちゃ、天使さんが危険すぎるよ......」
不安そうに俺を見つめるジュンヤ君。
天使と呼ぶジュンヤ君に、あぁ距離ができちゃったなと思わなくもない。だけど、俺を
「大丈夫、ジュンヤくん!」
俺はサクッと装備をミソラさんから譲ってもらった水色のサマードレス、『空踊る
爆炎の火柱が上がる中で、急に服を着替えだした俺にPTメンバーは驚いてしまったのか、一瞬みんな固まっていたけど気にしてる場合じゃない。
もう目の前まで検問兵たちは迫っているし、護衛対象の馬車とは距離がどんどん開いてしまっている。
「フゥ、全力であそこまで俺を飛ばして!」
をかまし、背中でフゥの風を感じながら空へと飛翔する。
「あはっ、きもちい」
地面から足が離れる感覚はちょこっと怖いけれど、毎度ながら風に乗って宙を舞う感覚は爽快の一言に尽きる。戦闘中なのに高揚せざるを得ない内心を抑え、みるみる近づいてくる敵の少女へと視線を集中させる。
「あの子って多分、魔法アビリティ持ち。なら、ここであまり出したくはなかったけど――――って、あれ? もう一人、敵がいる!?」
潜伏系のスキルで姿を隠していたのだろうか、
なかなか防御性能が高そうで、半透明のシールドは四重に発生した。けれど、この程度なら問題ない。
滑空してる間にアイテムストレージから、『
月精
』はすいすいと移動していき、『ふるえる魔力』によって衝撃波をみまっていく。
俺は俺で、着地と同時に攻撃をヒットさせる事は叶わなかったけれど、右手に持った
「可愛い子ちゃんめ! わたしのハートをお見舞いしちゃうよ!」
う、うん?
向かい合った彼女は変な台詞と同時に、ステッキの先からピンクの光線を発生させたではないか。
うーん? 服装もそうだけど、こてこての台詞から見ても魔法少女がコンセプトな
「きみ、魔法少女の才能ありっ」
彼女は何故か俺の方を指差しながら、緑のポリゴンエフェクトに包まれていく。
うーん? キルエフェクトが爆散しないとか、これも何かのアビリティだろうか?
「適性のあるキミも魔法少女になって、私の団に入ってみないかねぇ」
しかも、まさかの死に際に魔法少女にならないかと勧誘してきた。
そうして彼女はあっけなくキルできてしまった。
彼女はもしかして、とても近接戦闘が苦手な
を相手にひたすら防護アビリティを発動し続けているだけで、俺に攻撃をしかけようともしない。
ふむ?
見つめる事、数秒。
試しに足元に積もっている雪を丸めて、ぎゅっぎゅっと握る。
固めた雪玉を無言で投げてみると......その攻撃に反応して見事に半透明なシールドを発生させ、衝突とともに雪玉は砕け散った。しかし、やはり防ぐだけで反撃してくる気配が全くない。
もしかして、防御魔法特化の
ただ近接戦ができない魔法少女さんを切り刻んだだけに過ぎないからだ。
それに、さっきよりもジュンヤ君が俺を避けているような気がしてならない。魔法少女を倒したと報告したとき、彼の眼差しは驚愕の色に染まり、顔には暗い陰りが走ったのを俺は見逃さなかった。
「ワハハハッ! 俺達には天使がついてるってもんだ!」
ダイスケ君のハイテンションとは対照的に、ジュンヤ君は無言だ。
彼の態度から胸の内にモヤモヤとするモノはあったけど、今はジュンヤ君の内心を聞き出している暇がない。
俺やマモル君一行は何とか追手を振り切り、護衛対象でもあるイグニトール令嬢が乗る馬車に追いつく事はできた。先程の地雷原を無理に通ったせいか、令嬢を乗せる馬車はボロボロで今にも壊れてしまいそうで、だからかもしれないけど、馬車の速度は確実に遅くなっている......そのおかげで護衛対象と合流が叶ったとはいえ、追手がいる状況下でスピードが落ちた点はまずい。
たちもタイミング良く、ランタンに戻ってきてもらったため、特に何も問題なく通過できた。
「にしても、キツイなこのクエスト......」
「ほんと、難易度に見合う報酬もないって感じだし」
「前人未到のクエストをクリアするって事に意義があるってもんだぜ!」
「だな! やりがいあるんだけども!」
「タロちゃんもいるし、余裕って感じ?」
マモル君たちがやる気をみなぎらす空気に、水を差すような反応をジュンヤ君が見せる。それもそのはずで、彼が戦々恐々とした面持ちで見据えた前方には。
検問兵が三十人以上、待ち構えていたのだ。
あの数は、けっこう厳しいと思う。けれど......。
俺達の護衛対象は......敵に突っ込んでいくのみ。
「やるしかないって感じ」
マモル君とケイ君が冷や汗を浮かべる。
「おうおう、男らしく切り込むしかないな!」
「男らしく、か......」
ジュンヤ君の俺に対する態度が、おかしくなってしまったのはわかっている。前よりもよそよそしい。それでも、なぜか彼のそんな仕草だけで、嬉しくなってしまったのは......俺が男だと認められた様な、そんな気がしたから。
「じゃあ、いこっか」
フゥの力を使い過ぎたため、『森のおクスリ』でMP補充をしておくことも忘れない。
あの数を相手に突破できるのか、不安は尽きない。けれど、ここは押して通るしか他がない。
176 174 Stories Magic Girl Suitability
An explosion that dirty (injured) white snowfields in red and brown.
... Minefield is a pain in the ass.
I, Mamor, look out for the girl who suddenly appeared, regretting that you were swallowed by the red smoke that jumped off the ground.
"Keywords for the explosion? It's an automatic bombing ability, right?"
Which means that if even that girl does something, the snowfield where this mine was laid will also be a free snowfield.
"Ahh."
So, I get too distracted by the analysis, and I get a little bombed by the blast.
The left leg touched by the red effect is a little hot.
"Gu, once here, it stands still! It doesn't make any sense."
"I mean, I feel like the carriage is running! And I feel like the coroner's gonna catch up to me."
The situation sucks if you mean it in a nutshell.
But it's not like I don't have the help to hit it.
"Mamor, you guys! I'll take care of that girl! I just want you to hold on a little bit!
"No! Ta, you're a tarot! Angel, it's dangerous!
Junya was the one who reacted quickly to my decision, and I thought it was somehow avoided, but you worried about me first.
Honestly, there's no such thing as a chance of winning. The strength of my enemies is unknown, and I'm a poor stat with nothing but swiftness. If that girl wasn't unfamiliar with melee, she wouldn't be able to win. But of the enemy, the only one who can strike that girl... is me within this PT where you have been killed that allows for a magical attack.
If I hadn't run out of stock for "Sniper Fireworks (Small)," I'd have taken some more definite tactics.
"Junya's right, guys, to break through this situation a little bit now, please!
"I feel sorry for you, Taro, I left you to it! We'll see what we can do!
"Whoa, I got this! Dear Taro!
"Oh, no. Then, Taro, the angel is too dangerous..."
Junya staring at me anxiously.
I can't help but think that Junya, who calls me an angel, has a distance. But he's starting to avoid me, and I'm just glad he's worried about me like this.
"It's okay, Junya-kun!
I change to "Dancing in the Sky Circle (Rondo)", a water-colored summer dress that Mithola gave me my crisp gear.
PT members were surprised that I suddenly changed my clothes as the flaming firepillar rose, and for a moment they were all solidified, but not if they cared.
The interrogators are already approaching right in front of us, and the distance from the carriage to be escorted is getting wider and wider.
"Huh, do your best to fly me that far!
Fly to the sky feeling the wind of hu on your back, making the leap as you wish.
"Aha, kimoi"
The feeling of feet off the ground is a little scary, but the feeling of dancing in the wind every time and in the universe is exhausted in a refreshing word. Contain the inner mind that you have to exalt even though you are in battle, and focus your gaze on the approaching enemy girl.
"Maybe that kid has magical abilities. Then I didn't really want to get you out here. - That? One more, we have enemies!?
Were you hiding yourself with latent skills, or was the mercenary (player) that suddenly appeared beside the girl a protective system screaming something out? abilities were deployed in my direction of travel, near the landing site. I guess the purpose of this is to protect her, after all, as a detonator.
It seemed like a pretty good defensive performance, and the translucent shield occurred in quadruples. But to this extent, it's fine.
Remove the Seed Fire Inlet (Lantern), which houses the Moon Essence (Luke), from the item storage while it is gliding, and speak to the False Soul (Luna Homncrus), who smiles nicely inside.
"Homncrus... Moonsperm (Luke), please"
Against astonishing mercenaries (players), Luna Homncrus moves quickly and sees shockwaves by the Magic of Sieve.
I didn't make it possible for me to hit the attack at the same time as landing, but I dash to the enemy's magic girl as far as I can wield the slide knife in my right hand.
"You little darling! You will meet my heart!
Uh-huh?
Opposite her, she generated a pink ray from the tip of the stick at the same time as a weird dialogue.
Hmm? So is the outfit, but from this dialogue, is the magic girl the concept mercenary (player)?
"You, magic girl talent."
She gets wrapped up in green polygon effects, pointing to me for some reason.
Hmm? Kill effects don't blow up, or is this some kind of ability too?
"Why don't you be a magic girl and join my regiment?"
Plus, I've been exhorting you to be a magic girl at the exact time of your death.
That's how she became so quick to kill.
Could she have been a mercenary (player) with very poor melee combat or a rather extreme status swing (player)?
Speaking of the other mercenary (player), he just keeps activating his protective abilities against Luke and doesn't even try to attack me.
Hmm?
Staring for a few seconds.
Round up the snow piling at your feet to try and grip it cuddly.
If you throw a hardened snowball silently...... in response to that attack it generated a brilliantly translucent shield and the snowball smashed and scattered with the collision. But there is still no indication at all that they will fight back just to prevent it.
Could it be a defensive magic specialist mercenary (player)?
Because I just chopped up a magic girl who can't come close.
Besides, Junya, I don't feel like you're avoiding me any more than you just did. When I reported defeating the magic girl, his eyes stained with astonishing colors and I didn't miss the dark shade running on his face.
"Wahahaha! We have angels on us!
In contrast to your high tension, Dyske, Junya, you are silent.
From his attitude, there was something moisturizing in his chest, but now Junya, I don't have time to hear your insides out.
Me and you, Mamor, managed to shake off the chase and catch up with the carriage that Miss Ignithol, who is also an escort, would take. Because of the impossibility of passing the minefield earlier, the carriage carrying the lady is going to be worn out and still break down, which may be why the carriage is definitely slowing down...... Even though rendezvous with the escort object was achieved thanks to this, it is not a good idea that the speed has dropped under the circumstances where the chaser is present.
Incidentally, the defense-specific mercenary (player) was allowed to pass in a manner close to ignoring it. He and the Lunar Sperm (Luke) were also well timed and had the lanterns come back so they could pass without any particular problems.
"Even so, this quest is tight..."
"Really, I don't feel there's any reward for the difficulty."
"It makes sense to complete an unprecedented quest!
"Right! It's rewarding!
"Taro's here, and you feel like you can afford it?
Junya shows you how to react to the air that motivates you, Mamor. That should be it, too, in the front he looked forward with a frightening face.
There were more than thirty examiners waiting.
I think that's a tough number. But......
Our escort is only... going into the enemy.
"I feel like I have to do it"
Mamor, you and Kay make a cold sweat.
"Whoa, I'm gonna have to cut in like a man!
"Manly, or..."
Junya, I know your attitude towards me has gone crazy. It's more relative than before. Still, for some reason, just his tricks made me happy... because I felt like I was recognized as a man.
"Well, let's go."
I won't forget to make MP replenishments in "Forest Kusuri" because I've used too much of Fu's power.
Anxiety is endless as to whether you can break through that number against them. But there's nothing else here but to push through.
I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie
美少女になったけど、ネトゲ廃人やってます。
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