岩蜈蚣は岩塊の合間を抜け、凄まじい速度でこちらへと向かってくる。
「やっぱり気持ち悪い......あの足の数......うう」
ルーチェが岩蜈蚣の足を見つめながら、小さくそう零した。
「手筈通りに頼むぞ、ルーチェ」
俺は盾を構え、その場に屈んだ。
ルーチェが地面を蹴り、俺の盾の上へと跳ぶ。
「〈シールドバッシュ〉!」
俺は盾で、ルーチェを弾き飛ばした。
ルーチェは正面から向かってくる岩蜈蚣の頭を跳び越え、奴の身体の上へと着地した。
そう、岩蜈蚣の最大の弱点。
上に乗った敵に対する有効打が少ないことである。
あの巨体の、無駄に長い身体が大きく足を引っ張っている。
「さて、俺は俺で時間を稼がないとな」
俺は岩蜈蚣に背を向けて走り始めつつ、ルーチェの様子を尻目に確認していた。
ルーチェは走りながら地面と並行に跳び、素早く身体を回転させる。
「〈曲芸連撃〉!」
岩蜈蚣の身体を、ナイフが素早く刻んでいく。
見事に三連撃が入り、岩蜈蚣の身体から体液が舞った。
「ジッ、ジジジジジジィッ!」
岩蜈蚣が悲鳴のような声を上げる。
普通であれば、〈曲芸連撃〉を三発全てまともに身体で受けて大ダメージを負い、かつ反撃もできないような〈夢の主〉はいない。
だが、岩蜈蚣はその巨体故に、背に乗った敵の攻撃を全て直撃でもらってしまう。
おまけに攻撃手段の乏しさから、まともに反撃に出ることも難しい。
「もう一発! 〈曲芸連撃〉!」
続けて岩蜈蚣の体液が舞った。
魔物:ロックセンチピード
Lv :60
HP :69/156
MP :71/71
六発全て直撃で入った。
既に岩蜈蚣のHPは半分を切っている。
ここまで既に、事前で思い描いていた予定通りである。
「よし、ルーチェ! 予定通り一度離脱しろ!」
ルーチェは岩蜈蚣の背中を蹴って、近くの岩塊の上へと逃れた。
不安定な足場だったが、ルーチェには天井だってスムーズに走れる〈曲芸歩術〉がある。
速度を落とさず、岩塊の上を経由し、岩蜈蚣からさっと逃れていった。
それに一瞬遅れて、岩蜈蚣が足を止め、その場で身体を横に倒し、激しく暴れ始めた。
数秒暴れた後に、岩蜈蚣は起き上がり、周囲へ目を走らせる。
頭部の周囲に、魔法陣が浮かび上がる。
ルーチェの背を狙い、無数の岩の弾丸が発射された。
岩蜈蚣の魔法スキル、〈ロックブラスト〉。
素早く、手数もあり、威力も高い。
岩蜈蚣の凶悪な攻撃スキルである。
......もっともそれも、この遮蔽物の多い、〈百足坑道〉の最奥部でなければ、という話なのだが。
ルーチェは壁を走って逃げた後、岩塊の陰へとさっと入り込んだ。
岩蜈蚣はルーチェの隠れた岩塊をしばし撃った後、結局すぐに〈ロックブラスト〉を止めることになった。
岩蜈蚣は少しの間、ルーチェの隠れた岩塊を睨んでいたが、すぐに目を離し、俺の方へと走ってきた。
岩蜈蚣は、逃げに徹したルーチェにはまず追い付けない。
岩蜈蚣も、今のルーチェの軽やかな動きを見て、それを察したようであった。
素のステータスであれば、岩蜈蚣はルーチェよりも速い。
だが、遮蔽物だらけのこの場所では、〈曲芸歩術〉で好き勝手に動き回れるルーチェには、岩蜈蚣の巨体では絶対に追いつけない。
岩蜈蚣は、致命的なまでにここの地形と適していないのだ。
もしも岩塊だらけのこんな場所でさえなければ、凶悪な〈夢の主〉の一体として恐れられていただろう。
いや、上に乗って連撃系スキルをぶっぱされるだけで大ダメージを稼がれる方の対策が先か。
ゲーム中でもよく『手応えがないので〈夢の主〉としてもうちょっと頑張って欲しい』と、敵であるプレイヤーから応援されていた。
岩蜈蚣が俺の方を追ってくる。
俺はルーチェとは違い壁を走れないし、速度のパラメーターも低い。
さすがに普通に走っているだけでは、岩蜈蚣を撒くことはできない。
一瞬で捕まって、大きな牙で噛み砕かれてしまう。
無論、策も無く走り回っていれば、の話だが。
この場所は障害物の岩塊が多い。
岩塊の配置を頭に入れ、岩蜈蚣の長い身体が絡まるように、なるべく細長い岩塊を巻き込む入り組んだルートを走っていく。
「ジッ!?」
俺を追っていた岩蜈蚣の動きが大きく乱れた。
身体の節が岩塊に引っ掛かったのだ。
すぐにまた速度を上げて俺を追い掛けるが、また途中ですぐに大きく身体を揺らす。
この方法を使えば、重騎士の速さでも充分岩蜈蚣を振り切ることができる。
上手く岩塊を巻き込ませるのに失敗したらすぐ追い付かれるので、その辺りは慣れが重要になって来るが。
そして俺が同じ場所を何度も行き来させている間に、ルーチェと合流することに成功した。
「エルマさん、いつでも飛べますようっ!」
「よし、ここで仕留めるぞ」
俺は先程同様、〈シールドバッシュ〉で岩蜈蚣へとルーチェを飛ばした。
ルーチェは岩蜈蚣の頭部を飛び越えて身体に乗り、疾走しながらナイフを振り乱す。
「〈曲芸連撃〉! 〈曲芸連撃〉!」
先程同様、三連打を二回連続で放つ。
岩蜈蚣の背から毒々しい色の体液が舞った。
夥しい数の脚が動きを止め、腹を地面に付ける。
慣性に引き摺られて地面を削りながら僅かに移動した後、完全に動かなくなった。
【経験値を2379取得しました。】
【レベルが49から54へと上がりました。】
【スキルポイントを5取得しました。】
無事に〈夢の主〉......岩蜈蚣を討伐することに成功した。
予定通りの、順当な結果であった。
弱点がわかりやすい魔物であったし、きっちりそこを突けるスキルも持っていたことが大きい。
「倒し方のお陰だとは思いますけれど......ミスリルゴーレムの方が強かったですね」
ルーチェが苦笑しながらそう零した。
The Rock Centipede crawled between the boulders, heading in our way at a tremendous speed.
"Aah, that's really gross after all....that many legs....ugh"
Luce muttered after staring at the legs of the Rock Centipede.
"As we discussed, I'll be counting on you, Luce."
I readied my shield and crouched down in place.
Luce kicked off from the ground and jumped on top of my shield.
"[Shield Bash]!"
I launched Luce high up in the air with my shield.
Luce jumped over the head of the Rock Centipede coming straight for us and landed on its body.
Yes, that's the biggest weakness of the Rock Centipede.
It doesn't really have an easy way of attacking enemies on its back.
That pointlessly long length of its huge body is a serious disadvantage.
"Well then, I need to do my part by buying some time too."
While I turned around and started running away from the Rock Centipede, I kept an eye out for Luce, keeping tabs on how she was doing.
While running, Luce jumped parallel to the ground and started rapidly spinning.
"[Stunt Barrage]!"
Her knife started quickly carving up the body of the Rock Centipede.
She managed to deliver a magnificent three hit barrage, causing liquid to spurt out of the body of the Rock Centipede.
"JII, JIJIJIJIJIJIII!"
The Rock Centipede let out a sound akin to a scream.
Normally, there is not a single Dream Lord that would simply take all three hits from [Stunt Barrage] without even being able to hit back.
However, due to its huge body, the Rock Centipede has no choice but to suffer all direct hits from an enemy on top of its back.
In addition to that, it cannot even fight back properly thanks to it not having a suitable way to attack there.
"One more time! [Stunt Barrage]!"
Further liquid escaped the Rock Centipede's body.
Monster: Rock Centipede
Level: 60
HP: 69/156
MP: 71/71
She hit it cleanly with all six blows.
The Rock Centipede's HP was below half already.
It all went as planned so far.
"Good, Luce! Like we planned, get off of it for now!"
Luce kicked off from the back of the Rock Centipede and landed on top of a nearby boulder to escape.
The footing was pretty unstable there, but for Luce, who had the [Acrobatic Steps], even the ceiling could be counted as stable footing suitable for even running on.
Without slowing down, she put a large distance between the Rock Centipede and herself by running on top of the boulders.
The Rock Centipede suddenly slowed down, turned its body on its side, then started writhing in place for a while.
After a few seconds, the Rock Centipede got back up and sent a searching gaze at its surroundings.
A magic circle appeared around its head.
Countless rock projectiles were launched, targeting Luce's back.
It was the Rock Centipede's Magic Skill, [Rock Blast].
It was fast, consisted of a lot of projectiles, and it packed quite a punch.
A terrifying attack Skill of the Rock Centipede.
....or that would be true, only if this wasn't the deepest part of the Centipede Pit, which was riddled with obstacles.
After Luce escaped by running on the wall, she quickly retreated into the shadow of a boulder.
The Rock Centipede kept peppering the boulder which Luce hid behind with its [Rock Blast] for a time, but it stopped its attack in short order.
The Rock Centipede glared at the boulder hiding Luce, but soon after it turned its gaze away and started running towards me.
It wouldn't be able to catch up to Luce, who is focusing on running away.
Seeing how light Luce was on her feet just now, the Rock Centipede must've realized this just now too.
Based on their stats, the Rock Centipede should be faster than Luce.
However, in this place filled with obstacles everywhere, Luce, with her ability to move however she wants by the help of [Acrobatic Steps], the huge body of the Rock Centipede would never be able to catch up.
The Rock Centipede is fatally unsuited for this type of terrain.
If people had to fight this monster somewhere not filled with this many boulders, then it would've been feared as one of the more terrifying Dream Lords.
Ah, maybe having the ability to deal with people getting on its back and spamming barrage type Skills should be the most important change first.
In the game, it was frequently encouraged by players by saying something like 'please do your best a bit more as a Dream Lord, there is no challenge here'.
The Rock Centipede chased after me.
Unlike Luce I can't run on vertical surfaces and my speed stat is quite low too.
As one would expect, I can't shake it off by simply running away.
I would get caught and ground up by its giant maw.
Of course, that's only if I just kept running without any plan.
This place had a lot of rocky obstacles.
I kept in mind the placement of every rock and chose a route that included as many long and narrow boulders as I could, so that the long body of the Rock Centipede would get entangled.
"JIH!?"
The movements of the Rock Centipede that was chasing me was notably disrupted.
Its body joints got caught on some rocks.
It once again sped up to pursue me, but its body was once again rattled on the way.
By using this method, even a Heavy Knight can comfortably shake off the Rock Centipede.
Although if you make a mistake in tripping up the monster on those boulders, then it would catch up to you real fast, so practice is important.
And during the time I kept running around the same place, Luce also managed to rendezvous back with me.
"I can jump anytime, Elma-san!"
"Good, then we'll take it down here."
Just like before, I used [Shield Bash] to launch Luce onto the back of the Rock Centipede.
Luce flew over the head of the Rock Centipede, landed on its body, then started swinging her knife while dashing around.
"[Stunt Barrage]! [Stunt Barrage]!"
Just like last time, she used her 3-hit barrage Skill two times in succession.
The Rock Centipede bled a poisonous looking liquid once again.
Its innumerable legs stopped moving, then it fell to the floor.
It still kept moving due to inertia, digging a groove in the ground, but after a few more minor twitches, it stopped moving altogether.
[(You have gained 2379 experience points.)] 
[(Your level has increased from 49 to 54.)] 
[(You have gained 5 Skill points.)] 
We managed to safely defeat the Dream Lord, the Rock Centipede.
Everything went smoothly and according to plan.
It was a monster with an easy to understand weakness, and more importantly, we had a Skill that was able to take advantage of that weakness.
"Maybe it's thanks to the method we used to defeat it, but....I think that the Mythril Golem was stronger in comparison."
Luce expressed her sentiments with a wry smile.
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