58話 先陣を切る反逆者
「はぁ......、ぁ......ほぇ......」
俺がついた小さな溜息。
それは戦場にいる妙に浮ついた
儀礼剣を投擲してから、王が持つ武器はなくなったかと思われたが、それは大きな間違いだった。
彼の右手に渦巻く、火の粒と灰が混じったような
最初、遠目で確認した時は2メートルには届かないリーチの長さだと判断したのだが、今、王がふるった灰と炎の剣は7メートルの長さを優に超えていた。
つまり、王は伸縮自在の両手剣で
「一撃だ! 一撃でもくらえば即キルだ!」
王はその長大な剣をブンブンっと振りまわし、幾人もの傭兵たちを
たちを切り裂くにしろ、必ず一人一人への衝撃が剣の動きを鈍らして行く。だが、そうはならない。
灰塵王がその手に掴むは、無形の剣。
たちの身体を通りぬけるように、広い範囲に渡って一気にHPを削り取って行く。灰と火花を辺りに振りまいて。
「おい! 武器の耐久値が一瞬でゼロに!」
「盾が、俺の盾が破壊されたあああ」
「装備破壊だ!」
「いや、純粋に装備の耐久値が、奴の武器の性能に耐えきれないんだ!」
「壊されるぞおおおお!」
武器や盾から王の攻撃を
「避けるしか、ないのかっ」
最も王に近い場所にいた前衛を担う十数人の
「まじかよ......」
「ははは......」
今までそこにいたであろう傭兵たちがキルされ、消失したことにより王の周囲はぽっかりとした空間が空いた。
次にその猛威が降りかかるのは自分達だ......と、息を飲んだ中衛に位置する傭兵たち、つまり俺達の前方にいる彼らが必死の形相で叫び出す。
「遠距離だ!」
「そうだ、魔法だ!」
「遠距離攻撃で一撃でも当てれば、クエストクリアだ!」
その声はもちろん、王に届いていたはずだ。
だが、ゆらめく大剣を右手に握りながらも悠々とした所作で、静かに近づいてくる王は別段焦った様子がない。
「『王の領域』......」
そして王がそう呟いた瞬間、灰塵王を中心に周囲10メートル程の半円形の蒼いエリアが一瞬広がったようなエフェクトが発生した。
たちからは、王が突如として発動させた得体のしれないアビリティに対して恐怖の声がそこかしこから上がっている。
「ひ、ひぃっ」
「な、なんだ?」
「なんともないぞ?」
たちをねめつけるようにして、王が視線を巡らす。
そしてポツリと独りごちた。
「おまえと、おまえと、おまえ、それとおまえもか......」
の含まれた王の声は、なぜか俺達にも届いた。
「名前を覚える道理はない。灰になれば
王はおもむろに右手をあげ、渦巻く灰から新たに片手剣を数本形成していった。
そして腕を振り下ろしたと同時に、四本の剣が
「うおっ」
「あっ」
「無垢なる風の踊り子よ、舞いてぇっとっつぁん!」
「悠久の狭みゃあぉぉっっ!」
四名の悲鳴が戦場を走った。
たちは、誰もが遠距離攻撃を可能とする魔法使いだったのだ。何人かは詠唱に入っているところを王の剣で貫かれ、情けない声になっていたのには同情を禁じ得ない。
「正確に魔法使いを見極めたのかな」
「装備や服装から判断したのか?」
旧友二人の推測に、ジョージやグレン君がそれぞれの感想を出していく。
「相手を深く知ろうだなんて、いいオトコねぇん♪」
「分析系のアビリティか?」
特に魔法がメイン武器であるグレン君は警戒の色が濃い。王が発動したアビリティの範囲内に入らないように、後ずさっている。
それに反してミナは無言で俺を見つめていた。
「ふう......」
いつまでも悠長に王を観察している場合ではない。
次々と王に屠られる犠牲者は増すばかりで、俺達の番もすぐやってくるだろう。ならば一か八かで、残る全員で総攻撃をかました方が、誰かの攻撃が偶然ヒットする可能性も高まるはずだ。
そんな俺の考えと同じ意見に達したのか、姉達が近づいてきた。
「太郎、私達は行く」
姉は覚悟の決まった清々しい笑みを携えていた。だが、その瞳には暗い炎の影がある。まるで、
そんな姉に、後ろから怪訝に問い掛けるトムとジェリーさん。
「姉さんよ、弱点は見えたのかい?」
「ありゃあ、睡眠・混乱・幻惑・麻痺、状態異常の耐性がかなり高いボスだぜぃ......今の俺達の状態異常攻撃やアビリティは通用しなそうですぜ」
って、見えないな。アレに弱点はないようだ」
姉が無形の大剣を振りかざす王を、厳しい顔で見つめながら
「じゃあ、姉さんの称号の恩恵は受けられないっと」
「倒せそうにねえかねぃ」
一撃を与えるどころか倒そうとしている『首狩る酔狂共』の面々に内心では驚く。
さすが、PvP最凶と言われているだけの
そして、会話の流れ的に一つの疑問が浮かんだ。
「姉の称号?」
思わず、口についてしまう。
「あ、あぁ。妹ちゃんになら言ってもかまわねいか」
強者の姉には相応しくない名前の称号だな。
「モンスターや
「で、そこに攻撃すると100%、クリティカルダメージを与えることができるっていうチートもんよ」
「しかも、同じPTに所属してりゃあ、俺達にもその恩恵が回ってくるってわけよ」
ニシシと悪戯っ子のような笑みを浮かべながら、ヒソヒソと姉や自分たちの戦法を明かしてくれるトムとジェリーさん。
「弱点部分は俺達には見えねえ。でも、そりゃあ姉さんから聞くとして」
「弱点部分に攻撃を加えると、30%の確率でクリティカルヒットってもんよ」
「姉さんよりはだいぶ劣るがぁ、かなり強くなれんぜ」
の弱点は首って奴がぁ、多いらしいぜ」
「だから、索敵や分析スキルに優れた俺っちで奇襲の準備を整えてぇっと」
「状態異常スキルに特化した俺っちが、敵を牽制しぃ」
「その後は一気に、首を狙って、こう、な?」
親指で自分達の首をかき切る仕草をする二人を見て、思い出す。
確かに『一匹狼』から助けてくれた際も、周囲を囲んでいた
妖精の舞踏会では、ジョージたちを助ける時に傭兵たちの動きが一瞬おかしくなったのは、混乱か幻惑? とにかく状態異常からの、姉の称号による一撃必殺、もしくは大打撃を行うのが『首狩る酔狂共』の主武器なのかもしれない。
「トム、ジェリー。無駄口はそこまでだ......太郎たちは私達が突貫したあとに、一気に王を叩き伏せてくれ」
「待って、姉。姉たちの方が俺達と比べて連携も個々の力も強いんだ。俺達が先に行って少しでも王に対する壁になった方が、クエスト達成率は上がるんじゃないの?」
もな意見に、終始張り詰めた空気を醸す姉が不意にふわりと微笑む。
その緩んだ表情は、まごうことなき姉の本心から来るものだと確信できるほどに温かい。
「可愛い弟を自分より先に死なせるなんて、姉の役回りじゃないわ」
反論は許さない、と姉の気迫が言葉に乗って伝わってくる。
「そちらさんは、俺達の屍を越えて敵の大将に大打撃を与えてくれや」
姉の一言にトムとジェリーさんの後押しも加わって、俺達は後続と決まってしまう。
、ジョージ、ミナ、グレン君の六人で顔を突き合わせ、すぐさま戦術を練った。
短い時間でそれぞれの出来る事を言い合い、できる限り王へ一撃を浴びせる事に重点をおいた作戦を立案する。
「こっちわぁん、OKよぉん♪」
ジョージの言葉に反応し、姉はゆっくりと腕を交差させた。
その手が剣の柄を掴み、鞘から双剣を抜き放っていく。
「じゃあ、いくぞ。お前達」
シャリンっと両手を広げるように、二つの剣を抜き放った姉は、不敵な笑みを浮かべる。
「あとはお前に任せたぞ、錬金術師な弟殿」
漆黒のポニーテールをゆらめかせ、姉の背中は一瞬で遠のいた。
姉の小さくなる背中に、追いすがるように俺も、俺達も駆け出した。
「読める、読めるぞ! 人間共の思考など、こんなものなのか!」
必死に挑む傭兵たちに、王が嘲笑を浴びせている。
「悲しきかな......手に取るようにわかるその愚考の数々。なんと思慮の浅き事よ......恥と知れ」
見事という他ない。
が繰り出してくる攻撃を先手で潰し、トドメを易々と刺していく。
「下手な長考、休むに似たり。知恵を働かせたところで、それは思考していないという事実に等しい」
朗々と灰王の独り言が、戦場をこだまする。
姉たちが『王の領域』内に侵入してすぐ、彼女たちは無様にも地に転がっていた。というのも、王はまるで『首狩る酔狂共』のメンバーの移動先が手に取るように把握しているのか、地面から灰と火で出来た剣を生やし、彼らの進行を阻んだからだ。
一撃死にはならずとも、大きく体勢を崩した『首狩る酔狂共』の猛攻は止まってしまう。
たちも灰塵王へと様々な攻撃を仕掛けているため、その対処に追われている王へと至る一手を目指す。
ここにいる誰もが、同じ絶対強者に対して懸命に挑む戦友だった。
たちが決死の激しい攻防を繰り広げるなか、群がる虫を一掃するかのような仕草で剣を縦横無尽に振るい続ける灰塵王。
その鋭い視線が、一瞬だけこちらに向いた気がする。
俺の警戒の声に反応して、夕輝が即座にアビリティを発動する。
夕輝の構える盾が三倍以上に膨れ上がる。その、大きくなった面積に比例して重さも急激に増えるアビリティ。
その重量は夕輝を
その効能は装備に塗りつけることにより、重量をニ分の一に減らすという効果だ。
「す、すごい......持って走るのが精一杯だけど......」
ニコリと額に汗を浮かばせながら夕輝が、息も絶え絶えに感想を漏らす。
少し速度が鈍くなった騎士に対して、俺はコクリと頷く。
「守ってくれよな、ナイト様っと」
口調は軽いが、表情は真剣そのもの
晃夜と俺を隠すように、盾を前面にして夕輝は突撃を続ける。
王が振るう貫通攻撃は横薙ぎ一閃の単調なものが多かった。ならば、身長の小さな俺は身を低くし、
である俺が二人の傍で支援できる限り、王の足元に辿りつけると踏んでの行動だ。ここで、残り数個のポーションを使い尽くす覚悟で、旧友と肩を並べているのだ。
「俺達で王にひと泡、ふかせてっっ」
俺が微笑と共に、親友たちに意気込みを伝えようとした刹那。背中に強い衝撃が走ったかと思えば、夕輝の盾の庇護から外れるように、右斜め下前方へと吹き飛ばされた。
目まぐるしく視界が変化し、驚愕の声を上げてしまう。
「タロ、危なかった」
「タロ~おっどろいた~?」
「タロりん、ごめんっ」
俺に何の警告もなく飛ばしたのは、どうやら風妖精たちの仕業だったようだ。
とっさに地面へと小太刀を突き立て、なんとか風力の勢いを殺し、何が起きたかを把握するように、辺りを懸命に見渡す。
ふと、先ほどまで一緒に走っていた旧友たちが目に映る。
夕輝と晃夜はよろめき、動かし続けていた足に不協和音が生じていた。
そして、二人のHPバーを確認すると。
ユウ(夕輝)Lv9   HP260/450
コウ(晃夜)Lv10  HP 10/270
ソレが示す事、そして彼らの
灰塵王の剣撃を受けたのだ。
そして、俺は風妖精たちによって助けられたのだろう。
夕輝と晃夜は崩れかけた体勢を懸命に支え、踏み込んだ足でまた進み始める。
直線ルートから外れた俺を再び夕輝たちが、盾の庇護下へと拾ってるヒマはなさそうだ。
突き進む夕輝は厳しい表情で、俺へと頷いてくる。
晃夜も一瞬だけ俺と目を合わせ、メガネをクイっと持ちあげて前だけを見据えた。
無言のやり取りで伝わってくる仲間たちの想いが、俺を
の涙』を使い、二人の体力を全快近くに引き上げ、続いて自身の周囲に『亡者の香り玉』を放つ。
それに身を隠すようにアンノウンさんから譲り受けた『灰透明なショール』を広げ、全身を包むように巻きつける。
これで俺の姿はほぼ視認できないはずだ。
算段通りの手はず。
の攻撃はまるで感知できなかった。
その攻撃は速すぎるのだ。ましてや、盾に隠れての前進では相手の動作を視認することは叶わない。
だからこそ、とっさに妖精たちの横やりがなければ、俺はキルされていただろう。
ただ、疑問に思うことが一つあった。
それは盾によってこちらが相手の様子を
つまり、大きな盾に隠れるように移動してきた俺、身長も低く身をかがめた俺ごと、まとめて晃夜と夕輝を斬り伏せようとしたのだ。
「ほう、おもしろい。だが、読めるぞ」
まるで、こちらの戦法を、位置を、ステータスやアビリティ。全てを把握しているかのような口ぶりに、思わず身震いをしてしまう。
「「命の象徴たる熱き焔たち、我が尖兵となりて
ミナからは、サッカーボール程の大きさの火球が二つ。
グレン君からは、それよりも大きな火球が四つ、灰塵王に向かって解き放たれた。
少しでも被弾率を上げるため、数が多い魔法を発動したのだろう。一撃でも当たれと願いを込めて打ち出された二人の魔法は、紅い彗星のように王へと流れていく。
だが、伸縮自在の剣が他の
後方の二人は、すぐに俺が渡しておいた『森のおクスリ』でMPを回復し、次の魔法に備え始める。MP回復アイテムは全てあの二人に託してある。
連続で魔法を放ち続けさせる他ないのだ。
そんな二人の隣では、直立不動の姿勢で両手を脇にピタっと付け、親指と人差し指でわっかを作りながら、戦場をつぶさに観察しているオカマアフロ野郎がいた。
一見、御釈迦様のような悟りを開いているような立ち姿だが、アレがジョージの本気スタイルらしい。
俺は後衛陣の様子を確認し、さらに前方へと『亡者の香り玉』を投げつける。
透明化のまま先を進むには、進行方向周辺に灰色の煙を拡散していく必要がある。
王へと向かう中。姉が、トムとジェリーさんが、
「あッ......」
焦燥と怒りが俺の脳内を揺さぶるが、押し寄せる感情の渦をグッとこらえて、静かに移動を続ける。
まだ、夕輝と晃夜が灰塵王と切り結ぶ傭兵達の間を走り抜けているのだ。
まだ、ミナとグレン君が詠唱を発し続けているのだ。
まだ、ジョージが突っ立っているのだ。
再度、ミナの魔法が発動する。
それに少し遅れたタイミングでグレン君も叫ぶ。
点での攻撃を迎撃されるのならば、面での魔法攻撃ならどうだ。
そんな狙いのこもった、グレン君の強力な炎が王めがけて迫る。
赤く揺らめく炎は急激に膨れ上がり、空から落ちた炎柱の如く王の頭上へと降り注ごうとする。
そして、この決定的瞬間に最後の『狙い打ち花火(小)』を俺は使用する。
ミナと俺が横合いから、グレン君が上から。
遠距離による一斉攻撃だ。
閃光とともに紅蓮の花が咲き、グレンくんの灼熱が花弁となって吹き荒れる。
その光景は今までに見た事のない、炎の規模。
その迫力に俺は少しだけ息を飲む。
これが俺たちの、力。
使えないと捨てられたミナは、今や立派に魔法を連発している。
ゴミと言われた俺の錬金術は、眠らずの魔導師と言われた
さらに、ズシンっと大地の揺れを感じた。ハッとなり、地へと目線を降ろす。
そう確信し、俺達が作りだした魔法攻撃へと再び視線を戻すと――。
「読めていると、申しておろうが」
灰と火でできた砂塵、先ほどまで王がその手に握り剣として機能していたソレらは......いつの間にか直径8メートルに及ぶ巨大な盾となって、全ての攻撃を無効化していた。
「そんな防ぎ方があるのか......」
更に、その盾から剣が次々と生えていき、猛進している
全てが一瞬だった。
だが、まだだ。
まだ、手はあるんだ。
足元がどんどん揺れるのを感じ、俺の士気は決して削り取られたりはしない。
「圧倒的なまでのぉぉぉぉおんっ♪ その雄々しさ。イ・イ・オ・ト・コ・ねぇんッッ☆」
オカマの歓喜に打ち震えた嬌声が響き、ズシンと大地が鼓動する。
いや、その揺れは断続的に、すぐさま間隔は早くなっていく。
ドシン、ドシンッと地震さながらの現象をスルーし、俺は透明化のショールや妖精と共に王の元へと駆け続ける。
「さぁてん! ア・チ・キをぉんッ、オ・ン・ナ・にしてくれるかしらぁん?」
ジョージが。
オカマである、俺達の最大火力が王へと迫った。
そして渾身の力を込めて、ヌンチャクによる攻撃をしかけたのだ。
そう、ジョージは俺達や他の傭兵たちの猛攻に王が対処している隙に、一気に肉薄することに成功していたのだ。
最も、王へと攻撃が集中する瞬間を狙って。
それは5メートルを優に超える巨人オカマだった。
鍛え抜かれ引き締まった色黒ボディが軋みを上げ――。パンチパーマアフロがブルンっと震え――。ショッキングピンクのアイシャドウがチャームポイントな巨人化したオカマ。
ジョージが、王へと巨大な攻撃を、会心の一撃を放ったのだ。
悪夢に出てきそうな光景を実現する。
アンノウンさんと冒険した巨人の墓地で、手に入れた『巨骨(火耐性)』と『巨人族章』を合成して作り出していた、アイテム。
』をジョージには渡していたのだ。
素材の希少性から、たった一つしかなかった俺の切り札をオカマに託したのだ。それは俺達のPTで間違いなく一番の強者がジョージであり、信頼できる仲間でもあるから。
アイテムの効果上、身体の大きさが2~3倍になり、HP、力、防御も3倍になるという優れモノ。
ただ、効果時間はわずか30秒。
しかも、その代償として素早さが3分の2に下がる。
つまりジョージが接近するまでに俺達が気を惹く必要があった。しかも、効果が切れれば30秒間全く身動きがとれなくなるコレは。
まさに最後の一撃に相応しい。
だが、灰王はジョージの重い一撃すらも灰塵の剣で受けきった。
それどころか、お返しとばかりに剣を閃かせてジョージに浴びせようとする。
それを巨体のオカマは奇声を発し、アフロを激しくゆらしながらバク転で回避する。その際にヌンチャクが王の剣に引っ掛かり、どこかへと吹き飛んでいく。
巨人オカマは再び攻勢にでようと、変則的なうごき......両手を地面について王の二閃目をしゃがんでかわしたと思ったら、逆立ちをするように足を回転させて蹴りをブォンっと放った。
「キィィィイフェイッッ!」
ムエタイの選手かよ。
いやカポエラ、テコンドーなのか?
よく分からないが、大迫力なのは間違いない。
あと悪いのだが、声がキモい。
「ホワッツ!? コレをよけるとわぁあああんッッ! あなた、本物の漢ねぇぇえええん!?」
ジョージの奇抜なカウンターも王はヒラリと横飛びしながら見事に避けきった。
そして三閃目、身体をグルンっと捻って縦へと長大な剣を、8メートルに及ぶリーチを振り下ろした。
「アフンッッ、さすがねぇん王様ん♪」
巨人の色黒オカマは、尻から頭へと一刀両断され、身をクネらせながらキルエフェクトと共に散って行った。
「人間にしては、なかなかの動きだった。褒めて遣わそう」
り、スタッと着地した王は剣先を遠くにいるグレンくんとミナに向けた。もはや、この戦場で生き残っているのは、自分とあの二人だけだった。
俺のちょい手前で、背を向けた状態の王はそう思っているに違いない。
『亡者の香り玉』が発生した灰透明なケムリの中、王は俺の存在に気付かずに堂々と立っていたのだ。
ミナは懸命に最期の魔法名を言い放ち、王へと攻勢を仕掛ける。二つの火球がミナから放たれると同時に、グレン君も自らの杖を構えて走り出した。
グレン君が駆けた理由は二つ。
一つ目は、俺の姿が透明化しているのに、今いる場所から王に動かれては困るから。
そして二つ目は、MP切れだと見せかけたブラフによる奇襲。
「ほう......魔法使いであるのに、接近戦を挑むか。魔力が尽きた......わけではないようだな」
二つ目の理由は何故か容易く看破された。
だが、グレン君の足は止まらない。
そして俺も、ゆっくりと静かに王の背中へと忍び寄る。
王は勝者の余裕からなのか、幸いにもそこから動くことはなかった。グレン君が何をしでかすのかを、心待ちにしている様子で、悠然と構えている。
当然のことながら、ミナが発動させた火球はまたたく間に長い剣によって打ち倒される。
そのタイミングと同時に、グレンくんは軽く跳躍して両手を広げ、身体を大の字にして叫んだ。
渦巻く火炎が、一直線に王へと走る。
同時に俺も王の背中へと走った。
これが、本命。
これが俺達の本当の攻撃。
俺が『亡者の香り玉』で辺りに灰色の煙をばらまき、ショールの効果で透明化して接近する。様々な攻撃をブラフとして、俺の一撃をヒットさせることが俺達の真の狙い。
あともう一歩で俺のふりかざす小太刀が王の背中に当たる。
王はグレン君の魔法を鼻であざ笑うかのように、灰塵で例の盾を形成し防いでいた。
そして俺の接近に気付いた様子は全くなかった、かに思えた。
王は何の前触れもなく、唐突にくるりと振り向き、俺を
いや、見えるはずが、ない。
なのに、しっかりと王は俺を捉えている。
「貴君ら人間の思考など、読みとれると何度も申したろうが」
本当にこちらの考えが、読めているようなその動きに強い恐怖感が湧きおこる。王の拳が、俺の攻撃よりも数倍早い俊敏な鉄拳が俺の頭へと吸い込まれていくのを、ただ唖然と見送るほかない。
もはや、回避は不可能。
俺の攻撃があたるより、早く俺のHPは全損するだろう。
自身のステータスを遥かに凌駕した王の攻撃を避ける術はないのだ。
「たろりん、えいっ!」
しかし、風妖精が何かを呟くと小さな風が足元に突如として発生したのだ。そのおかげで、足はもつれ、前のめりに身体を倒してしまった。
俺も予期してない。頭になく、考えていなかった事象。
そして王の拳は
代わりに、プスッと小太刀を握る俺の手から確かな手ごたえが伝わってくる。
転んだ勢いで、王のつま先に小太刀が突き立てられていた。
:クエスト達成:
:傭兵タロには『先陣を切る反逆者』を与えられました:
:クエスト受注者、全員に15万エソが報酬として贈られました:
キツネにつままれたとは、まさにこの事だ。
最後の最後で、自分の全く予期しないことが起こり、その恩恵でクエスト達成。いうなれば、棚からぼた餅。
なんとも言えない心情で、恐る恐る小太刀を突き刺した足の持ち主、灰王へと顔を上げてみると。
灰王もまた、奥歯にモノが挟まったような曖昧な表情をしていた。
手出しはしないと申してはいたが、妖精たちはその範囲ではないと。そこまでは我の『心眼』を以ってしても読めぬ、か......」
ぶつくさと独り言を呟き、太い眉をへの字に曲げた王は一度も俺を見ようとはせずに後ろへと
傍で待機していたテアリー公へサッと手を上げ、静かに王城の扉へとその姿を消していった。
「クエスト、クリア......」
ミケランジェロの支配者たちが去っていき、緊張の糸がようやくここで切れ、全身に入っていた力を抜く。
「我が姫! あぁ! 愛しの姫君よ! その身が無事で何よりだ!」
ぺたんと座りこむ俺に、少し騒々しいグレン君の声が後ろから投げかけられる。振り返れば、彼は満面の笑顔で両手を広げ、いつもの大仰な素振りで歩んできている。
「今回の戦を無事にボクと貴方、そう! 運命の二人が切り抜けた証として、どうか姫とフレンドの絆を
グレン君が何かを俺に言いかけるが、彼の後ろから一生懸命に駆けてくる無垢な少女にドンッとぶつかってしまい、その台詞は途中で中断させられた。
「おふあっっ「天士さまぁ! やりましたね! さすが天士さまです!」
喜色満面でミナは俺へと抱きついてきた。
「これでもう、天士さまの錬金術をバカにする人はいなくなりますね! クエストクリアも、ぜぇーんぶっ! 天士さまのおかげなのです!」
彼女は屈託のない笑顔を浮かべ、まるで夢物語を
正直に言えば、俺もミナのように喜びたい。
だが、気分はなんとも複雑なものを帯びていた。
ここまでの結果を残せたのは、紛れもなく俺達が奮闘した功績だ。
「べ、べつに俺だけのおかげじゃないよ。ミナもすごく頑張ってくれたし、ここにいた
俺は、ニコニコと邪気の感じられない微笑みをこちらに向ける妖精たちに、表現しがたい心情で笑みを返す。
「天士さまは謙虚なのです! でも、そんな天士さまに褒められて嬉しいのです!」
ミナはなおも俺の首にその手を巻きつけ、キャッキャッと喜んでいる。
「私なんかが、おこがましいかもしれませんが。私にとって天士さまは一番の
「あ、あぁ......俺にとってもそうだよ」
女子のフレンドの中じゃ、ミナが一番だろうな。
一緒に行動してきた時間も、女子フレンドで一番長いし。
「天士さまの一番のフレンドである、私が思うのですが」
なぜか、一番のフレンドという部分を妙に強調しながら、ミナはチラッとグレン君の方を一瞥したような気がする。
「今回の件で、妖精さんのことやミソラさんのこと、それに手に入った称号のこと? などで、天士さまに近付いてくる、不敬な輩が出てくるかもしれません」
なんとなく、わざわざ今する話なのか? とも思わなくもない話題に曖昧に頷いていく。
「誰かとフレンドになる際には慎重になっておかねばなりませんね。その辺、今後の事も含めて、おねーさまと相談しましょうね?」
ミナの言う事は
姉と相談はしておいた方がいいのかもしれない。
警戒するにこしたことない世界、それがクラン・クランなのだから。
視界の隅で、グレンくんが少し離れた場所で棒立ちになりながら、しきりにマントを右手でバサバサとはためかせいたのが微妙に気になったが、俺はミナにしっかりと返事をしておく。
こうして俺達の『妖精の舞踏会』は幕を閉じたのだった。
なんだか、本当にいろんな事があったけど、なかなか楽しかったな。
錬金術で作り出したアイテムはほぼ使い切ってしまい、姉や
けれど、それに見合う以上の報酬が手に入ったんだ。妖精さんの力があってこその結果だったけれど、次は自分たちだけの力であの灰王を攻略してみたいと、ぼんやりとした願望が生まれた。
そんな事を、ニマーっととろけるような笑みを張り付けたミナに、ギュッとされながら考えていたら、不意に姉からのフレンドメッセージが届いた。
『太郎、よくやったな。クエストクリアのログがこちらにも流れてきたぞ。確認したところ、あの場にいた
『それは良かったよ。姉やみんなのおかげで、なんとか灰王に一撃をおみまいすることができた』
『さすがは私の弟だ。じゃあ、私はこれから大学のレポートを片づけるから、一旦オチる。明日、
一戦去って、また一戦。
姉との遭遇戦が幕を開けようとしていた......。
俺はミナに抱きしめられながら、新しく手に入った称号『先陣を切る反逆者』の説明文を現実逃避さながら読んでいたのだった。
『先陣を切る反逆者』
【絶対的支配者に反旗を翻す者。強大な力の差が存在する相手に対し、一歩も引かずに反撃を浴びせた傭兵にふさわしい称号。一度その身に着いた勇壮の化身は、一撃をもって世の基盤を揺るがす程の力を与えてくれるだろう】
取得条件:クエスト『賢者と王の妥協点』の特別報酬。
効力:戦闘開始時、最初の攻撃がヒットした場合50%の確率でクリティカルダメージを与える。また、レベルが自分より上の相手に対する全てのダメージ総数が20%増加する。
58 58 Stories Traitors Cutting Ahead
"Ha... ha... hey..."
The little sigh I followed.
It shifted from sighing at strangely floating mercenaries (players) on the battlefield to fearing the king.
After throwing the liturgical sword, it was thought that the weapon the king had was gone, but that was a great mistake.
Swirling in his right hand, the dust (chisels) that mixed the grains of fire and ash clustered together, mimicking a single sword. At first glance, this sword is like it was produced with some kind of energy body. The length is unknown.
At first, when I checked in the distance, I decided it was the length of a reach that wouldn't reach two meters, but now the ash and flaming sword the king sifted was superior to the length of seven meters.
In other words, the king had overwhelmed the mercenaries (players) with his own two-handed sword.
"A blow! Even a blow will kill you instantly!
The king bumbled around its great sword, killing several mercenaries to caress them (...).
Because tear the mercenaries apart, and the impact on each and every one of them will slow down the movement of the sword. But it won't.
What the Dust King grabs in his hand is an intangible sword.
The swinging blade cuts HP across a wide area so that it can pass through the bodies of the mercenaries (players). Shake the ashes and sparks around.
"Hey! Your weapon endurance is at zero in an instant!
"Shield, my shield has been destroyed. Aah!"
"It's gear destruction!
"No, purely the endurance value of his gear can't stand the performance of his weapon!
"You're gonna break it. Ooh!
It seems that the mercenary (player) who let the king's attack slip through his weapons and shields (...) was destroyed his gear at the price of leaving him with a slight HP.
"We have to avoid it."
The dozen mercenaries (players) in charge of the avant-garde, who were closest to the king, were killed in seconds.
"Seriously..."
"Ha..."
The mercenaries who would have been there before were killed and vanished, leaving plenty of room around the king.
The next time that fierceness comes down is ourselves... and the mercenaries located in the breathtaking Zhongwei, that is, in front of us, scream out in desperate shape.
"Long distance!
"Yes, magic!
"If you hit a single hit with a ranged attack, you'll complete the quest!
The voice, of course, should have reached the king.
But the king, who approached him quietly, did not look in a special hurry, with his sword in his right hand, but in a relaxed manner.
"'The realm of kings' ..."
And the moment the king muttered so, the effect occurred as if a semi-circular pale area around 10 meters had spread for a moment around the dust king.
Of course, from the mercenaries (players) who were within that effect, the voice of fear rises from there against the unqualified abilities that the King suddenly activated.
"Hi-ha, hi-ha"
"Hey, what?
"There's nothing wrong with you?
Let the mercenaries (players) float and the king spins his gaze.
And I was alone with potpourri.
"You, you, you, you..."
The voice of the king, including joy, reached us for some reason.
"There's no reason to remember the name. Ashes will make you look familiar..."
Instead, the king raised his right hand and formed a few new single-handed swords from the swirling ashes.
And as he waved his arms down, four swords flew to the mercenaries.
"Whoa."
"Ah."
"Dancer of the Innocent Wind, you're dancing!
"It's a long time of narrowness!
Four screams ran the battlefield.
The mercenaries (players) whose swords were pierced were wizards capable of ranged attacks. Some were pierced with the king's sword where they were in the chant, and I cannot forbid sympathy even though they were pitiful voices.
"I wonder if you've identified the wizard exactly"
"You judged me by my gear and clothes?
George and Glenn will come up with their thoughts on the speculation between the two old friends.
"How dare you get to know them deeply?"
"Is that analytical abilities?
Especially when magic is your main weapon, Glenn. You have a dark color of vigilance. It is lagging behind so that it does not fall within the range of abilities activated by the King.
Contrary to that, Mina was staring at me silently.
"Ugh..."
Not if you've been observing the king forever.
The number of victims slaughtered by one king after another will only increase, and our turn will soon come. If it's one or eight, it's better to make a total attack on everyone who stays, which should also increase the likelihood that someone's attack will accidentally hit.
My sisters are getting closer to reaching the same opinion as I thought.
"Taro, we're going"
My sister had a well-prepared and clear grin. But in his eyes is the shadow of a dark flame. It felt as if the last time the candle (candle) fire went out, it would appear when it burned violently.
Tom and Jerry ask such a sister, surprised from behind.
"Sister, did you see the weakness?
"Well, we have a pretty high tolerance for sleep, confusion, delusion, paralysis, and state disorders. No... Our current state disorder attacks and abilities seem to work."
"I don't see it at all. I don't think I have a weakness."
I answer the king, whose sister waves an intangible sword, with a stern look on her face.
"Well, I can't benefit from your sister's title. Ever."
"I don't think I can defeat you."
I'm heartily surprised at the face of "The Neck Hunting Drunk Communists" who are trying to defeat me instead of striking a blow.
That's just what they call PvP's most vicious mercenary regiment (clan).
And one question arose in the flow of the conversation.
"My sister's title?
Unexpectedly, it gets on my mouth.
"Ah, ah. You can tell me if you want to be my sister."
That's a title that doesn't deserve a strong man's sister.
"I see weaknesses in monsters and mercenaries (players)."
"So, some cheats can do 100% Critical Damage when attacked there."
"Besides, if you belong to the same PT, we'll get the benefit of it."
Tom and Jerry reveal Hisohiso and his sister and their own methods of warfare with a grin like Nishishi and a prankster.
"We don't see the weak spot. But then I heard from my sister."
"When you attack a weak spot, you have a 30% chance of being a Critical Hit."
"Much worse than your sister, but you can't be strong enough."
"The weakness of mercenaries is that they have a lot of necks."
"So I'm ready for an ambush with excellent enemy and analytical skills."
"We specialize in abnormal state skills, and we hold our enemies back."
"After that, all at once, aim for your neck, like this, huh?
I look at the two of them cutting their own necks with their thumbs, and I remember.
Indeed, even when he helped me from the 'lone wolf', the mercenaries (players) surrounding him were falling instantly, but that may have been a sleep condition abnormality.
At the Fairy Ball, the mercenaries' movements went crazy for a moment when they helped Georges was confusion or disillusionment? Anyway, it may be that the main weapon of the "Neck Hunting Drunk Co" is to inflict a blow by his sister's title, or a massive blow, from an abnormal state.
"Tom, Jerry. That's all there is to waste... Taro and the others will slap the king down once and for all after we break through."
"Wait, sister. The sisters are more cooperative and individual than we are. Wouldn't it be better if we went first and became walls against the king at all?
My sister-in-law smiles unexpectedly at my opinion.
That loose look is warm enough to convince me that it comes from my sister's true intentions without any deception.
"It's not my sister's job to let my sweet little brother die before me."
I will not tolerate objections, my sister's temper is conveyed on the word.
"You will strike the enemy general over our corpse."
With Tom and Jerry's push on one of my sisters' words, we're set to follow.
Me, Shaking Night, Yuki, George, Mina, Glenn, your six of us poked each other in the face and worked out tactics immediately.
In a short time, we will talk about what we can do and plan an operation that focuses on striking the king as hard as we can.
"This way. Wow, that's okay."
Reacting to George's words, his sister slowly crossed her arms.
The hand grabs the pattern of the sword and pulls the double sword out of the sheath.
"Well, let's go. You guys."
Sharin, as she spreads her hands wide, her sister, who has unleashed her two swords, smiles invincibly.
"I'll leave the rest to you, alchemist brother."
I let the pitch-black ponytail loosen and my sister's back was far away in an instant.
On my sister's smaller back, both me and us ran out to chase her away.
"I can read, I can read! Is this what human thought is all about!
The king is making a mockery of the desperately challenging mercenaries.
"I guess I'm sad... a bunch of that foolishness I know to take in my hands. What a shallow thing to think... shame on you"
Nothing short of brilliant.
As if to preface, the King will crush all the attacks launched by mercenaries (players) and stab Todome easily.
"Bad long thinking, similar to resting. where I put wisdom to work, it equals the fact that I don't think"
The lonely words of the Ashes King obsess the battlefield.
As soon as the sisters broke into the 'realm of kings', they were unnecessarily rolling into the earth. Because does the king grasp as if the destination of the members of the "Neck Hunting Drunk Co" were in his hands, producing a sword made of ash and fire from the ground, which prevented their progression?
Even if it isn't a blow to death, the onslaught of the "Neck Hunting Drunk Communists", who have lost much of their posture, stops.
Mercenaries (players) belonging to other groups are also launching various attacks on the Dust King, so they are aiming to become the king they are after.
Everyone here was a challenging comrade against the same absolute strong.
The Dust King continues to wave his sword endlessly with tricks like sweeping away swarms of insects as the mercenaries (players) mount a fierce and deadly attack.
I think that sharp gaze just turned towards us for a moment.
In response to my alarming voice, Evening Fai instantly activates the abilities.
Evening Fai's shield swells more than triple. Its ability to increase its weight rapidly in proportion to the area it has grown.
It can be said that even if the weight is to support Evening Glow, the limit is to place it on the ground.
The effect is to reduce the weight to one part (d) by applying it to the equipment.
"Shh, wow... I best run with it..."
Evening glow as she sweats on Nicole and her forehead, her breath constantly leaks her thoughts as well.
I snort at a knight whose speed has slowed down a little.
"Protect me, Master Knight."
The tone is mild, but the expression is serious. The night (Koya) taps Yuehui's shoulder.
Shaking night and hiding me, with the shield in front, Evening Fai continues his assault.
The penetrating attack wielded by the king was often monotonous with a flash of horizontal gibberish. If I were a little taller, I would have stayed low and approached Yuki's big shield while concealing myself, I would have taken a blow.
In other words, it's not a walking potion (healer), it's a running potion (healer), and as long as I can help both of you, it's a step at the king's feet. Here, I'm standing shoulder to shoulder with an old friend, ready to run out of the remaining potions.
"Let us bubble the king."
The moment I smiled and tried to tell my best friends what I meant. I wondered if a strong impact ran on my back, and was blown forward diagonally downward to the right so as to leave Evening Shine's shield shelter.
My vision changes dramatically and I raise my voice of amazement.
"Taro, it was dangerous"
"Talo - Oops, were you there?"
"Talorin, I'm sorry"
It was apparently the wind fairies who flew without any warning to me.
Stick a little knife to the ground, manage to kill the wind momentum, and look hard around to figure out what happened.
Fu, the old friends I was running with until earlier are in my eyes.
Evening Fai and Shaking Night were mellow, and discord had arisen on his legs, which kept moving.
And when I check the two HP bars.
Yu (Evening Fai) Lv9 HP 260/450
Kou (Shaking Night) Lv10 HP 10/270
What Sole showed, and the reason for the ashes drifting near their legs (...), was obvious.
He was attacked by the Dust King's sword.
And I guess I was saved by the wind fairies.
Evening Fai and Shaking Night support the nearly collapsed posture diligently and begin to advance again with stepped foot.
Evening Fai and the others are picking me up off the straight route again under the shield.
Yuehui, pushing forward, has a harsh look and snorts at me.
He looked at me only for a moment at night, holding up his glasses quickly and looking forward only.
The thoughts of my colleagues conveyed in silent exchanges prompt me to take a step toward (the king).
Immediately use "Emerald (Emerald) Tears" to increase the health of both of them near full speed, followed by the release of "Fragrant Balls of the Deceased" around themselves.
Spread the 'ash-transparent shawl' conceded by Mr. Announ to hide himself from it and wrap it around his whole body.
Now you should barely be able to see me.
Hands should be as calculated.
The attack of the Dust King was not perceptible.
The attack is too fast. Not to mention, hiding in a shield and advancing doesn't make it possible to see the opponent's behavior.
That's why I would have been killed if it hadn't been for the lay of the fairies.
I just had one question.
That means the shield won't be able to see what's going on with him, just as the Dust King can't see the back of the shield either. The remnants of the attack by the king remained at the feet of the two.
I mean, me traveling to hide in the big shield, me standing low, trying to put it together and slash the shaking night and the evening glow down.
"Well, that's funny. But you can read it."
It's like this tactic of war, position, status or ability. I feel unintentionally shivering in my mouth as if I have it all figured out.
"" Be my spirits, the fierce spirits of life. "
From Mina, there are two fireballs about the size of a soccer ball.
From you, Glenn, four fireballs bigger than that were unleashed towards the Dust King.
I guess it activated a lot of magic to increase the bullet rate a little bit. The magic of the two, struck with a single blow and a wish, flows to the king like a red comet.
But instead of saying that the stretched sword chopped up the other mercenaries (players), he cut off the trajectory that the red shooting star drew along the way. Where the sword and magic collide, there is an explosion, and the attack between the two men does not extend one step to the King.
The two of them in the rear immediately recover their MP with the 'Forest Cousley' I gave them and start preparing for the next magic. All MP recovery items are entrusted to those two.
Let the magic continue in a row. There's nothing else.
Next to those two, there was an occama afro bastard who was crushing the battlefield observing, pitting his hands aside in an upright immovable position, making a crotch with his thumb and index finger.
At first glance, he stands as enlightened as Buddha, but it seems that I am George's genuine style.
I check on the rear guards and throw the 'Fragrance Ball of the Deceased' further forward.
To continue with transparency, grey smoke needs to be diffused around the direction of travel.
On my way to the king. It became apparent to my sister that Tom and Jerry were feeding on the sword of King Ash and Dust, blasting Kill Effects and vanishing into the void.
"Ahhh..."
Anxiety and anger shake my brain, but I glimpse the whirlpool of emotions that push me away and keep moving quietly.
Yet, Evening Fai and Shaking Night are running through the mercenaries cutting with the Ashes King.
Mina and Glenn are still chanting.
George is still standing.
Again, Mina's magic is activated.
And at a slightly late time, Glenn screams, too.
If they're going to intercept an attack at a point, how about a magical attack on the face?
With such aim, Glenn, your mighty flame looms with the king in mind.
The red shaking flame swells rapidly, trying to pour over the king's head like a flaming pillar falling from the sky.
And at this defining moment, I use the last "Sniping Fireworks (Small)".
Mina and I are on the sidelines, Glenn, you're on top.
It's a simultaneous attack from a long range.
Red lotus flowers bloom with flashing light, and Glenn-kun's scorching heat becomes a petal and blows away.
The sight has never been seen before, the scale of the flame.
I only take a little breath of that power.
This is our power.
Abandoned as unusable, Mina now has a fine string of magic.
My alchemy, said to be garbage, goes hand in hand with the magic of a mercenary (player), said to be a sleepless magician.
In addition, Zuchin felt the earth shake all the time. Ha, and drop your gaze on the ground.
So convinced, when we return our gaze to the magic attack we created...
"If you can read it, I can tell you."
The dust made of ash and fire, the soles that until earlier the king had acted as a gripping sword in its hands...... sometime became a giant shield extending 8 metres in diameter, disabling all attacks.
"Is there such a way to prevent..."
In addition, swords grow from that shield one after the other, piercing at the rising mercenaries (players).
Everything was a flash.
But not yet.
I still have my hands.
I feel my feet shake more and more, and my morale never gets cut off.
"Until it's overwhelming. Whoa, whoa.  That ambition. I i o t co hey hey. "
A trembling whisper echoes in Okama's joy, and Zushin and the earth beat.
No, the shake is intermittent, and the interval quickly gets faster.
Dossin ', Dossin' through the phenomenon of earthquakes, I keep running to the king with the shawls and fairies of transparency.
"Come on! Wow, could you make A Chi Ki, O Ng Na?
George did.
It's Okama, our maximum firepower is approaching the king.
And with all his strength, he launched an attack by Nunchak.
Yes, George had succeeded in fleshing out at once in the gaps the king was dealing with the onslaught of us and the other mercenaries.
Most of all, aim for the moment when the attack on the king is focused.
That was a giant okama over 5 meters superior.
Forged out and tight colored black body lifts the stiffness -. Punch perm afro shivers brutally -. Shocking pink eyeshadow charms point gianted octopus.
George unleashed a huge attack on the king, a blow to the synagogue.
Realize the sights that are likely to come out of nightmares.
In the cemetery of the giant who adventured with Mr. Announ, he was creating a synthesis of the "Giant Bone (Fire Resistance)" and "Giant Nation Chapter" he got, an item.
He was giving George the "Giant and Walking Solution".
Because of the scarcity of the material, I entrusted my trump card to Okama, where there was only one. That's because the strongest man in our PT is definitely George and a trustworthy companion.
Excellent stuff about your body being 2-3 times bigger and your HP, Power, and Defense tripling due to the effect of the item.
However, the effect time is only 30 seconds.
Moreover, the quickness drops to two-thirds as a price.
I mean, we needed to be distracted by the time George approached us. Besides, if it expires, I won't be able to move at all for 30 seconds.
You deserve exactly the last blow.
But Ash King took even George's heavy blow with a dust sword.
On the contrary, I try to flash my sword in return and let George bathe me.
The giant Okama makes an odd noise of it and evades it with a buck spin as it heavily loosens the afro. In doing so, Nunchak hooks up to the king's sword and blows it somewhere.
The giant Okama tried to be on offense again, an anomalous groan... and when he thought he crouched his hands on the king's second flash about the ground and sent him away, he spun his legs upside down and let the kick go boom.
"Kiyyyyyyyyyyy!"
Muay Thai player.
No, Capoella, is that Taekwondo?
I don't know, but it's definitely powerful.
I'm sorry about that, but my voice is creepy.
"Howatts!? Let me get this. Whoa, whoa! You're a real man, aren't you?
George's bizarre counter was also beautifully avoided by the king as he flew sideways with Hilary.
And the third blink, his body twisted gruntly and a great sword lengthwise, waved down a reach that spanned eight meters.
"Ahem, that's right, King."
The colored black wolf of the giant went scattered with Kill Effect as he was cut from his ass to his head and let himself cum.
"For humans, it was quite a move. Let's send a compliment."
The king who slaughtered George and landed staggered pointed his sword tip at Glenn and Mina, who were far away. No longer were only myself and those two survivors on this battlefield.
A little in front of me, the king with his back turned must think so.
The king stood honorably unaware of my presence in the ash-transparent Chemli where the "Scent Ball of the Deceased" occurred.
Mina diligently speaks out her final magic name and launches an offensive against the king. At the same time as the two fireballs were released from Mina, Glenn ran out with his own cane.
Glenn, you ran for two reasons.
The first is because even though my appearance is transparent, I don't have trouble being moved by kings from where I am now.
And the second is an ambush by a bluff that made it look like it was out of MP.
"Well... even though I am a wizard, do I challenge you to a melee? I'm out of magic... it doesn't look like it."
The second reason was easily nursed for some reason.
But Glenn, your legs don't stop.
And I, too, slowly and quietly sneak up on the king's back.
Is the king from the margin of the winner or fortunately he never moved from there? Glenn looks forward to seeing what you can do. [M]
Naturally, the fireball activated by Mina is occasionally knocked down by a long sword.
At the same time as that timing, Glenn jumped lightly and spread his hands, turning his body into a big letter and shouting.
A swirling flame runs straight to the king.
At the same time, I ran to the king's back.
This is destiny.
This is our real attack.
I sprinkle gray smoke around the area in "The Scent Ball of the Deceased," and the effect of the shawl makes me transparent and approaching. Using all kinds of attacks as bluffs, hitting my blow is our true aim.
One more step and my sprinkling knife hits the king's back.
The king was forming and preventing an example shield with dust, as if to bruise your magic with his nose.
And he didn't notice my approach at all, I thought.
The king turned around abruptly, without any foretaste, and looked at me (...).
No, you can't see, but you can't.
And yet, the king sees me.
"I've told you many times that you can read human thoughts."
This idea really builds a strong sense of fear in that movement that I can read. I don't want the king's fist to suck into my head a handsome iron fist a few times faster than my attack.
No longer, avoidance is impossible.
My HP will lose everything sooner than my attack hits.
There is no way to avoid a king attack that far exceeds his own status.
"Tarlin, eh!
But when the wind fairy muttered something, a small breeze suddenly broke out at her feet. Thanks to this, my legs were stretched and I knocked my body down at the front.
I'm not expecting it either. An event that was unthinkable and unthinkable.
And the king's fist was swept through (...).
Instead, a definite hand comes from my hand holding a psutchy knife.
The momentum of the fall had led to a small knife sticking out on the king's toe.
: Quest accomplished:
: Mercenary Taro has been given a 'rebel who cuts ahead':
: Quest Orderers, all were given 150,000 eso as a reward:
This is exactly what happened when the fox got stuck.
At the end of the day, something completely unexpected happens to me, and I accomplish my quest with that benefit. Otherwise, a puffy cake from the shelf.
In an indescribable mood, I raise my face to the Ash King, the owner of the leg who pierced the dreaded knife.
The Ash King also had the vague look of things caught in his back teeth.
"... I see. Lord Mithola said (...) that he would not give a hand, but that the fairies were not in that range. You can't even read my" mind eye "that far..."
Snorted a bump and a solitaire, bending his thick brow to the letter to, the king returned his heel (bite) to the back without ever trying to look at me.
Sadly raised his hand to Lord Theary, who was waiting beside him, and quietly disappeared into the door of the royal castle.
"Quest, clear..."
Michelangelo's rulers leave, and the thread of tension finally breaks here, pulling out the power that was in his whole body.
"My princess! Ah! My dear princess! You're safe, above all else!
A little noisy Glenn can throw your voice from behind me sitting down. Looking back, he is walking with a full smile, his hands wide open and his usual rough bare gesture.
"Me and you are safe for this battle, yes! As a testament to our fate, I'd like to bond with our princess and friends."
Glenn, you say something to me, but I'm hit by an innocent girl running hard from behind him, and that dialogue was interrupted along the way.
"Ooh." Heavenly man. Well! You did it! That's the Heavenly One!
Mina hugged me with joy.
"Now no one will fool around with Heavenly Master's alchemy! And complete the quest, hey, hey! Thanks to Heavenly Master!
She smiles uncontrollably and smiles like a child who tells a story of her dreams.
To be honest, I want to be as happy as Mina is.
But the mood was so complicated.
Undisputed success in our struggle has been the result so far.
"Beh, it's not just because of me. Mina worked really hard, and the mercenaries (players) who were here joined forces."
I smile back at Nico and the fairies who smile at me in an unexpressed mood.
"Master Heavenly is humble! But I'm glad to be praised by such a heavenly man!
Mina still wraps her hand around my neck and is happy with the cackle.
"Something may be wrong with me. For me, Heavenly Master is my best friend (...)"
"Oh, oh... so is it for me"
Of all my girlfriends, Mina would be the best.
We've been acting together for the longest time, my girlfriend.
"Heavenly Master's best friend, I think."
For some reason, I feel like Mina glanced at you with chills, emphasizing the part called best friend.
"About this one, about the fairy, about Mr. Missora, and the title you got for it? For example, there may be disrespectful people approaching Heavenly Master."
Somehow, are we deliberately talking about this now? I nod vaguely at a topic I don't even think about.
"You have to be careful when being friends with someone. Let's talk to you about that, including the future, shall we?
What Mina says is even more.
Maybe I should talk to my sister.
A world I've never been alert to, because that's Clan Clan.
At the corner of my sight, I was subtly concerned that Glenn had his cloak glistened with his right hand as he rode a little further away, but I would keep a firm reply to Mina.
This is how our Fairy Ball ended.
I don't know, a lot really happened, but that was pretty fun.
The items created by Alchemy were almost exhausted, and my sister, Yuki, Shaky Night, and even George were killed.
But I got more rewards than I deserved. Although it was the result of the fairy's power, a blurred desire arose to try to attack that Ash King with our own strength next.
I accidentally got a friend message from my sister when I was thinking about such a thing with a nimmer-melting grin on Mina.
"Taro, you did a great job. Quest clearance logs are coming through here, too. After checking, it looks like all the mercenaries (players) there are being paid."
'That's good. Thanks to my sister and everyone, I managed to take a blow to the Ashes King'
'That's my brother. Then I'll clean up the college report from now on, so I'll be on my nerves. Tomorrow, because I'm going home (...), maybe even then let me hear more about the battle with the Ashes King'
One battle away, another.
The encounter with my sister was about to open the curtain......
While Mina hugged me, I was reading the description of my newly acquired title, The Traitor Who Cuts the Front Line, escaping reality.
"Traitors cutting ahead"
[He who flies an anti-flag against the absolute ruler. A title worthy of a mercenary who had his opponent fought back without a step toward the existence of a mighty difference in power. A brave incarnation once upon a time will give you enough strength to shake the foundation of the world with a blow]
Acquisition Conditions: Special Reward for Quest 'Sage and King's Compromise'.
Effectiveness: At the start of the fight, there is a 50% chance of dealing Critical Damage if the first attack hits. It also increases the total number of all damage done to opponents whose level is higher than your own by 20%.
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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