Chapter 86: Emergency Item Craft, Paper-Thin Armor part 2
I dodged the arrow and magic orb shot that were aimed at me and then activated Ricochet Step to gain a safe distance in between myself and the enemies. Using that occasion I also fired a single shot at one of them, getting myself ready to engage them at any moment now. Then ––––
「…… Did you see that?」
「Just now……」
「It wobbled!」
This was all the confirmation I could possibly want. Right now I knew that the copies were sharing HP with the main body. Also, wasn’t that single attack really powerful just now? Oh, that’s right, for me it may have been just a normal boss battle, but for anyone else it would be a constant hell filled with toxic vapors and “Curse” status. I take all of that into account, as well as the size of our party, the number of enemies, the number of times I could safely attack with the Dullahan blade…… Alright, I think I can see the road that would lead us to victory.
「Emul. Break. Let me explain my strategy to you really quick.」
「Ohh, ooohhh, is it something that has to do with the situation just about now?」
「Right, what would you like us to do?」
Behold, this is the difference between knowing the patterns of your enemies and being unaware of them. Emul will continue to fight together with me, with all of the jumping, evading, rolling around and attacking that comes with it. It’s an improvised strategy, so I really hope it will work.
「…… We’ll keep on hacking away at the copies, while you go and wait near the original body. Even though the area boss deals in magic, the finishing blow is going to rely wholly on you.」
We could do this, and we could fully utilize the power of the Dullahan sword I received from Break. To do that, I positioned her behind the lines, where she was to wait for the opportunity to deal the finishing blow. And since I levelled up so much, I was thinking that my current level was more than enough to deal with the boss of this area with no problems.
「If that’s how you want to play it, it had better work out for you.」
I had a clear purpose in my mind, and this battle here was just a passing point for me, one of many that I was sure to encounter on my way forward. And while I hated to rely on NPC’s strength to do things, right now it was the best possible course of action we could take.
「But…… What are you going to do if the weapon breaks?」
「No, Break, that’s not the case in here.」
「Muu?」
「When you wield a weapon, you must always win with it still in one piece. Otherwise it would be rude to the weapon itself.」
Hearing my words, Break opens her eyes wide in surprise. By the way, those words weren’t mine, but they were from another character from a different game. Incidentally, it was from a character that was using his whole body to fight, but because of his nature of going all out even against the most basic of enemies, he would often end up breaking his equipment completely. Because of that, he was dead-set on fixing his disrespectful ways towards his equipment.
「That is why…… From now on it’s going to be a non-stop action!」
「Alright!」
Break then detached herself from my back and proceeded to approach the Humming Rich from the side, trying her best not to get herself spotted. Also, she had a bottle of Holy Water on the ready. At the same time Emul was shooting Magic Edge after Magic Edge, keeping the aggro on us so that the monsters wouldn’t notice what was up.
「She’s making good progress…… Right, we have to play our part equally as good!」
「I can’t do it! I can’t do it!」
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