Stalling for Time
“Understood. Then, operation start!” (random soldier)
“Okay” (raphtalia)
“I'll do my best!” (rishia)
Ans thus Filo and I faced the Spirit Turtle for another assault.
Such a fearless kid.
And then it used its body to trample down on us.
“Zweite Aura! Meteor Shield!” (shield)
I chanted protective magic while raising my voice, and deployed Meteor Shield.
As if I'm going to take that obediently!
Fissures formed in the ground.
Such a sorry state.
Nevertheless, if I show even a little hint of an opening then the Spirit Turtle will try to raise its leg. And in terms of strength, I don't have nearly enough to prevent from being thrown out into the air.
Now!
A wave of supporting magic swept down from the rear and descended upon the familiars, stitching up that interval.
“Tahh!” (filo)
Filo kicked the familiars away, protecting me.
“How long do we hafta wait?” (filo)
This is bad, if I lose even a bit of focus I won't be able to restrain the Spirit Turtle's foot.
A ladder or rope hung in order for the army and Raphtalia's party, who had circled to the rear, to climb onto the depths of the Spirit Turtle's shell.
All right......
This is.......
“Kay!” (filo)
Filo hid behind my back.
I immediately changed to the Wrath Shield.
Not yet..... I could endure it. Because Raphtalia and Filo were lending me their strength.
I held out the shield and defended with the Wrath Shield.
As expected from the Wrath Shield. I'm unharmed.
What the?
All right, I withstood it. And then I realised. Somehow strength wouldn’t enter my body.
“Master?” (filo)
What just occurred?
......My SP became 0!?
It couldn't be that that Spirit Turtle's attack also drains SP, can it?
The number that appeared when I changed into the Wrath Shield has disappeared......
Could it be that that number was the duration that the shield couldn't control me, or otherwise Filo, converted into a numerical value?
The Spirit Turtle regenerated its burnt foot and trampled down on us.
“No way!” (shield)
Like before, I seized the Spirit Turtle's foot to halt it. If I changed to Wrath Shield, the Dark Curse Burning S would activate from the neighbouring attacks and Filo would be caught up in it. I can't change it until the very last moment.
No matter how much, wasn't this a bit quick!?
Sweat dripped down my face unpleasantly.
I could remain uninjured with the Wrath Shield but my SP would be absorbed. I'd receive a lot of damage with the Soul Eater Shield but, because it invalidates the drain and steals SP, it would take time before the lightning attack could be fired.
However, the cage was broken as soon as it appeared.
Well, it looks like I can't attack with Iron Maiden.
I withstood the next lightning attack by changing into the Wrath Shield.
I changed back to the Soul Eater Shield to counter but........
“Gu......” (shield)
Should I get on Filo and flee?
I deployed Meteor Shield with the SP I just managed to recover.
“Filo, it might be painful but bear with it” (shield)
It's a pain I've never felt when I was in my original world. This feeling was like receiving an electric shock together with the pain of my whole body being roasted.
I chanted recovery magic concurrently with supporting magic invoked by the troops behind me.
“I'll leave it to you” (shield)
If Filo could blow away the head, that would buy us some time.
And yet, it may be because Raphtalia wasn't there but, it didn't manage to sever the head.
The Spirit Turtle once again opened its mouth to spit a lightning attack.
“Kay!” (filo)
I braced myself so that Filo could have time for her magic to recover; Filo's feathers bristled as she concentrated.
The Spirit Turtle spat out its lightning attack and I changed to the Wrath Shield to resist it.
“Oka~y!” (filo)
Filo retreated back at a high speed and I stopped Spirit Turtle's trampling with the Wrath Shield, then started running towards its face.
The Spirit Turtle's leg and face was thoroughly burned by the cursed flames.
“How's that!” (shield)
Dark Curse Burning S has an effect of diminishing recovery. It might be able to seal that miraculous regeneration power.
However.....the blackened leg and part of the face regenerated as if nothing happened.
“――――――――――！” (turtle)
W-What vitality.
“Master” (filo)
This will turn into.... quite a drawn-out battle.
Once again, I instructed Filo as I endured the lightning attack.
“Filo, please go and ask the queen, who's monitoring the timing, for the state of progress. This is quite relentless. Make them hurry up as much as possible” (shield)
“......okay” (filo)
That Spirit Turtle let out a mortifying cry, possibly because it couldn't steal any SP.
Filo kicked the enemy away.
“High Quick!” (filo)
With high speed, she ran down to where the queen was.
It was difficult, because all the lightning attacks made the footing worse. There were fissures caused by the earthquakes as well as crater ruins.
This is harder than I thought.....
.......If I didn't learn those strengthening methods from the other heroes, wouldn’t I have died?
“How was it?” (shield)
“I see.......” (shield)
It was a candy-like medicine.
“What?” (shield)
....it was a Lukor fruit [T/N: Remember that alcoholic grape thing? See ch93 for more detail]
“Yes, yes” (shield)
I also put that in my mouth.
The Lukor fruit had a recovery effect. I'll remember that.
I don't want to do this offense-defence thing a second time.
The barbarian's armour had become tattered here and there.
So intense.
“Haa......Haa......” (shield)
The Wrath Shield's time counter had dropped to below 0 : 30. Around this point, Filo also started tearing at her head seeming to be enduring something.
“M-Master....... Filo is already.......” (filo)
Filo, who wanted to release the anger that didn’t have anywhere to strike, and I. We're almost at the limit.
“Okay” (filo)
I endured Spirit Turtle's lightning attack with the Soul Eater Shield.
Just when I thought that, the illumination was fired at last.
“Alright! Let's go!” (shield)
Tsk! That Spirit Turtle, it's trying to crush us with its whole body.
And with a huge leap, she jumped onto the Spirit Turtle's shell.
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