Chapter 178

Immediately after the sound of something sharply piercing through the wind rang out—- I found Seras’ arrow pierced on a monster’s forehead .

The monster that was about to leap towards u lost its momentum as it tumbled down on the ground .

Eve’s iron ball brought along the sound of chains as it flew in the air .

The spikes covering the iron ball dug into the monster’s face and snapped its neck .

Skillfully making use of the centrifugal force, Eve pulls back her iron ball .

The rumbling of the horse’s hooves rang as she rushed forward with the four wheels in tow .

The black horse with horns runs through the demonic forest regardless of how bad the roads are .

A large monster resembling a hippopotamus came charging from behind us .

Seras tried shooting an arrow, but its skin is too tough for her arrow to pierce .

[<Paralyze>]

Stopping its movement with paralysis, we left this hippo-like monster behind .

The huge wheels of our chariot continued to spin as it powerfully tread on the ground .

The bushes behind us, diagonally to my right began to intensely rustle at the same time .

A big tree suddenly got blown off the ground .

Immediately after…

Raising an ear-piercing roar, a humongous gray horned gorilla jumped out .

Golden eyes filled with cruelty .

Strings of saliva gleamed in the sun as it showed its fiendish fangs .

Its height probably reaches up to eight meters .

Smaller monsters of the same species appear a little after the humongous gorilla .

A group of them are now chasing after our chariot at a frightening speed .

……Within this distance, my <Paralyze> won’t be able to reach the rear most gorilla .

[<Berserk>]

[Gugogaaaaahhhh!]

The humongous gorilla leading their pack suddenly turned around and charged at its companions behind it .

The following flock was suddenly thrown into chaos and they began collapsing .

That humongous gorilla was probably their boss .

But, their boss suddenly began attacking them .

It’s probably really confusing for them .

Behind me—– In front of the chariot, a hoarse, strange voice resounded .

The owner of the strange voice is a monster .

Waiting on the branches of the tree ahead of us, an insect-shaped monster jumped towards Slei .

However, Eve skillfully swung her iron ball and swatted the bug away .

[Leave the smaller monsters to Seras and I . ]

[……Yeah, I’m counting on you . ]

Monsters were attacking from all directions .

We have to quickly respond in all of these directions while making sure to protect each other’s backs .

Seras shoots an arrow .

[As for those large monsters and those in large groups, I’ll leave it to you, Touka-dono!]

[Gyoogieehhh!]

A purple imp clung onto the railing beside the chariot .

Drawing out her sword, Seras leaps toward the side foodhold…

[Guueeeehhh!?]

—and thrusts her sword into the imp’s head,

The imp who had lost its strength was shaken off the railings and fell off, vanishing from our sight .

[?]

Seras covers her nose .

[This smell……?]

The imp’s blood had melted some of the railings .

It seems that its blood had turned into acid .

[As expected of the Northern Demon Zone, even dislikeable monsters were in this place . ]

Ahead of us .

Two golden-eyed unicorn-like beasts appeared running on the left and right, as if they’re planning to corner us in between them .

These two unicorn-like beasts have multiple eyes and an ominous green smoke was fuming out from its mouth .

My Abnormal State Skill—- is still out of range .

Fwoooshhh!

The horns of the unicorn-like beasts shot out at the same time .

They flew out while rotating .

It’s like they’re flying drills .

Their aim was—- Slei huh .

Just as I was about to prompt her to evade, Slei swung her large horns .

[Guruuuaaahhh!]

Slei easily flicked away the horns that the enemies shot .

The unicorn-like beasts who had their attacks blocked began regenerating their horns .

A new horn was sprouting from the depths of the hole where their horns used to be .

However, Seras and Eve will not allow it to send another attack .

One of them was tripped over by Seras as she pierced its legs with an arrow .

Meanwhile, the other horse was crushed by Eve’s iron ball .

However, it happened right after that .

Perhaps, because she flicked off the enemies’ attacks, Slei temporarily lost her balance .

The carriage leaped up high .

[Guh—-!?]

Eve’s body flew up the air and was thrown out of the chariot .

[Pigimaru . ]

[Pigii!]

Quicker than I could fully say it, Pigimaru turned some of his body into a roped and chased after Eve .

Grab!

The rope-shaped Pigimaru wrapped around Eve’s body .

[Alright . ]

We’ve caught her .

Leaning forward, I fixated my body on the railings of the chariot as I grabbed unto Pigimaru .

Then, I pulled Pigimaru as hard as I could .

Eve is then pulled back to the foothold on the roof .

[Thanks for the help, Touka . ]

[When you fall, Pigimaru and I will just pull you up . That’s why, you could fight to your heart’s content . ]

Eve regains her grip on the iron ball and chain weapon of hers as she stands up .

[Umu, I’ll be relying on you on that . ]

Pigimaru’s second enhancement .

What has visibly improved was his “strength” .

Until now, it has been impossible for him to lift more than a certain amount of weight .

The only thing he could do was to help me climb up a tree .

But now, he can pull even the combined weight of Eve and her iron ball weapon .

Of course, it will still require my own strength to pull her up .

However, thanks to my status correction, it was possible for me to lift Eve and her iron ball if I put all of my strength into my pull .

Fwishh

I rewrapped Pigimaru around my arm .

[……With his strength, I feel like I could move around like a certain spiderman . ]

Incidentally, the range of my skill didn’t expand yet because we’re not really “fusioned” .

Fusing with Pigimaru should only be used when I think it’s time .

If I use that technique, Pigimaru will be inactive for a while after .

I must properly discern the timing of using it .

The same can be said for my <Slow> .

Due to the relationship between its MP consumption and cooldown time, it isn’t possible for me to just randomly use it .

Nevertheless, it’s reassuring to know that I have two cards hidden under my sleeves .

There are also the other magical tools that Erika gave me, as well as the weapons that this chariot itself had .

[After all, I’ve been able to fight all these opponents with just some of my Abnormal State Skills so far…… I guess it’s just as Erika said, it’s also not that good to overestimate my enemies that much……]

It’s also a good way for our team to work together .

Seras calls out behind me .

[Touka-dono . ]

[Yeah . ]

It feels like Seras is waiting for an ascertaining response .

Feeling the presence of another monster, I began preparing to unleash my skills .

[Like before, let’s run through them in one charge . ]