Chapter 332

(332) Sheena No . 3’s smile

Translator: Tseirp

Despair . I almost had no more magical power remaining . To be honest, it was taking all my effort to remain conscious .

Would I be able to defeat another Demonic King Dragon?

That said, I couldn’t just stand and watch .

“Pochi! Let’s go help Suzuki! Let us ride you . ”

“Master, your body ─ ─”

“Don’t worry, I may not be able to use spells but I still have my sword . ”

Although in actual fact, it was taking all my strength to stand .

Nevertheless, I had the highest attack value among all of us .

And only I have the One Strike Instant Kill chance .

I climbed onto Pochi’s back .

“I’ll lend a hand too . ”

Talwi climbed onto Pochi as well .

“ … I will accompany Master too . I am Master’s Guardian Sword after all . ”

Haru rode as well .

She’s such a reliable girl .

We could even defeat another five or ten Demonic King Dragons … well, that was an exaggeration .

Body, please hang on long enough for me to defeat one more .

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Suzuki, Jofre, Elize, Sheena, and Centaur were being chased by the Demonic King Dragon that just appeared from the lake .

They have not been killed by the Demonic King Dragon by now due to Suzuki’s efforts .

“Grand Cross!”

The Holy Warrior ultimate skill Grand Cross that Suzuki released ─ ─ a Light Attribute sword wave in the form of a cross, injured the Demonic King Dragon . It was not a mortal wound but it served to restrain it .

And other than Suzuki, there was another working even harder ─ ─

“You can do it! Centaur!”

“Hang in there! Centaur . ”

Centaur was fleeing while carrying the four of them .

Using the rope that was wrapped around Sheena No . 3’s body, Jofre’s sword and Suzuki’s tomato that he received from me, they were enticing it to run by ‘Dangling a carrot in front of the nose of a horse’ or rather ‘Dangling a tomato in front of Centaur’s nose’ .

It’s speed surpa.s.sed Pochi and it was even slightly faster than the Demonic King Dragon that was flying at full speed .

The distance gradually increased .

Just as I thought that they’ll be able to escape at that rate .

Centaur leaped high ─ ─ causing Elize to fall off .

“Elize!”

Jofre shouted out Elize’s name

“I’m fine so Jofre should run!”

Elize shouted back but Jofre didn’t run .

He pulled the tomato in front of Centaur back and caused it to turn around .

Suzuki didn’t complain either .

Abandoning a girl and escaping was not a choice Suzuki would choose .

“Meteor Blade . ”

Suzuki used a skill .

The Light Attribute sword wave rained down onto the Demonic King Dragon, causing fine cuts .

To put it another way, that was all the damage he could deal .

However, perhaps he realized that they could not flee as he slowed down in order to land .

“It’s sink or swim huh …”

Suzuki muttered and leaped off Centaur and readied his sword, channelling energy into it .

Light began to gather to Suzuki’s sword .

During that time, Jofre forcibly pulled Elize’s hand and pulled her onto Centaur .

“It seems like an amazing skill huh … Elize . ”

“It seems like an amazing skill right … Jofre . ”

Jofre and Elize said together as they looked at Suzuki’s skill .

That skill was the Holy Warrior’s Secret Technique .

An advanced Grand Cross skill that gathers the user’s own magical power in their sword before releasing it .

As he would lose most of his magical power after using it, Suzuki has only used that skill a few times .

He would have gathered all his strength in a few more moments .

But the Demonic King Dragon was flying straight for him .

He would not make it in time .

That was when .

Jofre and Elize, riding Centaur, appeared in front of him .

“Go! Centaur!”

Jofre lowered the tomato in front of Centaur’s nose directed at the Demonic King Dragon .

It seemed as though they planned to body tackle it .

“No, the Demonic King Dragon negates any attack below a certain value! Even if you do that ─ ”

Just as he shouted that, Centaur’s body tackle connected .

The tomato flew into Centaur’s mouth due to the impact and the Demonic King Dragon ─ ─ was sent flying for a couple of meters .

“ … Hahaha, what an outrageous donkey . But it bought enough time . Thank you!”

Suzuki said and released his skill .

“Grand Cross・Neo!”

The strike he released flew over Centaur’s head by inches and struck the Demonic King Dragon dead center .

Suzuki was strong .

He possessed strength to be called the Hero, possessed the divine protection ‘Protagonist Correction’, was pulled into incidents and fought against strong foes . However, when in a pinch, he would be helped by people such as Jofre just now and get the chance to land an ultimate skill .

Just like the protagonist of a novel .

However, this was not a novel .

Reality was a lot harsher than novels .

The intense strike from Grand Cross・Neo blew the Demonic King Dragon away ─ ─ its wings were tattered and it could no longer maintain flight .

But it was still alive .

It took one step, two steps in their direction, its footsteps were as though the footfalls of the grim reaper .

Looking up at the mountain peak, he could see Pochi flying toward them .

However, the Demonic King Dragon’s claw would reach Suzuki before Pochi could .

(At least I have to buy enough time for Jofre-san and Elize-san . )

Thinking that, Suzuki pulled out the last dregs of his strength .

However, a single girl tapped his shoulder .

“Suzuki-san, I want you to pa.s.s this to Master . ”

Sheena No . 3 pa.s.sed Suzuki a metal plate and walked toward the Demonic King Dragon .

Along the way, a single disc fell out but she walked straight ahead without taking notice of it .

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That was bad . Suzuki and the others were going to die at that rate .

We still did not reach within range for Slash .

I didn’t have any strength remaining to use spells .

“Pochi, fly faster . ”

I shouted but I knew that Pochi was flying at maximum speed .

At that rate ─ ─

That was when Sheena stood in front of Suzuki .

“What’s she planning to do!?”

Sheena didn’t have any means of attacking .

She didn’t have any weapons and she couldn’t use magic either .

Despite being an Automata, she didn’t have any beam attacks and she could not transform by combining .

Despite that, why was she walking out?

Was she planning to buy time?

It was pointless, the Demonic King Dragon negates any damage below a certain value . Her attacks would not be able to buy any time .

Or that was how it should have been .

But I recalled something .

『Sheena No . 3 uses a Philosopher’s Stone in her head so my self-destruct power is even stronger than Master’s spell desu . 』

… Don’t tell me!?

Sheena No . 3 looked at me .

She smiled brightly .

And then ─ ─

She ─ ─

After the light dissipated and the ringing in my ears stopped, what remained ─ ─ no, nothing remained at all .

Perhaps she calculated it as the explosion did not reach where Suzuki was standing .

Despite said to possess resistance toward Fire Attribute, that explosion blasted the Demonic King Dragon into pieces .

It was far stronger than my Boost Ancient Nova .

Sheena No . 3 wasn’t lying .

But I wished that she did .

“ … Sheena … that idiot …”

I collapsed on Pochi’s back due to magical power depletion and lost consciousness .