Chapter 11 – Causes of Sloth Parties (4)
Kalt observed the movements of Nellis’ party while dealing with the kobolds.
“God! Please give them strength!”
Aria prays and blesses the entire party.
Thanks to the blessing of exercising divine power, the strength and vitality of the entire party increased.
‘I guess there’s no problem using the divine power itself. Moreover, the blessing effect is not bad.’
While receiving the buff, Nellis rushed towards the kobold first, saying she would show off her cool side, and Kalt followed next to her.
Nellis swung her sword right at the kobold.
Suddenly!
As Nellis’ sword left a red trail on her kobold’s body, another kobold next to her swung her arm at Nellis.
Her sharp nails are about to pounce on Nellis.
Kalt dealt with the one remaining kobold and looked to see how Nellis would respond to that attack.
If you follow the rules, you should either move behind her or swing your sword quickly to cut off the kobold’s arm.
Nellis did not back down or immediately cut off her hand, but instead lifted her arm and offered it to her kobold.
If an ordinary adventurer had done something like that, her arm would have been torn off by the kobold’s claws the very next moment.
But.
Kaang!
Rather than tearing Nellis’ arm, the kobold’s claws ended up getting blocked.
“Haaaaa!”
Nellis’ sword, swung diagonally from bottom to top, decapitated the kobold who swung its claws.
‘That is the power called the indomitable warrior. It’s definitely a good protection to be in charge of the vanguard.’
Nellis’s protection is a veil.
It was the power to surround her body and equipment with the power of a veil to protect herself from enemy attacks.
After seeing Nellis’ power, Kalt lightly swung her sword and killed the remaining kobolds.
“You blocked it with your arm. Is that the divine protection that Mr. Nellis has?”
Perhaps because she felt she was being tested, Nellis answered slightly nervously at Kalt’s voice.
“Yes! It’s called a curtain. As long as I have this, I don’t have to worry about monster attacks!”
“Your arm didn’t even move when you blocked it. It looks like Mr. Nellis is stronger than you think.”
“No. It’s because the curtain also reduces the shock.”
“I see.”
The more I heard the explanation, the more I realized that Nellis’s blessing was an excellent ability for a vanguard.
However, despite having this blessing, Nellis’ party is called a sloth party.
It was clear that even though he had this kind of protection, he had the problem of not being able to use it properly.
“Can we see Scarlett’s magic next? Me and Nellis will keep the kobolds at bay.”
“Okay.”
“Ah, I have to retrieve the magic stone.”
Each monster has a magic stone inside its body.
A magic stone is an ore that contains magical power, and is useful as it is a kind of energy source and can be made into equipment.
After collecting the magic stones, Kalt and Nellis’ party moved again and within 5 minutes, this time they encountered 4 kobolds.
‘It wasn’t for nothing.’
During the quick encounter, Kalt remembered Nadia’s words.
I’m glad I have Nellis’ party.
I don’t know why, but the frequency of monsters appearing is high.
In this situation, there were few adventurers, so if there was no Nellis party, an incident of kobolds attacking the village would have definitely occurred.
“Mr. Nellis, please hold on and not kill me this time.”
“Yes.”
By holding the kobolds in check or blocking their attacks without cutting them down, Kalt and Nellis each took charge of two kobolds, giving Scarlett time to use her magic.
‘You don’t seem to be afraid of fighting monsters. Even if I deal with multiple animals, I don’t panic. Rather active. Then what is the problem?’
“It’s done!”
At Scarlett’s signal, Kalt and Nellis stepped back and left the place.
The magic around Scarlett wavered, and several lumps of flame appeared in the air.
Fire Bolt.
Originally, the magic was to quickly create one item at a time, but Scarlet summoned several items at once even if it took some time.
When Scarlett aimed the staff encrusted with red jewels at the group of kobolds, flames in the air flew towards the kobolds.
The moment it hit the target, a small explosion of flames struck the kobolds.
Every single one of the blackened kobolds fell to the ground, losing their lives.
‘The magic’s power is good, it took a while to activate, but it’s understandable if they shoot at the same time as this.’
I saw Aria’s divine power, Nellis’ skill and boldness, and Scarlett’s magic skills.
Everything seems to be fine so far.
Kalt thought that even though the opponent was a kobold, he had decent skills.
So what is the problem?
First, let’s take a closer look at the situation.
There’s no way I can know everything about them just by encountering kobolds twice.
Nellis’ party and Kalt encountered groups of kobolds several more times as they moved.
While Kalt observed their skills and problems.
Nellis Party also observed Kalt’s appearance.
It is not intended to be a test.
I was curious as to what kind of skills Kalt, who was in the fastest Hero Maybelle party, would have.
Scarlett and Aria in the rear looked at Kalt and thought he was unstoppable.
A movement that avoids the kobold’s attack without hesitation and immediately swings the sword.
He seemed confident in his own skills without hesitating or observing the opponent’s movements.
In reality, Kalt easily took down the kobold’s neck by swinging his sword as if it were some kind of herb.
What Nellis felt next to Kalt was reliability and comfort.
Until now, Nellis had been the vanguard alone.
Even if Nellis herself is not hurt by kobold-level attacks.
When dealing with multiple monsters at once, you had to be careful not to let them escape.
However, with Kalt standing next to her and taking charge of other monsters, she had less to worry about.
Not only that, Kalt maintained an appropriate distance to make it easy for Nellis to attack.
At the same time, she was protecting Nellis’ blind spot from being revealed.
With Kalt, fighting monsters has become much easier and more convenient.
‘This is Mr. Kalt’s skill at the Maybell Party.’
It is said that he broke up with Maybell’s party due to lack of capabilities, but Nellis thought that Kalt, who was in the active party, had exceptional skills.
When Nellis saw Kalt cutting off the kobold’s head with ease, her intuition spoke.
Even if he is not a warrior, Kalt is stronger than himself.
If you fight, you will definitely lose.
If Kalt joins the party, you can definitely deal with stronger monsters with confidence.
Nellis swung her sword even harder to appeal to Kalt, wanting him to join the party.
And that was when he defeated the seventh group of kobolds he encountered.
“Eup… Haa, haa, haa.”
Aria stopped in her tracks, breathing heavily.
“Aria, are you okay?
“Gwae, it’s okay.”
“What’s going on?”
After taking out her magic stone, Kalt immediately went back and checked Aria’s condition.
“Oh, it’s nothing. You don’t have to worry.”
Kalt observed Arya.
Pale complexion and rapid breathing.
No one could think that it was okay.
“That’s right, Aria sometimes gets like this when she uses a lot of divine power. She’ll get better if she gets some rest.”
“Really?”
‘Is this Arya’s problem?’
Kalt could immediately tell that Aria’s current reaction was not normal.
Priests and nuns in charge of blessings and recovery, or sacred knights who fight by directly casting blessings on themselves.
They use divine power rather than magical power like wizards or skilled warriors.
Just as there are limits to magical power, of course, divine power also has limits for each individual.
Kalt knows very well what it is like for those who exercise divine power when they use their divine power to its limits.
That’s why Aria’s reaction was strange.
If you use your divine power to its limit, you will definitely look tired.
Since it uses a type of psychic power called divine power, it becomes difficult when it reaches its limit.
However, like Aria, her complexion does not turn blue, or her breathing becomes difficult.
If I were to point out a similarity, Aria resembles the state of a wizard when her magic power is used to its limit.
‘Are you using magical power and divine power at the same time? No, that doesn’t make sense…’
It’s not that priests and nuns can’t use magic.
However, the blessing of using both magical and divine power at the same time did not exist as far as Kalt knew.
“Hey, hey, Mr. Kalt!”
She said as Nellis hurriedly approached Kalt.
“How about we finish today’s request? We’ve already caught a lot of kobolds, right?”
Nellis smiled awkwardly, as if she was trying to hide something.
She encounters kobolds so frequently that she has already hunted over 25 kobolds.
Considering her numbers, it certainly wouldn’t have been surprising if she withdrew at this point.
Of course, this is the standard for an ordinary adventurer.
If she was in Maybelle’s party, and she was hunting kobolds, she would have been able to comfortably hunt more than 100 kobolds.
But she thought that even if it wasn’t Maybelle’s party, Kalt still had room for Nellis’ party.
Nellis is also breathing a little hard, but she will recover quickly with a little rest, and Scarlett has only used her magic three times.
Aria, who used to write blessings regularly, is clearly in a relaxed state, except that her condition has suddenly worsened.
Scarlett said she could rest, but even if she rested for a while, she didn’t think she would feel completely better.
‘There is no need to delve into it here.’
There was no need to rush.
“Okay, then let’s end this. Oh, by the way, everyone, what do you think about me joining the party?”
Originally, this request was to determine whether Kalt could fit in well with Nellis’ party, so Kalt asked out of courtesy.
“I like it! I like it!”
“I’m fine too.”
“Ha, ha, boo, I’d like to ask you to take care of me, Mr. Kalt.”
“Yes. I also thought that you and I could get along well, and it turned out well.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Then, please take care of me in the future, everyone.”
Nellis’ party, which officially included Kalt, completed the request and returned to the village.
While returning to the village, Kalt did not miss Aria’s lowly muttering voice.
“Oh my god… My god… I am… My god…”