Chapter 45 – Qualifications of a Hero (4)
Maybelle, who advanced using the blessing of acceleration, quickly reached the front of the ogre.
The blessing of acceleration is not just the speed of movement, but the movement of the body itself.
In other words, to increase the attack speed.
“Haaaaa!”
Shasha Shashashak!
Maybelle swung her sword at the Ogre, using more than 10 slashes.
But.
“Why is my skin so tough?”
No matter how fast she swung her sword, Maybelle’s sword only made small scratches on the Ogre’s skin, and she was unable to make a clear effective hit.
“So I told you, idiot! Your skin is tough!”
“I never thought it would be this tough…”
-Cooooo!
The ogre was furious at Maybelle, who had inflicted small wounds on her body, and slashed her huge two-handed ax from top to bottom.
Kwaaaaang!
However, Maybelle immediately moved back, and before she knew it, she was back near Kalt.
“Who knew!”
“So, I told you several times to listen to what people say. Last time we were hunting a group of monsters, I told you to be careful because there were quite a few of them, but you…”
“No nagging during battle! Follow Kalt!”
Maybelle interrupted Kalt and rushed towards the Ogre again.
“Oh.”
Feeling annoyed by Maybelle’s attitude, Kalt used his body augmentation to immediately follow Maybelle.
With Marti’s blessing and her usual body strengthening training, Kalt was able to move at a speed that could match Maybelle’s.
Meanwhile, Ogre picked up the ax stuck in the ground again and this time swung the ax horizontally at Maybelle and Kalt who were coming towards him.
Buuuuung! An ax that heavily cuts through the wind.
An ogre attack that has the power to cut even a log once hit.
Percussion!
Maybelle and Kalt jumped high at the same time to avoid it.
Kalt jumped up and jumped higher than the Ogre’s height and shouted to Maybelle.
“Maybelle! Shoulder! Then take care of it! Ianna, let the magic work!”
“Okay!”
As Kalt and Maybelle fell down, they struck the Ogre’s shoulders with their swords, taking charge of the left and right sides respectively.
Sigh! Kalt and Maybelle’s swords cut slightly through the Ogre’s skin.
It has already been confirmed that even if Maybelle swings, it only causes minor injuries to her.
If so, focus on creating countless residual scars.
Kalt and Maybelle, who came down while cutting her shoulders, moved like a gale and cut various parts of the ogre’s body.
Even though it has arms, legs, stomach, back, grip strength, and tough skin, it moves all around at a speed that an ogre’s eyes cannot follow.
-Kooooo!
Even though the ogre roared and rotated sharply while swinging its axe, Kalt and Maybelle were not hit.
While constantly moving, he swung his sword while avoiding the attacks of the ogres that came his way without interfering with each other.
‘But it’s really tough, ogre leather. It would be difficult if it wasn’t a famous sword or a mana blade.’
As he swung his sword, Kalt felt that Ogre was not the gatekeeper for becoming a veteran adventurer.
Maybelle’s attack didn’t just leave minor scars for no reason.
Maybelle’s attack, which prevents Kalt from missing training due to Kalt’s nagging and also adds the power of protection, is more powerful than Kalt.
Therefore, Kalt used more force than usual when cutting down monsters and increased the number of residual wounds just like Maybelle did.
To deliver a big blow through this minor wound.
“Maybelle! Kalt!”
And now the signal for that one shot has come.
Maybelle and Kalt immediately stepped back.
At the same time, countless blades of wind that Ianna appeared rushed towards the Ogre.
Beginner magic involves firing multiple wind cutters, but Ianna fired each wind cutter with magical power equivalent to intermediate magic.
A bloody storm broke out.
The blade of the wind dug into the minor wounds created by Kalt and Maybelle, causing bigger wounds, and a large amount of blood flowed from the ogre’s body.
-Cooooo!
But that alone did not make the ogre fall.
Instead, the ogre shed more blood and roared even more at the humans who had injured it and rushed towards Ianna with a thump!
“It’s not over yet! Eat this… Or eat it!”
A large amount of magical energy gathered together to form a huge blade of wind.
Intermediate magic wind blade.
A spell was fired that enhanced the cutting power even more than the wind cutter that had just been fired.
-Cooooo!
Kaaaaa!
“… You’re lying!?”
A spell that could seriously hurt even an ogre if it hit.
However, that magic disappeared when it collided with the ogre’s ax while charging.
“Well, it’s that tough!”
“You’re not the gatekeeper for nothing! Maybelle! First, let’s widen the distance!”
“Let’s run away?”
“Will it miss us? Increase the distance until there are no signs of charging! I’m taking Marti with me.”
“Chii, I don’t buy foam.”
“Then why don’t you fight alone against that angry guy!”
“It’s too much!”
While complaining to Kalt, Maybelle followed Kalt’s words and turned behind her and kicked the ground.
Kalt carried Marti and Mabel carried Ianna on her shoulders, creating distance between them and the charging ogre.
Boom towards Maybelle’s party! Thud! Thud! When the pace of the ogre’s footsteps slows down as it runs towards you with big steps.
Kalt and Maybelle also slowed down and looked back.
The ogre, with blood all over its body, was breathing heavily, as running while bleeding took a lot of stamina.
However, Kalt did not think that Ogre was weakened by that appearance.
“Hey, Maybelle.”
“Why!”
“That wound is almost completely healed?”
“What!?”
Surprised by Kalt’s words, Maybelle suddenly stopped and looked behind her the moment the Ogre stopped her steps.
“Ugh! Me, Maybelle! If it stops suddenly…!”
“Oh, sorry.”
Thanks to this, Anna suddenly stopped and felt strong pressure on her stomach.
Maybelle apologized to Ianna, tightened her eyes and looked at the ogre carefully.
Certainly, her entire body was covered in blood that had already been shed, but no new blood was flowing out.
“What is that? What kind of troll is the ogre? Well, get better so quickly.”
“At best, it was only a little bigger than a minor wound. In the first place, an auger has that much recovery power.”
“What is that? It’s disgusting!”
“That’s why he’s called a veteran gatekeeper. What should I do? Leave like this?”
Honestly, I wanted to go back to Kalt.
But it wasn’t Maybelle.
“I told you! You’re already here, so why are you running away in shame? I’m sure if you run away, everyone will make fun of you!”
“Then what should I do? Keep cutting until he collapses from bleeding?”
“Ugh, I don’t like that… It’s not in style.”
‘What are you doing with this bitch?’
“Ah, yes! Kalt! By the way, you said last time that you thought you could use Mana Blade!”
“I just said I had a vague idea.”
“Anyway! The Mana Blade won’t be able to cut that guy’s skin easily! So, try using the Mana Blade right now!”
“What? Hey, do you know that Mana Blade just needs some spirit?”
“I heard you caught my senses! I’m saying that you should develop your senses in real combat! There’s a strong enemy right now, so all you need to do is awaken them!”
“Do you think this is some kind of fairy tale, you idiot! Make it easy!”
As Kalt and Maybelle were bickering, Ianna shouted, shooting her wind cutter in front of her.
“Khalt! Maybelle! The Ogre is coming again!”
“Look at that! It’s coming! Now is the time to awaken! Kalt! Awaken! Give it to me!”
“Oh… This is really…”
“Kalt. Try your best first. If things don’t work out, Kalt and Maybell’s speed are enough to back you off.”
Kalt sighed heavily at Marti’s words.
“Haa… Then you just hold on. I’ll try something. If it doesn’t work, I’ll just carry Ianna and Marti and leave.”
“Hehe. Stop sounding weak already… Just give it a try!”
As Maybelle approached the Ogre again and swung her sword, Kalt closed her eyes and exhaled deeply.
“Huuuuu…”
Through my experience so far, the lessons I learned while helping the grandchild of an old retired adventurer, and finally, when I became aware of the flow of mana that I always used to strengthen her body.
Kalt moves mana differently than before.
I could feel just a little bit that her magic was transferring to the sword she was using as if it were a part of herself.
In order to maintain that feeling for a long time and at the same time capture it clearly, Kalt had been training hard for the past few days.
And now again, Kalt concentrated his mind and tried to reproduce and cultivate that sense more clearly.
The heart beats faster as it moves while wounding the ogre.
The blood supplied through the pounding heart circulates throughout the body.
The mana used to strengthen the body flows and spreads throughout Kalt’s body in the same way as the blood flow.
Perceive that sensation clearly.
At the same time, it expands the sense.
More out of her own body.
A sword that is connected to one’s body and is like a part of oneself.
Little by little, mana begins to move towards her sword.
Once it started to move, Kalt moved more mana into the sword with the sense of widening the flowing passage.
How much time has passed?
“Kalt, not yet! I’m having a hard time now!”
I heard Maybelle complaining.
‘It’s noisy, because I’m concentrating.’
More mana.
More focus.
More will.
Put it in the sword.
And the moment I felt that it was enough sensually.
Kalt applies the transferred mana and imagines it after converting pure mana into magical power filled with will.
A blade of pure magic that can cut through anything.
It’s like the martial arts sword class I saw in my past life.
Like the Mana Sword you only saw in fantasy or fusion fantasy.
The blade of blue mana.
“Khalt!”
Hearing Marti’s exclamatory voice from behind, Kalt opened her closed eyes.
“Ha, this is it?”
The first thing Kalt saw when he opened his eyes was a mana blade that somehow took the shape of a sword, even though it was imperfectly waving.