Chapter 63 – Hypnosis of Courage (2)
Tentacle Boer immediately moved its tentacles towards the enemy approaching towards it.
-Kuiiiiit!
Four wiggly pink tentacles growing from its back stretched out toward Nellis.
‘Hi! Geez, gross! But!’
Nellis suppressed the almost trembling of her body from the disgusting appearance and focused on the tentacles reaching out towards her.
‘Before I get caught… Cut it!’
It is difficult for Nellis to reach the speed of Kalt right now.
But what she can do now is cut off the tentacles coming towards her.
Suddenly!
It was possible for Nellis too.
‘First one!’
Suddenly!
‘Two!’
Using the moves she learned from Kalt, Nellis quickly cut down two tentacles and then cut down her third tentacle.
But.
Whirrick!
In her greed, she cut down to the last tentacle, and one of her arms was wrapped around Tentacle Boer’s tentacle.
“Hi!”
‘It’s slippery! Gross! Wow!’
-Guiiiiit!
Even though the three tentacles were cut off, Tentacle Boer, which had captured its target, rushed towards Nellis in earnest.
‘Ahh! It’s coming. Okay, we have to cut off the tentacle quickly…’
“Nellis! Don’t try to forcefully cut off the tentacle! You can handle it well, so use your divine protection!”
“…!”
After listening to Kalt’s advice, Nellis regained her composure and focused on the protection she had.
“Hmph!”
Nellis strengthened her legs as she prepared to face the Tentacle Boer that was charging at her.
The Tentacle Boar’s tusks strike Nellis.
But her Nellis body did not fly away.
The Tentacle Boar’s tusks failed to shock Nellis and her lunge only caused her to fall back.
“Haaaaa!”
Pooh wow!
At close range, Nellis returned her sword and stabbed the Tentacle Boer in the eye.
-Guiiiiit!
Damage to his brain occurred immediately, causing Tentacle Boer to collapse and die on the spot.
“Hey, Mr. Kalt! I did it!”
“Okay. Well done, Nellis.”
Kalt approached Nellis and spoke.
“Even if your opponent attacks, you just have to think carefully about the strengths of your protection and deal with it.”
“Yes!”
‘Just as Mr. Kalt said, Tentacle Boer’s charge didn’t hurt. A little stronger than a kobold’s attack? If you didn’t follow Mr. Kalt’s advice and didn’t prepare…’
In his panicked state, he didn’t even think about catching the charge, and even if he wasn’t hurt, he would have fallen down due to the force and his posture would have been broken.
And if that was the case, it would have taken him a bit longer to get it done.
“I’ll take care of it next time. Let’s mine the magic stone first. Nellis, this is your first time mining the magic stone of a complete beast monster like the Tentacle Boar, isn’t it?”
“Yes!”
“Then I’ll show you a demonstration, so watch carefully.”
After teaching Nellis the know-how to mine magic stones from the body of a dead Tentacle Boer, he moved on to hunt other Tentacle Boers.
And two Tentacle Boers appear at once.
-Kuiiiii… !
Suddenly!
Kalt before the two Tentacle Boers could react.
Before the Tentacle Boer even moves its tentacles.
He closed the distance in one go and cut off the heads of two Tentacle Boers at once.
“Now, let’s dig up magic stones quickly.”
“Ah… Yes, Mr. Kalt.”
‘I thought about it last time, but Mr. Kalt’s speed… It’s not a joke.’
The skill of recreating a bloody orgy while slaughtering kobolds has not gone anywhere.
Meanwhile, Kalt was thinking with his head what combination he would make the next time he took the Tentacle Boer.
In terms of difficulty, the Tentacle Boar is a monster that Nellis’ party can easily defeat even without confidence.
However, this standard can be met by Nellis alone.
For the growth of the entire party, Nellis and Kalt cannot continue to hunt alternately.
‘Okay, let’s order Scarlet next. Just in case…’
After mining the magic stone, Kalt asked Scarlett.
“Scarlett, have you learned any of the magic from the grimoire you bought yesterday?”
“There is one. Greece.”
Greece.
It was a magic that made the floor slippery and made the opponent fall.
“Okay, then let’s test it the next time we see Tentacle Boer.”
When the next Tentacle Boer was encountered, Kalt gave instructions to Nellis and his group.
“Nellis, get ready and get my attention. I’m sorry, but this time I’m just caught by the tentacles and I want Tentacle Boer to charge.”
“Yes, Mr. Kalt!”
“Scarlett, can you put grease in front of the Tentacle Boer charging towards Nellis?”
“I’ll try.”
“Don’t worry, Scarlet! Even if you fail, Tentacle Boar’s charge won’t be a problem!”
“Who said they failed!”
-Guiiiiit!
“Ah, I noticed!”
Nellis did not cut the tentacle that was reaching towards her as Kalt instructed, but instead caught it and her arms and legs were wrapped around it.
“Hey!”
‘It feels weird!’
When Tentacle Boer charges when it determines that the target is entangled in its tentacles and cannot move.
“Now is the time!”
At Kalt’s signal, Scarlet waved her staff and activated Grease.
Tentacle Boer’s legs, which were in the midst of charging, touched the slippery floor.
-Kkuit!
The moment the speed applied by the rush touched the slippery ground, Tentacle Boer was unable to maintain his body balance and stumbled and fell.
“Nellis it’s time!”
“Quickly get away!”
With the impact of her fall, the power of her tentacles wrapping around Nellis also weakened, and as soon as Nellis gave the signal of her Kalt, she hastily cut off the tentacles that had wrapped around her arms and legs.
“Hey!”
He stabbed the sword in the eye of Tentacle Boer, who fell and was struggling to get back up.
After successfully hunting the Tentacle Boer, Kalt immediately praised Scarlett.
“That’s amazing, Scarlett. I’m sure you learned it yesterday. I can’t believe you succeeded so quickly.”
“This tidying up is nothing, right? Don’t make a fuss.”
“However, an ordinary wizard would not have been able to use that magic at the exact location in one go, matching the speed of the charging monster.”
“Hmph! That’s a lot of fuss. And with my fire magic, I can get rid of it in one hit without having to use any magic.”
“Of course, of course. But since you never know what enemies might appear, it’s important to learn various magic, right?”
“… That’s true. How much longer will I be talking about it? I have to dig up magic stones quickly!”
Kalt, who defeated another Tentacle Boer using not only Scarlett’s new magic but also his usual attack magic, gave instructions to Aria this time.
“Arya, use a holy attack from this distance to defeat Tentacle Boer.”
“I’ll try it! Phew…”
Exhaling her breath, Arya stretched out her hand towards the Tentacle Vor.
At that moment, a sword of light appeared around Aria and flew towards her Tentacle Bore.
Pup puk!
-Guiik!
The tentacle bore, deeply embedded with a holy sword, fell limp and fell down.
“… Arya’s divine attack is quite strong.”
“Is that so?”
She was taken aback by Aria Nellis’ reaction, as she had only been assisting behind her and not using her divine attacks until she met Kalt.
“Aria was a candidate for sainthood, right? She wasn’t actively used because of problems, but if she puts her mind to it, she can be not only an assistant but a full force. Isn’t she dependable?”
“Yeah… That’s really reassuring! But I’ll be strong enough that Aria won’t have to use her holy attacks!”
“Nellis… Kalt…”
Continuing the warm atmosphere, Nellis’ party hunted the Tentacle Boer until lunch and returned.
And when she stopped by the guild to get her money, Nellis Party met Smoothie again.
“Karl~t~ I’m on my way after making a request~.”
“Okay.”
Smoothie’s cheeks became gaunt compared to yesterday.
‘How organized is it?’
“Are you… Are you okay?”
Haha, what do you mean~? I’m fine! It’s just that I fell in love a little yesterday, and it lasted a long time~!”
Even as he said that, Kalt didn’t miss the sight of Smoothie glancing at Angela behind her.
For reference, Angela’s skin was very shiny.
“Now that I think about it, why are you in the commercial city?”
Haha, that’s a funny question, Kal~t! You know that a hero can’t stay in one place for a long time~Ah! This is also just a stopover for my party to pass through! Well, it’s true that we came for a purpose~ But That’s right!”
“Purpose?”
“Kalt, you know this, right? This is the commercial city of Tridia! A city where many goods come and go! And here!”
Smoothie said, deliberately lowering his voice for emphasis.
“There is an auction!”
“Ah, that was the purpose.”
Auction house.
It is a place where people compete to buy rare items that are difficult to buy or handle in ordinary stores.
Not only nobles, but also famous or high-income warrior parties or adventurers often participated in exchange for weapons or helpful items.
Kalt also entered the auction house held elsewhere, if not in Tridia, as a Maybelle party.
‘At that time, Maybelle made a huge fuss to buy the sword from the auction house.’
In the end, most of Kalt’s personal funds and the party’s expenses were spent to buy the sword.
‘Because of that, I had to save money on ingredients, so I made similar menus, and Maybelle complained that she was getting sick of it. Ah, the back of my neck.’
For a moment, Kalt’s neck tightened as he thought about an annoying episode from the past again.
“Karl! Are you going to participate in the auction house? The auction house opens in a week or two!”
“No, I…”
Anyway, Kalt didn’t want anything, and Nellis Party also bought what he needed right away.
Therefore, there was no reason for Nellis’ party to go to the auction house.
So I tried to refuse.
“Auction house…!”
Nellis was looking at Kalt with her bright eyes.
For Nellis, who grew up in an ordinary town, she had only heard of the auction house, but it was a place she had no intention of participating in.
Seeing Nellis like that, Kalt changed her mind.
‘… Well, a field trip would be fine.’
Kalt changed what he wanted to say.
“Just to look around.”