Chapter 121 – The 10.16 Crisis

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“Ha, ha, ugh!”

Arms are heavy.
Feet stuck to the ground.

Waves of goblins surged incessantly.
At first, Shinobu succeeded in pushing the goblins out of the cave, but Shinobu had to retreat back into the cave due to the pressure from the goblins, which continued to spring up even after killing them.

‘If I had left then…….’

It was a regret that I do not know how many times today.
When I dealt with the first five goblins, I could have escaped if I had run away before being surrounded.

But Shinobu didn’t.
To Shinobu, being a goblin was an experience point to become stronger. The experience was rolling by itself, but there was no reason to run away. He thought it would be worth trying even if dozens of goblins attacked him.

But he dismissed that thought.
Goblins really sprung up ‘without end’.

No matter how many times you catch it, a goblin will come running from somewhere.
It was already too late when Shinobu, who was excitedly grabbing it, felt something strange.
The goblins were already building a siege in front of the cave, and they were in the stage of respawning on the spot rather than running from a distance.

Having lost the opportunity to escape, Shinobu had no choice but to lock herself inside the cave.
If you are surrounded and attacked outside the cave, you won’t be able to hold out for even a moment.

– Cookie!

Another goblin runs into the cave.

“Keugh.”

Shinobu gritted his teeth.
Apply strength to the leg that won’t move.

Dodge the goblin’s bludgeon and swing his sword.
The goblin collapsed with his arms and neck cut.

“Ha, ha, ha.”

Her arms her tremble
My muscles were twitching.

He could clearly feel that he had grown stronger.
However, his exhausted stamina does not recover. Since the number of goblins is not decreasing, it will be impossible for her to break through the siege on her own.

The more you struggle, the more you fall for it.
I felt like I was in a hell of ants that devour people.

– Kiy! Key!
– Cookies!

Even the goblins knew that and didn’t dare to attack.
As if waiting for Shinobu to get tired.
I was just passing the time by surrounding the entrance to the cave.

“Nice….”

The cries of the goblins sounded like they were laughing at themselves.
The ugly eyeballs were shining as if anticipating the upcoming festival.

– Kiy!

Shinobu thought as she slashed a goblin that was charging at her again.

How can she get out of here?
Is there any way to get out of it in the first place?

To be killed by goblins in a place like this. There was no dog death.
What have you been trying to do so far?

Shinobu falls into a swamp of frustration.
Shinobu’s ears picked up a new sound.

-Quoo…….

It’s not a goblin sound.
It was a little lower, heavier and louder.

– Cookies!
– Kiik! Kiik!

For some reason, the goblins were in a commotion.

What is it
Shinobu did not let go of his tension.

Aiming at the knife in his hand his, he made up his mind.
Whatever happens, don’t panic.

– Key profit!

The goblins start moving.
Something was happening.

Shinobu concentrated.

The goblins blocking the entrance to the cave split left and right.
As if opening a way for Shinobu to escape.

Is it a chance to get out?
At that moment, his legs twitched at the thought, but Shinobu’s legs were nailed to the floor without taking a single step.

At the end of the road the goblins made, a monster different from the goblins was blocking it.
Shinobu’s eyes widened.

-Huh-oh-!

Shinobu felt his body tremble at the loud cry.

Several times the size of a goblin.
Wouldn’t it be 3m in length, no, 4m?
Even Shinobu, who is tall for a woman, had to look up. At most, it was heaven and earth with the goblins, who could only reach Shinobu’s chest in his.

As tall as he was, he also grew sideways.
Arms and legs thick like a drum, and a hideous face that looked like an enlarged version of a goblin.
And in his hand his was a club the size of a human torso.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Shinobu knew at a glance what that monster was.

“Troll……!”

Recall the information learned in the text.

Either way, it’s big, strong, and sturdy.
It is as strong as it is large, but the most terrifying thing is its unrealistic regenerative power.
Even if cut or stabbed by a knife, it quickly regenerates. If the knife is embedded in the body, the body regenerates the knife by pushing it out.

How to defeat a monster like this foul.
Multiple people surrounded them, their wounds before they had time to regenerate, or killing them at once by targeting increasing vital points.

“The way I can is——”

Shinobu’s mourning, daylight.
This sword given by the chairman has a super vibration mode that activates when magic is applied.

It’s a lethal mode that can tear apart any tough monster.
However, as powerful as it is, the consumption of magic power is also large. Shinobu couldn’t hold it for even a few seconds before collapsing.

Can you do it yourself?
No.
It’s not about whether you can do it. I had to do it.

“I will knock you down.”

If you don’t make it, you’ll just die here.
Shinobu gritted his teeth and aimed his sword at the troll.

-Buoh-!

The troll’s roar echoes.

‘I’ll have to practice so that I can apply magic only at the moment of cutting.’

Remember Knives’ advice.
He hates to admit it, but the man is way ahead of himself.
No matter how much he dislikes a man, his skill and experience his cannot be ignored. I couldn’t even hear what he was saying.

A hint that allows you to use Super Vibration Mode even with insufficient magic power.
It usually relaxes, but activates super vibration only at the moment of slashing.

“Is it easier said than done?”

Shinobu laughed while talking to himself.
Even in a desperate situation, laughter came out.

He was a man who was out of common sense in many ways.
It was even less compatible with the naive Shinobu. It was a relationship that could not be mixed like water and oil.

If he dies here, the president will be sad.
It reminds me of the sad president and Knives comforting him.
He’ll think that now, when he’s gone, is an opportunity. He will pounce on the president like an unbridled colt. The naive chairman fell for Knives’ trick, and in the end—

──No. If that happens
Chairman, I will protect.

“Come.”

To do so, he had to defeat the troll in front of him first.
In order to protect the chairman, I had to survive here.

– Boo-ho!

The troll swings a torso-sized club from top to bottom.
Never fast
However, the blow was heavy and the range was wide.
If you get hit, you’ll die instantly, and even just brushing against it will make you incapacitated.

– Booung.
Shinobu evaded the attack by taking a step to the side, then kicked off the ground and jumped up.

Body was light.
Shinobu jumped much higher than he thought.

Was this what Knives meant when he said, “It’s hard to adapt when you suddenly get”?

That was a happy mistake.
As he jumped unexpectedly high, the sword reached the troll’s head, which he thought was out of reach.

“Ha-a-!”

Cutting alone is not enough. You will recover right away.
Shinobu grabbed the handle with both his hands and, with his body weight his, slashed the tip into the troll’s face.

– Fu-wook!

I wonder if it only went in as much as one of his fingers.
Although the knife was aimed at his nose his, which probably had no bones, it did not penetrate as deeply as expected.

However, that wasn’t the end.
At that moment, Shinobu poured his mana into the sunlight.

-Paba Park!

It was like poking chopsticks into the tofu.

The troll’s skull, which was firmly blocked, was pierced in an instant.
In a brief hypervibration mode, the sunlight penetrated deep into the bones of the troll’s face.

Got it
Shinobu, who showed extreme concentration in a split second, was able to achieve more than he thought.

No matter how strong the regenerative power of a monster is, it will not be able to survive if its face is pierced.
Shinobu was so excited about her performance.
However.

-Buhooh——!!

Instead of collapsing, the troll waved his arms excitedly as if he had been stung by a bee.
His target his, of course, was a cheeky human with a knife to his face his.

– Perok!

“Wow!”

Shinobu was hit hard by that thick arm.
He flew like a baseball hit by a bat and hit the cave wall.

“Kahak!”

The shock that hit my body makes me go crazy.
The daylight that had set the troll’s face was also missing from his hand.

-Quooooo—!!

The troll pulled out the sunlight stuck in his face like a toothpick and slammed it to the floor.
When he turned his angry face toward Shinobu, the wounds on his face had already healed.

“Then… Nice…!”

He thought he must have knocked it down.
According to common sense, there’s no way he could survive and move even if his face was pierced like that.

But in this world, such common sense does not work.
Common-sense Shinobu realized this too late.

-Kurrure…….

Thump, thump, thump.
With dull footsteps echoing, the troll approaches Shinobu.
He tried to force himself up, but his body his wouldn’t listen.
It was just wriggling on the floor like a trampled earthworm.

A troll reaches out to such a helpless human.
Like a child holding a doll, the troll grabbed Shinobu’s body his.

“Yes, hot!”

It is grabbed by the waist with one hand and lifted up like a toy.
It was only then that Shinobu realized how dangerous the situation he was in.

She tried to move her body by force, but it was impossible to escape the troll’s clutches her with her disfigured body. Even when he elbowed or kicked the troll’s hand that was holding his body her, he did not budge. It felt like he was knocking on a log.

-Kleurh…….

It was a simple troll’s breathing, but to Shinobu’s ears, it was nothing but a mocking noise.

Creepy.
Shinobu, who foresaw his death her, had goosebumps sprouting on his body her.
Death, which could never be avoided, was right in front of his eyes.

“Ah—”

Pudeudeuk.
Power enters the hand of the troll holding Shinobu.
The troll squeezed Shinobu’s body her with his hands as if squeezing an orange.

“Aaaaah——!!”

Body crushing pain.
A scream escaped from Shinobu’s mouth his.

Fortunately, the troll’s hands quickly drained, as if he hadn’t intended to kill him.
Shinobu was caught by the troll and limp.

Shinobu was already at his limit.
His stamina was exhausted, and his limbs had no strength.
I didn’t even have the energy to struggle.

“…… Chairman…….”

A face that floats like a kaleidoscope in front of Shinobu’s eyes, who is about to die.
As a child, the only person who reached out to himself who had no value.
It was Chairman Mizuki whom he respected.

It was a natural routine for Chairman Mizuki at a young age to help a child in need. It was such a natural routine that the chairman did n’t even remember the existence of Shinobu he saved, but for Shinobu, it was a major event that changed his life.

He was saved by the chairman and from that day on he swore to die for the chairman.
To die so vain
What a fool he is…….

Shinobu struggled with regret belatedly.

Jump. The troll opens its mouth.
Are you trying to eat it alive?
Shinobu’s blurry vision saw the troll’s gaping mouth approaching.

Die.
Shinobu gave up.

I’m sorry, Chairman.
Shinobu closed her eyes.

-Quaang——!!

His ear-piercing impact hit Shinobu’s eardrums.

When he opened his eyes with difficulty, he was gone.
The troll’s head.
Was not where it should be.

His torso his below his neck his is still there, only his head his has been blown off.

Not understanding the situation, Shinobu only blinked his eyes.
A familiar voice came to Shinobu’s ears.

“What the fuck.”

Beneath Shinobu floating in the air.
There was a man with blonde hair.

Marks on his face his, like a rough wipe of blood from his nose his.
White steam was rising from his body.

There was no mischief on his face as usual.
I could only feel the cold bloody intent to kill.

“Ah.”

It falls.
It wasn’t that the troll’s hand that was holding Shinobu was weak.
The troll’s hand, the troll itself, had disappeared.

Like the goblins Shinobu defeated countless times, the trolls lost their lives and disappeared.
Needless to say, it was the man who killed the troll.

– Took.

Right before her her Shinobu fell to the floor, her knives her below her her indifferently took her in.

Then she glared at the dazed Shinobu as if she were going to eat it, she said.

“You really know how to go after me when you go back.”