"Dang!!" "Mira!!"
After a loud noise, Margaret's almost screaming voice sounded in the night sky.
The moment she noticed the tense muscles of the ghoul's forelimbs, Mira pushed Margaret to the ground with one hand and then swung her sword forward - after all, she was Henry's disciple and had already experienced several actual battles. , the Luoan girl had no intention of looking down on this ghoul. She knew that this thing would definitely seize the moment she turned around and pushed Margaret away to attack, so she did not hesitate after pushing the noble lady to the ground. The ground turned around and swung the sword with all his strength.
The one-meter-two long sword accurately hit the ghoul on the head.
But it was not able to split it completely. The loud clang sound was the sound of Mira's breastplate being hit by it, and the Luoan girl was hit by the impact and her whole body was hit on top of the supplies piled up in the backyard.
If she hadn't asked Margaret to squat down in advance, the noble lady standing behind would also have been knocked away.
"Mira!!" Margaret's worry was obvious, but she looked around and was about to get up and run for help, but she saw that the ghoul in the dusty sky had quickly gotten up and turned around to stare at this - —It still had some fabric in its mouth.
"Oh my god!" The noble lady subconsciously felt that the Luoan girl had been killed, but Mira was far less fragile than she thought.
"Crack-" Mira rushed out of the smoke, and the ghoul's attention was attracted to her again. The tiger's mouth was sore, and this full-force, unreserved attack had some effect. The ghoul shook his head in confusion and looked at Mira and then at Margaret. For a moment, he didn't know which target to attack first. There was a long and narrow wound from the human-like skull to the upper jaw. Bodily fluids leaked out - but the girl herself paid a heavy price.
"You're okay -" Margaret breathed a sigh of relief, but then she began to notice the seriousness of the situation and held her breath again.
"Huh-huh-" Luoan girl lowered her body and pointed the sword tip to the ground. Although the ghoul was not small, it was lying on the ground, so it was basically difficult to hit it with the sword in the upper and middle positions. So she adopted the "Fool's Move" - a move that Henry often used.
Despite the protection of her breastplate, Mira still felt almost breathless after the impact. After the ferocious undead threw himself into the flour pile of supplies, he bit into it crazily and tore off one of the sleeves of Mira's armor.
From this point, it can be seen that her judgment is correct. Even if she is wearing a tough armor and a steel breastplate, if the unprotected Margaret is touched by this guy, she is afraid that she will be killed immediately. The skin and flesh burst open.
But even this current situation is not optimistic. The torn off sleeve left her entire white right arm exposed. In the cold weather, she would soon become cold due to the temperature and start to become stiff, and it would become stiff all the time. No longer having armor on her arm means that Mira needs to be more careful against ghoul attacks.
She looked at Margaret and the ghoul behind her, her mind spinning rapidly to find an opportunity that could change this chaotic situation.
The first slash with the sword was very lucky. In the emergency situation, she didn't pay attention to the target at all and just swung it forward with all her strength. However, she accurately hit the ghoul's head. She held the sword tightly with both hands as if to block herself and herself. Another layer of defense between this ghoul, and then its head slammed into the bulging padrosian breastplate instead of the fragile face and neck.
While avoiding being hit on his own vital parts, he hit an important part of the opponent's head. Even with such a big opening in his head, this kind of undead was not completely unaffected. It was clear that it seemed to be as slow to react as a drunk person. Proof - but there is no second chance of good luck.
It was hesitating, and its position changed. The ghoul changed from facing the two girls to being in the middle of them. The firelight flickered, and Mira judged this opportunity and winked at Margaret. .
"Seize the opportunity and run to the right, run into the house, and go to the front room to find reinforcements." She said in a steady tone. Although the ghoul could not understand their words, it would be affected by people's shouting. The girl lowered her voice.
Margaret nodded.
The two girls and the ghoul are currently forming a horizontal line in the backyard. Margaret is on the left side of the yard, Mira is on the right, the ghoul is in the center, and this The vertical line in the middle is the door leading to the interior of the mansion.
They had just checked the supplies on the left side of the yard and were about to go to the right when it came out from behind. If the Luoan girl had not been alert, she would have been killed by a sneak attack from the beginning.
"Crack--" Margaret got up, but the moment she was about to set off, the ghoul who was originally paying attention to Mira suddenly turned around and stared at the noble lady blankly.
"Ah -" This terrifying creature looked here again, but this time there was no Mira in front of her. Margaret fell on the slippery and cold ground, and then her calves trembled due to fear. I couldn't muster the strength to stand up no matter what.
"Damn!" In desperation, the girl blurted out a curse in Avenela: "Come this way! Hey!" She shouted loudly to the ghoul, but after saying it, she found that it had no effect. Mira had to Sprint forward again.
"Drink!" She ran with all her strength and then stabbed out with a sword. Mira, who knew that she could not kill the monster with one blow, aimed at its exposed right ribs - the girl planned to destroy at least one of its forelimbs. ——But she didn't expect that it was too fast.
"Bang!" In the previous confrontation, the tiger's mouth was so painful, and her right arm was exposed to the air and became cold and dull. Mira couldn't hold the long sword in her hand and was shot by the ghoul who turned around to attack in an instant. It flew out, it pounced forward and then scratched, but the girl narrowly avoided it.
"Tsk -" The mercenary will not only have one sword with him. Mira pulled out the spare small sword that Henry gave her at the beginning. It used to be her main weapon and had not been used for a long time. After using it, the sword in her hand, which has now grown to more than 1.7 meters, also looks a bit small.
The pattern that was the same as Claymore's was clearly revealed under the light of the torch. Margaret stared blankly at the sword in Mira's hand, while the Roan girl quickly moved sideways while facing the enemy head-on. Stopped in front of her.
"The steel of that sword -" the noble lady said, she knew the legend about this kind of steel. "I know, it's harder than ordinary steel and should be able to cut through this guy's skin but-" Mira glanced at the small sword in her hand.
"It's not long enough..."
After all, it is too small and short. If she wants to rush up and attack, she will definitely fall into the attack range of the ghoul. This is why she rarely uses the small sword given by Henry since she got her own long sword. reason.
No matter how strong and sharp a sword is, if it is not long enough, it will still be unable to defeat a weapon that is less strong and sharp but larger in size.
That's why a spear costing one-tenth the cost of a longsword can become the king of land combat - but let's get back to where we are.
The battle once again fell into the same situation as it was at the beginning, with Mira having to protect Margaret. Although she had caused some damage to the ghoul compared to the beginning, she had not killed it yet.
In contrast, she lost her long sword. Although her chest was protected by perfect armor and her breathing was gradually restored without any damage, the physical exertion, the gradual fatigue of her hands, and the fact that one arm lost its protection, but The girl was put into an even more embarrassing situation than she was at the beginning.
'All this is to protect me'
Looking at the back of Mira who was starting to pant, Margaret suddenly thought like this.
Is this an adventure?
The eldest lady, who didn't know the heights of the world, eagerly wanted to take risks, and even arbitrarily pulled them together to establish a mercenary group - the Little Explorers - she was proud of this, thinking that she had finally begun to touch the people she longed for. A world full of adventurous protagonists - but what exactly have you done, and what have you done?
Apart from staying behind others and staying in the safe rear, apart from being a slut and watching others protect yourself, what else have you done——
"I also--"
"Um?"
"I'm an explorer too!"
"Crack-" The soles of the shoes made a friction sound with the ground.
"Margaret!" Mira yelled nervously.
--Create opportunities.
As often described in adventure novels that I read late at night and can't help but admire, the protagonist and his best friend are in trouble when facing a powerful enemy. At this time, the friend will often behave like this.
Just by nodding, you can understand each other's thoughts.
——Draw the enemy's attention and create opportunities for the protagonist to attack.
The small sword in Mira's hand could effectively split the guy, but it was not long enough so she would be hit beforehand if she rushed forward.
So what I have to do is to distract this guy’s claws so that Mira can——
"You idiot!"
"Ah——" Margaret was stunned.
She hadn't expected the ghoul to run so fast.
She suddenly remembered something.
The protagonists and best friends in adventure novels all have a tacit understanding and can react quickly together, but she and Mira are not. This kind of tacit understanding needs to be cultivated by fighting side by side in actual combat, rather than just relying on the wishful thinking of a noble lady.
and.
Even the well-trained Luoan girl couldn't keep up with this guy in terms of reaction speed, she.
Merely her.
How can it be possible to create enough opportunities?
adventure.
To be here——
"Hiss-bang!!!"
A flash of light passed by, followed by a pair of white horse hooves flying up.
"The most effective weapon of knights is their most loyal partner." "Infantry?" "No, war horses."
"You know what - the speed of a horse's turn and kick is faster than anything else -"
The lines from the adventure novels she had read in the past flashed through her mind in an instant, and the pair of small but powerful horse hooves kicked hard, causing the whole ghoul to fall towards the flour pile again. Went back.
"Little unicorn!" Margaret stared at it blankly, while Mira let out a long sigh of relief. This still young unicorn seemed quite close to her after establishing some kind of connection with her before. However, because it was still young, it only stayed in the city lord's mansion when it went out to rescue Constantine, and the stable was located in the right place. It's not far from the backyard.
The smart animal may have sensed the crisis of those close to it, so it broke the reins and ran over panting, and in a flash of lightning, it saved Margaret with a back kick.
"Thank you -" Mira touched the side of its face, and the unicorn snorted softly.
"Are you okay -" "Well, Mira, aren't you -" "Don't apologize." The Luoan girl immediately pulled the noble lady up from the ground. She was covered in mud and all her clothes were stained. He has the appearance of a noble, but is not annoying.
"Qiang——" The girl picked up the long sword on the ground. The continuous strong damage made it distorted, but it could still be used.
"Hiss——" The ghoul among the flour piles raised its body. Its tenacious vitality is worthy of its name as an alien. Although the unicorn is still young, a blow kicked by a horse weighing nearly two hundred kilograms It is also fatal to normal people.
"Tsk - it's not over yet -" Mira put down the tip of the sword again, but at this moment, a dense "dong-dong" sound sounded from the second floor of the mansion on the left.
"Longbowman!"
It was the sound of boots touching the wooden floor, and then the two girls saw a large number of people lined up on the second-floor terrace of the mayor's mansion.
Densely packed torches roared past, and then the blond lady gave an order.
"put!"
"咻咻咻咻咻——" The spiral armor-piercing arrow with a length of more than fifteen centimeters made a sharp sound and covered the location of the ghoul.
"Ouch——"
After this tenacious guy was filled with arrows.
Let out a long wail.
Finally he fell to the ground.
"Last hit! Burn the corpse." Minna didn't let go of the slightest chance, and the guards holding spears rushed forward quickly.
"Notify everyone and strengthen vigilance. This kind of thing may not be an isolated case. Gather the townspeople and logistics forces to protect..." The Dame quickly prepared response measures, and after a series of orders were issued, she finally He turned around and started to look at Mira.
"call--"
The three women let out a long breath at almost the same time.
"You have to thank this little guy. He ran to the front yard and banged on the door for a while, banging and screaming-"
"Really, why did this shabby house have to be built so big -" Ming Na rubbed her temples and said with a headache.
"But as long as you're okay-"
"Um."
"It's okay."
The deformed long sword could not be sheathed. Mira propped it on the ground and gently touched the side of the little unicorn's face. The three of them raised their heads together.
At some point, the sky started to become less dark.
