Remember!
At that time, the characteristics of the Rock Wolf that I faced in Tusk Crag!
“Stop dawdling and stand up, you idiot!”
“Y-yess!”
First, I screamed at Kusaka, who was still sitting on the floor to stand up.
If it attacked again, I won’t be able to deal with it.
The iron rake I was holding in both hands was bent from the impact of hitting the Rock Wolf’s body.
I roughly hit the ground once and it became a little straighter.
“Shit… shit! What the hell!”
The situation does not improve when you curse.
But I can’t do this unless I curse at least once!
“A-Aniki! What is that ?! What should we do?”
“Wait a minute!”
“Huh!”
Keeping my eyes on the Rock Wolf, I spread my legs shoulder-width apart and lowered my hips.
I re-positioned the rake to right in front of me and thought about it.
I tried to recall as much information as possible that Mikuma told me and my father about the Rock Wolf.
“Kusaka, listen carefully.”
“Y-y-yes.”
I lowered my voice and spoke to Kusaka so as not to provoke the Rock Wolf who was looking this way and waiting for an opening.
Kusaka, who slowly went behind me, nodded with a trembling voice.
“That’s a Rock Wolf. It’s a dungeon monster. As you can see, it has a body made up of rocks.”
“Rock, how is that possible.”
“Shut up and listen. It moves like a wolf in the form of a wolf, but it’s not a wolf. Its rock body is too heavy and the joints are so tight that it can’t move so flexibly. So this guy can only move linearly.”
Yes, that is the strategy to defeat it.
Because the body is made entirely of rock, the weight of this guy is almost tens of times that of a wolf of the same size.
Moreover, the joints are also made of rock of the same material, with no muscle fibres or flesh.
Therefore, the Rock Wolf cannot turn or brake suddenly.
The same goes for the dive just before.
A real wild animal could easily land and immediately turn around and attack.
But the Rock Wolf can’t do that.
At the moment of landing, all its weight shifts to its legs all at once, so it cannot stop that easily.
If this was a creature that evolved with the appropriate muscle strength and flexibility, it will be able to change direction immediately by softening the impact of landing with its joints and muscle strength.
That will be the opening we have to take advantage of.
“These guys are supposed to be in groups originally, so it helps that this guy is alone. The target is its thinnest hind leg, if you can break it, then its mobility will be halved.”
Actually the Rock Wolf is very fragile depending on the location on its body.
An animal can absorb the impact with their flesh and defensive movements, but no matter where it is, these guys are formed only with the same material and they can not bend their bodies.
“Can you do that…!?”
“It’s not whether you can or not, you have to, or you’ll die! Listen, don’t run straight away, okay? Make sure you run sideways! Never avert your eyes away from him, and be sure to keep your distance! If you lose sight of it, you will immediately die!”
Yes, it will be fatal if it chases you.
No matter how heavy it is, it doesn’t mean that it’s slow.
What’s absurd is that this guy has the same speed as a wolf. Its inability to move in a flexible manner is an obvious flaw that, but its strength makes up for it.
Once you’re bitten, it’s the end. Its Rock fangs are so sharp that they easily tear through flesh.
Because there is too much weight difference, he’ll easily throw me off balance and will greedily devour me.
In spite of not having a digestive system!
In Tusk Crag, thanks to the Dragon Fang sword that Alba lent me, the Rock Wolves were small fry as long as we were careful of their movements.
But right now I don’t have a dragon fang sword.
It seems that Alba seems to have collected it after I collapsed.
All I have right now is a rake made of iron. Speaking of strength, it is a dangerous weapon that can easily beat someone to death, but it won’t help much right now.
I’m begging you, just please don’t break until the end.
“Run away sideways… run away sideways…”
Kusaka repeatedly muttered the same words.
Is this guy okay? He’s stiff from nervousness and fear.
What should I do.
If I was alone, I might be able to manage one way or another.
I could repeatedly hit it and run away at the right times, and might be able to break its two hind legs.
However, that’s impossible for Kusaka.
He has no weapons and he doesn’t have the courage to face it.
He has neither experience or knowledge.
Kusaka does not know about Mikuma’s knowledge and the battle experience at Tusk Crag.
“It’s coming!”
The Rock Wolf’s body creaked as it stooped its entire body.
The body was compressed to its limit like a loaded bullet.
A huge bullet with sufficient speed and weight to kills us was shot straight to us.
“Guruaaaaaa!!”
“Hii!”
“Move!”
I stepped back and leaped to the place where Kusaka was and pushed his shoulder strongly to the right to avoid it.
Kusaka succumbed and staggered.
The Rock Wolf that jumped in just barely scratched my shoulder.
“Damn!!”
I swung the rake aiming at its hind legs.
A metallic clanging sound and a dull numbness ran up my arm.
Shit! It didn’t break!
I damaged a part of it, I saw that there was a triangular defect at the base of the right hind leg.
Despite that, it didn’t break.
“Hiiiii!”
“Didn’t I tell you to not take your eyes off it!”
Kusaka, who was completely panicked, escaped to a nearby utility pole at full speed without looking aside.
That’s dangerous.
The rock wolf is fast even if the landing is poor and cannot stop quickly.
Even after regaining its posture, it can still easily catch up to a human.
If you turned your back and ran away, it will take advantage of that and dive in.
And that will be checkmate.
“If you’re running away, do it while looking at him!”
I swung the rake sideways after the Rock Wolf landed in order to gain time for Kusaka to regain his posture.
“Gaaaaaaaaa!!!”
“Guh!”
I shouldn’t haven’t put so much strength into it.
I know that hitting it normally does not work, this was simply just to get it to pay attention to me.
I swung at a speed that allowed me to reposition myself immediately, and immediately pull the rake back as soon as it hit.
Of course, I didn’t forget to maintain a distance from it.
“Horaa! Come on!”
I raised my voice so that it’ll focus on me.
Dungeon monsters are not alive.
If you had to say it, they would be pseudo-lifeforms.
It follows the commands of the dungeon’s magic stone, and pretends to be like a real creature.
So I”m not sure whether it will actually work.
However, it wasn’t ineffective.
The Rock Wolf looked back and locked on to me.
Then, now!
“Kusaka! Run away! You have a chance right now!”
“But, but!!”
“Just go!”
Kusaka, who finally reached the utility pole, was looking at me and the Rock Wolf.
I pressed Kusaka to go first without worrying about me.
Honestly speaking, even if he was here, he’ll just get in the way, and it doesn’t seem like he can fight.
Oh, it’s no good. He’s too scared and can’t move anymore.
I miss my father’s support at Tusk Crag!
“Guruaaa!”
“Come on!”
I raised my voice on purpose to encourage myself.
Kusaka was still trembling behind the utility pole.
My nerves were high-strung.
If I let my guard down even for a moment, then in the next moment, I will be a pile of meat on the ground.
I avoided it many times, hit it many times, swung it many times, and kept the distance many times.
“A-Aniki.”
“Hah! Hah! Are you still here?”
I told you to run away.
My breathing was getting rough.
Actually, it wasn’t a lot of exercise.
The amount should be less than the first 10 minutes of PE class.
It was all the tension that made me tired.
It’s no wonder, since my life is on the line.
If would have already run away if it was possible.
However, that lump of rock will easily catch up with us, and the speed is completely different between me and Kusaka because of height differences, physical strength, and muscular strength. If I ran at full speed, Kusaka would be left behind.
If I can run away, it means that Kusaka was already eaten.
The rake was already completely deformed.
It was bent into a zigzag shape like a lightning bolt and was likely to break soon.
This is bad.
The situation is getting worse, we’re being driven into a corner.
I can’t see us recovering from here. But…
“Huh… Haaah… Kazamachi Kunpei… waits for the wind.”
At such times, I desperately scrutinize every conceivable possibility.
“Guuuu…”
The Rock Wolf growled loudly and once again stooped down.
“Smell the scent of the wind…”
I calmed down and caught my breath.
“Anytime.”
Are you going to die in a situation where you don’t understand anything?
“Anywhere.”
I can’t die and leave Jaja and Nana behind.
“When you want to fly!”
The Rock Wolf drove power into its hind legs, and my body reacted.
“Guaaaaaa !! Geh!!”
Blown away.
Not me.
The Rock wolf.
It was hit by a huge red ball of light, and smashed into pieces.
“Heh?”
I froze in the stance where I was about to swing the zigzag rake.
“A-Aniki? What did you just do?”
Eh?
No, I didn’t do anything.
“Are you kids alright!”
I heard a rough voice from the bottom of the slope.
I looked for where that voice came from.
“What are you doing fighting monsters! Evacuate immediately!”
He looks familiar.
A gaudy golden down jacket with huge red fur that hid one’s face.
A huge build, 2m tall.
A fluffy mane.
He shouldered a large cylindrical object with fine patterns and mysterious decorations.
“I’m a treasure hunter! I’ll take you guys to a nearby evacuation shelter.”
“Y-you! You!
I reflexively pointed my finger.
I see! So that’s it!
There was such a possibility!
I thought that he was no longer in this town!
Was this all their doing!?
There was no basis or evidence, but it must be!
“Woah! What?! What?!”
I pointed my finger, and took a step back in surprise.
“Gaseraio!!”
“It’s Gasaraio! Wait, no, why do you know my name!”
The kidnapper who stole Jaja and Nana.
The lion, Gasaraio.
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