173-Grand squirrel




 After taking care of the three Diabolus, we returned to the place where the shrine with Grandulis was located.
 Compared to the first time I came here, the walls here and there had collapsed and were in disrepair.
 Maybe it was because I used magic dynamite to blow them up when I was escaping...
 A grandfather sits in the center, with three diabolus flying around it, keeping an eye on the multiple entrances.

''You're still on alert, after all.

That's what you deserve when someone kills your friends.

So that's the monster Heihachi was talking about. It's huge.

 We were hiding our figures with the Invisible Cloak while we were looking at them.
 As expected, they seemed to be able to tell that the Diabolus outside had been defeated.
 If the guys outside were defeated, it's natural to expect the enemy to come here.

'Heihachi, what do we do? This is going to get them to notice you before you attack.

Shall I just attack them?

f*ck you, what do you think I'm sneaking around for?

 Just to be sure, I've been zipping around in my invisible cloak from quite a distance.
 I just need to score the first blow with a surprise strike... but is there anything I can do to draw your attention to it?
 They ran out of flashballs and stuff like that when I got away, and the only other thing that could draw their attention is... oh, how about that?
 I quickly pulled the first thing I could think of out of my backpack.

"Let's use this.

It's...

A lot of stuffed animals in little Nole's room?

 A plush toy that is an R item in the Gacha.
 The one I took out this time was a pink-colored, fifty-centimeter-sized round thing.

''Can you draw attention to something like that?''

I'm sorry. We've got all that magic dynamite and stuff out in the open.

What if it doesn't work?

Then we will step back and think about it.

 All you have to do is get their attention for a second.
 If I can exploit that gap and attack, this strategy will be like a success.
 While paying attention to the gaze of Diabolus and the others, I used the dimension bracelet to place the plush toy at Grandulis' feet.
 I don't even know if Grandulis is checking with his eyes, but I placed it in the direction of the antennae and in another direction, but he didn't seem to notice.
 This dimension bracelet, just this once, is working really well.
 You can attack from a distance and even place things on them, which is very useful.

 Perhaps because Dibolus and his friends are wary of the entrance, they didn't immediately notice the stuffed animals they placed there.
 After watching them for a while, one of the Diabolus finally noticed the presence of the stuffed animal and approached it, raising his voice.
 It tilted its head at the plush toy that had been placed there at some point and poked at it with its trident.
 The other two also noticed and moved closer, and began to roll the stuffed animal around, poking it with their trident spears as well.

'You've got their attention. You're doing it, Heihachi.

Hey, are you surprisingly popular with the demons?

 I expected them to be even more alarmed by the sudden appearance of the stuffed animals, but I didn't expect it to work so well....
 Okay, let's kill them while they're busy with the stuffed animals.

Freesia, now!

If you attack this thing, you're going to wind up with a stuffed animal.

This is a necessary sacrifice for the sake of the mission. Don't tell Noll that you're here.

Yes, sir. Ugh, I don't want to pass out...

 Freesia reluctantly guarded the arrow to the bow, though her brow was furrowed and disgusted.
 Then the green arrow begins to glow and the arrow is released just as I roll up my Invisible Cloak.
 Immediately afterwards, Freesia runs out, thrusts the doorknob into the wall, opens the door and enters.
 The reason I gave her the dimension room before entering the cave was so that she could take refuge after using her skills.
 Now Freesia will pass out in a safe place so we can fight too, without thinking about protecting her.

 While she was running away, the arrows that were released flew straight up and changed their trajectory at a right angle upwards just before hitting Grandulis.
 Diabolus and the others, who were enthralled with the plush toy, noticed the quicksilver, but it was too late.

 The moment it shone green, with a terrific roar, the entire space in front of them was filled with green light falling from above.
 Each one of the light was in the shape of an arrow, but perhaps because of the excessive amount, it no longer looked like an extremely thick laser.
 The figures of Diabolus and the others, who were looking up and opening their mouths with startled expressions, disappeared in an instant, and the inside of the cave was shaking with a thud and a sound that seemed to collapse.

 Ughhhh..........I had expected this, but it's amazing.
 The Freesia Inversagitta I saw before was used in a large forest, but this time it's in a small cave.
 Considering that all that amount is pouring down within that space, it's crazy egregious.

 No matter how high its status was, a single hit with over 5,000 attack power wouldn't be enough to put even Grandulis out of his misery.
 Looking at the map app, as if to show its power, the reactions of the three Diabolus had already disappeared.
 They must have disappeared in an instant before they could escape........
 Luna, who was watching the scene next to her, also opened her mouth and had a stunned expression.

''........That clunky elf's skills were this amazing?

Ha-ha, yeah! We won!

 If you're going to make a surprise attack, you shouldn't give them time to fight back and make sure you kill them with your first move!
 I told you how painful and scary it is to be beaten one way or the other!
 .........the place where the shrine used to be will be a little rough, but we'll ask Esther to repair it.

 We can no longer just wait for Grandulis to fall over.
 I was fluently thinking about cleaning up afterwards, but........Luna raised her voice.

'No wait, that big thing is moving. It could be running away.''

'Oh, my God! d*mn it! Don't ever let them leave alive!

 Looking at the map app, I saw that Grandulis was moving through this unreasonable rain of arrows.
 I heard the sound of it hitting the wall with a thump, repeatedly, like it was trying to get out of that place.
 This was no joke! You can't move in the middle of this attack, you're a monster!

Yeah, it's starting to happen in the dark!

'And what's putting out. It hurts my skin just to touch the fog.

 A purple mist began to drift around them, blending in with the falling green light.
 Luna covered her mouth with her cloak, trying not to breathe.
 Ugh ... is that a skill spray?
 If you ask me, my nose and throat have been mushy since a while ago... maybe I can disable the poison, but my body is starting to melt.

'For now, don't smoke--whoa!

 Shortly after I noticed the fog, Grandulis launched a body slamming into the entrance we were in.
 Our feet shook with a wobble, and it pushed forward while shattering the walls.
 Then, after advancing to a certain extent and stopping, it sent a purple liquid buzzing into the passage and poured it down.
 I hurriedly hugged Luna and wrapped myself in the holy skeleton cloth to prevent it from happening.
 Smoke rose with a sizzling sound as it melted, and I felt the sludge cling to me.

''Ugh ... Luna!

I'm on it!

 As if on cue, Luna jumped out and threw a crimson spear.
 The spear, which gushed out a red flash, pierced deep into Grandulis' body and pushed back into the space where Inversagitta was continuing.
 I was taken care of at the Angoli Ruins, but Luna's skill, Kazikuru, also has a strong knockback effect.
 I had Luna ready to use the skill to push back when Grandulis charged at me like he just did, so I had Luna ready to use the skill.

''Heihachi, are you alright?''

Yeah, thanks to you. Let's get you well while you can.

 My arm hurts a little bit, even though I got hit on top of the holy skeleton cloth.
 I'm also sucking up a bit of spray, so I'll recover while I'm at it.
 I drank the potion and Luna drank the blood, making sure that Grandulis went back into the rain of arrows again.

'I still prefer to drink blood straight from the bottle. It's not as warm.'

'Bear with me ... and you don't seem to mind the recoil, do you?

Hmm, that's not so bad.

 If Luna's blood-sucking urge can be suppressed with this, then from now on, if I prepare a vial of blood in advance, the ease of using the skill will increase a lot.
 Make sure you're prepared when you dive into the labyrinth or something.

 After recovering, I checked on Grandulis to see if she's still alive and well.
 It seems that thanks to Luna's skill, he's blown up on the wall on the other side, but he's moving again and rampaging around.
 In order to defeat it while Inversagitta is still active, I thrust Excalibur into its body with my dimension bracelet, and Luna also throws spears to steadily increase the damage.
 Just as before, Grandulis makes a second charge at me, but Luna, whose time to reuse the skill had passed, eats the Kazuikuru and sends it flying backwards again.
 With that blow, Grandulis finally ran out of HP, and while being shot by the falling green arrows, Grandulis gradually wilted and finally turned into particles of light.

''Huh........You defeated it. I was hoping that Freesia's skills alone would be enough to defeat it, but I was naive.''

'He endured my skills twice while eating that clunker's skills. I'm just glad I didn't have to deal with them normally.

 If I had fought properly, I wouldn't have been safe, like fighting back to that point while eating Inversagitta.
 Should I be glad that I was able to deal with him in the cave, or should I be glad that it was the opposite?