For the next three days or so, Barbara trained in the grasslands to avoid being surrounded by monsters, and now she was training against a monster called a skeleton that appeared in the wilderness.

　A skeleton is a humanoid monster as tall as an adult male that can move on its own, and is often seen in the dungeons outside. In the dungeons of the gods, most of the skeletons are uniformly male skeletons, although in the dungeons of the gods, female-shaped and child-shaped skeletons can also be found in the outer dungeons.

　Their weapons are often short spears or swords sharpened from their own bones, and they move quickly and are stronger than goblins and the like, even though their strength is bone. They are second only to orcs as humanoid monsters in the middle class.

　They are also sharp and skilled, unlike the goblins of the grasslands. It's a good thing that you're able to get the most out of it. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to find a way to make it work. The skeleton's collarbone chipped off with a dull sound, and Barbara tried to give chase.


'Minimal attack!　Don't make any unnecessary attacks!


　Perhaps it was because of the confidence she gained from being able to stand up against the goblins without difficulty, or maybe it was because she was unconsciously going into attacking motions again, that Tsutomu sent a stern voice to Barbara. Tsutomu does not want her to defeat skeletons right now, and that is something he has been saying sourly over the past three days. I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this topic.


'Heel,'


　The skeleton's missing collarbone begins to regenerate as a round green chi flies from behind Tsutomu and hits the skeleton. Eunice had learned to fly the heels in about two days, as declared, and was able to do the basic flying.

　He is still working on control and how to put his mental power into it, but the heels are taking shape. Eunice speaks as she stands on top of the area heel and continues further, holding her staff at the ready.


'Haste.'


　Eunice, who was able to use the same image of a flying heel to fly a Haste, gave the skeleton a flying Haste. The skeleton wore blue qi and moved quickly to further drive Barbara away.


''Ichi, ni.''


　As soon as Younis gave the skeleton a Haste, he began to speak seconds. After mastering the flying recovery and support skills, the next task presented to Tsutomu was to make the effects of the recovery and support skills uniform.

　Tsutomu's recovery skills, for example, are able to equalize the amount of recovery by putting a certain amount of mental power into them. The amount of mental power is then increased or decreased according to the monster's hate, so that he can maximize the effectiveness of his healing and support skills while preventing monsters from targeting him.

　Support skills also have more or less mental power in them as well, but in the case of support skills, the most important thing is to put a certain amount of mental power in and keep the number of seconds uniform. If you can't keep track of the number of seconds yourself and the seconds are uneven, you won't know when your allies' support skills will run out, and you'll end up providing too much support or running out of support skills.

　Therefore, Younis, who was looking a little smug as he said he would learn the recovery skill to skip it in two days, was immediately given the next task by Tsutomu. After being confronted with the next task with a nonchalant look on his face, Eunice stared at Tsutomu quietly, and then silently began to practice grasping the effect time.


(I'm looking at you now. I'm going to imitate that one right away, produce results, and get rid of you.)


　While glaring back at Tsutomu, who was sending instructions to Barbara, Eunice was counting the seconds and adjusting the mental energy she could put in to make the heist expire in exactly one minute. The move that Tsutomu had made in the canyon was burned into Eunice's head. If he could do that, he would definitely be able to keep himself a first-strike healer, Eunice was convinced from watching Leon.

　Eunice's mind flashed to a future where he would soon master that move and be praised and patted on the head by Leon, and the sight of Tsutomu being kicked out of the golden examination as if he were the one doing the bother. After forty-two seconds, Eunice made sure that the haze on the skeleton had expired, and with a little more mental power to put in, she applied the haze to the skeleton again.


(You're leaving quickly, or so he thought. (That girl.)


　Tsutomu, who had often felt Eunice's disgusted gaze from behind him, watched Barbara's skeletal battle while biting down on a bitter smile. After about thirty minutes of striking each other, Barbara finally got the point, or maybe her movements started to improve and she was no longer being pushed by the skeletons.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make up for it with the status difference, even if you're losing in terms of technology, because Barbara's status value is significantly higher to begin with. It's not the case if the opponent is an expert swordsman, but what Barbara is up against is just a monster. It is rare that a singular individual is born and there are strong skeletons, but ordinary skeletons don't have that much skill.

　On top of that, Barbara doesn't need to defeat skeletons by herself. If you don't force yourself to attack, you won't be defeated by a status difference, and the skeletons won't push you with force. After realizing that his own power was viable, Barbara was no longer getting critical attacks from the skeletons, and the battle situation was becoming more stable.


''Holy.''


　As Tsutomu chanted while pointing his white cane, a pillar of light rose from the ground, and the skeleton, which had received the holy from his feet, turned bright red as if it had been burned by the flames. The skeleton disappeared as the density of the bones became less and less and the skeleton disappeared as if it was crumbling, and a small colorless demon stone fell with a litter on the ground.

　Most of the monsters in the wilderness were vulnerable to the holy attribute magic skills that white mages and ash mages could use, and in this level of the hierarchy, just having a white mage would make the attack much easier. Tsutomu, of course, has a 70-level Unis, so it's unlikely that he'll struggle in the wilderness.

　From time to time, Tsutomu burned up skeletons that appeared to break in, four-legged beastly skeletons, and other skeletons that tried to break in with hollies, while picking up magic stones to earn some extra money and watching as much as Tsutomu could of Barbara's fighting style. It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the game.

　After an hour or so, Tsutomu felt that one-on-one with the skeletons was no longer a problem, so he cleansed the skeletons with a holy and let Barbara take a break. Tsutomu took a water bottle and a towel from Barbara's magic bag that he had been keeping and handed it to her.

　When Barbara removed her helmet, the large bear ears stood up as if pleased to be free of the oppressive space. She toweled off her wet, fine brown hair before gulping down a glass of water. Tsutomu spoke to her once she was done.


'Barbara, maybe you can use your skills a little more. Let's secure enough mental strength to hit Combat Cry twice, and then we can use Defensive and Shield Bash. Ah, but I think defensive is a preference, so you can use it or not.


　Defensive is a skill unique to heavy knights that increases VIT (sturdiness) instead of lowering AGI (agility). In this way, the heavy knight's high VIT will be further increased and stabilized, so it was common sense for the heavy knight in every game to apply the defensive skill first.

　However, in this world, when AGI goes down, one's own experience will also change, so it's not so good to think and impose with the knowledge of the game alone. So Tsutomu left the operation of the defensive to Barbara.


''I understand. Let's try it.''


　However, Barbara followed Tsutomu's instructions with a resounding answer. In fact, she too was inwardly wary of Tsutomu, who at first suggested that the three of them dive into the dungeon together, just like Eunice. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time in this area. So there was a concern that Tsutomu would also make such demands in exchange for teaching her the role of a tank.

　But as Tsutomu's guidance was pure and unadulterated, Barbara's caution became less and less, and she began to like his guidance. As long as he didn't propose anything too strange, Barbara wouldn't refuse Tsutomu's proposal.

　He then added two or three more skeletons and let Barbara fight them, but Tsutomu felt that he was at his limit until he had to deal with three of them at the same time. Barbarara was poked through his helmet with a bone and fired a series of critical attacks, and it looked like it would be tough to withstand.

　Barbara's mind is focused on the head where the slashes are focused. The bent bones of one of the skeletons caught her leg. Barbara falls over. Tsutomu pointed his white cane at her.


'Holy. 'Heel.'


　He flies his recovery skill to Barbara while cleansing one of the skeletons with a pillar of light. Eunice then wipes out the skeletons with her Holy, too. Barbara shook her head and then sighed tiredly as she realized the skeletons had been swept away.


'Yes. Let's take a break and then we can go to the next one. Let's try a few times against the three bodies.'
Yes, sir.
Let's keep going!


　Barbara touched her helmet, which was slightly dented without any particular signs of sinking, and then raised one fist to Tsutomu, who gingerly clenched one fist and raised it himself and smiled at her.


''..........''


　Eunice looked at Barbara and Tsutomu, who were getting along well, and sent her spit to the ground and began to measure the seconds with a hazing to herself.