I'm going to revive Hannah. Please buy me some time.


　Daryl was stunned to see Hannah disappear as a particle, but he looked up with a huff when Tsutomu next to him called out to him. Tsutomu selected Hannah's equipment from his magic bag and prepared it.

　Daryl's thoughts are not collected. Hannah's death. He can't take it in and his thoughts stop. But in Daryl's blank mind, the only thing that remained was the words he was told before entering the 70th level.

　Think and act for yourself. Those words told by Tsutomu weighed heavily on Daryl's mind. Until now, whenever something happened, he had been instructed by Garum and Tsutomu to act, but for the first time, he would have to step forward on his own accord. That was a frightening thing for Daryl.

　He felt somewhat deafened and his vision narrowed, and he instantly felt like he was suffocating. But I have to move. You have to move of your own volition. Without Tsutomu's instructions.


'You'll move fast, but as long as you're not restrained, you'll be fine. I'll be able to recover properly. If you can gain a minute of hate--
I will.
Daryl?
I have to do something. I have to do something.


　Daryl repeated the same words over and over in a trembling voice, then shot his Combat Cry at the mounted golem. But it didn't have the usual sharpened sharpness, just a red wave of fire as it flew through the sky.

　Tsutomu thought for a moment as he flew his support at Daryl's obviously strange appearance. There was a way to revive Hannah immediately without using Daryl and get himself out of the Mounted Golem's hate and surpass her until she finished her preparations. Tsutomu had given his own body a barrier whenever he saw an opening during the battle to do so. So he could surpass her to some extent.

　However, reviving Hannah after having Daryl earn the hate for a few minutes was more in line with the theory. Tsutomu's AGI and VIT are low, even though he's stacking barriers. If the Mounted Golem's attack hits him directly, he'll definitely be driven to the brink of death, and if he's grabbed, he'll be done either way.

　However, Daryl's condition was clearly wrong. This was the first time Tsutomu had seen Daryl losing control of his Combat Cry. If he were to die easily, it would be very painful. Even Tsutomu didn't want to rebuild from a situation where two tanks were missing.


(.........d*mn, I want to act stable.)


　If you're going to take stability, you're better off waiting for Daryl to earn his mount golem hate and reduce the risk of using a raise. It's very tempting for me to choose a stable action. Even if Daryl dies easily and collapses after this, I can still claim that I didn't make a mistake by taking the stable action.

　If this was in a wild PT, Tsutomu would definitely choose stability. If the healer went to the trouble of taking a risk choice and died, it would be completely at Tsutomu's fault. The healer is the role that should not die the most. It's not a good idea to take a risky action, since the only role that can be revived is that of the healer.

　But we can't stay lost for too long. Tsutomu's eyes widened as if he had made up his mind, and he gave instructions to the two men who were beginning to move with Daryl.


''Amira and Diniel, go straight to Daryl's support, please!　I'm going to revive Hannah!


　Tsutomu opted to revive Hannah immediately after giving instructions to the two men in the distance. He went down to the foothold Diniel had secured for him and got his knuckles, water bottle, and other items Hannah would be equipped with.


'Raise,'


　A ray of light headed upward from the white cane, and after a bit, particles of light began to gather in front of her. After those particles showed a single large light, Hannah was resurrected in what looked like traditional clothing.


''Wow!　Wow!
Settle down. OK. Here's your equipment. You'll be in danger of being attacked, so you'll need to equip it as soon as possible to get the Mounted Golem to hate you. I'll be dead if you don't hurry.


　Hanna gets up with a strange cry. Grabbing her shoulders firmly, Tsutomu says pleadingly, and hands equipment after equipment to Hannah, who still doesn't understand the situation very well.


''Wow!


　Then a shout from behind him caused Tsutomu to turn around and see Daryl in the hands of the mounted golem, holding him there. The mounted golem threw Daryl to the wall with disinterest and slammed him into the wall, then ran towards Tsutomu, who had made a raise, waving his arms in the air.


'Hurry up!'


　Hanna hurriedly begins to equip her knuckles as she hears Tsutomu's voice for the first time, which she can't afford. Tsutomu is baffled by the speed of the mounted golem coming towards him, and applies protection and haste to himself. Amira is facing Daryl, who is slammed into the wall, and Diniel is coming after the mounted golem.


(It was the right choice, but if I die from this, I'm a war criminal. I might fall from the three strongest healers...)


　Tsutomu flew wide while thinking about this, and avoided the hands of the mounted golem coming towards him as fast as he could. The basic method of attack for the mounted golem is with his hands and arms, as well as a heat ray attack from his eyes.

　The mounted golem immediately reacted to Tsutomu's avoidance of his arms by turning his face and firing a series of heat rays from both eyes. The heat rays land on him at a speed that Tsutomu could not avoid.

　However, the hooded Tsutomu turned his back and nullified the heat rays with his scorching rock robes and dodged them by scraping through the two arms that followed. Thanks to the Burning Rock Robe, even Tsutomu managed to get around against the mounted golem.

　Tsutomu grasped Diniel, who had caught up with him, out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't have time to send instructions. Even if he had the advantage of disabling heat rays, it was difficult for Tsutomu's AGI to avoid all of the mounted golem's moves.

　Tsutomu has been practicing as an evasive tank himself, so he is able to avoid them, at least against monsters in the volcanic hierarchy. However, it was too bad against the mounted golem in the final stages.

　The wind pressure that occurred when he waved his arms around blew Tsutomu away, and he managed to avoid the Shoken Thrust that was coming at him. However, seeing the mounted golem swinging its other arm, Tsutomu guessed.


(Oh, impossible.)


　The mounted golem, whose body was dyed bright red, was moving so fast that it was impossible to avoid it no matter what. While looking at the illusion that death itself was approaching, Tsutomu moved to avoid a direct hit, believing in the barrier he had accumulated until now.

　At that moment, multiple ice arrows landed on the elbows of the mounted golem that was swinging to hit Tsutomu. His joints became blackened and his movements were delayed, if only slightly.

　But thanks to that, Tsutomu escaped with a paperweight on his fist, only to be blown wide open by the fist pressure. When Diniel, who was on the ground, realized that the Stream Arrow was not going to be able to make it in time, he interrupted and instantly read the motion of the mounted golem and shot an ice arrow into the elbow joint. Tsutomu had been saved by Diniel's quickness.


(Great!)


　There was a calculation that the barrier could prevent a blow, but it was very significant that that insurance could be preserved here. Tsutomu regained his position in the air, thanking Diniel for his help. Looking ahead, I see that Hannah is also back and trying to get the Mounted Golem's hate.

　Daryl was too far away to see much, but he hadn't been able to recover yet. Tsutomu quickly turned his gaze back to the mounted golem that was closing the distance and escaped from the foot that was swinging up to crush him.

　After that, Diniel continued to match the mounted golem's movements, firing accurately at the joint and slowing down its movements, albeit for a few tenths of a second. Even Tsutomu was able to get around for a while due to Diniel's arms, which had very advanced shooting ability, and the scorching rock robes that nullified the heat rays.


''Ah.''


　However, at the last minute, the Mounted Golem's fist was snatched once and Tsutomu was blown away as if he had been played and slammed into the wall. He was unharmed by the multiple barriers that had been granted to him, so he was able to prevent the impact, but that was already enough to crack all the barriers.

　But Tsutomu, leaning against the rock wall, looked as if he was convinced of something.


''Osi!　I got it!


　After that attack, the mounted golem turned to Hannah for the last time. Finally, Hannah was able to get the Haste. Tsutomu exhaled tiredly, then pulled his arm out of the rock and sent the Haste flying at Hannah.

　He hadn't seen her when she was being targeted by the Mounted Golem because he didn't have time to spare, but it seemed that Amira was back in the line of fire as well. But I couldn't see Daryl.


(He's not dead, right?)


　I haven't seen any particles after Daryl slammed into the wall. She may have broken bones and other injuries and may be unable to move, but from the current battle situation, Hannah is the priority first. Tsutomu focused his Haste and Medic on her and tried to stabilize the battle situation. Hannah is also calm, probably thanks to the fact that she died once.


''I won't eat her anymore!


　The mounted golem did another rock ejection after falling into a large figure, but Hannah calmly moved away before avoiding it. At the end of the game, the Mounted Golem is moving very fast despite its huge size, but it's not far behind Hannah.

　Diniel's stream arrows are starting to get more and more determined, and Amira joins in the attack, which further increases her DPS. Tsutomu was often concerned about the one with Daryl, but if Hannah went down again, he wouldn't be able to look at her, so he focused on support recovery.


(They're not attacking me at range, are they? Lucky.)


　The first range attack has a recoil, but not the second. So being moved from range attack to attack is one of the tricky behaviors, but luckily this time it wasn't. And the next strike was probably the last.


'Stream Arrow.


　With a tired voice, Diniel fired a stream arrow for what seemed like the dozens of times, and an ice arrow landed on the mounted golem. Then the light in the mount golem's shining red eyes disappeared after it was snatched, and the body blackened from above its head and stopped moving. Then the Mounted Golem began to leak particles of light.

　Then two black gates appeared with the sound of something popping. After confirming this, Tsutomu clenched his fist.


''Oops!　Good job!
'Whoa!　He did it, Master!
"Phew.


　Hanna responded to Tsutomu's voice and shivered with delight as she plunged at full speed into his gut. Tsutomu grunted and held her in the air as she was headbutted by a pigeon tail. Diniel lowered his bow with a thud and a tired look on his face, and Amira, who was carrying a large sword on her shoulder, looked indescribable.

　When Tsutomu finally calmed down, he went down to the ground with her, suppressing Hannah's hug and the nausea that was rising in him. Then he headed towards Diniel, who was wiping the sweat that was flowing out of her arms.


'Diniel!　Good job!
It's hot.


　Diniel depressingly brushed aside Hannah as she hugged him. Tsutomu also approached her with a loose sly look on his face.


'Diniel!　That stall was divine!　It really helped!
Hmm. Yeah, and Tsutomu.
'd*mn it!　That's cool!


　Tsutomu laughed heartily and clasped his hands together with Diniel, who raised his hands as if nothing had happened. If it wasn't for the tactfulness with which Tsutomu cancelled the Stream Arrow and moved to fire in that scene of crisis, he would probably have been trapped to the point of death.

　After that Tsutomu was a little disappointed by the huge colorless magic stone that dropped from the Mounted Golem, he also called out to Amira, who was gasping for breath as she stabbed her great sword into the ground.


''Good job Amira!　I liked the golem fight early on, and I liked the push at the end!
Yeah.


　But Amira, surprisingly, didn't seem too pleased, and she seemed to be suppressing her anger somehow. Tsutomu tilted his head curiously and then asked what was on his mind.


''Speaking of which, what's going on Daryl?　Did you have a broken bone or something?
Ha.... I'm not that weak.


　Amira said with heartfelt disdain and turned herself around. Tsutomu didn't pursue her words and actions, which he didn't understand, but instead took one look at Hannah, who was frolicking in front of God's eyes, before heading towards the wall that Daryl had bumped into.


'Daryl?'
Huh.


　There was Daryl, curled up, shrinking and trembling. He raised a pitiful voice at Tsutomu's call and curled his body up even more. From his quick movements, you can tell that Daryl is not that badly injured.


''I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.''
...Are you okay?
'I'm sorry, I'm sorry I failed. I'm sorry.
Well let's just go home.


　Tsutomu called out to Daryl, who was apologizing incessantly, but he only apologized in tears as he backed away. Tsutomu was sorry to see Daryl's confusion, but he decided to think about it after he got out of there and went to remove his heavy armor. He then retrieved the armor with his magic bag and carried it on his fly over Daryl's heavy shoulders.