301-Indomitable spirit




"Raise.


 Tsutomu wiped his cheek with his sleeve even though Diniel's blood was gone, and quickly revived Daryl in the vicinity of his equipment. As the area was illuminated by the light that shot up in the air, he turned to face the grinning adult, staring at the claws that had sliced through Diniel.


(It's been a long time since I've had this feeling.)


 That Diniel saw the situation where three people died suddenly and chose to die, saying it was a waste of time and equipment. That in itself was common knowledge from the explorers of this world. Prolonging the game into a prank and using consumable potions and magic tools to get wiped out is certainly a waste, and moving to avoid losing the dungeon-produced equipment that you've struggled to obtain is not a bad idea.

 However, that of Diniel would have been a construct. There was no need to work hard since he couldn't win anymore anyway. I can't say that I didn't have the feeling that it was too much trouble to fight for nothing more. He was angry about that, but those who were like Diniel were 'Live Dungeon! I've seen this all the time in raid fights with large groups of people.

 I've seen a lot of people in raid fights who leave or cut the line if they are having a bit of a bad day, probably because they are in a large group and think it's okay if they are out of the game. There are people in every role who do that kind of attrition, but in proportion, healers are the most common.

 I'm sure there are people who will say that it's useless to support these trash and fall to the ground, or they will lose their temper and cut off the line as soon as they die, even though there are other healers waiting to revive them. And Tsutomu had done this a few times when he was an intermediate, so he knew how it felt. Just seeing an attacker who doesn't even think about resuscitating a tank that doesn't even earn hate over and over again is enough to make you feel a lot worse, and you can understand why you want to throw it away.

 But at the end of the day, it's an escape. It's a good idea to find out what was wrong with you and fix it, rather than judging someone else as a piece of shit and ending up complaining about it. Besides, Tsutomu had experience in several raid battles, where he was able to rebuild in the midst of a large number of atrophy and neglect.

 And when the situation started to improve after repeating the optimal solution in a nonchalant manner, some of those who had been left out could start to move a little bit. The feeling of superiority at that moment was tremendous, and I enjoyed tapping away at the keyboard with the smugest face of my life in the post-victory chat, to the point of death. And by the time I got to the point where I could say I was an advanced player, I was also a big fan of mines and players who left me alone.


(Absolutely, I'll get back up.)


 Thanks to such experience, Tsutomu didn't fade away from Diniel's suicide, but rather resuscitated Daryl while thinking in his head about rebuilding quickly.

 At the moment, Hannah was more active than Daryl, and Tsutomu had a little bit of hesitation in this choice. But right now, he'd rather have a hundred percent of sixty points than fifty percent of one hundred and twenty points. And since Tsutomu saw that Hannah would have to be in a somewhat free environment to show her strength, he couldn't deny the possibility of being beaten out of hand under the circumstances.

 On top of that, Daryl had originally earned a lot of hate, so even though it had been greatly reduced by his death, it was still accumulating. However, it wasn't enough to surpass Tsutomu's hate that had been resuscitated and recovered, so the end of the line moved to look at Tsutomu.


''........Haha!


 Then the revived Daryl remembered that his body had suddenly stopped moving and he had lost consciousness, and he looked around to assess the situation.

 There was no one there but Tsutomu and himself. This startled Daryl, but he immediately began to equip his own heavy armor that had fallen off.


'Daryl, when you equip it, drink both potions and then use the Combat Cry to make hate! Maybe I can get it right away!
Yes!


 When Tsutomu instructed him as he flew into the air with his fly and avoided the rush of the adult, Daryl replied while equipping his heavy armor. Putting on and taking off the heavy armor equipment would take a lot of time if he wasn't used to it, but he could equip it as fast as he could put on his clothes due to the heavy knight's compensation. Therefore, he quickly adjusted his equipment and took a gulp of both potions before releasing his Combat Cry.

 Tsutomu stood around looking down from his mature face to avoid eye contact while flying on the fly. Tsutomu had learned his fly technique from Xeno, and his aerial maneuvering had become quite good since he began to imitate Hannah's movements.


''Haha!''


 However, his movements and skills are simply backward-compatible with Hanna's if you compare them. And it is not possible for Tsutomu to suddenly avoid the attack of the end of the world brilliantly like she did. Tsutomu's claws tore through the barrier of the right half of his body, which he had already accumulated, and the claws of the Narrow Gap tore through it. There was no way he could stand around without making eye contact with it from the beginning, and for about twenty seconds, their eyes met and they were petrified.


''Combat Cry!''


 However, this time there was also the hate that had been accumulated from the beginning on Daryl, and if it was only a matter of reviving one person, he was able to immediately take away the target of the end of his life. After being targeted for a few dozen seconds, Tsutomu lost half of the barrier he had already accumulated, and after making a face that he could only laugh, he called out to Daryl while fishing for his magic bag.


''I'm sorry, but I don't have time. You don't have to reply, just listen to me while you earn your hate.''


 While setting up the numerous magic tools bought from the magician on the ground, Tsutomu tells Daryl in the middle of the battle the outline of the operation.


'A minute and a half from now, we'll revive Leleia. In the meantime, Daryl, use Taunt and Combat to gain hate anyway. You can take the blue potion with a gun. More importantly, I don't want Leia to be the target of a target like me after I revive her. It's going to be hard when your mental strength is reduced, but Daryl can definitely do it. Just manage to get through it.
Taunt, swing!


 In response to Tsutomu's voice, Daryl struck the end of his life with his large shield and steadily earned hate. Rather, Tsutomu, who saw Daryl's concentration increased and his movements improved from earlier, returned to the task of setting the magic tool on the ground without thinking about the damage caused by the overall attack.


''Two!''


 And as expected, most of the magic tools that had been set up on the ground were destroyed by the overall attack of light pouring down like rain from the sky. However, there was about 20% of the installed portion left, so I set the magic stone there and completed the preparations for activation.


(Good talisman.)


 At that time, he drank a bit of the gray potion given to him at the forest apothecary, and the area around his petrified stomach healed quickly. It's not easy to drink, but after confirming the efficacy of the gray potion, which healed faster than the medic, Tsutomu covered Daryl with a minimal amount of heels, thinking that this would be useful.


'Raise.'


 And at exactly one and a half minutes, Tsutomu revived Leleia. Standing in front of Leleia, who had been revived while holding a white fine sword, Tsutomu looked back at her with a relieved look on his face when he saw the end of his life not coming towards him.


'Let me sign a contract with Undine right now.
...the contract - Undine.


 If you only listen to that voice, you didn't feel anything in particular, but Leleia, who slightly sensed an atmosphere that was somehow different from the usual, made a spirit contract without even saying a small word. After the water billows, an undine in the form of a slime appeared and settled into Tsutomu's right pocket again.


'In another minute, Hannah and then Diniel will be revived as well. If that happens, I'll be the target of the end of the line, so I'll leave Leleia in charge of the PT leader in the meantime. I'll leave my magic bag with her and she'll use potions to support the whole thing. I'll leave my Magic Bag with you, and you'll be able to use Potions to support the whole team, as well as to move Undine around, so make sure you have plenty of mental energy. You can use the candy potion as well.


 Saying that, as I put the blue candy potion, a valuable item that I don't normally use, into my mouth and threw some potions into a spare magic bag, Leleia asked me while making a calculating face in her head.


''.........So you will be able to survive?''
If the healer doesn't survive, the petrification can't be cured, so total annihilation is a certainty. But if you don't have all of them, you won't have enough firepower to break through. It's true that there's little chance of me surviving the attack, but we have no choice. I'm sorry, but I'm going to need as much support as possible. The instructions are short, but I'll give each of you instructions. Daryl, you're going to drink the blue potion and get some hate. Hannah is to create an opening in the end of her life with her magical fist. Good luck with that.
I understand.


 Leleia was a bit mystified that Diniel's name hadn't been mentioned, but she figured she'd leave it up to her, and immediately received Tsutomu's magic bag and began to put on her own equipment. Away from her, Tsutomu went around setting the magic stone corresponding to the magic tool that was lucky enough to survive the entire attack.

 This magic tool was developed after the stampede of the tyrannical dragon, and by using the magic stone, it is capable of reproducing a pseudo-barrier. However, that's just a token and in effect it's like barrier magic, but that's how it's done.

 The distrust of barrier magic has led to innovations in the artisans of magic tools, and this tool has been improved and improved, and now a miniaturized prototype has been made, and Tsutomu, who had invested in it, was given some of it. He activated other magic tools that seemed to be able to stall the monster, and since thirty seconds had passed, he began preparing to revive Hannah before the three minutes of revivable time had passed.


''Well, we'll have to do something...''


 When you resuscitate Hannah, the end of her life will definitely target you, and if you resuscitate Diniel, you'll have more time to be targeted. Honestly, there's no need to revive even Diniel. It's because there's a chance he won't move even if you bring him back to life in the first place. But if you don't bring four people back to life and rebuild, you won't be able to convince yourself. Risking his pride as a healer, Tsutomu was determined to completely rebuild.

 However, half of the barrier had already been shaved off after being targeted for a few dozen seconds earlier, and he couldn't put it back up because he couldn't afford to make any more hate. No matter how hard Daryl tried, it would take more than five minutes to regain the hate. Perhaps if Tsutomu was able to get around normally, it would take less than a minute for him to be divided into three equal parts like Diniel was.

 The situation was desperate, as if death was no longer a certainty. Memories of being melted to death on the hundredth level flashed through Tsutomu's mind, but surprisingly, the fear was not that great. Maybe it's because he's thinking about getting back at Diniel. The sound of the candy rolling around in my mouth sounds strangely loud.


(If I stand around normally, I'll never last five minutes. I'll have to cross a dangerous bridge. ...Is it more important to get through the present than the later? (I'll get through it alone.)


 As Tsutomu opened his eyes, taking a deep breath to concentrate and decide on the direction of his stand, Undine came out of his right pocket as if to assert himself and fell to the ground with a bobble. Tsutomu picked up such an Undine and placed it on his right shoulder, which was not protected by the barrier.


''Undine has saved me before, and I'm counting on it.
"--!


 Recalling the Stampede in the royal capital, Tsutomu said with a nostalgic smile, and Undine instantly turned into a human form and hugged her from the right. Tsutomu was taken aback by such an Undine, and then looked down at her as she hugged him with accusing eyes.


What's the big deal? Keep it small and protect your right side. We don't have time to play around.


 She chuckles at Undine's head as she rubs her face against her shoulder, and she reverts back to her spherical slime form with a look of reluctance. After Tsutomu chuckled, saying that he didn't understand the specifics of the genie, Tsutomu switched his thoughts and opened his narrow eyes.


''Raise.''


 Tsutomu then pointed his white staff at a location and revived Hannah. A strong ray of light shot up into the sky and brought Hannah back to life where her equipment was.


''Yaaaaaah!


 As soon as Hannah was revived, the target of the adult jumped to Tsutomu. The face that had been facing Daryl bent a hundred and eighty degrees to face Tsutomu, spreading its wings, which were only skeletal, in the opposite direction to its body. As soon as that happened, Tsutomu hastened to himself and jumped up from the spot, avoiding the rush first.


''Kittsu...!


 Flying at a speed that makes you want to brake, you manage to escape the range of the claws waved in the chase. Even though he's insured with a barrier, flying at that kind of speed still fuels his fear. Tsutomu, who approached the end of his life at that speed, began to stay close to his body, swaying like a pendulum.

 I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it. To begin with, his power as a living organism and the status value of his job are clearly different. Therefore, no matter how much he tried to imitate Hanna, he was just a backwards-compatible.


''Four!''


 Even if the specs were just poor, mosquitoes have their own way of fighting mosquitoes. With movements like a depressing mosquito that doesn't even try to suck blood but just drifts around the body, Tsutomu was able to avoid the attack on the end of his life. Although he couldn't produce that much speed, his slimy movements were not easy to catch.

 Besides, the Narutei's actions were also 'Live Dungeon! I have a good grasp on most of this from my experience at the Battle of the Nations, watching the battle at the divine table and observing the actual battle. The only thing I was best at was avoiding the entire attack, and I knew from experience about the speed of the attack at the end of the day when the barrier was cut down earlier, so I dared not imitate Hanna, but dared to get closer all the way and repeat the annoying move.


''Taunt swing!''


 Plus, by keeping Naraku in place, Daryl can easily hit the hate-making skills as well. The revived Hannah also donned her equipment and returned to the front line after being drunk with the potion, and Leleia handed the blue potion to Daryl, who was starting to look pale from overuse of the skill.

 But the mosquitoes' time to survive was running out by the minute. Its fluffy and difficult to capture aerial maneuvers would be struck after being waited on slowly once they were used to it. Tsutomu, who felt that way when he saw that Naruse was no longer attacking with large swings, landed on the ground once.


''Aaaaaaah!
Three, Haste!


 Then Tsutomu started to run as fast as he could towards the one with no sunspots, informing them of the type of overall attack. However, Tsutomu's AGI is a C, so she's not human. Although I saw him running based on Lorena's movements as a running healer, he is truly like a rabbit and a tortoise compared to her.

 But since I was running with Garum and Daryl every morning, I've built up quite a bit of physical strength. That's why it looks like you're risking your life, but you've managed to gain a few dozen seconds. But if they catch up with you, that's it, and you'll soon be slashed from behind with your claws.

 But Undine on his shoulder stretched his viscous body to the side and pulled him to the ground, redirecting him to pull Tsutomu to move. The mature end gouges the empty ground.


''Raise!''


 Tsutomu readies his staff while being pulled by Undine to avoid a slash, and revives Diniel into place. He then runs, managing to keep his balance while letting his stance lean forward, and turns on the magic tool that was set up on the ground.


''Geez!


 Then, as if to resonate, other magic tools were activated, and a transparent barrier was formed between Tsutomu and Narutama. The Narutei, whose body was caught in it, screamed in surprise, but the barrier was easily broken. At the cost of a magic tool that had been miniaturized until it managed to fit into a magic bag, its strength was only about as strong as a weak barrier, and its output was only as strong as a weak barrier. It's still not practical, but even so, it's still profitable to gain a few seconds.


''Kiiii!''


 And even though Tsutomu was running on the ground, Narashina caught up with him in an instant and raised her hand again. It's not just a matter of time before you are able to get your hands on a new one. The mucous body of Undine, which had been stretched like rubber, is severed.


''Oooaaaah!


 Tsutomu, who had already begun to be pulled, screamed as his inertia blew him to the right, and he jumped up on the fly after his body was dragged to the ground a few times. However, the claws of the end of his life that were ahead of him caught his abdomen. As it was flung upwards, the sound of something shattering could be heard from the petrified abdomen.

 This attack was barely fatal, as Undine covered up for it as quickly as possible. However, that attack caused Undine to disappear, and the mature attack didn't end there as well. A sharp claw loomed over Tsutomu's torso as if it were finally killing the mosquitoes that had been flying around him. There is no way for Tsutomu to avoid them.


''Master oh!''


 At that moment, Hanna crushed the magic stone of fire, her right hand camouflaged in a bright red color, and in a rage, she hit the claws of the end of her life with a fist of demonic flow to deflect them. That and Leleia, who is licking a blue candy potion, managed to save Tsutomu's life by covering Hannah with the Sylph wind.


(No more surpassing them........)


 The only thing that saved his life was the blow he received earlier, which greatly reduced Tsutomu's body. Not a few stones fell through the gaps in his clothes, and his body didn't move as if his energy was drained. Fortunately, thanks to the petrification, there is no pain, but his belly is probably gutted. I still have the will to fight, but I don't have the strength to move like I did earlier. It is no longer too much of a chore to move his or her face, and the petrification of Tsutomu's neck is being eroded into a pale white color as a result of the fact that he or she is making eye contact with the end of his or her life.


''Yaaaaaah!


 Daryl is doing his best to take the hate, but he doesn't care about him and the end of the line is aimed at him. Tsutomu managed to move his trembling hands to reach into his spare magic bag and hold the potion bottle, and then he braced his body and plunged into Naraku.


''Koe!


 While letting out a word of fear, Tsutomu used the barrier of the left half of his body that was still in place and approached the Naraku no Hate by himself. With a sound like a battle of wits, the barrier protecting Tsutomu cracked open one by one, but he surpassed the slashes of the claws and approached the end of the world.

 The PT members were surprised by this reckless behavior. But Leleia and Diniel, who had figured out the reason for Tsutomu's action, looked somewhat resigned. Hannah was about to head over with an impatient look on her face as she healed her badly burned right hand with a potion, but she couldn't get there in time. Daryl was still desperately trying to use his Taunt Swing and Combat Cry to get some hate, but he wouldn't be able to get a target for more than two more minutes.


'Whoa!


 As Tsutomu recklessly stepped out in front of the end of the world, he shouted to counteract his fear. However, he grabbed Tsutomu's torso, which was stagnating in front of him, as if he were an insect, and brought it to his eyes as if he were observing it.


''Khihihihihiya!


 When he raised a mocking voice at Tsutomu, who was easily caught at the end of his life, the white light that was visible when he had petrified the three of them to death in an instant earlier leaked out of his hands.


''Sh, Master---!


 Hannah abandoned her still-healed right hand and approached with the magic stone in her left hand, but she was no longer in time due to the distance. Then, as her shrill cry echoed, a wave of white occurred around her hand and Tsutomu's figure was obscured by its light.