As Rei felt himself falling through the air, it wasn’t fear in his eyes, but determination

Of course, he felt frustrated from being constantly attacked from an unknown location ever since he arrived at Emoshion. However, it also fueled his will to fight the Lemrace, which likely located on the other side of water vapour that covered the entire area.

Continuing to fall through the water vapour for several seconds, Rei’s intuition told him there was an opportunity to attack and he readied the Death Scythe.

It was impossible to accurately measure the distance through the water vapour, which limited vision to less than 1m. In such a situation, even if the Death Scythe was quite large, as a melee weapon, it wouldn’t be that useful……if Rei had no means of attacking from long range that is.

(It looks like it will be hard to use magic to deal with it, judging from the water breath it just used.)

Muttering to himself, Rei activated the Death Scythe’s skill.

「Flying Slash-!」

With that shout, a slash flew out from the blade of the Death Scythe, cutting through the water vapour and towards the Lemrace behind it. However……

「Don’t do it, Rei-!」

Hearing Egret’s shout from the ground, Rei frowned as he continued to fall after swinging the Death Scythe.

As Rei didn’t understand what Egret was trying to tell him, he just activated the Shoes of Sleipnir just before hitting the ground. Stopping his fall, Rei landed on the ground without a sound.

As the water vapour hadn’t covered the ground completely yet, he was able to see Egret, who had a serious expression as he held what remained of his poleaxe, Miroir, who had a bitter expression, and Hendeka, whose face had become quite pale.

Realising that Rei had landed nearby, the three of them hurriedly ran over.

「Rei, here. Let’s get out of here. Fortunately, that guy can’t see its surroundings due to the water vapour.」

「Egret!」

Rei kicked Egret, who had been running over to him, knocking Miroir and Hendeka back as well. At the same time, Rei use the recoil to push himself away. The next moment……

「SHAAAAA-!」

With such a cry, the Lemrace’s head went past where Rei had been just a moment earlier.

「Dman, it can still tell where we are by some means other than sight. I had hoped it wouldn’t be able to do that out of the sea.」

Twisting his body in the air and landing on the ground, Rei prepared himself for the Lemrace’s pursuit.

(No, wait. It noticed me and not Set? In that case, when I was flying over the sea, it wasn’t sensing Set, it was sensing me……for sure, when Shen was flying with us, it only targeted me and Set. That must mean……tch!)

Just as Rei was gathering his thoughts, the huge head of the Lemrace flew towards him again. Missing Rei again, the Lemrace moved its head up before diving back down, as if trying to swallow Rei whole.

「You’re not going to eat me!」

Shouting that, Rei jumped into the air, using the Shoes of Sleipnir. Moving one, two then three steps, he ran up to the sky as he swung the Death Scythe.

「Flying Slash!」

A Flying Slash flew out again. It could be used almost instantly by Rei and it’s attack power was quite high. In addition, it was a long range attack and the skill Rei was most familiar with.

However……the next moment, Rei came to understand why Egret had shouted at him previously.

The slash that flew out from the blad of the Death Scythe struck the body of the Lemrace. However, its body, that was covered in a purple liquid, remained unchanged after it was hit. Yes, it didn’t even suffer any injuries

「Impo-!」

It was one of his most used attacked. Rei had been so confident in the power of the Flying Slash that he stopped for a moment as he saw the Lemrace remain unscathed.

The effect of the Shoes of Sleipnir had already ended and the intelligent Lemrace wasn’t going to miss the opportunity as Rei just stopped in mid air.

Whoosh-!

Instead of its head, the Lemrace swung its tail as its giant body moved towards Rei.

「-!? Tch, damn itttttt-!」

All Rei could do as he was stuck in the sky was to use his Dragon Robe to bolster his defenses.

Because of that, he was able to block any direct damage. However, it couldn’t block the impact from the Lemrace’s 30m long tail.

Rei was blasted away like a stone thrown by an adult. After bouncing several times, he was finally able to halt his momentum.

Considering his had been smashed 500m away from where the Lemrace had been, it was quite the surprise that he was able to keep a hold on the Death Scythe the entire time.

Rei felt a dull pain in his side as used the shaft of the Death Scythe to prop himself up.

(That hurt……considering that, it’s a good thing I didn’t break anything.)

Putting his hand inside the Dragon Robe, he felt his sides and checked his injuries before muttering to himself in annoyance.

Even as he did that, the Lemrace lifted its head up as it looked down on Rei from its higher position, eyes glistening.

Rei hadn’t known when he first jumped down from the sky, but now he guessed that it was probably preparing for a water breath.

「Magic Shield!」

As he said that, a shield of light appeared beside Rei. Seeing that, Rei tried to close the distance to the Lemrace. At the same time, he stored the Death Scythe into the Misty Ring as took out a spear from the Misty Ring.

This was Rei’s best strength……or rather, since his fire magic would only be blocked by the Lemrace’s water breath, Rei judged that he should try a different means of attack.

However, as Egret shouted out as he ran towards Rei, who was about to through his spear.

「Don’t do it, Rei! The purple liquid covering its body will corrode your weapon!」

Hearing those words, Rei glanced towards Egret’s hands for a moment.

Indeed, Egret’s poleaxe was already a wreck that couldn’t be called a weapon anymore. It was at the point where the shaft could only be used as a club if it was used at all. In fact, Egret had been using the remains of the poleaxe as a club rather than risk having his spare weapon also be corroded.

As he heard Egret’s shout, Rei threw the spear towards the Lemrace with all his strength. At the same time, the Lemrace spat a huge amount of water, taking advantage of the gap Rei left as he attacked.

(Please!)

The spear thrown by Rei pierced through the air, stabbing towards the thick body of the Lemrace.

At the same time, the Lemrace’s water breath hit the Magic Shield, scattering water into the surroundings without hurting Rei.

Seeing that, Rei took a relatively good condition spear that could still be used as a weapon out of the Misty Ring as he threw it over to Egret.

「Use it!」

At the same time as his shout, Rei took three spears out of the Misty Ring in quick succession to prepare to throw.

Rei glanced towards the Magic Shield that was holding the water breath back before looking back to the spear he had thrown earlier. However, all he could see was the spear lying on the ground and not in the body of the Lemrace.

「Damn it, it’s no good!」

From the corroding spear tip lying on the ground, he could what Egret had told him was true.

After seeing that, he turned back to the Lemrace again……

「-!?」

At that moment, Rei blanked out at what he saw.

Yes, the light that made up the Magic Shield that had been blocking the Lemrace’s water breath was gradually turning to mist around its edges.

「Impossible-!」

Rei gave an unexpected shout, but shouting wouldn’t change the current situation. What was needed now was to think of a way to stop the water breath that would hit him want the Magic Shield was completely drained.

(I thought it was able to block any attack once……no, the continuous water breath might be considered more than one attack……that’s not the point! What I have to think about is how to get out of this situation!)

As Rei hurriedly looked around, he could see Hendeka desperately drawing his bow and shooting arrows towards the Lemrace’s head. The arrows fell away as soon as they touched the purple liquid secreted by the Lemrace, making it seem like a pointless action. However, seeing Hendeka desperately shoot arrows, Egret and Miroir quickly realised what Hendeka was trying to do. Seeing that their spear and whip couldn’t reached the Lemrace, they grabbed whatever rocks they could find in their surroundings as they threw it towards the Lemrace’s head.

At the same time, Set and Shen, who were flying in the sky, also began to attack the Lemrace’s head.

「KIKIKIKIKI-!」

Along with a shrill cry, five ice arrows appeared around Shen as it shot them at the Lemrace’s head.

Even if the purple liquid was able to block weapons, it didn’t seem to be the same for magic. With the ice arrows aimed at its head, the Lemrace reluctantly closed its eyelids to protect its eyes.

Still, it was a testament to how much a threat the Lemrace considered Rei to be as it continued to attack Rei with its water breath without stopping. Another reason was that even with its eyes closed, the Lemrace was still able to sense Rei’s location and didn’t have to worry about Rei running away.

However……the Lemrace had misjudged this time. He had forgotten Rei’s partner, a monster that had been created by the Magic Beast Art.

「GURURURURURU-!」

Set fell straight down from the sky as it raised a cry. He wasn’t just falling, but flapping his wings to increase his speed.

The Lemrace must have realised the threat approaching it when it heard Set’s cry. The Lemrace moved……but the next moment, Set’s claws slammed into the Lemrace’s head.

With Set’s weight, his increased dive speed from flapping his wings and the effect of the Bracelet of Herculean Strength on his foreleg, his attacks slammed the head of the 30m long Lemrace to the ground.

As the sound of flesh hitting the ground echoed out, a shock wave close to that of an earthquake was felt by everyone in the area as the Lemrace’s head hit the ground.

Naturally, the Lemrace’s water breath that it had been spitting out a moment ago was interrupted after having its mouth forced shut. Seeing that, Rei gave a shout.

「Now! There’s no corrosive liquid on its head, so attacks should go through!」

「UOHHHHHHHH—!」

Alongside Rei’s shout……no, Egret, who had started moving a moment earlier than Rei, attacked the Lemrace’s head with his spear as he gave a cry.

「SHA-SHAAAAAAA-!」

The Lemrace seemed to realise what was happening. The Lemrace shook its head and turned to face Egret who had just attacked it, opening its jaws wide to bite down on Egret with its fangs.

It was at that moment, as the Lemrace was shaken and confused by Set’s incredibly strong attack, that Rei’s greatest opportunity appeared.

To the Lemrace, facing two attacks towards its head, which currently didn’t have any purple liquid protecting it, Egret was the closer person. Even though Rei had blocked its water breath, he was still 100m away. Both Egret and Rei were within its attack range, but the Lemrace judged the fast approaching Egret to be the higher threat.

Whoosh-!

The moment the Lemrace bared it’s massive fangs to attack Egret, the spear thrown by Rei pierced through the air and went straight into the Lemrace’s throat, to be exact, the part needed to use its water breath.

「SHAAAAAAAA-!」

Maybe it was due to the spear stuck in its throat, the Lemrace’s cry seemed a lot more stifled than before……

「Just go and dieeeeee-!」

As the Lemrace cried out in pain, Egret stabbed his spear into its right eye.

As the Lemrace writhed on the ground due to the severe pain caused by that attack, Rei grasped the Death Scythe and closed the distance to the Lemrace as he dealt with the pain in his side.

All this to deal the final lethal attack.

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