An arrow shot from the front was not likely to hit its target .
The Loup-garou avoided it with ease before charging towards me again .
“Hah!”
And like an idiot, I blocked him with an Ice Shield . The Loup-garou was surprised at the sudden appearance of the thing, but instead of crashing into it, he jumped .
But Daniela was quick . She unleashed another arrow as the Loup-garou was in the air . But this was a forest wolf . Wind blew all around it . But I had the same skill and understood how he would move .
And so I unleashed a volley of Ice Arrows of my own, blocking its path .
“GGGRRAAH…!!”
Luckily, two of them hit . One in its back and one in its stomach . The Loup-garou was unable to ignore the pain, and it crashed into the ground .
“I’ll get it!”
“I will cover you!”
I ran with the sword in my hand . Behind me, I could hear Daniela pulling her bow . I was able to charge like this because I knew she had my back .
The Loup-garou had shot towards me at an incredible speed, and so it was now sliding across the ground . Its claws were in the dirt, but there didn’t seem to be much strength in them . It hit a tree and leaves fell .
“Damn you…human…”
“I’m usually very sympathetic to your kind, but if you insist on trying to kill me, I’ll have to return the favor!”
“Fool!!”
It was not great that I wasn’t wearing my armor, but I now used my AGI to its fullest as I dashed towards him and slammed my sword down just as it tried to get up . I meant to take off its head, but in a flash, he moved out of the way . But he wasn’t unhurt either . Part of his front right paw had been cut .
Blood ran from the wounds . The smell of raw flesh was in the air, as was the smell of iron .
The last blow seemed to have done a lot of damage, because his body shook as he got up . Seeing my chance, I activated Jack of all Trades, Master of None and ran simulations of my new skill . The four screens showed four versions of me and taught me the movements . It was very similar to the old skill . However, the output was not . It was high-power and very efficient . I silently thanked Rachel .
Maybe this wasn’t so bad after all .
Just then, an arrow shot out from behind me and went straight into the belly of the Loup-garou . The beast was capable of speech, but it now wailed like an animal .
“Now!”
“Aye!”
Daniela really was reliable . Even when it would look like I was just standing there, she understood that my brain was making calculations through Jack of all Trades, Master of None . The arrow came at just the right timing .
And I had my opening .
And I would not let it pass . I concentrated and activated ‘Legs of the God Wolf . ’ Then that familiar sensation of wind around my legs came . From what I could see, it was also silver and green . However, the silver looked like there was a little white in it as well . The green also looked clearer and perhaps more vibrant .
But that wasn’t important . I had to concentrate on what was ahead of me .
“You…I knew it . A wolf…!”
The Loup-garou saw the wind and glared at me . I ignored him and moved forward . It only took a second . The distance between us seemed to vanish . The shocked eyes of the Loup-garou faced me . And then my blade was buried in its face .
“GGGGGGGGGGAAAAARRGHHH!!!!”
It roared and thrashed . Its limbs tore at the ground violently, and I frantically backed away and returned to Daniela .
“You are even faster now . ”
“I feel like I’ve exceeded any standards of what is fast . ”
“We will talk about it later . ”
She prepared another arrow . I also created a dozen Ice Javelins . I thought they would be more effective, given the size of the target . The forest wolf, the Loup-garou, would die . I felt bad, as it was the same species as Beowulf, but there was nothing else we could do .
“DAAAAAAAAAMMMN YOU!!!”
“Sorry . You must die . ”
And with that, the wind arrow and ice spears were unleashed . There was a thunderous echo as they tore into its flesh . The Loup-garou died, its hateful glare never leaving me .
I stood there for quite a while . When I looked up, the sun was high in the sky . We had left in the morning, so that meant a lot of time had been spent here .
“I’m tired…let’s…sit down…”
“Yes . That gave me quite a fright . We did not even have our armor…”
I looked down at myself . Questions concerning the Loup-garou had been in my head, but meeting Lehaty had distracted me from them . And so I had gone out in ordinary clothes and a sword . Daniela was the same . She wore her one-piece and leggings . She looked good . She had her rapier and bow and arrows . Something about the whole ensemble looked fashionable . The clothes had been from the White Lilly . I kind of felt that they prioritized fashion a little too much, but I couldn’t complain about these results .
“While this isn’t the best time to evaluate clothes…”
“You are looking too much, idiot . ”
Daniela said as she adjusted her skirt . It was cute .
Perhaps it was an aftereffect of surviving the battle, but I wasn’t able to think straight . I had to snap out of it . We had to think about the Loup-garou .
“We should probably tell the guards first . ”
“Hmmm… Do you think we should let them take it apart too?”
“I think that they should do it . ”
Daniela glanced at the Loup-garou .
“After all, this thing was a terrible threat that killed and ate many of their Adventurers and citizens . ”
Right . What we had killed it, it had terrorized the town for so long…
Well, then . We should hurry .
“I’ll run ahead . ”
“Do not go too fast . ”
“I know . ”
I had not been thinking earlier . And so I tried running another simulation and saw that I could run at my usual speed with half the energy I used to use . I see . It really was much stronger than Legs of the Forest Wolf . I had leveled up .
But how would I explain the differences on my status card… Well, I’d think of something .
Someone called to me from on top of the walls when I reached the south gate .
“Hey, Asagi!”
“Hmm? Mister Saragi?”
I looked up to see him standing there . He was waving a spear .
“You’re alive!”
“Yeah, I’m well!”
“I’ll open it now! Just wait!”
He said, then disappeared . I then heard him moving noisily behind the gate . He could have just opened the small side-door… After a while, there was silence, and the heavy gate creaked open .
“Ah…yes . That’s nice…”
A thin crack appeared in the center of the great gate . The light pouring through illuminated the dust in the air as it widened .
“It is pretty…”
Then the south gate was opened . The town spread out behind it . It somehow looked more beautiful than usual .