Chapter 18: Struggle

"Hmm ..."

I was able to hunt monsters without any problems and without major injuries. But it's not without problems.

"Can you two match each other?"

"It’ll be difficult"

(nod)

The two of them can work in tandem with me, but they say they can't work together, so I'm the only one who's leveling fast.

"What should we do n ..."

My words were stopped by Shana holding my mouth. I was going to complain, but she put her index finger over her mouth and seemed to be telling me to shut up, so I kept my mouth shut.

"Over there?"

(nod)

She pointed her finger to the left, so we went in that direction.

"Orc"

An Orc is a D rank monster. It is also the first cause for a new adventurer to stumble. Because it has a lot of fat, you can't cut into its internal organs even with a large swing.

"Should we retreat for now ..."

We shouldn't risk it for the first time. However, if I run away here, I'm afraid that I’ll have a habit of running away from strong monsters.

"Ah"

I'm not sure if I should call it a strategy, but I came up with a move.

" Shana, can you act according to my intentions?"

(nod)

" Sophie, can you read Shana's movements?"

"I can do that without any problem."

"Good!"

If Shana can move perfectly as I want, Sophie who understands my actions and thoughts can match Shana. I hadn't thought of this strategy because it was an impossible situation where I needed two people who could read my thoughts perfectly.

"We’ll stay flexible. If it’s dangerous, retreat."

"Okay"

(nod)

"Okay ... Fire Enchantment!"

I moved a little away from Sophie and jumped out. This time, if I make a gap, I won't be given a fatal injury with just one or two hits, so I attack seriously.

"Bumo !!"

The orc swings something like a simple club made by just breaking a tree, it's a big swing so I can dodge it without any problem.

“………”

"Blow! Wind Spear!"

Shana attacks from behind the orcs and Sophie attacks from the side.

"Bumoooooo !!"

"You're looking away!"

"Bufooh!"

As it turned towards Sophie, I attacked in that gap. t's not a problem for me because I can dodge it, but Sophie and Shana won't be able to.

"Chi!"

However, even though I attacked it, it thinks Sophie is more troublesome, so it’s trying to go there.

"Burn! Fireball!"

"Boomoo !!"

"The Main is me!"

I took out another dagger and attacked the opponent while dual-wielding. Now it knew I also had magic, so its priority of killing me was higher than killing Sophie and It came towards me.

"Hah!"

"Buhooo !!"

I stabbed a dagger in its belly, kicked it, and pushed it all the way. This should have damaged its internal organs.

“………”

"Booh !?"

Shana slashed the tendon of the orc's leg from behind. If one of the legs that supports a heavy weight suddenly becomes unusable, even an orc will collapse.

"Harden! Stone Spear!"

"Buhoo!"

"Nice!"

Sophie stabbed two stone spears into the back of the orc. However, that alone wasn’t able to penetrate it, so I used the dagger I pulled out while It was falling and the dagger I still held, ran to its back and stabbed them into the holes.

"Burn! Fireball!"

Thanks to the fact that the orc turned around in a hurry from its fallen state, I can reach its face now, which I couldn't earlier cause it's more than two meters tall. So, I hit it with magic at close range.

"Hah!"

"Boomo ..."

And I stabbed its neck with my two daggers to make sure it was finished.

"Picon! 』\

"Your level has risen"

"Your level has risen"

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Mm"(Shana)

"Good job…" (Sophie)

"Oi ... Seriously ..." (Knight)

The knight who was waiting cause he thought we would give up was surprised.

"Sophie ... how much magic power do you have left?"

"Almost none"

"Well ... me too. Then that's it for today."

"Agreed~"

"Mmm"

"So what about the orc?"

"I'll bring it"

When the knight took out a bag, he put the whole orc in it. Is it a magic pouch?

"Should I protect you on the way?"

"No ... we'll do it until we get home."

"Well…"

"Only if an orc comes out again, please."

"All right"

Seeing that we were tired, the knight offered to defeat all the monsters on the way home, but I refused.

We were able to leave the forest relatively untroubled by having Shana guide us on routes without any monsters.

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