Episode 82 Orc Castle (2)
I checked to see if the door would open. Nope, it wouldn't open. It seemed that the only way to survive was to defeat the OrcGeneral.
Karina-sensei said it was a giant wolf, but it's an OrcGeneral ... It seems like the monster that appeared wasn't set. However, I wondered if I was blinded by greed and lacked caution. Failure.
I activated 'Sensing Zone', 'Auto Shield', and 'Power Assist'.
The OrcGeneral slowly approached. I shot a QuintThunderBowl as a test. If it were an OrcKnight, it was a magic that would definitely stun it.
The OrcGeneral held up its greatsword like a shield. The QuintThunderBowl hit the greatsword and was repelled. Normally, the electricity flowing into the greatsword should damage the OrcGeneral. However, the OrcGeneral had a calm face. Maybe its sword had a special effect.
The OrcGeneral swung its greatsword horizontally. I jumped back with my leg strength increased by my magic spell. In front of me, the blade of the greatsword passed by while emitting a terrible wind noise.
I turned pale when I noticed it. I felt the power. The OrcGeneral tried to close the gap, so I released a QuintPush. Again, it defended with its large sword. That greatsword seemed to be used as a shield as well.
It seemed that five-fold magic couldn't damage the OrcGeneral, so I switched to seven-fold magic. I released a SeventhPush.
Similarly, the greatsword was used as a shield, but I succeeded in pushing the OrcGeneral back a few steps. The OrcGeneral's face distorted.
The next moment, its huge body jumped in. Bad, bad. I jumped backwards and prepared the Tatakanata. The large sword sliced at me and was blocked by the D-Particle Shield. The D-Particle Shield shattered. I panicked and tried to parry the greatsword with my Tatakanata. The large sword cut into the hilt of the Tatakanata and severed it.
The Tatakanata was sacrificed, but I didn't take any damage. However, I was mentally damaged. The D-Particle Shield was destroyed, and the Tatakanata was split in two. It would be strange not to get upset.
The OrcGeneral grinned at me when I lost my weapon. As if playing with a toy, it continuously shot slashes with its greatsword. I desperately avoided it.
I narrowly avoided the sword's attack, and fired a SeventhArrow to counterattack. However, the attack was blocked by the large sword, or the scale armor. The scale armor was disgustingly defensive. Normally there would be scratches, but the SeventhArrow bounced off completely unscathed.
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The battle continued with an inferior position. I threw away the bladeless Tatakanata and fought with the Holy Silver Dagger. By making full use of 'Sensing Zone' and 'Power Assist', I continued to dodge the attacks of the OrcGeneral's large sword. Thanks to that, I gradually understood the pattern of its attack.
Then, when I unleashed a SeventhPush to hinder its attack, the OrcGeneral could no longer easily attack. After my panic subsided, I realized how to attack the OrcGeneral.
It was a technique that Master Mitsuhashi had recently started using, combining kicks and 'Blades'. When Master Mitsuhashi mastered 'Blade', he began throwing TripleBlades in conjunction with hand swords and kicks.
And he found that when fighting Orcs and such, he could beat them in a fun way by unleashing TripleBlades along with low kicks. Orcs didn't seem to be accustomed to magic being shot from his feet. Well, I didn't think it was just Orcs.
I waited for an opportunity while observing the movements of the OrcGeneral. When the OrcGeneral swung its greatsword, I unleashed a low kick and unleashed a SeventhBlade along with it.
The SeventhBlade hit the OrcGeneral's knee directly. The OrcGeneral wore metal armor called greaves, but the greaves were cut open, exposing its leg bones.
The OrcGeneral's face distorted in pain. That was my chance. I shoved it away with a SeventhPush. The OrcGeneral, which couldn't block it, flew towards the wall of the room and collided with it.
"Gugaaa!"
The OrcGeneral screamed loudly. I activated a SeventhHighBlade. 'High Blade' was an attack that couldn't be performed unless the distance and timing were aligned, so it couldn't be used until now.
Swinging the dagger horizontally, the SeventhHighBlade flew at the OrcGeneral as if tracing it. The OrcGeneral tried to catch it with its greatsword, but the greatsword was knocked out of its hand.
Even the scale armor, which was so strong, couldn't repel the attack power of the SeventhHighBlade. The OrcGeneral's body was cut open and it fell.
Monster blood spread on the floor of the room. Then, the OrcGeneral stopped moving and it disappeared. I felt something inside my body emit a thumping sound. It seemed that my magic level had risen.
Looking at the place where the OrcGeneral's corpse disappeared, there was a black magic stone , a black scale armor, and a key.
I sat on the floor with a 'Petan'. It was dangerous. It was really bad. My leather armor was tattered and blood was flowing from here and there. I took out an elementary healing magic potion and drank it. Thanks to that, the bleeding stopped and the wounds began to close.
"Haah, that was dangerous. I wouldn't recommend this to Alisa and the others. It's like a Dungeon Boss."
I picked up the familiar black scale armor.
"This one looks similar to what the OrcGeneral was equipped with. Is it the same one?"
The leather armor was in tatters, so I changed it. The moment I put it on, the scale armor, which had been slightly large, shrank to fit my body. There was no doubt that it was Magic Equipment. A switch popped into my head.
It seemed to be a switch that activated the function of this scale armor. When I turned on the switch, I felt magic power being sucked from my body. At that moment, a small, transparent D-Particle Scale like a D-Particle Leaf appeared and stuck to my upper body. It seemed that it was a function to attach a small D-Particle Shield to the body instead of a magic barrier.
I launched the Sage System and investigated. The Sage System I had could examine things related to Life Magic.
Upon examination, the scale made of D-Particles 'D-Particle Scale' was stronger than steel and could repel magic. The mechanism was to add the
Secondary Mutation? I wonder how that is different from the Primary Mutation?
After picking up the black magic stone and the key, I collected the split Tatakanata. Sadly, the black iron blade part was also severed. It could be repaired with the magic of 'Repair', but the strength would never return. The missing part would become brittle.
"Should I use it as a weapon for weak monsters?"
I decided to take it home and repair it. I stopped and cast the magic of 'Self Analyze'. When I checked the magic level of my Life Magic, it was magic level 12. And Muscle Magic was magic level 2.
It didn't look like other monsters would enter here, so I took a break here.
I took out a sandwich I bought at the store and a water bottle containing coffee from my Magic Pouch and started eating.
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