→ The Lord Is With Us (51) ←
With a sickening crack, the skull of one of the flesh seeds rushing to attack me burst open.
The flesh seed staggered and fell, spewing out blood and brain fluid. However, there were still countless flesh seeds remaining.
One on my left. Two on my right.
My hatchet moved like lightning. Thud. My hatchet split the skull of the flesh seed coming from my right, then changed its trajectory to slam down upon the remaining flesh seed.
I grabbed the flesh seed charging towards me from the left and threw it to the ground with all my might.
With a loud thud, the shock wave resonated throughout the cave, accompanied by the flesh seed’s scream.
My hand unsheathed my sword at near lightspeed. The blade, covered with a silver aura, pierced the flesh seed’s brain.
The trembling flesh seed quickly stopped twitching. It was definitely difficult to deal with them since their head was the only weak spot.
Panting, I turned around during the brief moment of leisure I had obtained. As I gazed beyond my vicinity, I witnessed a dogfight unfolding before me.
Golden claws swept through the air.
The golden aura flowing down from the air further raised the temperature in the cave, which was already burning up from the heat of battle. Five sword trajectories––three of which were real––connected with the flesh seeds, causing them to scream and twist their bodies in pain.
But the flame that was already burning them was impossible to control. Soon, three of the monsters burned into a lump of charred flesh and collapsed onto the floor.
Celine and Seria were battling with skills well beyond what they learned in training. Thankfully, there was little concern for ambush since they were covering both sides.
Crash, bang!
An explosion of sounds erupted every time Celine swung her sword. Each blow was overloaded with the mana that she had saved for the battle, causing powerful explosions and scattering blood and flesh everywhere.
On the other hand, Seria was fighting the flesh seeds with more sophisticated sword skills.
She took one step forward. A ghostly downward slash blew away one of the flesh seed’s arms.
She took another step forward. A blue line drawn horizontally through the air severed both the flesh seed’s legs.
She took her last step forward. The head of the flesh seed flopping on the ground was split open.
Unexpectedly, everyone was responding to the flesh seeds pretty well. However, the flesh seeds were still coming at us endlessly. Moreover, they were continually being replenished from the pit, even as we killed them.
We needed a powerful blow that could flip the situation for us. At that moment, a high-pitched scream reached my ears.
“Kya-Kyaaaaaaa! H-Help! Mr. I-Ian!”
Quickly coming to my senses, I instinctively flung my body to retrieve the hatchet lodged in the flesh seed’s head. I immediately swung my hatchet without even looking towards the source of the sound.
The hatchet drew a trajectory through the air with a high-pitched whistle and headed directly towards the flesh seed attacking Senior Elsie.
Thud. With the sound of a pumpkin breaking open, blood and brain fluid poured out onto the ground.
Senior Elsie was trembling with her butt on the ground. Her pale face showed how surprised she was by the sudden attack.
There was no time to form a defense line around Senior Elsie because of the wave of flesh seeds. Even if we were able to, I knew it was almost impossible to protect her from the enemies that were even falling from the ceiling.
With a sharp sound, the head of the flesh seed approaching me floated in the air.
My sword had cut off its head. And even before the head of the flesh seed started to fall to the ground, I drew more sword trajectories in the air.
Even more flesh seeds exploded in the air due to my series of high-speed attacks. Paying no mind to the carnage, I continued to run, leaving a trail of blood behind.
As I raised my hand, my hatchet returned to my hand according to the predetermined trajectory. And once again, the head of the flesh seed targeting Senior Elsie spewed out a fountain of blood.
I quickly tapped Senior Elsie on the cheek. She was still out of it.
“Senior Elsie, Senior Elsie!”
But Senior Elsie was zoned out, crying and hiccuping in between. She seemed to be completely absorbed in terror by being in a situation where her life was being threatened. The hatchet being thrown at her was just the cherry on top.
She was crouched down on the ground, covered in blood and muttering to herself.
“I-I’m sorry… E-Elsie will do better… M-Mr. Ian. Don’t leave me behind…….”
“…….Elsie Rinella!”
In the end, I lost my patience and yelled her name at the top of my lungs. When I did so, Senior Elsie’s body twitched and she let out an instinctive reply.
“Y-Yes!”
Only then, did I smile with satisfaction and stroked Senior Elsie’s head.
Her hair was sticky with blood, but it didn’t matter. I felt Senior Elsie’s tense body gradually start to relax.
I lowered my upper body and whispered in her ear.
“Start chanting.”
Senior Elsie looked at me with a puzzled expression on her face.
“B-But Mr. Ian… There’s so many enemies around us right n–… Wha–kyaaaaa?!”
I pulled Senior Elsie into my arms without a warning. With my other remaining arm, I held my hatchet while roaming the extensive battlefield.
I threw my hatchet and smashed the skulls of flesh seeds that rushed at us
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