“Oh, so they’ve shown up already.”
Appearing before us was a single Demon Beast.
It was the “Twin-Headed Beast Orthros,” one of the three raid bosses that appear in the ‘EnHaza’ Year-End Exam event.
“This is a good start.”
“W-What do you mean?”
“Listen. Of the three Demon Beasts to defeat in this Dungeon, the Twin-Headed Beast Orthros has simple attacks and isn’t that troublesome. It’s a perfect opponent for Yuri and Liliana, who lack practical experience, to learn combat.”
The other two have special skills and are quite troublesome, but Orthros basically only uses physical skills, so if I defend properly, we can defeat it safely.
More than anything, it will be a touchstone for the two of them in their future academy life.
“So, I’m sorry, but can you just observe?”
“Understood.”
It would be terrible if Marion participated in the battle and, as a result, harmed the two of them. By having her observe from a specific position and acting so that I always have that guy in my sight, I can deal with any situation.
“Okay, first I’ll draw Orthros’s aggro, so look for an opening and attack.”
“Okay!”
“Leave it to me!”
I brandished the Jet-Black Shield Caspary and faced Orthros.
“Hey, hey, over here, you mutt! You’re no match for us!”
“Grrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!”
Apparently, Orthros can understand human language.
Well, Caz can speak human language, so it’s not strange for it to have that much intelligence.
“Oops. Attacks like that won’t work on us.”
While blocking Orthros’s anger-fueled attacks, I further insulted it to build up hate.
It latches on so easily just by provoking it like this, so its intelligence might not be that great after all.
Even among Demon Beasts, it’s completely different from my partner.
“Ehehe, of course! Because I’m Hal’s partner!”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Ah… I was muttering to myself again. I keep telling myself to be careful, but I can’t seem to break this habit.
Well, it’s fine as long as it’s not an insult.
“Alright… Yuri! Liliana! Now!”
“Okay! Ice Bullet!”
“Braveheart! Braveheart! Braveheart! Braveheart! One more Braveheart for good measure! And then… Take thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!”
“Eh!? Gyaooooooo!?”
Yuri’s ice bullet from her water attribute skill [Ice Bullet] hit one of its two heads, causing it to falter. Liliana then stacked [Braveheart], which has a large effect of increasing all abilities, and simply punched Orthros in the stomach with all her might.
Orthros was blown away with great force, slammed into the Dungeon wall, collapsed onto the floor, and fell silent.
Ah, yeah. As expected of the protagonist of Galhaza. That was a complete overkill.
“Alright! We took it down safely!”
“Yay!”
“Meat! Meat!”
Yuri and Liliana are overjoyed with their first battle and first victory.
But Liliana is a little strange. Is she seriously planning to eat Orthros?
“Okay, we’ve obtained the fangs that prove we defeated Orthros, so let’s move on. I don’t think the remaining two will go as smoothly as this time, so don’t let your guard down.”
I made sure not to forget to drive the point home, and led everyone deeper into the Dungeon.
Liliana kept looking back, gazing at Orthros with regret, but I want her to give up already.
More than that.
“…………………”
I can’t help but be concerned about Marion, who has been silent all this time.
Considering what has happened so far, I can’t believe that this woman is being so quiet.
At our first meeting, she scorned me, the Incompetent Rascal Prince, and was forcibly switched to Wilfred, after which she entered a Romance State with that guy and challenged Sandra with the UR weapon Battleaxe Skydrive.
Since then, I have seen her faithfully following and serving Wilfred many times.
That’s why.
“…She’s really an idiot.”
I muttered to myself.
Because I know that following a guy like that… loving a guy like that, will never be rewarded.
Of course, I will never forgive Marion for trying to kill Sandra, and I have no intention of getting along with her.
I just felt a sense of helplessness at the misfortune of the heroine of Engage Hazard, whom I loved… or so.
“Hal-kun?”
When I noticed, Yuri was peering into my face.
“Ah, no… it’s nothing. More importantly, let’s hurry a little.”
“Ah! Wait for me!”
I shook my head to pull myself together and quickly advanced through the Dungeon.
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