Contrary to her snow-white skin, a hideous, obese sow of a gigantic Demon Beast… no, the fallen form of a sacred beast that was once a messenger of God.
—The raid boss, “Gluttonous Beast Henwen.”
The limited-time event in “Engage Hazard” featuring Caspary was originally prepared for the Gluttonous Beast Henwen.
Players would repeatedly defeat Caspary in the normal RPG part, and then, when the raid boss Gluttonous Beast Henwen suddenly appeared, they would cooperate to fight it. Depending on their ranking in the obtained subjugation points, they could acquire the SSR weapon, “Butchering Blade Henwen.”
“This… isn’t this impossible…?”
Feeling a chill down my spine, I muttered involuntarily.
In “EnHaza,” the level of the raid boss increases according to the number of times it has been defeated. So, even if the protagonist and heroines, who are party members, are weak beginners, it is possible to defeat it with just a solo player’s party at first.
But this is both the world of the game and reality.
So, I can’t imagine what level of strength the Henwen before me actually possesses.
If… it exceeds level 257, the limit I could defeat solo in the Henwen event…
“Everyone, right now…”
I turned around in a hurry, about to call out to retreat, when.
“Mother… wait for me…!”
“Eh!? Hey!?”
Forgetting to add her usual “Nya” at the end, Caspary muttered with an expression filled with hatred and determination, kicking off the ground and leaping out in one go.
So, that was just a character quirk? An unexpected fact and useless information.
“Bugo…?”
“Today… today, I’ll stop the sound of your breathing! I’ll avenge my mother!”
Caspary boldly jumped out in front of Henwen.
Her four legs trembled, but still, she roused her small body.
“…Prince Harold. This Monica advises you to withdraw from this place immediately.”
Monica, who had been behind me without my noticing, spoke quietly in a low voice, her usual teasing manner suppressed, leaving no room for argument.
As a capable individual, she must have calmly analyzed Henwen’s strength and made this judgment.
In other words, the current Henwen is at a considerable level.
At least, it’s too difficult to fight while protecting a burden like me.
“…………………”
Alexandra, too, stared intently with her Sapphire Eyes, waiting for my answer.
As if she were trying to discern what kind of person I am.
“I have a strong helper! So, I definitely won’t lose…!?”
“Buhyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Caspary must have thought we were right behind her. Just as she was about to shout triumphantly, Henwen attacked.
“W-wait! Hey, human! The enemy is that guy! Hurry and join me… aguh!?”
“Bufu… bufufu…”
Seeing that, Caspary hurriedly turned around, but we weren’t there. With a bewildered expression, she hesitated, and then Henwen knocked her away with her foreleg, and she rolled on the ground.
No, you’re being too hasty. You have to make sure we’re there before you pick a fight.
I don’t have time to make such remarks… but Monica grabbed my shoulder and shook her head from side to side.
In other words, abandon Caspary.
Even as we were doing that, Henwen looked at Caspary groaning on the ground and laughed hideously like a sow.
For a fallen, ugly remnant of a sacred beast.
After all, she’s just an event boss.
Now… honestly, if I abandon Caspary here, not being able to obtain “Jet-Black Shield Caspary” would make things considerably difficult when facing the “EnHaza” main story, and my development plan would have to be changed.
However, if I change my combat style from being primarily defense-oriented with a Shield, and also achieve my other goal, it’s not necessarily essential.
So, would it be wiser to take the safer option and give up this time?
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?”
“Buhi… buhi… buhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”
Putting her entire weight on her, Henwen reveled in Caspary’s screams and let out a joyous roar. A roar from a sow? That’s contradictory.
In Caspary’s golden eyes, there was a dull light that seemed to mix various emotions: pain, suffering, regret, frustration, hatred, resentment, sadness…
Tears of anger at her own weakness, for not being able to avenge her mother, spilled out.
Well, that has nothing to do with me.
It’s all because that guy trusted us without permission and challenged her without any power, so she’s an idiot.
“Mother… I’m sorry…”
If she had cut her losses like Harold and sided with the strong, she wouldn’t have had to go through this in the first place.
Therefore.
—Gaan!
“Buhi?”
“Get your filthy feet off her! You pig bastard!”
I shook off Monica’s hand, jumped out of the bushes, and slammed Henwen with the Shield of Evalach, shouting in a foul tone like the Incompetent Rascal Prince.
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