“Here it comes!”
“Yeah!”
Suddenly, the Training Grounds are covered by a massive shadow.
We look up.
—A Demon Beast resembling a chicken, as red as flames, is looking down from the sky.
“W-what the hell is that thing!?”
Owen, who had been lying on the ground, jumps up and shouts.
“…’Strange Bird Hraesvelgr’.”
I mutter quietly, looking up at the Demon Beast.
The largest raid boss that appeared in the limited-time event commemorating the release of “EnHaza.” That is this Strange Bird Hraesvelgr.
Because it was right after the release, there were few heroines or weapon cards available, and many users must have thrown their phones down in despair at the appearance of a raid boss with such tremendous strength when their forces were not yet ready.
I think the existence of this Demon Beast is one of the reasons why users didn’t stick around. Seriously, I want to tell the management to think about game balance properly.
But, this is troublesome.
As a matter of course, I can basically only defend, and the only ones with any offensive power are Owen and Marion. Moreover, Owen doesn’t know it, but Marion doesn’t have any anti-air skills.
At this rate, it’s obvious that we’ll be worn down…
“Guh…!?”
Hraesvelgr dives down at once, aiming its beak and charging at me, which I barely manage to block with my Shield.
In addition to its power, which takes advantage of its massive size, its overwhelming speed makes it all I can do to withstand it.
It’s a good thing I wasn’t blown away.
“Marion!”
“…I am sorry, but I have no means to deal with it.”
I look at Marion and shout, but she bites her lip and shakes her head.
No, that’s not what I mean.
“I’m not saying that! Just go with Owen and call for reinforcements!”
“Brother, I’ll fight too!”
“What are you talking about! You can’t attack that guy!”
“Ugh…”
Without anti-air skills, you’ll only be a hindrance here.
It would be more efficient to have you bring someone else with anti-air skills while I keep it busy.
“Prince Owen, let us go.”
“Damn it alllllllll!”
Owen shouts regretfully and leaves the Training Grounds, but don’t worry about it.
You’ll eventually acquire anti-air skills.
“Come on!”
“Kueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
With me as its sole target, Hraesvelgr focuses its attacks on me relentlessly.
It’s really troublesome how fast it moves despite its size…
“Hal, should we attack?”
“No… Even with [Snatch], we probably can’t even scratch it.”
In the first place, the Jet-Black Shield Caspary is a weapon that exists for defense. [Snatch] is excellent with its instant death effect, but its attack power itself is not that high.
I don’t know the difficulty setting, but we should assume that it won’t work on this Hraesvelgr.
“Hmph… My [Snatch] isn’t weak!”
“I know. It’s just that it happens to have bad compatibility with that guy.”
I speak to Caz, who is pouting.
But this is not just comforting her, it’s simply because Hraesvelgr has the passive skill [Instant Death Immunity].
Otherwise, I would have taken its life like I did with the Gluttonous Beast Henwen.
“More importantly, I trust Caz more than anyone else. Make sure to block its attacks, okay?”
“Of course! I’m Hal’s partner, after all!”
“Haha! That’s right!”
I press my forehead against Caz, the Jet-Black Shield Caspary, who has regained her energy, and prepare for Hraesvelgr’s next attack… but.
“Tch! It’s using its head!”
Instead of the dive attack from earlier, it hovers and tries to grab me with the claws on both feet.
Certainly, if it’s blocked, it can just grab me and drop me from the sky to kill me easily.
I dodge Hraesvelgr’s claws and crouch down to avoid being caught.
At that moment.
“Eh!? Kueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?”
“…I will not allow anyone to kick my Lord Hal around and get away with it.”
“Sandra!”
Sandra, with her crimson eyes, bisects one of the giant claws with a single stroke and points the tip of Balmung at Hraesvelgr.
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