Let's be an Adventurer! ~Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board~

Chapter 55.2

55 Part 2

But who on earth could have possibly thrown that?

There were no members who could throw bo-shurikens.

Could it have been Air?

Kagemitsu quickly looked around, but could find no signs of a strange mask.

He probably was still fighting the Monster Parade.

None of the small monsters were heading his way, so he was certainly not dead

But was Air okay?

The fact that the Lizardmans eyes had been disabled allowed Kagemitsu to think about things outside of his own battle.

In this situation, would they be able to escape without having to sacrifice anyone?

Kagemitsu was still trying to figure out how to escape from the battle.

Suddenly, a piece of the Lizardmans scales was sent flying from behind its back.

And a small laceration appeared on its tail, which so far had only been as much as scratched over a few times.

!

After seeing that, Kagemitsus intention to escape disappeared.

Was it Doraneko?

Or perhaps Van?

He didnt know what happened behind the Lizardmans back.

But this was a great opportunity.

The boss turned around and away from Kagemitsus face.

Where do you think youre going!?

Kagemitsu enhanced his presence, gaining the boss aggro.

This was Kagemitsus special ability, the one that he so far had not revealed to Air.

There was nothing like it. It was Aerials advantage.

Taunt

With it, he can freely manipulate the monsters aggression and keep their formations undisturbed, no matter how much they are attacked from the rear.

If they can control the monsters formation, then they can control the flow of the battle.

This was Aerials most important skill in their quest to conquer the dungeon.

Affected by his Taunt, the boss once again turns to face Kagemitsu.

Take this!!

Kagemitsu mustered up all of his strength and slashed at the boss.

However, he missed.

Still, Kagemitsu did not lose hope.

Theres no need to panic, even if his attacks dont hit.

Because one of his companions was relentlessly attacking the monster from its rear.

This is how Aerial could decide a battle.

The ones in charge of dealing damage could do so freely, without worrying themselves about attracting aggro from their targets. With this, they could even take down a monster of a higher grade than them.

But then, he got distracted.

Ngh!?

He took a vicious attack from the boss.

It was getting even angrier than before, now that it was sustaining damage.

It was also growing impatient since it could not fight back against the one hurting it from behind because of Kagemitsus Taunt.

The Lizardmans attack was fierce.

However, Kagemitsu was able to withstand it.

When Kagemitsu turned to his full defense mode, not even the Lizardmans attacks could break through his defenses that easily.

That was also a given.

After all, Kagemitsus job was to attract the monsters attention.

He had been the team member who had received the most attacks for years.

When Kagemitsu fully devoted himself to defense, he would not go down easily.

His body, which seemed to have gone beyond its own limits, forgot about its own fatigue and pain, and simply moved so as to survive.

A single mistake could mean death.

But even under those circumstances, Kagemitsu kept his cool and continued to make the right choices.

The boss attacks were getting more and more violent.

Even though he was guarding, he was gradually sustaining damage bit by bit.

Still, Kagemitsu kept his cool and continued to take on its attacks.

Their chance to win would come for sure.

Thats what he believed.

Then

The moment had finally arrived.

Several splintered scales scattered away from the Lizardmans back.

Its tail, which hadnt sustained any serious damage up until then

Had been cut off clean from its root, and was dancing in the air.

Uooooooooohhhhhh!

After taking off his mask, Haruki threw four handicraft pikes.

Out of those four pikes, which had been a drop from an earlier boss, two had plunged themselves into the Lizardmans eyes.

It managed to block the other two, but it didnt matter.

Since it had lost one of its eyes, the Lizardmans fighting capabilities had been reduced.

Kagemitsu, who had been pushed around by it until that point, was finally able to stand up to it.

After making sure Kagemitsu was recovering some of his lost ground, Haruki employed all of his power to sneak behind the boss back.

He wanted to attack the Lizardman quickly.

He wanted to help Kagemitsu at all costs.

However, with Harukis ability, getting in front of the monster would mean risking taking one of its powerful attacks.

A single mistake, and he could be dying for nothing.

Thats why Haruki carefully looked at the boss from behind.

!

Haruki grit his teeth.

He had to make his best efforts not to give in to his impatience.

A stream of light burst out.

Focus.

Focus!

Observe, remember, imagine, and guess its movements.

Carefully carve its patterns into your head over and over again.

The path became hazy.

A power that went beyond his expectations.

It was interfering with Harukis scrutiny.

A little more!

Its methods, its habits, its patterns

Find them, no matter what!

He was reaching the limits of his ability to concentrate.

Flow.

The world was moving frame-by-frame.

Then, his expectation and the way ahead finally met.

At that exact moment, Haruki made his move.

A second extended into eternity.

His dagger met with the Lizardmans tail, which it had been moving constantly behind its back.

But it was too hard.

With Harukis level of training, he was unable to put a single dent on it.

However, Haruki kept on slashing at it.

Was it reacting to it being damaged?

The tail quickly approached Haruki.

But that was something he had seen coming.

Haruki changed his position without even looking at the incoming tail.

The boss attack whiffed, hitting nothing at all.

The tail went sideways, missing Haruki by an inch.

It made a crushing sound as it slashed through the air.

Even though that single attack could have killed Haruki right there, he wasnt scared at all.

Without even flinching, Haruki kept on attacking.

Rhea was constantly attacking the tail as well.

Rheas bullets were scraping off the boss scales little by little.

Haruki dauntlessly put all of his strength in his hands.

Then

This is it!

He could feel it.

It was crystal clear.

Harukis blade plunged into the Lizardmans tail, which until then had successfully repelled each and every one of his attacks.

The fact that he had increased his Technology score by 1 had nothing to do with that.

Such a small increase would still not allow him to punch through such armored scales.