BXBX NOVEL Chapter 70.1
Chapter 70.1
Chapter 70.1. A Fierce Battle. King VS Queen!
“Hyee!”
Some lump of iron screamed and flew through the sky. With a twinkle in her ice-blue eyes, Miu clasped her tiny hands together and prayed.
“Thank you very much, tank crew-san.”
Iron spider-san tumbled with a thud, sparks flying and smoke billowing. Thank you for holding out so hard. Thanks to you, I was able to master Thief IV.
9 Stars of Thief IV shining brilliantly on the status board. You did it, Mii-chan. I have mastered the Thief.
Takano Miu
Level 43
Thief IV: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Hunter I: ☆☆☆☆
HP: 338
MP: 198
Strength: 131
Vitality: 157
Speed: 403
Magic: 89
Luck: 226
Unique Skill: Lockpick IV, Steal IV, Hide IV, Presence Detection I, Aim I, 100% attack power up when equipped with a dagger, 50% attack power up when equipped with a bow or gun
Skills: Steal Master, Dagger Technique IV, Bow Technique I, Elementary Sacred Magic III, Elementary Sacred Range Magic II
It has a simple skill structure. I may need to raise the level of sacred magic a little more. Because sacred magic is essential for solo hunting, you know.
But not now. Now is the time to defeat king mantis.
[Area Minor Heal
II]
When the tank that turned into iron scraps is thrown far away, I’ll send recovery magic to the old man I saw. Since there is a magic barrier, he’ll probably be okay even if he is thrown away. If he’s a magician, I don’t know if he’ll get well right away, though, with only 10 HP restored. Ah, he jumped out of the hatch and ran away. I’m glad to see he’s doing well.
I let a cry of victory and confront king mantis, who raises its six scythes in the air. It’s finally time for one-on-one combat.
I hold my Queen Dagger to my side and swallow my breath. As you can imagine, I’m nervous.
I wonder if I’ll drop a good drop. Mii-chan prayed to the flying iron shavings, but I wonder if it will come true. King mantis also drops good items.
“Sena-sama! Please remove this windward! I can’t help you!”
The captain of the warriors is requesting Sena. Sena-san, he’s calling for you~.
“Hey! Do you want to fight alone!”
Adamantine-oneesan. Don’t ask such an obvious question.
A wall of tornadoes is forming behind me. As a side effect of using the [Cyclone Blade] so many times at high speed, the tornado’s effects overlapped, creating a massive storm wall. A world ravaged by the storm was standing between Adamantine-oneesan, and me. That was the result of the successful use of [Cyclone Blades].
The storm is rolling in the pitch-black space, it’s giving people a sight that if they step into it, they’ll get chopped to pieces. The reason for fear is the remains of the mantis, cut into pieces and lying on the ground. It looks as if the blades of the wind are blowing like a storm.
In truth, it’s as powerful as a fan on high, but the people outside don’t know that. They firmly believed when they entered, they would end up as pieces of meat. I should have thought it was crazy. There must have been a few monsters that had passed through the storm wall unscathed. I won’t tell them.
Besides, against this guy, there would be deaths in a proper battle. I’m going to clear this stampede with 0 casualties. If anyone dies, I’m going to cry, okay?
“Let’s go, king mantis!”
With a thunk, I kick the ground and run to king mantis. My speed is even faster than before. The reason is that my proficiency bonus has greatly increased my speed. The total speed bonus to Thief IV is for level 40. Even a thief with high speed has become untouchable.
In the game, the Thief IV had more moves and was also in charge of using items and opening treasure chests, but in reality, the specifications are drastically different.
“Jijijijiji.”
With a sparking sound, king mantis turns to face me.
“My name is [Thunder Gale]. If you don’t know the kanji, I’ll teach you!”
“Jijijijijiji”
King mantis is a monster with 6 sickle arms and 8 legs supporting a torso over 6 meters long. Its torso is a brilliant emerald green. Its compound eyes shimmer like mirror balls as it gazes at Miu, a petite, pretty girl.
“Jiii!”
A scythe was right in front of her when she thought she heard a whoosh and a wind slash. It aims at her neck, but its sheer size would shatter Miu’s head.
“Hmph!”
I exhaled and bent down to duck. But the other five scythes were already attacking, blocking my escape route, as if to guess where I’ll run. It saw my reaction to the first blow and launched an effective attack. It’s a smart monster.
It’s 2 scythes from the left by time. It tried to cleave me horizontally. 2 more from the right at different times. The other one was waiting and ready for a follow-up attack. All of them are fast and windy.
“But those attacks are effective for attacking people of the same size as you, you know?”
It doesn’t work for me. That size is its weakness, you know. My thoughts accelerate, and I respond to the high-speed combat. The world slows down, and the enemy’s attacks appear as if in slow motion.
I sidestep to the left and rotate sideways to a lying position slightly above the enemy’s scythe. The scythe is about the same size as Miu’s height. Its blade is large enough to lie on. Feeling the cool touch of the cold sickle, she rolls over the scythe.
After passing over the blade, I evaded the next scythe by riding on the scythe as well. It should have attacked at an angle, not sideways.
Rolling to the ground, I took a ton of flight, regained my stance, and matched the Queen Dagger’s blade for the follow-up strike. There’s a giggle, and he blasts me away with force.