Chapter 151: Sakurai Touya and Hinagiku Saya (2)

Chapter 151: Sakurai Touya and Hinagiku Saya (2)

Id been granted the Job: Archer.

Sharp Shot: Improves the archers ability to kill, raising both the power and accuracy of the bow.

Detect Presence: Senses are improved to better find the enemy.

Bow Master: Proof of ones gift in the art of bowmanship.

From the looks of these starter skills, Im basically no different from an ordinary person once without bow and arrow. At the time I came rushing to protect Saya-chan from the troop of goma surrounding her, it was a fact that I couldnt do a thing to protect her fundamentally because of my lack of such equipment.

It was really lucky that one of the goma my sweet Saya-chan defeated happened to be using a bow.

Now lets look at Saya-chan, who really did carry us through that emergency battle. Shes what seems to be called a Shaman:

Poison: Induces poison onto the target.

Enchant: The ability to bestow a spells effects on items.

Basic Upgrade: Can perform basic, simplified upgrades. Identify and solve. Disassemble and reconstruct.

For any skill, you can get a better feel for its effects once you use it. I was glad that Saya-chans Poison practically instant killed those goma.

If it was like in fantasy RPGs where poison is something that causes gradual damage, the gomas wouldve surely overpowered us in no time while the poison was still in effect.

It appears that magic in this isekai is a really powerful thing.

No, it must be because Saya-chan is a genius in magic. After coming to this world her hidden talent in the arcane was finally unlocked and she could wield mere poison as an instant death weapon. Its plausible, very plausible.

Speaking of talent, I sort of wish theyd given her a more suitable Job though. Lets see, like Saintess?

Um, anyway, it looks like we have to make it deeper into the dungeon.

Thats right.

We will be able to leave this place once we make it to the Divine Gate in the deepest part of this wretched dungeon. I want nothing more than to get Saya-chan out of here as fast as I can. So we have to make it to this Gate, no matter what.

I feel, like we have a long ways to go.

Dont you worry, Saya-chan. I promise Ill safely get us to the Divine Gate.

I now had a bow. With this, goma tier monsters were no match, I could down any number that came at me. This is not over-confidence, its simple reality.

Before making it to our first safe zone, a fairy square, we faced and defeated many goma attacks. Among their ranks thered be archers too, and the more I beat, the more arrows I could stock up. Although, I cant say much about the quality. Damn roaches, even cavemen made sharper arrowheads.

Touya-kun, I want to fight too.

You cant, its too dangerous, Saya-chan. You did more than enough in that first fight with the gomas.

Im very happy that you want to protect me, I really am But, I want to protect you too, you know!

MY. GOSH Saya-chan whos so timid was saying she would still fight after that traumatizing experience. And in concern of my safety no less Shit, dont, dont cry. I cant cry from happiness just yet.

But I, Saya-chan, Im scared to think if something happens to you.

And I feel the same about you! Come on, Touya-kun, I have a Job too. Lets work together. If its with you, I wont be scared to fight at all. I swear Ill be useful!

S-Saya-chan uuh

I cant, the dam of tears burst. I was so moved with her courage, I couldnt bear being stubborn to her anymore.

And I soon saw that she was in fact, very useful in battle.

W-wow Its a normal bow.

Phew, the upgrade was a success.

The first thing Saya-chan did was use her Basic Upgrade to modify my shoddy goma bow.

About this upgrade ability, the caster can use their mana to freely manipulate their target object it seems. Its sort of like an alchemist I read about in a manga.

The shoddy bow was easily repaired, and we even threw in some wood from the walnut trees to modify and reinforce it.

The end result was an awesome recurve bow.

The old bow that the gomas had made looked very simple compared to his new slightly M shaped bow. I remember hearing that this type of bow could actually exert more power.

Gone was the worn down wood that seemed it would break any time, it now looked good as new.

Shed also upgraded my arrows and now they all had clean, sharp arrowheads. With the improved equipment, I was sure that its power, range, and accuracy had improved many fold.

And only an Archer, that is, I, could bring out that full potential.

Yeah, ranged really is the way to go.

With gomas, rather than a fight, it was more a one-sided massacre.

Id always detect them first using Detect Presence.

A pack of gomas usually numbered at 10. I could take down 3 of them before theyd even notice what was going on. And if they still couldnt decipher where they were being sniped from, Id just be increasing my kill count.

And once they did see me and start rushing in with weapons or shoot back Id be more than a hundred meters away. My power as an Archer allowed me to shoot while retreating backwards with surprising accuracy. I only had to calmly snipe any that got too close and 10 angry gomas would be 10 dead gomas long before they reached me.

As for the goma archers, I could ignore them. Im using the awesome short bow my Saya-chan made for me. Any arrows from the shit bows they use simply wouldnt reach me from such a distance. And even if they got in range, with their amateur skill, they wouldnt hit anyway. Damn roaches, train some more before you come out hunting.

Like that, we were moving deeper into the dungeon, easily taking down gomas, wolves and skeletons alike.

Even with the occasional strong ones, those that wouldnt go down in one arrow,

Poison Enchant.

Once Saya-chan made enchanted poison arrows for me, I could use the power of her unparalleled poison on those large body or tough skin types that my arrows lacked the power to pierce through.

Lets take for example one such tough guy, our first boss monster.

It was a giant skeleton carrying mace and shield.

Id headshot many skeletons before this, and everyone of them had their skull pulverized with one arrow. But as for the boss skeleton, my direct headshots only caused a slight fracture.

But Saya-chans technique of using Enchant with Poison worked on it. I dont know how it works, but the poison had an effect on this clearly bare bones body.

Saya-chan also used Poison directly and the boss skeletons movements became dull, its bones becoming weathered somehow.

One shot there, and the boss broke very easily. Poison seems to have the effect of making bone brittle.

With battle arts combined with Black Arrows, even piercing through the tough exoskeletons of Rook Spiders was easy as pie. It turns out that the blackening also had the sub-effect of amplifying the extra power unleashed when I use a battle art. Black Arrow with a Meteor was my highest output technique so far.

She also made arrows where the tips would create various effects upon impact, something like grenade arrows.

Blaze Ball: A ball filled with extremely flammable oil with an igniter made using a fire stone.

Smoke Ball: A ball with Smoke inside.

Poison Gas Ball: A ball with gaseous Poison inside.

Siesta Ball: A ball with the fog of Siesta inside.

All of the above were the size of tennis balls, and Saya-chan had make them all using her upgrading talents. The arrows whose heads were replaced by these balls did fall in range and deadliness, but they were meant to be shot in the middle of a pack of monsters. These shots would fly in a big arc, and hit in precise spots where I could potentially bring them all down in one go.

The Siesta Ball is especially useful since enemies dont even realize what hit them. It was thanks to this one that we could invade a goma stronghold with relative ease.

There was a castle that housed a huge boss goma, the gogma, but with a combination of black arrow and battle arts along with my trusty blackhorn bow, that boss met its end with one clean shot to the head.

After many trials, I thought wed gotten very strong I thought wrong.

Teleporting out of the goma castle, wed arrived at an ancient ruined city. And once we began exploring it, we soon met an enemy that proved too much for us.

Shit, arrows are useless

This enemy was a knight in full body armour with the inside completely empty. It was a monster known as a Living Armour.

They held weapons of much higher grade than any skeleton and had ample technique in using them. Worse still, they were completely fearless and had monstrous defence.

Skeletons had been at least affected by Poison, which worked to make their bones brittle, but the magic did nothing to the living armour. That went the same for viola poison and paryze, this type of monster seemed to have full immunity to bad status effects.

Then well just have to do this the hard way. Their armours were strong but my arrows could definitely pierce them. And pierce them they did. But they did only that.

A living armour literally didnt have any weak points. I could snipe its head off, and it just kept attacking like normal, and even if I pin-cushioned it, it didnt feel any pain at all. Heck, even an arrow to the knee did nothing.

Im used to aiming quickly and precisely at a monsters weak point like their head or what not, but these armours didnt seem to have any such points, any damage I dealt was equal throughout. A living armour probably had the worst compatibility with my combat style.

Touya-kun, we need to run! I dont think the armours can be beat without some light based magic. If we want to stop them, we need to break them to pieces.

Yeah, I dont think Point Wave will do much good either Well have to run for now.

I bet I could partially destroy one using Meteor with a Black Arrow. But living armours werent exactly boss monsters. There were many troops of them wandering throughout the town, and I dont think I could defeat all of them.

Now, Touya-kun Smoke!

Saya-chan cast a smokescreen for us, while at the same time, I shot a Smoke Ball arrow at the living armour troop currently on our tail.

The black smoke quickly spread and sealed their ability to detect us. Now only their archer type could attempt to get a lucky shot.

And no way would that happen But it did.

AH!?

Worst case scenario.

An arrow flew threw the curtain of smoke, and by pure chance, hit Saya-chan. She was running away, and it struck her from the back. An arrowhead covered in Saya-chans blood was jutting out from her flank.

SAYA-CHAN!? D-dammit

The moment I witnessed that arrow tearing her flesh, my head started to go blank.

T-Touya-kun Dont, stop Have to, run.

Even when she mustve been in extreme pain, Saya-chan refused to scream, and gave me that warning. She was right, of course. The troop of living armours were gaining on us. We didnt have time to waste.

Ahh, Saya-chan, Im smitten by your strength of heart. You even woke me up when my head stopped working seeing you hurt.

Calm down, I cant panic, its over if I panic.

Hold tight, Saya-chan!

Mm, sorry, Touya-kun

I lifted up Saya-chan, and used Hi Walk to retreat from there as fast as I could. Its good that living armours werent all that fast on their legs.

Wed been exploring this ruin town for the better part of a week now. And in that time, we learned that the living armours seem to only patrol on a designated area. We also learned that if we leave this area, they wont come chasing.

The fairy square was too far.

But we did know a few places that are outside the living armours range of activity, and in addition, had good vantage points, were easy to defend, and all around relatively safe.

So I chose one of those places, a large apartment building at the bank of a lake. I ran inside and climbed to the top floor.

We should be safe here. I wanted to get Saya-chans wounds healed as fast as humanly possible.

Haah Haah. T-Touya-kun, Im, sorry I, the arrow, it

Youre fine, youll be fine, Ill fix you up right away alright!

Her face was drained of blood, shed gone completely pale. The arrow was still lodged inside her, so I dont think she had bled out that much yet. But with her face in that state, and that weak, feeble voice she now had, panic was quickly starting to boil within my heart.

Im scared, Im so scared Im scared of losing Saya-chan, I cant lose her.

Dammit, DAMMIT, I shouldnt have used that potion!

Our last last boss fight had been a tough one and Id been gravely injured. Seeing me in a such a state, Saya-chan cried as she used the potion on me. This one potion that wed randomly happened upon inside a loot chest.

Dammit, if I knew this was going to happen, I wouldve borne any amount of pain the world threw at me and refused that potion from her But it was too late for that now.

The only thing we currently carried that had healing properties would be the four leafed clovers wed been collecting ever since the first fairy square.

Touya-kun I

You dont need to talk. Im here for you, youll be fine I swear Ill get you healed up.

I removed the arrow, and used the clovers on the wound, being as careful as possible.

Now, the only thing I could still do, was hold her thin, pale hand and give her my utmost support.

Thank you, Touya-kun.

God, if youre listening, please Please save Saya-chan Ill do anything if its to save her. Anything you ask, so please, just this