CH 45

――Go… !

「Ga… U… ! ?」

Frightened by the Dragon’s power, the Hellwolf was unable to properly judge Ayane as she approached it from the front and was punched in the side.

「I- Isn’t that too strong… ?」

I muttered to myself as I looked alternately at the hellwolf that had been blown to pieces and was dying, and at my hand that had been reduced to three fingers.

「Gau! ! !」

「「「「! ?」」」」

To everyone’s dismay, the Hellwolf King… Let’s just call it Urkin for now. That Urkin intimidates its minions.

――As if to say, “Fight or I’ll kill you”

「Garururuu… Waooon! !」

「… Fu…」

I’ve no choice but to take a half step to the left to avoid the Hellwolf who pounced on me, grab the Hellwolf by the neck, and slam it into the ground with all my momentum――

――Dogoooooon! !

… Ta.

As the sound indicated, the Hellwolf that had pounced on me was no longer even in its original form. And there is a crater in the ground as well…

TL. It turned to mush, to be exact…

「Dragon strong…」

「Gururururuu… ! !」

Ayane’s vocabulary is decreasing rapidly, while Urkin’s anger is increasing rapidly.

「Kyan! !」

Finally, one Hellwolf, whose fear gauge was maxed out, escaped, followed by more Hellwolves and escaped like rats.

「Gugaaaaaa! ! ! ! ! !」

――Dosu… !

「「「「「「Gugya… ! ?」」」」」」

The moment all the Hellwolves had tried to escape, Urkin snapped.

In an instant, the pack of Hellwolves became a pack of corpses as they were killed and defeated by a dark lance that emerged from the ground.

It attacked Ayane without exception, but she was able to avoid it just in time by backstepping.

「That’s dangerous…」

「Guruu! !」

Urkin’s face further distorted after Ayane avoided the lance with a calm look on her face, looking more like a demon rather then a wolf.

「Gau! !」

With the exception of the first one, I had defeated all of the Hellwolves so far before they triggered the Dark Ball. The reason for this was because I didn’t know how to deal with the Dark Ball, the skill used by the first Hellwolf I encountered in this tower.

(Compared to the first Dark Ball I saw, this one looks like it’s several times bigger…? Also, the color of the sphere feels kind of evil)

Increasingly, I couldn’t take it.

「Fu!」

I approach Urkin before he launches it at a speed boosted by the Dragon’s Feet.

… But it was a little too late.

「! ?」

――Byun!

―Dopun…

One of the several floating Dark Balls was fired in Ayane’s general direction… In other words, it was fired at the ground between her and Urkin, turning the ground black. Ayane, who had been on alert, stayed a little in front of it, watching from a distance.

――Doggoooon! !

And then, a few moments later… There was an explosion that seemed like a splash of water.

「Ukya! ?」

「Gau! !」

――Hyunhyun…

――Dodopun…

Seeing an opportunity in the startled Ayane, Urkin released a few Dark Balls at this moment.

「Uwe! ?」

Ayane moved away from the spot while shouting out in shock.

As Ayane was suddenly in a bad position, Urkin charged at her with tremendous speed. It might be because it decided that it would be quicker to finish that way.

「… ! U- Uraa! !」

I forced myself to twist my body and move into an intercepting position, dodging a large swinging attack from Urkin’s right paw before stepping into its belly.

「Haa! !」

――Baki! !

Then, using my whole body as a spring, I dove into Urkin’s belly and pierced him with my three claws. The armor that did not reflect light that was protecting Urkin was pierced by Ayane’s Dragon Hands.

「Gyaun! ? ! ?」

Urkin shouted in surprise, not expecting to be pierced.

「… Run away」

Anticipating that the next attack was coming, Ayane quickly moved away, then something exploded below Urkin’s belly.

Yes. It’s a Dark Ball.

But that doesn’t mean that it blew itself up. After all, it was unharmed.

What I gained would be the consumption of 1 Dark Ball.

The price to pay for that, though, would be Urkin’s anger gauge maxed out.

「……」

「……」

The two stared at each other quietly. Urkin seemed to be too angry to be calm, on the contrary.

The battle was far from over.

○Today’s Skill○

The following is the magic attack that Hellwolf King released today. By the way, the levels shown are all fixed at 1. So, please forgive me if the Hellwolf King’s skill level is not 1…

If you wish, I’ll try to introduce some of the skills that have come up so far. If not, until they come up….

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【Name】 《Dark Magic》 MP Consumption: Depends on the technique

【Effect ① (LV. 1)】 Gives the wielder 1 Dark Magic for every 1 level increase.

【Effect ② (LV. 1)】 Increases the wielder’s Dark Magic’s attack power.

LV. 1: INT＋10

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【Name】 《Dark Magic》: Dark Ball MP Consumption: 30 per ball

【Effect ①(LV. 1)】 Allows the user to release a dark ball. The speed of the ball is proportional to the skill level of the 《Dark Magic》 .

【Effect ②(LV. 5)】 It will be able to track them.

【Effect ③(LV. ☆)】 When set on the ground, it will be able to explode at will. The power of the explosion is proportional to the skill level of the 《Dark Magic》.

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Dark Ball is a skill that belongs to the “Dark Magic” category.

Here’s a backstory, or rather a setting….

In this world, the world-monitoring AI automatically creates skills to suit each player, so there is no such thing as a skill that has exactly the same effect.

There is one exception, the catalog that you are shown at the beginning. That is the only place where everyone can get the same skills.

Well, you can only see the catalog before you start 《Sekandaria Online》, so it won’t appear again (flag).

And magic skills.

Ryoka-san has 《Wind Magic》. And 《Wind Magic》 is the one she took in her initial skill selection. You may think that the skills that belongs to it are all the same. But that’s not true.

The 《Wind Magic》 is the same, but the skills it has vary from person to person. For example, Ryoka’s 《Wind Magic》 is usually biased towards thunder skills.

TL.

I apologize for the popup ads m(_ _)m

I just noticed yesterday that the ads I tested a few days ago are not properly removed. I should have checked again.

Once more, I’m sorry for the inconvenience m(_ _)m