CH 65

“It isn’t effective.”

“It isn’t effective, isn’t it?”

“Since it’s that big, its shell is surely very tough.”

As Ar-niisama and Amanda-san mentioned the same thing, Frank-san was roughly scratching his hair. Luan who was on top of his head skilfully avoided that hand.

“That’s right. The Armored Insect is weak against magic, but…”

Yes, ye-s! I will do my best-!

I was about to raise my hand when—

“Yosh. Then should I do it?”

Eh… Frank-san?!

But Frank-san is a priest, right? Although he is a priest who fights, too…

Next to me whose eyes widened, Rank-san gleefully approached the Armored Insect.

Then, neither Ar-niisama, nor Amanda-san, and not even Virna-san was going to stop Frank-san.

Frank-san was about to go as he was, but then he remembered Luan was on top of his head, so he was trying to pull it away from him since it would be dangerous.

However, Luan desperately resisted by entwining its claws in his hair.

I think one of Luan’s cute side could be seen in how Luan was clinging tightly to Frank-san’s hair and not his scalp in order to not hurt him.

Luan really likes Frank-san after all, huh~?

“It hurts, it hurts. Oi, don’t cling to my hair.”

“Kyuuu. Kyukkyuu.”

“It’s dangerous, so go to the young girl’s side.”

“Kyuu, kyukyuu.”

“…Geez… It can’t be helped. Then, hang on to me firmly, okay?”

“Kyuu.”

After Luan answered, Frank-san turned around and broadly smiled.

“Well now, I’ll be off for a bit.”

Frank-san took something out of his storage pouch and inserted it into his fingers. Something that you use by inserting it into your four fingers… Is it a weapon? It is slightly pointed, so I think it resembles a weapon a lot.

“Protect Shield to Frank-san!”

I hurled a protective magic towards Frank-san’s back as he ran. The Armored Insect doesn’t have any magical attacks, so a physical protection alone should be enough.

Frank-san went near the Armored Insect and drove away Carl-san. I immediately casted heal on him.

Hoo. Thank goodness. Carl-san seems to be alright.

Then, behind the Armored Insect kept on eating the cabbages without minding the situation at all—

ker-bonk

thud, ker-thump, thwack

Frank-san attacked the Armored Insect many times over, as he was changing the angle several times to find the spots which dealt the most damage.

“Amazing! Its back is dented!”

Although physical attacks were supposed to be ineffective, Frank-san’s attacks managed to dent its shell.

And as expected, the Armored Insect noticed the effective attacks as it stopped eating and turned around. Then, it turned towards Frank-san and began to attack with its big horns.

“Ah, it’s dangerous!”

I unconsciously let out a shriek when I saw that the Armored Insect’s big horns were headed towards Frank-san.

But Frank-san jumped behind and avoided that attack.

Looking at Frank-san who was distancing himself from it, the Armored Insect stopped walking for some reason.

Then, it started to shake its wings.

“Eh—. It was dented, but it’s back to its original form!”

The back that was all dented returned to its original smooth form in the blink of an eye.

Hmmm. As expected, it seems like physical attacks aren’t effective against the Armored Insect.

Now is my turn to launch magical attacks!

I immediately took out the Gecko Wand from my item box and began attacking the Armored Insect with magic.

“Wind Arrow to the Armored Insect!”

At that time, the Armored Insect raised its horns again.

Then, the Wind Arrow directly hit the horns’ roots.

“I was aiming at its body, but it missed?!”

The Armored stopped moving, still with its previous posture of raising its horns.

Then, it slowly turned its face over here.

“Eh… The magical attack was ineffective too?!”

It was looking at me very intently for some reason, thoughhhh…

No matter how you look at it, it’s targeting meeeeee!

Could it be that it was the same as Noir—a mutant though it looked like a normal monster at a first glance?!

Thus, it was immune to not only physical attack, but magical attack as well—

The Armored Insect was approaching here.

Then—

Doooooonnn!

It let out such a big voice…

“I-it broke…?”

Surprisingly, the Armored Insect’s horns came off from their roots before it fell down to the ground!

“I-is it finished…?”

The Armored Insect whose horns were broken off didn’t move.

In other words…

“Hurray—! It’s been defeated—!”

I reflexively assumed a triumphant pose.

But…

“Eeeeeeeh, why is it moving agaiiiiiin?!”