Realizing that its allies were in a disadvantageous situation, the Kobold Mage began reciting a chant in its own language. A spear of fire appeared in front of it. As a Mage, it was intelligent enough to know that a wide-area attack would hit its own allies, so it had chosen a spell that was powerful, even though it would only hit a single target.

Burning the very air around it, the fiery spear was released. Its target was one of the strange Living Armors that were wielding long weapons.

The flaming spear flew through the air, weaving in between the other Kobolds, and closed in on the Living Armor.

Rita performed a downwards slash of her Glaive at the spear of fire.

『Chest!』

TLN: I have no idea what this “chest” is supposed to mean. It’s チェスト/chesuto, written in katakana.
The fiery spear disintegrated and the flames scattered about like broken fragments.

Normally, a weapon of steel wouldn’t destroy a spell, no matter how heavy the weapon was. However, the Glaive that Rita wielded was a Magic Item, obtained in the treasure store of an unexplored Dungeon. It had the ability to cut through a spell on the level of a flaming spear.

Of course, it was better than taking a direct hit, but Rita couldn’t avoid the flames that had scattered about. However, the suit of armor that Rita possessed had a resistance to fire. And since the suit of armor made up her entire body, she suffered no burns as long as the armor resisted the fire.

「Gyaugh!」

「Gyain!」


The final result was one exactly opposite to what the Kobold Mage had intended – the only ones caught up in the scattered flames were Rita and the several Kobolds that she had been engaged in combat with.

『YAAAAH!』

And then Rita gave a great swing of her glaive, scattering the Kobolds who had flinched from the burns they had received and stepping into the opening in the enemy lines.