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- Stalling for Time
- “Illumination magic should be fired after the troops finish mounting the Spirit Turtle. Please hop on then, Iwatani-sama” (queen)
- “Understood. Then, operation start!” (random soldier)
- “Roger that. Everyone! We're going!” (shield)
- “Okay” (raphtalia)
- “Oka~y” (filo)
- “I'll do my best!” (rishia)
- Ans thus Filo and I faced the Spirit Turtle for another assault.
- During that time, Raphtalia, Rishia and half of the Allied forces circled around the Spirit Turtle's back to mount it.
- “Together with Master~” (filo)
- Filo let me ride on her in good humour, and ran towards the Spirit Turtle.
- Such a fearless kid.
- I checked the number of Mana Potions and.... medicine.... and stood before the Spirit Turtle.
- “――――――――――!” (turtle)
- As the Spirit Turtle detected us, it simultaneously released a swarm of familiars.
- And then it used its body to trample down on us.
- “Zweite Aura! Meteor Shield!” (shield)
- I chanted protective magic while raising my voice, and deployed Meteor Shield.
- The Spirit Turtle's foot rained down on us and caused an earthquake.
- As if I'm going to take that obediently!
- Just like that, we evasively dodged its foot before Meteor Shield could be broken.
- Fissures formed in the ground.
- In the midst of a dust cloud being raised, I used my whole body to grasp the Spirit Turtle's foot before it could lift its gigantic leg.
- “―――――――――――!?” (turtle)
- It seemed that the Spirit Turtle raised its voice in surprise at being unable to raise its leg at will.
- Such a sorry state.
- gu....gu gu...... *clench*
- Nevertheless, if I show even a little hint of an opening then the Spirit Turtle will try to raise its leg. And in terms of strength, I don't have nearly enough to prevent from being thrown out into the air.
- The good thing is that the neck didn't extend up to the tip of the forefoot that we were on. I'll try to make use of that.
- “―――――――――――!” (turtle)
- Familiars were released in our direction.
- Now!
- A large number of magic formations were deployed in the sky, and fire came raining down incessantly.
- A wave of supporting magic swept down from the rear and descended upon the familiars, stitching up that interval.
- “Tahh!” (filo)
- Filo kicked the familiars away, protecting me.
- “How long do we hafta wait?” (filo)
- “Who knows” (shield)
- gu gu....... *clench*
- This is bad, if I lose even a bit of focus I won't be able to restrain the Spirit Turtle's foot.
- All the same, it's only focusing in my direction so the rear was defenceless.
- “Master......that” (filo)
- I looked behind the Spirit Turtle, through the gap in its legs. Well, what I could see was no larger than a speck.
- A ladder or rope hung in order for the army and Raphtalia's party, who had circled to the rear, to climb onto the depths of the Spirit Turtle's shell.
- It appeared that there were also wyvern-riding soldiers who boarded the Spirit Turtle favourably and were lending a hand.
- All right......
- A crackling vibration transmitted through the Spirit Turtle.
- This is.......
- The Spirit Turtle turned to use and tried to fire its special move.
- “Filo!” (shield)
- “Kay!” (filo)
- Filo hid behind my back.
- The Spirit Turtle opened its mouth and fired that intense thunder, intending to wipe out its own foot together with us!
- I immediately changed to the Wrath Shield.
- Anger ignited in the depths of my heart
- “Master” (filo)
- Filo's arms and legs were covered in black flames.
- Not yet..... I could endure it. Because Raphtalia and Filo were lending me their strength.
- There was a dazzling flash, which was immediately followed by a loud roar one beat later.
- I held out the shield and defended with the Wrath Shield.
- ...... There wasn't any pain like the last time.
- As expected from the Wrath Shield. I'm unharmed.
- As I thought that, and waited for the Spirit Turtle's attack, I realised a time counter had appeared in the corner of my vision.
- 4 : 37
- This number that was decreasing every second......
- What the?
- When the number fell to just below 4:30, the Spirit Turtle's attack ceased.
- All right, I withstood it. And then I realised. Somehow strength wouldn’t enter my body.
- “Master?” (filo)
- What just occurred?
- I checked my status.
- ......My SP became 0!?
- What the? Why was my SP 0?
- It couldn't be that that Spirit Turtle's attack also drains SP, can it?
- I changed to the Soul Eater Shield and recovered SP by stealing it from the swarming familiars with a counter-attack.
- I summoned Meteor Shield.
- The number that appeared when I changed into the Wrath Shield has disappeared......
- I have a bad premonition.
- Could it be that that number was the duration that the shield couldn't control me, or otherwise Filo, converted into a numerical value?
- It seems like something bad would happen if it reached 0.
- The Spirit Turtle regenerated its burnt foot and trampled down on us.
- “No way!” (shield)
- Like before, I seized the Spirit Turtle's foot to halt it. If I changed to Wrath Shield, the Dark Curse Burning S would activate from the neighbouring attacks and Filo would be caught up in it. I can't change it until the very last moment.
- When I did, the Spirit Turtle took a breath as though to say it was waiting.
- No matter how much, wasn't this a bit quick!?
- Sweat dripped down my face unpleasantly.
- It had an ability to drain SP.... would spit out a lightning attack with that recovered SP, and then sucked away the SP I acquired again.
- I could remain uninjured with the Wrath Shield but my SP would be absorbed. I'd receive a lot of damage with the Soul Eater Shield but, because it invalidates the drain and steals SP, it would take time before the lightning attack could be fired.
- So it's like this?
- “Tsk! Shield Prison!” (shield)
- I aimed at the Spirit Turtle's head and summoned a cage.
- However, the cage was broken as soon as it appeared.
- As expected, I can't encase something as large as that.
- Well, it looks like I can't attack with Iron Maiden.
- I withstood the next lightning attack by changing into the Wrath Shield.
- However, I lost all the SP I had as compensation.
- I changed back to the Soul Eater Shield to counter but........
- When I look to the vicinity, the familiars hadn't finished assembling together.
- “Are you alright, Master?” (filo)
- “Gu......” (shield)
- Should I get on Filo and flee?
- The power of that attack is no joke. If it misfired and hit the allied troops, it would have caused a serious loss.
- I deployed Meteor Shield with the SP I just managed to recover.
- “Filo, it might be painful but bear with it” (shield)
- “Kay!” (filo)
- I caught the lightning attack with Filo supporting me up.
- “Guu.....” (shield)
- The lightning attack pierced through me for about 30 seconds.
- It's a pain I've never felt when I was in my original world. This feeling was like receiving an electric shock together with the pain of my whole body being roasted.
- ..... My consciousness took a leap.
- I chanted recovery magic concurrently with supporting magic invoked by the troops behind me.
- My wounds healed but I lost physical strength and accumulated fatigue during the time I was recovering from the injury.
- “Filo's also gonna go” (filo)
- “I'll leave it to you” (shield)
- If Filo could blow away the head, that would buy us some time.
- Filo took the stance for her special move, established her aim and attacked.
- “Spiral Strike!” (filo)
- Filo's assault arrived at the Spirit Turtle's throat and pierced through.
- And yet, it may be because Raphtalia wasn't there but, it didn't manage to sever the head.
- Before our eyes, the Spirit Turtle's wound repaired itself with an unpleasant tearing sound.
- “Fuee....” (filo)
- Filo sought refuge in my barrier as she landed and dropped her shoulders in fatigue.
- The Spirit Turtle once again opened its mouth to spit a lightning attack.
- Wha...... did the time for the next attack shrink because of the damage!?
- “Filo, get away the next time this guy tries to stomp on us” (shield)
- “Kay!” (filo)
- I braced myself so that Filo could have time for her magic to recover ; Filo's feathers bristled as she concentrated.
- Speaking of which, the duration of the Spirit Turtle's lightning attack and the time it takes for Filo to accumulate magic power is the same.
- The Spirit Turtle spat out its lightning attack and I changed to the Wrath Shield to resist it.
- And then, the Spirit Turtle's blackened leg regenerated again and it attempted to stomp on us.
- “Now's the time!” (shield)
- “Oka~y!” (filo)
- Filo retreated back at a high speed and I stopped Spirit Turtle's trampling with the Wrath Shield, then started running towards its face.
- Dark Curse Burning S activated and black flames coiled around with me as the centre.
- The Spirit Turtle's leg and face was thoroughly burned by the cursed flames.
- “How's that!” (shield)
- Dark Curse Burning S has an effect of diminishing recovery. It might be able to seal that miraculous regeneration power.
- If that's the case then stalling for time will be easy.
- However.....the blackened leg and part of the face regenerated as if nothing happened.
- “――――――――――!” (turtle)
- W-What vitality.
- “Master” (filo)
- “Yeah, I know” (shield)
- I changed the Wrath Shield into the Soul Eater Shield to economise the time.
- This will turn into.... quite a drawn-out battle.
- Once again, I instructed Filo as I endured the lightning attack.
- “Filo, please go and ask the queen, who's monitoring the timing, for the state of progress. This is quite relentless. Make them hurry up as much as possible” (shield)
- “If I do that then Master will.....” (filo)
- Filo replied with a voice that seemed like it would break into tears at any moment.
- “I'll be fine.....” (shield)
- “......okay” (filo)
- That Spirit Turtle let out a mortifying cry, possibly because it couldn't steal any SP.
- I think I can endure until the next discharge.
- Filo kicked the enemy away.
- “High Quick!” (filo)
- With high speed, she ran down to where the queen was.
- I materialised Meteor Shield with SP taken from the familiars, and repeated the action of pinning down the Spirit Turtle's foot.
- It was difficult, because all the lightning attacks made the footing worse. There were fissures caused by the earthquakes as well as crater ruins.
- This is harder than I thought.....
- The Spirit Turtle's familiars forcefully attacked the barrier made by Meteor Shield.
- .......If I didn't learn those strengthening methods from the other heroes, wouldn’t I have died?
- Well, this situation is the fault of those other heroes.
- <As one worthy of the origin of power, Filo is commanding: She's reread and understands the terms, blow away those creatures with a tornado of intense vacuum>
- “Zweite Tornado!” (filo)
- The familiars surrounding me were blown away by a tornado
- “I'm back~!” (filo)
- “How was it?” (shield)
- “They're hurrying but said to hang in there for a bit longer” (filo)
- “I see.......” (shield)
- “Ah, also, this is medicine to recover stamina” (filo)
- Filo took out some medicine from a bag she wasn't carrying when she left, and gave it to me.
- It was a candy-like medicine.
- When I put it in my mouth, there was a minty taste. I felt like a bit of strength had returned to me.
- “And this was also set aside for Master's use” (filo)
- “What?” (shield)
- ....it was a Lukol pill [T/N: herbal supplement, used for Leukorrhea]
- “Yes, yes” (shield)
- I also put that in my mouth.
- ......I felt more strength return than from the candy. When I checked the status magic, SP and MP was recovered.
- The Lukol pill had a recovery effect. I'll remember that.
- With this, the curtain closed on the long battle of suppressing the Spirit Turtle
- I don't want to do this offense-defence thing a second time.
- This repetition of sometimes using the Wrath Shield to resist, sometimes using the Soul Eater Shield to endure.
- The barbarian's armour had become tattered here and there.
- Its self-repairing was no longer able to catch up.
- So intense.
- “Haa......Haa......” (shield)
- The Wrath Shield's time counter had dropped to below 0 : 30. Around this point, Filo also started tearing at her head seeming to be enduring something.
- I also had a dark emotion taking over my heart, which made my mind start to become strange.
- “M-Master....... Filo is already.......” (filo)
- Filo, who wanted to release the anger that didn’t have anywhere to strike, and I. We're almost at the limit.
- I can't change to Wrath Shield any more.
- “I understand. I won't change it any more! Endure it!” (shield)
- “Okay” (filo)
- I endured Spirit Turtle's lightning attack with the Soul Eater Shield.
- How many times have I endured this roasting sensation. I'm already fed up with just this. Should we flee?
- Just when I thought that, the illumination was fired at last.
- “Alright! Let's go!” (shield)
- “Hooray! Filo will do her best!” (filo)
- The Spirit Turtle regenerated its foot, and in the instant it tried to stomp down, I got on Filo's back and passed through its legs at high speed.
- Tsk! That Spirit Turtle, it's trying to crush us with its whole body.
- The Spirit Turtle's stomach drew nearer second by second, as the ceiling was lowering.
- “High Quick!” (filo)
- Filo changed her course midway using a high speed movement, turned her back and escaped from the front, dodging earthquakes by leaping over them and changed direction as she landed.
- And with a huge leap, she jumped onto the Spirit Turtle's shell.
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