My body feels light thanks to the light sleep.
I have a feeling that my magic power has increased somewhat.
We continue the same kind of series of battles after the break, but we are now able to reliably defeat the enemies since everyone has grasped their role.
That appeared from the Gushing Hole as if to prick such carelessness.
--Scissor Centipede
Its very long body looks like a tower when it stands up, sharp claws on the tip of its countless legs are shaped like swords.
And, its crab-like pincers on the sides of its head are emitting fiendish red light.
That pincer swings down toward me who's frozen over the centipede's gigantic body.
We are currently fighting nearly 10 powerful monsters.
There's no one that can prevent that fiendish blade--
Even though I know it's futile, I holds my long wand up to block the swinging-down pincer. Another enemy would skewer me if I were to avoid to the side.
--Just before the pincer bisects the wand in two, a black tornado cuts in.
After kicking away the swinging right-pincer, Satou-san who had appeared out of nowhere brought me to a safe location.
"It's alright now."
Satou-san smiles refreshingly as if to make me feel relieved.
He still looks relaxed even though he's just saved me from danger. Nimbly so, like he always is.
"Insolent fool who tried to put their hands on Zena-sama."
The left pincer which pursued us is warded by a red spear, making it pierce the ground instead.
Liza holds the red spear in one hand, and uses her other hand to push the left pincer into the ground.
That hand seemingly glow red.
"A mere centipede trying to fight Master and Zena-sama, you're a hundred years too early."
The moment after Liza's words, the left pincer is destroyed with a boom sound.
Was that magic just now?
"Liza, I leave the rest to you."
"Understood."
Liza's spear which is clad in red light emits even stronger red light--is that Magic Edge?
I wonder if her secret skill is [Magic Edge]?
She pulls back the spear to the limit, and then thrusts it toward the centipede in one go.
It's not a distance that a spear can reach no matter how long it is.
--Eh?
A lump of red light flies from the tip of the spear like a cannonball, hitting the centipede's head.
When the light disappear, the figure of the centipede with a large hole on its head remains.
Is that perhaps, the shooting [Magic Edge] technique that appears in the hero story I've read in my childhood.
I thought that was just a creation, I've never thought it actually exists.
However, there was no leeway for me to be perturbed from that miscellaneous matter.
The centipede that had lost its head split on its joints, and came attacking like different creatures.
"Magic Edge Cannon nanodesu!"
"Majin Cannon~, How many~?"
"More! Nanodesu!"
"Falcon Phalanx~"
Blasting with carefree voices, Pochi and Tama wreck the BlockPedes with countless red light bullets they shoot from their locations.
--Am I watching a dream I wonder.
I forget to support them with wind magic, as I can only watch the spectacle, dumbfounded.
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I was shocked when I checked my growth in the explorer guild.
My level has increased from 17 to 24 in just one day.
It's said that growths are fast in the labyrinth, but this is just too fast no matter how you look at it.
It shouldn't be strange for Liza and the two others who were powerless to turn into superior explorers in just several months.
Probably, Satou-san's guidances and commands are amazing.
Except in that one Gushing Hole case, I never felt that my life was in danger even after we did such continuous battles.
When I was in the labyrinth with everyone from the Selected Corps, I felt that every battle had my life on the line even though we only fought minor enemies.
We need knowledge and experience to cover this difference.
I will ask if I can enter the Training School that Satou-san manages next time.