The strength of the ice spears released by its wings was higher than what a half-baked weapon could produce. Even though the intensity had declined over time, the ice spears still pierced through the orichalcum paved road like the tentacles of Gilslay. In some cases, there was also a possibility that they could not be defended against with 『Muspelm』.
“If the main body is made of ice, then how about this?”
Shin, who was dodging the Gryphon’s attack, took out a card and tossed it to the sky while shouting,
“Release 【Flare Burst】!”
The card was torn and a bluish-white sphere was summoned in response to Shin’s shout.
What he threw to the sky was a shot from the front, because the possibility of it being dodged was high.
“KyUAA!?”
Did it feel the magic power in the sphere? The Gryphon raised a voice of caution. Ice spears which came flying toward the sphere were repelled, and the sign of breath forming could be seen in its mouth.
In the short time after it was launched, heat rays were fired from the sphere. Although Shin could also attack the Gryphon himself at the same time as he tossed the sphere, the effect of the magic may have weakened when Shin approached.
Therefore, Shin materialized 4 one-handed knives made of orichalcum, gripped them between his fingers and threw them.
If it was a synchronized attack from the top and the front, lowering the possibility of either being evaded.
“Shin?”
Rionne was watching Shin’s movements, but expressed her doubt.
It was mostly because the knives Shin threw were greatly off the mark.
“KyUIII!!”
The Gryphon probably also thought he missed the mark. It repelled only two of them which came flying by its wings, and a breath was fired toward the approaching heat ray from the sky.
The snow-white breath collided with the bluish-white heat rays, offsetting each other. The power of the attacks were almost equal, neither one of them overwhelmed the other one-sidedly.
However, that state was only for an instant. The knives which were thrown in the wrong direction changed trajectory and pierced the stomach and the wing of the Gryphon.
“GyUA!”
The power of its breath diminished along with the scream.
Then, the heat ray overcame the breath and hit the Gryphon directly.
“GIIIIIIIIIIII!?”
The Gryphon’s squeal reverberated through the sky of Kalkia.
Its left wing which it had promptly used as a shield was almost evaporated, and the left side of the Gryphon’s face was also burned hideously.
From the wing, which was mostly missing, and from the burnt skin, blue steam spouted out.
“What on earth was that just now…”
Rionne, who saw the knives whose trajectory changed at almost a right angle to pierce the Gryphon, muttered in a dumbfound state.
What Shin had done was called a throwing technique and wind combination skill 【Trick Throw】; it was a skill that made the trajectory of the thrown weapon go toward the target.
In this world where skills were extremely scarce, it may have been unusual for her.
“In that timing, there’s no way I could miss!”
In that single chance, Shin attacked the Gryphon which received damage and lost its balance.
As the breath was not usable as a result of half of its face being burnt, a barrage of ice spears came from its single wing; it was the ideal situation to come close.
“This time it won’t go like a while ago!”
Shin put up『Kakura』 against a blow by the right forefoot of the Gryphon.
The Gryphon’s ice talons burst open together with a roaring sound. The flying ice spears which changed into ice debris were easy to deal with if one knew how to handle them.
As the attack of the forefoot was flicked away, if he turned around to the right side of the collapsed Gryphon’s face, the ice spears didn’t show any effect.
There, Shin brandished his 『Kakura』.
“【Enchant Fire】”
Along with Shin’s mutter, 『Kakura』 was enveloped in flames.
Leaving a red trace in the air, 『Kakura』 struck on the Gryphon’s body directly.
With a thunderous sound that resembled an explosion, the Gryphon slid sideways for about 5 mels. The Gryphon’s talons scraped off the orichalcum pavement, and claw marks were carved on the ground. Though the talons seemed to break easily due to Shin’s attack, the strength of the ice talons were higher than a thin layer of orichalcum.
On the body where Shin hit, some kind of burnt traces remained. Blue steam also grandly leaked from there, as the wound had not burnt completely.
“Its HP condition decreased decently. That steam, is it different from bleeding and magic leakage?”
Shin thought while seeing the HP gauge of the Gryphon.
In case of the bleeding state, it should be the same as a poison; the HP should decrease intermittently. However, the Gryphon had not received any more damage than what Shin had dealt.
“Isn’t it an abnormal state?”
Some of the monsters at boss class often had special attack methods.
In case of the golem group it was hand throwing, in the spector group it was summoning followers, the ability tha