LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 268.2
Chapter 268.2. Defense Again
My mana becomes a pitch-black wind, raining down beneath the city wall. In other words, it turns into countless lava projectiles that still retain their heat.
As I envelop the lava projectiles in my mana, the lava sprouts arms and legs and stands up.
The golems, five meters tall, and made of lava. The ground is scorched by their heat, with smoke billowing out.
[Charge, avoiding the fields. Support the Dark Tigers.]
“GRRRRR!”
Letting out a battle cry, the lava puppets charge forward. These golems are level 8 in skill. They won’t lose to average enemies. Plus, the materials are supplied infinitely by the enemies. Best cost-performance ever.
The lava puppets, kicking up dust in their wake, reach the front lines at what seems to be hundreds of kilometers per hour, turning to support the Dark Tigers.
Upon reaching the front lines, the lava puppets strike their burning fists at the Armored Triceratops. With that powerful blow, the triceratops’s body caves in, and its massive form shakes.
I felt relieved, realizing that the lava puppets, with their heat and the hardness of rock, could handle enemies just fine. I was worried they’d be easily shattered into pieces.
Around 1,000 lava puppets. Thanks to the materials, mana consumption is kept low. They can be created with just 2,000 mana, so their cost performance is excellent. Well, they turn back into rock in an hour, though.
[As expected of Sakimori-san. I can’t even imagine how high your magic manipulation level must be to prepare a divine-level area spell while using other magic at the same time. Could it be multi-thought processing?]
“While concentrating on something, it’s not hard to do simple things, right? It’s not difficult.”
Breathing heavily in excitement, Shizuku approaches me with a cute face, but really, anyone could do this without skills. …Though, I do think I’m a bit more dexterous than most.
“To think that my master, who finds imperial magic easy, is truly a pervert.”
Yukihana narrows her eyes and gives me a disbelieving look, making a wry smile in response.
“I can’t move, and I can’t do much thinking. Divine-level magic is a pain, honestly.”
[Normally, you close your eyes and focus without speaking, right? Only then can you activate the spell. When you finally open your eyes after wiping out the enemies, you find the bodies of comrades who risked their lives to protect you, all fried like tempura. Holding your fallen comrades… and then crying while putting them in a coffin.]
“Someone’s trying to make Yukihana disappear right in front of me. And they’re treating her so horribly.”
As I watch Shizuku and Yukihana playfully banter, I feel a strange disturbance in the flow of mana. The air changes, a prickling sensation fills the atmosphere, and a spell activates on top of the city wall.
As magic circles are drawn here and there, a massive flower, like a Rafflesia, blooms, its petals slowly opening.
Once the flower blooms, bees start emerging from within. These mechanical-looking bees, about a meter in size and made of metal, have long rapiers for stingers growing from their backsides. More bees continue to appear, and if you look closely, the magic circles are forming on the petals of the Rafflesia-like flower, from which they are being summoned.
[Mother Rafflesia. An A-rank monster! Its ability is simple: it endlessly summons C-rank Killer Bees. However, these bees can use a Final Strike, sacrificing their lives to defeat even stronger enemies, making them extremely troublesome! There’s also a tentacle attack, but it’s not a big deal. You can dodge it with Metal Separation Clones.]
Shizuku warns with a serious face. To bring out self-destructing special attack units… it’s enough to make you want to cry.
“It seems the Mother Rafflesia was teleported here. The Killer Bees are fragile, but they come in numbers. If we had Serika, who excels in mob battles, they’d be easy to defeat… Also, forget about the Metal Separation thing, Master.”
“Serika’s paired with Sachi. We’ll have to make do with our current hand.”
Even without relying on the King Behemoth, they had prepared thoroughly for the divine-level. Their hand is too strong. Don’t you think you could share some with me?
[Attractant Flower]
As I hesitate on what to do, a girl’s voice is heard, and tiny pink flowers bloom in the air. The Killer Bees, attracted by the fragrant flowers, lazily fly toward them and begin munching on them with their powerful jaws like hornets.
“Insects can be drawn in with this spell!”
Hana, holding a spear, climbs the city wall and crushes the Killer Bees munching on the flowers. Jun, following behind, uses her longsword to cut down the Killer Bees.
“The Jester Knights have arrived! Everyone, let’s fight!”
Konoha appears, rallying the troops, and I pass the message to the soldiers.
“The core of those bees is worth 30,000 each. They can be easily taken down with guns.”
“Woah!!”
“We can do this!”
Whether that one line sealed the deal or not, everyone lets out a battle cry and begins fighting.
“Uooooo!”
Sei rushes in, bringing down a massive hammer on Mother Rafflesia. The Mother Rafflesia shatters and disappears into pieces, and Sei looks down with a huff.
“President Sakimori, leave this to me.”
Looks like I still have a card up my sleeve. Now, I need to quickly activate the divine-level spell.