'We've got her full attention...'
From afar, I was being viciously glared at by a certain someone. Or at least, that was how it felt as I turned my head away from the duchess and inwardly cursed to myself.
'I knew it...'
Considering what the others were doing, it was inevitable that it would happen, but... why is she staring at me?
What did I even do to prompt her attention?
I didn't even act once.
I didn't do anything special; I just sat still and watched the others go about their business. There was nothing I did that would make her pay attention to me instead of the other things going on around us.
'Is it perhaps my charm?'
...Hm, that did sound rather probable, but it had to be noted that I was currently wearing a hood, making this possibility invalid for the time being.
'Well, whatever.'
I shrugged my shoulders.
My interest only lasted until that point, at which point I turned my attention back to the enormous beast off in the distance.
'...More than anything, I'm surprised by Jin's skills.'
It was surprising that he was able to sneak under the mammoth without being spotted.
The gap between the two parties was wide, and for him to somehow be able to sneak right under it and deal some damage was nothing to make light of.
'I suppose that in exchange for their sanity, they were able to acquire a nice boost in their abilities...'
It was the only plausible explanation for the current situation.
"Whooooo!"
Clank! Clank!
The mammoth and the demons were locked in a fierce struggle; their bodies tangled together as they fought for dominance.
Sparks flew, and the cave echoed with the sounds of their roars and snarls. The air was thick with the scent of blood.
Demons tore at the mammoth with their claws and teeth, looking for a vulnerable spot in its thick hide to exploit. In retaliation, the mammoth delivered a devastating blow with its trunk and tusks, which sent the demons flying across the cavern.
Rumble! Rumble!
The battle raged on, with neither side willing to give up.
The demons were driven by their desire for destruction, while the mammoth fought desperately to rid itself of the little flies that were invading its domain.
As the battle raged on, it seemed as though the outcome was certain. With Jin and Amanda's help in injuring the beast, everything pointed to the demon's side, but...
...slowly but surely, the mammoth's superior strength began to show in the desperate situation.
Swooosh!
The mammoth's strikes were becoming more powerful by the second, wearing down the majority of the demons, and with a raging sound, the trunk of the mammoth began flailing around with more force.
"Whooooo!"
One by one, the demons fell. This went on until only a handful remained.
"Huak!"
"H-elp!"
toward me. Begging for help.
has turned
somewhat expected this outcome, it still surprised me to see just how powerful
my eyes on the Duchess, whose pretty face was contorted as she gazed at the faraway beast with
that she
god, was she out of her
the world was she
here I thought Melissa was the only
"Oy!"
face scrunched up at the sudden pain that I felt on the side of my abdomen. When I
"What was that for?"
felt like you were
"Huh?"
My heart froze.
she some sort of
me because you felt like I insulted
"No."
head and turned to
did it because you said it
"Huh? I did?"
Well, that was unexpected.
own thoughts that I accidentally spoke out loud? Were the whispers that I constantly heard throughout the day finally getting
So long as she wasn't an
moment, I thought
really were speaking
and Melissa's head turned away from
same thing, and as our eyes met,
"Ah..."
"Ah."
Well, fuck.
***
"I've seen enough."
from the
for her faction. Despite the fact that the vast majority of the demons that were there were rather
particular, a specific hooded
they were the ones that
her was
you like for
I can handle this
step forward, and her entire body started to glow
form around her body, perfectly adhering to her body and highlighting every
head in a fluttering motion, a silver rapier materialized on her left hand. She grasped it
figure became blurry as she continued to stare at the battlefield, which was becoming more bloody by
quick that even the mammoth had trouble keeping up with them. A beautiful silver curve arced through the air and then sank straight into
in the air, and the mammoth
"Awooo!"
Rumble! Rumble!
even more violently. As several stalactites fell from above and collided
"N..nooo!"
"He-help!"
mammoth paid no attention to the events taking place around it; instead, it was completely fixated on Priscilla, who was looking down at it
sound. Quietly, the two observed one another.
Then...
each other, the mammoth raised both of
Clank!
materialized immediately next to the mammoth and thrust her rapier in its
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