Chương 292: Chapter 275. Boom, Sarah Goes

" Let's go!" Kick! / Woosh! / I yell as I run along with Alle to attack the giant while leaving Anna and John behind me, I had no issue leaving my back to them, of course, they're the people I trust the most in the world after all. / Rumble! / Seems Alle and I weren't the only ones picking up speed, the giant seemed to be attempting to run as well. Seems this one acts the same as it's 4 original bodies. That should be useful for us.

I wonder if I carve a path through his chest to his heart and other organs the way I did to my previous opponent, he'll simply accept his death? An experiment that would be enjoyable to partake in to be sure... But can Alle do the same as well? Should I try an entirely different strategy since she's now my partner for this battle? Let's see how the first few exchanges go. Speaking of which. Swing! /CLANG! CLANG! / Loud metallic sounds rang out loud as Alle and I's blades clashed into the chest of the giant.

Seems his durability has increased dramatically? Not only that, but the Underworld Goddess's Mana seems to only be effective if you're able to injure the opponent. As it is now, I don't think we'll be able to take advantage of our trump cards. I guess we need to turn up the heat a little? I turn to Alle. who had just landed next to me on the ground, away from the giant and in front of Anna and John." We need to find a way to injure him. About how hard did you strike him just now, Alle?"" Only about 40% I thou-""!"

"!" Kick! /SLAM! CRACK! / It seems that the giant has learned a few lessons from it's pieces. It doesn't want us communicating it seems. As Alle and I began to speak, it quickly brought a punch down over top of us to try and squash us. Thankfully, Alle and I are quite fast, so we dodged without much effort. / CLANG! / And what good would being fast be, if I couldn't land a counterattack before readjusting? This time, I struck the giant's lips with my halberd before being repelled by the strength of its skin.

The timing of our attacks will need to match each other better in order to win this. If not, we may not be able to crack this natural armor of his." Sarah! Any luck!?" Alle yelled a question at me as the giant had separated us. While not the worst situation, I'd prefer to not have to scream answers across the battlefield at each other. But it seems our enemy doesn't really care for my wants." No!" I answer with one word that I feel is good enough to convey the fact I did nothing with my little counter.

I hit the giant originally with what I was able to cut the smaller one with. If I had to give a number, it would be around 35% of my strength. This time, I used around 40%, but still, that monster just took the blow and continued to act as if a feather landed on him instead of my sharp halberd. It'll be somewhat difficult to crack that skin of his without destroying my halberd.

While I would enjoy the challenge as a fun puzzle, today isn't the time to put my fun in battle above what needs to be done to save everyone. With that in mind, I began to yell my new plan to Alle." Alle! It's not worth trying to break through his skin! Aim for the soft bits everyone has! Eyes! Ears! If he opens his mouth throw a sword into his mouth! The important part is t-" Kick! / BANG! SMASH! / Again, we were stopped from planning by the giant.

At least this time, I seemed to have gotten the general idea across to Alle. The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. /CLANG! CLANG! / Seeing as I heard another clang as I aimed to see if I could stab my halberd between the giant's lips, only to hit what I assume was teeth, we'd probably end up needing to use a strategy of a death by a thousand cuts in order to kill this giant. Thankfully, we won't need to with Anna's help.

Alle landed on the ground before me this time and she seemed to have some news to share." Almost hit his ear! Missed and hit his hair! I cut off his hair!" Alle makes her thoughts concise so the giant can't find a moment to try and kill one of us with his fist. It worked well, seeing as I got the message. This began to make me think, if she could cut his hair, I wonder if this means anything about his scalp or the top of his head is softer than the rest of his body?

As I recall, most of the Dominant Races of Gaia, except for the Dragonkin, are born with a soft spot at the top of their skull. Something to do with bones and cartilage if I recall correctly from those lessons in the Academy? Regardless of the lessons in the classroom and its specifics, perhaps that soft spot would exist for a being born from a God's mana and emerging from an egg? I'd like to try it out in any case. Anything that could end this fight quickly." Alle! Let's aim for the to-" Kick! / RUMBLE! CRACK!

SMASH! / This time, a stomp attempted to kill me, like stomping an ant or fly. Unfortunately, I'm no ant or fly. I am Sarah Drake... To the world for now. But my true name is Sarah Ericsson! Former 1st Princess of Diablos and now, the Wife of John Ericsson. And I will not fail at the task of killing this giant in front of My Husband's eyes." Alle! Keep aiming for his ears! I'll try something else!" /CLANG! / In mid-air I yell to Alle.

Afterwards, I strike the giant's cheek, no harm was done, but I can't lie to myself, it felt good to hit him as payback for interrupting me. Once I land on the ground, Alle and I begin to start our offensive again. From the right side of the giant, Alle attacks with speed and ferocity as she aims for the ear canal of the giant. I however, add a bit more force to my blows on the left side of the giant as I start to move upwards from its lips to its nose and then its eyes.

While I'd like to say my story ends there, the speed the giant possessed in the form of blinking was able to stop me from poking it in the eyes. I was somewhat disappointed in that, as I was hoping to make this as quick as possible, I wouldn't mind accidently slashing the giant's eye in half and allowing the Underworld Goddess's Mana to disperse inside of the giant's body and cause it to explode, but alas... It wasn't meant to be." Any luck!?"

Alle calls to me, maybe the look on my face tells her I've lost a bit of determination? If so, she's read my expression wrong, it was just me sighing as my plan of aiming for the top of the head seems to be the best option. With my sighing out the way, Alle needs an answer to her question, I thought it would be best to show her rather than tell her. Swing! /CLANG! / A swipe of my blade into the giant's foot seemed to be good enough to signal to her that I wasn't done yet. Now to play to my strengths a bit more.

My Mother showed me how to use Magic back when I was a little girl, she always told me "your training will never betray you, Sarah. Whether it be Magic training or spear training!" From those days, we found out I had a preference for Wind Magic as opposed to other Systems of Magic. My Wind Magic is a bit of a Special Magic System to me because of those times.

Not only does it cover the normal bases of Magic that a Job Class like Magic Spearman and its ilk would need, from attacking from long range or even being able to coat my blade in Wind Magic to increase cutting power, but Wind Magic can also be used for a Special kind of Support Spells. In this case, I can use it to boost my speed like Lightning Magic can. Why do I bring this up right now? Well, that's because I've already activated the Spell. Tense! Release!" Cyclone Step!" / Whoosh!

/ The feeling enters the soles of my feet and the back of my legs. Almost like small typhoons firing high powered winds from my calves. It's a familiar feeling, but I prefer not using it. Mostly for 3 reasons. The 1st being that it can tire me out with repeated use. The 2nd being the sound that happens as I run. The 3rd being that I tend to like using only my regular abilities to fight, I've been relinquishing on that tendency of mine since we've been dealing with "difficult" situations recently.

From fighting my Parents in order to fight the Hero Party or fighting the Wyvern, it only made sense to take advantage of anything we could in terms of John's Buffs to protect ourselves and our people, that reasoning seems to sink into my mind, even now, as I begin to run towards the giant. /BOOM! / A loud booming sound shoots from behind me.

I found out this meant I was breaking the sound barrier, because my Mother told me about it when I tried using this ability during a sparring session with her when I was young. Every step, a boom reverberates behind me, while the sound doesn't bother me, since it is my Magic after all, it can bother people who're near me, but it seems everyone is fine. With that confirmation, I run up the giant's body and even see its skin moving due to the force of the shockwaves I'm unleashing with each step of my run.

In no time at all, I make it to the giant's head. I ready my halberd to end this fight and begin to thrust my halberd down to pierce its head. Swing! / BOOM! Thump! / cold! pain... Or at least, that was the plan, before I noticed that a green blade was now stabbed through my chest, I look behind me before the cold feeling of the blade is replaced with pain... The only thing I see is the God Of The Blackwoods smiling with his arm in front of his torso.

I could that the blade of the sword that stabbed me seemed to actually be some kind of plant. I could only think about how sad John was about to be as I felt my eyes growing heavier and closing.