Chapter Twenty seven : Conclusion To The Boss Battle And Negotiation With The Pope
I plunged my hand into the magic bag worn like a shoulder bag under my church robe and took out the holy silver bow and quiver.
"Prepare to meet your doom" I drew the bow.
『Buoooo』 Releasing what sounded like a cry, I stopped the menacing Wight by drawing the bow.
I shot an arrow towards the Wight who began to chant magic as if trying to escape from its numbed state.
Immediately I drew the next arrow and paused.
『Gyoguguooo』 The Wight screamed in anger.
Maybe it was infuriated because I interfered with its magic, or by the arrow that hit it's robe, or maybe both but I felt it's thirst for blood swell up.
"Just hurry up and chant your next magic."
While spewing provocations, I recovered my magic power and stamina.
It was good that I endured Instructor Broad's style of teaching. I'm really thankful so after I get my salary I'll send him something.
I shot the second arrow while thinking about such a thing.
While remaining in a state of tension, after releasing the 13th arrow I decided to act on the intuition that I should begin moving at full force soon.
Katria-san said that magic cannot be used together with weapons because it is necessary to concentrate on an image when casting magic.
I was unclear whether the same phenomenon occurred in the undead but I am truly glad that it gave me a hint.
I believe that the Wight had reached its limit in hostility towards me and exuded a tremendous thirst for blood.
If it was a normal old man, I would not be surprising if it's blood vessels burst. It was expressing a look of hatred of such an extent.
"To have visible blood vessels popping out of your forehead, you must be dreadfully angry. However when somebody has been angry for more than 15 minutes, without any new stimulant to spur the rage, he would be too tired to continue feeling angry. Ah~ah. I forgot you are a monster."
Just like that I repeatedly provoked it while taking deep breaths, looking for a chance.
After running the simulation in my brain multiple times, I ran towards the Wight at full speed after I released the 17th arrow.
The Wight tried to avoid the arrow as if it would hate to dirty it's robe, but I had closed in on it so it began to gather magic power instead using the cane in an attempt to cast magic. Without overlooking that, I shot the remaining 3 arrows towards the Wight, causing the accumulated magic power gathered in the cane to explode.
I extracted the sword I received from Instructor Broad from within the magic bag, poured every available magic power I had left into the sword, advanced the last remaining step between us and, slashed.
I slashed the Wight. It was a clean cut from the left shoulder to the right flank .
However, a Wight is a high-ranking undead. It would shoot magic and steal the lives of naive people who turn their backs to it … or not.
"I definitely felt feedback from the cut. But the guy who made this place is a devil. Of course I know that at the very least it is not dead yet."
I turned around, picked up the short spear and channelled magic power into it before running towards the Wight and throwing the spear with full force.
As I further pushed the short spear that penetrated it's body, I rotated my body around and held the sword in my left hand with both hands and sent its head flying.
『Gugyaaaaa』 The flying head cried out and vanished like smoke.
What remained was a set of robes, cane and necklace, as well as a magic stone several times larger and denser compared to those left behind by undead until now.
"Alright~. Ouch that hurts. [O Lord I offer my magical power to recover this person, Heal]"
With the boss now absent, I was wrapped by a pale light as usual when I chanted heal.
"Both games and the illusionary labyrinth in this other world work the same way huh."
I cleaned my body using purification magic and also casted 「Recover」 just in case.
"With this I should be fine from curses and abnormal statuses. Well then …"
I used 「Middle Heal」 to treat my wounds and left my inflamed muscles and fatigue to naturally recover.
"It would be too pitiful if I showed how weak I am the next time I see Instructor Broad."
I whipped my sluggish body to recover the magic stones scattered throughout the room, and purified the remaining robes, necklace and cane with purification magic just in case.
After I completely picked up everything, 『Gogogooooo』 Suddenly the earth tremored and a descending path appeared.
"EH?! There's more? But I've had my fill already." I stared at the stairs leading down towards the lower floor for a while.
"I'll be back." I ran towards the door and prayed. 『Gyiiii』 The door opened safely.
"I really panicked for a moment there because I do not have any magic tool to return nor did I memorise any magic to do so."
"Well then what shall I do now. Four barrels of Object X, the sword I received from Broad-san, the bento box from oba-chan …
there's no way I'm going to leave these behind. That's for sure. First, I'll definitely take the three items I obtained from clearing the stage …"
The holy silver sword, spear, bow and quiver, I could fit everything into the magic bag except for one item.
"Wait, there's no problem if I just wear the sword? Now that I have my peace of mind my stomach is empty so let's have lunch."
As usual I used 「Aura Coat」 and 「Purification」 on the bento and attacked it with gusto and also drank Object X. "Ah, I forgot to drink Object X before entering."
Today was truly tiring. I went up the stairs and escaped from the Undead Labyrinth.
Upon exiting the labyrinth Katria-san was at the counter.
"Ah Katria-san good afternoon."
"Ara, it is rare that you return at this time."
"Yeah. Today I received some damages."
"There are some days when you are not accustomed eh."
"No~ it's more of a feeling that my complacency was doused."
"If that's the case then might today's yield be low?"
"No instead it might be greater than usual. Moreover today I would like to see the point conversion up until the end?"
"I see that you are curious. Well then place your rucksack here."
『Don』 The Wight magic stone was situated right at the top of the rucksack.
"Wha … What is this?"
"Ah. There is the boss room at the tenth floor right? There were hordes of undead and furthermore magic could not be used. I was panicking like crazy. I somehow defeated them but then a Wight wearing a crown appeared, flew into the air and released magic towards me. I thought that I was going to die (game over)."