Chapter 26 Weapons That Choose The Owner (Part Two)
"Everyone, let's move forward through this corridor. The statues don't move fast! Stay calm, they're enemies we can easily defeat!"
Next, I ran towards Midoritani Tsubasa, who was about to be attacked by a statue with a lizard head wielding a spear.
Using a bow is not advantageous against the statues that attack from close range, still, Tsubasa is desperately trying to shoot arrows with her bow.
But it seems like she won't make it in time.
I jumped with all my might and delivered a flying kick to the lizard-headed statue.
The statue fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"Ah, thank you, Akito."
With a lingering expression of fear, Tsubasa said that, and I handed her the spear that the statue was holding.
"Here, this is easier to use than a bow in this situation. Also, although these statues may seem sturdy, they're actually quite fragile. If it comes to it, kick them hard or tackle them, and they'll collapse under their own weight and break."
Tsubasa nodded at me when she received the spear. It was a gaze that showed trust in me.
Shimura was smashing the stone statues with his battle axe. It seems like a perfect weapon against these types of enemies. Kiridani Jun and Kondo Shuichi are each taking on one opponent and easily defeating them.
Morimura's injuries are still painful, so he can't move much, but he is fighting without any danger by teaming up with Midoritani Tsubasa. While keeping an eye on all the members, I run around, defeat enemies, and provide assistance to anyone in trouble. As a result, the number of enemies has decreased, and the attacks from the stone statues have stopped.
"Have the attacks stopped?"
Kiridani asked with a slightly puzzled expression.
"Be careful. We probably haven't defeated all of them yet. If those stone statues have any wisdom to conserve their strength, it could be troublesome."
I asked Fukui, who was still clinging to the wall.
"How many people are in the back room?"
"T-there's Iigaki, Suzuki, Segawa, and Ito..."
Iigaki is the boss of the Yankee gang. Suzuki and Segawa are gyaru-style girls, and Ito is more of a normal girl.
"So, you escaped, leaving only three girls and Iigaki behind?"
When I glared at Fukui, he shouted back, his voice filled with fear and anger.
"There was no other choice! Those stone statues attacked us! And there were a lot of them! They were throwing spears at us!"
(There's no point in talking to this guy.)
While thinking that, I asked about something else.
"The adventurers in this world should be together, right? What happened to them?"
"When we were attacked by frog monsters in the swamp..."
"They were wiped out?"
I can't believe that the local adventurers would be defeated by such weak monsters.
"While they were holding them off, we managed to escape ahead of them."
"Abandoned?"
I let out a shocked voice, and once again, Fukui spoke in a burst of anger.
"It can't be helped! We don't know anything about this world! Those guys are from this world, right? It's only natural for them to be eaten by the monsters of this world!"
(There's no point in talking to this guy anymore.)
Thinking that, I called out to everyone.
"Let's move forward now! There's Iigaki and three other girls further inside. We have to help them!"
As I started walking quickly, everyone followed suit. Upon seeing this, Fukui must have thought he'd be "left behind," and hurriedly followed after us.
As we ran through the passage, we eventually emerged into a wide space. There, I saw six demon-like stone statues, three girls lying in a sea of blood, and the body of the Yankee boss Iigaki, impaled by swords all over. Judging from the state of the body, Iigaki had died protecting the three girls.
(Iigaki was a Yankee, but he had a sense of honor and was a good guy...)
I felt sorry.
Although he was certainly rough, he never bullied or teased quiet opponents.
In a previous loop in this world, he had also played an active role as a combatant.
But I couldn't indulge in sentimentality.
It was because six stone statues were coming towards us.
"Be careful! These guys are strong!"
I shouted and struck the nearest one's head with a sword.
However, unlike before, it didn't crumble with a single strike.
I aimed for its eyes and thrust my sword.
Although the sword sank deep, it didn't stop moving.
But I already knew that.
Their weak point is in the middle of their chest.
I attacked the head to first stop its movement.
"Take this!"
With a burst of determination, I thrust the sword I pulled out into the chest of the stone statue again.
As the movement of the stone statue stopped, it crumbled like clumps of dirt.
And there, the key emitting a suspicious light was caught by a chain.
"Everyone, their weakness is in the center of their chest! Attack there! There's a key inside. That's the core that controls them!"
I shouted so and went towards the next opponent.
"Yeah, got it!"
Shimura replied energetically and swung his battle axe towards the stone statue.
But these ones were stronger than the previous statue.
Not only did they not crumble with one blow, but they even thrust their spears towards Shimura.
"Whoa, that was close!"
Shimura narrowly avoided the spear.
"Don't push yourself! Let's fight in pairs as much as possible! Leave the rest to me!"
While destroying the head of the second stone statue, I shouted so.
Next, I cut straight down from the neck to the center of the chest, and took the key with a chain that was visible through the tear.
With that, the second statue turned into clumps of soil as well.
I was fighting the third statue, Shimura was fighting one, Kiridani Jun and Kondo Shuichi were fighting one, and Morimura and Tsubasa were fighting one.
I couldn't see Fukui anywhere, he must be hiding.
As a result, I defeated two and a half statues (Shimura helped with the third one), Shimura defeated one and a half, Kiridani Jun and Kondo Shuichi defeated one, and Morimura and Tsubasa defeated one.
(Everyone seems to have gotten used to fighting quite a bit)
In the midst of it all, Tsubasa had a gloomy face.
In front of her gaze were the bodies of three girls.
"Everyone, they died in a place like this, huh..."
Even the others who were still excited after the battle, their expressions sank upon hearing Tsubasa's words.
"For now, let's check their condition. There might be a possibility that they're still alive. Tsubasa, could you take a look at the girls?"
While saying that, I approached Iigaki.
Although there is probably no chance that he is still alive.
I was really unsure about who to entrust the girls to, but I judged that it would be better for the girls to be examined by a girl.
Iigaki's body had six swords pierced into it.
In addition, there were countless stab wounds and cuts all over his body.
(Iigaki must have fought to protect the girls until the very end)
As I thought, I naturally clasped my hands together towards his lifeless body.
"Akito, come!"
Tsubasa's voice echoed.
I rushed to her side.
The others also gathered around.
"Ito-san is alive!"
Tsubasa lifted Ito-san's upper body.
She had a wound on her forehead and had fainted, but it didn't seem to be a deep wound.
Morimura said, "Here," and handed me a water bottle.
It contained water from the healing spring (spring of antidote).
Tsubasa poured a small amount of the water onto Ito-san's wound.
The water from the healing spring also has the effect of healing minor injuries.
Next, I poured some water from the water bottle into Ito-san's lips.
A few seconds later, Ito-san made a small "ugh" sound, spat out the water, and opened her eyes.
"Are you okay, Ito-san?"
When Tsubasa called out to her, Ito-san suddenly widened her eyes and cried out, "Help!" as she clung to Tsubasa.
Tsubasa gently embraced her.
"Don't worry, it's going to be okay. We'll knock down all the statues soon. You can relax..."
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