Chapter 242 Could It Be Possible?
Maya-chan hugs Centrena, who is switching places with her and acting as a shield.
'Kuu'
"Oh, you're so relaxed."
"The Armor Class of the Running Dragon is insane, brother."
"Yeah. It's like a 'Hero's Shield' from a game."
"That's right."
'Kuu?'
"Centrena doesn't know. That concept existed in another world."
"Really?"
'Kuu'
I can tell because the sky is getting brighter. As usual, arrows are raining down like a bullet curtain.
"Hey, big brother. If we collect these, could we sell them for a fortune?"
"I wonder. Either way, since we've been taking from the Dragonkin, we should be fine, right?"
"That's true."
Centrena is acting as our shield. It's easy to survive while hiding behind her. But the Celestial Races will come closer. If that happens, they'll realize we're the only ones left.
So, Maya-chan keeps knocking them down within her sight. By doing that, she prevents them from getting closer. Because of this, Maya-chan gets hit by a stray arrow and dies. I die the same way.
We come back to life after a certain time, so I can revive Maya-chan each time. Centrena understands this, so she doesn't try to escape with us.
"Wow, this is really a tough role. Even though I'm dead."
"That's just how it is. I'm dead too."
I sneak a peek over there. And, well...
"Whoa. This is impossible."
"Yeah. It might be hopeless."
It looks like a swarm of bees has come to attack us. How many are there?
There are over a hundred flying, and even more on the ground. They're walking towards us, shooting arrows non-stop. The ones in the air are shooting down arrows too.
"If they're coming at us like this, I will do this. 'Air Cannon', 'Air Cannon', 'Air Cannon'."
"Yeah, Maya-chan. They've totally figured us out."
There's no doubt we've been spotted. Still, the flying ones aren't getting closer because Maya-chan is shooting them down.
Maya-chan quickly drinks some mana tea from her inventory. She's good about storing her trash properly. I also cast 'Mana Recover' on her. At least this way, I can help prevent her mana from running out.
"Brother, this is endless."
"Hang in there. It's up to us――."
...Oh, I'm dead again. Maya-chan is leaning on me, also dead.
"'Resurrect', 'Full Recover'. Are you okay? Well, you're not okay, but are you okay? Maya-chan."
"...Brother, this is impossible."
'Kuu'
Centrena covers us.
"But we... but this really might be bad."
I raise my half-broken shield and climb on top of Centrena. Looking closely, I see they're focusing their attacks on one spot. There are no arrows falling a little further away. They've definitely noticed us.
"I'm sorry, let's try a little harder. Ouch!"
"'Air Cannon', 'Air Cannon', eh――."
"Oh, Maya-chan."
This is bad. Multiple arrows have pierced Maya-chan, turning her into a pincushion.
I hugged Maya-chan tightly.
"'Resurrect', 'Full Recover'. I'm sorry, Maya-chan."
"No, it's okay."
'Kuu'
Centrena came back to protect us again. Still, arrows were falling like rain.
"This is really bad, brother."
"This might be it, Maya-chan."
Just then, a loud sound like 'BOOOOM!!' echoed, something that should be written in a comic book.
From the dark sky, a white lightning-like flash was falling toward the outer wall of the Celestial Race.
"Brother, what's that beam?"
"I don't know, there's no way to know, but that's definitely――."
"Yeah."
""Cool!""
Then, a figure landed in front of us. Even on the piled-up snow, they knelt down without slipping, absorbing the shock. It was like a superhero landing. After that, a pure white knight (creature) landed next to them――only to collapse face down.
They turned around, crossed their arms, and laughed loudly.
"Ahahaha. How pathetic, Alesion."
This voice was definitely Mother. So, the one who collapsed next to her is Alesion?
"Um, Mother, Alesion-tan is out of mana, you know?"
Maya-chan quickly made a witty remark. She must have seen it with 'Appraisal'. I see, that's why they collapsed.
"Brother, that."
"Yeah. 'Mana Recover'."
"Thanks. Alesion-tan, drink this."
'Guu...'
Maya-chan is making Alesion drink the mana tea she took out from her inventory.
I know that Centrena and Alesion use mana when they fly. Maya-chan seems to have confirmed it herself.
So, that attack earlier, the beam-like one, it's definitely confirmed that Alesion did it, right?
"Tatsuma-kun. Maya-kun. It's unfair, you two. You're having so much fun without me!"
"What do you mean, Mother?"
"Yeah, Mother? Why again?"
'Guu'
'Kuu?'
In the end, it was Alesion and Mother who saved us from our crisis. The fact that she's not wearing the pure white special attack dress like during the Wareels might mean she didn't plan to charge in, right?
Centrena is surprised by Alesion's appearance. No, it's more than that. The outer wall, which was being shot at with arrows like a bullet hell, is completely destroyed. It looks like it's on fire, and the other side is lit up.
And there are no arrows flying over here. They might be in chaos over there too. After all, there was such a big explosion.
"Uh, Mother?"
"What's wrong?"
Maya-chan is hugging Mother. I want to pretend I didn't see her burying her face in her neck and sniffing.
"What was that earlier?"
"Ah, that was Alesion's breath magic."
"Oh, so that's what it was."
Oh, I just noticed Maya-chan is burying her face in Alesion now.
"Muhah, it's definitely Alesion-tan."
"Are you recognizing him by smell?"
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