The Great Sword is not the Main Body!-Chapter 125: Branch point (4)

“Noah-sama. Is there a problem?”

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“Uh, yes...?! Oh, no...! Hehe...”

I let out a strange sound at Ser’s sudden call...

“Noah-sama. Since we’re the vanguard, you should ask me right away if there’s anything you don’t understand. Okay?”

“Ugh... yes, yes...”

I hate Ser...

You’re being unnecessarily quick-witted...

“Next is the action of shooting a projectile, but since Lady Rubia and Lady Ser are together, there shouldn’t be a big problem. The two of you should be able to receive and hit it easily.”

Hermilla’s tree branches moved gracefully, drawing a picture.

A horse’s head, a leaf, the sun, a greatsword, a fist.

“I thought about it earlier, but Hermilla-sama fights with her fists without any special weapons.”

“Yes, after going through all this, I’ve come to realize that the only thing I can trust is my own body. Hoohoo.”

Then arrows were drawn in each direction.

“If we are attacked right after entering, this is where we should take our position. The most important role here will be Rubia. Please keep an eye on the condition of the vanguard.”

A Y-shaped position.

A greatsword on the left, a fist on the right, the sun in the middle, and a leaf at the end.

“We will retreat little by little and lure Valoran out of the mainland. If we continue the battle in a narrow place, there will be too many variables due to the terrain, so we should come out to the central square, the largest in Carthia.”

Jiik- Jiik-

The cute pictures became blurry.

“That’s 20 minutes. If we come out like this without any problems... From then on, we should rely on our own senses. There are too many variables, and-”

Hermilla, whose words were trailing off, glanced at me.

“I’ve never fought a subjugation with this group.”

Then Ser’s gaze turned to me.

And so did Rubia.

“Hiccup-”

“Pheu... Pheuheup... Are you surprised?”

Rubia held back her laughter and patted my back.

“Ah, no, hiccup- Heuheu... Ah, I wasn’t surprised... Heuheu- Eug...”

Since he didn’t seem to want to stop, I took a deep breath.

“Haap...!”

I started holding it in.

If I do this, it’ll stop soon...?

“Ahem... Yes, for now... I said that we should each do our best from here on out, but I’ll just tell you a few attacks to watch out for.”

Hermilla, who quickly erased her smile, began drawing a few lines on the horse’s head.

“I only saw these based on my abilities, so they’re not necessarily the correct answers. It might be completely different when you actually experience it, so it would be better to just use it as a reference.”

“Hermilla, in the future you saw, you never subjugated Valoran?”

“Yes.”

“But you’re still not sure?”

“Yes.”

Hermilla’s voice quieted down.

“There are hundreds of comrades who blindly believed in my future vision and ‘unintentionally’ died. There are thousands who betrayed me because they suspected I deceived them. So please just use it as a reference.”

A heavy silence filled the air.

“Huk-”

In the meantime, my hiccups didn’t stop.

It’s really embarrassing...

“Pheuk... Ahahaha...! Ha... Thanks to Miss Noah, the heavy atmosphere has disappeared. Thank you.”

“No, don’t tease me, hiccup- don’t... Hehe...”

“I’m not teasing you. Before a tough battle, you should have as much fun as possible. Adventurers don’t just get drunk and live like that?”

Hermilla, who had been reaching out to my head with the same gentle smile as before, let out a small sigh and took her hand back.

“Ahem... Shall we start again?”

With a businesslike smile, she picked up a branch.

“You have to memorize all the attacks I’m about to tell you. If there were more people, we could have responded right away, but there are only four of us now. Especially Noah. You have to memorize Noah, no matter what. Okay?”

“Yes...!”

I’m completely confident.

Even if I can’t memorize anything else, I can easily remember the boss patterns.

And... I don’t know yet, but it could be the same as in the game.

“Okay. Here, the newly drawn circle is the central square. Have you ever been to the central square?”

“I went there once about four years ago.”

“I passed by it a lot when I was coming and going with Noah.”

...Was it?

“Then that’s good. Then like this... Okay, do you recognize it?”

Hermilla pointed to the drawing with a very proud expression.

But... um...

“It looks like a drawing by a patient with hydrocephalus.”

“Hermilla. If you find it difficult to draw, you can write it down.”

“...No, does Miss Noah look strange?”

“Uh, uh... um...”

He carefully opened his mouth, slightly pointing to the relatively clean drawing.

“I-Is this some kind of magic explosion...? Oh, I can recognize it...”

“It’s the footprints that were taken a while ago...”

“...Gasp.”

“Since I’ve already drawn it... Just look at it, everyone. First, this swinging shape is-“

Hermilla let out a small sigh and continued her explanation with the drawing.

Like that, little by little.

The explanations that came out of Hermilla’s mouth embarrassed me. Because everything was exactly the same as the 1st phase Valoran I knew from the game.

Of course, it wouldn't move mechanically like the Valoran in the game, but the patterns of those fierce attacks were all the same.

If you are reading this translation anywhere other than Novelight.net or SilkRoadTL, it has been stolen.

Was Karpeng like that too...?

Hmm... First of all, the distinction between phase 1 and phase 2 was clear, just like in the game.

The body's movements were also somewhat similar to the game with the prelude.

But it didn't feel like it was the same as in the game.

It felt a little more alive... That's what it was like.

"--- Then Valoran will get off his horse... Miss Noah?"

Then what about Kalt?

Now that I think about it, Kalt was very similar to the game.

Even if I didn't know about phase 1, I could say phase 2 was exactly the same.

The method of killing was also the same as in the game.

If I knew what Tyrant was like, I would have been sure, but I don't remember Tyrant at all...

"Miss Noah. Are you listening properly?

It's too early to be sure.

The second phase could be completely different.

So let's focus again...

Ttaak-!

"Huh?!"

I immediately grabbed the handle of the greatsword tightly.

Then Hermilla's long fingers stretched out towards my head were drawn.

"Uuuuu... Ah, it hurts... Rubia... Please don't let this hurt... B, I'm not bleeding...?"

"Does it hurt a lot? Fortunately, I'm not bleeding... No, Hermilla. How can you hit a child so hard? What if you hit her so hard that you can hear the sound of a watermelon breaking in her head? You're already an idiot... No, anyway, please control your head."

"Huh...? Hmm..."

Rubia got angry instead.

Why... do you seem upset.

"T, not so hard... Um, yes. I'm sorry. So, Miss Noah. How much did you hear? “

“Yes, I heard everything...”

Hermilla tilted her head, furrowing her brow.

“Then, what kind of attack is this picture?”

“A whirlwind made of magic...”

“...This is?”

“Magic explosion...”

“Really... did you hear everything?”

Nod-

“Strange... It seems like you know everything for now, so I’ll move on. You can check it after everything is done..”

Hermilla, who still had a nervous expression, erased all the pictures and started drawing a new one.

This time, it was a horse holding a greatsword.

“As the damage from our attacks piles up, the horse is absorbed into Valoran’s body, and a huge shockwave explodes. The area around the central square will be devastated, but it doesn’t matter to us. Lady Rubia and Lady Ser are here.”

Oh... This is Phase 2. Actually, that wasn't a shockwave, but Valoran making a noise.

In reality, it might feel like a shockwave.

"Valoran, who absorbs words like this, moves slower than before, but ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) actively uses magic. The most annoying magic is... teleportation."

Ji-ik- Ji-ik-

The greatsword was moved next to the sun.

The fist was moved next to the leaf.

"From now on, we will stick to Lady Rubia and Lady Ser. Miss Noah to Lady Rubia, and I to Lady Ser."

Oh... That's right.

The video walkthrough I saw was like Hermilla said, where the close range was moved back to protect the long range and the long range was stuck right next to the long range.

"Oh, so that's why you told me to set up a barrier? Because of teleportation?"

"Well, that's true... This is teleportation, but it's a bit ambiguous to call it teleportation. I don't know if Valoran intended it, but in the scenes I've seen... it always moved next to the person."

Hermilla is right.

Valoran's teleporter was a teleporter that moved to a random player.

That's why Phase 2 Valoran was the easiest for me.

I was always alone...

"But it's better to be prepared just in case. Anyway, Valoran's teleporter has no warning. So you have to get out of sight as soon as you lose it. But if you run in opposite directions, things can get messy, so you have to coordinate your steps well."

"Can't you just counterattack instead of dodging?"

"That would be better, but the risk you have to take is too great. Normally, I would've responded by counterattack, but now that we have fewer people, we have to hold out as long as possible. The punitive force we deployed in Urspher will be coming."

"I understand."

Ser nodded and tilted his coffee cup.

"Okay... This is the 5th hour of my plan. If we continue to fight like this without any problems for about 3 to 5 more hours and accumulate damage."

Hermilla cut off the words and erased the circle drawn on the floor.

"Wings will spread behind Valoran. From this point on, we will go outside the central square and engage in street fighting."

Click- Ser put down his coffee cup and made a strange expression.

"From this point on, we will use Lady Rubia's fame and Lady Ser's power."

Rubia's face distorted.

"We need bait."