Published at 13th of October 2022 8:59 am

Chapter 265: Loss and Defeat Sometimes Are Not Synonymous Part 1

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The first one was a miss.

The second one was a strike.

The third one was a strike as well.

The fourth one was just like the second and the third: strike through and through.

Apparently the Gods of Gacha were in good spirits today, because after gulping down on some health potions I managed to succeed in my death saving throws three out of four times. Which was almost insane amount of luck for someone like me, who would usually draw the short end of the RNG stick.

「What about my left arm…… Can I use it? It would be nice if I could use it even if it was just for a little bit.」

It seems that even though the “curse” was supposed to be permanent, it would not stay in your system forever. Because after some time, I could feel that little bits of control were going back into my “useless” left arm. So it would be just a matter of time before the rest of it would peel off as well. Who would have thought that there would come a day when I would be grateful for those damn wounds? Aside from being able to wear armor temporarily, that is.

「However, the situation could not have been worse……」

Although the vast majority of the Vorpal Bunnies had been evacuated from here and directed towards the place where Edward was, there was no tank in here that would be able to stop the four Nagas and their mad charges.

「Looks like I happened to be dragged into conflict with a bad, truly annoying woman…… Or a snakey woman, to be more exact.」

「……………??? Ah, I get it! That’s because she’s a snake!」

Akitsu Akane, please stop doing that. It makes one’s gags look pathetic and miserable if people are only able to understand them with so much of a time lag going on.

However, we were all fortunate to be able to seal the movements of the piles of Nagas, even if it was only a temporary solution. My Plan B hoped that even if one of them would become stunned and fell down it would hinder the movements of the rest of them, but such a thing was apparently too good to be true.

「Umm, I hit it with my hammer pretty normally there, but……」

「It’s alright, it’s alright. If something like that was enough to kill it to death, I would not even be here in the first place.」

The best way for me to describe the behavior of this monster was “A humanoid monster that was acting like a wild beast”. It could restore the broken bones and twisted limbs all by itself, and I am sure that even if you were to cut its head off, its body would continue to go on a rampage for a long time.

「Hey, Edward! I suppose this is a rather tall order for you to do, but I do you think you could call you brother, Weissash over here!? That would be a huge help!」

「I have already sent the messenger back to the Bunny Court! But no matter what, we must stop them here! We cannot allow them to gain back the ground we managed to reclaim!」

Yeah, it certainly would not have been nice to see so much of the front lines that they managed to get back falling back into the enemy’s hands simply because of the mistake that I have made.

「Since this is not an EX type of Unique Scenario, this might be a losing battle, however……」

Losing battle is a type of scripted event that you cannot win, no matter what you do. And even if you would somehow manage to win, the end result would still be the same. Most of the times, the conditions for such scripted event to resolve is that the whole party gets wiped out. But sometimes the trigger is the HP of all party members dropping to a certain point. Either way, you will always lose such battles.

「Luukan did not have his Unique Scenario EX unlocked at the time, and we still managed to repel him. Maybe we can do the same here this time around as well?」

Even though I would like to believe in that, I know deep down inside that this is nothing but a wishful thinking. Also, it was painfully obvious that both Rei and Akitsu Akane were exhausted and at the brink of collapse from the ongoing battles. Also, what is Rei doing here? Is this the reenactment of the Lulilas story? Could it be that going through all of those battles she managed to gain the Vorpal Soul that was deemed to be worthy? Kuu……! I should have expected something like that from Saiga Rei, a girl that keeps on surprising me time after time without much effort!

Somehow, it feel to me as though Akitsu Akane might have leaked some information. Although I can’t see any reason why the strongest person in ShanFro would like to come here and do quests like that. I mean, sure, this place offers some good weapons, accessories and skills, but it should not be something that the strongest people would need to concern themselves with…… Or maybe it is completely the opposite and my reasoning here is wrong to begin with?

「Ufufu…… A dragon, a bird, and a wolf, what an utterly unpleasant sight this is…… Ufufufufufufufu, I’m going to enjoy killing you. Decimating you. Ripping you to shreds. Yes, let’s do just that, Ufufu.」

「Watch out, guys! From what I have seen, she can use poison in form of swords flying at super speed! You get hit with that, you’re going to end up with curse of poison being placed on you!」

「Right!」

「Roger…… that.」

Akitsu Akane looks like he can keep on going for some more time, but Rei did not look good at all…… I mean she is sturdy, but her agility is not all that great. I’m not saying that she is going to be a liability here, but with all that armor it is going to be increasingly hard for her to dodge the poison attacks here, especially if they come unexpectedly.

Also, if we take the self-proclaimed Goldunine as a model here, it is entirely possible that aside from the curse of poison, the attacks of the real Goldunine are going to possess some additional effects to them. Well, if it is going to be AoE, then we are going to manage somehow…… Just please don’t let it be homing attacks. Everything but the homing attacks!

「Hieeeeeeeee……」

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