Gather Divine Coins and Gacha! - Chapter 152

 "Ha... Haa... Haa..."

Alex leaned on the large sword stuck in the ground, breathing heavily.

No monsters appeared in this passage leading to the upper levels.

It's time for a break until his breath steadies.

"Whew... We rushed through, didn't we?"

From the shallows to the upper levels, we rushed almost non-stop, despite having navigation assistance. Along the way, hordes of goblins appeared, but Alex swung his large sword, swiftly cutting them down. Maybe I move similarly in my daily life, but his presence is on a whole different level.

With every swing of his sword, body parts went flying... Though there's the auxiliary effect of 'Prayer', is he some sort of manga protagonist or what?

This guy.

And Elena swiftly crushed the splattery corpses' cores as she dashed past.

"About 15 minutes?"

I pulled out the timer to check the time, and the difference between my usual passage with 'Floating Orbs' wasn't significant. Quite a good time.

"Well done. Not bad at all."

Seriana, who had been giving instructions from above, descended and, instead, placed me on a 'Floating Orb' that she summoned to kneel on.

"Just like that."

I stopped Alex from adjusting his posture and began talking.

"Kobolds and orcs come out here, right? Alex, take the lead with your shield and let me finish them off. Sera, keep an eye out for reinforcements from above. Elena, provide support from behind. Only use magic when there are too many for Alex to handle."

The same fighting style as when the three of us went underground.

Seriana is taking over my role.

But still, Seriana is finally going to fight as well. I've seen her training, but it's my first time seeing her fight against monsters.

The sound of kobold packs hitting Alex's 'Red Shield' echoes.

But Alex calmly catches them without a hint of movement.

And then, Seriana smoothly slips out from behind...

"Haa!"

She thrusts sideways, crushing a kobold's head, then another one, before Alex's attention shifts, she steps back again.

Absolutely no danger.

No, she's amazing... this young lady.

The weapon she's using is a slender sword with a blade just under a meter long and a total length of about 1.2 meters.

However, although it's technically a sword, it's narrow and specialized for thrusting. Seriana hasn't slashed once, only fought with thrusts.

I vaguely remember seeing it on TV or something... an estoc, was it?

Right.

It looks like an ordinary weapon, but it effortlessly pierces the heads of kobolds. From what I can see with Akame's eyes, she momentarily increases the strength of the sword by channeling magic only at the moment of thrusting.

She probably avoids using magic when she's at the back to avoid drawing attention to herself.

...Impressive.

"...Here they come."

Continuing to defeat kobolds smoothly, as we reach the middle of the upper levels, the orcs finally appear.

There are three of them, but there are also several orc parties a little further away.

Although fewer in number than the kobolds, dealing with multiple orcs might be tough for Alex alone.

If he collapses, reinforcements will come, and we'll be in trouble.

"Sera, keep an eye on the surroundings. Elena, you and I will attack together. Sound good?"

"I'll fight with a spear. You finish them off, milady."

Elena turns her 'Green Fang' into a spear and moves forward, standing right behind Alex. Alex catches, Elena pokes, and Seriana finishes. That's the formation.

Alex, after a quick look back, confirms this and slings his large sword on his back, drawing the one-handed sword he had at his waist instead.

"Let's go!"

And he charges at the orcs, followed by the two, but... what about me?

If I follow them, my field of view will narrow, so maybe it's better to observe from a little behind. Just in case, I'll prepare to provide backup at any time.

"Oh..."

I prepared, but when I turned my gaze back to the three, they had already finished off the enemies.

And did Seriana sense it with her skill?

She's already running toward the party that hasn't shown themselves yet.

"Wait... wait up!"

Isn't this too fast-paced?