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Chapter 348: A Wraith Stronger Than the Manticore
'Pyeeee—'
It worked!
The Wraith comes falling down—but since it has no physical body, it makes no sound, apparently.
I'm not letting this chance slip away!
(【Charge・Spear】【Charge・Shield・High】【Charge・Armor・High】!)
I sprint over in Ultra Mode, and......
(It's not working?)
My spear passes right through it as ever.
It's in distress, but that must be from the thrown-spear attack just now.
The proof: it isn't making that Mia-san-like cry anymore.
What's different?
Compared to before, the thing that changed......
Was it that I threw a SPEAR?
During breaks, what I usually throw up top is whatever sword of 'Sword Saint-chan's' is lying nearby.
But I've thrown a spear too, haven't I?
No—since Kasumi-san's spear got replaced, this makes two times, including just now......
And both those times, the Wraith screamed.
(That new spear can deal damage to it!?)
I put some distance between us and look around.
Not there.
Because I THREW it!
Just when I finally figured it out......
(Ah—that sword......)
It's different.
Right—the thing that changed about the 'Sword Saint-chan skeleton' wasn't the hair. It was the SWORD.
This sword, too, is a beautiful silver all the way to the guard......
Silver...... silver, is it?
Could this sword also be......
A sword made of silver, with a special effect against undead—that sort of thing......
(Tch. 'Magic Shield'!)
Recovered, apparently—the Wraith looses a fireball.
But I've seen the thread that leads to beating it.
I pick up the sword.
Erase the incoming fireball with 'Magic Shield,' and step in.
'Pyeee—!'
......This swings easily.
A slimmer blade than the Sword Saint-model sword the 'Sword Saint-chan skeleton' always uses.
Rather than light, the balance must simply be good.
Even I, who never uses swords, can handle it one-handed without a problem.
Hard to say, but the artisan who made this might be better than Mia-san.
"Ah, wait!"
While I'm marveling at the sword, I let the Wraith get away.
If it ascends, I have no means of attack.
No—I could just throw the sword, but then I'd lose my special-effect weapon again.
And then, break time's end......
The 'Blue Shadow skeleton' and the 'all-rounder samurai skeleton' appear.
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I step into the spotlight.
......Yep.
I ran out of MP and lost.
In the end, the moment my MP runs dry, I can't block the fireballs and it's over.
I saw the thread to the solution, but after taking damage, the Wraith went back up top and wouldn't come down anymore.
If it flees up and keeps raining fireballs, my MP gets chiseled away and I bleed out bit by bit......
In that case......
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I step into the spotlight.
It withstood a 100-MP 【Charge・Spear】.
Even the 'Sword Saint-chan skeleton' can be beaten if I have about 50 MP banked, can't it?
Something about being a spirit-body and resistant to the physical, that kind of thing?
Save it for last, and slam every last bit of remaining MP into it......
But there's no guarantee that one comes last, is there?
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I step into the spotlight.
You're kidding me?
It even withstood 300 MP?
The Manticore goes down in one hit somewhere between 300 and 400, you know?
Is it stronger than the Floor 40 boss?
And even after being reduced to just a head, it still fired a fireball......
Because I slammed the 【Charge・Spear】 in at the very last instant before my MP ran dry, I couldn't put up 'Magic Shield' and took the fireball head-on......
I can't trim MP any further than this, you know?
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I step into the spotlight.
......No good.
Even if I can fudge the others with 【Gate】, for the 'Sword Saint-chan skeleton' alone I want to spend at least 100—Ultra Mode, 'Charge Armor,' and 'Armor Shot.'
How do I economize MP everywhere else......
Kasumi-san's and the 'all-rounder samurai skeleton's' armor is enhanced, so without weapon enhancement I can't get through it either......
Even catching the fleeing 'Blue Shadow skeleton' takes hyper mode......
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I step into the spotlight.
Wasn't that one actually pretty good?
If I lure 'Sword Saint-chan' onto the 'charms' just right......
No—the spawn spots are fixed.
From the very start, right there......
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I step into the spotlight.
Agh! Come ON!
I was just about to bank 400 MP, too......
All right—I'm killing just that one......
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"Huh? Ah......"
My head... is splitting... apart......
What was done to me?
No good, no good—I can't stand......
The 'Sword Saint-chan skeleton' is coming......
The 'Charge' skills......
The spear? Where's the rental spear?
"Haruki-san!? Haruki-san!?"
"Huh? What's gotten into him all of a sudden?"
"The branch manager was making such a scary face that he got startled, that's all!"
"I—I didn't do anything, you know?"
"Kasugano-san, please calm down. Relax your body. Doctor, stop standing there watching—do something!"
"Even I get startled now and then, you know. First, let's lay him down. There now—look at the light~"
So bright!
Is that the spotlight?
It didn't work this time either......