Chapter 327

Chapter 330: The Magician of the Bow!? (Please Subscribe!)

A basic situation analysis is something everyone can do.

In this scenario, where monsters are swarming out of the granary, even if they take a detour to reach it, they cannot avoid encountering this group of monsters.

Thus, it would be better to engage in battle here and reduce the number of enemies.

Otherwise, when they arrive at the granary later, they will face even more monsters, possibly even being surrounded from inside and outside.

With this thought in mind, Asfi issued an order to her team members to prepare for battle.

“I agree with engaging in battle. However, how about letting me and Ais handle the next fight?” Izay suddenly spoke up as the squad members were picking up their weapons.

Then, he presented a reason that left Asfi speechless.

“The mission requires us to investigate the cause of the abnormal increase in monsters. Simply following the monster group will surely lead us somewhere useful. It would be much more efficient if we handled things here.”

Winking at this, Asfi hesitated slightly: “Then… we’ll support you from the side?”

“Hmm.”

Truthfully, either himself or Ais alone could cut through these monsters directly, but Izay didn’t want to discourage the enthusiasm of his companions, so he nodded.

The next moment, the long-restrained girl equipped the Sword of Despair, transforming into a streak of golden light as she charged straight toward the massive army of monsters.

Within the team, Izay did not rush out either, but instead transformed the Kyakua into its bow form under the curious gazes of Asfi and others, a spiral of faint light swirling around him.

Izay tightened the bowstring made of light, condensing his magical power into an arrow aimed at the sky, targeting those monsters with flight abilities.

Lock onto all of them!

After gathering strength for a while, Izay released the bowstring.

A stream of deep blue light shot straight towards the flying Firebirds ahead, then suddenly scattered in mid-air, releasing over a hundred beams of light.

“———!”

The arrows fired by Izay were originally condensed from his magical power. Injecting too much magic at once allowed them to split into multiple small arrows for large-scale attacks like this.

One of the miracles he possessed was a supercharged version of this attack.

The dispersed arrows were like missiles launched, accurately and lethally locking onto each target, soaring through the air towards them.

Firebirds, Killer Bees, Dragonfly Monsters… All airborne creatures suffered devastating blows!

Their bodies were instantly pierced with gaping holes in mid-flight; their previous aerial advantages and agility were completely useless now.

Mostly just emitting cries of agony before their bodies and magic stones plopped down onto the ground.

The arrows that pierced through them continued falling without losing momentum, causing small explosions among the monster groups below, injuring or killing any nearby monsters!

And together with the luminescent arrows making contact with the massive army of monsters, there was a crisscrossing silver flash.

Due to Izay’s clearing sweep, Ais had the perfect combat environment. Unbothered by aerial units, she unleashed her full potential, a silver fine sword slicing horizontally, causing several dying screams to erupt immediately.

Without using her own magic, she met the enemy head-on with pure swordsmanship and physical prowess.

Even so, Ais became a silver storm, mercilessly slaying surrounding monsters at high speed, starting the ground-clearing operation in an instant.

Tidal waves of slashes tore apart the approaching monsters, taking their lives.

Despite being alone, Ais was gradually pushing back the overwhelming assault! Slowly forcing the advancing front lines back!

From a distance behind the battlefield, the members of the Hermes faction looked at Izay and Ais as if they were monsters themselves.

“… Should we intervene?”

“… Do we really need to intervene?”

“How about we go back?”

“Alright, why don’t you go first? And see if the leader doesn’t beat you up after returning.”

“A↗h, maybe that’s not bad～”

In less than a minute, several members froze in place, beginning to question their very existence, with some strange comments mixed in.

Watching the one-sided annihilation carried out by the blonde girl in their line of sight, many didn’t know what to do.

Their leader, Asfi, hadn’t yet recovered from Izay’s preemptive strike earlier.

The ever-calm and intelligent Miss Universal shakily extended a finger to steady her glasses on her nose, feeling her understanding lagging behind the times.

More precisely, she couldn’t keep up with Izay’s progress.

What was that just now?

Bow and Arrow!? Magic!?

They looked similar enough, but neither was correct!

Calling it a bow and arrow, there wasn’t even the basic “arrow.” Calling it magic, the form felt off.

Who has seen a magician wielding a longbow casting spells? That’s just weird!

While the atmosphere of Asfi and others lingering behind continued, Izay didn’t pay much attention.

He kept his focus on the battlefield, still having no intention of rushing in to fight.

He entrusted the entire battle to Ais, merely observing the situation from behind. Occasionally waving his hand to release some magic, dealing with monsters straying at the edges of the battlefield who wanted to escape or charge towards them.

Asfi and the others remained stunned, leaving no room for intervention…

The one-sided annihilation lasted for several minutes, with Ais alone slaughtering all the monsters.

Apart from the initial attack effort, Izay, who seemed to have been slacking off throughout, wore an expression of deep thought.

During these few minutes, he had been observing Ais unleashing her massacre at the front and could vaguely tell. After this satisfying battle, Ais had likely fully grasped her upgraded ability values.

Thanks to this, Ais’ overall strength predictably increased again.

Looking at the slender figure returning to the team with a smile due to this, Izay mourned internally for a second for whoever would be fighting against this girl next.

Last time in Rivira Town, they got beaten relentlessly, and meeting again this time might escalate into getting thrashed.

Even if the opponent grew stronger, it wouldn’t make a difference.

Eeek—what a pitiful villain!

Once Ais returned to the team, the members of the Hermes faction snapped out of their daze, greeting her with smiles and enthusiastic hellos.

They were thrilled beyond measure at having such dependable help and unanimously praised her.

The sudden liveliness of the team atmosphere eased Asfi’s previously tense expression somewhat.

Taking this opportunity, everyone rested a bit on the spot, cleaned up the gruesome battlefield, collected all the magic stones, and then continued moving forward.

According to Izay’s judgment, the group headed directly north towards the granary.

Having already learned that the origin of the monster surge came from the granary and seeing a large number of monsters emerge from the northern granary just now, what should they do next?

Of course, push forward all the way!