「I should at least get ready for a fight」
If it’s Jered-kun, who can hop from tree to tree, he can probably keep escaping without much trouble.
Still, there’s always the chance he could slip and fall from a tree.
And there’s also the possibility that the Wild Boar could notice me while I’m hiding like this. I should prepare properly.
「……Ah, right. Maybe I should drink it」
Since I have the chance, maybe I should. Just for today, maybe I’ll drink it.
I’ll drink a recovery potion.
The cheat item recovery potion set. Situations like this are probably the only times I’ll ever use it.
Normally it feels too precious to use. The last time I used one in real combat was during that Hyper Giant Rat fight.
「Alright then, I’ll go with the reliable normal recovery potion」
I took a normal recovery potion out of my magic bag and opened the lid. Then I took just a small sip.
Ten milliliters. Just ten milliliters is enough. The effect lasts for about an hour. If I can last an hour, someone should come to help.
「Alec!」
「Huh?」
Just as I finished drinking and put the potion back into my magic bag, Jered-kun called out to me.
Wondering what was wrong, I looked toward him and then――
I made eye contact with the Wild Boar.
「Huh……?」
It’s looking at me. The Wild Boar is clearly staring straight at me……
Did it notice me hiding?
I got discovered right after being left alone……
Could it be because Ralina-chan left?
When the two of us were hiding together, maybe we didn’t get noticed because Ralina-chan seems to have a 『Stealth』 skill. Once she was gone, I got spotted? That actually sounds possible.
「Either way…… this is really bad」
The Wild Boar recognized me as an enemy, stopped charging at the tree, and came rushing straight toward me at full speed.
「Damn it, 『Paralyze Arrow』!」
For now, the reliable opening move, 『Paralyze Arrow』.
I fired an arrow at the Wild Boar to stop its movement, but――
It didn’t work!?
「Even though 『Paralyze Arrow』 went in completely……」
Well, the arrow did get bounced off its tough hide, so maybe it didn’t really go in completely.
Still, the paralysis effect should have activated. Even so, the Wild Boar doesn’t stop charging at me.
「Grr…… 『Paralyze Arrow』!」
A second 『Paralyze Arrow』. This time, I shot it with full force.
I poured in as much magic power as I could, praying paralyze paralyze as I released it. A full power, all out 『Paralyze Arrow』.
「Oh, it worked. One, two, three…… eh?」
My full power 『Paralyze Arrow』 managed to stop the Wild Boar’s movement.
I tried counting how long it would stay still, but――only three seconds. The paralysis lasted for just three seconds.
「Three seconds, even at full power…… I see. Well, that can’t be helped」
――Since it can’t be helped, I decided to fire my full power 『Paralyze Arrow』 repeatedly.
「『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』」
Hahaha. This is the power of the cheat recovery potion.
Every bit of magic power I use gets restored, so I can keep using skill arts endlessly. I can fire every shot at full power without holding back.
「『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』, Shining Paradise Arrow, 『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Shining Paralyze Arrow』」
On a whim, I tried firing the 『Shining Paralyze Arrow』 I had just learned recently, but――the Paradise Arrow misfired.
I hurriedly shot two more 『Paralyze Arrow』 shots, then fired 『Shining Paralyze Arrow』 properly.
The 『Shining Paralyze Arrow』 also bounced off the tough hide, and the arrow fell to the ground.
Then, at the spot where the arrow landed――a clump of moss sprouted.
Other than that, it was the same as 『Paralyze Arrow』. The paralysis time was still only three seconds.
……What is this? I waited so long to use it, and yet it’s completely useless. And it even bites my tongue.
Well, whatever…… I’ll just keep firing 『Paralyze Arrow』.
The arrows are getting deflected, but it’s not doing zero damage. It’s taking some small wounds.
If I keep shooting, I might be able to defeat it eventually. Until then, I’ll keep shaving it down endlessly――
「『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』,『Paralyze Arrow』, Paradise Arrow, 『Paralyze Arrow』」
Hahahahaha. You pig, I’ll keep shooting you hundreds of times until I run out of arrows――!
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I’m about to run out of arrows.
This is bad. I only have twenty arrows left.
I fell into a trigger-happy state partway through and kept shooting with high spirits. I should have thought things through a bit more and fought smarter.
I mean, shouldn’t the Wild Boar be losing by now?
There are quite a few arrows stuck in it properly, so I think I’ve dealt a lot of damage…….
Now then. Fifteen arrows left.
At this point, I probably need to think about fighting without the bow.
I won’t die since I drank a recovery potion, but the thought of actually taking that charge head-on is pretty scary.
――Ten arrows left.
This is it.
I’ll keep these last ten. I might need arrows later. If anything, 『Paralyze Arrow』 can activate even with arrow cutting.
「All right, from here it’s close combat. ……Oh, you’re already pretty wobbly, aren’t you」
After taking hundreds of arrows, even the Wild Boar is in rough shape.
If that’s the case, this might actually be manageable. I’ll fight somehow while making use of the barricade that Ralina-chan built.
「Here I goー!」
For now, I stored the bow in my magic bag and took out Alexis Hammer No. 1 instead.
I readied Alexis Hammer No. 1 and waited for the Wild Boar.
「……Huh? Or rather, would a sword be better?」
I often use a war hammer in close combat, so I pulled out Alexis Hammer No. 1 out of habit. But maybe the World Tree Sword would have been better?
It’s true that I haven’t acquired the 『Sword』 skill, but apparently my swordsmanship is on par with someone who has the skill.
If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to fight with a sword? After all, my sword is the World Tree Sword. In terms of weapon performance, the sword is superior.
……Or maybe fighting with arrows would be better than using a sword or hammer.
What if I respond with arrow-cut 『Paralyze Arrow』 while grabbing one of those arrows stuck in the Wild Boar? If I can just grab one of those arrows, I can activate arrow-cut 『Paralyze Arrow』 directly. As long as I can grab it.
Somehow, now that I’ve gotten this far, I suddenly have a lot of options…….
What else is there? What can I do next? And then…… a scrubbing brush?
Should I gamble on the cheat power of the scrubbing brush? Maybe I should try throwing it for now…….
Hammer, sword, arrows, or scrubbing brush…….
What should I do…….
next chapter: Tsundere Childhood Friend 2
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