Chapter 143

Chapter 143: Resurrection

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The gigantic Zodiac Scorpion is here.

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Translator: Raizu

Editor: Mirp

Episode 143 – Roxy's Limit

Roxy tried to strike at the darkness from its blind spot.

But it noticed her already. Seeing that monster looking at her with a grudge, I felt the urge to step in. But I refrained myself and watched.

Roxy didn't stop, she charged into the darkness with full momentum.

[Ah… too shallow]

I heard Eris muttering from beside me… and I had the same impression.

If its weakness remained the same, then she has to strike at its core that was hidden under its sandy body to truly defeat it.

Attacking its body will do no good, since it's just meant to hinder attacker from hurting its core.

In other words, Roxy merely cut some sands away from it. The surprise attack could be considered as failed already.

[e on, your time is running out.]

[Roxy…]

I was worried.

Roxy also anticipated that her first hit would fail to kill the monster. On the other hand, the darkness tried to get away from Roxy. Casting wind cutter at her, then attempting to dive into the sands.

Roxy wouldn't let that happened. She rotated her body and attacked the darkness with a roundhouse kick before it could plete its magic attack. Despite mostly being a swordsman, she actually also dabbled in hand to hand bat.

That's what Aaron told me before. When he was training Roxy, what gave him more challenge was instead her kicks rather than her sword strikes.

The intense kick dug into the sand and reached the core, knocking it out of its sand body with a metallic sound.

The core was so much harder than a regular sandman's core. That kick alone wouldn't crack it. But now, it was floating in the air undefended. And it could do nothing to fight back.

Roxy immediately went in and slashed the core. The core then fell to the sand, already divided into two by her slash.

The time was… almost ten seconds.

This should clear the condition that Eris had set. Eris and I walked toward Roxy… as she walked on my side, Eris made sure to keep a poker face up.

[Fai, Eris-sama. Did I pass the test?]

Roxy's face was a little tense. That's because Eris' expression didn't give out any clue whether she succeeded or not.

Only after a while did Eris finally open her mouth.

[First of all let me congratulate you.]

[Thank you.]

[But, I did said that it should be within 10 seconds. And you did just that, although very close to failing. That's too much of an effort for a single enemy]

[…. I have nothing to say to argue about that.]

Perhaps what Eris was looking out for, was whether Roxy could defeat the darkness in a single shot.

She managed to pass, but it's also worrying at the same time.

[If it's me, I would've done this.]

Eris said, hefting up the black bayonet. There was another darkness emerging on our east, so she aimed and fired.

She cleanly shot the core. Obliterating the darkness pletely without a trace left to be exact.

[That's how. Roxy should at least be able to do something like that.]

[…I will do my best]

[What about you, Fate? Do you want to show Roxy how you would handle the darkness?]

[I'll refrain from that.]

What she did just now was to clearly show the difference in our powers. I just… don't want to think up a way to one-up her.

Eris was truly strict when it es to battle.

I went to Roxy's side, and gently tapped her shoulder.

[Eris isn't exactly normal, so better not pare yourself to her…]

[Yes, I know. I have to give it my all. But for starters, I can't really manage something like that.]

[I'll leave handling the darknesses to you. But if things get rough, just retreat.]

Roxy sighed softly, then put her holy sword back into its sheath.

Afterward, we marched eastward to where the sacred beast was last seen according to Lishua. The cool wind mixed with the desert's hot air, which felt pleasantly fortable.

bined with the full moon up in the sky which gave a good visibility, this was a perfect night for hunting.

Originally, the desert would've been crowded with warriors by now.

But it wasn't the case this time. Because the existence of that sacred beast, which understandably no regular warrior could hope to beat.

A gigantic scorpion appeared before us from under the sand. Its ruby-like exoskeleton gave a certain pressure that made nobody wants to get close to it.

Its two huge pincers looked robust.

The sting on its tail swung left and right whilst leaking a small amount of its venom, looking for a target to stab at.