Ch.38 Helper, Players Vs Area Boss. Part 3 《Vester》

Vester's POV

I move closer to the turtle's shell and stretch my hand in it's direction.

"<Blood-Rotten Tree Powder>"

The black powder that came out of my hand fly through the air and touch the turtle's shell. Because I used the skill from a slightly higher position, it spread over a wide area.

"The effect is... so-so?"

Looking at the areas where the powder has touched, it certainly appears to be rotting downwards, as it has done in the past, and scraping away at those areas. But still, this thing is huge. It doesn't seem to be doing much.

Even when I check with appraisal, the HP is barely dropping. I wonder if it's less effective when the opponent's level is high.

I wanted to continue like this and get a second shot, but if I did that, I would keep losing my MP, which doubles as my HP. Even a single graze could mean instant death. So I looked for another way to attack.

Takemaru-san still has it's attention, but I should prioritize attacking rather than toying with it.

But, what other offensive tools do I have? I only have Mist Water and telekinesis, that's it.

Mist Water would only get it wet. Rejected.

It's probably impossible to pull the turtle's limbs with telekinesis. It's so heavy that my MP will be depleted in an instant. If I try to pull its head, I'll lose strength.

If so, this is the first thing I should do.

First, find a stone. Then, carry it up with my telekinesis and place it under its front paw. What do you think, Appraisal-san?

Yeah, I don't know if its HP is decreasing.

But if I keep doing this steadily, it will gradually decrease, right? It's like continuous damage, which is kind of nasty. Hahaha.

In the first place, is it a male or female?

There are usually two area bosses in each area, though there are some exceptions.

Why are there two monsters even though they are the boss of that area? That's because each monster has a mate. In other words, the two monsters make up one boss. Because it is the boss's mate, it has the same authority as the boss.

As a result, there are now two individuals at the top of the food chain in that area: a male and a female of the same species.

Each has a territory near the path that leads to a different area, so you must defeat one of them to go to another area. Even though they are mates, they each have their territory in a different place.

You can slip through without defeating them, and there are plenty of escape routes, so you're free to choose whether to defeat them or not, but if you were to choose which one is easier to defeat, it would be the one near the area with the next number after the one in your area.

(TL : for example, the boss of area 1 guarding area 2 is weaker than the one guarding area 3)

The level is also lower, and most of the time, the weaker ones are female.

Some males and females have different attack methods, and their offensive and defensive abilities are also different, so I think it would be a little better if this was a female...

Even if I use appraisal, all I can find is the name and level. It doesn't show the gender. That may not be the case at some point though.

"If it's a female, I think I can withstand a few hits."

If the ome we're challenging is the male one with a large level difference, I might lose 80% of HP in one hit or even die instantly.

Well, let's continue throwing stones.

I carry the stone up and throws it at its front paw. I lift one up again and throws it again. I keep throwing. There are quite a few stones around it now.

Carry it again and throw it away

"! Huh?!"

Suddenly, an explosion occurs directly below it, and black smoke covers its body.

The explosion didn't reach me, but I was still surprised.

What? Is that the turtle's attack? I quickly get out of the black smoke and check my body. There's no damage or anything, and I didn't get a status effect.

I look at the turtle wondering what it's doing, but now it's trying to turn its face towards Sakidori Midori-san.

"But I won't let you attack her! <Attention>!"

It looks like Sakidori Midori-san did something. Since it's been confirmed, all's well. I'd just keep throwing stones. As I was thinking that, suddenly, something popped into my head.

"Now that I think of it, I can just put my powder inside it."

Even though a turtle has a shell and tough skin, the inside is probably soft. If we can make it to open its mouth, it might be possible. But a turtle has incredible jaw strength, so it's impossible to open its mouth with telekinesis. Probably. Yes, I say probably, so I'd just try it and I'll find out.

Hmm? Something's wrong, you said? No, this is normal . It's the familiar muscle-brained way of thinking that says, "If you try it, you'll understand." Let's try.

I moved to the front of the turtle, next to Takemaru-san. From the turtle's perspective, it was like another enemy had appeared in front of it, but its eyes are glued to Takemaru-san. It didn't look at me at all.

"Vester-san came over here too... Rraa!"

While he was talking to me, an attack came. The turtle stretched its neck to bite, but Takemaru-san hit it with his shield with great force, deflecting it.

It then turns its head back and raises its short front legs. Its claws look like they're glowing. Is it an attack?

"Please get out of the way!"

"A slash is coming!"

I escape into the air just as I heard a voice from behind. At the same time, a purple slash is heading to Takemaru-san's direction.

"That won't hit me! I'll get it back!"

He skillfully blocks it with his shield and slashes the turtle's neck with the sword in his right hand. It must have been a very powerful weapon, as the skin split open with just that blow.

If he gets another hit there, that would have been good, but the turtle shuts itself in its shell. But in this case, surely we can stuff as many bombs as we want into the empty space inside?

I don't have it so I can't do it, but Sakidori Midori-san can do it and probably will.

But then I can't execute my own plan.

I guess it can't be helped, there's a risk that my MP will be taken away in an instant, but I'll give it a try.

From the place where the 3 players had taken refuge, they went back to the place next to Takemaru-san, in front of the turtle.

"Is it okay for you to return to combat now?"

"It's fine! Thank you very much! Oh, and also, the turtle won't take any damage at all when in this state!"

"Thank you for your help! It's so hard your blade might chip! Be careful!"

"It's a turtle, so I thought that was the case... No, thanks for the tips."

There, the 2 boys were done recovering and now they returning to battle. They seemed to be sharing information. Let me join in too.

"Do you have any other information?"

"Oh, spirit-san? "I'm Vester, a fairy" ... I'm sorry. Thank for your help too, Vester-san."

"Thank you very much! That turtle also used a biting attack and spat out a purple beam from its mouth."

"Beam?! What is this thing? mecha turtle?"

"The name has the word 'demon' in it, so maybe it's not a mechanical beam, but a magical beam?"

"Isn't that the same thing?"

I don't think they're the same though.

A mechanical beam requires cooling because it handles high temperatures and cannot be fired repeatedly.

A magic beam can be fired repeatedly as long as there is MP. That might be the one the turtle's using.

However, this is only the case if it's released from a magic circle or something similar. If it's the type that heats up inside the body, stores it, and then releases it, it would need to be cooled just like a machine.

"When it fired the beam, did something like a magic circle appear?"

"No, I don't think so."

Hmm, so that means it does need cooling time.

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