Chapter 146: Fighting the Ogre (Placeholder)
Chapter 146: Fighting the Ogre (Placeholder)
The ogre (placeholder) roared once, his eyes glowing like stars. Sssssss!! Sssssss!! He must have stepped into the realm of the non-human. His skin looked oddly dark in the night, as if sunburned to an unnatural black. Burned skin shouldn’t look this black, right?We had our backs to the wall, so if the ogre (placeholder) came at us it would be bad. I dashed in and slashed at his thighs!
CLANG! The sword snapped! What?! My sword broke when I cut his skin?! What kind of skin is this?! Or is there something under his pants? Or is my sword blunt?! While I was panicking, his greatsword came slashing toward me. The wind pressure was terrifying! I backstepped on instinct, but his blade sliced through my leather armor!
"Lord Robby?!"
"Are you okay?!"
Lily and Stevie cried out in panic.
"I’m fine. It was paper-thin."
I discarded the broken sword and took a replacement from my magic bag. The three of us surrounded the ogre (placeholder).
"Lord Robby! Channel mana into the sword and it will become stronger!" Lily shouted. Of course I would have heard that before. Is there some chant that makes the sword special? Like a holy sword? My sword has no engraving, so maybe that’s why it failed?
I tried channeling mana into the new sword with both hands. Ugh... I don’t know. Suddenly saying something and expecting it to work perfectly isn’t realistic.
Bwah! Bwah!
The ogre (placeholder) was saying something. It sounded like mockery, but since my translation function wasn’t working normally, it wasn’t actually human words. The ogre (placeholder) took one step toward me. Just as I was about to leap in, he narrowly missed me and his sword slammed into the ground with a thunk. I had almost dodged it — barely. That was dangerous!
Lily and Stevie attacked from both sides. The ogre (placeholder) lightly backstepped with unnatural grace, then blocked Stevie’s sword with his greatsword and slammed it into the ground with his foot. I didn’t block — Lily and Stevie somehow dodged and kicked? Stevie dropped her sword and leaped back. Stevie also pulled a replacement sword from her magic bag. Hmm... Stevie’s sword got blocked by the greatsword, mine got blocked by the thighs. What’s the difference? Is it the mana channeled into the swords? Is he looking down on me?
"Eeeeeeeeee!"
A security team member leaped from the side and slashed at the ogre (placeholder). What a cool jump! But his guard was wide open! If he had been in the air, he wouldn’t have been able to block, and shouting his intention would have been obvious!