Chapter 203: Unmatched
Chapter 203: Unmatched
I did it! I did it! I did it! I raised a cheer inside my heart. That was close — paper-thin. Truly a hair’s breadth. When I turned to look at him, he was pressing his side while blood dripped steadily. He looked at me. Unlike the expression from a moment ago, I could see the sorrow of one who had sensed death.In an instant his eyes changed and became dyed with madness. His left arm dangled limply. Blood trickled from the arm onto his hand.
"Gwaaaaaah—!!"
He charged at me while screaming, but he had already lost the speed from before.
I dodged the downward-swinging sword and cut his thigh. There was solid feedback! Blood scattered. Had I cut an artery or a vein!? It should be a fatal wound! Stop moving already!
At that moment an arrow flew toward me. Startled, I dodged — and the next arrow flew to the place I had dodged to. When I knocked that one down I noticed an arrow flying from behind and opened my body to avoid it. The arrow passed beside me. But as if my movement had been anticipated, arrows came from both sides at the same time. I deflected one and knocked down the other. Arrows from both directions continued.
In the direction the arrows were flying from, suddenly
"Gyaa!!"
a voice rang out and a person fell from a tree. Who? Who did that? When I turned around, White was holding a bow. That guy!? A perfect example of "you can’t judge a person by appearance"!
Yet arrows continued without pause from the right. White, aim for that one! The arrows were being fired in rapid succession; I was fully occupied just defending! White shot an arrow and it struck that archer!! At that moment I failed to notice an arrow flying straight at me, skimming the ground. The arrow grazed my thigh!
"Itee—!!"
I cried out and rolled. Even though it only grazed me, the pain was terrible!
""Robby-sama!?""
Voices rose from Lily and Stevie. Both were fighting. They had no time to look after me.
"Guh!?"
I took a styptic out of my mana bag, dumped it on the wound, and wrapped cloth around it. Poison on the arrowhead? I wasn’t dead, so was it all right? Ah... my leg was starting to go numb. Antidote, antidote medicine? I searched the mana bag. Where? Where is it? None! Is there none? Ah, there is! Found it! I took it out and poured it on the wound! Another one — search, find it, take it out, drink it! Bitterrrrr—!! But although my leg was numb, it didn’t seem to be spreading further. Just as I tried to drag my leg and move into the shadow of a tree, another arrow came flying as if crawling along the ground!