Chapter 478: Show of Power
I sprint in a direct line to the hades mandragora. The maris caterpillars are only C+… As long as Volk is around to cover for them, then even if the nightmare and black lizard get forced back somewhat, they should be unharmed. However, the hades mandragora is fast, and each of its blows have a lot of weight behind them.
We’ll kill it in one burst.
『M-master-dono…! Is this not a little too dangerous!?』
『It’s okay! Hold on tight and attack the bugs around us with [Fire Sphere]!』
The accuracy and speed of treant-san’s [Fire Sphere] isn’t great. Hitting any specific target within the swarm of wriggling bugs would be difficult, but with how closely-packed they are, it should hit something.
『If it gets dangerous, wrap your roots around me and use [Statue]!』
As long as I can act as treant-san's legs, we can work around the immobility aspect of [Statue]. Normally, any time you use [Statue] in a pinch, you would just get surrounded and eventually die. But while we're together, I can simply carry the metal treant-san to safety. It should be perfectly safe.
『H-hah! Leave it to me!』
The treant then frenetically shoots [Fire Spheres] in every direction, dealing direct hits to some of the caterpillars directly and inflicting fatal wounds. But, the caterpillars have a lot of HP. It's enough to immobilise them and cause them to writhe in pain, but it’s not enough to finish them off.