Book 15: Chapter 4 (3)
“Shin!?”
“I’m okay!!”
Shin managed to switch to the 『Great Shell Shield of Collision』just before the beam struck. It was one of the remaining functions from the game, weapon swap. The beam was weaker than expected: he was blown away, but received no damage. Shin replied to Schnee and Yuzuha’s worried call, then stood back up. He had been hit in midair, so he had crashed into the ground.
Shin looked at his surroundings and understood what Reforgerer had done. The ground was scorched in a ripple-like pattern, with Shin at the center. The attack range was wider than the regular beam, but being struck from such close distance, he should have been buried deeper into the ground and the temperature should have been much higher. Shin’s location was also outside the usual beam’s scope.
“Less power, more range, huh.”
Such an attack did not exist in the game era. The range was too wide and therefore difficult to avoid. The sole advantage was that it was not very powerful.
The shield’s durability had barely decreased too. Shin realized that the defensive gear he had equipped should be enough to resist it.
“If I get too close, claws and tail…if I stay far, beam attacks. On a 360° range to boot.”
Shin tried talking casually to make the situation seem less dire, but it didn’t work very well. Since the guardian could have other unknown attack patterns, it was difficult to go on the offensive. Reforgerer’s attacks were usually lethal.