Seeker 12

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Chapter 12. First Party Action (5)

Kodachi-san and I continued our dive on the second floor.

The process was going well, as there were only two seeker-seekers.

After the first single goblin, we encountered a formation of two goblins.

Kodachi-san joined me in defeating them one by one.

Kodachi-san could kill not only the kobolds but also the goblins in a single move.

Kodachi-san, with her dagger [Dual Wield], is so strong.

On the other hand, I was hit by one goblin attack before I could destroy the goblin in my charge.

I was stabbed deeply in my right thigh. And my HP decreased by 8 points. Ouch.

After using [Earth Heal], I recovered fully, but I was a little frustrated because I felt like I could see the difference in strength between Kodachi-san and me.

Next, we encountered three kobolds.

Kodachi-san quickly defeated one of them, and the rest of the time I was watching to see how I would fare against the remaining two kobolds.

In this battle, I got hit by one of the kobolds.

The blow to my abdomen reduced my HP by 7 points. It still hurt.

When I was hit by Kobold's attack before, it was 4 points of damage, but does the damage depend on where you got hit?

I am not sure.

I recovered with [Earth Heal], and my HP was fully restored.

On the other hand, my MP was down to (16/24).

Perhaps because I had taken a lunch break, it had recovered to its maximum value when I started our dive in the afternoon, but it decreased now.

Incidentally, when I mentioned that Kodachi-san was surprisingly spartan, she flinched and said, "I thought it would be bad if I took away your experience, so I kept my support to a minimum... Sorry."

In addition, with a sultry upward glance, she said, "...... Rikusou-san, are you a bully, surprisingly?" My heart ached with a pang as she said that.

My sanity was dying.

"Kodachi-san is only a business partner.", I chanted in my mind like a Buddhist prayer.

The horny boy in me is too loud.

And Kodachi-san is too unaware of that (?). Too much of a little devil.

Then, after diving into the second floor, We found our 4th encounter.

What appeared was a large monster I had never seen before.

Kobolds and goblins are as small as human children, but this one was like a well-trained adult fighter.

Kodachi-san held up her two daggers, looked at the hobgoblin, and said.

"It is a hobgoblin. I'll damage it, so please finish it off, Rikusou-san. I'm sorry if I knocked him down by mistake."

Kodachi-san lowered herself and kicked the ground, heading toward the hobgoblin with the same terrifying agility as before.

The hobgoblin was holding a medium-sized one-handed sword.

He swung it with violent force, but Kodachi-san agilely dodged the attack and dived into his opponent's pocket.

"───Haah!"

With a dignified and spirited voice, she attacked continuously with her left and right daggers.

The hobgoblin is sharply sliced open by two slashes.

"Rikusou-san!"

"Understand!"

I stepped in as Kodachi-san quickly jumped back and I struck with my spear.

The hobgoblin tried to evade, but it was too late, and my spear pierced its abdomen.

That seemed to be the end.

The hobgoblin turned into a black mist and disappeared.

"Oh, we got a [Treasure Box]. Lucky♪"

Kodachi-san's voice danced.

In the place where the defeated hobgoblin had been, in addition to a slightly larger magic stone, a [Treasure Box] had appeared.