Seeker 288.2

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Chapter 288.2. Unacceptable Defeat

"Guh...!"

"All right!"

Seeing the black-clad woman getting blown away with a small scream, Gelzer let out a cry of joy.

The Hill Giant's blow was powerful.

For an average adventurer, just taking one hit would result in their entire body being torn apart.

Especially if they wore light equipment focused on agility.

Gelzer felt pleasure imagining the suffering of the black-clad woman, heavily injured.

However—

"Ouch! I guess dodging everything is impossible. But, there won't be a next time—here's payback!"

"What...!?"

The black-clad woman, without showing any signs of serious injury, immediately stood up to face the giant again.

She sharply charged like lightning, slashing the giant with her dual short swords.

Once again, it was the Hill Giant who let out a cry of agony.

"What... what's happening...!?"

Everything was strange.

Gelzer was overwhelmed by anger and frustration, tightly gripping the axe in his hand.

But then, he shook his head vigorously as if denying reality.

"No, there's no way weaklings can defeat a Hill Giant. That black-clad woman should definitely lose. Then I'll jump in, and take the magic stone for myself. As for that woman who lost consciousness due to being incapacitated... hehehe."

Gelzer let his imagination run wild, envisioning a future that suited him.

But that fantasy was shattered within seconds.

The Hill Giant, which had been subjected to countless slashes from the black-clad female adventurer's dagger, finally lost all its vitality and disappeared.

The magic stone fell to the ground, picked up by the victor.

"What... Th-this is ridiculous...! How can such luck happen twice...?"

Gelzer, who had been running toward the scene, slowly stopped in his tracks, eventually staring at the sight in disbelief.

The black-clad female adventurer—Kodachi Kazane—turned back toward Gelzer with cold eyes.

"Well, it was surprisingly quick, wasn't it? But too bad. This Hill Giant, which you called a weakling, was defeated by me."

"Why...!? This is absurd... everything is absurd! And how did you... that river, how did you cross it!?"

Gelzer, showing signs of dissatisfaction, pointed in the direction of the river.

Meanwhile, Kazane responded with a nonchalant expression.

"Well, I could have swam across using Aqua Form. But I didn't want to get wet for no reason, so this time, I used this kind of magic—[Levitation]."

With a soft motion, Kazane's feet lifted off the ground.

Her black-clad figure floated smoothly upward toward the sky.

A magic that granted her the ability to levitate in mid-air, [Levitation].

It was a wind attribute magic, but Gelzer had no idea of its existence in Kazane's skill list at level 41.

Well, not just Gelzer.

Most adventurers in this world were unaware of such magic.

"What... what am I seeing...? Is this a dream...?"

Gelzer dropped to his knees in that spot.

But at that moment, a crucial gear in Gelzer's mind clicked off with a clank.

One magic stone obtained by that damned brat.

One magic stone was obtained by the black-clad woman in front of him.

And probably, the brat riding the Griffin in the form of a magician would also defeat one Hill Giant and acquire a magic stone.

Even Gelzer, at last, came to believe that.

The total number of Hill Giants present in this field, according to Gelzer's estimation, was 4 or 5.

At this point, Gelzer finally understood that his chances of winning had almost vanished.

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"Heh... Hahaha... Haaaahahahaha!"

Gelzer laughed uproariously as if broken.

Seeing his demeanor, Kazane slowly landed on the ground, feeling a slight sense of danger.

"Oops, I might have provoked him too much. Even Daichi-kun warned me not to push too hard, you never know what someone might do."

Kazane couldn't tolerate Gelzer's overbearing attitude, so she ended up taunting him at just the right moment.

It was good that her mind cleared, but perhaps because of that, the restraint on the ruffian in front of her finally came off.

Kazane still bore the damage from battling the Hill Giant.

It wasn't fatal, but it wasn't negligible either.

Though there were High HP Potions in Kazane's [Item Box], their HP recovery wasn't significant, and it took some time to retrieve and consume them.

She regretted not drinking them earlier.

She considered whether it would be safe to remain airborne with the effect of [Levitation], but she reconsidered; it wasn't necessarily the case.

Because Kazeon didn't know all the attack methods Gelzer possessed.

If he had powerful long-range attack methods, it would be extremely dangerous.

[Levitation] was a magic that allowed slow movement in the air; it didn't enable high-speed flight.

While levitating, one was virtually invincible against enemies without flight or long-range attack abilities, but they were almost defenseless against long-range attacks.

So, feeling the danger, Kazeon chose to stand on the ground and trust in her own speed.

The effect of [Quickness] used before the battle with the Hill Giant still remained.

As Gelzer stood up swaying, shouldering his massive axe.

"...In that case, I'll kill them all! Violate them! It doesn't matter about winning or losing anymore! Anyone who underestimates me, I'll kill and violate them all! Starting with the black-clad woman, you bastard!"

"Here they come. Looks like this will turn into a chase."

Kazane wiped off a bead of sweat from her forehead, feeling a slight nervousness.

Then, she took a deep breath and yelled.

"Daichi-kun, help meeeee!"