A tremendous echo came from above, and if I wasn't mistaken, it was the snow that had accumulated on the mountaintop cascading down like a waterfall, about to sweep away everything along the way.
I wonder if the Pegasus that brought us here was buried by the avalanche.
I shook my head, grabbed Hikari who had lost her balance and rolled past me, and managed to steady myself.
Now is not the time to consider these things. The immediate priority is to find ways to cause as much damage as possible to reduce the pressure on Fukyuu.
Even without hearing a groan of pain, Chang Kai's senses clearly confirmed every detail of the struggle between the two.
The additional protective barrier shattered upon first contact; immediately following, when she received the forty-third sword strike, blood gushed from her tiger's mouth due to the unbearable force; and by the eighty-first sword strike, the frost-like aura wrapped around the longsword began to tremble abnormally; now, as the one hundred and eighty-eighth sword strike landed, her ankles were completely sunk into the sand, and her bones emitted abnormal groans.
In contrast, the knight statue, which remained standing in its original position with almost no movement, continued its offensive with the same overwhelming momentum as at the beginning, and even seemed to be gaining momentum to become even stronger.
This can't go on.
I am acutely aware of this, but I am deeply troubled because I have no solution.
The damage from ordinary spells was completely insufficient. The reason they were able to harass the statue during the previous quick exchanges was because I tried several times to aim them at the statue's eyes. Combined with the strong light, splash damage, and paralysis effects of the lightning element, I barely managed to dazed its senses.
But now, with combat shifting to a direct clash of strength, this tactic is useless. Since the target remains stationary regardless, all you need to do is pinpoint the location and swing your sword – a task even a child could easily accomplish, utterly devoid of difficulty.
I did consider unleashing the full power of the Arrow of Hope, just like I did with the previous chimera, but there are two problems with that:
First, I have absolutely no idea what's inside this cave, behind the door guarded by the knight statue. The door is protected by a magical barrier, similar to the surface of the knight statue, making it impossible to see inside. If it contains something extremely dangerous that cannot be ignored, or perhaps flammable and explosive alchemical intermediates, then we'll all be doomed.
Secondly, I am worried that if I run out of magic power and still cannot subdue the golem in front of me, how will Miyuki survive the few minutes when I am completely without combat support and have to directly withstand the attack?
This is not a pessimistic prediction, but a future that is almost visible to the naked eye.
Even now, just three minutes after their last clash, Miyuki's condition is becoming increasingly precarious. If this continues, who knows what unexpected event might occur?
To be honest, if I could, I wouldn't want to see familiar people appear in front of me in a different guise.
That would have an immeasurable negative impact on mental health.
I tried to summon Darkness. But perhaps because I was deep inside the Abyss Mountains, the turbulent magical currents also severely interfered with the connection between the Shadow Space and the shadow beneath my feet.
All I could see was An opening his eyes and looking up at me with a blank expression, his figure flickering with gray-white snowflake patterns as if a poorly cast projection spell had been cast.
I glanced again at Alice, who was still clinging to Hikari's waist. The rascal, who had been disguised as a rabbit doll, pouted its three-lobed mouth, shook its head, and repeatedly and helplessly spread its paws.
There's absolutely no way to expect this worthless rabbit to do anything.
I sighed and refocused my attention.
So, what else can I do?
He reached his fingers into the crevice of his person and pulled out the items. Apart from the basic equipment he always carried when going out, the spare clothes and food he had specially prepared for this trip, all that remained were the various materials he had plundered from the traps along the way.
Wait, if it's these materials...
As I was annotating one of the items, a sudden inspiration struck me.
Suddenly, a fierce barking echoed in my ears, interspersed with two soft meows.
The scrawny rabbit that had fallen behind seemed to sigh, but its sound was drowned out by the intense clash of swords in the distance and never reached its ears.
I gestured for Hikari to heal Miyuki, and quickly attached the finished ruby to the middle of the arrow made of steel stone. I then dipped the arrowhead in a corrosive solution and threw it before it became completely dull. I then launched the Arrow of Hope in sequence, shooting them one after another toward the same point.
Like fleeting shooting stars, the arrows, streaking with dazzling light, aimed at the knight statue's head and chest, shooting straight ahead without hesitation.
Noticing the attack, the knight statue lowered its body again and raised its greatsword horizontally to try to block, but it did not notice the black shadow that suddenly pounced out from behind it, which exerted a force that pushed it outward from behind its elbow, causing it to sway.
Of course, that's not all.
The cat, which had been crouching at his feet, was licking its front paws, but its long tail was nowhere to be seen. This was because its tail had now completely merged into the ground, as if a thin layer of mud had spread out from its feet, causing the already heavy statue to sink slightly and sway violently back and forth as if it were struggling to find its center of gravity.
This was perfectly timed support. Even without prior notice, the cooperation was flawless.
Just as the knight statue lost its footing, the steel arrow that flew towards it hit its target precisely, but once again, just like before, it only broke through a very small gap.
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