Metro Labyrinth - CH 78.1

It is Noa and Makko’s [Fireball] that literally opens the fight.

Two giant hypha balls hit the minotaurs that has become the bishop’s barrier. The rotting corpse’s flesh exploded.

“Ha!” (Shuu)

At the same time, the my huge [Katana] runs into it. It passes through the rotting muscle body diagonally with a single slash.

From the front, left and right, the remaining three minotaurs close in. They rush forward with a sharp thrust that does not resemble their heavy bodies.

One of them is caught tangling its legs and falls to the ground. It is Noa’s [Sticky Thread]. I leapt backward at an angle and fire a [Fireball], which makes a huge hole in the Minotaur’s chest.

Makko jumped around and tossed around lightly, throwing [Piercing Needle]—hypha needles one after another, but they only pierced shallowly and didn’t reach inside. Shuu slashed the zombies arm from the side while trying to grab hold of Makko’s tiny body with a “Raah!”.

—Our eyes widen at the same time as the arm is cut off. Numerous red spheres fall down overhead. It is a rain of Bishop’s [Fireball].

A chain of small explosions, dazzling flashes, and cheek-burning blasts, including those of its men.

I quickly grabbed Noa and Makko by the collar and used [Leaping]. Just in time; one step too late and we would all have been burned.

“Over there! Damn, no hesitation at all!” (Shuu)

I hurriedly brushed off the fire on the sleeve of my jersey. The Metro Beast society in every metro a black company.

Noa and Makko get up and threw some [Fireball]. Bishop doesn’t avoid it, and it hits it directly—right in front of us, raising an explosion of flames. Something like a translucent light seems to have created a wall and blocked the attack. Like a fantasy magic barrier.

“Mr. Shuu, that’s [Barrier]!” (Noa)

Noa shouts to me. I vaguely remember that it is an ability to create a barrier using spores from the [Healer] system.

“Shaaa!” (Shuu)

I thrust my [Katana] into the ground, letting go of it, and shoot [White Bullet] with both hands. The sound of metal scraping against an invisible wall. The bullets burst in mid-air with a metallic scraping sound and roll on the ground . Furthermore, Noa and Makko threw more [Fireball]. With the flames and smoke clearing away—of course, the bishop is unharmed.

While desperately avoiding the rain of [Fireball] that were scattered in return, I felt a little frustrated saying, “Cool! I want that too!”

“That’s enough, everyone back off!” (Shuu)

They were insurance in case there were too many pawns are left. I am not stupid enough to boast about single-handedly fighting against a large number of opponents, including those of higher ranks.

Now that I’ve managed to remove that—[Fireball] doesn’t work (there are few more left for the two of them), In addition, it  has the ability to control a wide area, so it’s hard to take advantage of my skills. I’m more afraid of an accident.

“I’ll take over from here.” (Shuu)

This is the situation that Giran and his team had earned by drawing the small fires to them and cutting them down.

The same tactics would not work against an opponent with a high learning ability. If we don’t finish this off here (and in time), we won’t have another chance. It is not a matter of just getting smacked around by the twins.

“…Hey, let’s settle this in a one-on-one fight. No hard feelings.” (Shuu)

Did it understand my words—Bishop thrusts its staff into the corpse of the fallen Minotaurs with a thud. Shhhh… The corpses are connected by something mycelium-like, and the two rise up again.

Looking back, the obedient girls were already hiding in the shadows and are in spectator-mode. “Take care Mr. Shuu!” “Do your best, squeak!” “Mau!”, I just swallow my spit and words.

“Well, I’m f*cked! F*ck this!” (Shuu)

With the girls cheering me on, I strained my arms. The enhanced [Iron Fist] swells up like a robot’s arm. Goma, goma! And the fists slammed together in front of my chest making a dull thud, raising a feeling that is hard to convey to the girls.

Round two, start.

[Fireball], [Thunderball], [Iceball], [Piercing Needle] pour down like rain.

The ground explodes and scatters stones and debris. Ear-splitting electric shocks gush out. The spot where the bomb landed instantly freezes. Sharp needles pierce the cobblestones.

I desperately dodge the blast, but driven back from the square to the side of an abandoned house.

“Ugh!” (Shuu)

I quickly ducked behind a wall, but the minotaur’s thick arm breaks through the wall and grabbed me.

“Aaaaa!” (Shuu)

The Minotaur bends down, however, cloaked in glowing spores, I thrust my fist with [Iron Fist] into the wall. The wall and the minotaur are blown away. As soon as my vision clears, I see the multicolored mycelium balls glowing above my head.

“You’re a cosplay golem and you’re also a villainous type, damn it!” (Shuu)

The power of each shot is not as powerful as my enhanced [Fireball], but the rapid-fire and continuous-fire capabilities are off the charts. The abundance of maneuverability is also bad.

It is completely unexpected that it is as good as a bullet shooter so far. It is indeed a level 70+ monster.

It is a relief that the bullet speed is not so fast, but like Knight, it is beginning to learn my movements. It is doing a bombardment that anticipates the position of the target when dodging and time difference. It then uses encirclement bombardment to eliminate my escape route. It was also hard to get close.

His jersey and skin are scorched, my his arms and back are still pierced with [Piercing Needle]. My shoes are already gone because they were frozen. Even if I concentrate on evasion, my vitality is being chipped away.

“Damn it all!” (Shuu)

Bishop’s instructions or not, I punched down the zombies positioned to block my escape route. Taking into consideration the power, defensive capabilities, size and balance, the enhanced [Iron Fist] is my top melee attack weapon. If I am covered with [Light Blade], even a level 40 minotaur can be crushed with a single blow. A barrage of bullets attacked without a pause. Damn it, let me feel a little smug.

Enhanced [Iron Fist] boasts outstanding ease of use, but it has one drawback. If this is not canceled, other Funbgal Skills that “produce mycelium from the hand” cannot be used (as is the case with normal [Iron Fist]). [Asura] can produce Fungal Skills from my hypha arms. I don’t really understand this difference, but I can’t help it because I can’t do what I can’t do.

Therefore, the all-purpose sub-weapon [Asura] compensates for long-range attack and defense with the [Round Shield] and [Great Shield]. By the way, I didn’t wear a cloak for this kind of thing. The hole in the back of my jersey has now become a sleeveless garment for my hypha arms.

Anyway, I kept dodging. I jumped over the rubble and runs across the cobblestone pavement.

In the gap, there is a normal hypha ball. The attack is blocked by [Barrier], but the attack stops only for that brief moment. It is only a momentary interval, but it seems that the Bishop cannot attack and defend at the same time.

It is not that I am trying to make Bishop run out of energy, but even so, there is no sign that it is running out of breath, even though it is using its Fungal Skilly so lavishly.

“Ugh—” (Shuu)

Suddenly, my knees buckle and I rolled on the ground to escape the bombardment. Immediately, I hit the ground with my [Iron Fist] and stand up.

I don’t plan on doing endurance battles, but I’m not good at physical strength games. The original strategy of squeezing out fireballs was taking its toll on me, and the damage recovery from the [Immortal] was not worth the effort.

In the second round, less than three minutes have passed yet, but any more than that and they will be out of their depth.

(—Am I hungry?) (Shuu)

Just a few moments of empty time. Bishop is readying its staff.

“Fuh, fuh…” (Shuu)

I catch my breath.

(If it’s the current me, I can do it. I can win.) (Shuu)