The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 94
The masked entity crossed his arms and shielded himself from the three wind blades coming towards his head from above.
“Gu…uhh!”
The wind blade aimed at his face was repelled with a clanging sound. However, the two other wind blades cut through Alvesta’s right shoulder and left flank, causing blood to spurt.
While watching the situation, I jumped back again and landed on the opposite roof. With my left hand, I immediately reached for the mechanical bow Baroque on my back and with my right hand, reached for the arrow barrel hanging from my waist, but…
(He’s not slowing down!?)
Without regard to injury, Alvesta kicked the wall and made a triangular jump, leaping from the alleyway and launching himself into the air. He then came at me while swinging a reddish-black blade that sprouted from his hand.
“…Ah…AAAAAAH!!”
With a strange cry, he shot out a diagonal slash aimed at my torso.
“Guuh!”
I avoided the attack in the nick of time by taking a step back. Leaping further towards the back of the roof, I aimed at his large torso with the mechanical bow.
“Woruah!!” (Piercing Shot!!)
Woosh
Alvesta chased after me and tried to close the distance, so I shot him from a distance where he had no room left to duck!
“Ho-h…how can s-su-such a l-lo-lowly mo-m-monster…!”
My arrow found its mark, puncturing Alvesta’s flank and causing him to spurt out blood, but he did not care and continued to chase after me, holding the reddish-black blade of blood as he leaped towards the roof I was in.
“Guh…Garuuh!!” (Tsk, to hell with it!!)
Since the Battlecry from earlier still had an effect on my body, I put some strength in my legs and leaped into the air and collided with Alvesta.
“Wh-whaat!?”
Since I beat him to the punch, it surprised him and momentarily delayed his response. I then immobilized his right arm which produced the blood blade and snuffed out his chances to carry out a slash attack.
“Guuruoah!!”
From close quarters, I slammed a knee at his solar plexus and punched the white mask while still holding onto my mechanical bow.
“G…guuh, aaaaaah!?”
A small crack ran to the edge of the mask where I struck him, and Alvesta came crashing into the alleyway while looking exaggeratedly distressed. Well, I also fell into the alleyway in accordance with the laws of physics, but I maneuvered my body and landed safely on the ground.
Since the alley isn’t that wide, I threw my mechanical bow on the street to prepare for close-quarters combat and pulled out the scimitar by my waist whilst glaring at the masked entity.
“Gu,aah!”
(If he’s not scattering blood at this distance… then does this mean that the Bleeding Disease this guy spreads only affects humans after all?)
The moment I felt inwardly relieved, Alvesta used the gap in my awareness to quickly turn around and break off running.
“Garuoaaann.” (I won’t let you go!)
Picking up my weapon, I let out a roar as a signal to my companions who were laying low nearby even as I continued to follow behind him.
“Gau, guaoaaaaaaan!!” (Now, let’s go hunting!!)
“Uoooooonn!!”
“Guruaoooooon!!”
As I listened to my companions’ corresponding howls, I thought about the blows I exchanged with him earlier.
(I couldn’t feel any fear or hesitation in his movements when he received my attacks earlier… so I’m still holding out on my conclusion. On the other hand, I got a response from him when I punched his mask. It might be a little cliche, but that’s what it is, I guess.)
It seems like an obvious weakness, but since it was an area which is easy for him to defend, it had a huge advantage, which makes him more troublesome.
I lost sight of Alvesta in the complicated alleyway while lost in my thoughts, but it wasn’t a problem at all since the smell of blood was very thick.
“Woaaaaaaaann!”
“Guruaooon!”
Occasionally, the howls of my companions echoed through the Royal Capital late into the night.
They used their howls to confirm each other’s position while at the same time, alerting their prey to their presence and guiding it to the direction they wanted it to escape to. The intricate alleyways of the Royal Capital do not pose an obstacle if you run on the roofs after all.
After executing some more strategies, we finally cornered the masked entity and slowed down when we arrived at the plaza in front of the auditorium of the Academy of Magic which is located on the southeast side from the place where we had a close encounter.
“Wh-why a-a-are mo-mo-monsters…… in, in th-the ci, city?”
