Data.211 – Old Bowman, Exorcism Arrow and Talisman

“Evil Defeating Talisman Festival..!”

Yuri Jahana, a member of the enemy party, unleashed countless talismans from her hand!

It was a good thing that it was her that I encountered after using Warp Arrow..!

Out of the entire enemy party, she was the least experienced.

In fact, she had been so surprised to see me, that her attack had been delayed.

Thanks to that, I had enough time to react..

That being said, wasn’t this number of talismans excessive?

Talismans were categorized as ranged weapons, and so throwing them was normal.. But why so many!?

Not only that, but they had a ‘homing’ ability, and there were limits to how much I could run in order to avoid them!

“Exorcism Barrier!”

If I can’t dodge them, I’ll block them!

Furthermore..!

“Demonbane Attack Blade!”

Since I might not be able to block all of them, I would cancel the attack!

Two arrows shot out at once, and the blade that was fixed between them shredded up the cloud of talismans.

If I continued to shoot like this, I might be able to reach Yuri!

“Rapidfire, Demonbane Attack Blade!”

“Disaster Prevention Talisman Festival!”

This time, she connected numerous talismans to create a large shield.

The blades of light were stopped by the shield, so they did not reach Yuri.

In that case..!

“Demon Purification Light!”

A pale, thin laser beam shot out from my bow.

What made this skill special..was how long it was effective.

You would not do much damage from hitting the target a little, but if you continued to hit it with the laser, then the overall power was comparable to a charge attack..I think!

I haven’t actually used this skill for that long, so I didn’t know.

In the first place, using a laser was very different from shooting arrows, and it was actually quite difficult to keep it fixed on the target..

That being said, this time, Yuri was staying still, and so I was able to hit her.

The talismans that guarded her started to burn away, and then the laser got through!

And then it burned Yuri, who was behind them..!

“Gah..!”

Yuri abandoned her shield and began to move.

“Divine Talisman Festival!”

This..was a skill that let her move by riding on numerous talismans that slid across the ground!

“Seal Demon Bind!”

A magic triangle would appear where the arrow landed, and you could trap an enemy inside.

So I just had to set one in front of her and she would fall right in. Because the faster you moved, the harder it was to change direction.

“Woah..! Retreat, retreat..!”

Surprisingly, the sliding talismans suddenly started to move backwards.

By doing this, you could fall back while still facing the enemy. It was certainly a useful skill..!

“Yes, you’re too strong an enemy for me, old man.. But I will not give up..! Great Rain Dance Talisman Festival!”

And with that, she threw numerous talismans into the air. They gathered together and formed a giant cloud!

Judging by the name, it was quite obvious what would happen next..

She was a priestess who used talismans, so I had also used exorcism bow skills, but now I had no choice but to rely on charge attacks!

“Thunder Arrow Tempest!”

And so the rain of talismans clashed with the storm of arrows..!

And the winner was..my arrows!

But it wasn’t enough, and I dealt a followup attack without pause!

“Big Inferno Arrow!”

“Uh, ah..! Disaster Prevention Talisman Festival! Five layers!”

But five layers of talisman shields was not going to be enough to stop a giant, burning arrow.

And so Yuri was pierced by the arrow, and a great chunk of HP fell away..!

As for the reason that she didn’t die, was it because the shield had taken some of the damage, or was it her armor..?

In any case, I just had to remain calm and deal the final blow.

I fired off a few more skills until Yuri’s HP dropped to 0.

“Sorry, everyone.. You told me to run away from him, but even that was too hard for me..!”

They were treating me like some dangerous person..!

I had seen Macoco as a monster player, but perhaps I was viewed in a similar way by other parties..

No, no. I’m not that good at the game. I can’t get delusional.

But if we wanted to beat Macoco, perhaps I had to make those delusions a reality?

Modesty was not going to be very useful at this point..!

“Maybe I should be delusional! Like how they say that if you lie a hundred times, then it will become true..!”

..No, that didn’t seem right?

Nevermind! In other words, I just needed to make my ideals a reality!

I defeated one player now, so I can go and help Necoco!

“Now that I think about it, is Garbow alright..?”

I had no idea what happened to them after he dragged Crowkus Jr. into the river.

Unisons were optional when it came to putting them in your party. And so they weren’t included in the final number when deciding which party won a battle. So if the entire party died except for the Unison, that party would still lose.

However, they also had high combat ability, and the presence of a Unison could be the deciding factor in a battle.

And there should be an announcement when they die, so I suppose Garbow was still fine.. But I was getting worried.

But there was no guarantee that I would be able to find him if I went looking. And so I would just have to hope that he would unite with us while we fought against Macoco.

After he defeated Crowkus Jr., that is..