"You're not getting away from me!

I was running well...... they caught me up. When you stop and turn around, she represents you from a shadow without light. Being a cat beast, she is very agile in her movements, so you won't be able to escape her.

"Why were you running? Were you trying to escape because you were at a disadvantage?

I won't do that. I was choosing a place. Besides... it was just the right time because I was chasing you.

"Answer nothing...... eh in times like this - I have you, I will knock you down and get you money! So good, thank you...... yeah, bandit tone is hard!

... I think it's better not to be conscious and say things like bandits.

Now, I'm sorry about that, but I let her chant [Dark Bind] release. [Darkburst] I don't have as much chanting time as I do, so I can buy a little time to activate it, so that's good.

"I can't believe how restrained I am..."

She can't move because the chains of darkness are tangled. If you don't, that cleric will disarm you, so I'll make you chant the next magic.

Yeah, well, shall I answer the question? The reason I moved out of that place. That place can't see the sky, and if you want to fight, the sky... because I just thought it would be better if I could see the moon.

"Become..."

The light begins to shine on this place, which was dark. This place has no leaves to cover and hide the sky even in the woods. You can see the stars shining sky, and the moon.

"Why... Bluey! -! -! -!? What's going on!?

Her eyes are looking at the right (...). Is it from her on the left? The chain that was holding her will disappear because the effect time has passed.

Just like that, I ended my chanting time exactly [Shadow Arrow]. That hits her. That it was night. And the [moonlight] and [over the bottom] effects seem to have worked, but she still won't fall.

"... I don't know, but now the enemy in front of me!

I don't know how much they shredded after eating the shadow arrow, but she attacks this way.

"[Double slash]!

A strong series of attacks hits my body. There is only a few HP left. If you hit it at all, you'll get zero. I swallowed a bump as well. My next attack goes in without getting my hair in. This should run out of my HP already......

"...... [Air Shock]!

Compressed chunks of air hit her directly. There's no way she could have been avoided for snuggling up to attack me.

"Oh no, why... you're not dead!

Looks like you still have HP. She takes a distance from me. She looks at this one with a surprised look.

"Because I used potion. Isn't that obvious?"

HP with only a few left. But I managed not to get to zero because I recovered my HP before my next attack.

"Where did you get the potion from? I didn't shake it up."

"I drank. It was in my mouth."

In the middle of a run.

"Such a bad thing..."

"Oh, there's a delicious potion in the world."

If it stays a bad flavor, spit it out the moment it's in your mouth, or swallow immediately. I can't stand that flavor.

But if the taste is good, it can remain in the mouth. And when you want to use it, you can recover by drinking it during battle, as you did earlier.

I was slightly anxious that I could use the potion that way. I remember that once I drank a bad flavor, it took time for it to work a little, and I tried it once earlier. As a result, I found that apparently, if I didn't drink it, it wouldn't work.

"Well, shall we at least defeat you alone?... thanks for pinning me down so far."

Activate the magic... eh.

"... arrow"

The girl with the cat ears in front of her. From her chest I could see a chin. In an instant that arrow passes her (...) and now it stabs me in the chest.

...... less HP. HP is already on the verge of dying, as it has not yet recovered its attack from the cat-eared girl. If you eat one more blow, you will die.

"Savar!"

Behind her. There was an elf youth, her companion, who I thought would not represent her inside from earlier.

Oh, not at all. I don't get attacked by party members, especially because they slip through ranged attacks, magic, etc., so well, you shoot over your buddies. Besides, it's right behind her, so I can't see a sniper. I got caught off guard because of you.

"Pull, Azzie! This is not us...... xoxo!

At that moment, I saw an object plummeting from his head. white bird. The bird is like an owl and has a long wingspan. It's just bigger than my partner.

The black shadow instead falls toward the elf youth, wondering if he was engulfed in smoke along the way. Looks like he ate the attack from a falling black shadow, and his dead body wrapped around the effects of light and disappeared.

"... yu -"

"I'm sorry to surprise you, but it's your turn."

Stick a cane tip to that forehead of the girl who turned around. Or I won't let you say any more. I get more headaches from him. If I let go of the [Shadow Arrow] that I completed chanting in the meantime, this is the time she disappeared to follow the elf youth as HP seemed to be gone.

Well, now I'm not the only one left on this scene...... aren't you? Two and one, to be exact?

"Long time no see. I didn't expect to meet you at a time like this, Mr. Tsubaki."

That's the second time you've seen her face illuminated by the light of the moon. I reply to my greeting in the form of her snort. Haku came down from the sky next to Mr. Tsubaki. Did you also use the skills to replace Haku and Tsubaki earlier?

"Did the others have Mr. Tsubaki?

Cochri and she nod again. Apparently, he was dealing with the other two when he was chasing me and the cat-eared girl. I see why she was looking at the left. You must have been surprised because the party members suddenly died.

"Thank you for your help"

"... I didn't help you"

She shakes her head left and right as she refuses to thank me.

"The awkward carried out his task. That's all."

"Still doesn't change what you helped me with"

"I would have gotten my hands on it from the beginning if I had that intention, I would have"

"……… So you've been there since the beginning"

Apparently the three of them weren't the only ones who were so cocky on that occasion. Were you out of range to detect it, or was Mr. Tsubaki's level high enough?

No matter how high level Mr. Tsubaki seemed, it would have been difficult to deal with the three of them. So I didn't know I was doing it.

"But I'll thank you."

"... do as you please"

If you say so, she turns her back.

"But the Lord is also outrageous. I told him to disappear and challenge the three opponents to fight..."

... Wait. I told you to disappear. Do you remember... is that the time? When I told you to leave?... It's possible.

Maybe I meant to tell you to retreat this one, but it can mean you still have unstable language skills, another word because of that.

"Unfortunately, there was only one person I could defeat, but let's do it next time"

... Well, that would be nice. Chloe, it's fine. Because it might be more like her.

"You're a terrible man, Lord."

That's how you whine. Mr. Tsubaki disappears into the dark night. Huck also flew away gently and disappeared. Mr. Tsubaki still looks cool. And Haku was getting bigger again.

"Oh, I forgot about Nil!

He hastily summoned and re-summoned the demon screen. I yawn and the sleepy nil comes out as if nothing had happened. The size is as small as ever.

"Sounds fine."

I felt my heart finally settled when I saw him like that.