“…………”

Alo droops down and breathes heavily over her shoulder.
Those full power blows really drained her.
Since her skin hasn’t shown any change yet, she must still have some remaining magic left.

“Vue~e~e~eee!”

Along with the Abyss that Alo attacked, the other turned to us and all three headed this way.
The two Abyss in the back attempt to hide their presence and jump to the sides.
I tried not to lose sight of them, but after they jumped behind the trees, it’s like they just vanished.

…… I’ll just leave them alone until they show up again later.
If they only wanted the Grafant’s corpse, they could’ve taken it with them and escaped, or maybe their target is me…… I should also pay attention to Lesser Treant and the baby spiders too.
Who knows where they’ll come out next.

“Vu~e~a~aaa~a~a!”

The Abyss that’s charging at us head on is getting closer.

“Earth…… ma-, gic……〖Clay〗!”

Alo points her arm at the Abyss.
The ground changes shape and turns into spikes.
The Abyss jumps backward, avoiding the spikes, and continues its assault.

As expected, its speed is not to be underestimated.
〖Gale〗is a ranged attack, so this next one should hit.

Alo puts her hand to her face, looking exhausted.
Her skin hasn’t deteriorated yet, but the black aura around her is getting weaker.
Is she out of magic? Want more of my MP then?

With my eyes, I tell Alo to grab my tail as I stretch it closer to her.
Alo nodded and grabbed hold of my tail.
Light surrounds the contacted body parts and her black aura grows stronger.

While Alo was still recharging her magic, the Abyss approaches closer.
The Abyss is already within reach to my tail.
…… Guess it’s time I offer some physical assist.

When I was about to retaliate, Alo turns to the Abyss and raises both arms up.

“〖Gale〗!”

The light emitted from both of her hands causes the wind to swirl at high speed, forming two small twisters.
The twisters crush the Abyss from both sides, squeezing it with just its turbulence.
But, the Abyss escapes the deadlock by tilting diagonally backwards.
Alo pours more magic in both of her raised arms.

“〖Gale〗!”

Two more twisters appear behind the Abyss.
A total of four twisters surround the Abyss from four sides.
Whoa, doesn’t this look like it’ll deal a lot of damage?

Alo leans to my tail, looking tired.
The black aura around Alo is getting weaker again, which means four full-powered〖Gale〗is her limit.
Alo touches my tail with one hand, while keeping her other hand raised high.

“〖Clay〗!”

The Abyss was about to jump in one of the gaps between the twisters.
But then, Alo blocked its escape route with clay spikes.
The Abyss faltered and the twisters began shredding the Abyss in place.

The twisters cancel each other out on impact and created a strong wind blast.
The blast of wind reaches us.
I cover Alo from the dust and debris that blew our way with my wing.

A tree branch also blew our away.
I couldn’t dodge it, so I just closed my eyes, hoping it won’t hurt me much.
Then, something hit my eye. It was stinky and twitching a lot.

When the wind blast ended, I open my eyes.
One of the Abyss’s slimy legs was stuck on my face.

“Gra~u~a?!”

I jumped in surprise and unintentionally faced away.
I immediately realized that Alo was still holding onto my tail, so I calmed myself down, making sure Alo doesn’t fall over.

The Abyss’s leg falls off my face and continues to twitch on the ground.
………… I did not want to see that.
Thank goodness I covered us with my wing.

And, it may be because I looked away for a few seconds, but the Abyss that Alo fought is gone.
The baby spiders were all looking behind me, so I turned to where they were staring at and I saw the Abyss about to jump at Alo.
It was unbalanced and only had seven legs…… no doubt, it’s the same Abyss.

So it’s going for Alo and not me, I see.
Is it because Alo angered it, or maybe it judged that I won’t interfere in their fight, or perhaps it sees Alo as more of a threat.

Alo hasn’t noticed yet.
I lift my tail up.
Alo loses balance and falls off.
I whip my tail at the Abyss’s head, ramming it into the ground.

Let’s have a look at its status……

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Species: Abyss
Status: Enraged (large)
Lv: 24/58
HP: 134/288
MP: 52/58
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I-It’s finally below half……
I want to give Alo a break already, so should I beat it myself now……?
When I turned to Alo to ask her that, she was still clinging on my tail, trying to raise her hand at the Abyss again.

I was gonna put Alo down and keep crushing the Abyss with my tail, but it looks like she’s till raring to go.
This young undead is pretty eager to level up.
Well, if the person in question is trying their best, I guess I’ll see this through to the very end.

“〖Gale〗!”

Alo’s wind magic violently strikes the Abyss who is lying defenseless on the ground.
It wasn’t as powerful as before, but unlike a full-powered〖Gale〗, chantless magic doesn’t take too long to cast.

It was still powerful enough to blow the Abyss away.
The Abyss flipped itself up and stood, shaking its head, trying to grasp the situation.

“〖Gale〗!〖Gale〗!〖Gale〗!”

Striking while the Abyss was still confused, Alo releases another set of twisters.
Their size was even smaller than before, but it only took a second to cast them.
The Abyss hunched over the ground, attempting to take it all.

“Kuh…… kya~aa!”

A small wind blast bursts from the tip of Alo’s hand.
With a short high-patched scream, Alo crouched over my tail.
It’s probably that slight wind blast that Alo’s hand is looking dry and rough.
Maybe she didn’t have enough magic to control〖Gale〗.

Alo touches my tail again and uses〖Mana Drain〗on me.
I don’t know if it’s because she’s focusing on using〖Mana Drain〗or if the level is too low, but it seems like she can’t use other skills while absorbing MP.
I was hoping she could absorb MP with one hand and shoot an attack magic with the other.
So, we can’t use like it a machine gun then.

“Vu~ee~e~a!”

The Abyss jumps again.
When it comes to speed, the Abyss is superior.

“〖Ga-……”

Since she had to switch skills without warning, Alo couldn’t react on time.
Alo tried to use〖Gale〗but was cut by the Abyss.
The Abyss relentlessly grabs Alo with its seven legs.

The Abyss’s legs really are ridiculously long.
Alo can’t recharge her magic now that its this close to her.
She worked hard enough, she’ll receive tons of experience points for this.

I’m sorry, but I’ll have to end this myself now.
I raise my claw, ready to finish off the Abyss.

But just before I did, Alo’s hand grows big and reaches out to grab the Abyss’s head.

“Gru~a……?”

I unwillingly growled in surprise.
The Abyss’s body gets lifted in the air, with its seven legs writhing about.
I have absolutely no idea what I just witnessed.