Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

「The gargoyle is so damn annoying.」

The second phase of our tactic. We tried to hit the head with two parties and build a trench all the way up to the mountain while Orochi was distracted and only scored 75 out of 100 points with the first part being successful while the latter only half-successful.

As expected, the gargoyles started to rush at us as we dug the trench.

「Around 300 meters until the mountain.」

It is so close, yet feels so far. It was the distance that I could cross quickly with a sprint.

「We can't get any closer. I want to at least reach a distance of 50 meters.」

We could try this over and over until we were done.

「Well then, next is the combination of the 1st and 3rd party. The 2nd party will act as Randou-san's escort while she digs the trench.」

So, with my next iteration, we managed to crush the 1st head with ease and when the 2nd and 3rd heads came out, they found out that we, the trespassers, had long since gone. This should reset the battle count.

The gargoyles raised a piercing loud warcry.

Currently, we reached around 230 meters from the mountain.

「Momokawa, those guys are coming! Shall we fight back?」

「Keep digging Randou-san! Hey, what are you doing? Shoot them down!」

「This is our limit, Momokawa.」

「There're too many of the~m!」

Tch, the escort Shimokawa, and even Natsukawa-san were already whining about the current situation. So this was the limit of stopping the army of gargoyles with this line-up.

「Tch, here I thought we could at least hit a distance of 200 meters.」

Thus, Mei-chan carried me back as we retreated, I cursed at our enemy while enjoying the supple sensation of her bo*bs.

Oh whatever, we could do this again as long as our stamina and magical power remained.

Now, it was time for the 2nd and 3rd party to fight the head. We dug the trench while the 1st party acted as our escort.

SHIGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

We heard the war cry of the gargoyle,

GUOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Yamata no Orochi’s dangerous low growl reached my ears.

「OI MOMOKAWA! THAT SNAKE IS HEADING TO THIS PLACE FOR SOME REASON!」

「Dammit, so that damn Orochi will react once we reach this distance… EVERYONE HURRY UP, WE'RE LEAVING THIS PLACE! THE 1ST PARTY WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP THE HEAD ON THEIR OWN, SOUMA-KUN, BUY TIME FOR EVERYONE!」

「… Can't be helped. Ryuuichi, gimme a hand.」

「Oh, right when I've time to spare.」

That's our reliable trump card for you.

Upon entering the 200-meter mark from the mountain, Yamata no Orochi, who engaged against the 2nd and 3rd party, changed its target to us who were closer to the mountain. Meaning that it was actually keeping a tab on our movement too.

The 2nd and 3rd party couldn't cope with the sudden change of the situation. They couldn't deal with the onslaught of the head and the gargoyle at the same time.

For this situation, Souma-kun and Tendou-kun would take care of the head while buying us time to retreat to a safe distance.

Though there was no damage on our side, the same couldn't be said for the trench that we dug.

「Shall we try again, Momokawa-kun?」

「No, that's enough for today.」

We managed to dig a trench until 190 meters away. It was already plenty of information that Orochi reacted to within 200 meters range.

Moreover, the best harvest of this field exercise was the fact that all three parties could cope with the head regardless of the combination. Well, the fact that we needed two parties for that was homework for later though.

「We will take a break tomorrow and enter the 3rd phase the day after tomorrow.」

Meaning that we would challenge Yamata no Orochi again after full recovery.

「The 3rd phase is to have the three parties handle three heads at once.」

After crushing the first head, another two heads would come out for sure. Since the first head would recover with their cheat-like recovery ability, it meant that the three parties would've to fight three heads at the same time.

「The objective is to find a way to seal the recovery of the crushed head. For that, I'll have Class Rep seal the crushed head in the ice.」

「Okay, I'll try.」

The recovery ability of the head resembled that of Hydra from Greek myth.

The famous tactic to seal Hydra's recovery ability was by burning the cross section with fire alas… The same tactic wouldn't work for Yamata no Orochi. This had already been proven by Tendou-kun when he used the fire ability he got from a salamander to burn the cross-section.

Since fire didn't work, let's freeze it, and that was the perfect job for Class Rep. Though I doubt this method would work, we still had to try it.

「Momokawa~, do I have to dig again?」

「No, Randou-san will cover the crushed head.」

「Are you sure?」

「Sure.」

What's with that strange gap?

Aah, it seems I didn't explain my tactic properly. Well, not that I would explain to the last detail.

「In addition, the other objective of the 3rd phase is to find another route to the mountain, it's a scouting job.」

「Wait a minute, even if you call it a scouting job, you know that our life will be in danger the closer we get to the mountain.」

「That's why do your best, Souma-kun, I know you can do it.」

「ME!?」

「Who else then? You think our reliable scout, Natsukawa-san, can do that?」

「Im-Impossible, that's absolutely impossible!」

「… Momokawa, you should go.」

「How cruel of you Souma-kun, you're telling a weak shaman to go to enemy base!」

「You have your twin shadow for that, right? Or Rem's spare body, right?」

「Dammit, nothing flies past your observation.」

He was correct. My 『Twin Shadow』 and Rem, who could freely change her vessel with claydoll, were the best for this job.

Since everyone had become stronger, we had a lot of living armor-grade material for her spare armor. Spec-wise, it wasn't that much different from Minotaur or Dark Knight, her main powerhouse avatar.

「We have to go looking for a cave or opening that leads all the way to its main body from that mountain. And the other objective is to find a clue to subjugate Orochi.」

「Yeah, there's no way we can take everyone into its main body.」

I still had no idea whether we could aim for its main body from the mountain. Only an idiot would launch an all-out-like suicide attack.

「But what if there is nothing in there?」

「Then it's time to revise our tactic.」

It was already good enough as long as we could find a cave that went inside. Only then could we truly make a subjugation plan.

In case we found nothing inside, then we had no choice but to think of another plan. Namely asking Randou-san to dig again.

「There's no problem with me going to the mountain, but everyone has to be careful too since the 2nd and 3rd heads are more vicious and brutal than the 1st head.」

Their safety was guaranteed by our three aces though. Our three aces had no problem dealing with the 2nd phase of Orochi.

「Let's go.」

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「Ready for sortie!」

GUGAGA, GOWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Upon a closer look, Rem’s, who replied vigorously, spare bodies were a truly splendid lineup of monsters.

The first on the line was a spare dark knight. It was made with the same material as the original, namely the living armor. Since it was made with the same materials, it should have the same ability as the original model. However, perhaps because there were hidden parameters like proficiency, the original model of Rem-Dark Knight had a better performance during the field test.

The original second form was the Arachne model, but we could hardly find an Arachne since they were pretty rare monsters. Now that the exploration party was composed of a strong line-up, perhaps not even Arachne would dare to get close to us.

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