Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

After trial and error using my twin shadow, we found the best route toward the rocky mountain.

Since even my shadow and Rem's spare body could reach the rocky mountain without a hitch, we should be able to reach that mountain too.

「Ora~,get re~ctk」

「『Lux Sagita』」

The gargoyles who happened to slip into the mist were mostly killed by Randou-san or Sakura-chan. It felt really nice to see those small fries get slaughtered with a long-distance attack.

「Hee, with this cane, even I can kill those gargoyles in one strike――『Aqua Sagita』」

Yup, even Shimokawa with his moderate skill could play an active role in this.

The magic of water attribute might not have powerful offensive spells, but as long as the user has the right cane, they can take down gargoyles in one hit with a low-rank spell.

『Kelpie Rod』: A long cane made with Kelpie materials subjugated in the lake. Their horn was the organ to manipulate the water attribute magical power; their skin and bone had excellent conductivity of magical power. This was the magic cane of water attribute that Shimokawa had been waiting for.

Since we made the best use of the entire materials, a tennis ball-sized water ball formed on the pointed tip of Kelpie's horn, which then released as high-pressure water like a laser, something similar to a water jet.

The water jet pierced through the chest of the incoming gargoyles and cut their wings as it was.

Though the spell could pierce a gargoyle's stone-like body, it couldn't bisect them. But, it had enough power to cut through their thin wings.

That attack couldn't finish off the gargoyle, but making them lose their flight ability was the same as killing them.

Thanks to the trio of spellcaster's anti-air spell, we arrived at the rocky mountain without a hitch.

By the way, we walked in two lines with the following arrangement.

In the lead, Shimokawa・Dark Knight. Behind him was Randou・Yamada. In the third row was me mounted on Alfa and Mei-chan. In the fourth row was Arachne. And lastly, Sakura・Minotaurs.

Sakura-chan made a really displeased face when I assigned the Minotaurs as her bodyguard, but it couldn't be helped since the only one who could be sacrificed in this mission was Rem whose body could be replaced. Mei-chan and Yamada were irreplaceable.

「Be very careful from this point since the gargoyles might attack us from the ground too.」

「Uhm, understood.」

「My turn has come, eh.」

The three spellcasters, to keep the incoming enemy at bay, were enough on the way to the rocky mountain. However, from this point on, we needed Mei-chan and Yamada as vanguard due to the overwhelming number of our potential enemies.

We stepped firmly on the slanted ground and began our ascend.

We stepped into the gargoyle nest, they would attack en masse once we were discovered.

「Tch, can they actually see us? Their number keeps increasing!」

Said Shimokawa as he bisected the body of a gargoyle who rushed toward us while screaming loudly.

「Well, their number is actually less than usual. The smoke screen is working.」

「Are you kidding me, this kind of raid is LESS THAN USUAL…」

「GUGAAAN!」

Rem the Dark Knight brandished her great sword to kill the gargoyle who was creeping on the ground with its four legs. Yup, this guy was the fastest when creeping on four legs on the ground. When on the ground, they moved like monkeys.

The chance of our vanguard encountering the wandering gargoyles increased as we walked.

Though the surrounding area was enshrouded by Shimokawa's mist, the density of the gargoyle did rise the closer we were to the peak.

「Momokawa~, how far are we from the to~p?」

「Just a bit more.」

Randou-san complained as she adjusted her slightly erratic breath. It seems I had to let her ride Alfa.

「Are we really heading in the right direction?」

「It's okay, just follow the landmark.」

I had left markings along the shortest route toward the summit.

Once upon a time, I had an extremely tough experience of beating a mountain-sized monster where I had to ride a car and ended up losing along the way since I didn't know the direction. I thought that slip could be faulted to the developer since the guiding beacon didn't function properly even though there was a special route.

That was by no means because I had a poor sense of direction, but it didn't mean that I had great intuition or sense of direction either. I mean, everyone would lose their way if they walked around unfamiliar environments for the first time.

And this rocky mountain of Yamata no Orochi was exactly that kind of place.

Even though we only needed to reach the summit, there was some place that was simply blocked since it was literally a steep cliff, and the most dangerous place of all was the place with giant tree-like stone on which the density of the gargoyle was simply overwhelming.

Thus, I marked the shortest route to the summit while making sure that we stayed away from such suicidal spots. Honestly, it was truly a thrilling experience to mark the place with paint as far as possible as Rem's spare body fell one by one back then, it was a race against time.

Ah, this was the place where I left a mark as the lower body of my clone got eaten by the gargoyle.

「We are about to arrive. Get ready, Randou-san.」

「Oooou.」

Despite her half-hearted reply, she always did her job perfectly.

When it came to earth magic, Randou-san had never betrayed my expectations.

She did well during our training. Thus, I knew that she would have no problem finishing her job.

「――Okay, we have arrived.」

The huge "X" mark painted on the ground indicated our goal.

Right below this mark was the source of Yamata no Orochi's endless life force, its real body.

「Shimokawa-kun!」

「I'm gonna spread it, everyone gather around me!」

Shimokawa raised his Kelpie Rod to manipulate the 『Ice Mist』.

We took an encamped position with mist surrounding us. Since we were only staying in one place without being able to escape, we wanted to avoid the big gargoyle, at least staying vigilant to guarantee our safety.

The inside of the white mist cleared up, revealing the dreary surface of the summit of the rocky mountain.

By using the Kelpie Rod, the 『Ice Mist』  could be spread as far as 500 meters in diameter. Thus, the area around the summit was surrounded by the mist.

The only place visible inside the dense mist the size of a gymnasium was the place where we should dig.

And once the mist around this area got dispelled, it revealed the crowd of gargoyles who had already been nesting in this place, all of them glaring at once toward us.

「Everyone get ready! Let's take over this place first!」

Mei-chan didn't waste a single moment to plunge into the crowd of the gargoyles while raising a war cry.

Her brandished halberd hit the ground along with a loud explosive sound. The sheer might of her attack killed a few gargoyles at once, shredding them to pieces. It seems she used martial arts, 『Rupture』, to create a shockwave.

「Don't forget about me!」

Though less powerful than Mei-chan, Yamada's defense was truly remarkable. He worked together with Dark Knight and Minotaur Rem to kill one gargoyle after another.

「Momokawa, you should at least join the fight too.」

「I'm already giving my all here~」

The lack of shaman's firepower became more evident during this situation. And since I was being surrounded by my allies, I couldn't use my 『Rotten Bog』 either.

The only thing I could do in this situation was harass the gargoyles with 『Black Hair Bind』 combined with 『Poison』. Thank you Hinagiku-san.

On the other hand, as much as I hate to say this, Sakura-chan didn't stay idle either, she sniped one gargoyle after another.

Eh, did she just shoot through three gargoyles at once with one arrow? Ain't that like a super transcendental skill? How sly, why do such skills have to be given to Sakura-chan?

「… I hope I can get 『Saint』 skull.」

「Were you by chance just thinking something really shady just now!?」

「They might be just a small fry but you can't let your guard down against them, Sakura-chan.」

Yup, we took control of this place. We met no problem since our party had both vanguard and rear guard. We had enough power to eliminate your average gargoyle at once.

「How's your fare, Randou-san?」

「Ready at your command.」

Great, making her adjust her breathing during the occupation battle was a correct choice after all. Now everything had finally fallen into the proper place.

Everyone was safe and sound when we gathered around the mark for the digging spot.

「Okay then, she is yours.」

「Sure thing, behold my true power――『Tera Rampart Defense』」

The spell she used was an advanced rank of earth magic.

Randou-san fired in all directions with her golden revolver emitting a magic circle.

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