I Was Banished From the Hero Party I Raised

24. Trial of Regular Champions (6)

The darkness of the empty eyes is deep enough to suck the gaze of the viewer.

The Skeleton Corps, who had that darkness in their eyes, rushed from all sides.

“Gather!”

Helena cried.

As always, the first course of action against an ambush is to hide under Helena’s protection.

First, after enduring with that defensive power, observe the opponent.

Vivian and Lucia clung to Helena.

Immediately after that, a hemispherical protective shield unfolded surrounding the party.

– Kwakwang!

Soldiers with skulls, each knocked on the barrier.

An explosion sounded loudly, but the party was unharmed.

However, the group’s expression was not very good.

“The skeleton… .”

“I’m fine.”

Skeletons encountered on the way were blown away when they hit Helena’s protection, or their arms fell off altogether.

But those who are here now are different.

Although staggering, his limbs were intact.

“… … .”

Cold sweat began to run down Helena’s face in the helmet.

“Just watch. Helena, can you hold on?”

“Yes… !”

Helena kept her protection.

-bang!

Again, the skeletons attacked, but the party did not get a scratch.

It was the same for Skeleton.

They lost their balance and stumbled and fell, but that was it.

“What do you think?”

“I can hold on.”

Although embarrassed, Helena was confident.

Because the enemies’ attacks weren’t that strong.

‘But even my stamina has a limit… . I can’t stand it forever.’

The three looked over the skeleton army and tried to find a breakthrough.

Their gaze soon caught the sense of incongruity.

The Skeleton Corps was no longer attacking.

They stood a few steps away from the hemispherical barrier and quietly observed the party.

“This… .”

“Think… I saw you do it.”

The skeleton leader on top of the podium also looked down at his enemy.

As if pondering what that pale yellow shield was.

“Do you think it was because of that?”

Vivian asked, facing the Skeleton Leader.

Helena and Lucia also saw the leader.

The reason why the skeleton I encountered just a few minutes ago and the skeleton here are inevitably different.

It was clear.

Because there is something that guides them, manages them, and gives them power.

“How can I attack that thing… .”

“There are too many enemies around to break the protection.”

At that time, the skeleton leader’s fingers slowly stirred in the air.

Then the skeletons changed their posture.

“This… .”

-bang!

There were no surprises.

Skeletons were throwing long weapons in their hands.

-Kugugung!

The rain-like raindrops pounded the protective barrier.

The weapon bounced away, and I picked it up again and threw it again.

“Hey… .”

Vivian groaned.

That wasn’t the end of it.

The skeleton leader’s index finger moved gently as if stroking the air.

Then, a skeleton flew up from the back of the skeleton legion.

The leader pointed at the party, and the flying skeleton plunged headlong toward the shield like an arrow.

-bang!

It was using a skeleton that was so far away that he couldn’t throw his weapon.

The skeleton, which was disassembled in all directions, rattled and returned to its original form.

Helena reported right away.

“I cannot go on like this.”

“It seems to be the moment when attack is needed rather than defense… .”

“I have a way.”

Vivian stepped out.

“I’ll take the three of us to the heights with ‘Ground Up’.”

Ground Up is a magic that causes the ground to rise and build a wall.

The last time we dealt with the Ogre, we felt the need to cooperate and Vivian learned.

“While you two are dealing with the skeleton that will come up together, I will aim at that huge skeleton from a distance.”

“Okay, sister.”

“All right!”

Maintaining Helena’s protection, Vivian cast her magic.

The ground rose straight from under my feet.

Standing on a high spot at once, they could see more clearly the number of skeletons that filled the cavity.

“Hey… .”

Surprised, Lucia let out an exclamation.

In the meantime, Helena secured protection, and Vivian aimed at the Skeleton Leader.

Because the size and shape of the raised ground was almost the same as that of a castle wall, several skeletons around it came up with it.

“I will go left!”

“yes!”

Helena and Lucia split to the left and right of Vivian and ran out.

Right after that, Vivian’s Ice Spear was slashed at the Skeleton Leader in an oblique line.

“Right!”

Sensing the hit, Vivian hopped and shouted, and then, frightened of the high position, her legs trembled.

The ice spear that fell around that time was pierced into the skull of the skeleton leader.

– Kwadeuk!

The leader just sat and stumbled.

The Ice Spear moved away leaving only scratches.

“what… ?”

It was an unfamiliar experience for Vivian.

Not once, I’ve never seen him so well after being hit by his own magic.

Confused, he cast the spell again.

I sent a series of huge ice spears.

– Knock!

When the leader slowly raised his arm to block it, it blocked it.

“Ugh… ? what is it… !”

Vivian continued to use magic.

Fire ball, water ball, rock shot, lightning bolt.

After that, I even used the ‘Lightning Chain’ I learned recently.

Although it was a technique to attack the enemy multiple times without breaking the lightning bolt.

“… … .”

It didn’t do any significant damage.

Seeing her fine appearance, Vivian recalled what Ian had casually heard.

‘Resist magic… .’

They said that there are monsters that have their own resistance to magic.

The amount varies from individual to individual, but the difference between having at least a little and not having it is quite large.

“Chi… . Those king bones… .”

Lucia and Helena returned after cleaning up the enemies around them.

“Is it magic resistance?”

Lucia said, and Vivian nodded.

“then… . It means we have to get there ourselves.”

Helena murmured.

It’s about the same height as the current Skeleton Leader, but it’s far from easy to reach.

The leader sent the skeleton flying again with a finger.

-thud!

Helena spread her protection and blocked it.

The three looked down at the situation in that state and pondered.

“I don’t think it’ll be difficult to clear the skeletons on the floor if you use Helena’s protection and the geographical condition of being on this wall.”

Those were Vivian’s words.

“But the downside is that it takes too long. Or, that king bone might find another way… .”

Or keep throwing skeletons.

Or to break down this wall you are standing on.

“I don’t think that giant skeleton will come out directly. If it could have been, it would have been right sooner.”

It was Helena’s opinion, and it made sense.

Lucia concluded.

“After all, that means we have to approach that guy who looks like the captain ourselves. Either by arranging the guy below, or whatever.”

Lucia’s gaze at the skeleton leader slowly descended.

There, I saw the podium where the leader was sitting.

“… Wouldn’t that platform have no magic resistance?”

To those words that were thrown inadvertently.

“… ah?”

“Five!”

Vivian and Helena realized.

Terrain determines a lot.

Even if the number and quality of troops are poor, if the terrain conditions are met, they can compete and win.

This is what Ian taught me.

Until the D-class dungeon, there was no opportunity to use what he had learned.

Because the dungeon’s path was one-sided and flat.

“Ian, you’ve been looking very far… .”

Helena shook her head.

“I will break that pillar. Are you aiming for the fallen king bone? Then, should I clear the bottom first… ?”

“Well.”

Lucia shook her head.

“no. I’ll try. I have an idea. As for… .”

Lucia told Vivian and Helena of her plan.

“Nue?!”

“Yes?!”

The two of them opened their eyes wide in surprise.

“It’s not too dangerous… ?”

“Lucia-sama’s safety is not secured… !”

“I can protect my body.”

Lucia smiled and reassured them both.

“You are a warrior. You have to be prepared to make some sacrifices.”

“… … .”

The two couldn’t help but nod their heads.

Other than that, I couldn’t think of a safer and more certain number.

*

Lucia remembered the time when she was receiving one-on-one training from Ian.

There was a time when he said this while laughing at Lucia as if he had collapsed.

‘What should I say? There are times when I doubt whether what I am teaching is correct.’

‘yes?’

‘He’s too gifted.’

‘Is this praise also part of education?’

‘Hmm… . There aren’t times like that, but this time it’s pure sincerity.’

‘Is that enough… .’

I didn’t know much then.

However, I realized it while working.

‘I must have been born.’

It was an indescribable talent.

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Just, if you wanted to, you did.

It is not a matter of simply defending and counterattacking the opponent’s attack.

She always seemed to be able to vaguely see the best result of ‘winning’.

It was with Ian, and there were times when it became clearer from time to time while solving dungeons with colleagues.

It is now.

“Helena. Are you ready?”

“Yes!”

The two stood facing each other.

Far behind Lucia was the Skeleton Leader.

The Skeleton Leader waited while observing what the party was doing.

The enemy’s intellect was exploited against them.

“I am ready too!”

said Vivian, memorizing what had to be done.

Although they didn’t show it, the three were afraid.

First time.

I never thought that I might not win.

It was not for nothing.

They were always confident.

Even if it was somewhat difficult, there was a solution if we discussed and moved on.

Thanks to the reliability of Ian and Kati, who always stand behind them, they were able to focus only on moving forward.

But now it’s different.

The enemy in front of me can only be defeated by jumping over it beyond exerting all my might.

could have run away.

Ian said that running away is common in C-class dungeons and above.

After discovering the boss monster first, retreat and redefine your strategy, or join another party to attack.

They could have, too, but they did not.

‘I have to prove it.’

It was the only thought in everyone’s head.

This time I also rejected Ian’s advice.

Ian, you must be watching this from beginning to end.

If it was him, he certainly wouldn’t have taken his eyes off it.

So, I had to show him.

that only they can do it on their own.

Their purpose was the 1st warrior party.

Even if that prestige has declined now.

They are warriors who have made history and made lofty achievements that will never be seen again in the empire.

In order to pass those who Ian raised and managed himself, he could not withdraw from the official exam or sit down.

‘I have to do it.’

The three did not reveal their intentions outwardly, but they all had the same heart.

Lucia announced the start.

“Whoa… . Let’s do it.”

The three eyes glittered with determination.

*

Helena deployed her protection diagonally against Lucia.

“Huh!”

After taking a short breath, Lucia lunged at it, twisting at the same time as making short leaps.

The back collided with the protection.

-bang!

“Black… !”

A blunt shock ran down his back and spread all over his body.

However, Helena’s healing touched him and slowly eased the shock.

The healing did not last long either.

Because it bounced off the ignorant anti-resilience and flew in a parabola in the air.

Like a stone fired from a catapult, toward the leader.

“I will!”

Along with Vivian’s cry, several ice spears flew out of the air.

It was born from Lucia’s stomach and crashed before Lucia did.

-Kwaguawang!

The area under the podium where the leader was sitting was bombed.

-Kugugung… .

As expected, there was no magic resistance on the spot.

The moment the cylinder is about to collapse slowly.

-bang!

A slightly smaller ice spear that flew in belatedly pushed the top of the podium.

The cylinder began to fall backwards.

-Kurrureung… . thud!

The Skeleton Leader sat motionless on the podium, then fell to the floor.

Even then, the magic stone was held in my hand.

-Ku Kwang Kwang!

Subsequently, dozens of ice spears flew past Lucia and landed close to the leader.

Like a downhill road narrowing from all sides, an icy road to the leader appeared.

-Tadak! Tadadak!

Skeletons flocked to the leader’s instructions after noticing the incident.

-Kudeuk!

Ice walls surged up on both sides of the leader, blocking support.

Lucia grinned.

‘Sister Vivian. As expected, the timing was right.’

The destination is the skeleton’s head.

However, it won’t be easy.

The trajectory has already been distorted, and even if you fall like this, your body will not be able to withstand the shock.

So, you have to choose the right ice spear, ride it, and slide down.

Lucia held the hatchet in both hands and widened her field of vision.

‘Okay, let’s try…’ .’