CH 11

Chapter 11 – Dwarf Attack

“Myrril, do you know any magic?”

“I can only use elementary defensive magic and general life magic. I don’t have the skills to block those ridiculous attack spells, nor do I have any means of attack other than body enhancement.”

“We’re doomed, huh? I don’t have any magic to fight it either.”

“Dwarves are known for their courage, brute strength, and technical prowess. Hiding and sneaking around is not our strong suit. It’s better to kill them before the enemy can attack.”

“Shh, someone’s coming.”

There is a shadow at the location where the magic struck earlier. A man in a black hood. He is probably a mage. As soon as he found out that there was no sign of the corpse, he immediately looked around. If he has some kind of detection magic, it’s only a matter of time before he finds us.

“Search.”

I could faintly hear the mage’s voice. It’s a dead-end, huh? I don’t have a choice here. I took my AKM out of storage and gestured to Myrril to take cover.

“What is that?”

As I feared, the dwarf girl’s curiosity overcame her, and she followed me to my side. She kept her voice down, but she was too excited to see what was going on.

“It’s just a bigger gun than the one I used before. I don’t know if it will work against a mage, so can you stay hidden?”

“No. I will stay with Yoshua.”

She told me with a snort, but probably… and definitely not out of concern for me. There is no time to persuade her, and even if I did, she would not accept it. I gave up and took my pistol out of storage. I removed the safety, rechecked the ammunition, and with the muzzle pointed in the direction of the mage; I motioned for Myrril to hold the grip.

“Hold this. Point it at your opponent and pull this to fire an instant death arrow. You can only fire one shot. Do not fire until you are within visual range of your opponent. Don’t put your finger in the trigger guard until just before you fire. And don’t ever point it at me, okay?”

“Understood.”

I know I said to take good care of it, but I only loaned it to you, okay?

“Two, northeast woods.”

I don’t know who he was talking to, but the mage seemed to have found us and started moving towards us, cutting through the obstructions. He doesn’t seem to have seen us, but in a forest where the evening darkness is becoming thicker and darker, we are at a disadvantage because we can’t use detection magic, and we can’t see at night.

I checked the mage’s figure through the iron sights of my AKM. The distance is about 15 meters. It’s not a gun that requires much aiming, and I haven’t adjusted the sights properly since I got it. If possible, I’d like to kill him before he gets cautious…

“Yosh, I can see him; I just need to be in range, right?”

“Oh, you idiot!”

Don’t just yosh it, you idiot!

I don’t know how she misunderstood or misinterpreted the situation, but she jumped out of the forest in a low posture. She used her short limbs and short stature to make a quick dash, using a barrier to close in on the mage in no time at all.

Then there was a high possibility of a misfire, and now I couldn’t shoot. I couldn’t leave her alone, so I ran after her. Rather, this role is a diversion, a decoy. I wielded my rifle prominently on the opposite side of Myrril and aimed while standing so that it would be visible.

“Damn, you’ve got to be kidding me…”

“You are…”

Myrril was already standing right next to the mage. Looking straight into the eyes of the man who looked back at her, the noja loli laughed.

“I can see you.”

The .45 caliber bullet landed on the man’s nose, and due to the height difference, it went through the top of the man’s head, splattering his skull and brain plasma into the air. Without looking back at the falling man, Myrril gestures in the direction of the forest.

“They’re coming. From what I can see, there are one mage and four heavy cavalries.”

The crisis didn’t end; reinforcements arrived. Though, I’m not sure why she looks so happy about it.