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Sow Fell Silent

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*Clang!*

“Buh?” (Henwen)

“Your Highness Harold!” (Monica)

I managed to intercept Henwen’s descending paw just in time. With the dull, heavy, black iron of the ‘Jet-Black Shield Casparleague’.

“Monica! Are you alright?” (Harold)

“Y-Yes! But, that shield…” (Monica)

I turned to Monica to ensure she was unharmed, and felt relieved upon confirmation. Though really, who wouldn’t be surprised? That miniature-sized shield had transformed into such an impressive shield.

“Is… this me?” (Casparleague)

Casparleague herself seemed even more astonished than Monica. But now, I understood a few things. In that limited-time event’s backstory within Enhaz, the protagonist subdued Casparleague by defeating him. Thus, transforming her into a weapon. Henwen being the raid boss indicated the territorial dispute between these two magical beasts in Moone Island. So, Casparleague sided with the protagonist, and Henwen was defeated.

Well, wouldn’t it have been better to prepare some sort of post-event storyline? That way, more players could have been attracted, and maybe the game wouldn’t have faced the unfortunate shutdown in just six months. Their business strategy was just plain terrible.

Oh well.

For now, our task is to defeat the Henwen before us and let Casparleague exact vengeance for her mother.

“Alexandra-dono! Monica! I’ll take all of Henwen’s attacks! Use this opportunity to finish it off!” (Harold)

“Yes!” (Alexandra)

“Leave it to us.” (Monica)

“Buhiyaaa!” (Henwen)

The enraged sow pressed her full weight onto her foreleg, aiming to crush me. But…

“Hahaha! Amazing! This is incredible!” (Harold)

Even though Harold had the weakest physical defense, I didn’t flinch even at Henwen’s attacks. In the first place, in Enhaz, all weapon cards except for shields were a system that added physical attack power or magic attack power, or both, to the character’s status, while the weapon card of the shield added only the physical defense power of the status.

 

Moreover, if the character and the shield were of the same attribute, the effect would be doubled. The physical defense power of the Jet-Black Shield Casparleague was the same value as that of the SSR heroine that had been maxed out, so I could even handle the attack from Henwen.

“Haaahhhhh!” (Alexandra)

“Shh!” (Monica)

“Biyah!? Pguiiiiiii!” (Henwen)

Alexandra and Monica launched attacks one after another, and Henwen’s huge body was dyed red with blood. No matter how durable it was, it probably wouldn’t stand a chance if it continued to receive this many attacks.

“Piyuooooooooooooooo!” (Henwen)

“Don’t let that happen!” (Harold)

I preempted Henwen’s move to turn Alexandra’s aim, stood in front of her, and took the attack.

I absolutely won’t let them both get even a scratch.

“Pu… pugi…” (Henwen)

About 20 minutes from the start of the battle. Henwen’s movements were clearly dull, and its ear-splitting cries had become faint. Then…

“Aaaaa!” (All)

Turn that big body upside down, Henwen ran away. However, it wass easy to catch up because of slow movement and deep wounds.

” Casparleague… now is the time to avenge your mother.” (Harold)

“Ugh … yeah! … But how?” (Casparleague)

“Is there? The power of yours that sleeps in you alone.” (Harold)

“Just my… power…” (Casparleague)

Casparleague muttered so and fell silent.

“Pi… pigyu…” (Henwen)

Henwen was desperate to escape from us and shake its body forward. And…

“… [Snatch]!” (Casparleague)

Casparleague chants the name of his unique skill of Jet-Black Shield Casparleague.

“Huh?” (Harold)

From the jet-black iron shield, a massive obsidian claw symbolizing Casparleague surged towards Hen Wen, gouging through its flabby body.

“Pl… geh…” (Henwen)

Henwen momentarily froze, looking up at the sky, then convulsed violently before crashing to the ground with a resounding quake. The unique skill of the Jet-Black Shield Casparleague, [Snatch], seizes everything from its target, including the life itself.

“Phew… it’s over.” (Harold)

I placed the Jet-Black Shield Casparleague on the ground and let out a deep sigh. I was worried at first about how it would go, but somehow it worked out.

“Your Highness Harold, well done.” (Alexandra)

Alexandra ran over and embraced me with a smile full of pride. Right behind her, Monica sported a somewhat smug thumbs-up.

“Haha. No way. I didn’t do much. We defeated Henwen all thanks to Alexandra-dono, Monica, and… this little one’s power.” (Harold)

Seeing Casparleague return to its original kitten form from the shape of the black iron shield, I couldn’t help but smile broadly.

That’s right. It was thanks to this little one that I was able to fight through the final battle, including the final move, [Snatch].

“Ah… th-thank you for lending me… your power! Thanks to you, I… I… could avenge Kaa-sama…!” (Casparleague)

Casparleague bowed deeply, tears streaming down his face as it looked up at the sky.

We gazed at the small magical beast as our hearts softened.

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