Chapter 1211 - The Everyday Scenery of Mages
We have been associating for a year now, but quietly, I had never gone on an adventure (・・) with the female members of my own faction, Istia's ranked players... excluding my Master-sama and that silver-colored person of unknown gender.
In other words, Hina-san and Minalina. As for Ri-na, although I have accompanied her for things like walks a few times, we never had a clear opportunity to do a game conquest together.
Because of that, I have never seen their private figures, how they actually play in the world of Arcadia. No, I did have opportunities to know their fighting figures in the Four Pillar War, the raid against the Colored (color-holder), or Traduo, but this was different from those.
—For example, the scenery of a pure dungeon conquest or something.
...Or so the story goes, but.
"And so, it was like, super tough. When I thought about graduating cleanly and quickly without dragging it out even for a single day, there were things to do, things to do, things to do, things to do, things to do, things to do, things to do...!"
"A mountain of tasks in a murderous amount."
Leaving aside Hina-san, who has a fairly easy-to-understand combat style and playstyle, I seriously couldn't imagine it when it came to these two (・・・・).
Mi-na and Ri-na, commonly known as Minalina.
Their widely spread aliases, though who started calling them that is unknown, are Eastern Wings or Two Little Mages and so on, but the fact they crown is Arcadia's strongest Artillery Cannon.
The Star Magic [Anhelmia (Mugen no Tenken)] which freely outputs everything envisioned as an "illusion."
The Star Magic [Ramanheye (Divine Manifestation Heavenly Authority)].
Ri-na's "illusion," which cannot exert direct influence because it has no substance, is aided by Mi-na's "reality," while Mi-na's "reality," which is utterly impossible to put into practical use due to cost issues without a draft (・・・), is aided by Ri-na's "illusion." A two-person team established by mutually complementing each other, an outlaw magic drawing ability (magic art).
The two of them are said to have risen to the ranked players in the blink of an eye since their debut with an extremely powerful synergy... but naturally, many restrictions accompany that seemingly invincible power.
"The manager-san was foaming at the mouth."
"Ahaha. We did something bad to Yo-chan."
The greatest of these is the absolute defense wall called Canvas (territory), a formation required for the synergy of their abilities, which repels threats up to three times (・・・・). Once this is deployed, they can only move around in an extremely small range of about a few steps, which is Minalina's noteworthy weakness.
Yes, this, which is being deployed right in front of my eyes even now.
Due to the non-negligible restriction of being able to deploy it only once during a single battle, the little ones' combat actions completely and cleanly lack flexibility in terms of movement.
Furthermore, if it were only the restriction of once per battle, it would be one thing, but there is even a maximum deployment limit of up to seven times a day, which is troublesome. I wonder how on earth they conquer dungeons that basically follow a path when it's just the two of them...—
"...Your face is twitching, junior."
"You have a face that says you're used to seeing it, senior..."
To think what a trivial, foolish question I had been harboring until just a moment ago, up to this point. Witnessing the actual state that had been shown to me from one to ten—
◇[Great Water Spirit: Rafan] has been defeated◇
◇Title acquired◇
・Bystander
Ah.
"......Somehow, I already feel sorry for the virtual world."
"I really think so too."
...As a result of witnessing it, what came out of my mouth was nothing but a breath that couldn't even be called a sigh.
In short—our current location, after flying for a while under the orders of Mi-na, who was running wild with her high tension. One of the hidden regions where the water spirits dwell, which we came all this way to in the middle of the night.
And yet, the total time since entry was only a little over ten minutes.
As if to say there was no difference at all from the trash mobs along the way, the swimming birds rather than flying birds [Lepis Aquia (Peeling Water Spirit)]... with the pitiful explosion of the bizarre whale-lookalike that was overrun without being able to do anything, my first time seeing Minalina's conquest run came to an end all too easily.
"Oh, it's over. —Mmm! Well, I guess it's something like this!"
"Compatibility advantage. V."
And the key persons themselves were like this, with zero visible fatigue.
—Well, of course they would be. After all, they only deployed their formation twice in the entire dungeon conquest. Once at the entrance (・・・・・), once in the boss room (・・・・・・・), and that was it.
The two who ended the overrun drama that one would hesitate to even call a battle.
Mi-na, who showed off a smug face while glancing at Irori, and Ri-na, who ran over with pattering steps and jumped on me, demanding to be praised with a straightforward emotional expression despite her thin expression, were certainly cute in appearance and gestures... but seriously, the deed they accomplished was not cute at all.
If I thought they filled the waterless cave at the bottom of the water with water with a momentum far greater than my past self, they infinitely generated and released cats running around underwater (・・・・・・・・) similar to the [Lepis Aquia (Peeling Water Spirit)], which was both an enemy and a gimmick for conquering the passage. Thus, without moving a single step, when the guide meaning gimmick cleared activated after a while, I looked up at the unseen sky, and the following main battle against Rafan was also terrible, or rather nasty, or rather a pure and incomparable battering (・・・・) that beat the boss and its entourage to a pulp without even giving them time to resist—and,
"Irori."
"What is it?"
"Are these guys always like this?"
"I told you they are like this. Please accept reality."
"It's starting to feel foolish to fight seriously..."
"If I may say so, basically your combat does not fall into the category of serious."
Even for [Hoshikake (me)], I felt like escaping reality after being shown the play of such extreme game balance breakers... or so I thought, but,
"Well, but my partner is not losing either."
"Why did you suddenly start competing? Though I really think so too."
Thinking about it again, I was used to seeing similar sights in Angel (Sora)'s daily life.
Then I guess it's fine...—Well,
"...And so? First, one location (・・・・・). Shall we just go around crushing the others like this?"
Leaving aside the red guardian, the straight man to everything, and the pleasant Blonde Samurai who has no role other than being a handsome guy.
For now, as the person responsible for long-distance transportation, I switch my mind and ask the next question. That is, it's about time the clock hands in the real world pass eleven...
Yes, when I asked Minalina, who had finished her work, or rather her play, about her intentions.
"Hmm..."
"Let's see..."
"...We went wild to our heart's content."
"And it was pretty refreshing, well, that's true...?"
"The second secret place was a bit far, right?"
"So, we leave it to you, or rather, it's up to Big Brother?"
"You don't have to push yourself, okay."
"Their no-time cooperative chatting is seriously scary."
"I really agree with that too."
As you can see, they are still energetic... or rather, the great wave of emotion in their hearts has not settled down yet. —In that case, well, as an older guy who is close to a guardian.
"Irori?"
"I don't mind either way."
"I see. Then, Straight Man Chief, please keep it up."
"I have no memory of undertaking such a duty."
There is no objection to continuing to escort the girls who stay up late.
"......Well, for now, make the next one the last. Staying up late is bad for your health."
Correction. The handsome samurai companion smoothly voiced an objection of concern that was less than a scolding. Mi-na also obediently replied, "Oka—y," which is something I must learn from.
Thus, leaving aside me, who was learning on my own as a man striving for his first love in life—no, I wasn't left aside. While being pulled by Ri-na, who was sticking closely to me, I also headed toward the escape teleportation gate that had appeared at the same time as Rafan's defeat.
At that moment. Mi-na, who was leading the way with rapid steps as usual, suddenly turned around...
"Ah, that's right. Hey, hey, I forgot to mention it, but—"
Just as she said, she tried to bring up something she had remembered. The direction her gaze was pointing was, of course, not Irori—instead, her vermilion eyes were looking straight at me.
Wondering what it was, I tilted my head... and she, nonchalantly.
"Can we join Big Brother's clan?"
"Huh?"
Seriously, for real.
She said something completely unexpected, drawing an artistic level of confusion from my mouth.
The arc won't start, but I didn't say I wouldn't draw it at all.