Chapter 1-55 : The Girl And The Dark Elf Faced Another Powerful Enemy
Seeing a pair of red eyes redder than blood coming out from the darkness, Elle and Ingrid suddenly had goosebumps.
The next thing they saw was a club covered in burning flame. They could hear a loud crackling sound coming from it.
And then, the thing’s entire body came into view.
It was a humanoid monster with two big arms and legs. It had a huge body about two and a half meters tall, two sharp horns jutting from its forehead, bulging eyes, and bright red skin.
“Horrifying” would be a perfect word that could describe its appearance.
The cave was already muggy, but the temperature was rising even further as it slowly approached Elle and Ingrid.
「Ingrid… is that an… ogre?」(Elle)
「Yeah, but it’s totally not an ordinary ogre. Judging from its red skin and the burning club it’s holding, I think it has a fire attribute.」(Ingrid)
Ogres were formidable monsters that were hard to deal with since they could wield weapons such as clubs and had some intelligence.
Normally, ogres don’t have elemental attributes, but the one Elle and Ingrid were facing obviously had one.
「I’ve never heard of an ogre who has an elemental attribute, but I see now. This cave is strangely hot because of it.」(Ingrid)
The air in Sance Cave was originally colder than normal caves because it was inhabited by water lizards, but it had turned abnormally hot since the mysterious ogre lived there.
Ogres love human flesh and blood. Seeing Elle and Ingrid, the red ogre licked its lips.
There was still a distance of about fifty meters between them, but Elle and Ingrid could already feel its murderous intent from where they were standing.
「Khー!」(Ingrid)
Feeling the danger, Ingrid quickly drew some arrows and started shooting at the ogre before it could get any closer.
It seemed to be weak against water and ice since it had a fire attribute, so Ingrid shot a water arrow followed by an ice arrow.
The water arrow turned into a water bullet mid-air and hit the ogre, soaking its entire body and extinguishing the fire on its club.
Right after, the ice arrow hit the ogre in the right chest. The ice mana immediately spread from the arrow and froze the ogre’s wet body entirely, turning it into an ice statue.
「Wow! Well done, Ingrid!」(Elle)
「……」(Ingrid)
Elle cheered. She thought Ingrid had won, but Ingrid knew that an ogre wouldn’t be killed so easily, especially the abnormal one.
「…No, it’s not over yet.」(Ingrid)
And her hunch was right. The ogre was still alive.
The ice covering its entire body slowly melted, and then it evaporated into thin air. The fire burning its club also returned.
After it was free from the ice, the ogre pulled out the arrow in its chest with its free hand and crushed it. Ingrid’s durable arrow made of special wood was broken into pieces easily.
At the same time, the wound in its chest started to close on its own and completely healed in just a few seconds.
The ogre then smiled mockingly at Ingrid, as if saying, “Your attack feels like mosquito bites.”
「This guy… I know that ogres are tough, butー It has a powerful self-healing!? Seriously!?」(Ingrid)
「No way…」(Elle)
GUOOOOOOOOOOOー!!
The ogre was angry now. It let out an ear-tearing shout that vibrated the entire cave and charged toward the two.
「ー!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid hurriedly drew an ice arrow and released it. She was aiming for the ogre’s legs.
Even though it wouldn’t kill it, she thought it would be enough to stop it from running for a few seconds.
However, the ogre was more agile than she thought. It dodged the arrow by jumping and then immediately continued running.
「Dammit!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid quickly fired another ice arrow, but this time the ogre slammed it with its burning club and destroyed it before it could release cold mana.
「Shit, shit, shit!」(Ingrid)
Realizing she had no chance of winning, Ingrid quickly turned around, picked Elle up, and ran away while carrying Elle with one arm.
Luckily, Elle was short and light, so she had no problem running while carrying her like that.
「Ingrid, you should put me down!」(Elle)
「No, you can’t run fast, but I can! Just don’t talk for now or you’ll bite your tongue!」(Ingrid)
Elle silently replied to Ingrid with a nod.
「Dammit! How the hell did such a dangerous creature get into this cave!? Where did it come from!? Let alone an abnormal one, there haven’t been any sightings of regular ogres in this area in over five years!」(Ingrid)
Ogres were powerful, dangerous monsters and were a great threat to humans, so whenever they were spotted, high-ranked adventurers and knights would be dispatched to kill them.
However, there haven’t been any reports about ogres in the region for a long time.
While wondering, Ingrid kept running as fast as she could, but the distance between them was gradually closing.
She was fast, but the ogre was a bit faster.
「Ingrid, put me down and run!」(Elle)
「What!?」(Ingrid)
Thinking the ogre would catch up eventually if Ingrid kept carrying her, Elle made such a reckless suggestion, but abandoning her and running away would never be an option in Ingrid’s mind.
「You know I will never leave you to die!」(Ingrid)
「But it will catch up, and we’ll both die!」(Elle)
「No! I will never let you die! Your cat would never forgive me! Besides, your bunny needs you! There must be a way to get out of this situation!」(Ingrid)
Ingrid hadn’t given up. She was thinking of a solution.
However, she didn’t make it. The ogre swooped up a big rock on its path and threw it at Ingrid. It hit her leg.
「Aggh!」(Ingrid)
「Kya!」(Elle)
She let go of Elle as she fell.
Elle rolled a few times right after hitting the floor, but fortunately for her, she wasn’t injured.
「Ingrid!」(Elle)
「Dammit! It got my leg! Leave me and run!」(Ingrid)
「What!? No!」(Elle)
「Elle, hurry!」(Ingrid)
GUOOOOOOー!
The ogre was getting closer. It raised its burning club, ready to crush Ingrid’s body into pieces.
Ingrid couldn’t get up immediately because of the pain in her leg.
The situation was hopeless. They were in despair.
Thinking the ogre would kill Ingrid if she didn’t do something, Elle’s body moved on its own.
She took a magic stone from her bag and threw it at the ogre.
「STAY AWAY FROM HER!!」(Elle)
ーBWOOOOOOOOSHH!!
Suddenly, a strong gust was created right in front of the ogre and threw the ogre about ten meters away.
The magic stone Elle threw was a Gale Stone that could produce a very strong wind current.
「Whoa…!」(Ingrid)
Seeing what had just happened, Ingrid recalled how powerful Elle’s magic stones were. She then thought they might work against the ogre.
「Elle, use your most powerful ice stone!」(Ingrid)
「ー!」(Elle)
While the ogre was trying to get up, Elle reached into her bag and searched for the strongest ice magic stone she had.
「Most powerful, most powerful, most powerful! This is it!」(Elle)
The one she took was the most refined and powerful ice magic stone she had made, called the Glacio Stone.
She then hurriedly took out her slingshot, loaded it with the Glacio Stone, swung it, and then fired the stone at the ogre before it could stand up.
「HYAAAAAAAAAA!」(Elle)
The magic stone flew toward the ogre and shone brightly in the air for a moment right before the ogre’s faceー so bright that it illuminated the entire cave passage, and thenー
BLAAAAAAASSTー!!
It exploded an enormous cold magical energy that froze the air within a three-meter radius around the ogre in an instant, turning it into a massive chunk of ice that blocked the entire passage and trapped the ogre inside.
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