Fuh, we have decided our grave would be here, so let's rampage to the end. Guys, show them the spirit of Herrlicht Kingdom's Knights."
"""""Ou!"""""
With Meld's instruction, his subordinate Knights answered with a high-spirited shout. The spirit put into their shouts, even though it was just for a moment, made the surrounding demonic beasts flinch.
... Ten minutes passed
Silence once again returned to the room with teleportation circle on the 70th floor.
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"Uwaaaaa—!!"
With a shout mixed in between scream and war cry, Endou jumped out from the teleportation circle in «Orcus Great Dungeon»'s 30th floor, immediately wielded his shortsword, and tried to destroy the magic circle before him.
"Wh-What!? Eh, you! What are you doing!?"
"Stop him."
"Catch him."
A black-clothed boy appeared from the teleportation circle, suddenly raised a shout and began to destroy the magic circle with the sword in his hand. This made the surrounding people, dressed as Knights, stand in blank surprise for a moment then they raised angry roars and jumped at Endou to obstruct his destructive action.
These guys were Meld's subordinates who was responsible of protecting the teleportation circle on the 30th floor. Because of the force deficiency, there were people who were at their limit just by guarding the 30th floor. Unable to destroy the magic circle with a blow, Endou struck for the second time, for the third time, and when he only need one more swing to destroy the circle, he was barely stopped from destroying the magic circle.
"L-Let go! If it's not destroyed, quickly! Those bastards will-! Let go!"
"Wh-, aren't you from the Hero's party!? Why are you..."
After seeing him closely, the Knights knew the person acting like a madman was one of the hero's companions, and the Knights spontaneously loosened their holds as they whispered voices of surprise. With that chance, Endou once again swung his shortsword and destroyed a part of the magic circle, but he was one step too slow.
The magic circle once again glowed and activated. Thus, in the next moment, a blurred space attacked Endou and the Knights.
"Damn it!"
"What's—! Guuaaa!!"
Endou immediately jumped back and was barely able to evade the Chimera's attack. However, the Knights who didn't know the situation and should have been able to evade, defenselessly received the Chimera's claw attack, and died with deeply torn armor.
One of their comrades who suddenly sprayed blood, made the other Knights panic. Endou frantically shouted towards the Knights with a voice filled with impatience.
"It's an enemy! Be careful of the blurring space! More will come if we don't destroy the magic circle!"
Endou's scream-like voice made the Knights regain their senses. However, at the same time, one more person was slashed and blown away. There were seven people guarding the teleportation circle on the 30th floor. And now two had been killed.
Endou grit his teeth towards the fact and used an "Assassin" skill called "Wallrun," to run on the ceiling and aimed to destroy the magic circle from above. However, the Chimera noticed him and tried to intercept him by jumping.
Although they still didn't understand what had happened, the Knights guessed it was necessary and jumped towards the Chimera that was trying to attack Endou. However, the Knights could only see the Chimera as a blurred space, so naturally they didn't understand what kind of attack it had; they understood nothing about it. That's why, the Knight who jumped behind the Chimera had his neck bitten by the tail-snake, while the Knights right beside its flank was beaten by its wings and thrown to the ground.
Nevertheless, it was not meaningless. The Chimera somewhat lost its balance and Endou was able to evade its dangerous claws and fangs. It was not a complete evasion since his shoulder and flank were gouged, but the snake tail was slashed, and the Chimera fell into the ground when they passed each other.
The Chimera flapped its wings to regain its balance to land on the ground slightly away from them, while Endou immediately stood up after he fell on his shoulder and simultaneously swung his short sword in his hand towards the previously damaged teleportation circle.
At the same time it landed, the Chimera turned around and once again rushed to kill Endou. However, at that time, Endou's shortsword was already pierced the magic circle with all of his might. BAM!, a clear sound effect rang out. It was the evidence the magic circle had been destroyed. The trace of magic when the teleportation magic circle was used had disappeared.
"With this—... kh... gaa, AaAAAAAH!!!"
Succeeded in destroying the teleportation circle, Endou inadvertently leaked a relieved sigh because no more pursuers would come. However, the Chimera's fangs bored into his right arm in the next moment, and he screamed due to the sharp pain. The strong jaws tried to bite off Endou's right arm.
The Knights charged towards it and used all of their might to attack the Chimera in order to disturb it. The Chimera whose side were pierced by strengthened short spears, inadvertently loosened the force on its jaws. Endou pulled out his right arm, slipped out the concealed knife from his left sleeve, and slashed the Chimera's eye.
The rampaging Chimera slashed two more Knights to death when they approached it to give it the finishing blows. Endou threw the knife in his hand, but the Chimera, with a slashed eye, evaded by instinct.
Immediately, one of the Knights suddenly raised a scream. He inadvertently looked towards the source and saw the Knight who previously had his neck bitten by the snake, was beaten to the ground. The Knight's lips turned purple, writhed in pain, and died in no time.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that, the last Knight ran out to kill the snake, but it was a fatal mistake. The Chimera whose back was turned to the Knight noticed the incoming enemy and immediately attacked. Covered in wounds, Endou squeezed out all of his remaining strength, and activated his certain kill attack towards the neck of Chimera that attacked the Knight.
"DieeEEEEE!!