VRMMO no Shien Shokunin ～Top Player no Shikakenin～

Nothing much to say this time, enjoy the chapter.

「-Mun!」(Albert)

The fire demon 『Vestiges of King Knurl』 howled as his HP was shaved off by Albert’s strong attack.

Seeing that made us think that this boss might be easier than we thought, but reality was different.

This monster always has a continuous slow HP regeneration, so if we leave it alone, it’ll slowly recover its HP but…

The problem wasn’t that, it was its high attack power.

「Guh!」(Albert)

「!」(Philia)

The fire demon released a heatwave without any preemptive movements and Albert took damage.

Avoiding it was hard, furthermore, it was an attack with both physical and magical properties so since our frontline was made of two heavy warriors, if they took a direct hit, they would be on the verge of dying.

Because of that, we were forced to attack carefully.

To my astonishment, Philia-chan showed beast-like movements and dodged them.

On top of that, it had a fixed probability to inflict the status ailment 「Burn」. It was really annoying.

「Riizu!」(Hind)

「Yes!」(Riizu)

I casted 『Healing Plus』 and in addition to that, Riizu used 『Darkness Ball』 to stop the monster in place.

While praying that a long range attack didn’t come, I took some distance along with Riizu, who had used the spell to cover me and released the 『Healing Plus』 on Albert.

Then, as soon as the fire demon turned towards us, Selene released her 『Blast Arrow』.

While blowing the fire away, the bolt released along with a gust of wind and penetrated the demon’s chest.

The displayed HP did decrease, however, it showed no reaction to it.

It also showed no signs that it wanted to go after Selene-san, who had released the bolt.

「…」(Philia)

Philia-chan glanced at me for a second and we exchanged looks, then she activated 『Heavy Stance』.

It should be a skill that increases her attack and physical defense, although it doesn’t increase magic resistance.

On top of that, if she went as far as too look at me….does that mean she plans to go in and deal as much damage as she can until she gets incapacitated?

In that case I supported the girl that took a stance as if she was going to release a strong skill with 『Attack up』.

Since I used a buff, the demon released fire at me, this is the only attack of his that’s easy to read.

I dodged it and started casting 『Revive』.

「Go, Philia! It’s time to show your power!」(Albert)

「Yes…!」(Philia)

Hearing those words from Albert, Philia-chan lowered the axe to the altitude of her hips and took a stance, then she took a big breath.

Next, she rushed at it, the little girl became a tornado once she was in front of the fire demon.

『Tornado Swing』…with her own body as the center, she violently spun around along with her axe. The mass of fire was being dispersed.

If it was a player with weak semicircular canals like Yumir, it would be a skill where you would self destruct instantly, but if you were able to use it properly, it had incredible power.

Pummeling the monster with the attack power of a Heavy Warrior but the speed of an average Light Warrior was the highlight of this skill.

In the end, after she dealt around thirty percent of the 『Vestiges of King Knurl’s』 HP in damage, she was enveloped in flames due to its counterattack and became incapacitated.

This was a display that showed that she was really her dad’s daughter, it was as if she was showing off to us.

「Incredible…」(Selene)

「There’s also the fact that she didn’t miss at all even though she was spinning around that much, but for her to go towards those flames without a hint of fear…」(Riizu)

Selene-san and Riizu leaked those thoughts.

Leaving aside their appearances, they were really father and daughter…even if she doesn’t talk much, an overflowing amount of fighting spirit was packed in that small body of hers.

「Alright, done! Albert-san!」(Hind)

「I know! Leave it to me!」(Albert)

A few seconds after Philia-chan became incapacitated, I released 『Revive』on her and she unsteadily stood up.

During that time, Albert acted as a wall and didn’t let a single attack go towards us. What was this sense of security?

The enemy had around thirty percent HP left, we just needed another push.

Just when everyone was thinking that, something unusual happened.

The moment Albert’s slash took down its HP to under twenty percent.

The fire demon’s body swelled up to many times its size and…exploded.

「-!?」(Albert)

「!!」(Hind)

Due to the explosion, all of us were sent flying towards the ceiling, walls, floor without being able to make a single sound.

「-Gahah! Hah, hah…」(Hind)

While trying to contain the feeling of heat coming through my throat, I looked in front of me and saw the other four members not moving at all while facing the ground.

This is bad, so so bad! If I had died, we would have wiped!

It seems like that explosion was a powerful skill that triggered once its HP reached a certain point.

While running away from the demon that was rampaging around because it had entered berserk mode, I was frantically thinking about who I should revive first.

A rearguard is no good, both of them don’t have the ability to distract the enemy while they dodge around!

That leaves it to Albert of Philia-chan but…Albert’s fighting style is one where you could say that his offensive skill is his greatest defense, one where he shuts down his opponents with his overwhelming offensive power.

That being the case, against an opponent that doesn’t have a physical body and mainly attacks with magic attacks, buying time would be hard for him because of bad compatibility.

Thinking back on the reflexes she showed a while ago, I made my decision.

I took out a 『Holy Water』 from my inventory and increased the distance with the fire demon with a backstep.

There’s only one chance, if I fail, it’ll enter CD and I won’t be able to use it again.

The fire demon raised its arm and violently swung it down.

I went under it while narrowly escaping getting hit, brandished the bottle and threw it!

「Please hit!」(Hind)

The bottle I had no other choice but to throw due to the demon’s violent attacks, hit the little girl and broke.

It shined with a pale light and the liquid enveloped Philia-chan’s body.

「…?」(Philia)

Looking as if she didn’t understand what was going on, Philia raised half of her body and looked around.

Can’t be helped, Yumir, who had gotten used to dying was an abnormality.

But, please notice me already, geez…!

「!! Hind, look out!」(Philia)

It was the first time I heard her shout.

Having no time to be surprised about that, I rolled to get away from the flames.

Once I took a stance in a panic to anticipate the next attack, I saw a slender body in front of me that acted as if it was protecting me…

「…Hind, I’ll leave healing everyone to you. I’ll do my job as a vanguard.」(Philia)

「-! Yeah, I’m counting on you!」(Hind)

I threw an『Intermediate Potion』at the small back in front of me and recovered her HP.

Believing in her physical ability, I started casting 『Revive』, which had come back up.

The target is the one with the highest magical resistance after Shinto Priests, the mage Riizu.

「..Tsk!」(Philia)

Philia-chan: jumped, rolled, ran and at times she bent down and took a posture that made it look as if she was running on four legs and moved around to avoid the demon.

While holding a heavyweight class weapon, she displayed dodging skills that would put a Light Warrior to shame, seeing that, it made me confirm that choosing her had not been a mistake.

Those movements are mesmerizing.

Then I finished casting 『Revive』, once Riizu got up, she used a 『Holy Water』on Albert.

Albert opened his eyes wide once he saw his daughter fighting alone, but he remained calm and used a『Holy Water』on Selene-san.

With this, everyone is is revived and lastly, I used 『Area Heal』 to instantly make us able to go back into the fight.

Philia-chan, who was finally in tatters, fell back and Albert switched in as the tank.

「You did well, Philia. Leave the rest to dad.」(Albert)

「…Yup,」(Philia)

The moment he passed by her, Albert lightly patted Philia-chan’s head with his big hand.

…Ah, I get the feeling that Philia-chan made a small smile right now…no, was it my imagination? Now that I’m looking at her, she has that usual blank expression on her.

The 『Vestiges of King Knurl』 had recovered its HP up to around forty percent, but having witnesses all the effort his daughter had gone through, Albert was filled with fighting spirit he didn’t have before.

He had already activated 『Berserker Edge』 and his body was enveloped in a dark red aura.

The three of us, members of Migratory Bird, exchanged glances and Riizu used 『Guard Down』on the boss and I cast 『Attack Up』on Albert.

Red light converged in his greatsword, he had started to charge 『Rampage』.

Ignoring us, who had used buffs and debuffs, the 『Vestiges of King Knurl』 stayed in place.

While dodging its attacks by a hair’s breadth, Albert kept charging up.

Immediately he had finished charging up, it released a dazzling light and Selene-san’s 『Blast Arrow』hit the demon’s body.

Just as the 『Vestiges of King Knurl』 had its movements stopped by the bolt, Albert leaped forward.

While holding his greatsword over his head, he released all his strength in a single blow along with a war cry filled with fighting spirit!

「Uooooooooooooooh!」(Albert)

A thunderous roar.

The forty percent of HP remaining on the enemy magnificently vanished and the flames dispersed.

Goodness gracious, that’s a boss monster 15 levels ahead of us you know…to have it be defeated like that in a single blow is a bit…

Holding a weapon, which weight had been pushed to its utmost limit, throwing away his defense and completely charging up his attack while dodging.

Making his motion of attack as big as possible, furthermore, aiming at its weak point, which was the head, with pinpoint accuracy.

In theory, if a Heavy Warrior can do it, anyone else can do it, but actually doing it is another story.

As expected from someone whose strength was from another dimension.

Having discerned that the battle was over, Albert calmly put away his weapon on his back.

We all took a big breath and exchanged smiles.

That was dangerous…I’m glad we managed to win.

Like that, the unnatural high temperature of the room was gone, when we turned around because we heard the sound of something falling, we found a treasure chest placed there.

I guess I should say this was to be expected, a stream of words appeared in our field of view.

『Regarding the dungeon, Pyramid of King Knurl, the party of : Mercenary Albert-sama, Philia-sama, Selene-sama, Riizu-sama and Hind-sama has conquered the twentieth floor. Congratulations!』