Huge Holy 92

92 - Q: Why is the behavior of monsters patterned?

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The development that has happened is already unexpected, but I didn't think something even more unexpected would happen.
A reaction from [Cure] has just come back from one of the wand flowers that I sent patrolling around the academy.
I immediately tried to search for enemies with a [Scan] aiming for Randy, but... that’s not what I found.
When I wondered what was going on, a noise resounded from far away.

“It can’t be... this is no joke.”

An A-rank dungeon near Sackwill Academy that was in the middle of an activation.
The adventurers have been holding them back, but they seem to have reached their limits, and a monster with a beast body and human-like face, [Manticore], is certainly approaching toward us.

But...
[Manticore] is a small fry.
It's actually easy to defeat because its behavioral pattern is fixed. Was [Manticore] the only monster that leaked out of their suppression?

This is the situation though, so it can't be helped.
I’ll prioritize [Manticore] over Randy.
While I’m at it, I gave a rough explanation to Riccarda, who stayed where she was, and took the Herkovara wand into my hand.

“Perhaps the principal will be aware of this and make a decision, but every second counts. I will go and wipe out the manticores approaching us.”

Zekkiro butts in, saying, “No, no.”

“To say you’d clean up A-rank monsters, there’s a limit to how unreasonable you can be!?”

Riccarda worries about me for another reason.

“The newspaper people are lying in wait outside, so if Josiah-sensei shows up...”

I brushed their concerns aside.

“It'll be okay. I'll be right back. It won't even take ten minutes.”

I’m more or less also worried about the adventurers who are holding back the activation, so I’ll see how it goes over there as well.
I release Holy with the Herkovara wand.
When I flew to the scene at the speed of light, my gaze was directed towards the [Manticore] which has a large body, so I overlooked about 50 [Elerald Bads] and a pack of [Rain Wolves]――about 8 of them. They reacted to me and attacked.
Their attacks don't reach me because I’m too fast, but both [Elerald Bads] and [Rain Wolves] are high grade monsters with high basic physical abilities.
In addition, the feces and sputum spat out by [Elerald Bad] are hotbeds for troublesome bacteria.

Cleaning magic [Clean Water], the status ailment recovery magic [Clear], and [Holy] combined into a wide-range attack [Holy Wave]... A giant tsunami of light swallowed even monsters that followed behind them.
However.
The [Manticore] is unfazed by this large wave.
Only the sturdiness of its body is excellent.

Before the Manticore rushes towards me, I aim at a single point using Hercovara flower. The horns that grow symmetrically on the Manticores' head. One of them. In this case, it doesn't matter which one I aim at.
I destroy one with the flower that I move at a top speed using [Holy] and acceleration magic [Quick].
The impact of the destruction causes the [manticore] to stop rushing and come to an abrupt halt.

A single blow to the abdomen of the now completely defenseless [Manticore]. I slammed the Hercovalla wand into it.
Stage one [Manticore] has magic resistance, so this will be a physical battle.
Normally, close combat types would attack them in a barrage, but... I'm not used to close combat myself, so I left it to Hercovara's overwhelming attack power and hit it randomly.

If you deal a certain amount of damage to a [Manticore] while it is flinching, it will move on to the next stage.
The [Manticore] concentrates wind magic power on its horn and releases multiple lightning pillars in a wide range. Those things move around randomly.
Normally, this stage would cause many adventurers to despair, but――I wasn't moving at all.

That's right... Some time ago, I broke one of its horns.
Doing that will change the attack released from the horn. The released attacks will not reach the side of the broken horn.
That's why the left and right horns together made a wide-range attack of 360 degrees possible.
The place I'm standing on is safe.

And then――stage two [Manticore] converts its body's magic resistance energy into magic power and uses it to attack.
In this state, it is possible to attack the body of the [Manticore] with magic.
The one thing I'm going to throw at it is simple, a single [Holy] shot. Once I unleashed it at maximum power on the body of the [Manticore] without any tricks, for a moment, it looked as if a pillar of light had been thrust into the [Manticore].
The [Manticore] itself collapsed with a frenzied expression on its face, unaware of its own death.

...All right.
Should I continue with the remaining clean up like this?

But I didn't know this scene was being observed by people I didn’t expect.

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