Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life

Hearing Liddy-san’s voice, I quickly lie down. Or rather than saying I lay down, it’s better to say that I drop down on the ground. Then a bluish-white light passed above my body. Seeing that, the hobgoblin jumps back to avoid it. However, the light changed its trajectory and it chased the hobgoblin, hitting it in the end.

Whack! Along with that sound, the hobgoblin falls on its back. If it disappears, it only means that we defeated it but I doubt that it would be the case. I quickly get up and repositioned my spear. As I check its state, the hobgoblin didn’t disappear, it stood up instead and it let out a howl.

“Guoooooooooo!!”

Along with the rattle, the air trembles. It seemed to have worked. I don’t know if it’s similar to a beast, but once it’s cornered it might be more troublesome.

The second round now begins.

“It’s not enough huh…”

Liddy-san murmured behind me. It looks like she did not expect that it would survive that.

“Can you do that again?”

Though I thought that it’s no longer possible, I still asked her and as expected, Liddy-san shook her head.

“The only thing left is to use this…”

Liddy-san showed me the sword on her waist. It’s the Mithril sword that I repaired. I’ve heard that it can be used as a magic battery but I thought there was a procedure to do that…

“By the way, what do you need to do to use it?”

The fact that we already came here and she still have some hesitation to use it, there must be something important that needs to be done.

“It’s life force.”

“Eh?”

She just said something absurd with the same tone of voice as usual and for a moment, I couldn’t catch up.

“In exchange for a life force, I can draw out the magical power and I can create the magic I used before one more time.”

“Then let’s not use it!”

After Liddy-san explained it in detail, I quickly rejected it. I feel like I can see how Liddy-san brought that sword to me. But for now, let’s focus on killing the hobgoblin.

“……Okay”

Liddy-san nodded after a little hesitation. The fact that Liddy-san’s magic can no longer be used means that I have no choice but to use my cheat.

Upon my observation, it seems that the magic just now worked on that monster and its movement has now slowed down. If this is the case, it may not be impossible for me to take it down. I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow and I don’t think it’s a good idea to miss this moment.

“I’ll kill it.”

I declared to Liddy-san. Well, there’s no turning back now.

The hobgoblin aims at Liddy-san again. It’s probably because it is wary of the magic she used before. However, with it doing that, it gave me an opening to take. Of course, I don’t have a reason to miss it so I also stab it with my spear. Perhaps the hobgoblin was expecting it, it simply abandoned its attack on Liddy-san and avoided my spear.

The hobgoblin dodged my spear attacks several times. However, compared to what happened a while ago, my attack is now hitting it and its wounds are healing slower than before. If I were up against a normal creature, I would be able to bring this to an endurance battle and win in the end. Sadly, it’s not a normal creature. If I were to engage in an endurance battle, I would be at a disadvantage because the hobgoblin could absorb the stagnant magic here.

While parrying the Hobgoblin’s attack, I also launched an attack and waited for an opportunity. In an irregular stance, I held the rear half of the spear’s handle with one hand and my other hand held the butt end. Neither attack was fatal. However, little by little, the hobgoblin’s attack began to hit me as well. My bruises and cuts also increase here and there. I’m glad that those nails aren’t poisonous.

Then the chance I was waiting for finally came. The hobgoblin tried to dodge when I made a faint attack. I stabbed my spear with all my might and it jumped back. I had been waiting for this moment.

Just before I fully thrust it out, I removed my hand from the handle of the spear and then I pushed the butt end of the spear with my other hand. Although it was much weaker compared if I throw it with a proper javelin throwing stance, the spear, which had enough speed due to my enhanced muscle strength, tore through the air.

“Gaah!?”

It didn’t hit the center of the chest as it’s not something I can aim at this moment but the spear pierced the abdomen of the hobgoblin. There was no way for it to avoid the spear as it flew in the same direction where the hobgoblin jumped to. The hobgoblin stumbled forward. During that moment, I had already drawn my short sword and I jumped towards the hobgoblin’s chest.

The hobgoblin tries to regain its stance but I pushed the handle of the spear that is sticking out from its abdomen to prevent him from doing so. Once again, there is an opening. I then quickly stabbed the short sword into its chest.

“Guga!”

With a painful cry, it finally fell sideways. I won the match.

I quickly swung the short sword down to the neck of the fallen hobgoblin. The neck separated from the torso and eventually, both parts disappeared. Seeing that, I collapsed like a puppet with a broken string. As expected, it is the limit of my physical strength. From the corner of my eye, I saw Liddy-san running up to me with tears.

“Are you alright!?”

Liddy-san asked me as she crouched down beside me to look at my face. Her eyes look beautiful as usual.

“I’m fine. I have some wounds but none are fatal. Ah-, I’m tired…”

As I said so while panting, Liddy-san lightly poked my head.