Survivor Saijaku no Ore wa Hazure skill “Faker” de Tenshina Kanojo to S rank wo Mezasu

Fake 93: The Red Lizardman

It’s working quite well. Lizardmen’s weak point might be fire.
Subsequently after Aoi, I also fired [Explosion] and dealt damage to the lizardmen.
We can finish just like this. Thinking so, I rapidly fired my skills. However, there was no way D-rank monsters would be defeated so easily.

“GyaaaaAAAaa~.”

All of a sudden, a lizardman let out a roar, and a change occurred in the lizardman’s body.
The muscles that covered its body bulged, its body had also grown one size bigger, and its scales covering the body had also changed from green to red color.
What’s that? Did it use a strengthening skill or something?

“Aoi!”

“Let’s keep pushing just as we were. We are definitely dealing damage.”

“Got it.”

The pressure emanating from the lizardman that had become bigger and red was clearly different from just a short while ago.
Even so, it appeared that what Aoi said was correct, so I fired [Explosion] just like before. But then, the lizardman swung its sword at the skill I fired, and the explosive flame I fired was cut right in half.
(T/N: I have been having doubts about the [Explosion] skill since earlier chapters because the author kept using the term explosive flame whenever Aoi or MC used the skill. I don’t know if the readers still remember, but [Explosion] was originally expressed as the skill that directly triggers an explosion at the targeted location. It seems that the author now intends to use [Explosion] like a variation of [Fireball] that works like a firework. Sigh~.)

“Wha……!?”

Until now, there were times when the skill attacks were resisted by the imps or were offset by the myrmecoleon. However, this was the first time a skill attack was nullified by being cut from the front.

“Rin-kun! It’s not over yet, [Wind Cutter].”

I stopped moving in surprise, but Aoi immediately backed me up.
The wind blade scraped off the lizardman’s red scales. Even so, the damage was clearly less, considering the normal power of Aoi’s skills.
Definitely, its resistance had increased after its scales turned red.
The lizardman forced through the skill and tried to come toward me.

“[Lightning]. Still no good? How hard.” (T/N: Hard in the physical sense.)

Even [Lightning] wasn’t enough to finish it off.
As expected, the only way for me to defeat a D-rank was to attack with [Voltaic Fire] from a close range.

“Aoi, I will leave the rear to you.”

“Rin-kun!?”

If we kept going like this, my skill-usable times would decrease, and we would become disadvantaged as time passed.
If I become unable to battle—no matter how you think about it—it is going to be tough for that woman and Aoi to deal with the three lizardmen by themselves.
Timing-wise, now is the only chance when I can still use plenty of my skills.

I tightly held my reinforced ceramic sword and headed to the lizardman.

“Rin-kun! It is dangerous. Rin-kun! Aahh, geez, I understand. I will support you, [Wind Cutter].”

While Aoi was holding off one lizardman, I set my sights on another one and broke into a run.

“Oooooohhhh! [Ice Javelin] [Ice Javelin] [Ice Javelin].”

Firing a barrage of ice javelins, I closed the distance toward the red lizardman. But, all my ice javelins were knocked down by the lizardman’s sword. As expected, the power of its sword is not normal.
I felt more pressure as I got closer, but I must not stop here.

“Not yet! [Wind Cutter] [Wind Cutter].”

Just a few more steps.
I estimated the distance toward the lizardman and activated my skill.

“[Voltaic Fire].”

From a distance just outside the reach of the lizardman’s sword, I unleashed a flame thunder, which took my all.