Hoshi indicated that he would pay attention.
More black wolves then appeared. Tomohisa was the first to attack. He tossed a ball of lightning into the group of monsters, which caused a large AOE damage and paralysis.
Mika raised her gun and started shooting. Although her marksmanship was terrible, there were so many frozen monsters that she could hit even with her eyes closed.
Hoshi also controlled his spiritual bird to attack. He killed one monster with each wave of attacks.
Very few black wolves were able to reach him under the trio's attacks. Mika easily took care of them with her Mashiro's Clothes.
Seiji and Little Shi didn't even need to do anything.
Tomohisa and Mika both had combat experience and were quite strong. Although this was Hoshi's first time entering an Inner World, he performed quite well.
Of course, the main reason for this was that the Forest Palace dungeon's difficulty was rather low. As long as he calmed himself down and used his Strength properly, and cooperated with his companions, he would be able to fight quite well.
Seiji felt like he was being nurtured as he watched the three of them deal with the spiritual monsters more and more smoothly.
After observing for a while, he had Mika in front, Tomohisa in the middle, and Hoshi in the back, forming a basic formation.
Mika was the strongest of the three, and her Mashiro's Clothes could completely block the small monsters' attacks. If it was only against small spiritual monsters, she would have no problem acting as a melee tank.
Tomohisa's ball of lightning, "Thunder Explosion," was his main skill, and had excellent crowd control effects. Based on his previous experience, Hoshi's shield had a certain degree of melee combat ability, making it the most suitable position in the middle.
Hoshi's red bird was incredibly nimble. It could focus attacks or scatter attacks. Its weakness was that it required a lot of concentration. Plus, Hoshi was a newbie, so it was best to place him in the back.
After they formed a formation, the trio's combat efficiency greatly increased.
Seiji felt even more like he was being nurtured as he watched them swiftly work together and form a team.
After absorbing a large amount of mist, one of Hoshi's red birds suddenly doubled in size and became more solid. Its appearance seemed to have transformed from a pigeon into an eagle, making it seem fiercer.
"Is this an evolution?" Seiji blinked in surprise. "Hoshi, how do you feel right now?"
"I felt a little heat in my body just now, and then I felt my connection with that bird become stronger, and I can control it more flexibly … Ah, here it comes again."
Before Hoshi could finish his sentence, the second spiritual bird suddenly enlarged and "evolved" just like the first one.
It seemed that the third one would soon evolve as well. Young man, your true path is not to become a magical girl, but to become a Pokemon Master!
The evolved Spirit Bird … the Spirit Eagle was more agile to control, and its strength was also greater.
Hoshi finally tasted what it felt like to become stronger. The thrill of leveling up made him excited, and he fought even harder!
Not long after, Kazuko, who was leisurely floating in midair, gave a boss warning.
The next big monster was the same as the last one. It was a huge black wolf with green fur.
Last time, Seiji had finished him off with a single Dragon Counterattack and a few slashes from Little Shi. This time, he would let it be a good Boss and train the newcomers.
Big Wolf opened its mouth and spat out a huge Mana Bullet as an opening greeting!
BOOM!! Vanguard Mika blocked the Mana Bullet with her shield and Mashiro's Clothes! The Mana Bullet exploded with a blinding light, but didn't deal any damage to her.
[Thunder Explosion]! Tomohisa immediately shot out a large electric ball that he had prepared beforehand.
With a loud boom, the black electric ball exploded, sending out fierce lightning that froze the enemy monster in place … but it didn't!
Big Wolf nimbly dodged the electric ball and only received a limited amount of electricity. It wasn't paralyzed.
Mika opened fire on it, while Hoshi controlled the Spirit Eagle to attack.
Big Wolf moved at high speed, dodged the gunshots, endured the Spirit Eagle's attack, and rushed towards Tomohisa!
Tomohisa recalled his previous experience of being so close to death and reflexively felt afraid. However, he immediately restrained himself and didn't allow his hands to tremble.
This was a battlefield, and it would be dangerous. Hoshi recognized this long ago.
He hid behind the vanguard … no! Uehara-san had already blocked a powerful attack before. Rather than relying on her, he needed to use his own strength!
Tomohisa became highly focused as he faced the boss monster that was charging towards him.
His current combat experience, his own abilities, and the various skills that he had seen in games and anime …
Previously, after the Domain quest, he had actually tried to develop new skills, but to no avail.
Yet, at this moment, he felt that he should be able to … or perhaps only in such a situation would he be able to do it!
He didn't think about failure. He only thought about doing it.
With such a will in mind, Tomohisa gave up on using his shield and placed his hands on his legs. He released lightning!
He had tried many times but was unable to use his legs to activate his abilities, so he decided to use his hands instead.
Lightning instantly wrapped around his legs. Hoshi felt a numbing pain, but he also felt as if something had been stimulated. Strength surged within him.
Jump!
Tomohisa used this strength to jump up and fly far away from the ground! He instantly teleported far away!!
At almost the same time, Hoshi controlled a Spirit Eagle and flew away with him!
Mika had originally wanted to block another attack for her teammate. She hurriedly tried to slide to dodge the attack, but she was too late and was hit by Big Wolf's charge!
Her entire body was sent flying. However, with Mashiro's Clothes' assistance, she somersaulted in midair and landed on the ground in a balanced manner. She glided beautifully in the Swallow style to reduce the impact.
Full marks!!
Seiji, who had originally wanted to help, had the urge to give Hoshi a thumbs-up when he saw this scene.
The Big Wolf stopped in its tracks and turned around to charge at Hoshi again. Tomohisa cast a Thunderboom at the fastest speed he could muster and hit the Big Wolf!
* Boom!! * Lightning flashed and slowed down the Big Wolf's movements.
Hoshi controlled the Spirit Eagle and viciously smashed into the Big Wolf's right front foot, successfully causing it to slip and fall.
Mika created a dark-red ball that glided towards the wolf's head at high speed. She aimed at the wolf's head and fired …
[Dimension Shattering Jade]!
The blood-red ball struck the Big Wolf's head and exploded with an ear-deafening explosion. The Big Wolf instantly disappeared.
The Big Wolf's headless body collapsed and transformed into a thick dark red mist.
'This is basically against the rules … but I guess it's fine.' Seiji thought to himself.
Mika and the others had done quite well in defeating a Big Wolf without him and Little Shi even needing to do anything.
Seiji then saw someone kneeling on the ground, seeming to be in great pain.
"Tomohisa! What's the matter!? "Seiji hurriedly rushed over.
"My … balls hurt …"
"Eh?"
"Just now, I used lightning on my legs … the numbness spread there … wahhh …"
Tomohisa covered his lower body with his hand and made sounds of discomfort.
Seiji was rendered speechless.
'Dodging just now actually had such a side effect!?' Seiji revealed a subtle expression.
"I'll use a healing spell to heal you."
"Thank you … wahh …"
Mika and Hoshi both revealed subtle expressions after learning about Tomohisa's sore spot. Kazuko covered her mouth and tilted her head as if she was laughing. Only Little Shi's expression didn't change.
Although it caused him great pain, such a method had its uses as a method of dodging in an emergency. Tomohisa's actions could be described as courageous, but they could also be described as reckless.
Judging from the results, it was courageous. But, generally speaking, trying something new during a critical moment in battle shouldn't be encouraged.
"It's just numbness in your legs and balls … cough, lower body pain. It's fine, but it'll be difficult to say if it causes more serious damage. At any rate … you should be careful."
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