Comparing the Bear-girl and the monitor lizard.
The monitor lizard is over 10 meters long and a girl dressed as a cute bear facing off each other. It looks like food is being placed in front of the monitor lizard.
If she gets hit by that big tail, it would end in a single blow.
But she didn’t even try to escape. She started fighting instead.
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Yuna’s POV
A huge lizard appeared in front of me.
I don’t know what it’s called, so I’ll use my detection skills.
But there was no response to the detection skill. Apparently, the monsters at the Gate of Trials don’t respond to the detection skill.
I don’t know what it’s called, so I’ll call it a monitor lizard.
The battle with the monitor lizards begins.
And I’ve been trying to get closer to it for a while now, but I can’t. It moves fast for its huge body. When I approached it from behind, it swung its long tail. When I tried to approach it from the left or right side, its large claws attacked me. And a huge mouth awaited me in front.
Hmmm, what a pain.
Each strike of the tail is heavy and sharp. When it swings horizontally, it makes a sound like cutting the air, and if it drops it vertically, the ground trembles. Even more annoying is the fact that each of its scales is a sharp blade. If I catch it normally, I will receive damage.
Its tail swings so fast that I can barely keep my knife in place, let alone stab it.
If the knife were just a little bit longer, I could reach it. I can’t get close to it subtly.
On the bright side, at the very least, the scales are not flying towards me.
If I could use my bear puppet, I would hold it down or hit it, but I can’t do that. If I do so, the trial might end abruptly. I want to avoid the possibility of the trial ends.
So, what do I do now?
[Missy! If you can’t defeat that, just go back to the magic circle, stick the knife in, and the trial will end.] Rojina
You should have told me that before we started. I’m not going to give up, though.
It’s been a while since I’ve been to an event this exciting. I have to enjoy it.
I ran in a clockwise direction. The monitor lizard spun its huge body and swung its long tail around. Oh no. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The tail extended quickly. So I hastily crossed my knives to block it.
[Missy!] Rojina
I was blown away, but I twisted my body and landed on my feet with my bear shoes. If I hadn’t been wearing bear gear, I wouldn’t have been able to catch it with my knives, nor would I have been able to land safely, and I would have simply hit the ground hard. I don’t know how the damage is calculated here, but I have to make sure I don’t take unnecessary damage.
But can I really take this thing down with just a couple of knives?
I calmed myself down, clenched my knives, and observed the monitor lizard.
As expected, its weak point is its back. On the front, a large mouth awaits, and on either side are limbs with sharp claws. The back has a tail with sharp blade-like scales. The effective range of the tail is 180 degrees to the left and right. It can only bend upward about 90 degrees. It cannot reach the back. Unlike the Big Scorpion, there’s no threat on that part. The only drawback is that I can’t use magic against it.
Well, just because I can’t use magic doesn’t mean I can’t use the bear cheat.
I kept my distance from the monitor lizard. Then, I ran towards the monitor lizard. The monitor lizard crawled towards me. I’m not very good with reptiles, so I’ll settle this quickly.
I timed my jump at the oncoming monitor lizard.
The monitor lizard raised its head and tried to eat me, but it could not reach me as I flew higher than it can reach. I landed on its back and thrusted the Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear Knives, both of which were filled with magical power, into its back.
The back was not as hard as the tail, so the knives dug deep into it.
At that moment, the monitor lizard vanished, it probably admitted its defeat.
Hmmm, the victory condition is not very clear. If it’s a normal monster, it wouldn’t be defeated like that. Well, if it’s a win, then I’ll take it as a win.
When I looked at Rojina-san, I saw him and Guildmaster looking at me dumbfoundedly.
Oh, I was so excited to be able to participate in the event, that I forgot to hide my abilities.