This time, our enemy appears to be a giant snake. A giant snake big enough to swallow a grown man whole stands in front of Misayano and me.
So it looks like the Brave Art, I taught her, "Fang Crusher," will come in handy right away.
*Bang* While I was thinking this, Misayano literally shattered the serpent's fangs with "Fang Crusher." "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!" The serpent cried out in pain. Since it was usually the hunter, it probably never imagined that it would end up being the hunted. While the serpent was flinching in pain, I took the opportunity to distance myself from it and watch Misayano's battle.
"You've shattered its fangs, but..." "Yes!" "Some snakes shoot poison. Be careful." It's a bit of a cliché, but I gave her that advice. "Yes, I get it!" Misayano nodded obediently to my words.
Although Misayano had learned a fair amount of offensive Brave Arts, she had hardly learned any defensive ones. Well, that's typical of the lively Misayano. That's why I had prioritized having her learn defensive Brave Arts, with the exception of Iron Slicing, and it suddenly came in handy. It really is the case that "it's better to be safe than sorry." My basic philosophy is to prioritize survival over victory. Humans only have one life. Once you die, it's all over. It's best to ensure safety as much as possible before going in.
Of course, there is no such thing as absolute safety in battle, but you should increase the probability, even if only slightly. That's the way I do it, accumulating as I go. Misayano has faithfully followed my teachings. I'm impressed. "Charles."
The impressive Misayano called out to me. "At this rate, I think I can do it on my own!" "It looks like it. But don't let your guard down."
There doesn't seem to be any problem from my perspective, but you never know what's going to happen until the battle is over. That's all I could say. Well, I suppose that was just an unnecessary worry. "Too slow!" *Slash*
Misayano doesn't just dodge the serpent's attack, she uses it to counter. I think she really has a natural talent for attacks. "Gyaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The serpent screams loudly after receiving a painful counterattack. Misayano's attacks steadily land fatal blows on the serpent, but its attacks never hit her. "Kishaaaaaaaaaaah!" *Bang-Bang-Bang* Perhaps it was going crazy with pain, as the serpent's attacks became extremely fierce.
Even so, it seems the serpent's attacks cannot catch Misayano. "Ha!" *Swish-Swish-Swish-Swish*
In addition, instead of pushing herself too hard, she played it safe and used her Brave Art "Flying Izuna", which she described as her favorite, to slowly attack the serpent. The serpent was being slashed to pieces by countless invisible flying slashes, but to Misayano, its attacks didn't even graze her, and it seemed to only be spinning in circles. With its fangs already shattered, it tried to slam into Misayano, but was held back by "Flying Izuna", and couldn't even get close to her. Thus, Misayano was gaining the overwhelming advantage in the battle.
Just as I thought, at this rate it looked like I wouldn't be getting a chance. "Gugyaaaaaaaaaahhh!!" For a while, the giant snake moved around energetically like that, but Misayano's "Flying Izuna" steadily took its toll on the snake, and it cried out in agony before finally dying. And so, Misayano had safely defeated the Keystone Beast. Misayano gained experience by defeating a Keystone Beast by herself, and with this, the territory of Braidea has expanded. "How was it, Charles?" Misayano asked me after finishing the job. My answer to that was. "Passing marks. Close to perfect, I guess. I was able to watch with ease." And so I praised Misayano's achievement. "Hehe, I'm embarrassed when Charles praises me like that."
"I don't think there's any problem now, but let's go around the area once and call in the troops if there are no problems." "Alright, sounds good." Misayano nodded. After all, it's a big snake. Its skin and fangs would make good materials.
Misayano wasn't hit by it, so we don't know, but if it has poison, that might be useful for something. Anyway, we split up and searched the area. However, since the pioneer team had cleared the area beforehand, we didn't see any monsters.
Determining that it was safe, we called the pioneer forces back.
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