Raising the Lowest-Ranked Adventurer, the Heroic Girl – Wasn’t I Just a Substitute Old Man?

Raising the Lowest-Ranked Adventurer, the Heroic Girl – Wasn’t I Just a Substitute Old Man?

Chapter  35   Kana: I’ll tidy up everything all at once, so just leave it to me!

“Kyaa!”

“Yuzu!”

After running through the forest for a while, they emerged into a slightly more open area, similar to the place they were initially in. However, the difference this time was the presence of a pond right in front of them.

“Stop!”

“Ha… ha… Finally caught up.”

“…I won’t let you escape anymore. I’ll defeat you right here.”

They couldn’t proceed due to the pond in front of them, and they were being pursued from behind. Even if they tried to escape left or right, they would be attacked before they could do so. The situation could be considered quite dire.

“Heh, it’s really something to be chased all the way to a place like this. Personally, I’d prefer stalkers to have some restraint.”

“You can afford to say such ridiculous things for now. We have three people here, while you have two. Moreover, one of them is a support member. There’s no way you can win.”

“If you just give up gracefully, you can avoid getting hurt.”

While the members of the Tenshi Team were saying such things, Kana wore a bitter expression on the surface but inside, she was actually smiling.

“Oh my, such a clichéd villainous line. It really shows the lack of class of your boss. Don’t you think so, Yuzu?”

“Uh, um… Y-Yeah, you’re right…”

Coming to this location according to the plan, but even so, running to avoid being caught was quite challenging for Yuzu, who was in the rear guard.

“…You have no intention of giving up, huh?”

“Give up…?”

Kana shifted her gaze towards the Tenshi Team, let out a slow sigh, and released her grip on her weapon.

Naturally, the weapon fell to the ground, and the large hammer Kana was holding rolled to the ground with a thud.

It seemed like Kana had given up with that action. The tension among the members of the Tenshi Team noticeably eased.

“Hey!”

“What!?”

However, in that moment, Kana grabbed the fist-sized iron ball attached to her waist and hurled it.

One of the members of the Tenshi Team, who didn’t expect such a move, couldn’t dodge the iron ball and was hit directly in the abdomen.

“As if I would do something like that!”

“What!?”

And distracted by their comrade being attacked, the other members of the team became vulnerable. Seizing the opportunity, Kana swiftly closed in, striking the one who had been hit by the iron ball, sending them flying with a punch.

The male student who took Kana’s fist was sent flying.

As the healing magic that would be activated after receiving a certain amount of damage had not been triggered, they hadn’t been disqualified yet, but they wouldn’t be able to move right away.

“Come at me! If it’s just the three of you, I’ll clean you up all at once!”

Receiving Kana’s provocation, two members of the Tenshi Team became wary of her.

“…? Hey, Kitahara is gone!”

“What!? Where did she…!”

Although the Tenshi Team had been cautious and surrounded Kana after their comrade was suddenly defeated, one of them noticed that Yuzu, who should have been in a slightly distant location, was nowhere to be found.

“Yuzu must have escaped. If you want to chase her, go ahead.”

As Kana said this while shifting her gaze to the right, they could see Yuzu’s back moving away from this location at a brisk pace.

One member of the Tenshi Team, upon seeing this, made eye contact with the others and attempted to chase after Yuzu. However, the iron ball that had attacked their comrade moments ago crashed into the ground with a loud noise right at their feet.

“But I won’t let you go.”

“You…!”

Kana picked up her trusty weapon, the large hammer, from the ground and wielded it, displaying a fearless smile.

—They can’t chase after her until they defeat Kana.

The Tenshi Team reached that conclusion and immediately took action.

“So slow, so slow! Take this!”

However, the attacks still didn’t land.

The enemy formation consisted of two frontliners and one backliner, but one of the frontliners was already downed by Kana’s attack.

And the remaining backliner was a healer, so while they participated in the attack, they lacked the ‘pressure’ in their attacks.

“Take that! Hah… Huh!”

That was inevitable. The healer was kicked away by Kana’s attack. Whether she managed to take a defensive stance or if Kana held back, the recovery through the barrier did not activate.

However, just like the previous frontliner, it seemed that they wouldn’t be able to move right away.

Now, only the frontliner swordsman remained. It was not a favorable situation for the Tenshi Team.

Even in this situation where attacks weren’t landing, it would be possible to finish them off if the mage used area-of-effect magic.

However, the mage was currently guarding their team’s treasure, so they weren’t present at this location.

Nevertheless, the opponent was a team that ranked high across all grades. It wouldn’t end just like this.

“This is it!”

“Whoa! But—”

The student who should have been defeated in the first strike stood up and attacked Kana from behind.

Although the injuries shouldn’t have allowed them to stand up so easily, Kana glanced around and noticed that the healer girl had moved.

It seemed she had healed her teammate.

Kana dodged the swordsmanship attacks from the male student.

However, with the cooperation between the healed student who stood up and the one who had been fighting Kana, Kana’s movements lost her previous momentum.

No matter how strong Kana had become, she was still a work in progress. While she was strong when she had momentum, if that momentum was halted, her strength would be lost.

Kana defended against the coordinated attacks of the two students and managed to hold her ground. However, she realized that if the healer fully recovered, she would be pushed into a corner. Prepared for further injuries, Kana swung her massive hammer without attempting to block the opponent’s attacks.

The student swordsman, who was in the middle of an attack, didn’t expect a counterattack at that moment. His eyes widened in surprise, and he hastily stopped his attack, twisting his body as much as he could. However, he couldn’t avoid the full-force swing of Kana’s hammer.

Even in such a situation, it was commendable that he managed to intercept the blow with his sword.

However, that alone was far from enough.

No matter what, it was impossible to stop the heavy object swung with tremendous force using just a single sword. The sword held as a shield shattered, and the force only slightly reduced as it struck the swordsman’s body.

As a result, the swordsman who tried to stop Kana’s swinging hammer with his body was sent flying by its momentum.

“Hahahaha! Home run!”

The student propelled by the hammer was likely deemed to have suffered a fatal blow. The barrier activated, and healing magic was cast. This meant one person retired from the battle.