BXBX NOVEL Chapter 169 - Whack-A-Toe
I left the hotel with people close to me cheering for me. It's not laughter, it's cheers. They are cheering for me with a smile. A smile combined with exhaling air from their lungs which makes multiple 'Ha' sound.
"They're laughing at you, Roy." Victoria said.
"Shut up! They're cheering for me with a weird way!"
"Roy. Do you know? If I transform myself into just the upper body of the armor, the stocking on the leg armor will be moved to you. So, it will be you who to wear it."
"Please don't do that! I beg you, my dear Victoria!"
I'm begging her while I'm jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
"Then you will do as I say. Now the Giant Salamander's fire won't work on you. The only thing it has against you is its strong physical power combined with its size. And you will fight it head on. Ignore other mages attacking the monster!"
"If I ignore them, I will be the one to get hit by their magic! It will be fine if they're fire or ice magic, but I'm still vulnerable to other type of magic, you know?"
"You know what I mean. Just attack the monster with physical attacks combined with your Aura. Don't use dirty tricks or sneak attack."
"That's impossible! With the body of that size, no normal attack can kill it! Tactic also important in battle you muscle head!"
"Alright, alright. I actually just want to see if it's possible. Just fight however you want."
So, in the end she's just teasing me?!
I finally arrived outside the north gate. I see that all the monsters have been defeated and only some hunters left guarding this place. And everyone is looking at the Giant Salamander in fear.
In my previous life, I never notice such a giant monster attacking the city. I do feel some kind of earthquake back then. I thought maybe the monsters is getting closer to where I hide, but maybe the cause of that earthquake is this lizard. I might be wrong though, since my memory sucks.
Anyway, my past doesn't matter anymore. The present is more important! That's why I hope I will receive a gift from the others after this is over. After all present=gift. Got it? Sorry for the lame joke.
Before I start charging to the Giant Salamander, I prepared my spear as well. I repair it back to one piece. I want to test how powerful my attack if I throw this spear to that lizard.
I run toward the Giant Salamander with the spear on my right hand, and prepare to throw it. I covered my whole body to throw the spear. If I just covered my arm, the power is not as much as when I'm covering my whole body.
After all, even though I look like throwing with one arm, I actually threw the spear with my whole body. My legs, my hip, waist, chest, neck, and obviously my right arm that will throw the spear. And even my left arm to pull my body as my right arm pushed it.
This is a spear throw with my full strength. I'm confident to be able to give a huge damage to the Giant Salamander with this.
I see it getting closer and closer to the Giant Salamander's forehead and finally the spear reached its forehead.
*tuk*
"…let's escape." I said.
"So fast! Why did you give up when you just hit that monster once?!" Victoria shouted angrily at me. Now that she's covering my whole body, I heard her voice right next to my ears. Her shout is ringing my ears.
"Don't you hear that sound? What's with the 'tuk'? How come I used all my power and it only make a tuk sound? That's not a sound I want to hear! Let's give up! Escape from this city with everyone!"
"It's just one tuk! Don't you always say it? If you can't kill it with one hit, then kill it with two hits. If not then three. If not then attack it again and again until it dies. It's the same with this lizard!"
"No, it's not! I only said it knowing that at least my attack can damage my enemy! But what's with this tuk? There's no way that tuk give any damage? No matter how many tuks I give, it will never die! I can't just keep tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-ing it until it dies! Everyone would die first before I give that thing any damage! And that spear didn't even faze that lizard!"
The spear I threw was bounced back and stabbed the ground. That Giant Salamander doesn't even seem to notice that it was just got attacked. I feel no hope in winning against this thing.
"There are many things can influence how the attack didn't hurt that Salamander! Gravity, wind, the speed of that spear, the strength of that spear, the sharpness of that spear, the distance, where it hits, and more! What if its forehead is the strongest part of Giant Salamander? Why didn't you aim at its belly? Usually, lizard type monsters' weakness are their bellies, right? The least protected by its scales. Like a dragon's weakness?" Victoria said it angrily.
"How do you know? Have you fought a dragon before?"
"It's common sense from my world!"
"Then your world has dragons? I thought there's no monsters in that world." I said.
"…we're talking about that Giant Salamander right now. Not about dragon."
"Don't change the subject! You don't even know if dragons' weakness is their belly, right? You haven't even fought any dragons in this world!"
"…what about you? I said many things about the reason why your attack didn't give any damage at all, but have you tried everything? What about covering your spear with Aura?" Victoria asked.
"…ah!"
Shit! I forgot to pour Aura into the spear! No wonder it didn't do any damage! How could I be this stupid! Must be the stocking! Because my mind is filled by the stocking, I forgot many things! As I thought, I shouldn't have worn this stocking! Wait, it was Victoria who's wearing it. Well, she shouldn't wear it in the first place then.
"You just said ah! You totally forgot to pour your Aura to your spear! Why are you like this in this important moment?!"
"Let's start round two." I ignored Victoria.
"The first round hasn't even started!"
Well… what to do now? My only way for ranged attack is gone. To retrieve that spear right now is too dangerous. It bounced away behind that Giant Salamander. I guess in the end, it will be a close-range combat.
Now, where should I aim it? Its belly is so high that I have to jump first before I attack. But doing so will make me vulnerable to its attack.
While I was thinking of how to attack it, the Giant Salamander's whole body suddenly on fire. And there's also fire inside its mouth. Is it trying to use its fire breath? If a monster this size uses its breath attack, there will be too many casualties! I have to stop it!
Without thinking much, I had Victoria transformed into a hammer. I covered my whole body with Aura again, and this time, I didn't forget to cover my hammer as well.
I run toward the Giant Salamander and… goes under it and approached its right front foot. I raised the hammer high and swung it down as strong as possible to its… toe. One of its toes.
"Why?!!!" Victoria shouted.
"You always feel pain when you stubbed your toe, right? That's why I did this."
And just like I thought, the Giant Salamander is in too much pain its head raised to the sky instead of aiming to the city. Making its fire breath attacking no one. Oh wait! There's a wyvern up there getting hit by the fire!
The wyvern died leaving the smell of a cooked meat. Now I want to taste it. Maybe I should ask Lina to cook one for me.
The Salamander raised its right foot due to the pain. The toe is totally broken and I also destroyed the claw attached to that toe.
Meanwhile, I moved to its left front foot and attacked one of its toes again.
"You're playing whack-a-mole this time?" Victoria asked.
"What's that? There are no moles here. Just toes."
"You're playing whack-a-toe this time?"
"After that first toe I hammered, I see that the lizard can feel the pain since it's broken. So I thought of destroying all its toes. If I'm right, then monster's toes have similar function as human's toes. To assist in walking and balancing the body. I hope that's the case with this one as well. If I destroyed all its toes, it will have a hard time walking and we can end it here before it reaches the city." I explained to Victoria.
"…you always have the weirdest idea."
"As long as it works! And it is working so far!"
And I continue smashing its toes. Its flaming toes. The fire is even reaching its toes, but I don't mind it at all. It was because of the stocking I had with me. But if I'm asked if I'm grateful to have this on me, I will say no.