The giant skeleton, with a total of ten arms, swung its rusty greatsword while charging at us.
"Village Chief, leave it to me!"
It was Noel-kun, holding his shield to intercept the attack.
Noel-kun, who possesses the gift of 'Shield Saint Technique,' is the best shield-bearer in our village.
Zugagagagagagagagan!
Noel-kun perfectly blocked the series of powerful sword strikes from the giant skeleton with his shield.
The sheer force of the skeleton’s attacks sent a tremendous blast of wind toward us, but Noel-kun didn’t budge an inch.
"Wow, that's impressive♡"
Gori-chan clapped his hands in admiration.
Noel-kun’s height has now surpassed two meters, matching Gori-chan’s stature. He used to be on the thinner side, but thanks to weight training, his shoulders are now broad, and his physique is quickly approaching Gori-chan’s build.
"~~~~~~!?"
It seemed the giant skeleton wasn’t expecting its attacks to be blocked, and it appeared to be flustered.
While Noel-kun kept the enemy occupied, everyone surrounded the giant skeleton and launched a simultaneous attack.
The thick bones cracked and shattered one after another, and the giant skeleton collapsed to the ground.
"Did... we defeat it...?"
Akane-san, who had been hiding behind me and Hazena-san the entire time, asked cautiously.
"Nope. Even though it’s practically fallen apart, it’s still twitching. It’s pretty tenacious."
"GYAAAAA!?"
As expected of undead, it seems their durability is high.
Moreover, the shattered parts of the skeleton began slowly reattaching, and if left alone, it seemed like it might revive.
"Leave it to me. Namu!"
Gai-san used his purification magic, and the skeleton finally stopped moving completely.
"Alright, let’s move forward! Akane-san, if you stay curled up like that, we’ll leave you behind!"
"I absolutely refuse to be left behind!!!"
"Hey, you can’t walk if you’re clinging to me like that. Come on, stand up. Huh? You can’t stand?"
"My back... it’s gone numb...!"
Why on earth did she even come...?
"Then, I shall carry you."
" " "Perverted monk, stay back!" " "
Since Akane-san was being a hindrance, Queen Maribel decided to carry her.
"Big sis Maribel, are you okay?"
"This is nothing for me."
"Sorry for making you carry something strange."
"Are you calling me strange!?"
"Is there anyone else? But I’m glad you lost weight. If you were still fat, I really would have left you behind."
"That was a close call..."
We pressed on toward the center of the castle.
"Ugh, a slime!?"
"Doesn’t it stink horribly...!?"
"Ugh, it’s spitting out rotten liquid...!"
"Uuueeeehhhhhhh!"
"Akane-san, don’t puke there, Maribel-nee-chan is...!!"
"I hear crying...?"
"It’s a female ghost! It’s casting magic!?"
"Wait, it disappeared!? ...It’s behind us...!"
"NGYAAAAAAAAAA! ...Thud."
"Akane-san fainted!?"
Along the way, we encountered rotting giant undead slimes and powerful ghosts using strong magic, but we defeated them without much trouble. Eventually, we arrived at a spacious room that seemed to be the audience chamber.
By the way, Akane-san is unconscious.
It’s quiet now, which is just right.
"...Someone's sitting in a chair."
"Yeah, there’s no way that’s a normal human."
Seated in the luxurious chair at the back of the room was a young woman with a handsome face, as if she had stepped right out of a painting, and an outstanding figure.
She was waiting for us with a seductive smile on her face.
"Gai-san, who’s that?"
"Mm. She’s a top-class beauty you’d immediately pick at a brothel."
"I didn’t ask for that kind of information!"
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