Chapter 40 - Aoi-sensei's Firepower

Both Aoi-sensei and Fujiwara looked at Saemi and nodded, I was happy with their quick decision since this is no time for doubts, after that Aoi-sensei pointed his two arms towards one of the Goblins that was alone and muttered something, then a red circle appeared underneath the Goblin making it startled to notice that suddenly there was a circle underneath it, before the Goblin could even react, the circle glowed red and soon a spiral of fire went up around the Goblin turning it into coal.

"Wow"

Said Aoi-sensei looking at her hands right away, on her face it was possible to see her surprised face, or rather everyone was looking at her the same way including me.

(If this attack was directed at me, I'm sure I wouldn't come out without a scratch or two)

I thought as I looked at Aoi-sensei, after that Fujiwara extended one of her hands to the ground and right away a black whirlpool began to form, you could see that Fujiwara was trying very hard to do this as there were drops of sweat on her face, but even so in seconds a black sword appeared in place of the whirlpool, Fujiwara picked up the sword and looked at Shinji.

"SHINJI"

Shouted Fujiwara getting Shinji's attention, as soon as Shinji looked at Fujiwara the same threw the black sword to Shinji who caught it with no problem.

"Finish them off fast, I will only be able to keep the sword for a maximum of 2 minutes"

Saying this Shinji turned to the Goblins and immediately a smile formed on his face, in seconds I felt a totally different sensation in Shinji, as soon as he took a position holding the sword, he disappeared from the place leaving everyone confused, soon after that 4 Goblins had their heads cut off.

(It was probably his Speed Cutting ability)

I thought as I looked at Shinji who was cutting off one Goblin after another, while this was going on Saemi was launching bursts of air bullets at the Goblins showing his proficiency in his skills, Saemi was clearly standing out more than Fujiwara and Aoi-sensei with his accurate shots, Fujiwara, on the other hand, was creating stake after stake that went towards the enemy and pierced it finishing them off quickly.

"Ahahahaha, take that you bastards"

My thoughts were abruptly interrupted by Baji blasting head after head of the Goblins, unlike me Baji seemed to be enjoying himself with what he was doing, while I saw the action of killing as a necessity for survival, Baji seemed to see it as a form of entertainment, the more I see this the less remorse I feel for him, he really is a despicable person, after the intense battle all the Goblins were defeated and Shinji and Baji were approaching us again.

"Hey girls, good job, especially you Saemi"

Shinji said with a smile.

"Hey, I'm the one who gave you a sword you know"

Said Fujiwara looking annoyed although clearly it was a joke.

"Hahaha, sure, you helped me immensely too"

Said Shinji, while this was going on Baji walked silently over to the other porter who was with us and grabbed him by the collar.

"You bastard, you did that on purpose didn't you"

Baji said with an angry face.

"N-No, I-I swear it wasn't on purpose"

Said the boy with fear and anxiety.

"Calm down Baji, he was just scared... That's normal in our situation, a lot of people are going to be scared"

Hearing Aoi-sensei's words, Baji stared at the boy's face for a few seconds before letting go of him on the ground.

"Tsk, if you say so, Aoi-sensei"

Baji said walking away.

"Anyway... let's keep going, we still have a few hours before dark"

Shinji said, after that we continued exploring the forest for a few hours, besides some smaller animals that we killed to eat later we didn't find anything significant, but both me and Saemi knew that they were relatively close to the area where the boss is.

(Saemi, help them find the boss, I want to analyze the strength level of Shinji and Baji fighting a boss)

I said telepathically to Saemi, who glanced at me and nodded.

"Shinji, the wind is strange that way"

Saemi said as she pointed in the direction the boss was standing.

(So, she's using the excuse of feeling the wind or something)

I thought amused at the situation, even though Saemi didn't have an ability like that that doesn't mean she can't have one day.

"Alright, let's take a look"

Shinji said, then we all started to follow the path Saemi had talked about and after a few minutes we arrived again at the boss area.

"This place is quite different from the rest of the forest"

Shinji said as he looked around.

"Who cares, where is this boss?"

Said Baji with a wild smile on his face, although this guy liked to beat people up before it seems that here it's much worse since he doesn't have to hold back anymore since the enemies are monsters.

"Other than that rock in the middle there's nothing that different here"

Fujiwara said, Saemi glanced at me again asking for confirmation and soon I nodded indicating that she could proceed.

"That... doesn't look like a rock, the wind is weird wrapped around that"

Saemi said as she pointed at the rock, after that everyone started looking at the stone again only in a more attentive way, the first to notice something was Aoi-sensei.

"It's true, it looks like scales, except I've never seen a red stone that size before"

Aoi-sensei said.

"Whatever that thing is, it looks like it's sleeping"

Saemi said, clearly, she knew what it was but if she said it, they might ask how she knew since it was the first time everyone was seeing it, looking to the side I see the boy shaking and barely keeping upright.

(It seems that for a person without combat-focused powers, this is a rather frightening sight, for he surely knows that his power will not be able to help him defend himself)

I thought as I looked at him and mentally thanked Aurora-sama for taking me in, after all, I could be in this boy's situation.