Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 22 looks like a scene from a cosplay of a speed bump.

None of them expected that Duster would fly several meters away so easily.

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. How could a hasty defense possibly stop a monster that's like a mini-truck from crashing down? But how should I put it... it's surprisingly funny. If you didn't know better, you'd think he was cosplaying a speed bump.

"Monster, look this way! Taunt!!"

Taylor reacted instantly, raising his shield and unleashing a skill at the monster, pulling it towards him with its attraction.

Keith quickly drew his bow and arrow to support his companion, while shouting to the still somewhat dazed Lynn and Charlotte, "You two, watch over Dust, please!"

"oh oh!"

"Leave it to me!"

The two quickly ran towards Duster, who was lying on the ground in a very strange position, with his chest in front and his legs behind, and his waist bent at an extreme angle.

The 48 Ultimate Moves of a Supporting Character: Spiral Rotation Recovery - Bloody Tornado!?

Lynn wanted to help Duster up, but didn't know where to start, and could only anxiously ask, "How are you, Duster? Are you alright?!"

"Don't move, it's broken." Duster's brows were furrowed, and he looked quite pained.

Charlotte lightly tapped his lower back, causing him to howl in pain.

"I'm so sorry, I'll treat you right away."

Place both hands on the spiral-shaped waist and use the skill simultaneously to heal.

The light flashed by.

As Duster cried out "Oh oh oh," accompanied by crisp cracking sounds, his body gradually returned to its original shape, like a straw twisted by air being blown.

"Okay...that's it!?"

Duster twisted his waist.

His gaze towards Charlotte was strange, as if he were scrutinizing her or recalling something. His brows were slightly furrowed, and it was unclear what he was thinking. However, it quickly returned to his scumbag-like expression as he said, "Don't think I'll thank you, hmph!"

"...No, men shouldn't be so arrogant, I'm about to throw up." Charlotte said, forcing a smile.

Lynn breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Duster was safe and sound.

"Hey you guys, if you're done here, could you at least look after this area? We're about to collapse!"

Keith was yelling and shouting.

Taylor gritted his teeth and glared, raising his shield to fight the novice assassin, looking quite strained.

No way?

Charlotte was a little flustered because of the haste just now, but after regrouping, she finally saw what the novice assassin looked like.

It no longer possessed the imposing and domineering aura of a king it had when we first met; its body was covered in wounds, making it look quite pitiful.

There were knife wounds and magical damage, with drops of blood trickling down the plain. His chest looked like it had been punched hard, completely caved in.

It looked exactly like a wounded wild beast.

When the novice assassin saw Charlotte, he let out a ferocious growl and realized that the monster in front of him was the one he had encountered before, and that it must have come looking for him because it smelled his scent.

"Damn monster, it knocked me flying! I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

Duster drew his sword and charged at the monster.

He seemed a bit reckless, but he chose a particularly good position. The novice assassin was too busy fighting Taylor to pay attention to him, and if he succeeded in his sneak attack, he would kill him instantly.

However, the beginner killer was too clever. It simply swept its tail, kicking up a cloud of dust that obscured its vision, thus hindering Duster's attack. Then it took a step back, causing Taylor's force to miss, and while he was off balance, it slapped him to the ground.

Thankfully, Taylor was wearing thick armor; otherwise, he might have been thrown quite a distance.

Just as the novice assassin was about to finish off the monster, Keith shouted, "Don't even think about it!" At the same time, he shot an arrow towards the monster's eye. Although it missed, it still made the monster retreat temporarily.

This guy is too strong!?

Compared to the clumsy giant toad, it knew what it should do and was able to effectively use the terrain to distract others, making it difficult for them to attack.

"Tsk, troublesome."

Taylor grabbed the hand that Keith offered and stood up, repositioning himself with his shield. He consulted his companion, "What should we do? If we retreat now, we might still have a chance, but..."

"I don't think it will let us go," Charlotte said decisively, because the novice assassin had been watching him ever since.

It all seems so inexplicable.

It's understandable that a novice assassin would hate Chris, since she was hindering his feeding. But Charlotte is clearly the prey being chased, the victim. Why should she be hated? It doesn't make sense.

"There's no other way, Keith."

"it is good."

Keith pulled a bright red, rod-shaped object from his pouch, then pulled the string at the bottom, and saw it shoot into the sky with a loud bang and explode.

"This is a signal flare. I originally thought I wouldn't need it and wouldn't carry it, but ever since last time I've been ready to carry it at all times."

He also grew as a person.

"So..."

Keith, Taylor, and Dust charged towards the monster from three directions, while Lynn raised her wand, casting spells to support them from time to time. They worked together seamlessly, like a single unit.

...See, it will turn out like this!

Charlotte watched like an outsider. The novice assassin had clearly come after him, but now he could only receive protection from behind. How could he accept this?

Of course, he could feel more involved if he learned support magic, but the problem is he doesn't.

"Over here! Over here! What are you looking at!?"

"Don't even think about running away!"

"Sniper!!"

The three relentlessly attacked the novice assassin, cleverly disengaging immediately after each hit, intending to wear down the monster's stamina in this way.

But the novice assassin was surprisingly tenacious, continuing to fight even as the plains were stained with blood, perfectly embodying the meaning of a cornered beast struggling.

No, if this continues, they might be the first to run out of energy.

We need to think of a solution.

Seeing Lynn gripping her wand tightly, ready to lend a hand at any moment, Charlotte had an idea.

As a powerful mage, she cannot act rashly. After all, reality is different from the game; there is friendly fire. It would be bad if she accidentally hurt her companions.

Therefore, Lynn has been using less powerful magic since the beginning.

Since that's the case...

"Lynn".

"What's wrong?"

"You can use powerful fire magic, right?"

"I can..."

"Then use it."

"But……"

Lynn wanted to say something more, but seeing Charlotte's serious expression, she made up her mind. "I don't know what you want to do, but please... you guys get out of the way! I'm going to use magic!"

Upon hearing this, Duster and the other two jumped back immediately, while Lynn finished chanting the spell and used her skill on the novice assassin.

"Fireball!!"

Although it was only an intermediate-level spell, Lynn had a lot of magic power, and the fireball was large and looked quite powerful. Charlotte took the opportunity to pull out several small bags and threw them all at the novice killer like a shower of flowers.

"What is that?"

"Iron filings."

This was Charlotte's preparation for dealing with the giant toad. To avoid bringing too little as yesterday, he brought a lot today.

do you know?

Iron filings may explode when exposed to an open flame.

If the iron filings are small enough and have a large enough contact area with the air when floating in the air, they may ignite when exposed to an open flame, and explode when the concentration reaches an explosive level.

Charlotte happened to have brought a lot of it, and coincidentally, his iron filings were scraped off from that set of forging junk, incompletely burned armor.

and so--

With a loud bang, a violent explosion accompanied by flames shot into the sky, and the powerful impact caused the unsuspecting people to fall to the ground.

The novice assassin at the center of the explosion screamed and collapsed to the ground, his fate unknown.