The bdes sliced through the air, produg loud sounds each time they pierced the monsters. They kept ging dire as if dang in the air. The monsters couldn't get close.

  I smiled at Ais, who looked startled.

  "I didn't know you could do something like that," she said, watg my bdes.

  "It's very useful, but I 't keep it up for long." Even though my mana reserves had grown siderably, it was draining rapidly.

  It took a lot of mana to keep the bdes flying around at high speed. This isn't something I use for extended periods; I'll have to turn it off soon.

  "The's get ready. Don't worry, it's all right; you don't have to do everything alone. We're not going to die to something like this," Ais said fidently.

  "That's right, Luan! You don't o keep holding them back! Let them e closer!"

  That's not the issue here... I know you won't die, but the missio allow you to get hurt. You 't get injured in any way.

  How should I expin this to them?

  There's no way to expin it.

  "Don't worry, I hahis."

  The number of monsters had dwindled signifitly.

  All the monsters were nearby; I couldn't sense any further out. They were all gathered around us. I should create an escape route for them.

  And that's what I did.

  "Ais, Tiona, Tione. Being surrounded isn't a good idea—this way."

  All the bdes flew forward, creating a rge path for us to pass through. To be safe, I used [Dark Magic] to create a tunnel, shielding us from any ining attacks.

  As we emerged oher side, the monsters "screamed" in rage, and the Bad Bats increased their flying speed to harass us.

  But my bdes came from behind and pierced every one of them.

  There were few Bad Bats left—they were nearly all dead.

  The rgest number of monsters now were the Orcs, the stro ones.

  Luckily, we weren't attacked by a rge group of Infant Dragons or anything like that.

  "Luan, shouldn't we leave now? These monsters seem endless," Ais looked back at the swarm of monsters. It was like an army of them.

  "Don't worry, Ais, I hahis."

  "Are you sure? You look tired."

  My breathing was heavy. I felt a little tired.

  "It's fihose bdes drained a lot of my magic. I'm tired, but I'm okay. Don't worry, I'll recover quickly. In the meantime, I'll fight using my dagger."

  "You pn to fight all of them head-on? Don't be ridiculous, we're going to help you."

  "No. You 't get hurt. You 't suffer a single scratch, uand?"

  Hearing my words, all three of them blushed, clearly embarrassed. They thought I said that because I liked them, but that's not it! I want to plete this mission!

  "So stay bad don't get in my way, all right?" I said to them, looking seriously at all three.

  After that, I started running toward the group of monsters, gripping my sword.

  I cut through the air at high speed, then swung my dagger relentlessly, slig through everything in my path. Even though some monsters mao hit me, they were just weak ones.

  I didn't feel any pain.

  I began moving and slippiween the monsters, slig through their bodies as if they were made of paper.

  Their numbers didn't seem to be decreasing.

  "Damn, my dagger."

  My dagger was reag its limit. It was extremely damaged, with cracks starting to appear along the bde. Besides, I couldn't cut the monsters as easily as before.

  "Damn it. Burn."

  With my dagger close to breaking, I used magic.

  Arou walls of fme rose in a 20-meter radius, burning the monsters within range.

  "Their numbers have decreased enough; I think it's all right now. I do this at my own pace."

  But before I even realized it, the three girls were already close and had started fighting the monsters.

  "I told you not to e closer!" I shouted, running toward them. I theed a barrier in front of them and myself. "I said I don't want you to suffer a single scratch. Stay back!"

  "You looked like you were struggling, so we came to help. Don't worry, we won't get a single scratch," Ais said fidently.

  I realized I was being foolish. These three girls are incredibly strong.

  And as I expected, they began fighting the monsters with perfect coordination.

  The number of monsters dwindled faster whearted w together.

  We were lucky this mission took p this level. If it had been deeper, we would have been in serious danger. Imagine an army of minotaurs ing at us like this.

  Then, after long minutes and lots of magic used.

  [ Mission pleted! ]

  [ Points: +50 ]

  [ Ais Wallenstein, Tiona Hiryute, and Tione Hiryute's favorability increased by 50%. ]

  [ Tiona Hiryute is in the process of falling in love with you. ]

  What a surprise.

  But I didn't have much time to think about it. My body, extremely fatigued, finally gave in. I had never used as much magic as I did today; my mana reserves were practically empty.

  As I fell, the three girls approached, ed.

  "Luan, are you okay?" Tiona asked. She k doced her warm and soft hand on my face.

  Ais, however, didn't express her in words, but her gaze said everything.

  "I'm fine, just a little tired."

  "Thank goodness. I was worried," Tiona said, smiling.

  Ais sighed in relief.

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