Mob Protagonist ~ Mob in the Novel But There is a Problem

Chapter 69.2

Chapter 69.2. I’m Going To Raise My Proficiency Level!

-Miu’s POV-

“Chichichichi.”

The scissors mantis and the others fall apart, unable to touch me. Seeing this, the greater mantis spread their wings.

Wind mana gathers on its wings. It’s their pre-movement to use [Shockwave].

“Naive!”

With a thump and a light step on the ground, I thrust out my dagger and activated my martial arts.

[Gale Strike]

The wind covered my small body, making me feel lighter. At that moment, I had closed the distance, which was still about 8 meters, and my dagger stuck in the body of greater mantis, which was about to release a [Shockwave]. Gale Strike’s a martial art that can always attack first. In reality, it seems to be a super high-speed wind attack.

“Chichichichichi.”

The startled greater mantis hurriedly swung its scythe at me. Calmly looking at the scythe is trying to split my torso in a sideways cleave, I fly over the scythe to avoid it, as if I were doing a backflip.

New discovery. When I damage an enemy, the pain sometimes interrupts my martial arts and magic. Unbelievable. It wasn’t a game. If it’s me, I’ll activate it even if my stomach is ripped open.

“Taaah, yaaah!”

I evaded the scythe and swung my dagger as if to jump into greater mantis. I cleave it horizontally, scoop it up, and then fly in for a slash. It’s a dagger with a special attack on insects that can slice insects quickly and without resistance. The damage is double the damage of a special attack.

The greater mantis falls powerless, bleeding green blood. Without even looking at it, I close in on the new enemy.

“Taaah!”

[Cyclone Blade]

The scissors mantis and the others surround me again, so I attack to mow down the small fry. Even though the experience is small, it counts as several battles, which is great.

“I was going to leave the small fish hunting to the people around me, but…”

I looked at king mantis and saw it was engaged in combat with the Iron Spider Battalion. The iron spider no longer moved, then a metabolic old man emerged from the hatch and unleashed his magic. He evacuated from the roof to the inside of the tank but continued to fight.

He must have pulled out the magic barrier. In places, his magic armor is broken, and he’s bleeding. The king mantis must be frustrated. It was slamming its sickle into the tank with a thumping sound.

“I, the hero, am your opponent! [Flame!]”

The metabolic old man is creating palm-sized flames and flopping and smashing them, earning king mantis’ hate. Each time, the old man and the king mantis smashed its scythes together to destroy the tank. Each time, the old man escapes into the tank with a whimper.

…Yeah, he looks fine and still going strong. He seems to have a lot of HP left. He must be the old man who is a stalling agent to prevent the boss from attacking until the player talks to him, which is often an event.

When I’m thinking about the upcoming king mantis fight. It’s quite tough to fight king mantis. I wanted to make it at least Thief IV. Then I might be able to get some safety margin.

“Change of strategy. Let’s beat the small fries!”

I feel bad. But I change the strategy to defeat the small fry as much as possible while the old man endures. In facing King Mantis, I think [Thief IV] can play a perfect shogi game.

The old man will be fine until I fight the boss. At any rate, I’m finally just going to pull my hand out of the hatch. He can’t die. Besides, he’s a soldier. Fighting monsters is his job.

There are still many scissors mantis, 2,000 divided by 3, and I get about 600 battles. The basic job is to go up to max after 300 battles. That’s my chance to raise it to IV.

“Oooooh!”

[Cyclone Blade]

[Cyclone Blade]

[Cyclone Blade]

I can use it rapidly because it’s a type of martial art that does not drain MP. I run around and kill them all! Many less powerful martial arts don’t consume MP, and [Cyclone Blade] falls into that category.

I create many tornadoes on the ground, and before they disappear, another one rolls up. It’s an effect, so when you go in, it’s just a little stronger wind, but it looks like a little girl is creating tornadoes.

“This, this is …….”

“Hey, hold your martial arts!”

“Whoa, whoa!”

I hear some noise, but I ignore it. If you can’t get close, stay where you are. It’s all mine.

As I cut through the scissors mantis, a new group of greater mantis stand in my way. Spreading their wings, they are all ready for a shockwave.

Greater Mantis line up in a row. There are 30 of them. The other greater mantis didn’t fight me, but spread their wings and flew at the next group of greater mantis.

“Chichichichi.”

I guess they’re trying not to let the scissors mantis get defeated by me any further. It’s a monster that turns its head in the habit of being an insect. It’s bad if I get hit by a barrage of fan-shaped [Shockwave] shots.

But it’s no problem. I raised my Queen Dagger, which shows a beautiful blade without a trace of blood, to the heavens and smirked.

“”You’re in front of the Queen. Kneel!””

[Pressure]

The dagger glows suspiciously, and a ripple spreads around me. After the ripples pass through, the ground caved in like a crater, crushing the greater mantis.

The greater mantis surrounding me were all equally flattened and dived into the sinking ground.

[Pressure: Circle attack centered on the target. It inflicts non-attribute gravity damage and status downgrade to the enemy.]

“Hmmm, it’s a unique skill of the Queen Dagger. “You’re in front of the Queen. Kneel!. Did you see that bug?”

Miu puffs out her flat chest and gets good at it. The Queen Dagger’s unique skill is easier to use than the insect instant death skill, which I’m not sure if it will trigger or not, and also debuffs.

Miu is once again on the hunt for scissors mantis, knowing she can use [Pressure] even if she’s not a new human.

And so, when the tanks were about to be scrapped, she finally raised her proficiency in Thief IV to Master.

I wonder if the old man is still alive.