The Shepherd Alone on the Hill is a Genius Wizard-Chapter 146: Turan’s Desperate Gambit (2)

After being momentarily flustered by this unexpected situation, Turan immediately erased the failed method from his mind and threw a stone at the large eye that was fixed on the whale’s side as it tried to bite it.

Since it was urgent, he used a small stone like he usually threw, not the large one he had thrown earlier.

Though it was an attack that would be less than a speck of dust to such a giant creature, the giant sea serpent twisted its entire body and struck the seawater with its tail, just as a person whose eye had been poked would react.

Dozens, no, hundreds of water pillars like the ones that had attacked Turan earlier rose and thrashed about for hundreds of meters in all directions.

"Watch out!"

Turan quickly transmitted his voice using wind magic, but Solif and Bize, who had been flying around tearing up the trunk, couldn’t escape the attack range in time.

Through the raging storm, a person and a bird could be seen staggering, and they were eventually engulfed by a water pillar and sank into the sea.

’Oh no...’

The fortunate thing was that thanks to the Mimicker relic’s senses, Turan could maintain visibility even in the storm.

Flying over immediately, Turan saw Solif emerge from the sea by manipulating water.

"Are you okay?"

"I am! But Bize seems to have broken her wing!"

Turan lifted Bize and Solif up and pulled them to the shore of the island behind them.

Looking at Bize, who was struggling, Solif said in a self-deprecating tone:

"Damn, if I hadn’t been there, she could have easily dodged it."

Having lower physical durability compared to their magical power was one of the chronic problems of flying magical beasts.

Of course, Bize, as a high-class magical beast, could withstand attacks from ordinary enemies, but what stood before them now was literally a mythical-level magical beast.

Even this much was thanks to the defensive magical tool that Turan had placed around her neck, which he had obtained from Baraha’s remnants in the past; without it, she might have been more severely injured or killed.

Turan aligned Bize’s broken wing well and fed her a recovery potion.

"Are you feeling a little better, Bize?"

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Bize nodded as if she was fine, but through the soul bond, Turan could indirectly feel the pain she was experiencing.

Considering that flying is a rather delicate technique and that there was a crazy storm raging here now, it would be difficult for her to participate in battle immediately.

After instructing Bize to go inside the island, Turan placed Solif on the back of a nearby sea turtle merperson.

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Though approaching might be difficult, providing support fire from there would be of some help.

Returning to the scene of the fierce battle with the giant sea serpent, Turan frowned at the changed situation.

Though it hadn’t been a long time, two more merfolk royalty had died, and the king whale was also bleeding from various parts of its body.

["Are you two okay!?"]

Having perhaps seen Bize and Solif being shot down, Meisa, who had been attacking the giant sea serpent, sent her voice through wind magic.

Turan responded with a hand signal indicating they were fine, then took out another large boulder, created a wind path, and threw it.

With a boom, the giant sea serpent could be seen staggering.

’It seems to have taken quite a bit of damage, but...’

The problem was that the merfolk royalty had been showing noticeably passive behavior since a while ago.

Unlike Turan’s group who attacked while flying in the sky, the giant sea serpent prioritized attacking those in the sea who were within reach of its jaws.

Having suffered considerable damage, the merfolk royalty were just slowly retreating instead of actively engaging.

They were probably thinking the same as Turan.

If the balance of power was disrupted due to excessive sacrifices, Turan’s group might try to purge them after the battle.

With three casualties already, it was clear they wouldn’t be willing to accept more sacrifices unless Turan’s side took risks or suffered casualties as well.

’Can’t be helped.’

Turan drew the giant sea serpent’s attention by flying around its head while spinning a boulder in the large sling.

It tried to intercept him, the annoying fly threatening it, by creating whirlpools as before, but each time, Turan avoided them with high-speed movement using fire spirits.

After repeating this several times, his entire body felt sore as if it had been beaten.

’This is killing me...’

But his efforts were worthwhile, as the merfolk royalty, who had become somewhat passive, began to take an aggressive stance again after seeing Turan’s dedicated fight.

In the distance, Solif was also drawing the giant sea serpent’s attention by shooting light arrows and spears.

As for Meisa, for some reason, she seemed to have switched from lightning to physical attack magic using light, like Solif.

Perhaps she felt that lightning magic wasn’t particularly effective against the giant sea serpent.

After tens of minutes of intense offense and defense like this.

Turan realized his internal magic had notably decreased and stepped back to catch his breath.

Then Meisa stepped forward and took on the role of drawing the giant sea serpent’s attention, just as Turan had done.

’I’m getting tired now... when will it collapse?’

According to the relic’s senses, the giant sea serpent’s magic had decreased to less than half of what it had been.

Its body was also destroyed in many places and replaced with swirling storms, as is typical of the undead.

Although the undead are structurally much more robust than living creatures, they aren’t immortal, so there must have been some damage.

The problem was that Turan’s group and the merfolk royalty facing it had also lost that much strength and were exhausted.

Moreover, among the merfolk royalty, three out of the original nine participants in the battle had died, and in Turan’s group, Bize was incapacitated, making it difficult for Solif to actively participate in the battle.

Considering how precariously balanced the current situation was, there was a possibility that the tide could turn with a single mistake.

’Should I give up?’

After pondering this sudden thought for a moment, Turan shook his head and erased it.

Wouldn’t it be too wasteful to give up after coming this far?

It seemed like they could succeed with just a little more effort.

’If only this storm weren’t here, it would have been easier.’

If he could have sent and detonated large amounts of fire spirits from a distance, the battle would have been much easier.

Using the sling as a medium for attacks was one way to save magic consumption, but it still couldn’t match explosion attacks using fire spirits.

If he could stop this rain and wind, or place fire spirits directly inside or on the surface and then detonate them while protecting them from the rain and wind, he might be able to inflict considerable damage.

Especially since an explosion in a blocked state would maximize the explosive force in the opposite direction...

After thinking for a moment, Turan’s eyes widened at the idea that flashed through his mind.

’The sling’s pouch shields from rain, and when it explodes, there’s a strong repulsive force.’

Simultaneously, he recalled a magical tool used by dwarves in the past.

Using the principle that liquid expands in volume when it turns into steam, it shot out metal fragments.

What if he were to push a boulder with fire spirits using a similar principle?

What if he put a lot of fire spirits inside the sling, placed a boulder on top, and detonated it the moment he shot it?

As soon as the idea occurred to him, Turan took out several handfuls of fire spirits and placed them on the large sling.

Then he placed a boulder on top to shield it from raindrops, fixed its shape with telekinetic magic, and flew up into the sky.

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As if it had recognized his face after seeing him several times, the giant sea serpent, which had been irritably glaring at Meisa prowling around, turned its hostile eyes toward Turan.

It knew he was the one who had inflicted the most painful blows among its current opponents.

The merfolk royalty facing it from below also visibly gained strength at Turan’s appearance.

If the merman king, who had repeatedly received the giant sea serpent’s charges with his body from the sea, was the best defender, then Turan, who was repeatedly striking its head with massive boulders to inflict shock, could be considered the best attacker.

Seeing the giant sea serpent wary of him, Turan smiled and threw the boulder while detonating the fire spirits.

With a hot sensation felt from his hand, the boulder flew faster and stronger than before.

The target was the crown of the giant sea serpent’s head, the part where the owner of the Mimicker relic had thrust his hand in the past.