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d.
That’s how powerful I can be when I focus.

“Grooowlll!!”

The ogres seem to realize the danger of White Viper, so they start trying to encircle me.
But they’re too clumsy to ever be able to move fast enough for that.

One of them moves, separating from the group, so I rush in to stand in front of it.

“Ghah, Gahhhh!”

The ogre seems to hesitate for a bit before raising its sword high, but it swings too late.

I jump back and shoot, hitting the blade and its arm.
I keep my hand on the trigger, adjusting my aim a little lower and creating a series of red holes on its chest.

It refuses to let go of its blade or die though, ogres are really resilient.
I guess I just got lucky hitting the first one in a vital spot.
Firing more can fix all that though.

Once I unload an entire magazine, the ogre slowly collapses.
Three monsters left now.

“Grhaaaaaaaa!”
“Growrllll!”
“Ah, crap.”

The remaining ogres charge at me, ready to crush me under them even if they die in the attempt.
This is the worst time for that, White Viper is out of bullets.
If I try firing while manually supplying the necessary mana, I won’t be able to produce enough.
I need to reload somehow.

It’s not too hard to outrun ogres, but I need to stand still for a moment if I want to take out a fresh magazine from my magic storage and reload.
I need to find a way to buy time to reload.

Maybe I could try opening the magic storage just below the gun and just drop the magazine inside…wait huh? Why am I feeling deja vu all of a sudden?

Clack!

“Dammit!”

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I got distracted and accidentally dropped the new magazine.
The ogres chasing after me crush the magazine under their heavy feet.
Ugh I don’t have as many magazines for White Viper as for Black Hawk.

Then again, it’s my fault for being stupid and trying to do that in the middle of a fight.
But I decide I’m not done being an idiot and try to pick it up.

“Grah!”

Oh great, now the ogre is about to slam its club on me.

“Tch.”

I roll to the side and evade the hit.
There are no invincibility frames when rolling, unlike in a game, but I still manage to dodge.

I quickly get up and run to a nearby tree.

I reload as quickly as I can and then jump out to face the direction I came from.
The ogres aren’t as stupid as I thought.
Instead of following me in a straight line, one of them separated from the group to cut me off from the other side.

But they’re still slow.
I quickly turn my body to pass under the ogre’s armpit and slice its stomach open with the magic blade on my left hand.
It didn’t go deep.
Still, that’s enough to distract it for a bit.

I jump behind it and aim White Viper at the back of its head.

“Agagaga-”

Its entire back starts to shake from the bullet impacts, and I kick off its back to put some distance between me and the remaining ogres while I reload.

White Viper really uses up magazines too fast.
Being able to fire continuously gives it a lot of power, but that I can’t fire for prolonged periods of time is an issue.
I’d ask Ophelia to tweak that if she was still alive, but sadly that’s not possible.

At least she left behind the blueprints, and my alchemy is getting good enough to work on intricate mechanisms.
It’d be nice if I can work on it myself one day.

Only two ogres remain, and they continue charging mindlessly at me even though three of their comrades have already died.