Manuke FPS

chest, as well as worn cloth pants.
His right hand was covered by a large hand protector and he carried a large war hammer with detail engravings.
He also wore an iron helm that hid half his face.
The only things visible were his fierce red eyes and large tusk-like teeth protruding from his between his lips.

“That’s an Ogre… A fighter…”

I heard Frau-san murmur.
A high ranking Ogre, which was superior to Hobgoblins and normal Ogres – that was the Gatekeeper of the Emerald Demon Labyrinth.

“Vuvooooooooo!!”

The Gatekeeper’s roar reverberated throughout the room.
Our group spread out, with Frau-san and Lali-san started chanting.
Marinda-san stood at the front with Mitche-san and Ruu-san by her side.

“Preemptive strike.”

I crouched down by Marinda-san’s side, aiming the P90 down range and placed the crosshairs on the Ogre’s head.
It was still howling its threats at us from the room’s center.
I squeezed the trigger and fired 2 rapid shots.
The bullets hit, but with a dull metallic sound.

“Repelled?”

I didn’t know how thick its helm was.
If 5.7×28 couldn’t pierce it, how big would be sufficient…

But not all the shots was repelled – I didn’t only aim at his helm.
One bullet grazed his cheek, and the wound bled slightly.
The Ogre seemed angered at being attacked and let out another roar.

“Careful! It’s his skill [Roar]! If you get close when he roars, you won’t be able to move!”

Marinda-san shouted out.
A skill…? So monsters could also use skills.
At that moment, Frau-san and Lali-san finished their chanting and bestowed something on our 3 vanguards – I could only to hear “Strength Boost” and “High Agility” at the end.
After receiving the bestowal, the 3 advanced and the Gatekeeper readied his war hammer, running towards us.

My chance to attack had decreased, given the situation.
There was a possibility of friendly-fire no matter what, so I just couldn’t shoot with ease.
With this battle formation, I was a bit off to the side with 3 members ahead and 2 behind.
I then moved towards the Ogre’s right side.

I aimed for his leg as the 3 in front advanced in an arrow formation.
I crouched and aimed down the iron sights.
While paying attention to both the Gatekeeper and the three’s movements.
I placed the crosshairs on one of his knees.
The three attacked and while the Ogre was defending himself, I fired at his knee.

“Guaaaaaaaaa.”

The Ogre pressed on his right knee and crouched down.
I wasn’t sure if I had completely destroyed the knee, but the rounds looked like they caused enough damage to the Orge’s flesh*.

[Ashe’s E/N: was ‘Flesh Armor’ – deleted armor because no real explanation by the author to keep it.]

[Lizz’s T/N: Not bio-armor.
It simply meant that the ogre skin was not thick enough to repel those bullets.
But the author did use “flesh armor” so…]

The Ogre looked in my direction, his red eyes growing redder as if they were bursting into flames. He let out a growl.
However… Should he be distracted by me? As he was preoccupied with his knee and motionless,  the 3 girls advanced on him with Frau-san and Lali-san’s magic attacks descending on him.

Within a blink of an eye, our attacks mercilessly rained upon the Ogre.
His body becoming bloodied and while listening to his angry roars turn to a hitching groan, I shot his right knee again, completely destroyed it.

“Guuuuuu… GuGAaaaaaaaa!!!”

The Ogre’s groans turned to an angered roar again; he was using his skill [Roar].
The air-shaking vibration ran through the 3’s bodies and mine, but I didn’t feel anything strange.
It seemed like the skill also worked by interfering with the target’s magic power.
I did feel something run through me, but that was it.

The other 3 were affected by it, however, and stopped moving.
The Ogre was still holding his busted knee while he raised his war hammer to bring it down on Miranda-san, who was frozen in the middle of raising her shield.
Before he could swing, however, I fired a shot, and the hammer landing by Miranda-san’s side.
I had shot at the monster’s face again, but I hadn’t aimed for his helm this time.

I had aimed for his wide-open mouth.

It was to both prevent him from landing an attack on Miranda-san and stop his troublesome Skill.
The beast let out something similar to a scream, or maybe he was trying to say something? Whichever, he let go of his war hammer and pressed his hand on his face.

“Mitche!”

“Nya-!”

Ruu-san and Mitche-san, who had recovered from the monster’s skill, advanced on it from in a pincer attack.
Mitche-san’s short sword dug into the Ogre’s nape and the monster, shocked at such an attack, moved one of his hands from his face to his nape.
In conjunction with Mitche-san, Ruu-san had unsheathed her sword and slashed the Ogre’s defenseless neck in one smooth stroke. Blood burst from the wound – the monster’s neck was cut off halfway.

“Uoooo!”

Marinda-san, who stood right before the Gatekeeper, had recovered from the Skill’s effect and brought her double-edged sword down on the Ogre.
Her swing split the monster’s neck apart exactly where Ruu-san had cut him.
The force from the swing sent the Ogre’s head flying upwards toward the ceiling.

[Lizzz’s T/N: I… kinda feel bad for the ogre.
He couldn’t do anything at all…]

[Lizzz’s T/N: There was an explanation for FN P90 here, again… Please Google it by yourself if you’re curious.]