Save Log 7: Here I Am, Battling a Level 45 Dark Knight

" Prepare yourself humans. I won't go easy on you!", said another voice.

! Is it the demon? I checked the stats of him. He is…….. level 45?! Class dark knight. His hp and mp are huge! How can we beat this dude?!

" Dark Slash!", said Joro. Something was approaching us.

" Light Barrier!", a shield made out of bright yellow light surrounded us. The shadow slash was destroyed by the shield. After that the shield disappeared.

" Don't be so reckless Furara. If you get your memory messed up you will be in trouble.", I said.

" I-it's alright I'm fine."

" Cast the light so we can see. Lina, use your night vision just in case."

" Alright!"

Both of them did what I told them to. Furara casted the low light she was using before, Lina's eyes were now bright green like before.

" Strike from the shadow."

My enemy detection skill wear told me he was attacking me from behind. I tried to dodge it but it still hit my sides.

" Gahah!"

" Hanjiro!"

" It's alright. Give me the potion Lina."

" Grab it!"

I caught the hp potion and drinked. Almost 30 percent of my hp is down by that hit. I wonder what would happen if I got hit by the whole thing?

" Nicely dodged. But, I wonder if I can dodge this."

" Shadow Copy!", said the demon's voice. Something changed but I couldn't see.

" There are now 6 Joro surrounding us. Five of them must be clones.", said Lina.

" Furara, make the light a bit stronger so I can see them."

" Alright.", the glow of the light became stronger. Now I could see only Joro and his clone's black armor.

" Multi snipe shot!", the arrows went toward the Joro clones. The clones disappeared after getting by the arrow but returned to their original state at once.

" What the heck…"

" Useless. Physical attack has no effect on shadows.", said Joro.

" Six Dark Slash!", the purple dark slash which attacked us before again reappeared but with 5 others along with it.

" Oh crap!"

" Escape."

There was smoke all around us. Lina grabbed me and Furara and pulled us along with her.

" Are you running away already? That's a cowardly thing to do.", said Joro.

Lina was still running dragging us both with her. She went inside a cave-like place on a wall. We also went into that place.

All of us were breathing heavily. When we finally got our breath back, Lina broke the silence.

" What are you gonna do Hanji? Shall we go to the guild and report?"

" We don't know how to defeat that guy. So I guess we don't have any choice."

" It's not gonna work. I already tried it.", said Furara.

" What?"

" Yes. I tried to use the emergency teleport but it didn't work. I tried the reinforcement too but that didn't work either."

"....... What the heck are we gonna do then?"

We never did a battle before. Now I regret that. We don't know how to come up with a strategy and fight with that dude.

" Let's escape the cave then. I think I can get us out of here.", said Lina.

" You are not going anywhere.", said Joro from outside the cave place.

" Wahahh!"

" Battle me fair and square now."

He breaked the wall with a single strike. We could now see Joro with dark purplish black armor and a huge black sword which was emitting a dark aura. He was wearing a helmet which hid the face under it.

We were cornered. There was no way out from this cave. Joro was standing there calmly while holding the black sword.

" Wa-wait a minute. We had never been into a fi-fight before. Can we be spared?", I said.

" Maybe…...but I won't return to my place if you are spared."

" Wha."

" But, all your maids are desperate for you to return.", said Lina.

" I know that. Dermin told me so as well. But, I'm not leaving this place until someone defeats me."

" Why? You will be dead if someone really beats you.", said Furara.

"..........didn't think about that."

What the heck?!

" I guess I have to come with a new rule then. How about this, if you make my hp lower than 50%, you win. And if I make all of your hp lower than 80%, I win."

".........I don't know. You are level 45 while we are just level 25 and 30 and me 16."

" It's not my problem. Fight with all you got. Also if you combine all your levels, it's 70. So, are you ready? You have the right to leave. But remember I won't…"

" You won't leave this place.", said Furara.

" Glad you understand. Now, are you ready?"

Damn it. What do we do now? If we come back empty handed all the maids will be upset…….. I promised Shinon that I'll get Joro back…..

"....... Yes we are ready."

" Are you sure Hanji?!", said Lina.

" I don't want to see Shinon upset when we return."

".........Yes, you are right. We are here for them right? Let's do this.", said Furara

" Good, let's begin from where we left."

" Huh?

He sliced the wall again. It fell apart right before us.

" Wahaha! Why so sudden?!", said Lina.

" The battle didn't end. Now keep fighting.", he swung his sword in the air telling us to prepare ourselves. What the heck are we going to do?

" The blind magic.", said the voice in my head. Blind…?!

" Furara, use that blinding skill!"

" Wha? Alright, Blind Light!", a bright white light suddenly surrounded the whole place. There is no place left that the light didn't reach.

" Grahahh!", Joro screamed and disappeared from in front of us.

" Where did he go?"

" Gahaha! My eyes! I can't see."

" It doesn't matter, let's run to a bigger area where we can fight him.", I started to run. Furara then followed me along.

" Wait, where are you guys going? Don't leave me."

" God damn it. Grab on my bow.", I held my bow closer to her. She grabbed it and we started to run.

" Furara, lead us to the previous place."

" Alright.", she makes the light on her staff more brighter making the surrounding a bit more visible.

" I can't feel my eyes. How long will this blind buff stay?"

" Just keep quiet and run. I'm gonna think out a plan."

We kept on running with Furara leading us to the room where we met Joro and the butler. Wait, where is Dermin? Anyway, no time to think about that. Need to find a way to beat that guy.

" Recall the actions of the butler.", said Razahan.

" Recall the actions?"

" Recall the actions of the butler before the fight."

" What did he do before the fight? He just put the fire off of the torch he was holding…...that's it

I stopped running after thinking about the new discovery. Lina and Furara also stopped after seeing me standing behind.

" What's wrong? Joro is still around here somewhere."

" I think I found a way to defeat him."

" Is it something stupid like that time?", asked Lina.

" Just listen. Lina, was there any torches in that room?"

" Huh? Well, yeah. It had some torches on the wall."

" Alright. Once we reach the room, Furara will use ember. I hope you don't get memory loss."

" I wo-wont!"

" Let's get to the room as fast as possible."

" Where do you think you are going?"

Furara's light suddenly went out. Everything turned to dark again. A shadow shaped of an armored knight was standing in front of us in the darkness.

" Wha-what do we do now Hanji?l

" Damn it. We got no other choice but to fight."

We drew our weapon and faced our opponent. I pulled out my bow and some arrows.

" Dark slash overdrive!", many dark slices were launched in our direction. We had nothing to defend us from this attack.

" Light Barrier!"

All the slashes were neutralized by the light barrier but it shattered afterwards.

" Gah!"

" Furara. Are you alright?", said Lina.

" Y-yes. I'm still fi-fine."

She is in a bad condition. Her mp is a bit above 50. Once it gets lower than 50% she will suffer the memory loss. That's what I think now.

" Can you use one spell? Just one."

" Ye-yes. I th-think I can."

" Why are you forcing her Hanjiro?"

" I'm sorry for this but use that magic that I mentioned in the plan when I give the signal."

" Whi-which one? Oh."

" Impressive. Somehow able to neutralize my dark slash overdrive with a single light barrier. But, this ends now. Dark slash ove….."

" Now!"

" Amber."

A low fire burst out from the tip of Furara's wand. I put the three arrowheads over the fire to light them up.

" Quick shots!"

The flaming arrows zoomed toward Joro. He wasn't expecting this and he got surprised. The arrows hit Joro on random parts of his body.

" !? Grahaahh!", Joro gave out a cry and backed off.

" Lina! Get those arrows back!"

" Got it! Steal!"

The blue magic effect surrounded Lina's hand and it went away leaving the fire arrows in her hand.

" Here!"

I quickly grabbed them and again prepared to shoot.

" Snipe shots!", the arrows zoomed toward Joro and pierce through the armor.

" Gehah!"

" Lina, grab the arrows again."

" I surrender! I surrender! You win the match! Now stop shooting those arrows back at me again!", said Joro.

" Huh?"

Joro dropped his sword on the ground or that's what I think he dropped on the floor. There was a thud sound.

" You are not tricking us to lower our guards are you?", I said while aiming at Joro.

" I'm not pla-playing any tricks. You won fair and square. Now put away those fire arrows of yours!"

I lowered my weapon, but the fire was still lit on the tip of the arrow.

" So we won?", asked Lina.

" Y-yes. You ha-have almost got me under 50%. But I think that's enough."

" So we can finally rest now?", I said.

" In-indeed. Suit yourself."

I fell on the ground and relaxed. We have been running and yelling for a long time.

" Why is it so dark in here? I'm scared. Someone help."

…..I guess she did lose her memory after getting her mana lower than 50%. Thanks to her we could defeat this guy.

" Don't worry. You will be fine. Here, have a mana drink."

" Alright, I will. Thank you kind nee-san.", she took the mana drink and drinked it. She still didn't get her memory back even though her mana is full. That didn't surprise me. We let her drink that so she can get her memories back faster.

Dermin approached us with a torch in his hand.

" Congratulations, Furara-sama and others. I'm glad you made it out successfully."

" We have names you know.", said Lina.

" I'm sorry about that. I don't know your names. So….you understand."

" It's alright. We didn't introduce ourselves yet, so it's fine. My name is Hanjiro Fujiuriya and she is Lina."

" Congratulations Furara-sama, Hanjiro-sama and Lina-sama."

" Where were you this whole time?", I asked.

" I was in a different tunnel. Once I heard Joro-sama dropped his sword, I came back here at once."

" Oh I see."

Dermin then went toward his master and tried to help him out.

" No need to worry Dermin, I'm fine."

" Wh-where am I? Lina?"

" Oh Furara! You got your sense back. Thank god."

" Did we win?"

" Yes. You and your party won the battle.", said Joro from the darkness.

" Oh, I'm glad to hear that. Now we can take back to your maids."

" But before that. I want to ask why he has a demon inside him.", I said.

" I was thinking the same thing Hanji."

" Well since you insist, I'll tell you about it. The tale of this dark knight.", said Joro in a dramatic way.