I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 28

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 028

 

A heavy musk scent wafted through the air. The weighty body heat pressed down on me.

 

Jerome’s blue eyes, fixed on me, trembled slightly.

 

I forgot to breathe as I stared up at him looming over me.

 

Jerome belatedly pulled himself up.

 

“…I’m sorry.”

 

He stepped back a few paces from me and cleared his throat.

 

I calmed my startled heart and got up from where I sat. Brushing the dirt off my bottom, I asked Jerome.

 

“What happened? How did you get in here, Duke?”

 

“I followed Miss Amerbier and touched the wall, then found myself transported here.”

 

“What about the others?”

 

“They should be beyond the wall. Lord Cyprian and Lord Blair also tried touching the magic circle, but it seems only Miss Amerbier and I got a response.”

 

It was strange.

 

Unlike the entrance magic circle, the wall didn’t disappear but let us pass through. I couldn’t understand why only Jerome and I reacted to the magic circle.

 

Then, Jerome turned his head toward the portal.

 

The portal, humming with blue light, held darkness deeper than a swamp.

 

“The portal looks suspicious. I should investigate where it leads.”

 

Ah, right.

 

I had forgotten about the portal.

 

I called out to Jerome seriously.

 

“Duke.”

 

He stopped walking. At his questioning gaze, I asked.

 

“Are you good at fighting?”

 

“I’m not bad at it.”

 

Phew, that’s a relief.

 

As I let out a sigh of relief, Jerome asked curiously.

 

“Why do you ask?”

 

Why indeed.

 

Because I have a use for it.

 

No sooner had Jerome’s question ended than a strange cry echoed from the portal entrance.

 

“Grrrrrr…”

 

A wyvern crawled out of the portal. Upon spotting us, it flicked its forked tongue like a snake savoring a meal.

 

Jerome drew his sword and blocked my path.

 

“Please step back.”

 

I quickly retreated.

 

Terrifying monsters would pour out of that portal.

 

To avoid being devoured by the wyvern, I could only hope Jerome was good at fighting.

 

If he wasn’t, Jerome would get eaten and so would I…

 

No, wait.

 

Jerome can’t die either. In games so far, when a romance target died, it was game over.

 

“Duke.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Don’t die.”

 

I grabbed his sleeve with desperate feelings.

 

“Absolutely…”

 

If you die, all the progress I’ve made so far will turn to nothing.

 

Besides, I have no idea what would happen after that. It would be fortunate if I could replay, but in the worst case…

 

Whether he understood my desperate feelings or not, Jerome quietly looked at my hand gripping his sleeve before speaking.

 

“…I won’t die from just one wyvern.”

 

He carefully removed my hand and immediately charged at the wyvern.

 

The wyvern opened its maw lined with sharp teeth toward Jerome as if it had been waiting.

 

“Krrrk!”

 

Jerome dodged the wyvern’s attack with nimble movements. He swung his sword and severed the monster’s neck in one stroke. It was cut so cleanly that no blood splattered.

 

This was my first time properly watching Jerome fight. He finished it so quickly it was embarrassing to call it combat.

 

Having dispatched the wyvern in an instant, he approached me.

 

“Miss Amerbier, are you alri…”

 

“Behind you!”

 

In that brief moment, another wyvern emerged from the portal. This time there were two. Jerome threw himself at the wyverns without a moment’s hesitation.

 

Just before the wyvern’s claws could slice through the air, Jerome’s sword cut across its neck.

 

Having instantly dispatched one wyvern, he turned his gaze to the remaining one.

 

“Kreeeeek!”

 

As the remaining wyvern roared and charged, Jerome leaped onto the wyvern’s back. His sword traced an arc and struck the wyvern’s vital point in one blow.

 

“Whew.”

 

Jerome, having dispatched two wyverns at once—no, three—breathed heavily.

 

I wanted to applaud Jerome’s combat abilities, but my anxiety didn’t fade.

 

I fixed my gaze on the portal emitting its dark blue aura.

 

Before long, another wyvern poked its head out from the portal entrance.

 

It wasn’t just one wyvern. Two, no three, no five…

 

I knew this would happen.

 

Did they plan a wyvern social gathering here today? Why do they keep coming without rest?

 

Lowell said it would take half a day to dispel the illusion magic.

 

That meant Jerome and I had to endure this place where monsters poured out for half a day, just the two of us.

 

No matter how good Jerome was at fighting, he couldn’t keep facing wyverns that poured out endlessly.

 

In a situation like this, we needed to conserve strength and be cautious while enduring.

 

I quickly looked around and then turned my gaze to Jerome.

 

Jerome’s expression was hardened. Thick veins bulged on the back of his hand gripping the sword handle tightly.

 

“Duke. Do you happen to have a signal flare?”

 

Jerome, who had been glaring at the wyvern pack, shifted his gaze to me. His face seemed to ask why I was suddenly asking about signal flares.

 

“You know, the signal flare you used to call the others.”

 

“I have one.”

 

I pointed at the stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling and gestured.

 

Jerome looked at the stalactites and immediately lit the signal flare’s fuse.

 

The signal flare’s fuse shot toward the ceiling, spitting sparks. When the signal flare hit the cave ceiling and exploded, the ceiling shook with an ear-splitting roar.

 

KABOOM!

 

Sharp stalactites began raining down on the wyvern pack. As stalactite fragments pierced the wyverns’ bodies, they shrieked.

 

“Kieeeek!”

 

“Kreeek!”

 

I took shelter with Jerome at the cave’s edge, avoiding the falling rocks.

 

The sound of the ceiling collapsing combined with the wyverns’ screams felt like my eardrums would burst.

 

RUMBLE!

 

Inside the dust-filled cave, the wyverns’ screams stopped along with the cave’s trembling.

 

The sticky smell of blood vibrated through the air. Piles of stones were scattered messily over the wyverns’ corpses.

 

The wyverns seemed completely wiped out.

 

The portal entrance was sealed with collapsed rubble.

 

We survived!

 

We killed the wyverns and blocked the portal entrance. Wasn’t this killing two birds with one stone?

 

I must definitely be a tactical genius.

 

“Duke! It’s all over…”

 

Then, one wyvern burst out from the middle of the rubble pile, pushing through the stones.

 

“Kiaaaak!”

 

The monster that burst out with roughly flapping wings was in an extremely agitated state, as if thoroughly enraged.

 

Jerome straightened his sword while keeping his gaze fixed on the wyvern.

 

Well, just one of them. Jerome should be able to handle it without much trouble.

 

I was about to watch leisurely when the wyvern suddenly staggered.

 

“Krueek!”

 

Thud!

 

Its heavy body crashed into the wall.

 

…What, is it dead?

 

What kind of anticlimactic situation is this…

 

Crack.

 

An ominous sound echoed along the cliff.

 

Soon after, with a thunderous roar that shook the ground, large chunks of rock poured down from above our heads.

 

“!”

 

Why is the ceiling collapsing! At this rate, we’ll be crushed to death by rocks!

 

In that nerve-wracking moment, Jerome grabbed my arm and pulled me. Then he quickly twisted his body and threw himself into a small crevice in the cave wall.

 

Rumble!

 

Rocks collapsed onto the spot where we had been standing just moments before.

 

Having barely avoided being crushed to death, I let out a startled breath.

 

“Haah…”

 

Just how many times am I going to face death?

 

I finally caught my breath and looked around.

 

Though I say I looked around, it was too dark to see anything in front of me.

 

The problem was that the space we had taken refuge in was so narrow that it could barely fit two adults squeezed together.

 

Even moving to change position wasn’t easy.

 

In the silence where nothing was visible, only Jerome’s body heat and hot breath against me were vivid.

 

This atmosphere is getting a bit strange…

 

I moved my body due to the awkward tension. Then I heard Jerome’s low groan.

 

“Ugh…”

 

Could he have gotten hurt when the cave collapsed?

 

I reached out my hand in the darkness to check if he was alright.

 

“A-are you okay?”

 

“…I’m fine.”

 

For someone who claimed to be fine, his breathing was rough.

 

“Haah…”

 

Jerome let out a trembling breath. His body temperature was hotter than average and even damp.

 

His condition doesn’t seem very good.

 

“Are you really okay?”

 

Suddenly, I remembered when Theodor had been injured. Starting to worry about Jerome, I groped around more actively with my hands.

 

When my palm touched his firm, hot body.

 

Jerome made a pained sound and grabbed my wrist.

 

“Haah, Lady Ambervia, please stop…”

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