[center][h2]Suwako Makiyoshi[/h2][/center]
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When the ship moved again, Suwako had expected them to get at least some respite before they had to fight. But just a few minutes after they began, she began to hear demonic roars all around them. She quickly went to the edge of the deck to see what kind of creature could make such noises. And what she saw did not please her at all. Elephant-sized monsters of red and black charged right at their location, all having pitch black darkness in where their faces should be. It would be all over for them if they managed to get to their ship and surround them.

"Those of you with ranged weapons or powerful magic, Focus them down one at a time!" she heard Amber shouting. She was correct. She shouldn't panic. She had the range advantage. She just had to kill as many as she could before they got here.

She drew her greatbow, Yggdrasil, and focused on the beast closest to them. Instead of aiming at its face, she instead aimed at their legs. "Bind them, Yggdrasil," she said as she unleashed her arrow. The arrow was blessed with her nature magic, so as it got near its destination , it transformed into a surge of thick ivy that wrapped itself around the beast's legs. She intended to trip and immobilize them. That would be more effective than just aiming to kill them, she believed, as she had a hunch a beast that size wouldn't go down so easily.

One of the beasts did manage to get to them however but before it could jump onboard, it was suddenly thrown violently to the ground, accompanied by a loud boom that almost shattered Suwako's eardrums. "What in the world?" she blurted in confusion, before the stranger responsible for the action landed in style.

"You guys look as though you could use some help, and I don't mind playing an encore, eheh~!" the newcomer said.

"Who the hell are you?" Suwako immediately said to her. Oh, they certainly didn't need this. They were under attack and suddenly, this person just popped out of nowhere. She didn't even wait until she got a response. She turned back and resumed her attempts at slowing down the monsters. She seemed to be their ally, and that's all that mattered now.

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