This adventurer is overly righteous.

"Kroya!"

Carter shouted from the air. The moment they were spotted, they leaped from the nearly eight-meter-high tree branch. If they had waited until the ogres surrounded them below, they would have been doomed.

With a flash of light, two transparent films appeared one after the other on Kroya and Carter's bodies. Beneath them was the troll that had lost a finger. Before it could react, Carter and Kroya's swords fell on it.

Using the speed of its descent, Kroya's sword slashed a bloody gash across the ogre's body from top to bottom, from which thick, foul-smelling green blood gushed. Carter, standing on the ogre's body, severed a section of the ogre's neck that connected to its head. The severed ogre head, along with a section of its neck, writhed painfully on the ground, like a slug that had encountered salt.

"Ahhhhh!"

The troll's remaining two heads roared angrily; the intense pain had almost robbed it of its ability to think, but it could still remember—

These two people cut off its fingers!

Now they've cut off their own heads!

The figure in my memory overlapped with the figure before my eyes; I couldn't be more certain of it!

Its strength seemed to suddenly surge, and it threw Carter off its body, clenching its fists and slamming them down on Carter. Carter carefully dodged the blow, and the ogre's fists struck the ground.

"boom"

Several cracks spread across the ground. Carter raised an eyebrow, and in his rage, this attack was even stronger than the one he had launched earlier.

"run!"

If Carter were facing only one troll, he might mock its impotent rage, since the clumsy troll has plenty of strength but can't hit anyone, and its stamina will be depleted even faster in its rage.

But now, they are facing three ogres. No matter how confident Carter is, he could never face three ogres at the same time.

If he could have eliminated one of the trolls during the initial assault, he might have been able to try a head-on confrontation, but now, all he wanted to do was run away with Kroya.

"You can't escape!"

An ogre immediately rushed forward to block Carter, who was trying to escape. It stretched out its hand and swung it forward suddenly. Its huge palm swept across a fan-shaped area, and Carter stopped in his tracks, almost being hit directly.

Even though Kroya's protection spell could absorb most of the impact, Carter didn't want to be hit by this blow.

If we were to measure the strength of an ogre in terms of human strength, then the ogre's strength would definitely be at the E+ level, which is almost the level of a human body trained to its limit.

Only with skilled martial arts and agile movements can an adventurer possibly kill such a monster on their own.

"How's that kid Croa doing this time?"

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Carter turned his head slightly; Kroya was already facing off against an ogre.

"You'll pay for my fingers!!"

For the man-eating troll with the severed finger, Kroya harbored the same resentment as Carter. It recalled how Carter had blocked its attack. It had never seen a creature block its attack so easily, and it couldn't help but feel fear. So it turned around and tried to catch Kroya instead.

In the eyes of the ogre, Kroya had no redeeming qualities other than her skin being whiter than any woman it had ever seen. Even when she cut off her own finger, it was merely because she had been ambushed.

Therefore, the current situation is that Kroya is facing the fingerless ogres alone, while Carter has to face two other intact ogres.

Carter is facing a stronger opponent, but Crozier's situation is worse.

Ogres possess immense strength but are incredibly clumsy. They can be killed using martial arts and agility—that's only effective against elite adventurers. For ordinary adventurers, the explosive power of ogres is terrifying.

To obtain the certification of an elite adventurer at the Adventurers' Guild in Whitestone Town, an adventurer's basic combat-related attributes must have at least several attributes at level e- or higher.

Kroya's attributes are quite different from those of an elite adventurer.

"Bang"

After narrowly dodging the attack, the ogre's fist landed on Kroya once again. The protective membrane from the Protection spell shattered under the strain, but Kroya cast the Protection spell again in the next second, and the shattered membrane reformed on his body.

In just one minute, Kroya's protection spell was shattered twice.

Including the magic he used on Carter earlier, he now only has enough magic left to cast seven more Protection spells.

The Blessing spell isn't a high-level magic, and the fact that it has such excellent protective effects is already a result of Kroya's golden finger, the goddess's favor, and his miraculous efforts thanks to his abundant magical reserves.

Kroya was also keeping an eye on Carter. If he escaped, he would have to activate the speed-up magic under his boots to run away as well.

The battle quickly became intense, with Carter weaving between the two ogres using his agile movements. Even when he was accidentally grazed by the ogres' giant paws, he could still steady himself with the help of Kroya's protection spell, but it was impossible for him to retaliate.

Meanwhile, Croa's situation seems to be gradually improving.

The troll with the severed finger had its head cut off by Carter, and Kroya had also left a bloody gash on its body earlier. Under the opponent's violent movements, those wounds seemed to show no signs of healing at all, and thick, foul-smelling green blood was dripping continuously. Due to its rage, its physical strength was rapidly increasing. After shattering Kroya's protection spell for the third time, it was already panting heavily, and the scene in front of it began to blur.

Why, why is he alright?!

The troll didn't understand magic. In its eyes, the little white figure was constantly struck by its palm, which was powerful enough to shatter thick rock walls, but it remained unharmed each time, as if it were an invincible monster.

No, I need help...

The monstrous creature with the severed finger sensed fear and began to scream.

"Take care of this one first, then deal with the other one!"

The white figure doesn't seem as fast as the other one, yet it manages to hit you multiple times, so it should be easier to deal with.

The smaller of the two ogres that had been harassing Carter arrived immediately. Carter tried to stop it, but he could tell that the ogre with the severed finger was not in good condition. If they could just keep dragging it out, it would be a victory for Kroya.

However, he couldn't do it. Given the size and strength of the troll, he couldn't stop it if it insisted on leaving him.

When facing large monsters, adventurers mostly use tactics such as bleeding or surrounding them, as direct confrontation is extremely risky.

"bump!"

Almost too fast to react, Kroya was sent flying by the ogre that had come to assist the fingerless ogre. He managed to block with his sword, but the sword broke in two under the weight, the tip and Kroya's body falling in different directions.

"You swatted him away!"

The finger-severing cannibalistic monster was unbelievable.

The troll was unaware of anything special about Kroya; its attention was focused on Carter, who could slip through its fingers and occasionally prick it like a mosquito.

It turned and charged at Carter again, growling.

"He'll fall to his death. We'll take care of the other one first, then we'll retrieve his body!"

The sun was about to rise, and the trolls could sense it, which made them even more anxious. They had to finish off the prey before the sun appeared on the horizon, otherwise their prey would disappear completely, and they themselves would be in danger.

If the trolls are accidentally exposed to sunlight, they will turn to stone.