Chapter 129: Brat, You Really Have Good Taste
[Bradamante used her superior mobility to almost instantly catch up to you.]
[Proceed with an opposed Agility check, difficulty: very-hard!]
Two opposed dice dropped heavily.
In just an instant, Bradamante unleashed the full speed of a Lancer, closing in on Eikou as fast as possible.
The pure-hearted female knight was about to catch him.
Eikou's heart jumped to his throat.
[Opposition successful.]
[You temporarily win this round by a very slight margin, preventing her from reaching you.]
[However, Bradamante has the trait "good at finding things," and she is very stubborn—once she has a target, she relentlessly chases it. With your speed, it will be very hard to completely escape her.]
[You continue running for your life.]
[The next opposed Agility round for the two of you will arrive very soon.]
"Wait, earlier my Instinct skill check was a great success,"
In the middle of his panic, Eikou suddenly remembered something very important,
"So I should be able to use my intuition to plan out an optimal route to find the clothes, right? This kind of operation should be allowed, shouldn't it? After all, from the beginning I said clearly that I used Instinct 'to find clothes', so I have to carry it through from start to finish."
[It is possible.]
[But can you really, before Bradamante catches you, run while searching and then change clothes? This kind of extremely complex operation may require you to pass several additional special checks.]
"That won't be a problem!"
[You continue running forward, while Bradamante keeps chasing closely behind.]
[You can feel her getting closer and closer to you...]
[Meanwhile, guided by your sharpened intuition, you hastily run toward a nearby camp and hear people talking.]
[Besides your group, there are other Servants camping there.]
[You sense the presence of a group of Divine Servants in the camp—it seems they're the ones who picked up your clothes...]
[To retrieve your clothes without being seen, please perform a double check: "God Slayer" + "Agility".]
"Damn it, why are there more and more people..."
Eikou's forehead was drenched in sweat.
But since he'd already run this far, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and perform the first double check.
Betting everything on the line—his dignity and self-respect—he had to risk it all right here!
"Come to think of it, Divine Special Attack + Agility… I feel like I've seen this combo somewhere before..."
But whatever, just roll!
Two dice fell simultaneously.
[Agility failed, God Slayer great success.]
[Oh, my… Agility failed, but God Slayer is a great success… this is a bit awkward...]
[But right at this moment, Bradamante is nearly upon you.]
[Please proceed with an opposed Agility check, difficulty: very-hard.]
Another die dropped.
[Opposition failed, Bradamante gains advantage over you.]
In that one fleeting second, all effects activated one after another.
[At this critical, razor-thin moment,]
[You manage to fumble around and find a set of clothes in the camp, and before Bradamante sees you exposed, you hurriedly put them on.]
[However, because you were too rushed, you slipped a little and accidentally grabbed the clothes of a certain Divine Servant in the camp.]
[Although a small accident occurred, you ultimately avoided being seen!]
Thud!
In his frantic scramble, Eikou found a set of clothing, including a dark blue cloak. Without thinking, he immediately threw it on.
Not far from there, a panicked voice rang out from the camp:
"Arjuna-sensei, where are your clothes? Your Fantasy Tree down there is totally exposed?!"
"Do not worry," Arjuna Alter's cold voice sounded, "As an omnipotent God, how could I allow an indecent part of myself to be exposed before the crowd. My 『Reoccurring Destruction Sword』 has already covered my body. Continue playing Werewolf."
"Don't use an EX-rank Noble Phantasm as a pixel censor to hide your beep, that looks even nastier! Just looking at it is eye-melting!!"
Holy—Arjuna Alter again?!
Why was Arjuna even here, and why was he still suffering from the curse of being stripped no matter where he went, even in the middle of the forest?!
Just as Eikou didn't have time to think about it, the effect of the other check activated.
[Opposition failed.]
[At this moment, Bradamante bursts right in front of you.]
[Because of her momentum she couldn't stop in time, and since you were distracted by putting on clothes, you couldn't dodge. The two of you crashed directly into each other.]
BOP!
In that instant, Eikou felt himself collide with something incredibly soft and extremely bouncy. Hit by that force and sensation, he not only toppled backward—
Thud~
"Kyaa~."
Something rather heavy was pressing down on him, and the other party even let out a frightened girlish scream.
Hiss… a bit painful...
Eikou felt a bit of pain and slowly opened his eyes.
What appeared before his eyes was the night sky, already completely dark, sparkling—
Bradamante was lying on top of him. In his vision appeared half of her adorable face. Her soft, supple, curvaceous body pressed against his, her smooth skin seemingly tempting him to lean in closer.
"Eikou..."
Bradamante's beautiful blue eyes were staring straight at him with an expression incredibly focused—serious, determined, yet also carrying the shy embarrassment of a maiden.
"S-sorry… did I ram into you painfully?"
The girl stammered.
"It's fine... and thanks for the fan service."
Through the thin fabric, Eikou could clearly feel the fullness and elasticity of the girl's hips, in that bold riding posture as she straddled him.
"Who's talking?!"
From the tent of the campsite next door, a blond, muscular man suddenly rushed out in a hurry,
"Just who dared steal Arjuna-sensei's clothes—stealing his clothes is no different from stealing the property of the Guardian of Erin, the glorious leader of Fionna, the one who defeated Nuada——"
The blond man's voice sounded very familiar, but he didn't even need to hear the voice. That ridiculously long chain of titles was already enough to know who it was.
It was Finn-sensei!
"Hmm..."
Fionn mac Cumhaill, AKA Finn-sensei, lowered his head to glance toward the opposite bushes—Eikou's clothes were messy, and on top of him lay a young female knight in a blue-and-white bodysuit—the scene was truly unbearable to look at.
"Oho?"
The moment he saw that it was Eikou, more than half of Finn's anger instantly vanished. Instead, he even smiled and gave a thumbs-up:
"Brat, you've got good taste! Sasuga my student!"
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They had only met for a few seconds, yet this guy couldn't hold back from exposing his degenerate nature already!
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