Section 13 Node 4 Super Recollection Quest (3/6)

Father fell asleep after I took him to the healer... That means he'll be okay, right...?

I wonder if...there's something I can do to help...

You want to help? I don't know, you're still just a child... We can't give you a sword, and there aren't any other weapons you could use safely...

You can pray, of course! Go on, close your eyes and pray as hard as you can for our god to help!

Nnn...

Look out, Master! It's William Tell!

Oh? So you're coming to face us yourself this time?

Actually, that's about the distance I prefer to operate from. Besides, this is the climax of the hunt.

I can't just pass up a chance like this, when my quarry's already weak and exhausted.

A hunter doesn't feel bad about bringing down their prey. We feel accomplished.

We are in a difficult position, having fought so many kali and Asclepius. I would much rather we had time to recover before our next showdown with William Tell.

I'm sure you'd like that, but the thing about hunters is that we don't let our quarry escape.

Traps, wind, climate, scents, bait... When we decide to bring down a target, we make sure to use whatever it takes.

And if we let a wounded animal get away, well...there's no greater shame than that.

When that happens, we just have to accept it's god's will, and resign ourselves to going to bed with an empty stomach.

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Right. We'll just have to settle things here and now, Master!

If he has yet to fully recover from the last battle, you should still have a chance, though it won't be an easy fight by any means. Hang in there!

Well, at least we don't have to worry about him sniping at us from extreme range now...

...but he can still control the wind as he likes thanks to Vāyu.

Keep your guard up, Fujimaru. There's no telling how he'll try shooting his arrows at us next!

Dammit! None of my attacks are landing!

Every time I think we have him, he slips out of reach again! He's just too damn good at controlling the positioning of this fight!

I can't read his arrows' trajectory! It's taking everything I have just to defend against them!

He must be using the wind god's power to control their flight path. We can't even tell where he's firing from.

This must be what it is like to be a cornered animal, but we can't let him bring us down.

It bears asking, I think... Can you draw his fire toward you like you did before?

I don't think so. The situation is too different.

(At this point, there's no way I could reverse-concentrate all the different possibilities, no matter how hard I pushed the goddess's Divine Core...)

I see. I'm not sure why that is, but I'm glad to hear it all the same.

At least now, we won't have to rely on a cowardly strategy where you end up hurt...

...and all I can do is stand back and watch, angry at myself for being so helpless.

There you go again...

Hang on, Lady Lakshmi! I'll help you!

Stop! That won't work on him! Any non-Mystic attacks will just

Argh...

Damn, sorry about that. I wasn't ordered to hurt any civilians...

...but I couldn't help the reflex to return fire when he shot at me.

I have to say though, that's pretty impressive for a homemade crossbow.

Even so, you shouldn't go around firing it at a real hunter.

Dammit! There has to be some way we can defeat him!