“Nuuooo!!”

The Giant Orc spread its arms wide and let out a roaring howl.

As expected, the pressure was overwhelming.

The surrounding trees, flowers, and the very space itself—everything was severely distorted.

Perhaps due to the previous attack, it seemed that the Giant Orc had shifted its target to me. Ignoring Kaya, who was heading to rescue our comrades, it simply looked down at me.

“……”

I silently raised my sword.

This was truly a life-or-death duel. It was completely different from the training with my father.

But—thanks to the earlier attack, I had managed to knock down the Giant Orc. It should not be an opponent I cannot defeat.

“…That’s right.”

Now that I think about it, I had acquired a strange ability earlier.

Activating the skill 《Cheat Code Manipulation》, I opened the list of abilities.

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Available Cheat Codes:

・Attack Power Up (Small)
・Full Use of Fire Elemental Magic
・Visualization of Target’s Health

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Visualization of Target’s Health.

I could roughly predict the effect, but now was the time to use it.

For the designated A-ranked monster, I had to do everything I could.

――Ability Activated.

――Visualization of Target’s Health.

In an instant, a change occurred in my field of vision.

A long, narrow gauge appeared above the Giant Orc’s head.

It wasn’t just the Giant Orc.

Above Kaya, Yuya, and the injured adventurers, similar gauges also appeared.

However, the gauges for the injured adventurers were a bit different. The gauge was flashing red around its edges, and only a small portion of the gauge remained.

“Hey, are you okay? Hang in there!”

Kaya gave a potion to one of the adventurers. Though it wasn’t as fast-acting as an Elixir, it was a medicine that gradually healed wounds.

As a result, the adventurer’s gauge began to slowly extend.

“…I see, so that’s how it is.”

Health.

—In other words, the remaining life force.

Just as I thought, it seemed to be an ability to visualize that.

Then, that means…

“Haha…what’s this about 《It’s almost time for the conclusion》…”

The Giant Orc’s gauge still had plenty left. Though it might have decreased from the start, there was still a significant amount of health remaining.

That only made it more dangerous. I couldn’t afford to let my guard down. I needed to give it my all.

And then.

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Giant Object Detected—Giant Orc.

Would you like to display accumulated damage by body part?

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“Huh?”

Accumulated damage by body part?

What does that mean?

Though I couldn’t understand it right away, I thought to myself “Display it.”

The next moment, multiple gauges appeared in my view.

Each one seemed to correspond to a different part of the Giant Orc’s body—its face, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg… in other words, gauges were displayed according to the parts of the body.

Among them, one particularly caught my eye.

The gauge for its right leg was flashing red. Likely, this part had taken considerable damage from a long battle with an A-ranked adventurer.

“…Should I try targeting it?”

“NUOOO!!”

But before I could move, the Giant Orc’s downward strike came.

As expected of an A-ranked designated monster, its speed was impressive.

However, it was still slower than my father’s attacks.

I dashed sideways in an instant and dodged.

BOOM! The ground was gouged by the impact of the club, and trees caught in the attack were helplessly split in two.

“Whoa…”

No way.

The power was insane.

If I had taken that hit, I would definitely have died in one blow. I still didn’t have any ability to deal with defense.

But, this attack gave the Giant Orc a momentary opening.

“Oooooo!!”

Macba Style.

Swift First Slash.

The sword strike I unleashed struck the Giant Orc’s right leg with certainty. Of course, I didn’t forget to activate the Attack Power Up (Small).

And then.

“Ugh…?”

The Giant Orc staggered, losing its balance, and collapsed to the ground.