Chapter 168 – Dragon Race
A moan of pain flows from the countless people scattered on the floor of the arena.
“Keep it off!”
“Turn it off…”
As you can see, all the weaklings who are below the level have long since passed away.
Even the few personnel who are still standing on their own feet, the vicious spirit of the past has stopped and retreated.
“Hmm?”
-Startle… !
The gesture of lightly shaking off his messy hands was misunderstood as an attack, and he became very nervous.
There are many of them and I am one, but the tide of battle has already flowed over to me.
If so, right now is the best time to invite surrender.
All of them were quite tough, so I had to struggle a bit to subdue them without killing them.
‘Woo-wook…’
Although the side effects of the absorption method made me feel like I was going to vomit right away because my stomach was turned upside down.
“Would you like to do more?”
Let’s mutter confidently, ignoring the cold sweat running down our backs.
Among those who still oppose me, there were people who raised their hands and lost their will to fight one after another.
“…It’s okay. I can see it after facing swords myself. You’re more of a monster than I’ve heard. You’ve learned a big lesson today.”
“I, too, will stop at this point.”
“Agree. There’s no reason to show any more ugliness when it’s not even a real battle.”
It’s honestly kind of funny to see him lowering his tail in an instant as if he’d been waiting for it.
But it was also an understandable act.
As I mentioned repeatedly, they are all talented enough to get some air in their lungs.
There were a few people who were quite famous during the war.
Graham of the Gale, Marlene of the Blue Torrent, Doilen of the Iron Ball, Ricardo the Enchantress…
All of them are friends whose performances remain in my memory, albeit vaguely.
In other words, there is a lot to lose.
All of them settled down in an empire where the wounds of war are slowly healing, and now they are more accustomed to peace, and are able to live with a full stomach and a warm back.
Of course, since self-realization is the greatest interest of that kind of people, the honorable title of the Empire’s most elite force may be slightly interested.
Special power is a position that is enough even if you are selected in the first place, and it is enough even if you are not selected in the first place.
He must have decided that there was no need to confront me with all his might.
If they had done their best and attacked me until the end, honestly, I wouldn’t have been able to guarantee victory or defeat.
“What are you all doing! You bastard, there must be a group coming soon! I told you! The slayer is not a transcendent, but just a rather strong and strong knight? Don’t give up and keep attacking…”
“That’s about it, Red Horse Tower Master. We have no reason to fight anymore.”
“Profit…! Where are you going! You lack of guts! Yaaaaa!!”
With the exception of Scarlett, who jumped up and down the street with a lot of heat, everyone began to slowly withdraw their feet.
—Fishik…
When I see the skit, I burst out laughing.
Scarlett, he knows me too well.
We knew each other’s weaknesses as much as we had a lot of experience working together in real battles.
For example, that guy is secretly timid like a rabbit.
“Hee, hee! Don’t come closer! You monster!”
— Fluffy!
Look, I only took one step forward while looking at him, but he was startled and used his levitation magic to rise into the air.
On the subject that I don’t even know that aerial combat is possible.
I was so scared that I acted that way reflexively.
“Who’s going to eat it?”
“You’ll suck all my mana! I know!”
“I don’t know how many times I’ve been saying this, but I don’t eat yours because it’s tasteless.”
“What?”
Due to the needless flight, only the inside of the hem of the dress was clearly visible.
… In order not to match her childlike figure, she still insists on red underwear with an extreme design.
Well, anyway.
It’s because everyone didn’t follow Scarlett’s command and acted on their own.
If I had concentrated her firepower in one shot as she told me, I would not have been able to escape her struggles.
Like that, the moment I was about to finish the battle after having a fight with the Scarlet guy for a while.
A mysterious man wearing a black hood suddenly came forward.
“Not yet, yet.”
He was the one who didn’t really care because he didn’t have any special features.
To think that he would still remain on the battlefield.
“It’s not over yet.”
“Hmm…?”
Bright yellow eyes flashed from the inside of the hood.
—Ppudeuk, poududeuk… !
Soon after, a bloody bursting sound began to be heard.
It was the sound of bones and muscles twisting mercilessly.
Clearly something is happening.
Interesting reactions came from the spectators, who had been watching the battle quietly until now.
“Ohhh, isn’t it disappointing as expected?”
“Ah! What is it, mister? Isn’t it over? I have to go downstairs to get treatment!”
“Uncle… Keuheum! You’ll understand when you see it, saintess.”
Great, Ophelia!
That Iron-blooded commander-in-chief couldn’t even stand up properly and made me sweat.
As expected, a harmless blow born from innocence is the most difficult to counter.
“What, what? After all, there was at least one talented person left, right?”
The moment Scarlett’s eyes, which had been resigned to floating in the air, sparkled again.
Inside the hood, a large body covered in white scales appeared in an instant.
—Quaaaaa!
A roar resembling a dragon’s peer reverberates throughout the basement.
I never thought that that race would break its long seclusion and reveal itself to the outside world.
“…A dragon race!”
I adjusted my combat stance and pulled out the sword I had planted in the center of the arena.
Although it is not a real transcendental species like the original dragon.
Derived from the dragon’s fangs, born exclusively for battle, they possessed strength and anti-magic power that were incomparable to any other race.
In other words, they were born as a fighting race.
An old story that Master told me.
I didn’t know that I would actually meet the species that only existed there.
[Young black knight. I have heard of your reputation.]
According to Master’s comment, the author was an opponent who could never be caught off guard.
—Gogogogo… !
Enormous momentum that doesn’t push me at all.
“Have you been hiding what you’ve seen so far?”
Intuition came.
The interest was ‘real’.
The moment I thought so,
—Tuqwaaang!
A heavy blow that strikes in an instant without any warning.
My body read and reacted to the movement of the author before hearing the sound of the explosion.
— Snuggle Geek… !
The dragon’s nails collide with the demon bane’s blade, creating a harsh frictional sound.
Yongin smiled at him, showing red gums.
[My name is Lazarus]
I blocked it once, but a tingling feeling came up in my arm.
It’s been a long time since I’ve had an experience where I couldn’t easily overwhelm in a frontal power struggle.
This, to be honest, seemed a little boring to the end.
Blood boils properly after a long time.
[No need to talk for a long time, we’ll stick together for a while]
“…I really like the first impression.”
I thought as I raised the aura on the blade.
Will the anti-magic power of Demon Bane work on the scales of dragons?
You should try it yourself.
After all, the saintess is also here.
If you don’t die, I’ll let you live.
“Okay! Hold on! If you’re a dragon, you’re strong, so you won’t get caught up in magic and die, right?”
[Don’t worry, wizard]
—Fury… !
“Prominence, burn up.”
With the appearance of a new ally, Scarlett also regained her vitality and began to chant large-scale magic, creating several fireballs in the air.
The cooled blood flow accelerated again.
A sense of tension as if returning to the middle of a fierce battlefield invades the whole body.
—Doo-kung, doo-kung, doo-kung!
Rapidly accelerates the flow of mana cores and forcibly revitalizes the tired body.
An unstoppable force overflowing throughout the body.
I couldn’t stay in this state for a long time, but it didn’t matter.
While my side is exhausted right now, the other side is perfect for anyone to see.
So, don’t drag it out and finish it quickly.
—Goooh…
Goes.
[Hehe, are you coming?]
Arien Ryu 1st meal—
Just like that, the moment they were about to exchange proper blows with each other.
“Stop!”
The commander-in-chief’s roar of strong will shook the entire stadium.
* * *
Although I was very angry because the sparring was suddenly cut off.
After cooling my head and thinking about it again, it was inevitable.
The two warriors, who had reached the point where they could cause a disaster with a single blow, tried their best to share the sum.
Besides, the Archmage, a being who can change the terrain with his single body, was preparing his own arcane season next to him.
A crisis situation in which the empire’s largest arena, located right above it as well as underground, could be completely destroyed.
“Sorry.”
“Me too.”
That’s why, unfortunately, now that the interview is over, I’m having a conversation with him by setting up a separate place like this.
I didn’t know when he transformed, but looking like this, he looks like a normal old man with horns on his head.
A sharp-looking old man with gray hair and a thick beard.
I heard that it is also a kind of camouflage to reduce the sense of incongruity among humans, and it is said that the original appearance is different.
It’s amazing.
After all, it should be said that it is a race that is an ancient mystery itself.
“Heung! All ignorant warriors are like that.”
Meanwhile, on the other side, Scarlett is complaining for no reason to appease her embarrassment.
Now that the interview is over, how do we select the final staff?
I got into a pretty serious trouble.
