The meeting, which lasted for two days including breaks, is finally over.
In spite of the length of the meeting, the strategy that came out of it was a simple one.

"Take them out alone, with as much equipment as I can carry.

This was the conclusion.
The reason for not preparing other combatants is not to reduce the number of deaths or to cut costs.
The reason is this.

There is no way to have enough dragon-effective weapons.
And in order to use them, you need to get somewhat close.
Even if you assume a suicide mission, you'll be using valuable weapons as disposable.
On the other hand, with me, even if you don't have any valuables, if you get hit, you're already defeated, so the damage won't be as bad.
In addition, since I have an item box, my payload is practically unlimited, and my unused weapons won't be destroyed by attacks.
You have mobility, and can even use your shipboard weapons in the air in some cases.
And the only ship that seemed to have any chance of coming along and being useful, the Dragon Killer, was currently undergoing repairs, and was in no condition to go into battle.

Of course, handling an unfamiliar weapon is no easy task.
That's why I've been receiving some weapons and even moving around to ask how to use them.
Specifically, there was a disposable acceleration tool that could kill a normal person in a very short period of time (Catherine and other excellent tool craftsmen put all their efforts into making it, but unfortunately they could only make 23 of them due to the lack of materials), and an explosion tool that had the best performance possible at the moment. (The one we were trying to make when the dragon came out seemed to have lost its effect due to the dragon's influence).
One of the most surprising was the main gun of the Dragon Killer.
He didn't teach me the detailed principles, but he did teach me how to handle it, and I managed to get it to fire.
To my surprise, it was lent to us as a part of the ship.
It seems to be due to the structure of the ship, but I wonder if it's okay to lend out such a thing.
I was asked to keep it intact if possible, and to bring back the bullets if I won.

What I was doing until just now was going around collecting magic swords.
It seems that magic swords used to be common weapons, and are still found in many facilities, but since they are dangerous to ordinary people, they are usually wrapped up tightly and stored in warehouses.
It takes a long time to transport them, so I had to go and get them myself.
It seems that I had been told about it, and not many people were surprised to see me coming to retrieve the magic sword from the sky.
There were a few towns where the residents had evacuated to remote places, though I wondered what they had been talking about.
Of course, I'm slowing down to avoid shock waves, and no damage has actually been done.
And so the preparations proceeded steadily.

Then the time of departure came.
From now on, I will leave Fotoren and head for the area where I fought the dragon last time.
A total of 200 people gathered at the port to see me off, including people from the guild, the craftsmen involved, and the merchants, but even this was less than I had expected.
Since even a day's delay would reduce the success rate of the mission, it was decided not to hold a grand departure ceremony, and also to forgo the participation of those who would have to travel a long distance to reach Photoren.
To be honest, this was still a lot, and I was glad that there was no departure ceremony.

"I'm off then.

"Good luck!
The words of the guild members were probably all the same.
The timing of some of them may be a little inconsistent.

"Have a safe trip home!
"Stay alive and bring back good materials!
Use the power of our magic tools to crush your enemies!

The artisans and merchants gave various words of farewell.
To avoid panic, only those involved in the mission were informed about the dragons, so many of the merchants did not know that the mission was to defeat them.
However, many of them seemed to be aware that they were going to fight a powerful enemy, and many of them looked worried.
On the other hand, the guild members and craftsmen who knew what was going on were more calm.
This was probably because they had done enough to say that if this was impossible, it was impossible no matter what.

There are many people in the town who are watching us from afar, but they might have realized that this is related to the rumor that the Dragon Killer was damaged and that all the skilled craftsmen quit their usual jobs and started doing something.
They seem to be cheering me on, but I don't think they know what they are cheering me on for.

With such support, I fly away from the port.
I accelerate to the point where I don't affect my surroundings.
I have one of the anchors from the ship, a counterpart to the one placed on the seabed near the place where the dragon appeared, so I can't go in the wrong direction.
The journey seemed much longer when we were under attack, but it seemed much shorter from the air.
The scenery is not bad.
We often pass over land, but after flying a certain distance, the land is completely devoid of trees and becomes a grassland.
The scenery of the forest, which had been the domain of demons, was not very good, but the dragons had burned it all down.

However, the weather was not so good.
Thick black clouds obscured the sky in many places, and even though it was morning, it was dark in many places.
It never rains, but it always seems to be like this after a dragon battle.
This is also said to be an effect of the demon element.

As I flew through the demon realm, I found a place where not even grass grew in a radius of about 30 meters on one of the areas facing the sea.
As he flew past it, the anchor that had been pointing in the direction of travel flipped backwards.
Apparently, this is where we were last time.
The terrain, or rather the scenery, had changed so much that I hadn't noticed it, but the shape of the land was indeed similar.

This is where I'll use the wisp core to cause an explosion, just like last time, but this time I'm solo.
This time, I'm solo.

With this in mind, I set up a wisp core and a timed detonation tool near the center of the grass.
The first equipment to be used is an orthodox type of magic sword and a magic tool for acceleration.
Needless to say, the sword will be used for emergency evacuation, and the grimoire will be used for attacks that require extra power.
The reason I don't have a sword in each hand is so that I can concentrate as much power as possible in one place.
At first, I was going to carry two weapons, but after experimenting, I found that the resistance would only kill my speed faster, so I changed it.
Weapons are more powerful when held with both hands.

After confirming that both were intact, I activated the mage.
At the same time, I accelerate upward just enough to keep my MP in check.
The ideal scenario this time is to cut off the dragon's head as before (preferably before it goes into battle mode), and then use the magic tools to absorb the magical elements.
The number of magic swords and magic tools is limited, and many of them have special shapes that make them difficult to use, so I want the power of a single blow even if I have to rely on gravity.

When I was close to the clouds, the bomb exploded.
At about the same time as the explosion, a black haze appeared around me, and I could see it gathering at the point of detonation.
And by the time the sound of the explosion reached my ears, about six seconds later, the dragon was almost complete.
...... It's huge.
The ancient texts said it was about 50 meters long, but from here it was probably 1.5 times that.
Its neck is also about a meter and a half to two meters thick, so it would be hard to cut it down.
It would be possible to kill it without cutting it off completely, but like a human being, a small cut would not be fatal.


Based on my experience with the Sublime Dragon, I'd have to cut it off almost completely.

The size of the sword is much larger than expected, and the current sword is not long enough or strong enough.
He chooses a sword that is clearly not meant to be held by a human being, with a thick blade about a meter and a half long, which makes up about 10 of the 200 magic swords.
However, for me right now, supporting an ordinary sword is not much different from supporting a sword of this size.
After confirming that the dragon is complete, I begin my descent, accelerating with magic to avoid any unforeseen problems.
No matter how complete the dragon is, it doesn't seem to be very vigilant upward, and the enemy still hasn't noticed us at an altitude of less than 500 meters.
In order to get an advantageous start, you use the magic tool of acceleration.
At the same time, an intense pressure that would kill a normal person was applied, and I accelerated far more rapidly than before.

And with my sword, I slammed into the defenseless dragon's neck at a speed I had never experienced before.
The dragon screams.
A tremendous force is applied to my hands and shoulders, and I feel something in my arm break, along with the sensation of the blade being cut away.
I might have been paralyzed, but for some reason I felt no pain.
I could feel the recoil of the sudden deceleration in my neck and legs, but I continued to cast the acceleration spell downward in order to gain as much power as possible.

It felt like a long time, but in reality, the power of my fall was killed in an instant, and I became stationary.
At the same time, I shifted to a flying position and started absorbing magic power, which I hadn't dared to use until now in order to concentrate on attacking, in order to counter the magic grip.
As expected, I was a target for the living dragon.
As I tried to break away with my sword, the dragon attacked me with its tail.
Judging from my past experience, I decided that I could dodge it, and activated the acceleration spell horizontally.
However, contrary to my expectations, the tail grazed my leg.
Although it didn't break, the power of the attack from the huge body was quite large, and I felt that the magic armor took a lot of magic power.
It's better than being broken by a lack of replenishment, but you still want to avoid being hit as much as possible.
So far, I've lost about 10% of my magic power in total.

Then, while recovering from the spell and getting ready for the next attack, you see a sword that is half the size of your own.
He realized the reason for the delay in his evasion.
The sword was heavy.
I hadn't noticed it when I was standing still in the air or falling, but weight is not only difficult to support, but also difficult to move.
As long as I am holding a heavy weapon, my movement will be slower than usual.
On the other hand, if I took out the weapon and tried to attack while accelerating, I would have to decelerate rapidly the moment I took out the weapon.
This is unavoidable before an attack, but at least put your weapon away after the attack.

There is a limit to the number of large swords, the number of magic tools, and your own magic power, and since the previous attack only cut off about 30% of his neck, it is assumed that the small swords do not have enough firepower.
I'll be able to use it to block a small amount of magic power from being sucked up by the loss of concentration by re-activating the magic absorption.
It seems that this is not a skill but a technique, so I can't just activate it once and leave it.
The dragon has not yet shifted into battle mode.
There seems to be no other way but to use the greatsword for a short battle.
I stashed my old sword in the item box, accelerated upward to gain distance, then reversed and held my new sword in front of me.