The south gate had been reduced to rubble near the center. Even though it was rubble, the area that had received a direct hit from the rays of light was almost half melted.

''What's the power of this...''

　I hear multiple grunts in response to my mutterings. Looking around, I see people who have been grazed by the rays of light and those injured by the shattered pieces of fence cowering in place. Those who were hit directly have disappeared, leaving body parts and pieces behind.

'Temma!'

　That's when I heard my mom's voice. I looked for her and found her a dozen yards away from the broken gate, with my dad.

"Dad, you're okay!

　As I approached, I noticed something strange about my dad as I approached. His right leg was missing from the knee and his left arm was bent the other way, and he was coughing up blood.

'What happened to my dad!

　I listen to my mom as she works her recovery spell and checks on him.

'I was just in the firing line of that ray of light when it went off. My dad saved me from it by pushing it away, but the ray grazed my dad, and then the aftermath of the ray sent me flying here.

　He explained.

'Okay, Mom, you go tend to Dad and the other wounded. In the meantime, I'll take care of the defense.

　I said, and I jumped up to the top of the gate. In the meantime, the zombies were approaching the gate.

''d*mn, I can't use my Fire Tornado at this distance!

　Since the zombies were closer than I thought they would be, there was a good chance that the Fire Tornado, which was also my trump card, would cause damage to my allies and the fort.

　So I decided to block the gate with earth magic first.
　Next, I'll eat the Firestorm in order of closeness and gradually increase the distance between them.
　When we had some distance between us, we cooperated with the other wizards to create a 'fire whirlwind'.

''We can win with this!
"Burn the zombies to the ground!
Go to hell, you f*cking zombies!

　The crowd cheered. But the whirlwind of fire was drowned out by the rays of light before it had gone fifty meters.
　Rather than canceling out the whirlwind of fire, the rays of light reached the wall, though weaker than the first shot, and punched a hole in part of the wall.

　Fortunately, no one was injured, but a sense of despair began to linger in the area. As soon as Mom, who had left the healing to the others, came up, the one that had fired the ray slowly emerged, it was more than I expected, it was

Dragon zombies...

　Mom mumbles, its true identity is a dragon zombie, lightly over fifty meters in size. My grandfather comes running in and adds, "And it's probably a zombie of the Ancient Dragon, the Ancient Dragon.

Moreover, it is probably the zombie of the Ancient Dragon [Ancient Dragon].

　Dragons are divided into lower, intermediate, higher, dragon king and ancient dragons. Lower class dragons are those with low intelligence, such as wyverns and juvenile dragons, while middle and upper class dragons are divided according to intelligence and strength, and are often shaped like the dragons of the West and the East. The strongest of them are called dragon kings, while the ancient dragons are those that have lived more than 10,000 years.
　It is said that size does not have much to do with strength, but basically, the larger the individual, the stronger it is. And ancient dragons are characterized by the formation of large jewel-like metal deposits on the surface of their bodies.
　The dragon zombie that appeared in front of me had a blackish colored metal that was about 3 meters in size sticking out from both of its shoulders.

It is similar to the ancient dragons described in ancient documents. It is said that three hundred years ago, an ancient dragon with dark characteristics appeared in the kingdom and destroyed several villages and then appeared in the cities, where it was driven away by the knights and sorcerers of that time.

That's why the zombies were more intelligent than the others.

　And then he spoke, releasing his magic.

Once he's down, the rest of the zombies will stop moving.

　With the words "I'm not going to be able to do anything about it," all the wizards attacked the dragon zombies, but the dragon zombies fired breaths to counteract most of the magic.
　Each time the breaths came closer, the walls were broken and the number of wounded increased.

'If we don't, we'll be pushed out eventually. Temma, we're going to attract them, go attack the zombies!

　Mom gave me instructions. The dragon zombies are closing in on us, like 500 meters to the gate.

Okay, I'll go.

　I said and soared high into the sky, flying directly above the dragon zombies. From about 50 meters up, I activate my magic.

The Earth Needle.

　First, a series of attacks from the ground will stop the movement.

Windcutter.

　The next step is to cut the surface of the zombie's body.

'Fire Bullet, Fire Lance.'

　It's a very good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

　A cloud of dust blocked my vision.

　A few tens of seconds later, after the smoke cleared, the figure of the dragon zombie appeared, lying down and not moving.

　The villagers cheered that they had survived this time, and some of the defenders went outside to exterminate the rest of the zombies.

　As I landed near the gate, everyone gathered around me.

'Temma, you've done well!

　Mom hugs me, and Dad walks up to Grandpa, borrowing his shoulder.

'That was awesome, Temma!

You will go down in history for slaying an ancient dragon almost single-handedly at your age.

　And one by one, the people around him followed by his dad and grandpa praised him aloud.

　One of them ran to check on the dragon zombie. At that time, everyone thought that the dragon zombie was dead.
　Little did they know that it would be a fatal setback.


　When one of the people who went to see the dragon zombies looked into their faces, the zombie's eyes, which had previously lost their light, began to glow red, and...

Gwo-ooh.
Geez.

　We froze at the sudden roars and screams, and the dragon zombies suddenly came to life and started to move. A lone villager in its mouth was in its mouth, it would be an instant death.

　The fact that we had stopped moving was fatal, the dragon zombie was about to spit out a breath, and just when I thought it was bad, my body was blown right off to the side.

'Geez,'

　I looked to see what was going on and saw my dad pushing me away, my mom and grandpa were smiling at me even though they had their magic barriers out, and I thought I heard their mouths moving and their voices.

'Live.'
Live.
You will live.
　And.

　Just as I was about to say something, they were engulfed in a black beam of light.
　I was stunned, and all I could do was watch.