361 # 361 Hiryu, and a blow of rebirth.








 Not good. Yucky, yucky, poor!
 The flying dragon, Wyvern, is indeed a bad idea!
 I've used up all the tiger shells and I left my knightly equipment behind!
 To begin with, it's impossible for me to fly the dragon by myself! I'm not sure if I could manage a ground dragon, but there is no way I could bring down a flying one so easily.
 The wyvern continues to stare at us as it flaps its wings.
 I climbed down from the rocky area where the nest was, so as not to provoke it, and slowly made my way back to the others.

I don't mean to be a joke, but why the wyvern...
''The wyvern is a red-ranked target to be defeated. There's no way they can win........

 Rose and Mr. Surges were frozen like a frog staring at a snake.
 His Majesty also said that when he had just become an adventurer, he obtained the title of Dragon Slayer by slaying a black dragon, but he shouldn't be lumped in with that guy.
 Although both black dragons and flying dragons 《Wyvern》 are the same red-ranked target to defeat, there is a huge difference between them. Basically, the Black Dragon is a proper dragon, but the Flying Dragon 《Wyvern》 is just a sub-dragon, a branch of a dragon called a sub-dragon. That's why you won't get the title of Dragon Slayer even if you defeat the Wyvern.
 Well, it's not good if a real dragon comes out just because you can get the title but.......you'll die for sure.
 It's a wyvern, so it's still better than that.

Attention, everyone. We're going to get out of here, nice and slow. Take your time. And try not to antagonize the wyvern. Don't provoke him. The slightest hint of improper behavior...

 As if to interrupt my voice, ralala-la-la-la! And suddenly, a metallic sound rang out in the area. Eeeeeeeeee?
 When I turned my gaze to see what it was, I saw that the guy from Garon had dropped his shield on the rocky ground. Hey.........!

No, no! The handle of the shield suddenly came off...!
Gogaaaaaaah!

 The wyvern bellowed loudly and spat out three rounds of fire from its mouth at us.

''Run!''

 Everyone ran frantically out of the place to get away from the fireball. The fireball exploded on the ground, scorching the rocks there and showing off its power to scorch us all with a single shot.
 What are we going to do? We have no choice but to do this? I'm sure the chieftain has already noticed this, but until they get here, can we handle the wyvern by ourselves...?

"Oh, hey! What are you doing?
What are you talking about? It's your fault!
'You guys! Now is not the time to be talking about that!

 I don't think I can do it!
 It's not gonna happen. I wanted to finish the job, but it's done. I'll have to do this on my own.

"You guys, get out of here when there's an opening. I'll draw him away and distract him.
Hey, wait a minute! You want to play bait?
I'm the quickest guy in the room.

 I laugh at Rose's words.

'No, you can't. I'm staying too.'
'Mr. Miu..... I'm grateful, but it's easier for me to escape when I'm alone. If Miu-san comes, it's the opposite, it's harder to escape. I'm sorry, but you're in my way.

 I say that a little too harshly. In fact, I'm sure it's distracting to have someone else around to get in the way.

''But leaving you alone...!
Well, that's that. Run for your life.

 I was about to say something to Aberto, but I ignored it and jumped out at the wyvern.
 I took out a stick shuriken from my pocket and threw a projectile aimed at the wyvern's eyes, but it ducked easily. Ouch.
 While running in the opposite direction from everyone else, he throws shuriken and rocks at them, catching the wyvern's attention.
 When I glanced at everyone else, they were hesitant and hadn't moved from their spot yet. Why don't you just run away?
 I pulled a poisoned Noroija bottle from my cuff and threw it into a pile higher than the lowly wyvern.
 Immediately, I fired my stick shuriken at the poisonous bottle, destroying it this time. The paralyzing poison, which received a glittering light, rained down on the wyvern.

''Guigyaaah!

 That poison basically has no solid effect unless it enters the inside of the body. But if it gets on your skin, it's tingling and painful.
 Of course, I don't think that this is the only way to defeat them, either. But if all you have to do is piss him off, it's a great way to go. Here.

"Gurgaaaaah!
Oopsie-oopsie!

 With a bang, the wyvern came after me, spitting firebombs.
 I looked at the others and saw that they had finally escaped and there was no one there. Good.
 I run in the opposite direction from everyone else just in case. I jumped over a rocky area and bounced away from the steep slope.
 Now, let's see. How are we going to get away from this guy? It would take quite a while for the chieftains to arrive. If you shake them off too quickly, they might head for the others who are running away.
 I should've saved the explosive bombs. Then I could have managed to drop that stupid dragon to the ground.
 I heard that when Karina-sama killed the dragon, she aimed at the tendons of its wings first. ........no, I can't do that.
 The only way to do that is to hold on to the wings and cut the tendons directly. Well, if I do that, we'll all fall down together!

Gagaaaaah!
......

 As the wyvern got ahead of me in the direction I was going, I changed directions and fled into the forest.
 I jumped from branch to branch with my monkey flying skills.
 I'm sure everyone has already fled to safety, right? It would be good if I could somehow get away from this guy....
 As I was thinking about this, a fireball shot from behind blew away the tree I was about to jump on. Yabbaa.........!
 I made my body small enough to protect myself from the blown-up remnants of the wood chips to avoid hitting them as much as possible. As it was, I dropped to the ground, killing the impact as I spun around and rolled with a rumble.

''d*mn!''

 Then a tail with poisonous spikes flew at me as if to chase me down. I managed to dodge it by jumping sideways, but I felt a strange pain in my right ankle. Apparently it was hurt in the fall just now.
 It may be difficult to escape in this situation.
 The wyvern was about to spit out another fireball from the sky as I got impatient, but for some reason it made me cough, and only a small flame came out. Hmm? Oh, you're running out of magic?
 There are many demonic beasts that take the magical elements contained in the air and convert them into their own magical power and use magic. The thunderbear's lightning and the killer mantis' weasel are examples of such monsters. I've heard that the flying dragon's flamethrower is one of them.
 Oh dear. It's because they shoot so many guns.

"But that doesn't change the fact that we're in a pinch, right?

 After a while, I'm sure my magic power will recover again. On the other hand, if you say it's the case, now might be the time when you can't spit out a fireball.
 However, there is no way for me to defeat him. It's not that I don't have it, but it's probably impossible.

It's not a good idea.

 The wyvern landed on the ground and tried to bite me directly with its large fangs.
 I managed to avoid it backwards and fired a stick shuriken into the open mouth of the wyvern.

''Gigiaaaaah?!

 Even if it doesn't go through the hard scales, it'll sting there.
 Gaffffff! The wyvern spat out the stick shuriken stuck in his throat. d*mn, it doesn't seem to do much damage. It seems to have done some damage, though.
 As I clicked my tongue, the blow of the tail approached me again. It's a centrifugal force blow, spinning its body around.
 Sliding into the ground, I ducked the blow just in time. The tail that has slipped overhead has knocked down tree after tree.
 This is bad. It's getting harder and harder to avoid. My ankle hurts. Hey, chieftain, are we there yet?

''Roots entwined, tree-spirit curse, woodbind!

 It wasn't a chieftain that answered my heart's call, but a tree root that snaked up from the ground. It tightly entwined itself with the wyvern's legs.
 Wait a minute, this is....!
 I looked up and saw Miu and the others running towards us. Behind me was Sarges-san, holding a staff and releasing magic.

''Eeee!''

 The tail of the poisonous spine is waved at the approaching Miu-san. Dom-san and Abelto catch it with their shields, but they couldn't withstand the power of the wyvern, and all three of them were blown up into the forest bushes.
 The wyvern buzzed and tore off the roots of the tree and flew into the sky again.

''Are you alright! Are you hurt?

 Rose, who had been by my side before I knew it, called out to me.

I'm fine, but... Why are you back here? It doesn't work like that!
We tried to trust you and run away, but... The guy from Garon just turned back on his own. So we're all going to go away.
''Huh!''

 Staring at the flying wyvern, Garon held his sword at the ready. He doesn't seem to be as freaked out as he was earlier.

''...Are you an idiot?''
Shut up! It's sickening when you die because of my mistake! I'm not going to let the kid die, or have him pointing back at me!

 A mistake..... Ah, dropping the shield. I'm pretty sure I thought that was a "no" or something.
 Miu and the others came out of the bushes. They were blown away, but they seem to be okay.

''Gogaaaaaaaaah!

 The flying dragon "Wyvern" roars. It is said that if it was an old dragon or an old dragon, that alone would cause the body to atrophy, but the roar of the flying dragon, which is only a subordinate, does not have such an effect.
 But in front of an opponent who is too heavy a burden for us, I don't blame them for slowing down their movements. In fact, everyone's movements also felt somewhat stiff.
 The claws of the wyvern that came swooping down attacked Aberto and Dom-san. Both of them were too busy defending themselves with their shields, unable to turn to attack. Because if they swung their swords, the worst thing that could happen is that their arms could be torn apart on the contrary.

''Ooohhhh!

 Aiming for an opening where their attention was focused on the two of them, Garon rushed in from behind. He slashed at the long tail that was lowered near the ground with his broadsword. 'Oh!

''Gurgaaah!

 No! Garon's sword slashed through the skin of the tail, but it couldn't reach deep enough, only inflicting a shallow wound.
 The injured tail buzzed like a whip and blew Garon away in a sideways swipe. ''Whoa!

''Gha-ha!''

 As the gallon rolled around while bouncing on the ground, Miss Surges runs to cast a recovery spell on it.
 Wyvern tries to chase down Garon, whose tail was injured, but this time Abelt's sword slashed the membrane of his wings at the right moment. This one only slashed through the skin as well, but it was not a fatal wound, by any means.

''Gogaaaah!

 As expected from the depressing attack, the wyvern opened its large mouth to Aberto and Dom-san.
 In the next moment, a brace of flames released with great force enveloped the two of them. It wasn't a fireball. It was flame radiation.
 Their magic power had been restored!
 Does the flame breath of a close range opponent consume less magic than the flame bombs that fly long distance?

Aaaah!
''Unuuhhh!''

 Even though they were holding their shields, the two people who received a decent amount of breaths rolled on the ground with the flames.
 The flames spat out by the wyvern had spread to the forest and the area had turned into a sea of fire.
 The Wyvern, unconcerned with this, unhesitatingly unleashes flaming bullets on the wounded Garon and Saugess.
 The two men were both pinned down, and although they avoided a direct hit, both were blown off the ground and unable to move.
 I jumped at the wyvern, which landed on the ground and was about to fire another fireball, without a second thought. If I took another hit in that condition, both of us would be dead.
 I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. But the ninja sword only stung a little. It's still hard!
 I should have at least gotten one made by Mithril if this was going to happen! It's a bad idea that I was so stingy with my knight-equipped crystal sword that it's okay to have it!

"Galaah!
Whoa!

 The wyvern, which wriggled around a lot, shook me off and I fell off my back with ease. I got it....!
 As I was writhing in agony from the sheer pain, Rose and Miu, who had come in to follow me, had also been hit by a blow to the tail and blown off.
 All of them have wounds all over their bodies that make it impossible to stand up.
 But I stumbled back to my feet.

"Oh, God! It's going to cost you a fortune or two in this situation!

 Shinobi are not a fighting group by nature. They get information and bring it back, and many of their jutsu specialize in that. To begin with, "fugue" in fire and water purification techniques means "escape". Poison is supposed to be used to stop people from killing themselves.
 But I am not good at the fugue arts. I'm good at body armor and martial arts. That's why my training in the knight's club was mostly in that direction. I've learned one technique there that I thought I could use.
 Penetrating the hard scales of a dragon and the muscles underneath it is impossible in this state.
 What should I do then?
 The answer is simple. You can damage the inside of the body directly. It's not easy at all, but it's not impossible.

Let's see, gather the magic power into a fist and make it pop so that only the magic power explodes in a bang the moment it hits... right? Else-sama's explanation is hard to understand...

 He kneaded his qi with his dantian as he learned, merging it with the magic power in his body bit by bit and gathering it into his fist. The more advanced players can blow away distant enemies without touching them, this.
 Me? Yes, of course I was blown away.
 According to Linse-sama, I have a high amount of magical energy. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it. Many times I thought that if I had this attribute, I could have used magic.
 I concentrate all of that magic power along with my concocted chi into my fists.

I've only succeeded once, and I don't know if my technique will work on the dragon, but.......I'll just have to do it.

 He glares at the flustered wyvern standing in front of him. Maybe it's because Abert cut off part of his wing, but the wyvern doesn't try to fly much from earlier. Now is the opportune time. He decides before he flies away!
 Like a shot arrow, I rushed into the wyvern. The mouth of the wyvern opens wide and a fireball is spat out from it, but I ducked it just in time and jumped at once for the opponent's chest.

''Yaaaaaahhhh!

 A fist filled with magic and wrought energy hit the chest that was not covered by scales. A moment after the fist hit, the magic power it contained was released and exploded at once.
 The feel of the blow is like hard rubber. Of course, the wyvern doesn't move with my fist.
 The recoil of the blow knocked me off my feet and I fell backwards to the ground.
 I tried to get up quickly, but the recoil from the alchemy made it difficult for me to move. My knees are wobbling. If this is not the case........!

"Gu.

 A strange voice escapes from the wyvern. I lift my gaze as I crawl down and look up, and the wyvern retreats one step at a time, and then another.

''Guvoz.''

 Eventually, the wyvern spat out a strange vomit from its mouth and collapsed forward on the spot.

''Yah, ta...?''

 The motionless wyvern is lying in front of me. I can't move, and I can't move either, but.

Hahaha..... Yeah, it stinks! Looks like it hurts!

 I want to cry more than I want to be happy, at the smell of Wyvern's vomit and at my right hand, which is torn and bloody from the skin. I can't move and I can't escape to windward. I'm going to throw up too.

Guru.........
What?

 When I heard that roar, I thought my heart was going to stop. I crawled to the ground and looked up to see the wyvern slowly leaning back on its sickle-neck and trying to stand up.

''No way...?''
'Gogaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

 I listened to the wyvern's roar in disbelief.
 I thought I had defeated it........
 The wyvern stood up in front of me and I could see the flames spitting out of its mouth very slowly. As expected, we can't duck this.....
 The only thing I can think of is that I'm going to die. I should have eaten better food. Shizuku, Nagi, take care....
 This is........strange. For goodness sake, the chieftains should have rushed over to help. Why would they... Yeah. I get it. Orders from above, huh?
 She's not going to stop until the last minute, right? But it's annoying because she always helps you.
 She seems harsh, but she's a sweetheart. That's why I'm not going to die.

"[Prison]

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