It darkened as the rain clouds covered the sky.
　Now, it was being done by a creature.
　A creature from ancient times that is said to have survived long before the human race and there are legends that it fought with the gods. --Dragons.
　Black, red and blue...... different colors, but all were united in attacking the divine city of the Holy Republic.





　The man facilitating the event drops the microphone by surprise, unable to care about even the strength of his arms. A high-pitched sound is emitted, but it is drowned out by the screams of people.
　The sound of impact echoed over and over again. It would be the sound of the dragon's breath breaking the building. Breaths are essentially a mass of hot liquid.
　However, with too much density and speed, it is also accompanied by destructive power.


''Kyaaaahhhh!!!''
"'Ohhhh!


　The spectators in the Colosseum, who were the first to notice the situation, began to flee towards the exit. They would plan to flee from the divine city like this.
　The second one was the one who reflexively ran away. A wave of people took advantage of this and formed a wave of people.


''Jade, what is this?!''


　Kåñëa asked me hurriedly.
　Unlike me, who had a perfect grasp of the situation with my detection magic, Kåñëa only relied on her ears.


'It's a dragon attack. It's a lot of them. It's not a hundred or two hundred. It's over a thousand.
'...... thousand!　That's not possible: ......!　Why ......!


　Quena looks out of the hall, her eyes widening in disbelief.
　At first I thought the detection magic had gone crazy too. But the Colosseum was actually filled with darkness as well, so there would be no room for doubt.


'Why? ''You know, when I first met Bailias here, he told me.''
......?


　It doesn't seem to be pinned down.
　He recites Bailias' words again.


'Ba, Master Bailias!　The dragon for the event has escaped: ......!
"What?　Whatever!　Bring me the dragons that are out there at random!'


'And then he said this. Then another one from the Brave Society came along and said more like this.


''Even though I've just captured the King Dragon bloodline: ......!


'With ....... You're lucky or not, you've caught a nearby king dragon and drawn his friends to you. So far, though, so great.
I see. I think Jide's imagination is right. I think it's because he's a king dragon. Because he's a king among dragons.
It's not just power, it's status?
''Yes. And that's Wanglong's child. He must be very angry.
...... kids?　Is that it?


　Quena's words shock me.
　It's a huge body that fills half the field. Is that a child?
　Even the magic power and the sturdy body are above the prime of any demon. That's a child?
　Even in Forbidden Forest Bottom, no one was called a child at this level. If they were still called an adult, I would have been satisfied.


''...... Well, that's fine. We'll carry out your request.
Carrying out, in this situation, a little bit of ......!


　I jumped out of my chair and put my feet on the bottom of the field to avoid bumping into the crowd as they scurried away.
　Kåñëa follows from behind.


'Grrrrrrrr... ......!


　The black king dragon was slurping and threatening.
　In front of it, Basina had a spare attitude.
　Furthermore, at the side, in a state of maximal alertness, the heroic candidates are holding their respective weapons and getting into a battle stance.
　They interrupt from the side.


It's time to stop. You have to put the contraption away for now.
Jide, Jide!


　First, Weeg, who knows me, called out to me.
　Then Basina looks at me in an aloof manner.


'Putting the contraption away, this isn't going to help, is it?　First, we have to stop the King Dragon from breathing.


　Basina pulls out the great sword on her back and points it at the dragon.


''I'm sorry, but I won't let you do that. I'm an adventurer who was asked to do so. Let me protect this 'hero selection place'.
Okay. But what to do?　There's a lot of dragons out there and in the sky. Can you protect them?　I'm mad at you, okay?


　Basina asked me a question, and when I tried to answer, she said.


Hey!　What the hell are you people doing?　Now get rid of that thing and take down that pack of dragons out there!


　Bailias came into the field sweating.
　He was impatient with the bizarre situation.


''Yeah, right!　The one who contributed the most will be the bravest!　I was actually going to vote for the audience to decide who deserved it: ...... Now I'm good!　The one who slays the most dragons now is the brave one!


　Even at this stage of the game, we are still talking about brave men.
　I don't know how much a brave man is worth, but I don't know if there's anything I'd care about in this situation.


'Oh, hey!　Adventurers too!　How dare you say no to me at the capture: ......!　I will not tolerate that kind of negligence this time!　Get on with it!
I will.


　Letting out a sigh, I headed over to the king dragon.
　It's menacing like a shuffling snake. Dragons have a high level of intelligence. Some of them are even smarter than men.


Do you understand a word I say?
"...... Grrrrrr ......!
You're desperate. But don't worry. I'll get you out of here. Pull those people off the street.
"............ You're getting scared now?　Do you regret catching me here!'


　The king dragon speaks directly to my head.
　Good. As a child, there was a chance that even a highly intelligent demon might not be able to communicate with him. He seems to be smart just because he is a king dragon.


''Yeah. That's about it. So can we just end this now?
"Hahahahaha!　Fool!　That's a sanction!　You've been locking me in all along: ......!　I'll make sure you pay for this!


　...... all the way to ...... locked up all the time?
　That's strange.
　This dragon should have found it earlier and captured it earlier. Did it feel like an eternity?


I'm sure that's what it feels like. Are you the ones who pull here, adventurers?


　From next to the conversation between Wang Long and I--.
　A beautiful woman with long red hair swinging around interrupted me from the side while making a high sound of high heels with a clunk-clunk-clunk.
　The Weiler Empire, Empress--Luina Weiler.