Chapter 546: Dragon versus Hero
“Silver dragon brethens!”
Maia called out to the silver dragons as if to echo Dianne’s disturbing comment.
“Dragons are not supposed to interfere in disputes between riders in the first place. In the midst of a battle between humans, it is irrelevant whether the dragons like it or not. Your complaint is out of line”
“Blue compatriots. But this is a battle in which we must entrust our fate to someone else. It is not acceptable to use 『That weapon』 that controls the arrogance of those who want to destroy the dragons”
“It is not possible for my Master, who is not a strong fighter, to win one victory in a thousand over the warrior Rainer Exeliza, as he should have done”
“Then you should have obeyed him”
The silver dragon was unmoved. Maia’s shoulders slumped and she muttered.
“I was trying to help you”
“……What?”
“It’s no longer up to you if you don’t want to back down. ……Don’t hate me”
“You’re out of your mind. Do you believe this dark elf’s bluff?”
Maia shakes her head and looks at Dianne. Dianne, still smiling, held up one finger of each hand, then folded it and had finished counting to ten.
“It’s time. I’ll consider your presence there as if you don’t need life”
“Even though you’re in the outside world, don’t you know about the fire dragon war? Humans can’t defeat dragons”
“That is true. But humans cannot win against me either”
Dianne-san pulled out two single-edged swords that were stuck next to her. ……Are that Dianne-san’s serious weapons?
“What about dragons? Prove it to me. If you say you’re better than me”
“Don’t be arrogant!!”
Dianne-san lightly dropped to her haunches and the sword saints on our side, Sharon, Almeida and the others also readied their weapons at the same time. The passengers of the large carriage that Asti and the others were holding jumped over and rushed out from behind us.
“Kua!!”
was shouted by a blue monster bird in place of a battle cry. Just as the dragons were momentarily transfixed by its soaring form, an ogre landed in front of us with a thud. He swung his arms out to the left and right and cried out,
“Uooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
And then, as if his scream had been sucked into the blue sky, suddenly a roar of thunder rained down from the void, striking the dragons.
“!?”
“Gaaa!?”
The dragons were unable to stop moving amidst the ear-destroying roar. Even dragons can be affected by a direct hit from lightning. The ogre leaps toward them again, smashes the lead dragon’s head off with his axe and drops it to the ground.
“Now, Captain!”
“Well done Kingfisher, Vincent!”
Dianne kicks the ground and runs like a shot arrow. With that as a cue, everyone here attacked the dragons as well.
“Are you insane!?”
“Humans!!”
The silver dragons tried to fight back, moving their bodies, which had been dulled by the lightning. First and foremost, however, Sir Bonaparte’s sword strike knocked two dragons’ heads off in rapid succession, disabling them. The blue cloaked sword saint and the twin sword saint of the Sword Saint Brigade then joined forces to kill one dragon and the sword saint who had just been filling in for Sir Bonaparte took the opportunity to follow up on another dragon by striking it in the side with a series of blows, causing it to wince in agony. The dragon’s scales were no match for him. The dragon’s body explodes with each blow he strikes……is this the same shockwave direct hit that Sir Bonaparte used to do when he fought Breakcore?
“You’re getting carried away……you guys!”
Recovering from the shock of the lightning, the silver dragon took a deep breath and plotted to annihilate the knights running around his feet with a blizzard breath. Blizzard breath does no damage to ice dragons. If you get hit, it’s over. But.
“Don’t think that we will remain silent!”
Even though you are a dragon!”
The dragon was about to spit out its breath, but Broll-san, Maia, Asti and the rest of the team held out their bodies to catch the breath and deflect it in the other direction. On the contrary, Broll-san and the dragon in front of him got into a neck-clasping contest.
“Kukukuu……don’t underestimate me just because I’m a blue dragon……!!”
“Gu, Gugii……!!”
Dragon versus dragon, a head-to-head contest of strength. The old dragon Broll is a big man and tries to break the other dragon’s neck, but the other dragon is also a big man and Broll’s neck also creaks. Then Dianne slid in like a dancing petal and spun around between the two dragons with a shuddering sound. The next moment, both silver dragon’s arms fall off.
“!!?”
“Broll-dono, let’s have a power wrestling match some other time. Instead of being stuck on one dragon, protect the others”
“Umm”
Broll-san slams the silver dragon to the ground. Dianne approaches the silver dragon, who has lost both arms and is helpless, swinging her twin swords.
“Don’t beg for your life. It’s useless”
“W……Wait”
Dianne swung both swords and sliced open the dragon’s chest, striking a powerful blow to the pulsating heart inside.
“…………”
The dragon shatters. The dragons shuddered as they watched the moment. Some were enraged, others tried to back away. The dragon’s weak point is its heart. Even if its head is cut off, it will not die, but if it is hit here, it will not be able to do anything. Dianne, who had put the finishing touches to the dragon without any mercy, had several of the other dragons rushing in to grab her. But.
“See, noo, uoraa!!”
With a shout from the ogre, one of the dragons sprawls back. I looked and saw that something had been slammed into its mouth. ……It looked like a human judging by the way its legs were flapping. The human dived himself into the dragon’s throat and as the dragon struggled to spit it out, it seemed to be trying its best to stay inside the dragon’s throat and that was enough to render one of the dragons useless. The ogre pounces on one of the more inundated dragons. The figure of the ogre, clad in electric shocks as it attacked the enemy, looked just like that Grand Knight Annette Range. I was beginning to get the picture. That is…….
“Special Lightning Brigade, directly under the Celesta Army Headquarters. This is Special Duty General Scott Vincent, one of Celesta’s strongest forces, 『Lightning Overknight』”
“Aurora”
“It’s not every day you get to see him in person. Much less fight side by side with him”
She left my protection to Tetes and Naris and Aurora nodded to Anzeros and went to intercept the dragon heading for Dianne. Fighting a dragon is even more amazing than fighting a Master Knight, but the two of them not only aren’t afraid of it in the slightest, but they attack the dragon’s body with direct shockwaves as if it’s a skillful job and use slashing waves to shave off the dragon’s arms. They cuts its head in half and it becomes powerless. ……Before I knew it, they were getting stronger.
“Knight Chief!”
“I understand! ……I’m going!”
Almeida and Sharon were also taking down one head with the method of Almeida distracting and Sharon delivering a heavy blow. Of course, Maia and Laila are also using the size of their dragon bodies to prevent breaths and stop them in their tracks.
“……Amazing”
“Warriors in the outside world are……like that”
Neia and Brian had their enemy dragons cut in half before they had a chance to enter the fray and I watched their melee in dismay.
“I wonder how many more dragon slayers there are today alone”
“Why don’t you go, Naris-chan? Isn’t that one of the best adventurerly titles?”
“Not good! How can they all fight so horribly?”
……Ah, I am so relieved that Naris is just the way she is.
“I never thought I would see the heroes of Trot and Celesta in action again……”
“I too am being treated to a good show and it is a blessing”
And the two leaders of Trot and the White clan, who had no idea why they had followed, looked as if they were old people watching their grandson’s big day.
“Not that it’s a blessing or anything, but why are you here in the first place, Irina?”
“Hmmm. You’re not happy?”
“No, Christie would never allow you to come out to such a dangerous place”
“You may have forgotten. But she’s the head of the cherry blossom clan and I’m also the head of a clan. When the time comes, I am in a better position than her”
“Are you saying you were forced to come out?”
“If there is an emergency, there is no need to ask for her permission. Besides, you are on the brink of life and death. I will be of more use to you than she is”
Irina puffed out her chest. Seeing this gesture, King Ulysses’ face fell even more.
“She is lovely. It is as if I were watching my daughter as a child”
“I have lived twice as long as the former king”
“Don’t you like it when people praise your cuteness?”
“……You will lose this case if you insist too much. You must understand”
“Hoohoohoo”
……The conversation is not as if there is an epic dragon slaying going on on one side of the field of vision.
In the meantime, there were only about three silver dragons left that had come barging in. The actual number of dragons was at a threefold disadvantage, but the silver dragon’s inferiority can no longer be overturned.
“Gu……”
“I’ll let you run home”
Dianne thrust her sword at the remaining dragons.
“And tell the rest of the lizards. You have made an enemy of Dianne. And now you must choose to bow down or perish”
“Such arrogance on the part of a human……”
“I don’t know about the dragon order or anything, but you were the ones who took our husband from us first. That is reason enough to destroy you”
The only option left for Dianne is to slaughter them. I know that there are Presbyterians like Ray and Emma, as well as other dragons who have not yet decided on their attitude.
“Dianne, wait a minute”
“……Andy”
“I fought Rainer and won legitimately. I admit that I used a weapon similar to the dragon slayer, but I won’t let that be a reason to sidestep and overturn the match. If you still have objections there, this time you can legitimately send a messenger. We will no longer bow to the pressure of the silver dragon’s numbers”
“…………”
“We’re going to settle this with Rainer. If you want to sit on the sidelines, I don’t care. If you join us, you are welcome to join us. If you’re going to be our enemy, we’ll deal with you. That’s it”
I grabbed Dianne’s hand with the sword and said so. I left a moderate amount of room for Dianne to fight to her satisfaction, but if the Presbyterians were still alive and well, this would hold off the rest of them. Against the pressure of numbers we showed our strength. I trust that a dragon who knows the logic of power will not find it unjust.
“……I will tell them”
With that, the rest of the silver dragons turn away and take off. We watch them go.
And then, as we were heading back over the pile of dragon corpses to get me patched up before marching off and to have Hilda look at the health problems of everyone in the craftsman village, we saw one of the dragons still thrashing around.
“I guess I missed a kill”
Neia and I manage to control Dianne-san who raises her sword.
“A, Ah……I forgot. That’s the dragon I left to Ryo”
General Scott Vincent scratches his head vigorously and says apologetically. The horns are awesome. They’re really sharp and long.
“Can I help him out a little?”
“I’ll leave it to you”
General Vincent approaches the dragon with an axe, slits its throat, and pulls out a sticky human from inside.
“You! You just hit me with an axe, you idiot!”
“Be quiet. You’re in front of Captain Dianne, you know”
“I don’t give a shit! Pain hurts……”
“It’s been a long time, Steel. You answered my call”
“……Hello”
The young man with black hair, half frozen but looking fine, bowed his head in General Vincent’s grasp.
“Is that it?”
“……Yeah. Probably the 『Steel Overknight』 Ryo Amatsushima”
The Overknight, who has a reputation of not dying no matter what is done to him, made his debut before us with a very modest activity……choking on the dragon’s throat to keep buying time. ……I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for him, considering the great success of his partner.
“By the way, what should we do with this dragon?”
“……Let him go if you notice”
The dragon, which had apparently passed out from exhaustion after its throat was slit and Special Duty General Amatsushima was removed and finally eased off, was taken care of by Broll-san. ……I hope he doesn’t get shocked by the pile of corpses around and lash out again.