Manowa

Chapter 229 - Let"s Meet a Magical Beast

I am a Dragonoid residing in Dragonewt City named Doria Armord .

The turmoil following last week"s invasion of black monsters hasn"t settled yet, and since the  surrounding monsters are taking the opportunity to gather together and invade Mt . Konron now that the barrier is gone, we go mountain hunting almost every day . The members of the Adventurers Guild in the area and the dragon-samas are also collaborating with the mountain hunting, but the monsters are advancing one after the other, so it"s an unmanageable situation .

And even though I"m still fatigued from yesterday"s mountain hunting, as one of Dragonewt City"s guards I"m patrolling the city early in the morning today as well . However, I witnessed something really strange along the way . That something was a huge black arm that suddenly broke through the wall of an inn"s second floor .

It was a truly sudden thing . I was dumbfounded by the too sudden situation and simply watched, but it"s still early in the morning right now . Most of the residents are still sleeping around this time . If there were another black monster attack at such a time, it would be extremely dangerous .

I regained my sanity when I saw the black arm quickly wither and return to the interior of its room . I immediately entered the inn and ran to the front of the corresponding room .

In front of the room I saw a middle-aged warrior in his thirties kneeling with his head bowed towards the innkeeper . I realized that was probably a dogeza . I had been taught by a j.a.panese visitor named Rikishi that the dogeza is the highest expression of『Sorry』in his country . The man"s dogeza was truly mastered, as if he had spent many years perfecting the beauty of his dogeza .

And I don"t really understand what that arm was, but it was apparently Dogezsan"s deed . Dogezsan looked like he had a fairly high social status, so it seemed like it was conversely making the innkeeper who was being bowed to feel obliged .

I realized there was nothing in particular for me to do, so I simply told the innkeeper I had come to see what had happened as a guard, then left .

Come to think of it, I caught sight of a small child heading towards the inn during my patrol, but what was that? It feels like I"ve seen her face somewhere before . Well, it"s fine . I completed my regular patrol without any problems after that and returned to the guardhouse .

When I returned to the guardhouse, I decided to tell my colleague Nick about the black arm . It"s an ironclad rule to share information about anything that happened . It could save lives if an emergency were to occur . And after hearing my story, Nick told me that it seems that inn is where the G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama"s escorts are staying .

In that case, that arm was probably a dragon"s Humanization coming undone . . . I thought . It seems G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama came from a distant land to become G.o.d Dragon Emperor Nagsama"s empress . That is to say, Nagsama"s child might be born, which is extremely delightful for the Dragonoids . However, when G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama came to the city, she was clearly very young . She hasn"t even become an adult dragon yet, so having a child should be a matter far in the future with her body"s age .

The story digressed, but anyway, that escort is probably an adult dragon or G.o.d Dragon . He was probably still half asleep this morning and accidentally undid his Humanization . Considering that, calling him Dogezsan naturally seems rude, so I"ll start calling him Dogezsama .

Then I took a nap at the guardhouse, which finished with a quick lunch just before noon . The 4th Guard Company I belong to is going mountain hunting . The Mist Barrier has come undone, and the monsters are advancing into the mountains . We have to subjugate them .

Advertis.e.m.e.ntThe members of the company, me included, are acc.u.mulating fatigue from the mountain hunting we do almost every day, but we don"t know what disaster might occur if we shirk it . The monsters entering unfamiliar territory are liable to approach the city . We can"t ignore the possibility of the women and children being eaten .

「I"m told the seal will be redone in a few days, so endure until then . 」

The leader Grihara so encouraged us . Even when the barrier is set up, subjugating the monsters that have entered will probably take some time, but there will be an end in sight .

I am a Dragonoid, but my closest dragon ancestor is 7 generations ago, so my blood is thin . I emit almost no Dragon Spirit . I got this job because I"m reasonably powerful, but this past week has been exhausting work .

So I was probably tired . And in the middle of the mountain hunt, I lost sight of my companions . That was a fatal mistake . Walking alone in a place where flocks of monsters are advancing is equivalent to suicide, so I was incredibly fl.u.s.tered as I searched for my companions, but I couldn"t find them at all . Once you"ve lost sight of your own position in this forest, understanding where you are is considerably difficult . Even more so when you"re fl.u.s.tered and tired like I was . I was so panicked that I couldn"t grasp the mountain terrain I should be familiar with .

I will probably die here . . . I thought . I couldn"t find my companions, and I could encounter a monster at any time . I was feeling a stir in the air . My thin dragon blood was sensing a crisis .

I can give at least one blow . . . I tightly grasped my sword and was about to advance in the bloodcurdling atmosphere when I saw a monster cat running towards me from the depths of the forest .

I had memory of that appearance . It was only from a picture book, but I learned from it that Elder Cats are considerably high level monsters that are nimble and have high attack power . It was an opponent that would be difficult to defeat even with multiple adventurers . And it was much bigger than I had heard .

It"s pathetic, but I understood from its majestic appearance the futility of resistance and the difference between us, so I couldn"t move, but as it approached I realized there was a person riding on the monster cat .

That figure became clear as the monster cat approached, and when I looked closely, it was Dogezsama . Dogezsama was calmly riding the monster cat and came before me . It seems the monster cat is Dogezsama"s pet cat . As expected of Dogezsama .

And when I told him that I was separated from my companions, Dogezsama had me get on the monster cat"s back and started running . I couldn"t speak due to that tremendous speed, but we went to a certain part of the mountain, not my companions" side . And in that place were G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama and her companions .

「Umm, are you okay?」

With great difficulty I managed to shrilly reply to Empress-sama"s words . I was so nervous that I"m not confident that I properly replied . Moreover, while she looks like she"s my daughters age, she"s a dragon-sama and Nagsama"s empress . Although she isn"t an adult dragon, she"s probably at least 70-80 years old .

I was overawed from meeting people with such high social status, but from what they told me, it seems Dogezsama and G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama were herding the monsters, and I would have run into the herded monsters as it was .

I shuddered after I heard that, but G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama and the others paid no heed and started moving to bring down the monsters . The herded monsters would disperse over time . But how would they exterminate the gathered monsters? Would Empress-sama and her companions simultaneously undo their Humanizations and use Breath?

Unlike how I imagined, Dogezsam stood in front and stuck out his black armor wearing right arm .

Empress Shinryu seemed to be telling Dogezsama where the monsters were, but the appearance of them nodding to each other without hand gestures was as if they were communicating mentally .

「Alright, everyone get back!」

And in accordance with Empress-sama"s words, her companions separated from Dogezsama . Everyone had slightly stiff expressions . I was wondering what was going on when something like five insect legs extended from Dogezsama"s body and pierced the surrounding earth and trees like they were anchoring his body in place . At the same time, the protruding black right arm swelled .

I could see there was a hole in the palm, but G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama approached and told me it was dangerous, so I withdrew to a considerably separated position . Empress-sama"s frantic expression was honestly scary . But I felt real fear after that .

There were many rocks piled up behind Dogezsama . I could see that a sixth leg was dexterously stuffing rocks into a tube protruding from Dogezsama"s shoulder .

At the same time, a beast"s roaring was resounding . That roaring was coming from Dogezsama"s black right arm . When I saw that I intuited that there was a fearsome magical beast inside that arm .

And that magical beast"s roars and screams persisted . Together with thunderous roars, something like ma.s.ses of fire jumped out of Dogezsama"s arm and pierced through the trees and monsters that were approaching .

I think I screamed . But the magical beast"s roars swallowed even my voice and consumed the monsters before my eyes .

It was destruction . Pure destruction itself . Chunks of meat from dozens of monsters were scattered around, transforming that place into an atrocious appearance . Then soaring dust covered everything . The subduer of that magical beast Dogezsama was laughing like he was mad . He was shouting .

When I looked back, G.o.d Dragon Empress-sama was also shouting . She was admiring Dogezsama"s power . Her escorts looked like they were trembling with fear, but something about their expressions showed they were used to it; as expected, they"re different from a small human being like me . Also, I feel like I saw something that looked like a small dragon-sama, but was that in my imagination?

And this is something I only overheard from the side, but according to Empress-sama"s words, what I saw seems to be called a『Reiru Gahn』 . Something about it subduing lightning and using it to launch rocks at tremendous speed?

Yumiksama, who displayed fierce activity in the battle against the black monsters, said something about two rods, but Empress-sama shook her head and said it used purasma, so  cylindrical was fine, but I"m not familiar with magic, so I didn"t understand at all .

Then the magical beast"s roars also disappeared, and the hunting of the remaining monsters began at Empress-sama"s words . They were instructed not to turn their hands to the monsters that had already escaped, so she was probably aiming for them to tell the other herds of monsters about this disastrous scene . In that respect, monsters are smart creatures .

The monsters seemed to have all but lost their fighting spirit due to the power of the magical beast, so the battle was over immediately . Then I was taken along by Empress-sama and her companions, and I safely returned to Dragonnew City .

When we arrived at the city, I separated from Empress-sama and her companions and returned to the guardhouse . It seems my companions were already aware that I was safe, but they seemed worried about the circ.u.mstances . They asked me about what happened after I lost sight of them, but my fatigue was already at the limit, so I just said I would tell them tomorrow and left . Then I went home and only exchanged simple greetings with my wife and child before deciding to go to bed in my futon . But there was something I was a little worried about .

I wonder if my companions will believe me when I tell them what I saw today . . . I travelled to the dream world while thinking about that .

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

t.i.tle: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Adhesion Sword『Gum』, Spell Dagger Feather x2, Dragonscale Breastplate, Drake Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Sylphyn Skirt, Plasma Pants, Dragon Eating Ogre King"s Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Acc.u.mulator, White Magic Acc.u.mulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring

Level : 32

Health: 124

Magic Power: 235+420

Strength: 55+20

Agility: 50+14

Endurance: 32

Wisdom : 62

Dexterity : 39

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior"s Memory』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog"s Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv3』『Rush』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link』『Optical Camouflage』『Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『St.u.r.dier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Fabricated Coercion』『Stone Minotaur』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『s.p.a.ce Expansion』『Pseudo-silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur』

Kazane:「Ah, Jinrai-san has the Trigger Happy condition . 」

Yumika:「That"s a railgun, right? Isn"t that the thing that launches bullets between two rods?」

Kazane:「Yeah, that"s right, but it seems this uses the pressure of expanding plasma to launch through a cylinder . I don"t really understand, but that"s what"s written in the explanation . 」

Yumika:「Or perhaps I should say, can a railgun launch stones?」

Kazane:「I think ordinary stone are insulators, so I think it"s impossible . Well, there seems to be some kind of magical processing . 」