Year 7447, Month 12, Day 16Gumwu~!!!
Relying on the spear I stabbed into it I was somehow able to cling to the charging Shadow Dragon.
While I"m stuck to you I"ll rapid-fire attack spells!
That"s what I thought.
With my right hand on the spear and my left hand holding it"s dorsal fin, I clamped with both of my legs around it"s body but it"s body was too thick so there was no helping it.
I mean it"s body is close to 2 meters in diameter after all, there"s no way my legs would be long enough to get a hold on it.
It couldn"t be helped so I tried to lock one of my legs on it"s dorsal fins but the vibrations from it"s movements were too intense so it was no good.
In the end, I was at my limit with just clinging to it with my arms so I"m not thrown off like goldfish p.o.o.p.
Obviously there"s nothing I could do about using something like the {Arrow.Of.Blindness} stuck in the back of my belt.
If I were to let go with either of my hands I"d be thrown off.
The vibrations are huge because it"s crawling across the ground and as expected I can"t concentrate to control my mana in this sort of situation to attack use some kind of attack spell.
I"m positioned behind one of it"s wings so at least the wing is knocking away tree branches.
After charging for a short while the Shadow Dragon stopped and started looking around the area.
Did it lose sight of Angela?
A chance!
Even though I"m stuck this close to it, if it"s right now when it"s not moving then..!
Since it still has remaining uses on it"s {Magic.Resistance}, attack spells with fire normal bullets are no good.
I start controlling my mana for my certain kill attack spell.
But, in that moment the Shadow Dragon stopped looking for Angela and seemed to remember that I was clinging onto the middle of it"s body.
I could tell the Shadow Dragon started curving it"s body.
I guess it"s trying to knock me off with it"s tail.
No, it"s not!
It flew up!
I frantically cling on it again so I"m not thrown off.
Obviously I cancelled the magic.
The reason why I can control mana while enduring pain or taking action in the middle of combat is because I"m consciously moving my body.
It"s completely different from this situation where I have to adjust my body weight to match with it"s movements and hold on so I"m not throw off without knowing which direction it"ll move next.
About the only magic I could use is the basic elemental magic in it"s base form.
But you know.
I thought something like this might happen so there"s an incantation I desperately learned.
"Gafuto.mosurazuku.gevuanikk.u.miru.hakuzatorimi.miru.goru.kirumu.inremo~to~n.gakendari.zakenderi.hanzemekoko.gaeedungu.gimuko.hairoporu.kerutoninshu.gagumanmuru.kariuto.buzin.damavantsu!"
It"s a spell to shoot five {Ice Javelins}!
..It seems it was no good...
I guess it was blocked by {Minor.Globe.Of.Invulnerability}.
After all level 3 doesn"t seem to work...
If it"s much higher level then the incantation gets considerably long.
Even then it"s not as though I can"t remember it and I actually have but I"ll definitely fail partway through in this situation.
I was feeling pretty nervous about just failing the incantation just now while I was saying it.
I don"t have any intention of calling it miraculous but in terms of failure and success it"s about a 50/50 chance.
In order to use a higher level attack spell it requires chanting an incantation about three times longer with a fixed rhythm in a pre-decided period of time.
Impossible right.
Owa!!
I"ve been flipped upside down!
Maybe I should just let go of the spear and quickly use an attack spell then use wind magic to attempt a soft-landing...
Impossible!
Definitely impossible!
First I don"t have any leeway in my alt.i.tude.
Right now it"s at best 20~30 meters high.
It should be at least possible to fire off an attack spell while I"m falling but after that before I can use something like wind magic I"d die from the crash landing.
Like I could survive being smashed into the ground form this height!
Even if I"m fortunate enough to have tree branches cushion my fall I"d be lucky if I just end up with heavy injuries.
I might be able to at least shave down it"s {Magic.Resistance} but while I"m trying to control my mana to heal myself I"d end up being swallowed and it"s over.
Using wind magic first to breakaway and then using an attack right after might be possible but there"s no way the Shadow Dragon would just quietly watch until I use the attack spell.
Either it"ll bite at me or it"ll use it"s breath and my attack spell will fail.
The best I could manage is using wind magic once more and somehow aiming to land.
However.
I suddenly saw something being clutched in the front claws of the Shadow Dragon.
..That is!
A portion of rubber protectors!
A spaulder!?
Or is it a cuira.s.s?
My rubber protectors are alright so I realized it naturally must belong to someone else.
If it"s not mine then there"s no one else who it can be but Angela.
Worrying about her safety I looked up(ground) and saw a person collapsed on the ground.
It"s not a dragonian.
It"s Angela who"s rubber protectors were torn off!
I guess her helmet was knocked off as well because her face is completely exposed.
Hidden in the trees I could only see her from above the chest.
But, there"s no way I"d mistake my slave!
I felt like time had stopped.
Angela"s eyes are closed and she"s not moving.
Her retriever shaped ears looked appeared strangely vivid to me.
..Congratulations, master!..
The time when we discovered a {Magical.Weapon} when just the two of us were clearing through the dungeon and she made a pleased face with her tail waving as if it was about herself...
Angela"s eyes are closed and she isn"t moving.
Instantly I started to get p.i.s.sed off.
This b.a.s.t.a.r.d, to Angela!
Angela looks as if she"s dead.
But, I might still be able to save her.
Hurry! If it isn"t instant death, if she"s still alive I can save her!
In the first place if I keep holding onto this Shadow Dragon it"ll just smash me into the ground.
I intend to aim for an alt.i.tude of 5~6 meters and use wind magic to escape.
After making up my mind I let go of the spear..!
"Uoooo~!!!"
I use wind magic and attempt a soft landing.
I somehow managed to land while getting caught up in branches.
With a furious dash I run towards the direction Angela is...
Ange..laaaa~~!!!"
I shout her name with a loud voice while running.
Don"t die on me yet!
Bang!
At almost the same time as I shouted I heard a gunshot..from a bit behind me.
Eh? A gunshot?
She was alive!?
I was relieved.
"Yes!!"
Angela replied from behind me..Huh?
Dooooo~~n!!"
Along with an earth quake the Shadow Dragon threw itself against the ground.
If I had remained holding onto it I would have been flattened about now.
Putting that aside why...
The one hiding behind a tree trunk is the Angela laying over there.
I can see the side of her face.
"Did you call for me, master!"
The one who came running over towards me from behind is Angela as well.
There"s two Angelas....
"Ah, Eh? Over there..."
I point to the collapsed Angela and after arriving by my side Angela saw it and swallowed her breath.
"Ah..No way, what"s collapsed over there should be a monster! I just finished it off! It isn"t me!"
Ah, I forgot to use {Identify}.
The Angela in front of me has the same info as usual.
And then the collapsed Angela is...
..
Female/19/6/7440.Seibaku.Dragonian
Condition: Death
Age: 7 Years Old
Level: 18
HP: -23(139) MP: 24(36)
Strength: 32
Speed: 25
Dexterity: 21
Endurance: 23
Special Skill: Clone Body
Special Skill: Earth Maigc Lv. 3
Special Skill: Water Magic Lv. 3
Special Skill: Fire Magic Lv. 3
Special Skill: Void Magic Lv. 5
So it was a dragonian.
It must be the special skill {Clone Body}.
"..It"s fine as long as you"re alright. Hide and move while continuing to fire, go"
"Yes!!"
However, for me to be so upset that I would forget to use {Identify}.
Rather~ even though she"s supposed to be an disposable combat slave what in the world was I doing...
Angela started making some distance.
The Shadow Dragon has already realized I"ve separated from it and is holding it"s head up to search for me.
I was found right away.
Shortly after a breath is flying..or not, it"s an attack spell!
I use wind magic to dash in a direction I had decided on beforehand and..it"s got missile attached, s.h.i.t!!
It was my limit using {Anti-Magic Field} to offset the {Stone Trebuchet(?) Missile}.
On the verge of it firing it"s attack spell I caught a glimpse of the {Spear.Of.Piercing} still stabbed into it.
Ah, I forgot to tell Angela to leave behind {Flame.Tongue}.
The only weapon I have now is my knife but..I had the {Arrow.Of.Blindness} as well.
In any case I"ll stab this into it!
The one magic arrow that I had in the back of my belt.
I hold it properly in my right hand and head towards the Shadow Dragon.
The Shadow Dragon has started firing attack spells consecutively.
Because of that I was at my limit using {Anti-Magic Field} to offset them so I couldn"t move forward much at all.
Not to mention this dragon, it"s considerably used to using magic and doesn"t even need 1 second to concentrate.
Particularly it"s usage of attack spells it"s considerably proficient.
It hasn"t used a single shot with the method of just aiming for firing it over the shortest distance.
It"s making full use of the fact that missile is added to them.
A huge stone spear was fired from the brow of the dragon.
I can"t tell if it"s got missile added this time but I still have to deal with it.
However, it wasn"t a missile.
I shift my body from the line of attack and this time for a sure counteratta..no good huh?
In the intervals between using attack spells the dragon is crawling around with it"s large body and knocking down trees so the footing is getting worse.
There"s trees collapsed on each other in the directions it"s easy for me to escape.
It couldn"t be helped so I dashed in the opposite direction and thinking to evade a blow with it"s tail I cancel my {Anti-Magic Field} to use wind magic.
Of course even I"m firing off several attack spells into it in the time between.
There should only be 4 remaining uses on it"s {Magic.Resistance}.
If I use one of my more proficient attack spells with multiple bullets then it should come with some change after shaving it off.
Angela is backing me up with the rifle as well.
With several seconds in between gunshots ring out and there"s gradually injuries increasing on the dragon"s face.
Of course damage as well.
HP: 10622(11446) MP: 142(335)
Roughly 100 damage per shot.
Though it"s enchanted with magic, in the end it"s just a small bullet.
A pea-shooter I guess.
If I don"t do a lot more damage then I can"t break it"s concentration to use magic.
Judging from the damage I guess it feels kind of like having a needle stabbed into your face.
It seems to be pretty irritated.
And then I managed to succeed in getting it to consume quite a bit of MP in the battle up to here.
Come on, use even more!
A gunshot rings out.
Luckily it seems to have hit right when it was in the middle of concentrating to use magic.
Nice Angela!
Also, it seems Angela has taken quite a bit of distance.
Alright!
With this I can use magic without hesitation.
Until now Angela was around so I didn"t even consider it.
Earth magic, level 9 MAX!
In any case I put the highest priority on the speed of manifesting it so it was impossible to specify the range or shape.
Of course I didn"t specify a multiplier either, or rather even the short period of time it takes is a waste.
I simply started creating dirt centering from in front of my open hand.
Even that was just sending out huge globes and flying dirt centering around with my hand.
However, the amount is the amount you know?
Even if it has {Magic.Resistance}..!
Shortly after thinking that the dirt appeared in the air almost like a half spherical carpet it started to scatter as it fell.
Level 9 MAX earth magic is amazing.
The radius of the dirt that appeared was over 60 meters!
Though I don"t think much of it has appeared behind me.
But, with this amount no matter how fast it is as crawling along the ground it can"t run..What..
The moment the first pile of dirt falling touched the Shadow Dragon..all of the dirt disappeared!
Is this, {Magic.Resistance}?
It can"t be {Minor.Globe.Of.Invulnerability} right?
It"s level 9 MAX magic after all.
In a hurry I use {Identify} and it was {Special Skill: {Magic.Resistance 3}}.
Ah, I"ll shave it with this, no, I guess it"s just a matter of time before it"s buried to death.
Then one more shot!
Without a moments hesitation this time I used water and fire magic to freeze it!
Since it"s crawling along the ground the water welling up from below should quickly make conta..s.h.i.t, it flew.
But, I don"t know if the water came into contact with it or not because the ice didn"t manifest.
I guess it succeeded in shaving down it"s {Magic.Resistance}.
It can"t be helped if it flies.
Next time is earth magic once more..Wh~ut!?
The Shadow Dragon used it"s characteristic super speed flight to escape from the effective range in no time at all.
Let alone burying it just scratching it"s tail was the best I could manage.
Though I"m not sure if I actually even scratched it or not.
Ah, since the dirt spewing from the air has disappeared so I guess it scratched it.
So my specialty burial is no good either...
Just from judging with my eyes it seems to have gone to a distance about 3 km away from here in less a minute so just as expected of boasting it"s high speed, burying it seems impossible whether it be dirt or ice.
Honestly speaking I thought it would take more time to accelerate but I guess I was too naive.
Of course, it doesn"t seem like it suddenly reach it"s top speed either but I"m in awe over it"s motorbike-level of rapid acceleration.
Even though I intended that to be a certain kill move.
The Shadow Dragon started twisting it"s body while still flying and with an abnormal speed switched directions.
A short moment of stiffness.
An attack spell!!
Bang!
A gunshot echoed out.
No~ Angela, that was really nice timing!
I use {Stone Light Catapult Missile} towards the dragon that just had it"s spell cancelled..
s.h.i.t, it"s breath!
Using wind magic to blow myself away and evade it is first.
I cancel my attack spell and..Eh...
I thought the Shadow Dragon shortened it"s body for a moment to spit it"s breath but, it seems it was different.
After returning it"s body and it came flying over at a furious speed like a spring!
And to a different direction from where I am!
This is bad, so it"s aiming for Angela!!?
"Gwau!!"
The Shadow Dragon bit into Angela with the end of it"s mouth.
With it biting around her stomach, her legs and upper body are sticking out from both edges of it"s mouth!
..Umm, master. This, it"s insignificant but..No, since I happened to profit..that is, it"s a bit of my feelings of grat.i.tude..
The sight of Angela smiling at me flashed through my mind.
Like I"d let my allies get killed right in front of me!
A consumable?
Like I care!
"Maruso!!!"