Chapter 87: Earth Dragon A Sabertooth Drake attacked with its 30 cm large fangs. It"s a large lizard spanning a total length close to 5 meters. Although it has Drake in its name, it is not a species of dragon.
Gakii! t.i.tan pinned down the Saber-tooth Drake with its adamant.i.te alloy-made large s.h.i.+eld and swung his mace on lizard"s head.
Bokku!
Zashu!
Kaede matched t.i.tan"s attack, cutting off its tail with her threads.
『Gyaaaaaaaaaa!!』
「Now!」
Zashu! From the left and right of t.i.tan who was restraining the enemy, Sophia and I jumped out and cut off the head of the Sabertooth Drake.
A short while later, the Sabertooth Drake"s corpse turned into a bead of light and vanished, then a magic stone and two huge fangs were left behind.
「The density of monsters sure got higher now that it"s the 19th level. Has no one been here in a long time?」
「It"s a high difficulty dungeon, after all. With the exception of adventurers who have an objective, there might not be anyone who would explore to this level.」
Kaede and I detect monsters with Enemy Search, and we start fights with preemptive strikes and subjugate them. We explored the 19th level with a Search and Destroy tactic, and finally found the stairs going down.
The 20th floor had lesser dragon-types like solo Lesser Wyverns and Lesser Drakes, and since it was a straight path to the boss room, we couldn"t avoid battles. When we finally arrived at front of the boss room, we took a break.
「Tak.u.mi-sama, please have some tea.」
「Thank you, Maria.」
A quick and light meal to soothe our hunger, and to prepare ourselves for the boss fight.
「Alright! Let"s defeat the boss!」
「「「「「Yes! (Okaaay!)」」」」」
Gogogogoooooo!!
When we opened the ma.s.sive doors and entered, from the thick fog appeared a monster over 20 meters long with 4 thick legs, and is covered in scales that would seem to repel half-hearted attacks. Yes, a dragon appeared.
「Earth Dragon!」
『GUAAAAAAAAーーーー!!』
The Earth Dragon"s roar reverberated throughout the vast boss room.
「Let"s do this!」
「Ice Lance!」 「Fire Lance!」 「Rock Lance!」 「Wind Cutter!」
A spear of ice, fire, and stone, as well as blades of wind a.s.sailed the Earth Dragon simultaneously.
Furthermore, t.i.tan fired a laser beam-like 『Light of Judgment』 at it.
The Earth Dragon screamed. Then magic power gathered in its jaws and blew a breath.
t.i.tan defended against that breath with his large s.h.i.+eld.
The adamant.i.te large s.h.i.+eld t.i.tan has is not just an ordinary large s.h.i.+eld. It having physical and magic resistance is a given, and when magic power is circulated into it, it is able to put up a physical and magic barrier. t.i.tan protected us from the breath with that.
Having finished its breath attack, the Earth Dragon was bewildered when we didn"t receive any damage.
The fight after that was one-sided.
Sophia and I used our magic spears; t.i.tan used s.h.i.+eld Bash on the Earth Dragon"s head and pursued it with a mace; Kaede"s threads obstruct the Earth Dragon"s freedom; Maria and Laeva fire magic when they see an opening.
I summoned Tsubaki from the Subs.p.a.ce, and everyone went on the offensive.
Roaring in its death throes, the Earth Dragon"s large body went down.
「We did it.」
『Well. Done.』
「Ah, for us to defeat a dragon-type in such a short amount of time, just what is an “artisan”?」
「Ah! Please look at this, Tak.u.mi-sama!」
While t.i.tan and Sophia were appreciating our hard work with me, Maria and Laeva pointed at the Earth Dragon.
In the spot where the Earth Dragon, which turned into beads of light, had fallen, a s.h.i.+ny silver chest, dragon scales, fangs, and bones, as well as an enormous magic stone remained.
Inside the treasure chest were several magic items and ingots, and plenty of jewels and gold.
A transportation magic circle appeared upon our exit of the boss room, marking the end of our first dungeon exploration.