The Battle Begins
“…Idea? Do you mean there is a chance that the town can be saved?”
“Yeah. …Well, we won’t actually know if it’ll work until we try.”
“…What kind of plan is this?”
“I’m going to use this.”
I said. Then I had the slime(it was quite small, as most of the slimes were out on monitoring duty) that was on my shoulder take out the dragon skull.
It was the skull from a monster I killed shortly after my arrival here. I had had the slimes save it for me.
As always, it was a mystery to me how their storage function worked…but as it was possible, it would be a waste not make use of it.
The impact of this display would help me convince them.
“That…is that from a dragon?”
“Yeah. There are very interesting spells that Tamers can use. Though, there are requirements…but to put it simply, I can use this skull to recreate the breath of a dragon just once.”
Of course, there was no such Tamer Skill.
I was really just going to use h.e.l.lfire of Death and a new spell that I would create.
However…this seemed a little more believable than just saying, ‘I’m going to burn the monsters with my own magic.’
After all, Tamers weren’t even supposed to be able to use magic.
And so it was necessary to use a little invention to make my claim a little more believable.
“Well, a dragon’s breath may be enough to burn 10,000 monsters… Manager, is what Yuji says true?”
“…I don’t know. But it is true that Yuji’s abilities as a Tamer are far different than what we’d expect. After all, while they are mostly slimes, Yuji has…tamed over 100 monsters.”
“100!?”
“Yes. …And surely you could tell that he was no ordinary Tamer the moment he took such a large skull out of that slime?”
The manager said as he pointed at the skull.
Most of the Adventurers were quite convinced by now.
“…Alright. So, what should I do?”
The first Adventurer to speak was Gale.
When I had first come to this world, I had helped him by using my slimes.
“Gale. You’re going to trust Yuji?”
“Aye. I have seen slimes that can spit out fire. And if slimes can spit fire, why not a dead dragon? …Besides, we have no alternative. So we should take this chance.”
Gale said as he pointed to my dragon skull.
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“So, what do we have to do then? Considering how much time has pa.s.sed since the signal went up, the monsters could be here as soon as 10 minutes.”
…Indeed. There was no time left.
We could not waste time trying to persuade everyone. We would just have to act with the Adventurers who were currently willing to help.
‘Proud Wolf. How long will it take for you to arrive?’
‘F-fifteen minutes! …Are we really not going to get caught?’
‘There are monsters everywhere!’
‘Ahhhhh! We’re going to be stepped on!’
The Proud Wolf was currently carrying the slimes.
As I had remotely cast concealing magic on the Proud Wolf and the slimes, they should remain hidden…though, it would still take them some time to arrive.
‘Don’t worry, you won’t get caught. But do hurry.’
As soon as the slimes arrived, I would be able to create a barrier around the town and annihilate the monsters.
In other words, what I needed now was time—and to be able to create the right magic for the job.
“Just give me fifteen more minutes! I will prepare the magic in the meantime!”
“Understood!”
Most of the Adventurers that were there replied. And then they went running out of the town’s gates.
“We will prepare the medicine!”
“Yes! Don’t worry about using too much! Thanks to Yuji, we were able to make more than we could ever use!”
The manager ordered, and so the guild workers brought out a great quant.i.ty of recovery medicine to the town’s gates.
Apparently all those Dria Flowers I had gathered were being put to good use.
A few minutes later, I was able to hear the sounds of fighting from all over the town.
The battle had finally begun.
And now I had to create some powerful magic before the slimes arrived.