Chapter 90: Dragon Slayer and High-Ranking Dragons

When I suddenly woke up, the lower dragons were making a racket. Hmm, it seems someone has intruded upon our territory. It is a bit noisy, but surely it will become quiet soon.

Hm? It is rare for you to show interest.

Hmm, you say you have a bad feeling that makes your scales prickle?

Indeed, I am not in a very good mood either. But those who can harm us are at the level of a Demon or something…

…No, it is nothing.

It seems the Black Dragon has moved as well. If that has moved, most intruders will be hunted down.

Yes, that is correct. You should leave it to the youngsters.

Hmph, you are such a worrier.

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However, the commotion of the lower dragons did not subside no matter how much time passed. Good grief, the quality of the lower dragons has dropped considerably while I was away for a while.

Hm? The middle-class dragons like the Black Dragon are moving too? To think they still haven’t hunted the intruder is utterly deplorable.

What? You will go? Stop it. If you move, the shape of this Dragon Peak will change, let alone the intruder.

…Phew, it cannot be helped. I shall go out. It seems this intruder is quite fast at fleeing. They will make a perfect practice target for my child’s hunting.

Well then, I’m off.

Shiver!

Hm? What was that? That tremendous chill just now?

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“Daaaaaaah!!”

Jairo severed the Green Dragon’s head.

“Alright! Solo Dragon Slayer achievement unlocked! Oraaaaaah!!”

One hour after starting practice, Jairo, who finally defeated a Green Dragon alone, raised a victory roar.

“Congratulations, Jairo!”

“Thank you, Big Bro!!”

Jairo, having achieved the title of Dragon Slayer, looked incredibly happy. Ah, I had days like that too. You really feel like you’ve become stronger after defeating a dragon.

Well, after that, you meet even stronger dragons, monsters, or humans, realize “Ah, there’s always someone better,” and suddenly cool down. Yeah, that happened to me.

“Taaah!!”

Next, Meguri achieved the title of solo Dragon Slayer.

Using her speed, Meguri slashed various parts of the dragon. Once she realized her attacks, boosted by Attribute Enhancement, were effective against the dragon, she stopped aiming for the legs and began targeting only the vital point: the neck.

“Fufu, dragon materials in good condition. They’ll fetch a lot of money.”

Meguri looked very happy as she harvested the dragon’s neck.

“Take this! Thunderstorm!!”

Mina attacked the nearby Green Dragons all at once with advanced Lightning Magic. However, perhaps because she rushed the activation, the spell construction was sloppy, and she couldn’t defeat them in one hit. Ooh, so close!

“One more shot!”

Firing two more spells, Mina finally finished off the Green Dragons.

“Haa, haa… I can’t believe it. I really defeated dragons all by myself…”

“Congratulations, Mina. With your ability, you can defeat large numbers of dragons much more efficiently.”

“Is-is that so? I can’t quite believe it.”

When I turned my eyes to the remaining Norb, he was surrounded by multiple Green Dragons.

“Gruoooooooon”

“H-Holy Wall!!”

The defensive magic Norb activated completely blocked the Green Dragons’ attacks.

“A-alright! Teyaa!”

Then, relentlessly striking a Green Dragon’s leg with his mace imbued with enhancement magic, the Green Dragon couldn’t hold out, lost its balance, and fell to the ground.

“Now!”

Norb swung the mace with all his might and smashed the Green Dragon’s skull.

“I-I did it, I did it…!”

Norb‘s fighting style seems to be setting up an ironclad defense and carefully defeating opponents one by one. Surely that’s practice for fighting while focusing on protecting people who can’t fight with area defensive magic.

“Hahahaha! With this, we’re the real Dragon Slayers!”

Ah, come to think of it, Jairo and the others’ party name was Dragon Slayers.

“Stop with that embarrassing name! Besides, the reason we can win against dragons is thanks to the enhancement magic Rex cast on us!”

Mina scolded the excited Jairo. But honestly, I think Jairo and the others could win with their own strength even without my enhancement magic. Through this battle, they must have realized that they can defeat dragons.

“By the way, where is Liliera?”

Since Liliera defeated a Green Dragon in the battle at town, I’m not worried, but how is she doing now?

I looked around the battlefield searching for Liliera.

“Gyuu gyuu!!”

I witnessed Fluffy being attacked by a swarm of Green Dragons. However, there was no sense of tragedy about Fluffy. On the contrary, it was toying with the Green Dragons by utilizing its small body.

“Gyu gyu!”

“Gugyaaaaa!!”

Then, seizing an opening, it jumped onto the backs of the Green Dragons and bit off their wings from the base. Is it eating dragon wings live?

Well, no need to worry about Fluffy.

Liliera is… ah, there she is.

Liliera was fighting a swarm of Blue Dragons. Gracefully dodging the Blue Dragons’ attacks with Ice Gliding Magic, she jumped onto the giant dragon’s back using Body Enhancement Magic and froze its wings with magic to prevent it from flying.

I see. That way, she doesn’t have to cut off the wings during combat, so the materials aren’t damaged. That’s a good fighting style.

Then she ran straight to the head, pierced the dragon’s head with her spear from directly above, and froze the inside with magic. The Blue Dragon died without even suffering and collapsed to the ground.

“Splendid, Liliera! You’ve achieved Blue Dragon hunting too!”

Yeah, with that skill, maybe she can take on a Black Dragon too?

“It’s thanks to the enhancement magic you cast, Rex. I couldn’t defeat them this smoothly on my own.”

Ahaha, Liliera is humble.

Just then. The surrounding dragons suddenly stopped moving and turned their faces toward the depths of the Dragon Peak.

“W-what is it!?”

Jairo and the others were also confused by the dragons stopping in the middle of the battle.

The dragons changed their posture while looking at the Dragon Peak, adopting an attitude as if prostrating themselves. This reaction is that.

“Everyone, a high-ranking dragon is coming! Be careful!”

“High-ranking dragon!?”

Since the opponent is a high-ranking dragon, everyone will probably struggle.

“Rex, what kind of high-ranking dragon is coming?”

Liliera also stopped fighting the dragons that had ceased moving and returned to me.

“I don’t know. But since this is a dragon sanctuary, it wouldn’t be strange for any dragon to appear. Maybe even a Mithril Dragon might show up.”

“M-Mithril Dragon!? The legendary dragon said to be covered in mithril!?”

Hmm? It’s true that a Mithril Dragon’s body is covered in mithril, but I don’t think it’s rare enough to be a legend. …Ah, maybe they were overhunted and their numbers decreased in this era. Since you could get a large amount of mithril in addition to meat, bones, and organs, Mithril Dragons were called walking mines and were super popular.

“Gruoooooooooooooon”

“Whoa!?”

“Th-the dragons are!?”

The dragons began to roar like an orchestra welcoming a king.

“Here it comes, everyone!”

And what appeared was an entity that looked like the sky itself given form. It was the Storm King who rules the heavens. An entity governing the tyranny of the sky.

“Baha…”

“GUGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!”

“Mu… t?”

The high-ranking dragon that appeared before us, Bahamut, let out a scream-like roar and flew off in the completely opposite direction at full speed. Clutching a child Bahamut in its claws.

“Eh?”

“Gua?”

Not just us, but the surrounding dragons also tilted their heads, looking at the Bahamut flying away with expressions like, Eh? What? What happened?

“This is, um…”

I don’t really know what happened, but for now…

“Let’s resume dragon hunting.”

Since they stopped moving and were dazed, I decided to hunt the dragons while I had the chance.

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GYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Human! Why that human!? Why is he in my hometown!? Is he a stalker!?

Run, my child! I don’t want to diiiiiiie!!