Volume 3 - CH 31.1
Act 3-31.1: An Unidentified Dragon From The World Boundary
The attacks kept raining down on Deboa, who was pinned down under the earth stakes. The giant sword of destruction that Titan was preparing was finally completed. It decapitated Deboa, ending that giant lizard’s pitiful life.
「Did we… win?」
The lord of Akinashi territory, Oliver Akinashi, quietly muttered as if he were asking himself.
「Yeah, now rejoice. It’s Felis and co.’s and humankind’s victory!」
I raised my arms as I shouted. Then came the cheers from the citizens of Akinashi like a tidal wave.
「Kotetsu Akinashi’s dearest wish has been achieved…」
Oliver fell to his knees, tears overflowing from his eyes as he said that with a smile.
If that legend was correct, the thing Kotetsu Akinashi wanted the most was to kill the one who had killed his lover, the evil dragon(lizard) Deboa. I could imagine how vexed that man must have been seeing the target of his revenge sleeping quietly while he was powerless to do anything to it. Thus, if I believe that story, the subjugation of Deboa should be the dearest wish of all citizens of the Akinashi territory.
Most of all, they had also borne the responsibility of guarding the seal of a monster that would bare its fangs toward them when the seal weakened. Thus, their wish to be freed from the burden imposed on them since their birth was far greater than any normal person outside the Akinashi territory could imagine.
「Everything went according to Kai’s plan, right?」
Rose, who stood beside me, asked with her eyes half-open.
""
I received a message from Girimekhala just a while ago, which informed me that Wind Cat’s folks had crushed Count Ketzer’s territorial army and captured their general, Mudaito. The plan went well to the point that it became boring.
「No, we’re not done yet.」
There was still the matter of forcefully exposing the idiots who planned this farce. Until East End, which was under Rose’s management, was on track, there was still a chance that someone outside of the crown contest would interfere with her. Moreover, Count Ketzer was a plain hindrance. I had to arrange a plan to make him disappear.
「Well then, let’s go and appraise the situation. We might have to compromise with the Akinashi house but, the reward should be enough to fund our activities.」
We could use the exaggerated legend about Deboa, the evil dragon that ruined the kingdom, as the banner for our activities. The subjugation reward aside, everything from Deboa’s scales, claws, and fangs, to its entrails would sell for huge amounts of money.
「So this must be what you mean by greatest profit, right?」
Rose heaved a deep sigh, and her line of sight returned to Deboa.
「Master, something big is coming by using that giant lizard as an intermediary.」
At that moment, Asta cut in with her usual flat voice as if that wasn’t a big deal.
The next moment, Deboa’s corpse shone with a bright red light as a three-dimensional magic circle appeared with the dragon as its centre. I recognized the letters written in that magic circle. If I’m not wrong, it’s a letter from an ancient divine language in a fairy tale.
「Nemea, evacuate Felis and co. into your realm.」
『Yes! What are you going to do, My Lord?』
「Deal with that. That guy might be a little bit too much for you guys. Just focus on protecting everyone inside your realm for now.」
『Your wish is my command.』
Nemea placed his right fist on his chest as he gave me a salute, seeing that I turned around and entrusted Fen to Kyuubi.
After that, I left Nemea’s realm and descended to the ground.
Deboa’s blood evaporated, forming a sphere in the air. Maybe this is the “Incarnation” they mentioned in the book. Anyhow, it was an outlier skill that allowed its user to create a living body by using the entrails of a living creature meeting the requirement. Then, the user would move their soul from the spirit world to their new body.
In short, we got a guest from another world. There was a high possibility that the guest might be strong. At this rate, the first thing to happen after that outlier skill finished its work would be a battle. And then―
「You seem to be happy at this, Master?」
When I turned around upon hearing such an unusual tone in her voice, I saw Asta frowning and glaring at me, something she had never done before.
「Happy? It’s your imagination. I just feel that this fellow is going to be troublesome.」
「Then can you explain that face, which makes it seem like you’re looking forward to a picnic?」
「Looking forward to this, eh?」
When I tried to touch my face, I realized that Asta was right; the tips of my lips were raised, forming a huge child-like grin on my face. Sure enough, no matter how you looked at it, I DID look like I was enjoying this situation.
Seriously! Do I crave a fight against strong beings so much that it’s showing on my face? And now that I’ve regained my youth memories, I do remember that I wasn’t this kind of battle junkie back then. It seems this personality of mine got suppressed after I pretty much abandoned the notion of finding someone stronger than me in this world. But upon finding the possibility of a being outside of this world, the personality re-emerged. Well, I guess there’s no need to risk my safety in this place.
「As expected, you… really haven’t realized it after all. Master, you somehow remind me of my former lord. No matter how much you try to behave normally, it won’t change the essence of your personality.」
「How cruel.」
Maybe because she was ignoring my reply, Asta looked at me with an extremely sad look on her face.
「He went mad since his dearest wish didn’t come true.」
She said so with a melancholic expression.
「What are yo―」
I was about to ask her to explain, but…
「Master, please do as you like.」
Asta interrupted me, placing her right hand on her ch*st as she bowed. Then, she retreated into Nemea’s realm.
Something was amiss about her, but the eve of my battle with the “Incarnated being” was around the corner. Since I have no target comparison to measure my strength in this world, this visitor from another world should be able to provide some enlightenment to me.
That was how it was supposed to be, and yet―
「Seriously…」
My right hand touched only the hilt of 【Murasame】.
Looks like Asta was right on the money, Maybe, I really do wish for this useless battle to the death.
Well, I still have to kill this guest anyway. Doing that might be able to provide me with a hint of the place of my strength in this world. Yeah, this isn’t a useless conflict at all.
The sphere with white and red spots slowly formed a giant creature. And as if it were acting in concert, the creature’s magical power increased in amount density.
The being that incarnated with the giant lizard as a medium was a three-headed lizard. Size-wise, this being easily surpassed Deboa. It was almost as big as the mountain; it had three pairs of wings and three heads with sharp fangs growing out of their mouths. Appearance-wise, it resembled a dragon. The strangest part about the three-headed lizard was that each of its heads wore a giant military cap from another world.
『Is this… the world of men? Since my incarnation appeared from the corpse of my kin, that means that the game has started. Can I regard it that way?』
The ultra-sized lizard asked puzzling questions with its uselessly huge body.
「Whatever.」
Dammit…
The attacks kept raining down on Deboa, who was pinned down under the earth stakes. The giant sword of destruction that Titan was preparing was finally completed. It decapitated Deboa, ending that giant lizard’s pitiful life.
「Did we… win?」
The lord of Akinashi territory, Oliver Akinashi, quietly muttered as if he were asking himself.
「Yeah, now rejoice. It’s Felis and co.’s and humankind’s victory!」
I raised my arms as I shouted. Then came the cheers from the citizens of Akinashi like a tidal wave.
「Kotetsu Akinashi’s dearest wish has been achieved…」
Oliver fell to his knees, tears overflowing from his eyes as he said that with a smile.
If that legend was correct, the thing Kotetsu Akinashi wanted the most was to kill the one who had killed his lover, the evil dragon(lizard) Deboa. I could imagine how vexed that man must have been seeing the target of his revenge sleeping quietly while he was powerless to do anything to it. Thus, if I believe that story, the subjugation of Deboa should be the dearest wish of all citizens of the Akinashi territory.
Most of all, they had also borne the responsibility of guarding the seal of a monster that would bare its fangs toward them when the seal weakened. Thus, their wish to be freed from the burden imposed on them since their birth was far greater than any normal person outside the Akinashi territory could imagine.
「Everything went according to Kai’s plan, right?」
Rose, who stood beside me, asked with her eyes half-open.
""
I received a message from Girimekhala just a while ago, which informed me that Wind Cat’s folks had crushed Count Ketzer’s territorial army and captured their general, Mudaito. The plan went well to the point that it became boring.
「No, we’re not done yet.」
There was still the matter of forcefully exposing the idiots who planned this farce. Until East End, which was under Rose’s management, was on track, there was still a chance that someone outside of the crown contest would interfere with her. Moreover, Count Ketzer was a plain hindrance. I had to arrange a plan to make him disappear.
「Well then, let’s go and appraise the situation. We might have to compromise with the Akinashi house but, the reward should be enough to fund our activities.」
We could use the exaggerated legend about Deboa, the evil dragon that ruined the kingdom, as the banner for our activities. The subjugation reward aside, everything from Deboa’s scales, claws, and fangs, to its entrails would sell for huge amounts of money.
「So this must be what you mean by greatest profit, right?」
Rose heaved a deep sigh, and her line of sight returned to Deboa.
「Master, something big is coming by using that giant lizard as an intermediary.」
At that moment, Asta cut in with her usual flat voice as if that wasn’t a big deal.
The next moment, Deboa’s corpse shone with a bright red light as a three-dimensional magic circle appeared with the dragon as its centre. I recognized the letters written in that magic circle. If I’m not wrong, it’s a letter from an ancient divine language in a fairy tale.
「Nemea, evacuate Felis and co. into your realm.」
『Yes! What are you going to do, My Lord?』
「Deal with that. That guy might be a little bit too much for you guys. Just focus on protecting everyone inside your realm for now.」
『Your wish is my command.』
Nemea placed his right fist on his chest as he gave me a salute, seeing that I turned around and entrusted Fen to Kyuubi.
After that, I left Nemea’s realm and descended to the ground.
Deboa’s blood evaporated, forming a sphere in the air. Maybe this is the “Incarnation” they mentioned in the book. Anyhow, it was an outlier skill that allowed its user to create a living body by using the entrails of a living creature meeting the requirement. Then, the user would move their soul from the spirit world to their new body.
In short, we got a guest from another world. There was a high possibility that the guest might be strong. At this rate, the first thing to happen after that outlier skill finished its work would be a battle. And then―
「You seem to be happy at this, Master?」
When I turned around upon hearing such an unusual tone in her voice, I saw Asta frowning and glaring at me, something she had never done before.
「Happy? It’s your imagination. I just feel that this fellow is going to be troublesome.」
「Then can you explain that face, which makes it seem like you’re looking forward to a picnic?」
「Looking forward to this, eh?」
When I tried to touch my face, I realized that Asta was right; the tips of my lips were raised, forming a huge child-like grin on my face. Sure enough, no matter how you looked at it, I DID look like I was enjoying this situation.
Seriously! Do I crave a fight against strong beings so much that it’s showing on my face? And now that I’ve regained my youth memories, I do remember that I wasn’t this kind of battle junkie back then. It seems this personality of mine got suppressed after I pretty much abandoned the notion of finding someone stronger than me in this world. But upon finding the possibility of a being outside of this world, the personality re-emerged. Well, I guess there’s no need to risk my safety in this place.
「As expected, you… really haven’t realized it after all. Master, you somehow remind me of my former lord. No matter how much you try to behave normally, it won’t change the essence of your personality.」
「How cruel.」
Maybe because she was ignoring my reply, Asta looked at me with an extremely sad look on her face.
「He went mad since his dearest wish didn’t come true.」
She said so with a melancholic expression.
「What are yo―」
I was about to ask her to explain, but…
「Master, please do as you like.」
Asta interrupted me, placing her right hand on her ch*st as she bowed. Then, she retreated into Nemea’s realm.
Something was amiss about her, but the eve of my battle with the “Incarnated being” was around the corner. Since I have no target comparison to measure my strength in this world, this visitor from another world should be able to provide some enlightenment to me.
That was how it was supposed to be, and yet―
「Seriously…」
My right hand touched only the hilt of 【Murasame】.
Looks like Asta was right on the money, Maybe, I really do wish for this useless battle to the death.
Well, I still have to kill this guest anyway. Doing that might be able to provide me with a hint of the place of my strength in this world. Yeah, this isn’t a useless conflict at all.
The sphere with white and red spots slowly formed a giant creature. And as if it were acting in concert, the creature’s magical power increased in amount density.
The being that incarnated with the giant lizard as a medium was a three-headed lizard. Size-wise, this being easily surpassed Deboa. It was almost as big as the mountain; it had three pairs of wings and three heads with sharp fangs growing out of their mouths. Appearance-wise, it resembled a dragon. The strangest part about the three-headed lizard was that each of its heads wore a giant military cap from another world.
『Is this… the world of men? Since my incarnation appeared from the corpse of my kin, that means that the game has started. Can I regard it that way?』
The ultra-sized lizard asked puzzling questions with its uselessly huge body.
「Whatever.」
Dammit…
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