Volume 2, Chapter 34 – Dark Dragon King Valgalm (1)

“Let’s retreat. At this rate, we’ll be finished the moment our potions run out. The world cannot afford to lose Fiene-sama right now.”

Chris-san suggested a withdrawal.

“To do that, we’ll first have to do something about Bjorgolfur-san, who’s frozen in fear,” I said, and then I realized something.

Since it’s a status abnormality, can’t I just heal him?

——Holy Magic, recover Mental Status Abnormalities! Heal this terrified, legs-given-out state!

As the light of my magic faded, Bjorgolfur-san immediately recovered.

“I-I am sorry.”

“You! Run back to the village and call for the Elder, now!”

Chris-san suddenly barked at him.

Looks like she’d already written him off as useless. She was calling him “you” now.

Well, I’ve written him off as useless too. But still, High Elf-san, are you really okay with that?

“H-Hieee! Understood…!”

Bjorgolfur-san dashed off like a startled rabbit, but seeing this, the Dark Dragon King unleashed its breath to prevent his escape.

“Defense Wall!”

I placed a Defense Wall in the line of fire to block it, then downed another MP Recovery Medicine.

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In the meantime, Bjorgolfur-san scrambled up the stairs. It looks like he managed to escape safely.

“Now, let’s get out of here too.”

Just as I said that, the Dark Dragon King summoned a legion of black Skeletons over by the stairs.

“Damn, they’ve cut off our escape route…”

The moment Chris-san muttered that, the Dark Dragon King’s breath flew toward us again.

“Defense Wall!”

I deployed a Defense Wall to protect us. However, the breath grazed over us and struck the wall behind.

“Oh no! The exit!”

The destroyed wall crumbled with a roar, and the stairs that served as our exit were buried.

“Our path of retreat has been cut off, then. Chris-san, can you take down that lizard?”

“Let’s try. Could you purify the Skeletons?”

“Yes.”

I used Purification Magic again to cleanse the Skeletons. Chris-san charged into the middle of the purifying light.

“Lumia! Support us with your bow!”

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“Leave it to me!”

Lu-chan moved a short distance away, nocked an arrow, and loosed it at the Dark Dragon King.

The arrow flew true and struck the Dark Dragon King’s body, only to bounce off its scales.

“Not yet!”

Lu-chan fired another arrow. This time, it hit the Dark Dragon King squarely between the eyes. It was still deflected by the scales, but the Dark Dragon King’s gaze shifted toward Lu-chan.

The Dark Dragon King opened its mouth and unleashed its breath toward Lu-chan. The pitch-black breath lunged at her.

“Defense Wall!”

Having finished my MP Recovery Medicine while Lu-chan was firing her arrows, I protected her from the breath.

Meanwhile, Chris-san silently approached the Dark Dragon King and swung her sword down to sever its neck.

A beautiful strike, timed perfectly!

CLAAAAAANG!

However, Chris-san’s sword was caught by the scales, ringing out with a dry, metallic sound.

“Tch, so hard.”

Chris-san pulled her sword back, kicked off the dragon’s neck, and quickly leaped backward.

Immediately after, the Dark Dragon King’s tail slammed violently into the spot where she had been standing.

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That was close. Just barely.

The Dark Dragon King now aimed its breath at Chris-san, but I wouldn’t let it. I blocked it with a Defense Wall.

During that interval, Chris-san returned to my side.

“Fiene-sama, I managed to scratch its scales, but it seems cutting through them will be difficult. I’ll try aiming for a vital spot, so please, one more time.”

I see. We’re using the same tactic, but this time aiming for a weak point.

“Where is the vital spot?”

“Soft areas like the eyes or the inside of the mouth, or a scale known as the Reverse Scale somewhere on its body. They’re usually on the belly.”

As she spoke, the Dark Dragon King was already resurrecting the Skeleton legion.

“We have to do it. Purification!”

I cleansed the Skeleton legion with Purification Magic. Then, just like before, Chris-san dove into the light.

Meanwhile, I downed an MP Recovery Medicine as Lu-chan pelted the Dark Dragon King with arrows.

“Hih!”

I instinctively threw up a Barrier and ducked.

An arrow from Lu-chan’s Friendly Fire had come flying right at me.

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The Barrier blocked the arrow, but if I hadn’t been paying attention to her, it would have been dangerous.

“Hey, Lu-chan!”

I looked up to complain.

When I did, the Dark Dragon King was right in front of me with its mouth wide open.

“Ah.”

Everything seemed to move in slow motion.

The Dark Dragon King’s gaping maw, the rows of sharp fangs, the reddish-black tongue and the disgusting, ridged upper palate, the uvula, and the pitch-black space stretching beyond its throat.

Certain death slowly closed in, ready to swallow me whole. I tried to dodge, but my body would only move slowly as well.

It’s no use. I can’t avoid it.

My vision was dyed a reddish-black color. The color of the inside of the Dark Dragon King’s mouth.

——Ah, it’s over.

Then my vision went completely black. I gave up and closed my eyes.

“Fiene-sama!” “Onee-sama!”

I thought I heard the screams of Chris-san and Lu-chan at the very end.