Volume 2, Chapter 35 – Dark Dragon King Valgalm (2)

I recall everything that has happened since I came to this world.

Starting with that bald old man, meeting Chris-san, and the memories I made in the Royal Capital. Meeting Lu-chan. And the memories from our journey.

Everything comes back to me and fades away like a revolving lantern.

I had thought that being bitten in half by a dragon would hurt, but I feel no pain at all.

What on earth is going on?

I hesitantly open my eyes, but everything in front of me is pitch black.

Wait? Wasn’t I just bitten in the head by the Dark Dragon King?

Calming myself, I look around carefully and see that the fangs have stopped about 10 cm away from my body.

I realize there is a Holy-Attribute barrier there, holding back the Dark Dragon King’s fangs despite the grinding sound.

Ah! Aaaah! This is the barrier that blocked Lu-chan’s Friendly Fire!

How dare you try to eat me! I’ll purify you from the inside out!

I thrust my hand into the Dark Dragon King’s mouth and slam a full-power Purification Magic spell into it.

“GUWRYUAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

The Dark Dragon King lets out a tremendous roar and begins to writhe in agony.

The jaws that were about to crush me are forced open in the process.

I take advantage of the opening to put some distance between us.

“Fiene-sama!” “Onee-sama!”

The two of them rush toward me. Lu-chan looks like she’s on the verge of tears.

“Onee-samaaa! I’m sorry. I did Friendly Fire!”

“It’s alright. Lu-chan, thanks to you, I was saved.”

“Eh? What do you mean?”

“Because I had a barrier up in response to Lu-chan’s arrow, I was saved from being eaten by the Dark Dragon King.”

“Onee-samaaaa!”

Hearing that, Lu-chan throws herself into my arms and bursts into tears.

Wait, wait. I understand how you feel, but please save this for later.

“Lumia, the battle isn’t over yet. Save the crying for later.”

“Ugh… yes.”

At Chris-san’s word, Lu-chan lets go of me.

I glance at the Dark Dragon King. Its movements are quite clumsy.

It seems the Purification Magic I blasted into its body was quite effective.

“Chris-san. It looks like that full-power Purification Magic I shoved down its throat is working quite well.”

“I see. So Holy-Attribute magic is effective against the Dark-Attribute Dark Dragon King. Understood. If it’s that weakened, we can create an opening. Please strike it with Purification Magic once more when the chance arises.”

“Yes.”

With that, Chris-san charges toward the Dark Dragon King.

It doesn’t even seem capable of using its breath attack.

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It tries to swat Chris-san with its tail or bite her, but its movements are clearly slower than before.

In the meantime, I gulp down an MP Recovery Medicine. This is my last bottle.

Having recovered herself, Lu-chan begins providing support fire with her bow.

She notches an arrow and lets it fly toward the Dark Dragon King.

The arrow flies straight toward Chris-san.

“Chris-san, look out!”

I scream, but as if she had eyes in the back of her head, Chris-san dodges the arrow by a hair’s breadth.

Then, the arrow strikes the right eye of the Dark Dragon King, who was positioned behind her.

The Dark Dragon King roars in agony once more.

Taking advantage of the opening, Chris-san leaps in and plunges the Holy Sword into its left eye.

The Dark Dragon King lets out an even louder roar.

“Fiene-sama, now!”

I rush to the Dark Dragon King’s side and grab Lu-chan’s arrow embedded in its right eye. Then, I slam full-power Purification Magic from the right eye into its body.

“Purification!”

“GUWRYUAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

The Dark Dragon King spasms violently.

Then, in the next instant, its body turns to sand and vanishes.

“D-did we win?”

“Fiene-sama, bravo!”

I collapse on the spot. I’m out of MP. Even standing is a bit of a struggle.

“Onee-samaaa!”

Lu-chan hugs me from behind.

The slight swell of her chest presses against the back of my head, and I feel a soft, gentle warmth.

“I didn’t defeat it alone. We defeated it together.”

When I say this, Chris-san smiles happily.

“But it’s all thanks to Onee-sama!”

Lu-chan’s bouncy voice rings out from above my head.

Feeling a pleasant exhaustion wash over me, I lean against Lu-chan.

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“I don’t really understand the seal just by looking at it, and besides, I’m out of MP and can’t do anything. So, let’s focus on escaping first.”

After resting for a while and recovering our strength, we decided to get out. The stairs that served as the entrance had been buried by the Dark Dragon King’s destruction.

“It looks like we have no choice but to move the rocks one by one,” Chris-san declared after assessing the situation.

It can’t be helped.

Time for some stone-hauling. I lift them one by one, and—wait, hold on.

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“I’ll just put as much as I can into Storage.”

I start putting the stones into my Dimensional Storage.

It quickly reaches capacity and can’t hold any more, but moving the rocks becomes much easier.

I repeat the cycle of storing and dumping.

I thought we could dig out the stairs this way, but a giant boulder blocked our path. It was too large to fit into Storage.

Chris-san tried to destroy it, but no matter how much she kicked, punched, or slashed it, she couldn’t break it.

Since this was the location of the shrine where the Dark Dragon King was sealed, it seemed to be built incredibly sturdy.

Left with no choice, the three of us tried to move it, but it didn’t even show the slightest sign of moving.

I’d really rather not suffocate underground.

Not after we went through the trouble of defeating the Dark Dragon King.

Wait? Could it be?

A sudden flash of inspiration hits me, and I check my Status.

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【Name】: Fiene Argentata

【Race】: Vampire (LOL)

【Gender】: Female

【Class】: Healer, Enchanter

【Level】: 3 → 11

【HP】: 79 → 263

【MP】: 65 → 225

【STR】: 77 → 269

【INT】: 62 → 214

【AGI】: 59 → 203

【DEX】: 68 → 236

【VIT】: 71 → 247

【MND】: 65 → 225

【LUC】: 65 → 225

【Exp】: 301 → 13,934

【SP】: 80 New!

【Unique Skills (13)】:

《Bloodsucking: 1》

《Mist Form: 1》

《Bat Transformation: 1》

《Shadow Manipulation: 1》

《Familiar Domination: 1》

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《Blood Manipulation: 1》

《Charm: 1》

《Lightning: 1》

《Limit Break》

《Dimensional Storage: 2》

《Spirit Summoning》

《Beautiful Looks》

《Luck》

【Skills (23)】:

《Language Ability: 10》

《Mana Control: 1》

《Dark-Attribute Magic: 1》

《Holy-Attribute Magic: 10》

《Healing Magic: 10》

《Fire-Attribute Magic: 1》

《Water-Attribute Magic: 1》

《Wind-Attribute Magic: 1》

《Earth-Attribute Magic: 1》

《Status Resistance: 10》

《Fire-Attribute Resistance: 1》

《Water-Attribute Resistance: 1》

《Wind-Attribute Resistance: 1》

《Earth-Attribute Resistance: 1》

《Dark-Attribute Resistance: 10》

《Holy Absorption》

《Curse Resistance: 10》

《Sunlight Absorption》

《Charm Resistance: 10》

《Alchemy: 3》

《Herb Appraisal: 3》

《Enchant: 1 → 2》

《Enchantment Appraisal: 1 → 2》

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Whoa, I got a ton of EXP from that fight! My level jumped up by 8 all at once!

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Amazing.

And my Enchant skill level has reached 2 without me even noticing.

Why did it go up? Ah, right. It must have increased together with the level-up.

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《Dimensional Storage》

【Level】: 2

【EXP】: 20,139+

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Alright, I’ll dump all my acquired SP into this.

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《Dimensional Storage》

【Level】: 3

【EXP】: 100,139

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Level up. With this, I should be able to store it. Storage!

The giant boulder blocking our path is sucked into storage.

“Ah, it worked!”

“Fiene-sama, did you perhaps raise the level of your Storage Magic?”

“Yes. My level jumped up during the fight, so I used all my SP to raise it to 3.”

“So when Dimensional Storage reaches 3, things of that size can fit inside.”

I dumped the giant boulder at the edge of the space and climbed the stairs to exit the cave. Just then, Ingolvina-san and Bjorgolfur-san approached us.

“Oho, you’re safe. My apologies. I had no idea it had already created a Fragment. I was going to defeat it myself, so you should have waited there.”

What, that thing was just a Fragment? I wonder how strong the original body would have been.

Just imagining it is terrifying.

“We already took care of it.”

“What!? To think you possessed such strength. In that case, would you mind helping me repair the seal?”

“I’d love to, but I’ve completely run out of MP.”

“Hmph, fret not. In that case, drink this.”

I was handed a bottle containing an MP Recovery Medicine.

Ah, it always ends up like this. Even if I’m used to it, it’s not a taste I’d ever actively choose.

Then, I went with Ingolvina-san to the Sealing Shrine and helped with the restoration work while she taught me about the seal.

It was nice learning all sorts of things, but in the end, it finished with me simply thinking “Seal Restoration” in my mind.

Apparently, it can’t be activated without understanding the mechanism of the seal, so I suppose there was meaning in the lesson, and I guess it was good.

Still, I couldn’t shake off this lingering feeling of dissatisfaction.