Chapter 31 (1/2)
“I see, the Gabranth are finally ”
The king of <royal capital=”” victorious=””>>, Rudolf van Strauss Arclaim had a somber expression on his face
He had just heard the news from his office The state of affairs in the country The Gabranth had finally declared war on the Evila Of course, he had expected this, but the Gabranth’s speed had surprised him
“Is that so… it seems the world is on the brink of chaos”
“Training a Hero at a time like this is absolutely necessary to up our war potential for the upco battle”
The minister’s was Dennis Nor
“Hopefully, they’ll both fall together, then we can seize power”
“That seems unlikely… the way the Gabranth are, defeat is inevitable The Evila are quite strong”
“Especially those <cruel>, the elite serving directly under the Deainst theht of thousands at once”
“No, those are rather the Gabranth’s <three warriors=””>> They are beyond the ‘Cruel’ Soainst them…”
“The Beast-King?”
“Yeah, if it’s him, even the <cruel> could be defeated However, he’s only one person There are few things one can accomplish alone”
Really, noone is, there’s no way you can win a war alone
“If they coies, couldn’t it work? They aren’t foolish enough as to fight a losing war”
“True They e the fact that the Evila are stronger”
Rudolf folded his arms with a stern expression
“Hypothetically speaking… if the Gabranth were to ould happen?”
“I wonder The animosity between the Humas and Gabranth runs deep”
“What about if the Evila win?”
“Hey, shouldn’t we check the authenticity of ‘those’ letters?”
“Ah, those letters We’ve been receiving for a while now Since last year But as we couldn’t deter them alone”
“…”
“If that letter is indeed genuine, I doubt they plan on wiping out the Gabranth”
“That’s just wishful thinking”
“assuht?”
“Whether it’s forged or not, the chances are quite high Since we don’t know anything about the new Demon-lord, we should probably remain as spectators in this war”
“Either e still have our trump card”
“In the et shaky, but I’ll leave you to deal with it”
“Yessir!”
The citizens will surely start hearing talk of war They’ll probably get anxious then But he thought that letting the minister deal with them would suffice
“Speaking of which, where are the Heroes right now?”
“At <buckstorm pass=””>>, with Vale”
“Woah, doesn’t a Dragon live there? They’re gotten quite strong…”
“They er For our sake”
“…”
“To your right Chika!”
“Got it!”
The Heroes were facing a group of de off blasts ofthem apart
The other two, Shuri and shi+nobu, were supporting them from behind
“<green bind!=””>”
The =””> The demons were, bound, swept up, then dropped
“
Using lightning ic, Taishi+ and Chika’s movements were sped up
“Yaaaargh!”
“Chaaaaaarge!”
With their increased movement speed, they continued to hack and slash at the demons In a matter of seconds, the battle was over
Clap clap clap clap
“An excellent job everyone!”
That was Vale He had only just been teaching them combat the other day, but there was no need for it anyainst the Offensive-Type Taishi+ and Chika in a straight out fight
“As expected of Heroes! Those B-rank demons didn’t stand a chance!”
“Haha, are we really that strong?”
Grinning, Taishi+ scratched his head
“Hey! Don’t get cocky Didn’t you get careless the other day and take soe?”
“Ah, haha… did that happen?”
He replied, glaring at Chika
“Still, we’ve really gotten stronger!”
“Right, but are we going for the real thing now?”
shi+nobu stared at Vale Vale nodded with a serious expression
“Errr… anyways, after this is the <buckstoron=””>> Rank-S… A formidable foe”
Taishi+ laughed to break the tension
“Alright! Rest up, we’re finally going to fight it!”
Everyone answered Taishi+ Using pots, they restored their HP and MP and began to ascend the pass They had heard that no more monsters could be found beyond that point, as they were all scared away by the dragon
Upon reaching the top, they found a sleeping dragon Taishi+ glanced at Vale He nodded quietly They had found the <buckstoron=””>>
It was iant wings on its back In addition, its ons were known for their
Trying to catch it off guard, they quickly cast offensive on had noticed the them
The dragon opened its antic sphere of compressed air
Most of their attacks were swept away Only a feere able to reach its body, but it still did quite a bit of dae
“Let’s go Chika!”
“Got it!”
The two of them drew their swords and jumped to the front line
“
shi+nobu instantly raised their speed
“Haaaa!”
They slashed the dragon
SFX: Bushuuu
Blood sprayed out of the wound
“Dammit! Too shallow!”
“Me too!”
It’s scales were quite thick, so their attacks weren’t very effective The dragon, enraged, took to the skies and charged at them
“<water wall!=””>”
Shuri’s water on fired off another
Shuri’s
“Shuri! shi+nobu!”
Taishi+ cried out, but
“Focus Taishi+!”
Chika warned hion slashed at theed to scramble away in time
“shi+t! Eat this! <thunder break=””>>!”
A blast of lightning flashed toward the dragon Hitting it with a loud crackling sound The dragon cried out in pain
“It looks like ic is more effective than our swords!”
“Oh! Then next is this! <flame lance=””>>!”
“Me too! <flame lance=””>>!”
The two spears co it