Volume 4 Chapter 10 Part 5 (1/2)

Chapter 15 – Dragon-san’s Ending of the Beginning

From the white mist that spouted suddenly, distress and sorrow overflowed.

Along with the sound of thunder, the remains of the techniques on surface of the water started to glow, and began to flash violently.

The seal was obviously about to be torn, but why now? Did I became the stimulus?

「Why! I just re-sealed it…!」

As Lute’s raised his voice in shock, he grabbed the stringed instrument beside him and played the string.

When his pale eyes swayed in golden color, there were abundant magic power overflowing from Lute.

『To smile to the darkness, to dream of compassion. May you will forever, have a peaceful sleep… Ugh!?』

It was probably a song technique for the seal reinforcement, but Lute could finish the song, his song was overwhelmed by the wave of magic and wiped out.

The white erosion rushed on towards Lutw who fell down.

I pulled the petrified him with all my strength, and at the same time, Belga fired a bullet towards the erosion.

The erosion that was shot turned into grayish and vanished, but they started to overflow in rapid succession.

I felt unsteady on my feet, but we ran away full of fear.

For a moment, the option to burn it passed through my head, but if I did it, we will blast away the seal that hold it out in the last minute.

Anyway, why was the erosion targeting me now though!?

The thing that stopped the erosion from coming towards me was something thin that might be beast or inorganic substance.

After the erosion swallowed something that was neither looked somewhat like painting nor strange creatures, it turned into gray and vanished.

「Come here!」

The person who screamed loudly was Palette, and she was holding a paintbrush.

What screamed loud enough to hear for the first time was the palette with a paint brush.

As she drew some beasts into the void one after another, she made a way out as she kept firing this way.

I can only retreat with all of my powers this time, but when I pulled Lute’s arm to run, he resisted.

「Cough! I have to… re-seal…」

「This sealing ceremony has already failed. As long as you can’t build the technique from the scratch, we should retreat to get back on our feet!」

「That’s right!」

Nectar roared at Lute who started to have a painful coughing fit after facing the erosion.

I aimed at him when he flinched, and carried him like a sack.

Since he had the same size as Nectar, I believed I could carry him!

「What are you doing!?」

「Isn’t this because you won’t hear what we say!? You’re an important ally! Just be obedient!」

Since Lute kept protesting and moved his body from my hold, it was difficult for me to see the front side, but I could manage somehow.

Don’t look down on dragon’s leg strength! I quickly went to Palette and Bastard’s position all at once.

When I glanced to the side, Berga and Nectar who was holding Aru were also running.

In the meantime, the erosion kept rising like a cloud silently, gradually covering up my view. It started to erode the darkness seal that Lute and Palette had affixed.

Moreover, the previous doorway had disappeared, and it became a different space with no end. My sense was also completely disconnected from the mansion.

I felt the horrible feeling that gripped my chest down again.

I really didn’t like having these strange feelings filling my mind, but for now I have to find a way to escape.

「Hey Lute, are there any evacuation route from here…?」

「None! The guardian in the doorway and the secret path to the mansion I made are completely closed! I can’t connect using Leyline too! The magical power is also self-supporting now! The darkness seal has been captured…」

As I thought. To block a dragon, even I could do that much!

Even his reply was hopeless. Because the erosion caused corrosion to the place, the magic power started to become thinner.

Palette wielded a large paint brush to the erosion that rushed on us more and more, and the color that spreads vividly from the tip of the brush became a wall to prevent corrosion.

The reason why her eyes were golden may be because she was spirited using dragon’s power.

While thinking so, the whole space screaked, and the sealing technique let out a shrill scream.

When I moved my gaze to the floor, the dragon approached us again, its feet were making a big ripple in the water.

The dragon could stand on the water surface without doing anything because this water itself is the magic of the seal itself.

However, it was a matter of time that the seal and the defense wall will also collapse soon.

Nectar made a stern face, and spoke.

「Even if I make a hole in another space, it will take time with this kind of space stability. Can you fight against the regenerative ability of this technique until then?」

What Nectar said is true!

To connect to the real world, we will have to move from other space as long as it’s not here! There are no other way!

「Dragon, can you evacuate everyone safely if we were connected with the outside of this space?」

When I was thinking of a solution with all my power while continuing to run, Bastard who was running in the same way with me suddenly asked.

The talented man who blew off Ligurilla with surprise attack had a serious expression. He didn’t look as if he was joking, but only asking for confirmation.

I didn’t know what did he want to do, but I nodded without hesitation.

「I can!」

「Bastard!」

Although Lute, who I still carry, tried to protest in the uncomfortable posture, Bastard made something that looked like a smile for the first time silently.

「Lute, I have regret, hatred and despair haunting me, yet I was saved at the end when I was picked up by you. Finally, I can wield the sword to bring a new hope for everyone.」

「You can’t!」

「Wahhh!?」

Lute escaped from my hold and tried to rush over to Bastard, but he pulled out the great sword from his back.

「I was beaten by the blood of hatred and revenge, and with true name, “Orius”, you will witness my firm beheading blow now and here!」

Bastard’s whole body start to overflow with magical power, and it moved to the sword… No, it became integrated into his body.

The boost caused the muscles in his whole body to swell, and even though the process was unhurried, it was filled with ferocious madness.

「Ngghhh!!!」

At the moment when the magic was kneaded up to his limit, he swung his sword in a big strong blow.

It should have been a slashing attack that had been embodied with his magic.

The blow that ran without damaging any of the techniques spread in space made a big crack ahead of us.

However, the ability to regenerate became slow due to the technique. And I could also perceive the outside of this space now!

When I looked at the bottom of the water, Adversa’s eyes were already half-opened, and it was about to raise to the water surface. There is no time for any hesitation.

「We will move now! Hold my hand!」

There is a risk that the technique deployment will take the surrounding erosion in this area. When I screamed to determine the range strictly, Aru hugged me and Nectar held my hand.

Berga who had been holding the erosion back ran up towards me and changed back into magic gun. Aru quickly took her.