v4c64 (2/2)
“Lute-kun! s.h.i.+a-san!”
As if answering to Snow’s worried voice, both of the twin dragon’s heads turned to look at her.
Gomugo-san’s group was still in the middle of running into the forest.
“This d.a.m.n skink lizard!”
I got furious at the twin dragons, which were baring its fangs at my wives.
I swapped the magazine to armor-piercing bullets and fired -- but as expected, it was repelled by the scales, therefore, ineffective!
This time, the other head repeated the inhaling action.
Snow and everyone still haven’t gotten into the forest. But considering the power of that flame, I don’t even think the trees would block it even if they got in.
‘As I thought, instead of personal equipment, I should have prioritized fire power, huh!?’
But it was then too late for regret.
I reached for the second armor-piercing ammo magazine.
My fingertip touched a different thing.
It was the prototype “frag grenade” for defense!
I pulled the grenade’s pin with my teeth, as I was still clenching the lever I used body-enhancing magic to support my body. I threw the grenade towards the nose of the twin dragon. The effective radius was 15 meters; Snow’s group was farther away than that, so it wasnot dangerous.
An exploding sound.
At the same time, the twin dragon then roared in pain for the first time.
[OoOooooooOOoOooOoO!!!]
Its breath got pointed down to the ground and it suffered like it was self-destructing.
Luckily, the fragment crushed one of its eyes.
“Everyone! Escape to the forest without looking back! Don’t look around; run to the very back of it!”
As I issued the command, we ran towards the forest with s.h.i.+a and me as as the rear guard.
Midway, my leg kicked on the stuff scattered from the wagon.
As I recognized what it was, I reflexively picked it up.
“Young master! What are you doing!? Quick!”
“Sorry!”
After screaming due to the pain it received for the first time, the twin dragon fainted from it for a while and showed no action.
In the end, I heard a howl painted with hatred in the background.
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While the wagon was moving, I made hand grenades to kill time.
It’s small equipment like protectors and sacks, … I thought I’d only make only one like other accessories, but to think that it’d be useful like this ...
We ran into the forest and hid inside a cave we found.
Since the sun already set, we had to use magic to light up the inside the cave.
We carefully used plants to cover the cave as so to not let light leak out.
I switched the AK47’s safety switch on and sat down to let my tired body rest.
I wiped my sweat with my hand, and I got the canteen fixed by ALICE clip to my mouth.
“.....Do you think that if we hide here and the twin dragon can’t find us, it will give up after a while and go away ?”
“Not happening.”
It wasn’t direct as to who was the addressee, but s.h.i.+a replied in response.
She drank from the canteen, too, and wiped her mouth.
“Dragons in general have high pride. Wounded by an inferior being, that dragon definitely wouldn’t give up on chasing until it has killed young master.”
For real?
It’s just like the Sankebetsu-bear incident at Hokkaido in my previous world.
That one too persistently chased humans, ate a number of them, and finally got hunted down … was it ?
As I was trying to remember the incident I vaguely have knowledge of, the client Gomugo started shouting.
“Y- ou imprudently wounded the dragon; because of that, we got chased into this awkward situation! Even the goods are lost, what are you going to do?!”
Other employees too were silently blaming me with gloomy eyes.
“......I think Lute-kun’s decision was accurate. If he didn’t use the exploding-magic tool that time, then we’d all have been roasted by the dragon’s flames already. Do you still mind that ?”
“Gu…”
After hearing Snow’s explanation, Gomugo and every one faced their blaming eyes downward.
Due to hearing Snow pointing out the fact, their heads must have cooled down a bit.
[Anyway, we should calm down and a.n.a.lyze the situation now.]
“That’s right. Even if we blame each other now, nothing will come out of it. First, we gotta confirm the situation.”
Snow, Chrisse, and s.h.i.+a nodded.
Gomugo’s group maintained silence to not get in the way.
“First, s.h.i.+a, that is a twin dragon, right ? I remember you said it’s a red dragon’s superior species.”
“That’s right. It’s a derivation of red dragon, two heads is the biggest distinction. It can alternately breathe flame, so it’s vastly superior to red dragon. Originally, they lived in the back regions of the Demon continent, so it’s unthinkable to see them appear in other continents like this....”
But it’s a fact that the twin dragon is here.
Although its ability to breathe flames alternately is a problem.
But according to s.h.i.+a, it’s not like it can breathe flames infinitely.
After it breathed once, it can only breathe again after a certain amount of time has elapsed, it’s a dragon’s characteristic.
She continued the story.
“A silver lining in the dark cloud is that it’s still only a youngling.”
“Youngling? Like a child ?”
“Un. Thanks to that, its breath is still weak, and the scales shouldn’t be that hard either.”
“That was still soft, huh ...”
It bounced armor-piercing bullet though ….
“Can’t we do something with magic ?”
“U~n, I think it’s useless. Dragon scales are hard that magic is hardly effective.”
A-minus-rank magician Snow grumbled.
Now Snow asked me in return.
“Lute-kun, the exploding magic tool before -- the hand grenade -- how about you make some more ? If we stealthily go back to the wagon and get the magic liquid metal, then you can do it, right ?”
“That is hard, too.”
I showed her the small barrel I picked up.
It’s one of the two spare barrels of magic liquid metal in the wagon.
The other one got thrown out of the wagon, then crashed into a tree trunk and got smashed to pieces thereafter.
This was the last one.
When it fell down, the lid got opened and the content got spilt out.
The amount left is about enough to make one more hand grenade; that’s it.
Even if it hits, one hand grenade is probably is not going to be enough to bring down that twin dragon.
“Sorry to ask again, but is it really true that the chance it gives up on us is zero ? For example, if we hide in this cave for about one week, won’t it give up by then ?”
“Unlikely. Even if we live in this cave for 1 month.”
s.h.i.+a declared.
More than one month is still ineffective, huh ....
“And in reality, staying in this cave is dangerous too, you know. If it sniffed us out and breathed into the cave only once, we, who don’t have anywhere to run to, would become whole-roasted.”
Gomugo’s group shuddered up at the easy-to-understand scenario that s.h.i.+a explained.
The situation was pressing, and it was a deadlock huh ….
The only saving grace was that the twin dragon was still young; compared to a grown one, it’s relatively weak.
The cave was permeated by a gloomy air.
Sobbing voices came from Gomugo’s female employees.
It looked like Gomugo’s group has given up mentally.
s.h.i.+a resolved herself and asked:
“...Anyone has magic stone ?”
“Magic stone? What will you use it for?”
“If you break the magic stone that holds magic power, it will cause a big explosion. I will take it down together with me.”
In short, the same as kamikaze attack in my previous world huh.
I didn’t know that magic stones had that special characteristic.
But I dunno if it’s good luck or bad luck, n.o.body has a magic stone. Gomugo usually deals with it, but this time, he brought different goods.
“.....Understood. Then I will draw away that twin dragon till the last moment; in that time, everyone please run far away.”
“I definitely won’t allow that!”
[That’s right! I can’t do something like watching s.h.i.+a-san get killed!]
Snow and Chrisse voiced their objections.
But s.h.i.+a didn’t change her mind.
“Thank you. But like this, then only death awaits everyone. Looking at it realistically, this is the best option. I am very happy about the madam’s words.”
The two of them went silent with painful faces.
s.h.i.+a looked at me.
“Young master, please make one hand grenade with that magic liquid metal. If I let the hand grenade explode inside that twin dragon’s mouth, then I can probably bring one of its heads down.”
“I refuse. s.h.i.+a’s strategy is rejected.”
“Even young master …. Please give up. There’s no other way to save everyone! And please don’t worry about me. Lastly, if you’d listen to my only request--”
“No no. Thanks to s.h.i.+a, I got an even better strategy. That’s why I want you to listen to me first.”
“A strategy better than mine …?”
While listening to me, s.h.i.+a blinked so many times that I lost count.
Not only her, but Snow and everyone also became round-eyed at my confident att.i.tude.
“Lute-kun, Really?”
[As expected of Onii-chan!]
I took out the box with the surprise present inside that I bought at the mining town for the two of them.
Inside that box stored two small magic stones.
Exactly because of these small magic stones, I can make that (●●●●).
TL Note: yes, THAT, hint: 4 words. - yuus.h.i.+n
“With this, I’ll blow that skink lizard’s brain beyond the stars.”
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(￣^￣)ゞ
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