Chapter 78 (1/2)
Volume 1
V4 Chapter 8
「Dragon King」Part 2
The Dragon King floated in the sky in a grandiose manner with its four wings. The flapping of said wings was so strong, it blew up a dust storm.
In the game, its behavior would match that of a Wind Dragon.
They were a subset of dragons with large wings, slim bodies and long tails. However, this dragon was about thirty meters tall and its thick limbs seemed strong enough to easily cut anyone that carelessly approached in half.
The dragon seemed like it could use the large sword in my hand as a toothpick. Quite impressive considering my sword had temporarily doubled in length thanks to a skill I’d activated.
In the game, earth attribute attacks would have an advantage over wind attribute foes. Unfortunately, it was hard to hit a flying enemy with earth based attacks.
I could try using 【Rock Bullet], but I remembered that airborne wyverns were able to easily dodge the attack.
There was a meteor fall magic spell that a certain high-level occupation could learn, but Heavenly Knights lacked that ability.
A being capable of flight was truly a menacing opponent.
It was also doubtful that the attribute balancing had an effect in this world in the first place.
《Here I come, Youngling!!》
At his shout, the Dragon King’s body began to emit a radiant light. With a flick of its massive wings, an invisible force cut down the trees between us as it approached me.
It was similar to the wind attribute attack, Kamaitachi…… I remained calm with my 『Holy Thunder Sword』 and invoked a spell to dodge the invisible force.
“【Dimensional Step]!”
Just before the invisible attack reached me, I vanished.
《Huh!?》
I materialized right beneath the Dragon King’s feet. Since the Dragon King had lost sight of me, he was frantically scanning the area for me.
The wind generated by the Dragon King’s wing flaps was quite furious and almost sent me flying as I honed in on the long tail that was hanging off the end of the Dragon King’s body.
It would be ineffective to attack the main body with my sword.
Because it was difficult to pinpoint something moving in midair, I had transferred to this location and slowly made my way to the tail, so as to not be blown away.
Let’s see if my attacks can connect.
I looked up at the Dragon King as I pulled back my sword.
《!!? Reveal thyself!!》
His long tail drooped as he spoke, which gave me the opening I needed to launch a firm attack. An intense shock ran through my blade when it made contact with the tail.
A metallic clang you’d never expect to hear from a living creature’s skin rang out as fresh blood coated my armor and everything in the vicinity.
As expected of the pinnacle of Dragons, his scales were strong enough to match mythical grade weapons.
《Huuuuuhhhhh!!》
The Dragon King let out a cry between a wail and a shout as he flapped his wing harder and turned around.
As the increased wind shattered my stance, I saw the low hanging tail heading straight for me.
Before it reached me, I invoked my transfer magic again.
“【Dimensional Step]!”
My view instantaneously changed to the Dragon King’s blind spot beneath his tail. However, the Dragon King raised his tail faster that he should have been able to and whipped it at me.
“Huh!?”
Recognizing the danger, I invoked 【Dimensional Step] three times in order to put some distance between us.
《You, you’re using the same technique as Hanzo! It appears this one can’t be careless either!!》
The Dragon King soared into the sky above the forest after he said that and began circling it.
After picking up some speed and momentum, the Dragon King dove at me with the claws on his hind legs fully extended.
I wasn’t daring enough to take on such a huge enemy moving at such speed with a sword.
At the same time I used transfer magic to dodge the attack, I invoked an earth attribute spell in the place I had been standing.
“【Stone Fangs]!!”
The stone spikes that rose from the ground hit the noise-diving Dragon King head on, but they shattered upon collision, causing a cloud of dust and debris to fly into the air as a sound reminiscent of a meteor strike rocked the area.
From inside the dust cloud, the Dragon King opened his wings and rose into the sky like a missile.
The shock wave from the forceful takeoff hit me like a brick and was enough to clear the area of debris.
I’d be obliterated if I took something like that head on.
《How long dost thou plan to scurry about!? This time you won’t escape!!》
When he finished speaking, the Dragon King soared higher above the forest before falling in a magnificent arc.
In order to neutralize the Dragon King, it might be necessary to use the strongest offensive skills available to Heavenly Knights.
However, it’d take a considerable amount of time to complete the necessary preparations.
Turning my attention to the Dragon King, I ran out into the open and held out my hand to invoke a new spell.
“Come forth, he who rules the skies! 【Seteka]!!”
An enormous magic circle appeared in front of me. I could feel my mana pouring into it as the circle’s complex symbols started shifting and wind began to gather at its center.
A large tornado burst from the magic circle and wrecked havoc on the forest as it rose into the heavens.
The summoned beasts that I could use were too powerful to be used against human opponents, but there wasn’t a problem if I used them against a Dragon King.
The Dragon King smiled a little when he saw the tornado, but his speed didn’t decrease and his body began to emit light again.