476 471. Serdora.txt (1/2)

They collide again, and the 99th layer trembles.

This is where it's settled, both me and Serdra.

We understood each other, so we wouldn't retreat.

After we met and kicked each other in the head and punched each other.

Naturally, we began to hit each other on the ground.

I slammed the heavily bloated 'dragon arm' down like a blunt weapon (kana hammer).

Seldora prevents the blunt weapon (kanahachi) from playing with his own 'dragon arm'.

With each touch, a heavy, enormous vibration filled the space and made my vision creak.

I am the one whose 'body arts' are refined, and I have adopted the most advanced education and technology.

However, Seldra follows his movements lightly with a wealth of experience and knowledge.

As I knew from repeated mock battles, the simple 'bodily arts' match between me and Serdra was almost an even match. Direct hits rarely happen.

And every time I catch the impact of Seldora's attack, my 'dragon's flesh' gets used to it.

It was a physical characteristic of the 'Dragon Man (Dragon Newt)' that 'once an attack is eaten, it is difficult to communicate'. Therefore, my flesh and blood, which was under a strong load, instantly evolved and grew larger.

I immediately tightened that 'dragon flesh' and condensed its flesh and blood - and repeated the process.

The longer I continue this head-on bludgeoning, the more rapidly I become stronger.

Even so, Serdra does not stop.

The person who once advised me to ”eat” the attack, the person who advised me to ”eat” the attack, deepens his smile while delivering a counterattack fist like just the right bait.

''Kuha--''

It spills out as if it were unbearable.

And Seldora can't stop the laughter that once broke the dam.

''Kuhahahahaha!　Huh, kahaha, hahaha!　Ah hahahahahahaha!　Hahahaha!　Ah, Snow!

Laugh. Laugh. Laugh. He called out my name with a strange laugh that suited the expression, ”Laugh.

Unlike me, who was full to the brim, Serdra had plenty of room to speak.

'That's a good name, Snow!　What a beautiful name!　It reminds me of the shitty rituals back home!　What does the name mean?　No. Is it easy to imagine?　Unlike a thousand years ago, it would have been named for peace!　As beautiful as the rare 'evil poisonous snow' that falls from that clear blue sky!　Beautifully, softly, gracefully!　After all that peace, yeah, I'm sure you were wished for, huh?　Hahaha--!

----!

We are told one way or the other while punching each other.

This one continues to be apathetic and I can't argue with him at all.

'You grew up just as you wished, Snow!　You're getting better and better at being protected, Snow!　But alas, that Snow will end up fighting the same 'dragon man' (Dragon Newt), me!　All this time, Snow has been working for his country in good health, and he's finally starting to be recognized as a 'hero' by those around him!　You're starting to look back on you as the 'strongest' of the Confederacy!　I'm here--!

It gets heated.

Not just fighting, but talking.

”I'm going to take it all away!　All the honor and glory you've collected to date will be consumed by me in this final tale!　As long as they're on the ground (above), they will be!　When this Festival of the Endgame is over, your challenge will be called a bloody folly, and everyone in the Confederacy will have second thoughts!　After all, Snow Walker is one of the heroes of an era, and he's still a work in progress!　You can't reach the real 'great heroes' that have been talked about for a thousand years!　In the history of the world, I was the greatest man who ever lived, and everyone was fooled!　Pfft, pfft ha!　Ahahahahahahaha!

There was something mentally unacceptable about continuing to be talked about as a victory, even if it was a tactical advantage.

Simply put, it pissed me off.

So, even though I refused to take the time to eat and be strong, I saw through the monotonous fist movements of Seldora and grabbed his two wrists.

I stopped the rambling melee and took a breath.

Then, consuming that all-important breath, I argue.

'Whatever!　If you want something like that, as much as you want it!

Serdra was surprised by the response and reply.

Then he immediately laughed in admiration and laughed while showing his canine teeth.

''Ha, you're getting stronger ....... Kufu, that's why you're ......!　It's so much fun fighting you!　It's really fun just to imagine you breaking from now on!　Oh, thanks to Kanami, the 'adaptation' has faded and I'm such a fun and joyful tano-eeee!

Serdra laughed and then put her strength into both arms that were grabbed by me.

I would be able to shake them off in one fell swoop, but I tried to move them bit by bit, as if to show off my strength.

I can't stop.

The one-sided narrative continues as their hands are gagged open.

I'm sure you'll find that your innate talent for Tennibin is the pinnacle of the 'Dragon Newt'. It's also historically speaking, it's one of the best in the world of demons. But that's about as far as it goes. You are only as good as that guy.

”Oh, is that guy ......?

At that moment, Serdra had a kind look in her eyes.

Through me, looking at someone different (...), it becomes a nostalgic face.

''Since it's only a 'king dragon' (that guy), it will never reach this 'evil dragon' (Fafner). ...... To be clear, I was born on a different level. Unlike you guys, I'm not a product of chance, but the result of necessity. History, wisdom, more sacrifices, more experiments, repeat, repeat, repeat!　Validate, validate, validate the mating!　Carefully selected, carefully selected, carefully selected kids!　The 'strongest' creature that has finally arrived is me!　There's no way we can win with just you guys!

When he said that, my hand was finally forcefully released from my grasp.

Seldora then reversed and grabbed my wrist back, spinning on the spot like a solitary piece of music.

I also countered and put my strength into both arms. But this one can't unshake my hands.

My body, which should be massive, is carried away lightly like a coiled thread. I had finished flipping when I thought my vision was snatched - and when I realized, my body had been slammed into the ground in 99 layers.

With the impact running down my back, I can understand that I was thrown with a 'body technique'.

My snatched vision was blurred, flashing in black and white, wobbling and wobbling. However, I could only see clearly the figure of Serdra standing in the back of that unsteady vision, looking down at me.

''Kuhu, kuhu, kuhu--''

He laughed.

Serdra put her right hand to her mouth and let her laughter swell as she ruffled her short blue hair with her left hand.

Even though she covered her mouth with her arm, which was enlarged by 'dragonization', her voice still echoed throughout the space.

''Kuhahahahaha!　Ah, that's fun!　It's hilarious to outperform an opponent on a different level with overwhelming power!　And it's even more fun to overwhelm a strong man!　It's twice as tannoying to eat what that guy has worked so hard to build up!　Of course!　That's what living things are for!　In the days of the dark clouds, common sense was common sense too, eh?　Ah-ha-ha-ha!

He laughed too much and stumbled back.

We were in the middle of a battle, and I was laughing at him for a few more moments.

It was the first time I had ever seen Serdra in person.

It's quite unique, but I guess this is who he is.

This is the last time he's going to be able to do this,” he said, ”so this is the last time,” and ”it's a memorial,” and he may have used the occasion of the ”Final Festival” as an opportunity to expose everything to the public.

I ignore the pain in my back and put my hands on the ground while wobbling.

While standing up, I respond in my own way to Seldra's one-sided story.

''...... Yeah. I think predation is the rule of living things, both a thousand years ago and now (now). That's why I was able to become the commander-in-chief even though I'm like this, and you were appointed the commander-in-chief a thousand years ago. Serdra did nothing wrong.

............?

I guess he didn't expect the agreement to come back.

From Seldra's reaction, it was entirely clear that she was expecting me to answer ”wrong

-- and clearly upset, Serdra stops the lighthearted banter that has been going on up to this point with a snap.

It was upsetting, and my mouth was full, too.

The gap in my mind is too big.

I'm sure the weakness of that unusual tongue warfare is no different than any other 'reason stealer'.

-- only, the awkwardness due to that weakness would also be the same as other 'reason-stealing things'.

Upset, Serdra observes me with a fine eye as I stand up, wobbling, and then speaks up again, this time with the exact opposite intensity, looking at someone else.

'...... that diminished mouth, that face. Without a doubt, Snow is a descendant of mine. ...... It's just like that cousin Ane. It's a perfect match. But you can still find some of that guy's face. I sometimes recognize my king: ......

I don't know who this ”Ane” is.

But if it was My King, I could guess who he was seeing through me.

”Is this My King, or is that your sister Titi?

I'm glad you said the resemblance, but I'm also wondering if it's confusing.

Is it because of this dress?　Indeed, it's the light armor that was given to me today by Titi sis. But if you ask my fellow guild member Alibers, he said that the 'Flying Greenstone Light Armor Rui Fenrit' was not exclusive to big sister, but was a hobby that he made up.

Then are you saying that they are similar to me, looking at my face and behavior?

Towards me, who tilts her head, Serdra answers.

'Yes, I mean that Lord Titty: ....... ...... Well, that guy. I don't remember him calling himself Titi at first. He bragged a lot about how nice a name it was, and his face was so beautiful ...... and I liked it, so he wandered ...... and wandered?

Furthermore, in front of my eyes, he begins to swallow and dig up his memories.

Even though it's a mild illness compared to the other 'reason-stealing things', it seems that Seldora also has some of his memories snatched up due to the harmful effects of flying through a thousand years with the 'summoning'.

After mumbling and asking herself the question, she gives the answer alone.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world. It's a far cry from me and Snow, the chosen legendary 'dragon race'. A different species is a different species. I don't care about anything. It can't be.

I shake my head.

And then I came to the selfish conclusion that me and my sister Titty had nothing to do with it.

That was unacceptable to me.

'You can't make that wildly convincing argument,' he countered.

'Seldra, perhaps that's not true. I'm not talking about who is descended from whom. Because it's a thousand years, a thousand years.

I don't think I have a 'connection' only with you, the 'dragon man' (Dragon Newt), because I'm a 'dragon man' (Dragon Newt). Because I'm a nobleman, it can't be just a nobleman.

''Do you think the bloodline is neatly connected by a single line?　My Walker family's blood is a soggy mess. As my mother-in-law said, blood is a complicated thing. Of course, sometimes we can split up. But once a connection is created, it doesn't disappear very often, for better or worse.

Veins are intertwined?　...... No, that's right. That's right: ......

In an enclosed place like a hidden village, many marriages are performed by close relatives.

Perhaps it was because Serdra's acquaintances and friends had few marriages, and she was biased, with the only examples being Kanami and Nosfi, but the expression on her face was that she hadn't thought of that idea.

'So, I'm sure I'm related to your sister Titty as well. And also that Rowen Alais, although he's a bit of a hater. Even if it's a very large, roundabout, distant connection, I think I'm connected to a lot of people's blood.

My King Lord Titi and his knight Rowen Alais. ......

Putting two names together, Serdra frowned.

In contrast, I said the magic, remembering the two people I had interacted with.

''At least, I have inherited one of my sister's magic. --《Cool Bayonet》

I gather wind on my right arm.

And since he can't dexterously harden it with magic power - it's a mimicry by 'dragon wind' limited to when he's 'dragonized'.

Seeing that he has constructed a bayonet (bayonet) with the wind, even though it is self-made, Seldra smiles.

''It's the King's Wind Sword ......!

He seemed to remember, and he dismissed the meaning at a glance.

And immediately I fly high.

I retreat to the distance where this bayonet is at its most powerful.

As I followed, Serdra also flew with her wings.

However, perhaps conscious of the bayonet's firing line, it didn't follow straight after me.

It seemed to have memories of being shot by this memorable bayonet a thousand years ago.

I naturally fly in a curving line to match the bypass of that seldora.

Two 'Dragon Men' (Dragon Newt) with huge wings.

Using the depths of the labyrinth as the sky, they began an aerial battle.

''--[Flyshoot]''

I shoot out a bullet at Seldora, who is chasing me.

However, it's not as powerful as Titi's sister.

It would be a different story if I had the magic stone from ”The One Who Steals the Reason of the Wind”, but I don't have it on hand right now.

It's just a re-creation of the magic I trained in the days when there were magical stones, including the bayonet on my arm, using the ”dragon wind”. It's not far from the real thing.

However, Seldora is remembering the threat of big sister Titi, so she is wary and chooses to attack me from a distance.

What looks like a bayonet, the same as mine, was formed on her arm with the 'dragon wind'.

However, it's not exactly the same.

Serdra was more familiar with wind magic and was more complete. On top of that, it was also a shape I had never seen before.

My bayonet, or bayonet, was long and slender, but Seldora was closer to a cube.

That, two in each hand. And what was shot out of its ejection port was smaller than the bullets I fired - but the ejection speed was unusually fast.

''----?''

While this one fires a single shot in a single breath, the other side is incessantly dispersing more than double-digit bullets.

Furthermore, Serdra moves her hands and instead of a point attack, she attacks almost like a line.

This one's bullets are a substitute for the condensed 'dragon wind', so the moment my point touches the line, it explodes.

It's a shootout air battle.

If I shot ten bullets, Seldora shot a thousand bullets.

Both I and Seldora dodge it with high speed flight.

However, when I checked carefully, only my bullets were neatly shot off and didn't reach anywhere.

On top of that, there's still plenty of room on Seldora's side. While shooting a thousand bullets, I prepared nearly a hundred additional magic - wind spheres about the size of a fist - around the wings that were dexterously spread out, and floated them.

By the time he was able to identify the spheres as the attack magic 《Dragoon Ardor》, the wind spheres had already been released onto the empty battlefield.

Since it didn't pass through the gun-type magic in his hand, its flying speed was slow. However, it was clearly moving according to Seldra's will, guiding it towards me as it flew.

I had no choice but to choose to retreat as fast as I could and imitate Seldra.

Add the image of a bayonet with an emphasis on ejection speed to the bayonet. On top of that, I shot down the slow guided projectile 《Dragoon Arder》 efficiently so as not to waste bullets, and accurately while running away and flying.

Furthermore, this one also prepared several special 《Dragoon Arders》 around his wings and immediately released them into the empty battlefield. Among them, he also mixed in 'transparent bullets' and 'a mass of wind that reacts to magic power and automatically explodes'--!

A huge storm of explosions and shocks rolled through the 99 layers.

Shooting, shooting, shooting, shooting, a field of colorless explosions spread out across the field.

The fireworks, which surpassed the ”End of Tan Festival” on earth (above), were flickering in just a few seconds by just two people.

And just like the 'Body Technique', this aerial battle also has few direct hits.

As it is, there is no way to get anywhere in this situation. Just when I thought that I would be able to weave the fisticuffs I mentioned earlier into this aerial shootout, a large vibration rushed across the battlefield.

It was the vibration (voice) of Serdra's magic.

''--Ku-ha-ha!　Hahahahahaha!　Snow, you don't just talk!　I'll do more than I expected!　Certainly, it's not just the power of the family of The Dragon Man (Dragoneut)!　I have a tactical theory about the House of Noble Walker!　I feel the teachings of the Stealers of Reason!　A variety of experience and magical knowledge is packed into your fighting style!　Oh, great!　It's getting more worth breaking!　Hahahahaha!'

Over the past two months, Serdra and I have had many mock battles and discussed the tactics and strategies of our country.

Still, I can praise my mentor for hiding his power from me, even though he is my enemy.

However, I'm sorry, but we can't bring ourselves to praise the enemy.

''-- You're just talking out of your ass.

This one also used magic to raise his voice and return it.

Not only do they start shooting magic bullets at each other, but they also start throwing words at each other.

''Huh?　What are you talking about, dude? I'm the mouthpiece?'

'I'm a pro at being spoiled, I get it. Serdra is a spoiled mouth.'

As we fight, I assure you.

There are many reasons.

Even now, he's still saying ”it's worth breaking” and looking as sweet as a relative's uncle.

They talk tough and threaten, but are ready to spoil you in the end.

I was good at spotting such an opponent.

Or rather, Kanami was completely that type, and Seldora was definitely in the same vein.

Serdra talks back in a louder voice than me while increasing her flight speed.

''I'm the spoiled mouthful ......?　Well, that's not a very funny joke. You haven't heard anything about me?　Before I was a general, I was a pleasure killer. I used innocent 'demons' as experimental material, and turned a thousand year old Phania into hell ....... He killed good people for fun and inspired promising bad people to spread the scourge!　I'm probably the biggest sinner in history for spreading the most 'misery' around!　Definitely a villain who should be the first to die before anyone else!　That's right, the real 'evil dragon' is me!　Our God would approve of that!

He declares that, and shoots a large bullet at one point.

From that bullet, I can feel Seldra's mind wavering.

While avoiding the other party's bullets that have started to become a little monotonous, I calmly return the words and bullets.

''A villain to die?　Is that what Kanami said?　That Kanami, really?　Kanami may have the sense to say 'evil dragon' is cool, but you'd never say death,'

Kanami was the type of person who believed that no matter what kind of evil he was dealing with, there had to be circumstances behind it.

Even if the villain didn't have any circumstances, he would still overlook them in the hopes of reforming them.

That indulgence is no different even if Kanami himself is a victim. For example, even when dealing with that big villain (Palinclone Legacy), it was only his mouth that he hated in the end.