Chapter 160 (1/2)

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-Master, the dragon smackdown mission, start!

-Good work!

“And now, it’s ti the metal bat’s report and loudly proclaimed to everyone “We leave it in your capable hands, Sir Hero!”

“Do your best!”

“S-sure thing…”

Theic circle

As for the other combatants, they observed fro for the hero

Of course, said heroa very stiff face was an open secret, but anyways…

“No need to be so tense, Sir Hero”

“Yes, you can do it if it’s you!”

“Didn’t your teacher say it, Sir Hero? That dragon has a fatal weakness, doesn’t it!”

Yep, I did say soon had a reverse scale on its body soes to hit that, he could achieve victory today That’s what I said

Too bad, talking was cheap in this case We were talking about a dragon’s reverse scale here, after all

Just one single scale aon

A scale that has supposedly grown in the reverse direction to all the other scales! A spot that acts as both a weakness and a trigger that’d set off even the e when touched!

Yes, talking was very cheap in this case Just how on possess?

It’d be near ie body, even if the dragon in question was kind enough to sit still

But here’s the thing, which dragon would remain perfectly still when a hule one

And our current opponent was an evil dragon that totally disregarded the coons!

There’s no freaking way it’d graciously wait for a human to freely attack it!

And that’s why our dear hero ed into an abattoir right now

“Sir Hero!”

“We pray that you best the insidious evil dragon!”

“The Order of Nature, hooray!”

“Sir Hero of Light, Sir Swinn, hooray!”

Unfortunately for hih, the atmosphere was such that he couldn’t back out anymore

If he dared to chicken out now, not just him but even the Order of Nature would be subjected to a torrent of criticism

And if it’s that Goddess of Nature, there’s no way she’d take that lying down! She’d probably send down an oracle or so the scene

Well, if he still tries to flee, then I could also just flee from here while everyone’s attention was razor-focused on hiood

“It’s now, everyone!”

“N-no, hang on a sec…”

The bright light flashed briefly and the hero punk disappeared from our view

What happened was that he had been teleported to an open field not too far from this location

“Is the preparation coe! No one is permitted to approach the battle location so that Sir Hero wouldn’t have to worry about collateral daic-based, but physical! We heeded your advice that even a dragon would find it hard to detect traps without o ahead and rescue the princess”

“Will it be fine by yourself, sir?”

“Of course”

I nodded bravely and got ready to rescue the princess

Thanks to the insidious hero’s nefarious schee,I couldn’t et si the princess and returning to the castle

Sure, invading a dragon’s lair for this purpose was an act of sheer insanity, but…

“It doesn’t apply to ons were creatures offor a lifeforon could do pretty ic!

But just who aic, with ine Breaker!

I ic like a certain fictional character, but it also doesn’t work on me, either That’s just who I a blue hair…

Fair complexion and s her breathe so shallowly and weakly, I couldn’t help but think that this beautiful woman embodied the frailty itself

“Well, she’s the princess, alright”

“The evil dragon didn’t kidnap anyone else, so who else could it be,on a rather flashy bed that didn’t suit the a a look at her state, I got down to work “Now let’s see, over here and over here…”

“Ah! Shouldn’t that be a bit more to the side, master?”

“No, this is fine since the floor’s a bit tilted to the side”

What I was installing at the ate

Although it was a bit of a waste of resources to build a single-use iteate was an absolute necessity if I wanted to rescue the princess safely

I could waltz right in without activating any of the dragon’stheht in one of those traps and died, then it’d be game over for everyone involved

And that’s why the sorcerers and icians of the royal court had to manufacture a tool like this… After I hounded theh, it kinda felt like they took a bit too long on a task that the iicians would’ve finished in a jiffy!

“Installation, complete!”

“In that case, dear older sis? I’ll see you a bit later, okie~?”

After theher hand at the princess, I led her outside the lair

“Sir Sage!”

“Did you succeed, sir?”

When I edoawked atways are affecting even this innocent uncle now…

-This is purely !

I acquired this… uh, ability, despite not being able to use any ht? Right?

“Yes, it’s done”

This renewed surge of unfairness welled up inside me, but I wasn’t some rookie who’d show that on e”

“Ah, aaah… Her Highness…”

While Yulkelis bowed slightly inaway her tears of relief

Judging froreatly relieved, it seemed that the princess’s daily conduct had been pretty exemplary

-Master, what do you think would’ve happened if it was that I you around?

-I guess everyone in the ion’s happiness in the next life?

In all honesty, if it’s that ion raid, returned hoon carcass

Then, she’d order the dragon’sthem to the imperial court

-But ood? Is that it?

-In a certain sense, sure…

Only a precious few sovereigns were trusted so deeply by their retainers

A bond so profound that your underlings would willingly stay by your side even after all your wealth and poere gone? How many could clai the many imperial princes and princesses, those able to claim such a bond could be counted in one hand