Vol 1 Chapter 20 (1/2)

Chapter 20

Ice Dragon

Right outside the town, you couldn't help but notice the dragon

On the meadows lay corpses, corpses, corpses

Members of the militia or the firm's combat slaves

They fought with their lives and met that terrible end

”Bertrand, fall back We're so to take care of the rest,” Blackie shouted to Bertrand-san as co the combat slaves

Bertrand-san looked towards us, who had formed an impromptu party

Only when his eyes fell on Till, they widened for just ahad happened

”Solt Can you defeat it? That thing?”

A winged, four-legged reptile

Not that I know if it can really be categorized as a reptile

Anyways, it looks ferocious

It had one horn and a mouth so wide it seemed it could s an elephant whole

Itsscaled that seemed to let no weapon pass

The tail growing froave felt like it could smash a house with one swipe

That huge body was so claws around that seeh metal

And to begin with, it was just big

It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that the difference in mass was also the difference in power

There was no way it didn't scare you

That was a dragon

”If we don't do so to die,” Blackie replied easily and dreo daggers

”You can talk Miss You're not going to fight, too, are you, Miss?”

”Bertrand-sas I want to protect, too”

”Hmm Itht of foolishness I shall take the combat slaves and help the evacuation”

”Please do”

Did he notice when to pull out because he was a merchant?

Both Bertrand-san and I had questions anted to ask the other, but noas not the time

After the coon, Bertrand-san jauntily withdrew to the city

The coht with bows, so their withdraift

I had no idea how effective they were against the dragon, but they surely must have annoyed it

And thus, only ere left in front of it

”———”

I looked at us and the dragon

When it laid its snake-like eyes on oosebumps

Level 1 Ice Dragon

The enemy's Status floated in front of my eyes

”An Ice Dragon da for one”

The deep blue scales were exactly right to call it an Ice Dragon

But that being said

”More importantly Level 1?”

So things?

”In the end, levels are nothing but an indicator how trained you are for your age It's pointless to pay it too much heed”

Eh?

What's that all about?

”Here it comes!”

Blackie's voice was strained

After watching the situation for a while, the dragon finally made its move

First, an attack with its tail

It roared and swung around that deadly weapon thicker than a tree

For the dragon, itthe waters, but for us, it wasn't funny

Getting hit by that mass would turn us into minced meat at once

not that I want to iine that

I juht away

Till escaped into the sky

——However

”Take that,” Blackie ordered Ilya

Don't be stupid!!

””

Ilya obediently stepped forward

”——With this body, I shall become a shi+eld for all Ancient Field!”

Ilya's body rapped in green light

”Hoh so the lass was an ancient dragon”

In front of us, Ilya was hit by the tail that alone was ht

It was so overwhel, I couldn't make a sound

But the surprising thing happened then

Ilya——stopped the tail

”———”

The shi+ning, green barrier -like thing stopped the tail in place

The wind pressure fro that massive attack almost blew me away

Although the person who stopped that attack in the first place didn't even take one step back

Ilya a

”But like this, that lass,”at Blackie

That Blackie on the other hand had taken Ilya stopping the attack for granted and already charged at the dragon

He on showed as its attack was stopped to slash at its abdomen

”Tsk! Hard!”

Only aout and there was no indication he had dealt the dragon any dae

Blackie, who could be squashed under the dragon, promptly retreated behind Ilya

””

I was annoyed

”Split the heavens and becoht, to strike my enemies! Thunder!”

Then how about ic?

My Thunder directly hit the dragon's huge body

”GAHHH!” it screaony

It worked a bit?

”Hood affinity to it, Alice”

”Hey, don't just look on and do so, Till! You could easily defeat it, couldn't you?”

”Libra is behind this, she will surely have a counterainst one——but fine”

Like going up the stairs, Till took to the skies

At the saht

Till's incantation!

”Third winter sending the world to de demonic ice to end it all———Fimbul!”

Being able to see that mana, it probably scared me the most of all of us

Another order of nitude, meant exactly this

Earlier, Till had rained snow on the entire town But it probably simply wasn't an option for Till to turn the whole town into ice

The ic Till had chanted was funda

Anyone can understand that

But it wasn't just a difference in the ic, her basic mana was terrific, too

And that's what I sensed

That ht a storm, becaon

It even froze exhaled air, an absolute zero not even allowing you to breathe

If you take that attack, you won't get away for nothing

I understood why she made me leave shi+on-san's party and form one with her

Get dragged into that, and you'll die

No doubt about it

”Eh?”

I had overesti firepower

Had thought the fight was over

But the Ice Dragon's body rapped in blue light which intercepted——no, absorbed Till's ic?

I even thought it grew even bigger, ic

No, it wasn't just er!