Chapter 26 (2/2)

She declared this smiling in that seductively deadly smile of hers .

Ahh, such a beautiful, reliable pair of accomplices I have .

“… … Can’t be falling behind now . ”

I’ve killed Yumis . The honey of revenge I yearned for all this time, it was sweet, just so sweet .

But, I wanted more, needed more .

She was but the first . And she won’t be the only .

Deeper and deeper despair .

Harsher and harsher brutality .

Crueler and crueler agony .

“Goshujin-sama? Is something the matter?”

“Kaito-sama, you’re grinning . ”

“I-It’s nothing . Let’s go . ”

My lips naturally curved into a smile .

All to sate my undying vengeance .

My once lit flame of revenge hungered ravenously, it was restless for more .

The scum of the earth was yet aplenty .

They had no idea of the hell we walked on as they drank and laughed .

“Mmh, great weather today . Ah, I just got a good one . We put them in a room, bone dry and scorching hot . Then, we wait till they’re parched and dried up to the point of death, and once they reach the absolute limit, we give them a pitcher full of crystal clear nothing . ”

“Goshujin-sama, might I suggest handing them a jug of poison, letting them know it’s poison of course . It could be a test of how long they can resist . ”

“Ah, then I’d like to suggest placing a bucket of pig feces in the room . They would slowly get used to the stench and once they can’t bear it anymore, they’d happily…”

The sun was beaming high in the clear blue sky .

Another good day for sweet revenge .

“Gyarrhhoooooooo!!!”

And then,

From far up high, a huge shadow passed over us .

“―!!” x 3

All three of us looked up instantly . That piercing roar accompanied by that colossal mass of mana . A massive creature with deep red scales and wings .

A creature that reigns supreme in most any fantasy world .

―― ―― Dragon .

“Wait, that’s…”

“Goshujin-sama?” “Kaito-sama?”

Minnalis and Shuria were making dubious expressions at me, but I had no time for that .

“Guren…”

As it approached closer, I could make out more of its features .

Guren was the name of the small Blaze Dragon I always saw with Leticia . He’d almost always stay in his dragon pup form and lazed around on top of Leticia’s head or on her shoulder .

“―!!”

I couldn’t just stand there anymore . I used Sky Walk and went after the red dragon .

“Gyaruo?”

“Ah…”

And then, when I was at a position where I stood face to face with Guren, I’d finally returned to my senses .

What was I trying to achieve with this?

Guren stared at me suspiciously, likely finding it odd why I was suddenly here .

This dragon wasn’t supposed to meet Leticia until some time later .

This guy would never forgive me if it knew that I’d once failed to save Leticia after all the times she’d saved me .

“Gyaru!!”

“―!!”

It looked like Guren judged me as an annoyance, and started taking in a breath, fire gathering in its maw .

He was getting ready to use his trademark breath skill .

But on the other hand, I didn’t want to harm Guren at all, so all I could do in this situation was take as many defensive measures as I could . And in that moment,

“Gyaruu!?”

“Wha!?”

A powerful light burst out from within my chest .

The blinding light caused my vision to see only white, and I felt something leaving my body .

“Huh, what just…”

It felt as if I lost something very important .

And that something, that light went towards Guren, and got itself absorbed into his body .

“Gyah!? Gyaruu!?”

“W-what’s wrong…?”

I had no idea what was happening right now . And neither did Guren from the looks of it .

After that, Guren let out a low growl while staring at me for a few seconds . Then, he whipped around his tail, covered in scales tough enough to repel even mythril blades, in an attempt to swat me out of the sky .

“Ukh!?”

I’d instantly instantiated a 【Soulblade of Origin] to protect myself, but the sheer weight and momentum of the scaled appendage knocked me off and away from the foothold I’d made in the air .

I managed to steady myself and safely crash landed, but the situation itself was pretty bad .

Blocking that last attack numbed both my arms and I’d need at least a few more seconds before I could recover .

But the dragon didn’t strike me in my weakened state . Guren only let out a snort of what looked like disappointment, and then flew off .

“… … …”

“Goshujin-sama!!” “Kaito-sama!!”

Minnalis and Shuria were running over to me, worried .

As for me, I just stared at the sky where the dragon was speeding away .