V6C127 (1/2)

(127) A different world … after all.

Translator: Tseirp

I would be lying if I said I didn’t hope for an extraordinary victory.

I defeated an enemy, that needs a party of B-rank Adventurers to defeat, with a single attack. We defeated a monster that makes even the army take passive action just on our own. I was hoping that we could achieve such an impossible feat.

However ―

The 「Slash」 I released hit the Dragon’s right flank, causing a few scales to fly off and dyed the surrounding grass red with the blood spray but it was not a mortal wound.

The one released by Haru was aimed at the Dragon’s belly but it was blocked by its forefoot and it didn’t suffer any damage.

Damn it, I was too conceited.

“Amazing nya! Even though in theory one should aim for the thinner scales at the center of the belly because the scales on the back are tough, you actually even sliced through the scales!”

Stella excitedly shouted from within the bush she was hiding in.

Ah, so I was originally supposed to aim for the weak belly.

That was an oversight.

“Master, here it comes!”

At the same time Haru shouted that, the Dragon extended the enormous wings on its back ― and somehow lifted that huge body.

(Oi oi oi oi! No matter how you put it, having those wings support such a large body is against the laws of physics!)

You might ask ‘What’s the point of the wings on its back if it can’t fly?’ but I frankly didn’t think that those things on the Dragon’s back were wings.

Unlike the Wyvern that doesn’t have front legs, the Dragon has two front legs and two hind legs. Given that’s the case, I thought that the wings on its back were not wings that had evolved from its front legs ― but instead evolved shoulder blades.

No, I was lying. I wasn’t thinking about that all.

Nevertheless, it’s true that I thought that they were just useless appendages that can at most kick up some wind.

(It has considerable speed.)

I thought of something as the Dragon rose up to a certain altitude and swooped down.

I then took a large leap and rode on the back of the Dragon.

“I have to be careful since the scales on its back are hard ―”

I said as I swung my blade down onto the back of the Dragon that was rising up into the air.

A couple of scales were sliced off and my sword stabbed deeply into the Dragon.

The Dragon rampaged as to fling me off but it couldn’t shake off the sword that was deeply embedded in it and I did not release that sword from my grip.

I pulled the sword towards me with brute force.

It wasn’t to cut it since I would have to pull sideways if my aim was to slice it as the sword was stabbed sideways.

“Master!!!!”

I could hear Haru’s voice but her voice was gradually getting further.

The Dragon was rising up in the air. It was aiming for a distant height in the sky.