Vol 10 Chapter 174 (1/2)

Epilogue

Inside the forest

I stood before the earth colored Land Dragon as it brushed and tra for me

Huge forelimbs

A large head

In contrast, its lower body looked small in comparison to its top

The land dragon of the First’s memories had been of ashen skin, but the ones here were the color of the dirt, and looked a size or two smaller

We had the adventurers that’d guided us return, and we took on the ons… four in total

I held upsituation

“Aria and Miranda don’t have a problem May, Eva and Clara as well Novem and Monica… it looks like I didn’t even have to worry about them from the start”

The party split in four, and each teaons With those four bodies, they had likely worked up their coordination to take on the adventurers and knights that came for them

And theirthem quite troublesome foes

Behind me, Shannon…

“I could’ve just stood on standby in Porter! Why did you have to take !?”

… Was bawling

I didn’t want to bring her along, but Miranda told e would coirl with all sorts of life experience

She did have Dehter She was the intellect type that was supposed to e

Having been pulled from her comfortable back seat, she waselse

(Mascot… between Monica and Shannon, would it have to be Shannon?)

While I thought that, the Land Dragon before my eyes, turned its head up, and was about to let out a roar Perhaps it was an atteroup with its comrades

In the dark forest of crowded trees, only the places the Dragons ra wide open space

Thus, after entering the forest, finding the four

“My ears are going to start hurting, so could you pipe down? Lightning!”

I turned ht at its head My output had risen froe sway, it took a step back

From behind, Shannon…

“Just keep on hitting theot to do to win!”

Naturally, if I did that, I would win But at present, I was…

『Lyle, don’t forget to send orders around as you fight』

『Look, May-chan’s party is troubled Clara-chan is re order』

『Look at the big picture If precise direction is i situation, and convey it with your Skill』

『You’ve got to train yourself up as a commander as well And this is a perfect opponent for that Go do your best, Lyle』

I don’t think a Land Dragon is a perfect opponent, but certainly, as ere, we could take on four of them

That’s the fighting force we possessed, however, giving out orders as I fought the enehting quite a ways away

Making a gesture of touching my left hand to my ear, I verified the state of my other comrades

I verified it, and gave orders

“Clara, there are s around I leave Eva and May’s support to you; don’t let those peons get closer”

『Yes』

After taking her handgun from the holster at her waist, she held it towards the direction of the approaching iven to me, but it was an easy-to-use model

“Miranda, you need not push yourself, attack after restraining it When my hands are free, I’ll come over to support”

『Ye~ah, it looked like it’ll be over before that』

Looking through Miranda’s field of vision, I saw the Land Dragon was unable to move a muscle from her new Skill

It was as if its moveon frantically writhed to free itself from those sticky threads

Aria cut at it, shaving away a thick chunk of flesh

“… I see Then onto the last one Monica… Noveht properly, won’t you?”

After finding there were no probleon in front of me warily took some distance

I stuck un from the holster on my back hip When I turned the black revolver towards the Land Dragon and fired, the bullet et, and sunk into one of the trees behind it

Behind me, Shannon covered her mouth

“… Pff!”

And from my comrades connected to me…

『Lyle, did you even practice? Quite trying to look cool, and get yourself together!』

Hearing Aria’s irritated voice, I sent ive orders

“Monica, you should at least try to coordinate attacks”

『Even if you tell ame… and I a to do by putting side that vixen? If I, Monica, am not beside my Chicken dickwad, I cannot muster up any power』

Novem, on the other hand…

『Monica-san, I’ic, so could you keep it in one place?』

She was taking it easy

The Third told nment

『Lyle, be careful with formation Novem’s side has excess war potential You should have stationed Monica there alone, and have Novem-chan circle around to support the others or you』

The Fourth agreed

『And there’s that splitting your party in four business Would’ve worked better if you split into three or two, and had each group work together to pick them off one at a time 』

As they continued finding fault, I finished giving orders, and with the revolver still in round

“If I can’t hit, I need only get closer!”

I kicked the ground to approach the Land Dragon, getting into point blank, before pulling the trigger again

When the bullet hit its tough skin, its output was surely enough to pierce it But it didn’t have e build

It swiped at e forelih its left eye

After landing, to stay out of its field of vision, I circled around to the left, held up ht eye

One shot Two shots

The bullets that on’s ferocious lower jaw, but they didn’t pierce through

(If I used it with the Second’s Skill, perhaps I could hit, but…)

To get so the Skill Thanks to that, I couldn’t hit a thing

The Fifth observed the gun’s output

『No wonder they’re not catching on Even if it on Subspecies, if it would be this ineffective, I would never think to pay a fortune for one And while its usage is easier for a bow, just how inaccurate could it possibly be… as I thought, guns are out of the question』

The Seventh refuted that opinion

『That’s because it’s a Magic Tool, and we’re not using it as one! If you used the Skills engraved on it, its firepoill rise!』

They interfered with the Jewel’s Skill, so ic Tools wasn’t the best There wasn’t a proble to use it as a Magic Tool, I would have to cut off my Jewel’s Skills

The Fourth spoke up as well

『Isn’t its very premise off? I do think it’s a convenient tool to carry around, but at this rate, it’s a bit… I would never think of asse a number of them』

Finally closing in, I destroyed the Land Dragon’s eye, juun back in its holster

Holding up both hands…

“Thunder Clap!”

Lightning fell from the sky Shannon’s body trembled as she hid behind a tree

But the lightning hit its designated on let off a burnt scent

The Third evaluated the battle

『Using a powerfulit of its vision… not bad, but as I thought, against hard-skinned opponents, you don’t have enough means of attack』

If I used the Jewel, and took out the giant sword, the battle would be over in seconds But it was bad that I didn’t have any other choices

The Sword, Bow, and Halberd had large Mana expenditures

If I met a powerful foe while I was low on Mana, my present state was one where I could only run away Of course, I hadwas low

The Fifth put a siy to mouth

『… It’s weapons In Lyle’s case, he has a bad affinity with Magic Tools In that case, he should get a few Skill-less sturdy weapons to carry around There are some weapons out there that can cut iron in their base state It looks like the ti around』

After the Fifth said thatmy mass-produced sabre expenditure was a problem for quite some time now

『You run through a few disposable sabres every tiht around time you looked into some finely crafted pieces, and analyzed cost/performance』

On both an ability and financial level, the time had come for me to look for such a weapons

Turning around, I called over to Shannon

“Shannon, the others should finish their battles soon Until then, we’ll stay on standby here”

I hesitated over whether or go to their aid, but the battles were already nearing their ends

Shannon came over to me, and…

“… Onee-sained it before How did she get to be like that, I wonder ”

As she hung her head, I…

“That one’s your fault, you know”

Saying that, I waited for everyone to gather It was at that moment

I felt so suspicious, and turned Shannon looked at me, turned her eyes in that direction, and narrowed them

There was nothing co, really

The Fifth sounded a little nervous

『Our Skills can’t pick the picked up? Lyle, on your guard』

As Shannon and I continued to stare, it seems we made them wary, as they took some distance

Shannon spoke

“They’re sos, but do they think that’s actually hiding the?”

She tilted her head, as her eyes followed the fleeing group

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… Miranda looked at her Skill 【Wire Net】 stretching across the trees

Even if it was only a subspecies of dragon, one on’s power Yet such a beast was entangled in her threads, with Aria sitting on top of its head She was short of breath

Blood flowed down its neck, and it was forround

Miranda res

“Well that was needlessly violent You’re like a hero from some storybook, Aria”

As Miranda said that with a smile, Aria used her hand to wipe off the blood splattered on her, and spoke regretfully

“Well thanks for that More importantly, any contact from Lyle…”

At that moment, perhaps the two of thehs

Miranda verified her location

“Looks like no one needed his help”

Aria juround, and turned to looked at the strung-up Land Dragon’s body

“… We surely didn’t need any here, but I’ll bet the others were fine too Even so, you Skill sure is a nasty one, Miranda”

Without letting her smile die out, Miranda spoke

“Why thank you Your Skill is manly and cool, Aria”

They shared so over their equip to Lyle

With the information they could perceive froh the forest without getting lost…

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… A ss to kick away the Land Dragon’s massive forelimbs

After letting her body spin in the air, May kicked up the approaching Land Dragon head as well

The difference in their body sizes waswith the monster

“Hah, it would be easier to do in quilin form, but Lyle won’t permit it”

The Land Dragon tried to attack, so she swung her horn, and its large arm flew off

Watching over her, Eva held up her bow

“Hey, hurry up and end it! We have to deal with other monsters too over here!”

She shot through an approaching Frog-like monster

Clara also took soun she had just received

Looking at them, May…

“Aren’t you pulling them so they don’t wander off to the others? And we have the most people at this station, so please bear with it”