Hero without Blood or Tear - Chapter 56

Chapter 56

Chapter 40 .  A swindler going after the dragon’s fortune (1)

“Now that I’ve answered your question, I’ll take your life .  You have been overly bold .  How dare you to create havoc in my nest . ”

Now that the situation has developed like this, I could not suppress my pride .  Instead of begging for mercy, I took out the Ruble-Raynae from its hoist .

“Oh?  That sword?”

Schwarzertoyel seemed to have recognized the old sword that I was holding .

“O, the light that travels between the dimensions .  O, light that slices, chops, and pierces to kill .  Be at the command of the hand of this swordsman!”

Krurururuuu!

With bright white light, the true spirit of Ruble-Raynae, the great sword of the feudal lord of the Pfalz family, has emerged .

Schwarzertoyel let out a sound of admiration .

“That’s truly the sword of Pfaltz!  You skull-head!  How did it come into your possession?”

“How about withdrawing that sword if you are so curious?”

“Huhuhuh .  That does not bode enough interest for me to do that!”

Without any hesitation, Schwarzertoyel launched at me with that long sword .  When I felt my neck was about to get severed, I countered it with Wolyeong sword skill, a secret combat sword skill of the Pfalz family which I had absorbed from Phillip .

Chang!

Very surprised, Schwarzertoyel took several steps back when the swords smashed into each other .

“You bastard!  How do you know Wolyeong sword skill!  You .  Are you a successor of the Pfalz family?!”

I could only think that I was lucky .  I wasn’t very good at using the Wolyeong sword skill .  I was only at the experience level 1 .

In fact, this most recent counterattack was all I knew how to do .  If the same situation was to happen again, I wouldn’t be able to launch another counterattack .

“You surprise me more the more I see you!  Take this!”

The attack was launched at me again .  I tried to try shadow explosion to resist it, but the force of the explosion dissipated immediately .  Schwarzertoyel’s attacks, using the long sword, poured on repeatedly .

Chaaang!  Chang!  Chang!

It was hard to believe that the dragon could wield such a sword skill .  After defending the third attack, I was hit once on the fourth attack .

“Auuk!”

However, thanks to my excellent armor, I was spared from a critical injury .  Although there was a tear around my waist, the injury from the sword was shallow .

“Hm!  You’re wearing a precious object!”

Taking this moment as an opportunity, Krulark, the vampire interjected with his own attack, but with a single hit, he flew and smashed into a corner of the cave .

Koowoong!

However, it gave me an opening .  Extending my arm forward, I initiated absorption of blood and tear .  Then with his hand placed on the side of his sword, Schwarzertoyel bellowed .

“No way!”

Kwwaaang!

With the explosion sound of the magic powers colliding, the absorption of blood and tear was destroyed .  What the heck!  How could an S-level skill get neutralized so easily .

“What trickeries you are playing!  It is clear that I cannot let you live!”

It’s finished .  I was not his match .  Even without being in the form of the dragon’s body, even in the body of a human, this battle was too difficult .  On top of that, he was not even using any spells either .  He overpowered me with only his sword skill .

I screamed with all I had, thinking that I would die at this rate .

“You will be assassinated within a few years!”

Instantly, Schwarzertoyel’s sword that was being wielded with the might of, perhaps, enough power to splice up the world had stopped .  It stopped right in front of my forehead .  It was truly an inch away .

Lub-dub-dub-dub!

My heart raced quickly .

Ssssrrrrh .

Having been cut off, a few strands of hair fell down my face .

“What was it?”

It must have finally got Schwarzertoyel’s attention .  However, what was truly important was from now on .  That was because dodging this calamity was solely dependent on my ability to talk out of the situation .

I’ve decided internally .  As the situation has turned like this, I’ve decided to con this legendary dragon .  It was foolish to beg for mercy in situations like this .  Instead, the determination to manipulate the opponent in creative ways was what was needed .

Furthermore, considering the fact that Schwarzertoyel asked whether I was a successor of the Pfalz family, it was certain that he did not know much about me .

This had nothing to do with the dragon’s intelligence .  Due to his awesome power, no one had dared to encroach on his territory, so the demon dragon has been stuck in that mountain range for a very long time .  It was appropriate that he did not know much about what was happening in the world .

In other words, he was a ripe subject for a con .

“You are able to kill me at any time, so why not hear me out first .  Hearing me will not cost you anything . ”

“…Hm, if you intend to blab out only nonsense, do not expect to die in peace . ”

Schwarzertoyel was going to turn into a corpse in a few years for sure .  It was the truth that has been verified multiple times already .  I used to think that he had died from natural causes as he was resting peacefully, but having seen him today, his death didn’t seem that way . ”

Then other alternate ways of dying were suicide, murder, or made to appear to be dead, but based on his demagogic temperament, it was better to rule out suicide .  Furthermore, he wouldn’t die from combat, and was unlikely to be made to die of natural causes .

Then I would push it as murder, assuming that was the cause of his death .

“Why do you insist that I would be killed in a few years?”

Certainly, it couldn’t be said that I saw it in the past .  A more acceptable reason was needed .  Having thought for a little bit, I’ve decided to insist it was a prophetic dream .

In fact, there was a skill, fitting perfectly to this situation .   I used the Mephistopheles’ act, an SS-level skill .

<Starting a role play and putting your life on the line!>

Although I was concerned that he would recognize the act as I was low on the experience level, I decided to trust the power of SS-level skill .  If I was to fail, my head would be cut off right away right here .  Swallowing my dry mouth due to nervousness, I explained that it was a prophetic dream .

Would Schwarzertoyel bite?

“Hmm…  A prophetic dream .  You’ve got an annoying skill . ”

He bought it!  I truly made this demon dragon believe that I had the prophetic dream .

<Luckily, you’ve fooled the strong being!  The accomplishment level of Mephistopheles’ act will increase!  You can raise it up to the experience level 2!>

There was no reason to hesitate .  I immediately took the experience level 2 .  Now was the time that this skill was needed more desperately .

<Congratulations!  The experience level of Mephistopheles’ act has been raised to level 2!>

An act’s chance of failure grew acutely should there be contradictions, or resulted in the subject getting injured . However, in this case, it just worked on Schwarzertoyel as the information was useful to him, and the contradictions were very small .

It was very difficult to fool a being this strong to begin with .  It was the luck of the heavens, perhaps .  As I thought that it wasn’t quite my time to have my neck severed, words just flowed out of my mouth .

“Hm!  After having been foolishly bold in my own nest, now you claim to show me how to dodge calamities?” “I have avoided many calamities with my prophetic dreams .  If you heed to my words, you, too, will reap the same benefits . ”