241 Past battles
After taking a break in the boss room on the 30th level, we descended to the 31st level.
''The map is useless from here. And there will be enemy attacks taking advantage of this darkness. Let's brace ourselves.
"Master Luciel, do you want the light?
'I can still recognize where everyone is, and the lights might attract demons. Plus, with a little more tension, I think I can remember that stinging, skin-piercing sensation of knowing what they're doing.
I understand.
Come on, let's go.
Thus, the real search began at the thirty levels.
I slaughtered the demons that crawled in from the darkness, disarmed the traps and completed the map of the hierarchy.
Of course, I fought demons during the search, and the existence of dead ends and demon rooms took up a lot of time, but it resulted in my tension increasing.
I don't think that being aware of the demons changed anything dramatically.
Even so, with the presence, magic power, and the killing air emanating from the demon, there was a sense that the timing of the attack was gradually linked to the image.
Then, due to the synergistic effect, I could even feel everyone's movements, and I was able to see my surroundings clearly and be aware of the appropriate movements.
And when I was concentrating, before I knew it, it seemed that I had reached the 40th level, and I was in front of the 40th level boss room.
''It was already the forty levels?''
'Luciel-sama was quite focused, so maybe that's how you feel. But if you're too uptight, your body may be fine, but your judgment may be misplaced.
I guess we'll take a break in this room then.
We need to pull ourselves together.
Yeah.
When Kefin opened the door and we all went into the boss's room, we found countless turtles that looked like the turtles in Ma0o.
''Oh, those are Turtle Met Bombs,''
Do you know?
''Yes. The Turtlemet Bomb is characterized by that hard shell and is said to play magic. But it also has a weakness: it hardly moves, and if it gets even the slightest wound, it will self-destruct at that moment.
Then you don't pose much of a threat, do you?
'Yes. Normally, all you have to do is throw projectiles from a distance and let them self-destruct, so there's no problem. But with this many self-destructs, if one of them explodes, they will detonate on their own, and that would be a pretty bad thing.
I imagine after hearing Kefin's words. I decided that if it's just a blast, there shouldn't be a problem if I put an area barrier on Lionel and continue to heel while having him protect me with a large shield.
But if it was an explosion with flames, the temperature in this boss room would skyrocket and might be unbearable.
''Is there anything we can do?''
'Yes. As you can imagine, I didn't expect this.
Lionel, can you handle the defense?
Of course. But what can you do about it?
Yeah. There's a good chance we'll run out of magic, but we'll make it out of ice. Everyone fall back to the entrance.
They quickly followed my instructions and backed up to the entrance.
"Lionel, there's a bomb coming. Hold your horses.
Ha!
Kefin, can you aim at any of the projectiles?
Yes. I can handle this distance.
I put the illusory sword back on my staff and give instructions as I pour magic power into the staff.
''We'll go with brute force here. Can you aim at the demons in the distance?
It is possible.
"Okay, I'll give you the signal, and after you throw the projectiles, I want you to move right behind me and Lionel. I want everyone to stay in line.
""Yes."
After activating the area barrier, I send a signal to Kefin to throw the projectile.
When Kefin throws the dagger at my signal, it is snatched by the Turtlemet Bomb's leg.
Could it possibly be weak? I thought so, but I trusted Kefin's information and built an ice wall.
'Water Dragon, build an ice wall to protect us on all sides and block all attacks.
The moment the magic power was whittled away in one fell swoop, and a thick ice wall was created, an explosion sounded in the distance, and then, like firecrackers, one explosion after another began to sound.
Just in case the ice wall was breached or melted, I built the ice wall with the image that it would be repaired, but there seemed to be no need for such a thing, and in less than a minute, the demons all self-destructed and the ice wall existed intact without melting.
''A dragon's power is a tremendous thing, isn't it?''
Lionel stated admiringly as he touched the ice wall.
''That's why the consumption of magic power is so tremendous, though. This ice wall is enough to wipe out 80% of your maximum magic power at once.''
Eighty percent I see.
Lionel said and pondered this.
'Luciel-sama, it's a little cold inside these walls, Nya. I'd like you to deactivate them immediately.''
'You can disarm it at any time, but after all those explosions and with some of the main room still burning, I'm sure the heat wave will hit you when you disarm it.
It's all right.
That said, doesn't that robe have a temperature control feature?
I had it on, but it stopped working before I knew it.
Tell me when you find out.
I handed him a white church robe as soon as I saw him.
It's been a long time since I've had this robe. I'd like to borrow it.
Yeah. If you all have a problem with your equipment, you can tell me or Doran. And we'll take care of it.
We passed the time with such conversations, and it was an hour later that I lifted the ice wall.
After that, I would purify the room, take a meal, and go to sleep first to encourage my magic to recover.
'Where am I?'
Normally, the angel's pillow would wake him up when he regained his strength, but this time the place where he woke up was not normal.
I should have been in the labyrinth before I fell asleep, but now I was standing in a place surrounded by mountains.
As I was puzzled by the situation, I heard a voice behind me.
'Don't worry. This is still a dream and I have allowed my consciousness to guide me.
''You've even intervened in my dreams, so what's going on?''
Ah. I had something to tell you about the dark dragon that lies in this labyrinth.
''A dark dragon. Is that the dragon cursed by the evil god?
''Mm. If I wanted to fight a dark dragon properly, I would have to be as strong as Leinster to follow him.
What kind of dragon is this that never intended to fight properly in the first place?
You'll know it when you see it. Does this place mean anything to you?
'What? Well - if you ask me - I think this is what it looked like near Rockford, am I right?
''I'm going to show you my past. Think about how you can honestly purify the dark dragon.
What do you mean?
The dark spirit didn't answer my question, but looked up at the sky.
I also had no choice but to look up at the sky and there was a jet black dragon about to spit a breath from the sky.
I tried to activate the area barrier, but I couldn't use any magic at all.
On the contrary, that's when I realized that my body was transparent and that it was really a dream.
A slash of light was fired at the jet-black dragon, and the jet-black dragon, having received a decent hit from it, interrupted the breath.
''Ore, who are you to attack me?''
A thick killing spirit that stings my skin with chatter and stings me dominates the place.
If that was the original power of the dragons, I was thanking the dragons, knowing that the dragons I've met so far have been quite tame, and I was thanking them, when a young man who took flight appeared.
It was definitely Lord Leinster.
''Dark Dragon, why are you trying to destroy the world?''
"I don't need to answer to a mere mortal man.
With that, the dark dragon spat the black-purple breath not into the earth, but into Lord Leinster.
The breath reached Lord Leinster in an instant and swallowed Lord Leinster just like that, piercing the head of the mountain behind him.
'It's because of the humanity's squeakiness,'
Then, as he was about to spit his breath into the earth again, a glowing light as bright as the dark dragon's earlier release engulfed the dark dragon.
Looking at the direction the light flew from, Lord Leinster stopped in mid-air, looking exactly the same as before.
Already at this point, that person could see that he had stopped the human. That was not the same creature. I decided that.
''You--you're not a mere human race, are you!
The dark dragon asked Lord Leinster, with smoke rising from his body, but without seeming to have much effect.
''Ah. This is still a brave (temporary) person. Right now in this world (before you know it) the people are trying to develop hand in hand because they have defeated the Demon King. And yet, we can't afford to have everything eradicated.
"Slay the demon king? Wouldn't that leave the world unbalanced?
The Dark Dragon
''It's not that we've eradicated the demon tribe. Besides, we've put up a strong boundary so they won't be able to come here, but the demon tribe should be able to thrive in the land of the demons.
"As the balance of the world hangs in the balance, there will surely be conflict between peoples.
'I won't let you do that while I'm here. I'll make a world where children don't see blood, but a world where they compete for knowledge.'
"Show me if you are ready for this. Then think about what it means to have caused my destruction for so long.
From there it was a very intense battle.
The middle and long range did not yield to each other, and the light and the dark clashed and no decisive moment came.
That's when Lord Leinster set it up.
When he held his sword up, the sword began to shine, as if he had put magic power into it. And when I came to my senses, I found myself behind the dark dragon.
The moment I confirmed my appearance, blood gushed out of the dark dragon.
I could tell by the situation that Lord Leinster had sliced through the dark dragon, but I couldn't see it at all.
That Lord Leinster's body was scraped off again, perhaps to give him more of a chase.
However, the dark dragon didn't stay silent and be killed as it was, and to my surprise, scales began to fall out of its body one by one.
The scales then spun at high speed and flew around the dark dragon, gradually increasing its speed to keep Lord Leinster away from it.
The battle lasted for a long time, and then the battle ended as the shining sword grew huge and knocked the dark dragon down to the earth, and Lord Leinster unleashed a magical cannon in pursuit.
And from the gutting of the mountain, I understood that it was Rockford.
'This world will be destroyed by me and the light dragons will be reborn. And the other dragons giving birth to new life have kept this Gardardia from decaying.'
"All that destruction is no fun, is it?
"Destroy me or my people will slaughter each other and chip away at the stars, destroying the balance of the world and causing the stars to lose their power. There won't be room for life for a long time.
''I understand the Dark Dragon's concerns. I can't make any assurances, but I pledge to use the wisdom of the various races to prevent that from happening and do my best to protect this world. So will you stop the destruction?''
I have lost. I will not destroy the world while you are alive. But if the world you want is not fulfilled, I will be destruction all over again!
Well, you're gonna work your ass off from now on to make sure that doesn't happen.
Such an exchange was taking place.
'Luciel, the Dark Dragon has kept its promise to Rain and has so far refrained from subversive activities.
May I ask why you showed me this past?
''Dark dragons don't know how to take it easy. And they don't like anything that isn't fair and honest. So if you try to hide and purify it, it will spit out a breath that is powerful enough to annihilate your body. That's all I wanted to tell you.
''Okay. I'll try to figure out how to get recognized, including whether to challenge you or not.
'Luciel, I hope you don't make a decision you'll regret.
As soon as the dark spirit said that, I woke up as my consciousness surfaced.
Checking the ceiling of the labyrinth reflected in my vision, I let out a deep sigh and thought about the dark dragon.
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