Reincarnated as a dragon’s egg ～Lets aim to be the strongest～ - Chapter 302

302. Squad Commander, One-Eyed Hannibal

“Let’s get out of here! We didn’t hear of this! No one told us there’d be a crazy monster like this in the forest!”
“B-But, if we run away without reporting back, Lord Tallmann is going to kill us……”
“Who cares! Look at that thing and I dare you to say that again! Who’d be mad enough to go against that dragon?! It’s suicide!”

The cavalries all begin to scatter.
…… From the looks of it, continuing this battle any further is pointless.

I look to where Captain Fawn’s corpse is.
His skin is burnt and his body is cut apart.
Just a few meters ahead is his metallic wand, covered in the blood of others.

Then, I look at the retreating cavalries.
There’s someone charging towards me mixed among them.
And, it’s not just one…… there’s six, no, seven of them.
The man leading the charge passes by one of the retreating ones, who was bleeding and fell off his mount.

“Idiots! Running away without seeing Captain Hannibal in action!”

The charging men all notice the man who fell and they ignore him.
…… These guys are insane.

One of the Lithuvar men near me shoots an arrow to the man leading the charge.
The arrow only grazes his cheek, and he licks the blood leaking out of it with his tongue, smiling contently.

They continue their approach, trampling corpses as they take the shortest route.
They're fast, but not as fast as me.
Should I check out the stats on their horses?

Oh well, I spread my wings again and shoot three〖Wind Slash〗at them.
The two wind blades kill some of their men but their leader just barely evades in time and rushes at me without stopping.

“Gra~a!”

Black light surrounds one of the men.
It’s Partner’s〖Death〗skill.
The man enveloped in black light becomes shaky and falls off his horse, lifeless.

【Obtained 522 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 522 Experience Points.】
【The Lv of〖Ouroboros〗went up from Lv 88→89.】

The remaining four men have gotten close to my front claws.

“We’ve come close enough! Do it now!”

One of them shouted and the rest threw their swords at me.
I didn’t waste my time dodging and ignored the thrown swords.
The swords left a scratch on my skin and it fell on the ground with a clang.

“〖Poison〗!” “〖Paralyze〗!”

They all chant at once, then purple and yellow smoke cover the battlefield.
The smoke managed to reach up to my face.
It’s a smokescreen!

I swing my claw and wings sideways.
The smoke slowly clears away.
After the smoke disappeared and seeing them turn around, I finally understood what their aim was.

”*cough* *cough*! Darn, I think inhaled some! It’s awful!”
“He’s on to us, hurry!”

I thought their attacks were cutting it really close, and it seemed strange.
…… Was their plan to throw their weapons at me and run away?
It’s true you managed to scratch me, but my skills will instantly heal it in no time, plus, a poison gas of this level isn’t really potent enough to overcome my resistances.

After the four of them run away from me, a large jet-black horse trots directly at me.
It has an eye-patch, and it looks like it’s been wearing that for a long time.
Only the horse is coming towards me, it doesn’t have a rider.

With a clean cut from my claw, I slice the horse from the bottom up.
A red line forms from the horse’s chest to its face, and it gets split in two, its dead body rolling at my feet.

【Obtained 124 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 124 Experience Points.】

Just the horse……? Where’s its owner……?
While I was thinking to myself, I felt a presence over my head.

“〖Power〗!〖Power〗! And, another〖Power〗!”

I remember this voice.
It’s the Squad Commander, Hannibal.

“Feel the might of my strongest strike!”

I turn my gaze upwards and see Hannibal holding his great spear in mid-air.
He strikes his great spear at my forehead.
That blow made me feel intense pain.

I see, so he let his subordinates cover him with smokescreen, then he hid himself with〖Stealth〗, used〖Powered High Jump〗to get over my forehead, and aimed at my cranium.
What a daredevil move.

“Gru~u……”

“One more!”

Hannibal uses the recoil from the strike to make a full rotation in the air, then he punches the hilt of the spear.
His spear plunges deeper and deeper, and blue blood leaks down my head.

“You go, boss!” “Kill that dirtbag!”
“Our leader is the best!”
“Fuhahaha, fools! Come join me, the great Hannibal……”

When Hannibal jumped off me, directly below my chin, I lower my neck and hit him hard with my jaw.

“Wha-?! Im-, impossible……”

Hannibal twists his body and grabs hold of my jaw with his elbow.
I can feel Hannibal’s broken bones creaking with him so near to my jaw.

“Gaah…… aa~a~aa~a~a!! Aa~a~a~a~a~a~a!!”

Hannibal screams loudly in pain for everyone to hear.
He lets go of my jaw, right as he fell, Partner crushes him with her own jaw when he hit the ground.
A squashed sound was heard.

【Obtained 234 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 234 Experience Points.】

I shake the spear stuck on my head with a nearby rock.
The spear breaks and gets flung away.

Partner…… heal me, please.

“Gra~a”

Partner growls and a warm light surrounds my forehead.
The wound gets healed in no time.

I turn to the four men who used the “Poison Smoke” tactic on me earlier.
Their expressions have changed from impressed to dread.

“Oouuhhh, Leader!”

One man stops his horse, jumps off, and runs to my direction.

“C-Come back! The leader is dead!”

The rest of them speed up their retreat.
I look around me.

The army of 80 is no more.
Only corpses remain.
Most of them have run off.

【Title Skill〖Disaster〗has risen from Lv 8→9.】

…… It’s gone up pretty high now.
Even though I resolved myself already.
If I reach max level, it’s probably best not to evolve yet.