While Reus and his party are heading to the bottom of the dungeon. Meltera is very active in the city that has been swallowed up by dungeon.
“What an incredible magic! To be able to create such a huge shelter, you’re really amazing.”
“It’s just a simple one so it can’t withstand the attack of vicious monsters like dragons. But I think it should be enough to defend against the monsters that are currently emerging in the city.”
As she explains, Meltera created another ice fortress.
The maximum capacity of the fortress easily exceeds 1,000 people and the thick ice doors prevented the monsters from entering. It’s made of ice, so it’s pretty cool inside. It’s close to summer so it’s comfortable staying inside it. There are more than fifty of these fortresses in various parts of the city. Thanks to that, most of the population have already been evacuated by now.
“Kuruaaaaahh!”
A monster suddenly emerged and was about to attack one of these fortresses.
“O-oi…… That’s a phoenix, right!? Why is there such a monster here!?”
It’s no wonder Goritia was surprised.
Phoenix is a humungous fiery bird, a monster that only appeared in myth.
Right now, such creature which is over ten meters long is flying leisurely above their heads and even though it is still quite far away, it was sending out an intense hot wind.
“That is…… There is no way the fortress can prevent something like that.”
Meltera’s ice fortress could be melted down very easily.
“Kuu…… No, I’ve got to do it!”
Goritia decides to fight. That said, fighting a giant monster that flies through the sky is quite a disadvantage on its own.
Not to mention, it’s a Phoenix.
“Human, leave it to me.”
“……You? I believe you are Reus-sama’s….…”
“Yes. Well, for a reason, I’m following my Master.”
After saying that, something strange happened to her body. Her mouth protrudes forward, and her whole body is now covered with white fur. Her hips swelled, her upper body fell forward, and her arms and legs touched the ground, making her body even bigger.
“This is….…”
“Wauuuu!!”
What appeared there was a giant silver wolf.
“Fenrir!?”
“O-oi….. not only a Phoenix, but there’s a Fenrir too!? Aaah! I’m at my wit’s end!”
Perhaps because he didn’t see Lill transform, Goritia shouts with a pale face.
“……No, you don’t have to worry about that. That Fenrir is on our side.”
“Eh?”
The next moment, the Fenrir kicked the ground. With a tremendous leaping force, she soars through the sky at once and leaps into the phoenix.
“Quee!”
The phoenix immediately turns around and dodged the Fenrir.
“Gruaaaaahhhh! (That’s useless!)”
When the Fenrir swung her front legs, it created a vacuum wave that tore apart the wings of the Phoenix that is already a distance away.
“Queeeee!?”
The Phoenix cried out in response to the damage it had received despite dodging. One of its wings was damaged. It lost its balance and staggered but it quickly regained its footing.
If you look closely, you can see that the wound inflicted by the Fenrir has been repaired.
“Ah! The wound has healed!”
“It is said that phoenix is an immortal monster that comes back to life from the flames no matter how many times it dies……”
“If that’s the case…..then no matter how hard we try, we won’t be able to defeat it!”
Fenrir, on the other hand, had landed on the ground. Watching the Phoenix’s wounds heal, she doesn’t seem to be fazed at all.
“Queeeeeeeee!”
This time it was the Phoenix who launched an attack. It spread its wings widely and flutters it, raining down flaming arrows to the ground.
The fenrir dodges it with agile movements. But with such a heavy rain of flames, she can’t leap as close as she did before.
“Even if it’s the same mythical monster, the phoenix can fly and the Fenrir doesn’t have an advantage at all!”
“That maybe right…… but, judging by the looks of it, Fenrir might have a plan up her sleeve…”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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