The old man, Karen’s Master, spoke in an uncompromising tone.
“Hurry up and leave this village! Of course, that includes you guys! Don’t get any strange ideas!”
“T-then, Master, what are you going to do?”
“I don’t have much time left anyway. I’m going to take a gamble and let it taste my secret sword technique.”
“With that body!? Master, you are in no condition to do that!”
Even though he lost an arm and a leg because of the monster, he is still in this village.
At that moment, “Oaaaaaaaah!!”, a tremendous roar echoed from the direction of the mountain.
“Master, take a look near the top of the mountain.”
“…..Is that the dragon?”
When I looked towards the mountain, I saw a dragon coming down the slope towards this village, with its long body slithering down.
“Tsk! Why did it start moving at this timing?! You guys, get out of here!”
The old man shouted. But Karen shook her head from side to side.
“That won’t do! I can’t leave Master behind and run away. That’s unbecoming of a samurai!”
“This idiot disciple……! Hey, take this kid with you guys, even if you take her by force!”
Meanwhile, the dragon approached us at breakneck speed, mowing down trees as it went.
20 or 30 meters long huh.
“Kaaaaaaaahh!”
A fierce “Qi” swelled up from the old man’s whole body. This is also known as fighting spirit, and it converged into the blade of the sword he drew from his waist.
On the other hand, the old man’s cheeks are getting more and more sunken, and blood vessels appeared on his face and arms.
“I’ll hit him with all my might! Use that opportunity to get away!”
Apparently, the old man’s so called secret technique involves channeling all of his life energy, his fighting spirit, into his sword.
“W-wait! Are you trying to die!?”
Anje, sensing the old man’s resolve, shouted at him.
But the old man ignored her. Immediately afterwards, the old man kicked the ground with one foot. He charged straight at the approaching dragon with speed that was hard to believe coming from just one leg.
“Yagyu Shinnen-ryu, Mysteries and Despair!”
The next moment, the old man’s sword was slammed into the dragon’s head.
“~~~~~~~~~!?”
The dragon’s tough scales had been cut apart and blood spurted like a geyser from its forehead, raining down on the ground.
On the other hand, the old man’s sword seemed to have been unable to withstand the impact and was shattered into pieces.
“M-Master!?”
The old man’s body bounced in the air and is now falling to the ground. He seemed to have lost consciousness. His body has no strength left.
“Oop.”
I stretched out my magic and caught the old man’s body. I brought him back to us.
“Master, are you okay!?”
“Yes, he’s barely alive. Anje-oneechan.”
“Leave it to me!”
The old man’s symptom is a complete depletion of qi. Anje had previously shared her qi with Goritia when he had fallen into a similar situation, so it should be fine to leave it to her.
“As expected of Master. I can’t believe that he defeated that monster with a single blow!”
The dragon writhed in pain before crashing to the ground and is currently lying still.
“No, it’s too early to judge that Samurai-oneechan.”
After I said so, the dragon raised itself again.
“As expected, it is still alive.”
“Even Master’s secret technique wasn’t enough to defeat it!?”
The dragon’s forehead was cracked open, revealing its skull inside, but it still roared with rage burning in its eyes.
“Oaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
It seems to have taken some damage, but it still got a lot of energy. The old man’s almost suicidal attack didn’t seem to have much effect.
Well, it would be hard to tell if his arms and legs had still been intact though.
“How on earth are we going to defeat such a monster……?”
Karen, who had enthusiastically declared her intention to defeat the dragon so triumphantly, is now completely wilted.
In the end, it seems that it turned out to be as the old man said.
“Samurai-oneechan, don’t worry.”
“Eh?”
“I’m sure you can beat it the way you are now. And if you can’t, we’ll support you, so I think you should give it a try.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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