Karen finally defeated the dragon. The fallen dragon didn’t move a muscle this time.
“Now, leave the rest to us.”
“Huh? What do you mean? As you can see, I already defeated the dragon…..”
It was then.
Suddenly, the mountain began to shake violently, and along with a rumbling sound, the trees on the slope began to rise up one by one.
“W-what’s happening!?”
“The monster is trying to reveal its true identity.”
“What do you mean!?”
It was as if the mountain itself was about to rise into the sky, but then soil and trees fell, revealing the things that had been sleeping inside the mountain.
“W-w-wh-what the…..!?”
Karen’s legs gave out seeing the unbelievable scene. She fell butt first to the ground.
What appeared was a similar dragon to the one she had defeated earlier.
—However, there was more than one.
“……Five, six…… s-seven bodies!? I desperately defeated one and now there are seven of them!?”
“If you include that one from before, that makes eight. But to be more precise, I’d say it is just one.”
The monster revealed its full form as it rains mud and sand around. Buried in the mountain was a huge body over 100 meters long. It has a lizard body with front and hind legs, as well as a tail. Eight long necks extend from it. In short, the eight dragons were connected to one base body.
『That’s quite a big one. From the looks of it, it appears to be only just been born, but it’s no exaggeration to say that it’s already at the level of an elder dragon.』
Lindwurm spoke with admiration.
“S-so, the one I was fighting so desperately just now was just one of its eight heads…?”
“That’s right. Didn’t you think it was strange that it didn’t show its tail at all even though it was a dragon?”
“Now that mentioned that….…”
At the same time, I noticed that there was a huge magical power lying deep in the mountains.
“Samurai-oneechan can take a rest, we’ll take care of the rest.”
“Hmm, leave it to me.”
“Take this old man to a safe place.”
Thanks to Anje, the old man’s complexion had brightened, and his breathing had stabilized. He hasn’t regained consciousness yet, but he will wake up soon.
“Are you prepared to fight that!?”
“If left alone, not only will this village be in danger, but the whole country will be in danger from this monster.”
One of its necks had been broken and it is now extremely enraged. Its intimidating presence is comparable to that of a mythical monster.
“But, if it’s a mythical monster, there’s one here too.”
“Master, let me join you.”
We leave the old man’s affairs to Karen, and we start moving all at once.
Lill rushed in from the front, Fana to the right, Anje to the left, and I flew into the sky above the monster’s head.
“Oaaaaaaaah!!”
Three heads leap at Lill, but Lill easily deflects them with an agile movement and charges hard at the base of the neck.
“““Ooooaaaaaaa!!!”””
There was a terrific crash, but the mountainous body only shook slightly.
“Hmm, looks like I can’t do much damage in human form. Master, I’ll return to my original form for a while.”
“Okay~”
Lill’s body expands in an instant. Soon, a huge wolf with silver fur appears.
“M-monster!?”
Karen was shocked.
Well, Lill’s true identity is a Fenrir, a mythical monster.
However, the eight-headed dragon is much larger than a Fenrir. Still, Fenrir’s sharp claws easily pierced the dragon’s scales.
“““~~~~~~!?”””
The body and the eight necks seem to share a sense of pain, and they are all writhing in discomfort. In a hurry, the three heads jumped at Lill to eliminate her. However, Lill avoids them with a quick leap.
Then she bites one of its necks.
『No matter how big you are, it will be useless if you’re slow.』
On the other hand, Fana, who was circling to the right of the dragon, had two heads attacking her. However, she is not so easy to catch as she moves faster than Lill with the support of the wind.
“Fu!”
Fana’s slash cut into the dragon’s neck. The flesh along with the scales was sliced cleanly away, and blood spurted out.
“Mm, I can cut it.”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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