Manowa

Manowa 57 . 3

Side Story 3 - Enjoyable Dragon Extermination

※ This story is the story of Kenji Tatsuyoshi, 600 years ago .

In this world the beings called dragons could be the most friendly of neighbors or the most dangerous of beasts . Their nature and character greatly varied depending on their environment as they grew .

Ten years ago the Western Dragon Tribe Laguna were friendly with humans before they were destroyed . The Jiruberia Empire’s Dragon Emperor Gaieru made an oath together with the black dragon Hagasu and attacked and killed the Golden Dragon Gora, who was the leader of the tribe .

As a result, from that time the dragons’ wrath was kindled against mankind . The remaining leaders decided to attack and erase the human settlements from existence and the damage due to dragon attacks in the center of the western continent continued to increase .

Of course the humans didn’t just stand by and do nothing, but they banded together and assembled subjugation forces to exterminate those that were considered harmful dragons . The punitive forces usually consisted of at least 100 people, and after the battle 1/4 of the troops would no longer be able to fight, or in other words, many people died in the harsh battles that occurred . However, dragon extermination was still considered worth the effort .

First of all, ownership rights to the dragon’s hoard of treasure went to the people who exterminated it . Moreover, the body parts of the dragon like the bones, the meat, and the scales were all precious rare materials, so it was possible to make a huge amount of gold just by selling the materials . In particular, the rare crystal called the heart of the dragon was extremely valuable . In other words, if a person was able to slay a dragon alone, they would make enough money to live well for the rest of their life .

But, of course, there was no one stupid enough to challenge a dragon alone . Such a person does not exist . Well, there were a few exceptional people who did so, and one of them arrived in the area near Mount Balamo .

「Un . There it is . 」

Tatsuyoshi stood on the rocky side of Mount Shirai, right next to Mount Balamo . In his hand he held something like a spyglass . In other words, it was this world's telescope .

Tatsuyoshi examined the image of the being in the telescope .

Black Rock Dragon Giove . He was a stray dragon not affiliated with the Western Dragon Tribe, but he was still a 200-year-old dragon with a well-known name . When Tatsuyoshi saw his name on the dragon subjugation list he was surprised to see such big game .

「Hmm, I don’t think it will be possible to win easily . 」

He heard something bothersome behind him .

「Master, should Mintia do it? Wouldn’t it be best for me to go together with Ruby?」

Mintia took out the ring that she spoke of .

「Ruby is still a child . Mintia is still a child . Please stay there quietly . 」

In response to Tatsuyoshi’s words Mintia said 「Boo」 .

「When I finish I’ll give Ruby some dragon meat, so please guard Mintia carefully . 」

The ring glittered in response to Tatsuyoshi’s words . Tatsuyoshi took out a dagger, ignoring Mintia as she said 「this traitor」 to the ring .

「Item: Dagger transform into Item: Flying Sword G Hawk」

Using the MOD tool, he transformed the dagger into a sword with slender feathers growing out of it . He stuck it in the ground and made the same item 4 more times and prepared the 5 swords . At the end he created a spear called Javelin .

「Let’s see, the distance to the target seems to be fine, right?」

Saying that, Tatsuyoshi took one of the Flying Swords and prepared .

「If something unfortunate happens run away, ok Mintia?」

「Fine . 」

Tatsuyoshi let out a vigorous sigh at the usual exchange with his companion .

「Ruby, please take care of me . 」

The ring glittered . 「That’s no good」 Mintia said . Tatsuyoshi ignored them while he watched the dragon on the next mountain through his spyglass .

「Configuration complete . Firing . 」

And he threw one of the swords .

Once the sword was thrown from Tatsuyoshi’s hand it remained in the air, changed direction and flew with tremendous momentum .

「Direct hit . 」

He watched the dragon get up through his spyglass . The sword should have pierced the right arm but he was unable to see it .

「Second shot . Firing . 」

He threw one for the second time and it flew again . Through the spyglass he could see it hit the dragon’s face with a dreadful force .

(It seems it hit the eye as I specified . Excellent . )

「Third shot … hmm?」

Through the spyglass he could see the dragon turn toward his location .

「Seems like the secret’s out . Your perception seems to be quite sharp . 」

However, what he had to do was unchanged .

「Third shot . Firing . 」

He threw it .

He threw it .

「Hit . . . Oh, it flew . 」

This time it should have pierced the left arm, and the dragon spread his wings and took flight .

「Well, I hope there will be no problems with the distance . 」

While saying that he took out the 4th sword .

「Fourth Shot . Firing!?」

Tatsuyoshi’s face changed color as he threw . The fourth shot flew off and hit the dragon . That much was fine . However, the dragon’s flight speed was much quicker than he imagined .

「This is the fifth shot . . . . . . will you resign yourself?」

While saying that, this time he grabbed the spear called Javelin .

「With this, the battle commences . 」

He would kill the dragon without resting .

And then Javelin soared high in the sky, accompanied by lightning as it flew in a straight line and pierced the dragon above .

『Gugyaaaaaaa! ! ! ! ! 』

That scream resounded around Tatsuyoshi .

「Well then, time to go . 」

「I’ll catch up soon . 」

Mintia suddenly said while bringing her face near .

「Wait here . 」

After saying that Tatsuyoshi changed his body armor to Futures War's enhancement suit and leapt from the cliff .

「Yeah yeah, Yabaaaaa!!!」

Tatsuyoshi shouted . He was not usually the sort of person to let out such an open war cry . It was his war face that could be seen throughout his time in the game .

「Ruby, let's go . 」

At Mintia’s words flames overflowed from the ring, and a Ruby Griffon child the same size as Mintia appeared .

Mintia got on and it took off in order to catch up with Tatsuyoshi .

However, Tatsuyoshi intended to wrap things up before Mintia arrived . It was for that reason he had made his preparations; the only thing left to do was to execute them .

Tatsuyoshi arrived at the battlefield and observed the dragon .

It had fallen from the sky and looked to be in pain, but the dragon still glared at the impudent figure of Tatsuyoshi that stood there .

『Are you the fool who has risen up against me?』

「Yes . Sorry . 」

Tatsuyoshi calmly apologized at the raging dragon's question, and to the winged sword he held in his hand

「Mode change · Silk Wing Bow . 」

And the wings rearranged themselves into a bow . Arrows of light then appeared .

「I hope that you will be defeated with this . 」

『Skip the pleasantries . 』

Black Rock Dragon Giove swung his claws towards Tatsuyoshi .

「Quick aim . 」

He dodged the incoming claws with a boost from the suit . He fired his bow and two shots hit the stomach . Giove groaned and Tatsuyoshi jumped towards his chest while changing the bow to a spear,

「Take this!!」

The spear stuck in the dragon .

「Winged Spear, release mode . 」

The wings at the end of the spear extended and light overflowed .

「Eat this . 」

『Gugyaaaa . 』

Giove raised his voice in tremendous pain . His insides had been badly burned . That much is natural .

Giove raised his voice in tremendous pain . His insides had been badly burned . That much is natural .

『Gizamaa』

「G Hawk one through four, release . 」

Giove raised an angry roar as another shock raced through him .

The swords stuck in his left eye, both arms, and right leg exploded .

『Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!??』

Giove's consciousness fled due to the pain . However, the shock of his head crashing into the ground woke him up . That was quite unfortunate for Giove . If he had remained unconscious there would have been no more pain .

『Kufu …』

While choking as he vomited blood, Giove opened his remaining right eye wide .

There he saw the figure of Tatsuyoshi raising a large winged sword .

『Oi, stop . 』

Then the sword swung down . That was the last thing the dragon called Giove saw . The dragon who had lived 200 years met his abrupt end .

「I guess it’s over . 」

「Well, it shows that Mintia didn’t need to come out against this level of opponent . 」

After the end of the battle Mintia arrived riding Ruby to find Tatsuyoshi gathering materials from the dragon . He cut off the legs and arms and the like and threw them into his superior version of the Strange Bag and Strange Warehouse . He would take those items to a specialist to have them disassembled .

「Mumumu, it’s a shame . Me and Ruby ​​planned to play an active role in the battle . 」

In contrast to Mintia’s crestfallen face, the Ruby Griffon was stuffing his face full of dragon meat with great delight . This type of meat was far superior to any other kind . He was understandably excited and raised his voice with a powerful 「Kweee . 」

「Well, the dragon probably has a hoard of treasure, so Mintia can help me tidy it up . 」

「Oh, treasure? Doesn’t that mean I'm only useful as a rucksack!?」

「Yes, I fear that is so . 」

After Tatsuyoshi’s barbed reply he went back to work . Mintia spun around and clung to Ruby . Ruby choked for a second, but quickly resumed eating .