Chapter 101.

Regina challenged the dragon with a touch of provocation to make it accept the four-on-one fight .

First, she presented the four-on-one fight .

On top of that, if you think that the burden is too heavy, you can choose to fight one-on-one . If you say that, the dragon has no other choice but to go with four-on-one .

That is the way of these proud dragons .

「As expected of a dragon」

Regina nodded in satisfaction .

Then, she turned back towards us .

「That’s how it is… Combine your strength and fight together」

After that, Regina stared steadily at me .

I understand what Regina wishes to say .

Go easy on the dragon, so that it would be good training for the disciples .

She also says I should be careful not to get hurt .

But of course, she does not put this into words, because the dragon’s pride would be hurt if it heard that .

And then, Rosetta, Tina and Arti, looked over towards me .

They wanted me to guide them .

This was the first time fighting a dragon for everyone except Arti . Surely, they are anxious .

I suppose I should instruct them on their first fight against a dragon .

「Got it, leave it to me」

Thus, I smiled and started instructing the three of them .

「Arti is the vanguard, Tina is in charge of magic attack, and Rosetta will use the bow from a distance」

All three of them nodded silently .

My instructions are only simple common sense .

And yet, they seemed to be a little relieved after hearing the instructions .

「I will take care of the defence . You can go all out」

「Understood!」

「Yes」

「I am fired up!」Tina said .

Then I told the god-beasts with a stern tone .

「Fluffy, Shiro, Fay, and Rubeum too… Interfering is prohibited」

「Pigi」「Mee」

「I never had the intention to interfere in the first place」

「Understood…Kyuru」

Rubeum answered while still concealed in Dion’s pocket .

「I’m glad」

Fluffy and Shiro walked towards Dion .

However, Fay does not move out from within my clothes .

「I won’t do anything and I won’t get in the way, so I will stay here!」

「No, it might get dangerous」

While fighting with Rubeum, his tail smashed my barrier and I was hit with his flame breath .

And my clothes were completely burned .

If something like that happened again, Fay might get injured .

As a spirit, Fay has high physical and magic resistance .

And Fay is not an ordinary spirit either; she’s a divine spirit . If it is not an excessive attack, it will not injure her .

Moreover, Rubeum, who burned my clothes, is a dragon god-beast . He is particularly strong even among dragons .

I don’t think the dragon before us is as capable as Rubeum .

However, it would surely be better to have her away from the fight just in case .

「Go over to Regina-sama」

「…Understood . Be careful」

「Yeah, I’ll be fine」

Fay flew over to Regina reluctantly .

And then, I looked at Regina and nodded .

We are ready . It was the signal that said we can start at any time .

Regina nodded too .

「Dragon, are you ready?」

「GRRRRR…」

「The one who will serve as referee is Dion, the priest of Dragon God」

Saying so, Regina held out her hand towards Dion .

「I am the priest of Dragon God-sama, the dragon newt known as Dion Edel Aqua . Pleased to make your acquaintance from here on」

「Gr…」

「There are a few things I wish to say beforehand」

Dion continued while politely bowing .

「Tina here is my disciple, but I will be impartial as the referee」

「GRRR」

I think the dragon is saying 「Do you have any guarantee?」

「I pledge to Dragon God-sama that I will serve impartially as a priest of Dragon God」

「GR……」

The dragon seems to have accepted Dion as the referee .

Dragons believe in Dragon God just as dragon newts do .

Therefore, the dragons also show respect for the Dragon God priests .

That is why the dragon was convinced of having Dion serve as the referee .

(Wait… If Dion, the Dragon God priest went in, couldn’t he have talked to the head of the flock?)

I thought about that .

Originally, I just wanted the dragon’s beard, but things ended up this way .

「Well, I guess it is fine」

Perhaps Dion too wanted to grant his disciple the opportunity to fight a dragon .

We took our positions in front of the dragon and stood ready .

Looking at that, Dion deeply nodded once .

Then he turned and looked at the dragon . The dragon groaned and signalled he was ready .

Dion took in a big breath and looked up to heaven .

「Please watch over this battle, Dragon God-sama . The contest of strength between the human race and the great dragon race!」

His voice was very loud and reverberated to the far ends of the mountain range .

I thought it just might reach the Dragon God’s ears .

Dion, who has finished the greetings to Dragon God, looked at the dragon and us in turn .

「We offer this fight to Dragon God-sama . Fight fair and square with all your might」

「「Yes」」

「GGRRR……」

「Start!」

Dion declared the commencement of the fight with a bright voice .