Chapter 102.

102 . Battle with the Guard Dragon (2)

At almost the same time as Dion’s declaration, Arti rushes straight in .

She was as fast as an arrow .

「G……」

The dragon flinched a little .

It must have thought of us as mere children .

Arti swings her sword .

A perfect surprise attack . Arti’s movement was fast and sharp enough to unleash a slash .

However, as expected of the dragon which serves as the leader of the guards .

Its reaction was fast and the response was appropriate .

「GRRRR!」

The dragon immediately leapt back and took distance .

Arti’s sharp slash cuts the empty space .

But Rosetta, who had read the dragon’s movement, shoots an arrow to the spot where the dragon leapt back .

The arrow flew right towards the dragon’s forehead .

「GRAAAU」

But the dragon flings off the arrow with its right arm and then opens its mouth wide .

ーThe breath is coming!

The moment I tried to deploy a magic barrier to prevent the breath .

The dragon’s body was enveloped in flames . It was Tina’s magic attack .

「GAAAAAAA」

The dragon still shoots its breath while screaming .

It’s a storm breath .

The storm breath blew off Tina’s fire magic that enveloped the dragon .

Of course, that alone doesn’t stop the dragon’s breath .

The storm is also trying to blow us away .

There are magic blades fused in the wind .

Taking it head on will surely shred us to pieces .

「It’s my job to prevent that from happening」

I immediately deployed a magic barrier and protected everyone from the storm breath .

What the dragon saw when it stopped the storm breath was, Arti jumping out right before its eyes .

Within the storm breath, Arti entrusted her defence to my magic barrier and closed the distance between the dragon and her .

「HAAAAAAAAA!」

「GU!」

The dragon swings its left arm to match Arti’s slash .

The claws on the dragon’s left arm are extremely sharp and can’t be easily broken .

The dragon stops Arti’s sword with its claws .

Arti’s sword is handmade by me .

Even I thought it was a fine creation .

With my sword, Arti could even cut through steel .

However,

「Hmmm, it still isn’t good enough」

My sword still can’t break through a dragon’s claw .

And it isn’t even the claws of a top-ranking dragon .

Although it isn’t a low-class dragon either, it is a leader-class dragon that still can’t speak human language .

It was definitely not due to Arti’s lack of skill that the claws didn’t break .

Arti’s slash is at a high level .

Therefore, the reason definitely falls upon my sword .

My sword can cut through steel but can’t break the claws of a dragon .

「I really want to create a sword that can cut through a dragon’s claws and fangs…」

While I’m reconsidering my own weapons production, Arti is unleashing sharp slashes .

The dragon now uses both hands and continues to defend against the slashes with its claws .

And Rosetta keeps shooting arrows precisely .

Rosetta’s arrows are less likely to be fatal against dragon opponents covered with hard scales .

Nevertheless, the dragon couldn’t afford to ward off Rosetta’s arrows as it had its hands full with blocking Arti’s slashes .

It was also using magic defences to prevent Arti’s slashes .

「TAAAAA!」

Therefore, Rosetta’s arrow was finally able to injure the dragon .

About half of the arrowhead penetrated through, just enough to penetrate the scales .

Probably the tip of the arrow reached the dragon flesh . It wasn’t great damage .

「GAAAAAA」

Yet, it was undoubtedly painful for the dragon .

Rosetta is shooting at a pace of one arrow every two seconds .

Rosetta is skilled after all .

Perhaps the dragon was irritated by Rosetta’s stinging attack . As it changed its line of sight towards Rosetta .

「Do you really have the time to look away!?」

Tina’s magic attack swoops down on the dragon .

She used fire last time, but this time it was ice .

The dragon’s whole body was enveloped in ice .

「GUAA!」

The dragon roars and swings its body .

At the same time, magic gushes out from the dragon’s body and the ice is blasted away .

Then the dragon took in a deep breath . It is getting ready to unleash its storm breath .

At the same time, a fireball appears above the dragon .

It was not Tina who made that fireball, it was the dragon .

It must be planning to shoot the fireball together with its breath .

「Everyone, watch out for the fireball!」

「「YES!」」

Rosetta and Tina energetically replied, while Arti silently nodded .

Arti assumes a low stance and slashed as the dragon .

Rosetta circles to the dragon’s rear while shooting arrows .

And Tina creates a mass of ice, which gets larger every second .

This is probably to counter the dragon’s fireball .

「GUAAAAAAAAA!」

The storm breath blows furiously . I immediately put up a magic barrier .

I protect Arti, Tina and Rosetta by deploying individual barriers for each of them .

The breath should also be blowing furiously where Regina and Dion were .

But, Regina and Dion should be able to handle the breath on their own .

They will surely protect the god-beasts too .

While shooting the breath, the dragon shifts its line of sight from Rosetta to me .

And then, shoots the fireball at me .