627. [Free Exploration] Thorn Road
was more like a lizard than a dragon.
The head of this gigantic creature, covered in black shiny scales, had no eyes, no nose, no ears, and no mouth.
Its long, blunt head also looked like an inorganic machine.
The wingless creature had a long, smooth snake-like body with low, sturdy legs attached to it.
Six muscular legs with toxic long black claws.
And a long, massive, thick tail also forked into six at the end.
Muahryong (無牙龍).
Pterodactyl dragon.
Eyeless dragon.
A dragon without fangs, wings, and eyes. The one who rampages and destroys. Black Dragon’s Claw Parekian.
It was our first Dragon Raid opponent, and it was the first encounter in a proper combat situation among the Black Dragon Corps.
Clap clap….
Sensing our presence, he slowly got up.
It wasn’t a living thing, but a sound resembling a mass of armor moving through his whole body.
And
gigi-!
The center of his chest burned red, and the red aura echoed and spread throughout his body.
It looks like the engine is starting. It’s not really a dragon, it’s like some kind of alien mechanical life…
The six tails wriggled behind the body of the guy who lowered his posture, preparing for battle.
Saaaa…!
A black dragon’s unique, gooey tropical night air-like fraud spread around the body. No matter how you look at it, you’re full of thoughts of killing us.
If it was another dragon, we would have met face to face and had a conversation, whether it be curse words or small talk, but this one doesn’t even have that process.
Because this child has no mouth.
In the first place, there is no option called dialogue.
‘And the fact that he doesn’t have a mouth.’
In other words, it means no breath ability.
Among the Black Dragon Corps, an individual specialized in physical combat and melee combat. That is this bastard Parekian.
“Ready…”
Even though I didn’t give a separate order, my heroes were already in formation as they had trained.
I slowly lifted one hand up.
“The battle begins right away. Keep your tactics in mind…”
Tukkuk!
Before he could even speak, Parekian surged up.
Parekian, who hit the ground with terrifying momentum, floated in the air for an instant. It soared lightly like a feather to the point where the fact that it had no wings seemed like a lie.
I exclaimed.
“run-!”
The next moment, Parekian spun like a top – and came crashing down on us.
Too Kaka Kak!
The elongated body swept across the floor like a whip.
It’s a rotating torso slam he always uses as his first attack. In reality, there might be a cooler name for the technique, but it’s just a spinning headbutt!
And this is the pattern we have been training our response to over the years.
sweep the floor. It was a so-called vending machine.
It was already when he rushed at us.
Taat-!
25 heroes on our side, 10 reserve corps, and unknown. It was after 36 people kicked and jumped to the ground at the same time, dodging the violent vending machine at once.
“All those times from the retreat to the martial arts competition…”
I looked back while floating in the air and exclaimed with a grin.
“That meant something-!”
Jumping rope training A day or two, not just one line Tsar!
Of course, his headbutt was not comparable in volume and speed to that of jumping rope, but I was able to avoid it without any problems because I had assumed this as well and proceeded with training.
Parekian passed us at our feet and was pinned to the wall behind us.
Kwagwagwang-!
The entrance to the Public Security Office was instantly devastated.
Parekian’s physical attacks swept the floor round and round, turning the whole area into chaos, but none of our heroes allowed any blows.
‘Good start!’
At the same time that all of us landed on the ground, Parekian also corrected himself in the thick of dust.
It didn’t attack us right away, but looked at the momentum for a while as if estimating the strength of our side. Each of the six tails curled up like tentacles and headed towards us.
The next moment,
taat-!
The guy jumped up smoothly and started climbing up the wall.
The garden at the entrance to the Public Security Office was large and roundly landscaped. It climbed the inner wall of the garden swiftly – and violently.
Every time his foot touched it, the inner wall of the garden shattered, scattering glass and stone dust in all directions.
“Is this a real lizard…!”
Spinning round and round above our heads on the inner wall of the cylindrical garden, Parekian moved leisurely as if looking for a weakness in this area.
what good If you give it time, this one isn’t bad either. no, rather good
I glanced around. Illusionist Violet, who met my gaze, shook her shoulders.
“It’s time to show off your skills, Violet.”
“Damn it, how did you get here, really…!”
“Because he is.”
I smiled.
“You look good!”
“Aaaaaaa!”
Even as her shoulders trembled, Violet skillfully moved as she had trained.
Light purple magic overflowed from her body, and when she put her hand on the ground, it spread widely throughout the area.
Anger-!
[Illusion area].
The phantom zone spread by Violet filled the inside of the Public Security Office in no time. Then I saw Parekian startled and flinched.
A Parekian has no eyes. No ears, no nose.
In other words, there is no such thing as visual, auditory, or olfactory senses to generally grasp the surroundings.
The only way he grasps the battlefield is through pure senses. It is to sprinkle innate mana and comprehend the world through its repercussions.
It is a principle similar to that of a bat, which has low eyesight but uses ultrasonic waves to grasp its surroundings.
In other words, he has an abnormally developed sense of humor
…and that’s why he can be easily disturbed.
Violet’s phantom realm was properly established. I turned my gaze to the side.
“Junior!”
“I was preparing!”
When called, Junior immediately raised his staff and used magic.
Whoa!
A dazzling halo rises in the air and the real space is distorted.
[Dismantle element].
The strongest ultimate magic in boss battles that lowers the opponent’s magical power. This all hit Parekian.
however.
“Keugh?! What is this crazy magical power…!”
Junior frowned and stepped back.
“That’s a huge amount of horsepower. Besides, it’s rising in real time… Even my [Elemental Disintegration] can’t cut it off in one go!”
[Dissolve Elements] is a magic that reduces the opponent’s mana to minus.
However, the dragon’s innate magical power itself is ridiculously high, and Parekian is currently resisting [Dissolving Elements] by increasing the magical output in real time.
It was a response worthy of beings who have handled magical powers since time immemorial.
“The opponent is a dragon, so I was prepared for this! Go ahead and shoot!”
“yes…!”
Junior prepared [Dismantle Elements] one after another. and.
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Parekian wasn’t a naive opponent enough to let it go.
Letting out a strange engine sound, Parekian prepared to run this way.
Of course, his target is Junior. A wizard who inflicted an unknown debuff on himself.
But –
flinch.
Parekian does not attack easily.
It was because of the [Phantom Magic Area] that Violet had planted first. It was one thing I ordered from Violet.
‘Use illusion so that everyone in this seat will be recognized as a junior.’
And Violet succeeded splendidly.
Currently, all of my heroes here in the Public Security Office are identified as the same as Junior in terms of magical power detection.
If Junior uses magic, everyone in this seat will detect that he is using it, and then if Junior overdoes it and bleeds his nose, everyone in this seat will detect that he is bleeding.
In Violet’s words, it’s a minor illusion. They just copied Junior’s magic pattern and passed it on to others.
However, this was enough for my purpose- to hide Junior and have him continue to use magic.
It is undoubtedly a weakness that Parekian comprehends the world solely by relying on his senses. Then digging into that weakness is a natural strategy!
“Okay then…”
I shouted.
“Let’s play some tricks in front of the dragon!”
Taat-!
As soon as I finished my words, heroes poured out in all directions and ran out.
Parekian is indistinguishable.
Among the humans scattered in all directions, who is the magician who used this magic?
Toow-!
Eventually, Parekian gave up any further distinction and glided down. And hit the nearest hero.
Tsuka kaka kak!
The earthen ground in the garden was ferociously dented by the series of attacks of the claws and tail, which rotated and struck.
And the closest hero- Evangeline screamed as she bounced off her shield.
“I almost died…!”
Evangeline’s shield and armor were tattered even though she avoided what could be avoided and only received attacks that could not be avoided.
But I persevered.
‘This is the reason why it was organized around melee characters as much as possible.’
The key to this strategy is to delay time while Junior gnaws at his mana.
That’s why it’s easy to avoid the monster’s powerful melee pattern, and it’s been organized around melee heroes that can withstand even a few allowed…!
giggling!
Confirming that the opponent was not a wizard, Parekian turned around and glared at the other heroes. Then,
“I’m Jujudaaaaaaaaa!”
“no! I am a junior-!”
“spinach! tomato! Vegetables anyway!”
“Jooju! Juju! Juju!”
All of the heroes, all of them, imitated (?) Juniors and scattered in all directions.
“…uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.”
The real Junior’s face turned red. If you don’t want to see more of this mess, hurry up and use the next [Dismantle Element]!
bang! Quadduk! oops!
The heroes who roaringly drew attention and pretended to be wizards with sincere cosplays collapsed like autumn leaves.
Even though they were knocked out, knocked down, and smashed, the heroes succeeded in attracting attention.
“Ready is over!”
Shouting out, Junior jerked up his staff.
With the first [Dismantle Element], Junior roughly figured out how many more times he had to pour in to end Parekian’s mana, and was preparing as many [Dismember Elements] as needed with the ‘multiple chanting’ function at the same time.
Zeng!
Zeng!
Whoa!
At the same time, overlapping [Element Dissolution] burst continuously.
Tragically, he succeeded in shaving away all of Parekian’s horribly high magical power levels that he had endured.
“Damian! chain! body bag! Lord Diarmudin!”
I ordered the fire team that was waiting.
“Execution of fire suppression-!”
As if the snipers and wizards had been waiting, they poured firepower at him.
Parekian, who was entangled in the overlapping [Elemental Disintegration], stumbled and was beaten by all the firepower projections.
But you can’t kill it with this.
Not only does it lack damage, but he is a dragon. The lost magic power is also being restored in real time.
The purpose is to keep him in one place.
After one round of firepower, someone quickly ran and charged toward the staggering Parekian.
Dusk Bringer and… It was Lucas with Violet in his arms.
“Either- eat it!”
Dusk Bringer flew off the ground, grabbed Parekian’s head, and dashed it to the ground.
bang-!
It was an extremely refreshing move, as if it were a wrestling skill.
Lucas, who used [Step of Tenacity], arrived like a gale next to Parekian’s head.
Lucas lightly lowered Violet from his arms to the ground, and I called her trembling name.
“Get rid of it, Violet-!”
Violet closed her eyes tightly and said,
“Yes…”
She raised her hands on top of the huge shiny dragon’s head.
“This is all because of my pride!”
Flash-!
Violet’s ultimate single-target phantasmagoric area – [Daydream] exploded.
Parekian’s whole body trembled as if he had been struck by lightning.
***
Parekian is a dragon without senses.
What I ordered Violet to show to such a Parekkian… was the real thing.
To a dragon that cannot see, to a dragon that cannot hear, to a dragon that cannot control. I will show you the scenery here as it is now.
Parekian trembled in front of the vivid sensation he encountered for the first time after he was born.
The world, which had always been grasped only by the echoes of magical power, was now spread around him, wearing colors, sounds, and smells.
I slowly approached that guy.
Thanks to Violet’s magic directly acting on his brain, he was seeing me clearly.
‘It’s a success.’
I let out a sigh of relief.
Most boss monsters have a ‘Phase’.
If your stamina is reduced or time passes after entering a battle, you enter the next phase and the pattern changes and becomes more powerful and vicious.
In the case of Parekian, when his physical strength is reduced, he enters the next phase, at which time he reveals his ‘true figure’ and even goes berserk.
For those of us who haven’t yet prepared a dragon slayer – dragon slayer, hunting for the first dragon was something we had to prepare for a lot of damage.
To be honest, I didn’t have the confidence to catch him without damage. He was an opponent whose victory could not be guaranteed if he fought properly.
That’s why I prepared a trick.
I deliberately stayed in the first phase without inflicting any blows, only inducing simple patterns to pass the time
.
After being forced to use illusion magic.
“Parekkian, you…”
A tactic of mind control!
“Be mine!”
